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You've only moments to make the call. It's harder than you'd expect, too.
But pragmatism and old loyalty rule the day.
You level your rifle with the torso of the attacker that's got Ed by the shoulders, pushing down at him and hissing with feral intensity. Your placement is excellent, and when you squeeze the trigger a round travels right under the figure's armpit sideways into the chest cavity and punctures the rat nesting where his heart once was.
The body slumps to the floor, out of Edgar's grasp. He glances to you and nods quickly, then both of you turn your attention on Andre, who is wrestling on the floor with his assailant at this point. You can't get a good shot, and the possessed man is starting to choke him out on the floor, his eyes are bulging and his torso trembles and y-
<span class="mu-i">SHNK</span>
The aggressor collapses on top of him lifeless. He rolls over to get clear with a quickness, and you see he's got that shitty tactical dagger in his hand, the one from the police cruiser. He managed to pierce the heart in one go. You almost crack a smile, but are interrupted by the back door slamming open.
The soldier - agent? - that emerges has his face obscured by a mask and high tech goggles. He has a suppressed SMG that he points to you first, you've got no time to get clear, the instant you see him you know that you'll all be riddled with bullets and bleeding dead after one quick sweep of the barrel, you think of your daughter one last time an-
<span class="mu-i">Click</span>
He lowers the weapon, staring right at your face.
You're all frozen, until Edgar starts to raise his rifle, but the moment is interrupted yet again when something grabs the soldier and pulls him back into the darkness of the storage room.
You and your two partners don't hesitate after that, booking it for the other side of the Five Below and to an emergency exit leading into the next store.
You dip through two more retail spaces, using your saw to cut a hole in order to unlatch a door, prying open a couple more. Eventually you all spill out onto the street and keep jogging. You can still hear the whir of the chopper nearby, but it's at least a block over and a street or two away. The soldiers, or whatever they are, may still be in pursuit, but you won't be able to tell until they're on top of you.
Edgar immediately begins trying car doors. As he does, you hear those heavy machine guns start to kick up again... And then the distinct blast of a rocket... <span class="mu-i">What the fuck is going on</span>? Chicago seems to finally be earning it's designation as a warzone...
What will you do?
>Convince Edgar to return to the construction site, this was all too close of a call, you need to get to your new gun stash and the kind of medical care only a spirit can offer
>Continue to the bakery, if things are getting this bad here, you need all the help you can get as soon as you can get it, and if Wanda is still alive she can definitely treat the wounds you've all suffered so far
>Write-in
