Jefferson City 3: Alpha - The Sentinal

The moment that the object had begun flying in, Ehefra had already put up her guard, as Beeps re-positioned themselves accordingly, it was the sudden opening of those ports that suddenly galvanized a response from Ehefra. A sudden jarring spike of pure aggression as her spiritual pressure promptly vanished almost entirely as the inward drag of spiritual pressure promptly overcame the natural release of spiritual pressure from her body. The Quincy equivalent of an anger spike in her spiritual pressure. The air suddenly rocked with a carpet of explosions, not over the city itself, but a sudden spray of missiles from Beeps into the airspace between the group and those incoming missiles,. Detonating a series of short-range concussive blasts. A spray of air-to-air bombs aimed to explode once they were in the same airspace as the volley that had been fired at the group, resulting in premature detonation of the munitions before they could get close to the squad, aiming to tremendously mitigate the ammount of energy or force that would need to be brought to bear on the barriers erected by the rest of the squad.

And it would be through the smoke and debris of those blasts that a single sharp spike of an arrow would plow through the air and aim to plunge clean through the object that had fired the missiles, an arrow still connected by a long chain of reishi, such that if Ehefra managed to harpoon that missile platform, there would be a vicious and wrenching lash along the length of the chain which would slam that object into the nearest building with enough of Ehefra's savage strength amplified by the whip-like lash that it would slice it clean through the building and out the other side.

Ehefra herself, of course, had aw VERY aggressive expression on her face. A toothy grin spread across a face filled with sheer violent intention, the case at her hip which had housed the sensory bands that she had handed out before sliding shut as she kept her Reikaku locked onto the THING.

Already it seemed distinct from the soldiers. They had been empty husks, while this at least seemed to have a spiritual signature coming from it. This was also distinct from the ghosts which, for whatever reason, seemed not to have any sort of spiritual pressure when they had manifested. Whatever this was, it seemed different. The Sensory bands she'd handed to some of the soldat as well as Stella, would have already been in the process of collecting data on the Soldiers and Ghosts. Them not having a spiritual pressure would be irrelevant. Whatever spiritual or physical structure they had, would be getting transmitted to Beeps and the Backup pack at Ehefra's hip.


"Commander Jenkins. I understand if you need me to cover the Squad. However, I would like to request permission to break formation and engage the target directly." The calm, cheerful voice and matching smile from Ehefra would perhaps be a bit alarming considering the look of sheer, murderous intent that had been on her face just moments prior.But if nothing else, these past 14 months had given her considerable practice in forcibly grabbing the reigns of her emotions when it came to combat. Just how many times had she gone out to perform field work in the depths of her own mental issues? She'd grown very proficient at grasping those emotions with steel gloves and wielding them much to the detriment to many a hollow. At first, she had simply channeled that rage into brutal and cold violence. But now, at least, about a year later, she was able to keep her head on straight rather than simply charging at the object of her focus.

She wanted this thing. She wanted to plunge her claws into it's chest, rip out whatever core it had, and deliver a handful of her sensory nodes into it's heart with her own fist. But the mission and her squad came first. And so, she patiently waited for the response of her commander, and fully anticipated the possibility that her request would be denied.

Stella would see the monster before hearing the orders as she would immediately place her body behind a car. Making sure that everyone had cover either behind one of the barriers made by some of the other soldiers. Stella felt bad she couldn't make anything really strong barrier wise, but that's why she chose to use something solid as hers. Sitting among another group of soldiers as she would keep an eye out for anymore more of the zombies.

Seeing Akira and Efehra doing their things filled her with doubt about her own abilities. Both of those 2 were doing so much more than her that she felt as if she had no use. She didn't want to get in their way, and she felt that her best use was just protecting these soldiers from the zombies. Doing this allowed them to focus on the husks that were firing at them. However, she may be behind the car but she would peak up looking through one of the windows to see what was happening.

"Roger that, Commander. You be safe~" She chimed towards Jenkins, even offering a nod to Stella as the rest of the group promptly moved towards Akira and away from her and her opponent. Speaking of whom...

"Beeps."

The popping open of the ports from the creature was all the signalling Ehefra needed to reach out to her Primary Bow. A barrage of arrows speeding towards not just the air, but plowing toward the area directly around the Armored Quincy? Autonomous Unit? Unclear. But Beeps and Ehefra were prepared. Calculating the speed and tracking capabilities of this unit's missiles, the moment those ports had opened, Ehefra already had a Triangulated danger zone. With her own reflexes and ability to send orders to Beeps, she had a narrow range of delay between when those missiles fired and her own return salvo could be launched. Using that band, she could calcolate the limit and range surrounding the unit that the missiles could possibly have travelled within that time. As such, there was not even any need to track.

That barrage of Crusher Arrows shot out and beelined straight for the area just around the opponent. The Arrows narrower, sleeker, faster as modifications to the munitions were made. A sudden pounding rain of thunderous concussion as the spray of munitions filled the air with explosive Anti-Air force. While a few missiles from the previous barrage had managed to still go through, the adaptation would mean that not only would the Anti-Missile Volley be more effective, But...

HISS!

The Shriek of an arrow would sound behind the target. The arrow connected to the chain that Ehefra had used to throw the creature before would aim to spike into the creature's body from behind, aiming to punch through the chassis and into what seemed to be the Object's midriff.

With Beeps handling the calculated Danger zone for the Anti Missile Barrage, that freed up Ehefra to work on another course of action in the exact same time frame. OF course, the machine may have even felt safe. Of course the arrow was still intact, the creature had caught it after all, so it wouldnt have even risked damage from impact. But it may have been under the impression, plausibly, that Ehefra would need to tug on the chain to manipulate it as she had before. Not true, as thanks to her Scripting, she was able to control the arrow remotely. And it would be if and only if that arrow planted itself into her target's spine that barbs would erupt from the arrow, digging into it's chassis like a harpoon as Ehefra would give a vicious TUG on the chain to slam it into another building. Not even a moment of reprieve offered to the enemy as it would be assailed practically the instant that it's missiles were launched thanks to Beeps handling the Anti Air Barrage.

"Ooooooooi! Anyone in there? I'm not entirely sure if you're autonomous. But If someone is inside that shell with enough of a brain function to understand my words. I'm gonna suggest ya surrender. I'd much prefer to take that suit of yours apart intact. And I'm sure you don't wanna get pried open along with yer fancy ride." She called out with a grin, one hand in her pocket as she began striding towards the target as shrapnel rained down from the missiles clashing.

Not that she was all TOO concerned. She would MUCH rather get a surrender. Then she could disassemble the object and take it back to the Silbern for study.

But of course, she was not the kind of woman to be blinded by her desires for study.

Besides. The Arrow she'd been throwing the creature around with was embedded with one of her sensor bracelets. And with the creature having been so skilled as to catch the incoming arrow, that meant plenty of undisturbed scan data from the target. She would already be supplied with plenty of data on....whatever this thing was.

If need be. She would not hesitate to turn it into a pile of molten slag.

Stella would notice a car door that was hanging on by a thread. She would grab it by the window frame ripping it off the loose hinges. She now had something that could function as a shield or she could could throw it as a weapon. A part of her was worried for the other quincy as she listened to Jenkins. She had a feeling ehfera would be fine, but she couldn't help the nagging idea in her head to assist her.

However, a memory from her mission in China where she had been incapacitated by that guy with the big magic champion. She wasn't sure who thar was as he had gotten away from Meni and herself. The main thing she took from the memory though was the fact that she had been a negative on Meni as she had to go out of her way to wotfy about Stella. Meaning she couldn't focus on the fight at hand. She didn't want to do that to another person and potentially put them in danger. She would move with the main group noticing the rockets and trying to pay attention to the tops of buildings. She could probably fit one other person under the car door with her If she really tried to make room. So she would keep an eye in the sky for any debris.