Steve returns to the destroyed central chamber and looks around. "What do you think?" he asks, looking between the hatch in the ceiling and the remaining doors on the other side of the destroyed chasm, "Up or across?"
#Rampage – September 14, 2013
Renala | "Across," she says, following beside him. "Might as well look for anything useful down here before we go up to meet what's likely the bulk of them."
Steve nods and moves close to the wall, assessing whether or not there's enough floor left to shimmy around to the other side.
Steve leans flat against the wall and slowly begins shimmying above the gap. "What you're doing..." he grunts, speaking between movements, "Staying behind for me, I mean... I appreciate it, Ren..."
Renala follows after him, keeping her balance well. "I couldn't just leave you..." she says, and focuses on keeping balanced while continuing along the wall.
Steve continues along the wall until he passes the door, allowing room for Renala to approach it without getting in her way. "Either way... It means a lot to me, Ren. Thanks."
Renala enables her omni-tool and starts the hacking program, silently thanking the Goddess it works with minimal user interaction. "You offered to help me if my situation got rough, back at the Respite," she says. "Besides, you think you could get these doors opened without me?" Her tone at the end was light-hearted, trying to lighten the otherwise grim mood of this.
Tyranniac| The door unlocks without much issue, just like the others. Digital security is clearly not the bandits' strong side.
Steve shifts his weight as he waits for the door to open. "My plan wouldn't have required quite as much... Finesse." he smiles, "It's good to have you here."
Tyranniac| The door opens, revealing a bandit with a stun baton that immediately charges out into the doorway and slams the baton at Renala with the power on.
Renala tries to grab a hold of the baton, but loses balance and falls. She manages to grip ont othe ledge, holding on to it.
Steve holds on to the door frame and shoulders his way into the doorway, attempting to push the guard against the wall and grab control of his wrist.
Tyranniac| The bandit is pushed against the wall, his wrist grabbed and the baton dropping from his hand. He is human, with sickly green skin and a bald head. He aims a surprisingly strong punch at Steve's belly with his free hand.
Renala tries to crawl onto the ledge to get onto stable ground, using the side of the doorframe to drag herself up. She begins grabbing after the baton if she makes it up there unobstructed.
Tyranniac| The floor that Renala's left hand is holding onto detaches from the wall. The doorframe remains stable, although not a great grabbing surface.
Tyranniac| The bandit hisses and aims a very swift kick at Steve before backpedaling. Steve would feel his hand itching heavily.
Renala holds onto the door frame for dear life as she builds up biotic energy, which she uses to throw herself ungracefully into the room, with likelyhood of hitting the bandit.
Steve manages to get get his hands up in time to block the kick. He absently rubs his hand across the side of his pants and takes a step back to put distance between himself and the bandit.
Tyranniac| Renala flies into the tunnel with no grace at all, landing on top of Steve, since the bandit backpedaled.
Steve is shoved aside, but retains his balance. He keeps his eyes fixed on the bandit as he helps Renala up.
Steve draws his Locust in begins walking down the hallway. "Keep your guard up... No telling where that ugly motherfucker made off to."
Renala walks over to pick up the stun baton (if it's still there) before falling into step beside him. "I'll have a warp field ready if he shows up again," she says, the biotic shimmer around her person persisting.
Steve holds the Locust up with one hand, aiming it at the door as he reaches out with his other and opens it. He quickly takes a step back as it opens and grips the weapon with both hands.
Tyranniac| The door opens to reveal a poorly lit room with several crates. There is no sign of the bandit.
Renala follows suit, taking a step back as she pays close attention to the door. Once it opens, she remaisn there, as if she's expecting him to hide in the cover of the doorframe.
Tyranniac| There is one door to the right and one to the left. The bandit suddenly drops down from the ceiling, behind Renala, and immediately grabs a hold of her head in an attempt to break her neck.
Steve turns in place and aims down the sights of his SMG. "Let her go, you ugly fuck." he says, taking a step closer to the pair.
Tyranniac| The bandit tightens his grip of Renala with great strength, staring at the barrely of the gun. He manuvers Renala into the line of fire to use her as a shield, while raising his free hand towards Steve, palm open.
Steve tries to line up a shot on the assailant, moving his finger over the trigger. His aim sways slightly as he struggles to get a bead on the man with Renala in between them. Second-guessing himself, he quickly changes his plan of attack. He spans the gap between himself and Renala with another step and lunges towards the pair, attempting to deliver a punch over Renala's shoulder into the bandit.
Tyranniac| The bandit pushes Renala at Steve as he approaches to put him off balance and immediately enters melee combat, trying to wrestle the SMG out of his hand and put his other hand to Steve's face, secreting an irritant from his palm that would disorient and temporarily blind him.
Steve holds onto the SMG for dear life with one hand as his vision fades to black. He blindly grabs at the man's neck and attempts to pull him into a headbutt, hoping Renala will be able to get the drop on him now.
Renala gasps as she's pushed away, but manages to push herself to the side of Steve and falls to the ground. In a rush of adrenaline, she gets to her feet quickly and gets to a position where the other person is easily visible without Steve obstructing. She carefully aims a warp field at the person, being careful to make sure it avoid Steve and hits the other human in the lower areas.
Tyranniac| The bandit hisses again as he is headbutted, focusing all of his energy on getting control of the weapon. A gasp follows the gruesome sound of the warp field shredding his flesh, leaving a gaping hole reaching all the way to his spine in his side and covering Steve in the shredded remains. The wound bleeds heavily and the human stutters a few times before dying.
Tyranniac| The warp field would likely have been just on the verge of hitting Steve, maybe shredding his clothing and the very outer parts of his skin.
Renala has to watch all that as she focuses on keeping the field under tight control, but once the field's dissipated, she looks towards Steve, checking if any slight bits of it had affected him.
Steve drops to his knees once the attacker goes limp and begins rubbing at his eyes. Given Renala's precision and careful aiming, it has avoided causing any damage to him, merely tearing at the fabric of his pants slightly. "My eyes..." he groans, "He sprayed something in my eyes."