Systems online the lynx said as Don called them to the elevator, "Come on, come on," he muttered mentally pushing the machines to roll faster. He looked down at the cameras and one sputtered and died as a Halloweener shot it with a blast from a shotgun. Through a secondary camera he could see the bikes roar into the front of the mall. The go-gangers howling like demons from Hell as Maria sang on.
Under his breath, Tony said, "Its go time," and pulled the trigger on his machine pistol, the burst from the gun felt good in his hand. Ammo spattered against the wall tracking a ganger as he wheeled along on his bike sending glass everywhere as he slid the bike to the side and roared into one of the shops. The next to come through the gaping hole was a horned hellspawn, glowing red eyes and combat axe in his right hand.
Nim heard the gunfire from inside the mall and shook his head. Machine pistol, fucking popguns on fast foward. Cupping his hand over the lighter in his hand he lit a joint and smirked. He was getting paid large for this, let the boys have their fun.
The lynx was in position and Don opened the window, in his AR display he caught sight of a Halloweener sitting casual on his bike, the arrogant prick was just sitting there. "I'll teach him a lesson he won't forget," Don muttered as he flicked the rifle over to Stick-N-Shock, "I'll light that cigarette for you." The last thing he expected to see in the drone's AR screen was a skinny girl with a pumpkin face tattoo. "Hiya," she said waiving at the drone, "Happy Halloween," she said and sprayed a thick gel all over the drone. Trying to adjust the rifle to shoot at the new target Don sent the trigger command. The muzzle flared and lit the napalm, as the white light flared in his vision Don reared back in his chair accidently throwing the drone in reverse and sending it sailing down one of the EZ-Glide escalators.
Upstairs, Tony pulled the trigger on his gun. Round after round spattered on the beast's chest. Tony was dimly aware that this harbinger of war was a massive troll a second after the combat axe cleaved his head from his shoulders.
Roaring with victory Ragnor hefted his axe over his head, the gore from the manthing dripping on his head. "Gonna need a clean up on aisle four," his girl giggled behind his back, giving his wide waist a squeeze. "Gonna need a clean up back here too," the tusker chica said and kissed the back of his neck.
The sound of KE inbound caught Nim's attention, over the PAN he said, "Time to go," and he throttled up his bike. The sound of engines throttling up behind him let him know the gang had gotten the message. Dropping down from the second floor Haley rushed over to her bike, "Ahaha I love that," the adept laughed, "They never expect you to run up a wall, do they?" Nim shook his head and said, "Take your word for that," and the two rolled off into the night.
In the AR display for the second drone, Don saw the headless corpse of Tony laying sprawled in a halo of broken glass. He repeatedly sent the fire code on the drone trying to take out the gangers as they hauled hoop out of the shattered front of the mall wishing the gel ammo the drone was loaded with was APDS. The first drone's systems went offline, napalm lightly burned something vital. With a sigh he called his C.O., he knew he'd have a lot to explain. "This drek never happens to the day shift," he muttered.
