Evana remained in her hiding in great frustration.

"How the hell do I fire this damn thing?!" She then looked up to see a robot at her feet.

Abinu noticed that Evana was in need of help, for there was a robot about to shot her to bits. So Abinu ran to Evana's aid, shooting the droid, and dropped next to her. Pointing to the barrel of the gun he said,"You point this end at your enemy, put the other end on your shoulder, and pull the trigger. Then your enemies will be no more."

"You mean like this?"

Evana did as she was instructed. She finally pulled the trigger, and with a loud bang, blew a rather large hole through center of the robot and began to laugh.

"I never fired a gun before. That was so much fun!!" Usually, when Evana learned something new and got exited about it, her hands curl into fists and she flails her arms about and dances in celebration. So when Evana rose to her feet to celebrate her new achievement, she did not realize that her finger was still wrapped around the trigger. So as she began to dance and flail her arms around, large, smokey holes began to appear around the group's surroundings. Abinu, and anyone else who wasn't in a secure area hauled ass for cover. It took a good three minutes for Evana to realize what was going on.

((OK!! Anyone who wants to may take it and RUN!!! btw- I had WAY too much fun with this post to the point I was laughing too hard to write more accurate deatils.....))

By which time the good Gerald-Stoker had set Spider on her, watched the beloved pet get winged by a rifle bullet, and discharge its blunderbuss in the air. He groaned frustratedly and threw his wrench at Evana, with precisely no results at all.

Meta was flattened to the ground, cursing himself for ever thinking that giving Evana a gun would be a good idea. He pulled out a tiny dart gun and loaded a tranquilizer dart, taking aim at Evana. Just as Meta pulled the trigger, howeverr, the AA tank cut loose, causing the dart to miss.

Meta was covered in rubble as the shells sprayed across the area, demolishing the two buildings and ripping the street to shreds. Clawing his way free, Meta pulled out a pair of grenades and dashed towards the AA tank, only to dive behind a burned out car as the machine gun turret on the tank that Abinu had hit with grenades was brought to bear. Apparently the armored man had only destroyed the main gun and the drive unit.

"Evana get down!" Abinu plulled her back down into cover so she wouldn't get herslef killed. He then notticed that ,unfortunetly, the machine gun in the 'messed up' tank was still working. So deciding to finish the job, he pulled out two more grenades and zigzaged towards the tank. Upon reaching close enough he went into a full sprint, threw the grenades and dived down to give himself some cover from the explosion. Three seconds later the grenades blew. After the grenades detonated he looked up and saw the machine gun was successfully destroyed. He then zigzaged back to Evana to check on her. Hopefully she wasn't dead yet.

((Tyrpsi, you need to describe what Abinu does, then let me (or any DM) decide what happens. edit to when the grenade was thrown.))

((i hope that what i fixed was satisfactory. If not inform me so that i may edit it to perfection))

((fine.))

((Sorry for inactivity, Internet was out since last Saturday for me [Neighbors had inadvertently cut our cable while placing sod on their lawn...]))

Rat and Lewie poked their heads through windows and fired at the remaining robots before retreating elsewhere in the building for more vantage points, while Charlie hid under cover and watched with a parascope, searching for suitable targets.

(I was beginning to wonder where you'd gone. Nice to have you back, AK!)

Epsilon knew that the AA tank had to be taken care of posthaste. Putting the prostrate Tej out of his mind, he focused his abilities. His hands gathered in a blue-silver aura, and he extended his arms toward the behemoth down the road. He set his jaw and threw the energy he had been compressing at the massive barrels of the AA turret. He gripped the muzzles of the cannons and slowly began to clench his hands into fists. Slowly, with the groaning and popping of stressed metal, the AA guns crimped themselves shut. The tank could not fire now unless it wanted to utterly destroy itself.

As Epsilon released the energy, he felt a rush of fatigue as if he had run five miles. His pseudo-vision flickered and he slumped down against the wall.

Tej blinked, bulging black eyes nearly taking up the remainder of his face. "That power is amazing... Epsilon-Ja!" He shuffled across the floor over to Epsilon and grappled at his hand, "Epsilon-Ja, are you alright?" He yanked at the apendage, "Get up, Epsilon-Ja! There are many more monsters yet!" A hint of worry broke through the watch's voice. Tej continued to yank at the hand.

((Edit: Heyy! It's Andrew!))

After a moment, Epsilon's vision had returned and he became aware of Tej tugging at his hand. Accepting the aid, he allowed Tej to haul him to his feet. "I am uninjured...my powers are tiring to use." he said by means of explanation. He turned his back on the gaping hole in the wall and held out his hand. A slim thread of blue-silver energy snapped out from his palm and connected with the hilt of Coercion, still embedded in the tank. He jerked his hand, the pike leapt across the gap, and his fingers closed around the hilt. Epsilon moved back behind the wall and prepared for the next wave.

((sorry for lack of postage: small case of writer's block + upcoming final exams= long term brain fart ^-^U

PS!! Sorry about your internet AK- hey you're back though!!!))

Evana sat up and saw that Abinu had left to, no doubt, blow something up. Her head throbbed painfully and her legs were in a great deal of pain, but not enough pain to indicate a broken bone. Evana's arms had many deep cuts, and she had no doubt that she had sustained a few nasty wounds on her face as well. The gun Meta gave her had been ever so conveniently flung slightly out of reach, that she had to drag herself over to where it lay procure it once more. She closed her eyes and forced the pain from her mind and rolled over onto her knees and rose to her feet, grabbed the gun and she saw her reflection in the metal of the gun. There was a gash on the side of her face.

"Damn it. Here we go, then." She ran to join Abinu only to find that he was attempting to take out a tank.

((Now just waiting for something I can reply to with my characters.))

Abinu, seeing that Evana had a gash on the side of her face, ran over to help. "We better get that cleaned up so it doen't get infected" He whipped out his med kit and started to put a bandage on Evana's face.

"Get that off me!! I'll be fine." Evana was frustrated. She hated it when people wanted to take care of her.

"I'll be fine. Just leave it alone."

"If that's what you want." Abinu mumbled to himself. With that he drew his attention to see if there any remaining droids ,and if there were, to take them out.

((BANG!! sorry guys.......... it's real quiet- like 'round here lately))

We're all waiting on TwinD, I believe.

patience little xfee, patience

Meta looked up suddenly, deactivating the session. the buildings, robots and tanks faded into nothing, and Meta stood. "We've got problems," he said. "The raven fleet is here. Those of you who do not have ships, you are welcome here in the DarkSteel, and either survey damages and repairs or man a weapon. If you have a ship, get in it. I'm in contact with the station controller, and he's about to shit an entire house worth of bricks. the plus side is that if we survive this, there's one massive reward due to us. Let's Roll."

The Good Baron Gerald Stoker nodded and gulped from his hip flask. "Do you fellows mind if I give Spider a once over?" he asked. "He seems a little broken after his ordeals, poor chap."

"Alright, we'll follow you when you take off." Charlie said to Meta as Rat and Lewie hastily made their way back to the ship, Charlie taking time to inspect the repairs.

"Same here." Abinu added. He then left the room and headed out to his ship and started to prepare it for flight.

Epsilon flicked the release on Coercion's hilt and the pike vanished into the handle. He clipped the device to his belt and turned to Meta. "You know of my abilities in this situation, I believe." His sensed hummed and his weariness after the tank incident vanished like dew beneath the sun. "Eject me when the enemy approaches." With that, he strode off towards the airlock. A touch to the control panel, and the doors cycled open. Epsilon immediately dropped into a kneeling position similar to seiza and entered his meditative state. At his mental command, the implants activated to their fullest potential. Epsilon would need every iota of power for what he planned to do.

Gerald-Stoker returned to his quarters, produced his tools, and began to set to work on Spider.

He had came to the conclusion that his arms were entirely adequate for the task of self defence, but could do with some refinement. With this consideration in mind, several high power batteries, and a large textbook concerning von Huygen's work on the theoretical applications of mirrors and lenses, he set to work.

((Is Stoker attempting a form of Archimedes' Death Ray by any chance?))

((Yep.))

((Very nice.))

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