So close and so Far away

The Russia trip was, well, different, but that's for another story.
 
Not too long after returning to the States, and trying to get some down time at Homested, I was eating as usual when we got a call from not one, but two resistance cells.
 
One was fairly close, as in Thunder Bay and the other in Nebraska. Without the Xplore plane, getting around the US is harder for most of the team. It's not all that difficult for me, but, well, we'll see what we can do.
 
I grabbed Dragon Lady and Max and dropped them off on the ship in Thunder Bay where some Black Talons were attacking. I then ran back for Lyzen and just bairly got her on the back of the ship before I headed to Nebraska.
 
I need to get better at searching out where the Talons are attacking. I missed completly that there were non-combatants in the area.
 
I hope that Destroyer hasn't had the chance to upgrade the Talon's yet. It's nice that they have a weakness to electricity. Thank's to Max for finding that one out.
 
I blow into the area where the Talons are. Oh, what fun, another gas station. The Talons start to spread out, so I move down the street and blast the closest one with my Lightning Blast. I must have bled off some charge somewhere on the way here, as it didn't seem to be as effective as usual.
 
One of the Talons takes a shot at me, and thanks to my sense of the magnetics, it just misses me. That was the good news. The bad news is that it struck the police car I was next to, just as the officer inside had gotten out of the car and walked around the back to the side. That's what I mean about my not paying attention to my surroundings. Not my best moment. I think Sandcrab was behind me, so I hope he can help him out. Through our L-nanite link #Check the officer, I didn't see him as I ran past. # I really hope that it worked. I'm a bit focused on not getting shot again.
 
I spin towards the same Talon that I hit the first time. The suit lights are flickering, so, he's still active. I run past him and try to take out a leg. I bounce off the leg a bit but keep my feet. That stung a little bit. I think I'm going to have to come up with something to help protect me next time.
 
I 'feel' that something isn't right, and about that time one of the other Talons fires at me. I try to see where it is firing from, just about in time to see it fire off two large electrical rounds of some sort.
 
SOB that hurt. Well, from what I have been told, getting shot while wearing a bullet proof vest hurts ALOT. I can now tell you from experience, yes it DOES.
 
I was able to keep my feet under me, so that was a good thing, but just barely. The Talon had raised up into the air, so, I called him on it. "Chicken!!!! What, are you afraid of the Little Guy! Come on back down here and let's fight!" I guess that helped out my Lightning blast as it seemed to knock him out in one shot not two.
 
I really do hope that Destroyer doesn't figure out what we are doing and begin to upgrade these things.
 
I think I'm going to suggest that we start being a bit more pro-active against Destroyer's abilities to build these things. If we can disrupt the supply line for the suits of armor, and even the Destroids, then, we will be making progress towards defeating Destroyer. Even though he 'controls' the world, cost him enough, and he will lose.