There were fifteen gunman who had pinned down her people. Therod could see overhead but couldn't directly intervene without risking people on the ground. She had also told Rolando not to shift, if only not when so many people were watching. It was odd to her that instead of hitting the shipment directly they had attacked her people, and in large numbers.
"Carut you online?"
"My leg is broke not my mind, yes I'm here, and I see what's going on, hold on." Carut's leg fracture was pretty bad, last Therod had heard they might have to replace it with a cybernetic implant.
"Do you want us to wait while these assholes shoot at us or are you going to let me off the chain Therod?" Rolando and Rem seemed safe where they were, but they wouldn't be for long, the armed men were spreading out in a flanking move. Rolando's "chain" was anti magical wristlets that Therod had him wear, nice than the previous shackles he wore, but still restrictive. He hated the idea, she advocated it based on the need for subtlety something he lacked as a Lorentino.
"Calm down you aren't in trouble yet."
"Interesting definition of that Captain."
"Well Therod they're mercs, and worse they've paid off corporate police to ignore the gun battle." Carut had been a pretty good electronics man back in the day at least according to him. Therod was hesitant to trust him, but she didn't want him just sitting around doing nothing feeling sorry for himself.
"Top notch info Carut, I'm so glad you gave it to us." Rem felt the information was not useful, Rolando chuckled a bit. Both men could see the mercs closing on them.
"Well if you idiots had let me finish, I'd have told you I'd hacked their comm channel and they are being paid to detain you, but not kill you."
"Great so we just blow the job, but don't end up dead." Rolando itched to have his magic, he could solve everything very quickly.
"It means we haven't blown the job yet, steal one of their transports and get back to our client." Therod cut them off before they started whining at each other.
"And if they follow us?"
"They won't." Therod brought up the weapons on her craft and made ready. "Rowland, just the transport no killing."
"You take all the fun out of life." Rolando made ready to shift and Rem tried his best not to freak out about what was about to happen as it was his first shift. Before Rem could even think about what was happening they were in the front of a truck and Rolando was gunning the engine, just as Therod opened up with her crafts weapons overhead.
"Now catch up to the client before these assholes regroup, something hinky is going on and I want to know what."
"Got it boss."
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