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Attempt on Aylena's life #4
With the bullet hole in the window, one can infer that the shooter is on the neighbouring building's roof. However, the shooter cannot be seen from their position. The video feed overlooking the area outside of the garage door is still offline.
Gren dips himself back behind the counter and adjusts his grip on the shotgun. "Neighbouring roof," he says. He glances across to Briggs and shrugs. "Can't get a good eye on 'em."
Steve shifts his weight, remaining pressed up against the counter as his gaze drifts upwards. "Well, let's hope that backup arrives sooner rather than later. Cuz I ain't doin' much with this thing from here." he says, lifting his SMG.
Steve looks Gren over, cracking a smirk. "Hopefully better than ya look." he says with a wink before quickly focusing back on the top of the counter. Deciding it's probably best not to give Gren a chance to respond, he adds, "We might be able to sneak out the back and get the drop on him if we have no other choice."
Philip locks the door once Aylena and Lema are both inside, remaining on watch outside in the corridor.
Gren seems to grin at Steve's barb. He then nods at the suggestion and stays hunkered down, casually laying his shotgun across his lap in a relaxed fashion.
Gregorij looks across the room in the direction of Steve and Gren. "Will somebody sort this goddamn mess out?! That's what you're paid for, isn't it?"
Steve makes no attempt to move despite Greg's complaining. "Yeah, keep shouting. Draw more attention to yourself with your bitchin'. Sounds like a good plan. Look, there ain't much we can do with a sniper outside. We've got backup comin' to take care of 'em but you're gonna have to shut the fuck up for a few minutes, alright!?"
Gren similarly makes no attempts to move, idly picking off a fleck of dirt from his armour. He let's the human deal with the human.
Another eight uneventful minutes passes, giving the agency time to get their people geared up. A firefight has erupted outside on the garage-side of the building, but the noise is too muffled to truly tell how many are involved.
Steve's head snaps towards the direction of the gunfire. "You alright, cow herder!?" he calls back to Phil.
Gren looks up and huffs, gripping his shotgun and standing up, back facing the sniper's perch. He starts to make his way to the hallway.
As the Redrock shuttle nears, the sound of Jasper's voice rings over the comms channel set up by Phil. "Nearin' yer location. Can ya give us a general location on the sniper? What're we lookin' fer? We're hearin' gunfire, that comin' from you?"
The shuttle gains altitude, attempting to get a look at the general situation unfolding around the Respite.
Gren would enter the hallway and then navigate his way towards the garage. "I'll check it out," he rumbles to no one in particular.
Steve activates his omni-tool. "We've got a sniper on the building next door. East. Haven't got eyes on the actual shooter, though. I ain't got my gear with me so I ain't in too much of a rush to stick my ass out there and look, either."
The shuttle crew may spot a figure in blue armor decloaking and running towards the edge of the roof furthest from the shuttle. The firefight outside the garage is difficult to see from the air, but there's one shooter on the corner on an adjacent building using a Carnifex pistol, and they are firing at the south-east corner of the Respite building.
Gren will have to walk through the kitchen, which is clear. Va'ynna is nowhere to be seen in there, either.
Gren walks through the kitchen, holding his shotgun at his side. He doesn't really care for V's current condition or location. He continues his journey to the garage.
The shuttle door slides open as it begins to pass over the building and a glowing, helmet-less Leah steps up to the edge. "Think I've got eyes on our sniper. I'll move to intercept." she reports, holding onto the handhold. She gives a nod to the other shuttle inhabitants, Halisi and Uvena, before releasing her grip on the handhold and freefalling down towards the rooftop.
The shuttle continues overhead after Leah has exited. "I'm gon' getcha closer to the action!" Jasper calls back to Uvena and Halisi, "See what's goin' on over there!" He swings the shuttle past the building to try and get a view on what all the gunfire is about.
Halisi nods to Leah, remaining buckled in. She's wearing her set of bright white light armor, and is unarmed, as always.
Leah slows her descent to brace for landing and grips the Carnifex at her thigh, pulling it free from her holster. The moment her feet touch the rooftop, she breaks into a sprint after the figure on the rooftop.
(Rooftop) The sniper, a salarian with a Mantis, secures a grappling hook onto the side of the roof before starting to rappel down.
(Garage) Just as Gren opens the door to the garage, a breaching charge goes off on the garage door, kicking up a lot of dust. Two mercenaries, an asari (Locust, holstered Carnifex) and a turian (Katana, folded-up Avenger), in full armor (including helmet) enter the garage. They take cover behind the car upon spotting the krogan.
Uvena is in her green and orange harsuit, and has her Locust attached to the side of it. She is seated near the door.
Gren covers his face with his free hand, shielding his eye. He spots the two hostiles and sighs. He glows with biotic energy and makes to launch a powerful push at their cover, aiming to knock the over with the vehicle.
Leah continues towards the edge of the rooftop in a sprint. "He's trying to get off the rooftop." she reports as she nears the grappling hook. "Not so fast!" she calls out, not even breaking her stride as she leaps over the edge, once again slowing her descent with her biotics, to beat the salarian down. She rotates in place and levels her Carnifex on the sniper.
The area outside the garage door is clear, but they won't be able to see how many are inside. There are three miltiamen taking cover overlooking the garage door, two turians and an asari, but none of them have a good visual of the situation inside.
The shuttle lowers to the ground behind the militiamen and Jasper opens the shuttle doors for Uvena and Halisi to exit. Jasper toggles through the comms channels to connect with the militia's line. "Jasper here with Redrock Agency. No cause fer alarm, jus' us. We've got folks inside. Hold yer fire, we're gon' get this situation under control."
The salarian cuts the rope and cloaks, and starts running off towards the east. The sounds of armored boots hitting the pavement makes for a trial to follow, however.
The turian manages to pull back in time to stay upright, but the asari is thrown off balance by it. The former raises a Katana, and opens fire towards the krogan.
Gren 's barrier flares as the shards strike him. "Mines bigger," he grunts before levelling his claymore and firing a shot at the turian as he advances towards him. He shimmers blue as he fires off his shotgun and throws a hand out afterwards, aiming to snag the asari and fling her across the room.
One of the militiamen, a turian male in full gray armor, steps forth towards the shuttle. "Do you know what this is about?" he asks.
Leah fires a shot as the tactical cloak begins to activate. "Shit. He's making a break for it! In pursuit!" she announces over comms as she starts after the salarian. "He's heading East!"
Halisi sahkes her head as she unbuckles and steps out of the shuttle.. "No, we got a call that a sniper was firing on our people in the Respite. Is anyone hurt?"
Steve stands from his spot on the floor as Leah confirms he's no longer under threat of sniper fire since the sniper is retreating. He gives a glance around the room. "Alright, everyone stay down!" he instructs, "Just gonna be a little bit longer. Our backup just arrived, so sit tight!" He hurries through the door to the hallway and enters the kitchen, trying to get a handle on where Gren went.
(Garage Ext.) He shakes his head. "We've had no word from the inside," he says. "Ms. D'Inea is not answering us."
(Garage Int.) The turian is staggered as the Claymore brings down his shields and pepper his armor. He keeps firing his shotgun, however. The asari fights back as she's picked up, but the krogan manages to fling her across the room. She does manage to fire off a stasis field his way. The kitchen is still clear.
(Pursuit) The shot connects with his shields, but he keeps running. At the first corner, he takes a right.
Gren freezes in spot, a muffled and annoyed grunt coming from the field. "Really?" He simply waits for the field to wear off.
Leah remains in pursuit, but doesn't attempt to fire again out of fear of potentially harming someone with a missed shot. "Stop running, asshole! I'm just gonna catch you anyway!" she shouts as she holsters her Carnifex and continues after the salarian.
Steve hears the shots ring out from the garage and, paying no mind to useless-Phil, rushes towards the direction of the gunfire. He presses up against the doorframe to the garage and pokes his head out to get a view of what's going on, doing his best not to give his own position away.
(Garage Int.) The turian takes the time to reload his shotgun, leveling his shotgun on the krogan while he also anticipates the field going down.
(Garage Ext.) The asari militiawoman reloads her Carnifex. "We've had no reports of other mercs showing up to help these assholes," she says. "Sounds like there's only the two of them and the sniper." She uses a biotic charge to cover the distance to the wall and takes cover by the south-east corner.
(Pursuit) The salarian will fail to outrun Leah halfway to the next corner. He does not answer her shout.
Steve swings into the doorway now that he has a read on enemy positions, and opens fire on the turian, holding the trigger down on his SMG before swinging back into cover. Without his gear, he has no interest in remaining anymore of a target than absolutely necessary.
Halisi follows after Uvena, activating her omni-tool as she gets into cover next to her. "What's the plan?"
Gren silently counts down an estimate of when the field drops. It drops a second before he finishes. Ah well. He unleashes a fearsome krogan roar and slings his empty weapon at the turian, following it quickly. He prepares to take a full on shotgun blast, even absorbing a few of Steve's bullets. If he successfully grapples the turian, he would make to pick him up
Uvena frowns behind her helmet. "Help them regain control of the building, and hold it," she says. "That's the best I can do wit the little scraps of intel they threw our way."
Leah presses forward, a blue glow enveloping her as she hurls herself forward in an attempt at tackling the retreating salarian to the ground.
(Garage Int.) The turian manages to dodge the thrown gun, and he continues firing on Gren. Steve's bullets do strike his armor and some even gets through it. The krogan does pick him up successfully and he's brought to the ground, and the shotgun hits the floor beside him. The asari starts getting to her feet from the closest left corner as seen from the kitchen door.
(Garage Ext.) The asari keeps watching the corner, and one of the turians move to cover the other corner.
(Pursuit) Leah manages to tackle the salarian to the ground, and he tries turning around to throw a punch at her.
Gren brings his fist up, wrapped in biotic energy and he brings it down, hard, to turn the turian's face into a pulpy mess. If successful, he would pick up his thrown gun, reload and turn on the asari, firing off the reloaded round.
Steve remains at the doorframe, not chancing sticking his head out now that he's garnered some attention.
Leah keeps the salarian pressed against the ground. Right in her element, she attempts to redirect the salarian's punch with her left hand and throw a counter with her right, slicing at the salarian with her elbow.
Uvena leans into the improvised entrance, but pulls back almost immediately. "Who's on our side in there?" she asks over the comms.
Steve responds as soon as he hears Uvena's voice over comms. "It's just me, Phil and the krogan on the inside." he says, "We've got an asari and a turian causin' a bit of trouble in the garage. Not sure what's outside."
(Garage Int.) The turian's helmet now spots a large fist-sized indent, and he falls limp onto the floor. The asari sends a shockwave the krogan's way before making a run for the kitchen; her shields took the hit from the shotgun before going down. She ignores Steve as she crosses the room.
(Pursuit) The punch connects with the salarian's head and he's staggered for a second. He throws a blind punch during that. It's clear that the salarian is not trained in unarmed combat.