04/28/2013, 01:46 AM #170 Melun, France
"Confirmed hit." the Demolisher's AI reported back.
The red dot started flickering and had flown back from the explosion several meters before vanishing over a nearby river. This could mean one of two things: the little girl had been destroyed mid flight, or she landed in the water, where the radar could not detect her. To the discontent of the Commander, the later was the most likely situation, and if she could fly as fast as a jet, then she would have probably gotten away by now. (It's never the easy way, isn't it?) he thought. He then started to move towards ground zero of the shelling.
As he got closer and closer he saw more and more soldiers running around, sometimes stopping to stare at the titan of a mech that walked before them. His troops caught up with him and followed immediately behind him like ducklings. After walking for a full kilometer the Commander arrived at where the shell hit. the crater was probably 4 meters wide and about half a meter deep. (It didn't even hit the ground and it caused this much destruction?) he questioned. Obviously this "Demolisher" tank that he just created was unnecessarily powerful. Or, maybe he was too used to fighting other armies the same strength as his was. Either way he had to redesign his troop's weapons to fit this more fragile world.
He took a look around to see if there was any sign of the girl. All he saw was a bunch of soldiers staring at him in disbelief, and off the side of the crater on the side of a shop...
"Dammit..." the Commander said under his breath.
The white dot, the character who had been fighting the girl was lying on a table, being treated for first degree plasma burns. It was obvious that the girl didn't do that to her, so the only reason she would be like this is because she didn't move out of the way in time. Out of all the complications that could have happened during his plan, this was the last thing the Commander wanted to happen. He had to act quickly. Plasma burns from energy weaponry was different from regular plasma, the condensing process creates a lot of radiation, and if not treated properly then the patient could be at risk of radiation poisoning.
The Commander opened the hatch to his command mech, located on its head, took the nanolith medical kit from behind his command chair, and ran out to aid the injured character. The drop from the head of the mech to the ground was about 6.7 meters, but to the surprise of the soldiers watching (as if the mech itself wasn't enough of a surprise) he had made the jump down without any effort, then continued to run towards the injured.
He ran towards the medic struggling to treat the odd symptoms that the woman was experiencing and pushed him aside. "Out of the way!" he shouted. He readied the nanolith medkit and activated it . "What are you doing?!?" the medic asked furiously. "Fixing a mistake." the commander replied. The two of them watched as glowing green dust spewed out of the device and flowed around the woman like water. After 10 seconds the dust stoped glowing and reentered the device. She was perfectly healthy. Asleep, but healthy. The Commander released a sigh of relief. That was one unnecessary casualty prevented.
(Now...) he pondered. (Where did that little demon go?)Last edited by topio1; 04/28/2013, 02:05 AM.
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