154

What the…you look in the direction that Allenby mentioned when you hear those words, and then you see what the Colonel was talking about. Your skin begins to crawl when you see a pack of five Beasts running up the road in broad daylight, heading in your direction, people fleeing away from them. You curse mentally and pull out your hammer-axe, holding it in front of you as memories of your encounter with them rush into your mind. This was extremely unexpected, you complain to yourself mentally. Terrorist attacks are far more welcome than this.

"Szar! Bogeys on our twelve!" you hear Balogh curse. You spare a glance in his direction, and another shiver runs down your spine as you see a second pack of Beasts, this one also numbering five, slowly bearing down on your location. Damn it, why are these things suddenly attacking us, you think to yourself. Ami rides over to Balogh's side, pulling out a long knife from her suit and taking on a defiant stance, only to have him smack her in her side. "Takahashi! Get back into position! You're to get the President out of this fight right now!" he snaps at her as he brandishes his own knife.

"But…" she starts to protest, and he turns to glare at her. "That's an order, First Private!" he barks.

She tenses for a moment but doesn't disobey, heading back to her position as Jax starts to direct the limousine to the right as the rest of the President's security move in to defend the retreating vehicle, taking up defensive positions as they move out from their own vehicles. The Beasts break into a sprint just as a barricade is formed out of the vehicles and they spring over it, clashing with the security forces and Balogh.

You're the last to leave, and you turn your head back, watching the fight go on horribly in the Beasts' favor, and you know that you have to…