Apparently standing up against tyranny is becoming more popular. As if not only ourselves, the New Champions, new groups like The Superior Five but Small rag tag groups of normals, albeit skilled and decently armed, dubbed 'Resistance Fighters' are now coming into play. We are more and more often having to save these brave men and woman. This is a good trend, however I ask myself, "What good have we wrought? If our actions have only inspired others to risk themselves as sacrifice against the force of Destroyer's agents!"
We arrived above the ghost-town in Arizona. Viewing the street below it looked more like city streets set up for a game of paintball. Sandbags on street corners, barbed wire blockades, a dozen resistance fighters and one decent looking auto cannon on a rooftop in the center of town. But this isn't paintball, five blocks away and coming fast are Destroyers agents, four Black Talon armored agents and a dozen more regular agents, all heavily armed. Armed well enough to threat us, the supers. The resistance doesn't stand a chance. If we weren't here, it would be a short, deadly last stand.
I hop out of the XPlore jet, dropping Rocket in the street. We decide to split our forces, half us will hold of Destroyer's agents and the others will gather the Resistance fighters and take them to safety aboard the XPlore.
I dig up dirt from below the street and throw it two blocks down the street covering a group of regular agents. I see Max and Rocket begin to gather the Resistance. Just then the Black Talons spring to roof tops. The one closest to me hits me with his laser cannon, not quite a square hit, I only feel s slight fizzle. I answer his call jumping in an arc, doing a pile driver. My feet landing square, I feel him crumple below me while the force of my impact pushes us through the roof, we slam into the second floor, break threw it and land on the first floor. My attack was effective. Surprisingly, I have never attempted to just through myself against an enemy, but I see ghost doing it all time, so why not? Thanks for the tip Ghost.
My HUD picks up the next Black Talon through the building. If I exit the way I came, I won't make it there before his next attack against Lady Dragon. (She looks dwarfed standing face to face against the Black Talon Mech) I don't know her well enough to not aid her.
The fastest path between two spots is a direct line. Putting my shoulder into it and cannonball through the wall, scamper across the street and up the side of the building. I can't make it all the way to her! But luckily my crab legs can just reach up and over the edge to snag a hold of the Black Talon. I grab his leg and yank him off the roof, throwing him to meet the street below. Gravity. Got to love good old gravity. Many pieces of metal break off the mech. Scanning the man inside looks unconscious, alive but will likely be sore tomorrow.
Across the street I see Runeforce deal with the third Black Talon and a few blocks over a trip wire binds the last while ghost finishes him off.
The Resistance is gathered, I tag a couple mechs with Tracer and take time to scan the buildings. I spot a small building and inside two military looking laptops. I head there, tunnel under and grab them exiting quickly and jump back to the Xplore. Mission accomplished, for now.