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Unlike the first three trainees you fought earlier, these two are much smarter, working in tandem to keep the three of you pinned down. One fires first while the other waits, coming up to fire so that the first has time to reload and there's almost always a steady stream of incoming fire.

"Great…guess we're stuck here for now. Any other bad news we're going to get?" Jax shouts over the hail of pellets. You glance over your cover and estimate them to be about a hundred yards away from you. That certainly limits your options a little…

"Uh…Dorn Wilton?" Your radio splutters to life; Norman, one of your teammates from the defensive team, is calling you right now. "We've got a situation over here: Blue Team just sent another strike team at us, and they already took Syed down."

Ami glares at Jax. "You just had to say that," she says drolly.

Stifling a laugh despite the grim situation, you take a quick look around and decide to…