Tyranniac| The machinegunner's aim is destabilized rather briefly by the throw, but she focuses her fire on the doorway.
#HuntingTime – September 8, 2013
Steve leans out of cover once the gunfire stops hitting his cover and fires a quick burst at the woman.
Renala leaves the tunnel and takes cover by the side of its entrance from the central room. Not that the cover would offer her any good line of sight on the gunner, or a range to do any precise biotics.
Tyranniac| Half the burst strikes the cover and half strikes the gunner's barrier. Once the door closes she aims at Steve, opening fire at the crate. The gun spits thermal clip without ceasing to fire.
Steve pulls back behind the crate, wincing as the shots pound against the metal crate. He looks around for anything of use
Tyranniac| There doesn't seem to be anything of immediate use nearby, unless one would find themselves in the mood to charge the gunner with a pickaxe.
"Renala! Steve's stuck in there! If I open the door, can you hit the gunner with another biotic strike?"
Tyranniac| The machinegunner stops firing, looking at the crate and the door alternately with her finger on the trigger.
Renala retunrs through the tunnel, limp-running. "Yeah, but please wait until my shields are up so I can aim better," she says, then thinks for a moment. "You sure you didn't come across anytihng of use earlier, like explosives to throw at her?"
Tyranniac| Two other bandits enter the room. One of them takes cover behind a crate while the other heads towards the door.
Renala nods. "Good, could you run back there and try finding it?" she says. "I'll try to get Steve back in here." A biotic shimmer forms around her person, but she remains outside the door, not opening it yet.
Darsk returns to the central chamber and looks around the edge of the room for any sign of the dropped explosives
Renala waits for Darsk to back in the central chamber before opening the door and launching her throw towards the machinegunner. "Steve, get back in here!" she shouts. "Now!"
Steve , upon hearing the approaching footfalls, quickly pokes his head out of his cover to try and get a bead on the new arrivals.
Tyranniac| The gunner immediately opens fire at Steve. The bandit by the door brings up his omni-tool, clearly intending to seal the door.
Renala waits for Darsk to back in the central chamber before opening the door. She is about to send a throw at the machine gunner, but panics at the sight of the bandit just by the door and hurls the throw field at him/her instead. "Steve, get back in here!" she shouts. "Now!"
Iressa remains in the central chamber, trying to remain aware of what's happening down the tunnel without unnecessarily inserting herself in the rather dangerous situation.
Tyranniac| The bandit is immediately struck by the throw field, getting hurled across the room until he impacts the crate the gunner is using for cover. The bandit in cover opens fire at Renala after understanding what's happening.
Steve leaps out from behind his cover and sights in on the gunner that's cutting off his escape with a hail of gunfire. He quickly empties the rest of his thermal clip into her.
Tyranniac| The rest of the clip sadly consists of one bullet. It impacts her shield without much effect.
Renala charges up and hurls a throw at the machine gunner, her shields holding up against the other bandit still, but wouldn't for much longer. The charge-up didn't take too longer than a second, but following up biotics attack so quickly is going to be very draining on the asari who haven't had a meal on Goddess know how long.
Darsk rushes down the tunnel behind Renala, taking a single explosive pack in one hand and holding the detanator in the other
Steve cusses and fumbles for his spare clip as he slides back behind the crate. "Kill this bitch!" he shouts as he slams the fresh thermal clip into the Locust.
Tyranniac| The gunner curses and braces herself as the throw strikes, causing the crate to slide again, as well as a temporary break in the fire keeping Steve pinned. The other bandit now hurls a gas grenade, which lands just inside the open door and starts spewing out the same gas as earlier.
Renala frowns as a grenade-like obejcts hit near her and decides to make a run for it towards the other end of the tunnel.
Steve quickly stands up during the lull in gunfire and charges towards the door, pulling the collar of the 'borrowed' shirt up to cover his nose and mouth as he spots the dispersing gas.
Renala enables her omni-tool while running and tries to close the door remotely, but it prettyt much fails as she can't type on the interface while outrunning the gas, especially with her limp movement. Once she reaches the end of the tunnel, however, she tries to signal the door to close, hoping it is within range to do so.
Tyranniac| Steve should be able to make it through the gas, although no doubt not without some effect.
Steve pushes through the haze down the hallway, stumbling a few times before making it to the end. The sharp pain shooting through his head turns to a dull throb and his vision blurs slightly as he rounds the corner, using the wall to steady himself.
Darsk stays to one side of the door, raising the detonator. "Everyone, get away from the doorway!" He won't underestimate the yield of the explosives this time
Renala limps over to the side of the doorway, supporting herself on the wall near where Steve is. She is panting heavily from the earlier exertion.
Tyranniac| The explosives detonate in the middle of the tunnel, causing a thunderous blast and a shockwave filled with rock dust to travel through the tunnel and into the center room, reducing visibility considerably when mixed with the explosively delivered contents of the gas grenade. Rock shards fly and the tunnel starts to collapse. The door near them is nearly blasted out of the wall.
Steve is hurled to the ground by the explosives once again! Small shards of rock pepper him, cutting his exposed arms in places as he covers his head. Once the blast is over, he reaches to his pained side, groaning as another sharp twinge shoots through his already-damaged ribcage.
Renala stumbles onto the ground, but the armor keeps her from taking damage, but it's not painless as she did get hit by a few of the shards. "Everyone alright?" she asks, still being on all fours on the floor.
Steve raises into a three-point stance, attempting to keep his balance as he stands up, but quickly falls back to the floor. "Wha-... What the fuck happened?" he shouts, the loud ringing in his ears louder than his own voice.
Darsk grunts as the explosions throw him off balance, holding the shifting tunnel for support as he attempts to get his bearings in the disorienting scene. "It's not going to hold!" He shouts, unable to make out even his own words through the deafening aftermath of the detonation.
Tyranniac| The tunnel collapses completely, the rumbling of the rocks echoing in the chamber as more dust puffs out.
Iressa is braced for the explosion but is still thrown as the shockwaves prove more intense than she imagined. She stumbles about in the central chamber as the mine audibly protests the repeated strain of the detonations.
Renala tries to get on her feet, succeeding with the support of the wall. She coughs as she breathes in much of the dust, and begins limping towards the cave to the cells to escape some of the clouded air.
Steve claws at the wall, sliding back to his feet with much effort in the midst of a coughing fit. Following the same practiced plan as before, he uses the wall to round the central chamber. Everything sounds distant behind the high pitched screetch, and his eyes continue to lose focus on the shapes around him.
Darsk stumbles out of the tunnel as the last of it comes tumbling down, forcing him out with a gust of dust and debris. He remains on the floor of the central chamber, forcing the irritating breath out of his lungs as he tries to regain his composure.
Renala reaches the tunnel to their cells and she continues limping along the wall, only letting go to pass by a staircase. She stops roughly in the middle of the H-structure, supporting herslef on the 'north' wall.
Steve finally makes it to the hallway leading to the cells and collapses on the floor. He slides towards the nearest wall and props himself up, continuing to cough between ragged breaths.
Tyranniac| The dust starts to settle, albeit slowly. The tunnel is utterly collapsed. Voices can be heard arguing upstairs.
Steve is still struggling with the screetching in his head. The dull thumping against his temples becomes more intense.
Renala has regained most of her hearing by now, but there is still some ringing and the sound is muffled on the higher frequencies. She still supports herself against the wall.