11 Arc II: The City Halls Welcoming Party II (1/2)
The Proving Grounds: Forgotten City; City Hall, Parking Lot
1821Y 02M23D 0400H
A scream from somewhere caught everyone's attention.
”GET OUTTA... WAY...”
Suddenly, hordes of mutants came running out of a street corner — soon enough, what looks like a mini IAV Stryker ('IAV' Interim Armored Vehicle) without any armaments came crashing out of a house, running over a bunch of mutants, painting the pavement with bile and gore.
Everyone was dumbfounded ( even the mutants ) as they watch a Priestess riding on the hood of the armored vehicle desperately holding on to its reins as it slips sideways because of the viscous fluid blanketing its six wheels.
It slammed into a decrepit building, bursting out of other side, landing on a dried out pond.
The IAV's wheel dug in the dirt as it tried to get back unto the road, kicking mud and everything else buried behind it.
She whips the reins making the vehicle's engine roar, all six wheels spun making the tank shoot up like a rocket, its suspension jump thrice as it landed back to solid ground.
While she struggles to keep her vehicle under control. Panic and terror reign on the streets, as the mob of mutants stampede out of the rampaging vehicles path.
The Priestess with tears on her eyes shouted. ”AM SO — SORRY...” As she mercilessly made roadkill of the hapless mutants, before spinning out of control then boomeranging towards the pair of Brutes, slamming hard.
Without seatbelt the Priestess went flying towards Luci.
The Sorceress felt like she was waking up from some kind of weird demented nightmare as she dashed towards the Priestess catching her — they rolled some distance before a broken ice cream truck stopped their momentum. Both of them sustaining bruises all over.
Luci tapped her. ”Are you alright?”
Still dazed and blood streaming down her forehead the Priestess replied. ”Am fi—ne... Am fine, Reilly...” Afterward, her head tilted backwards then fainted.
”Hey...” Luci shook the Priestess when something caught her eyes.
On the back of the IAV, a black figure was hanging, stepped down making the vehicle's suspension jump.
Luci grinned at the sight. 'Now that is a surprise. A Paladin — rare defensive class, how peculiar to see one alone.
She watched as the Paladin walk towards the still standing Brute and kick its arm sending it back to the ground.
He opened his right palm and the Great War Hammer attach to the side of the IAV zoomed towards him, he then dropped it on the Brute's head making some kind of art on the concrete.
The other Brute shove away the IAV then charge towards him, the Paladin took his round shield attaches to his back and threw it to the Brute's kneecap breaking it and making the mutant fall facedown beside its pair. The Paladin lifted his hammer and transferred it to the other Brute's head completing the masterpiece.
A fairy came out of Paladin's Wolf Mantle complaining. ”Where the hell did that thieving Cat learn to drive. Sheesh!” It then crawled on top of the wolf's head and laid on its fur then lazily wave a hand.
A link request appeared on the group's HUDs. As they accepted it, a deathly calm voice echoed through. ”Mage, Summoner get on top of the wagon.”
'Wagon!?' The Summoner look at the IAV then nodded, she then ran towards Luci.