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A bulky android with a massive hole in its chest is at the front of a pack of at least a dozen more simple, bulky robots following after it. As you two twist around another corner, you notice that the android is about ready to slam into Kiara to knock her to the ground. <span class="mu-r">If that happens, it's over for her.</span>
Kiara glances behind and tries her best to pick up her speed but it's obvious if you don't do something, she's going to be fucking killed. In a split second decision, you slow down just enough to get behind her before sliding in to take the hit, raising your armsleeve arm to hopefully dampen the hit.
<span class="mu-s">CRACK!</span>
IT HURTS IT HURTS GOD FUCK IT HURTS OH GOD OH FUCK AUGH. On instinct you activate your Adrenaline Implant and push Kiara with all of your remaining strength. You try your best to ignore the fact your arm got dislocated from the impact. Running off the adrenaline high, you shoved your dislocated arm back into its socket. Hurts like a motherfucker and you'll be SCREAMING once you're done with the course but you're fine for now.
>-1 ADRENALINE CHARGE. WOULD'VE TAKEN 2 DAMAGE OTHERWISE!
You can see a light at the end of the tunnel. "MOVE MOVE MOVE!" "YEAH I GET IT NICOLE FUCK FUCK FUCK" At the end of said tunnel is a rope ladder leading up to the surface. Kiara is the first to climb up while you trail after her, right as the things chasing you prepare to rip you asunder.
A clawed hand slashes across your back but thank god you had the bodysuit on. It hurts, no doubt about it, but you grit your teeth and get to the surface mostly intact. Glancing down at the bottom of the pit you climbed out, all you can see is a set of glowing eyes that slowly disappears into the darkness of the trench.
You take a moment to catch your breath. Your knees give up on you and you immediately fall to the floor. Fuck. That was something.
"Holyshitthatwascoolineverdidsomethinglikethatandholyfuckthanksforsavingme" Kiara is spinning around your hunched over body. Your eyes nearly get blinded thanks to the pictures she's taking if you weren't smart enough to put your shades on the moment you two got out of the hole.
Once she's calmed down a bit from nearly being torn to scrap, she helps you off the ground. She wraps your arm around her shoulder. "Thank you. Seriously." That smile she's giving you is making you feel oddly warm and fuzzy. "Let's get going, okay?" With her help, the two of you limp away from the trench.
>+1 RAPPORT WITH KIARA, 2/7 IN TOTAL. NEXT TURN YOU HIRE HER, SHE'LL GET AN UPGRADE
>THE NEXT TIME YOU EARN RAPPORT WITH KIARA, SHE'LL GAIN ONE MORE.
Turns out picking the hell maze was a good idea since it only takes five minutes to stumble from the maze you left over to a small pile of dirt that has the flag firmly planted in it. Something is already yelling at you that something's going to happen if you pull it.
"C'mon. You already got this far." Kiara tries her best to cheer you on. "We're going to make it."
