>>5869744The sparks were short lived, but the effect it had was not. The underdweller had his senses, but not his control, when he saw you rushing over, your axe bursting through the air toward his back. With the pneumatic <span class="mu-i">po</span> it smashed into his spine, and he froze. Yanking it out, you're not sure how you feel. Relieved? Glad? Nothing but adrenaline?
You want to watch him drop to the floor, but there's still one left, and he was having the same thought until you met eyes. He turned to run, and you caught his leg with your axe as he raised his leg over the body on the ground behind him. With an incomplete curse, he rolls onto the ground and yells in pain. Taking a ginger step over the now dead man, you're steeling yourself to finish the job.
"That's enough, Fiona," Sumika's voice startles you after finally tuning back into it. Your frightened jump must have been funny to see on the body cam. "Leave one of these alive for interrogation. They've started making weapons, and we need to know how many they've made."
