I'm no trooper

Chapter 34: Battle Of The Canyon

F/N's perspective

The sun beat down upon as I laid prone on a sandy outcropping overlooking a rocky coriander. The heat warming the back of my plastiod armor as I watched what was unfolding through my rangefinder. Three figures walked below a few hundred feet away, all of them easily recognizable by their outlandish outfits.

F/N: "I don't like this. Why are there only the three of them?"

I muttered, watching as the small group move. Wave, Bols, and Kurome made their way through the rocky terrain, watching the canyon walls. My heart beat rose as I flicked the rangefinder up and glanced over at IG. The silver assassin droid like me, was laying prone on the flat outcrop. The droid held my DC-15a in its metallic hands, turning one of it's many red optics my way as it spoke.

IG: "By my calculations, the decoy team should be the cause."

F/N: "Right...

I said trailing off as I looked back, pulling the rangefinder down again. Though as I watched our targets below, IG still keeping an optic on me.

IG: "Your heart rate is accelerating, I recommend breathing deeper to reduce it."

It states blankly before adjusting a its grip on the barrel. With a exaggerated eye roll, my gaze returned to the three targets below once more.

F/N: "When did you become a medical droid."

I muttered as I watched the Jaeger's. Thoughts about the foreseen deaths creeped up as I thought about them.

F/N: (I'm not sure if today's one of 'those' days...but now that Bulat and Sheele are here....what is that going to change?)

Letting the thoughts consume me a bit, I reached behind and rested a hand on the hilt of my saber, the smooth silver surface against my finger's bringing me back for but a moment. However, I jumped as a load crack broke the wind swept canyon. A round from Mine's Pumpkin streaked through the air from her vantage point.

A moment of panic filled me for bit a minute as the round nearly nailed Kurome through the skull before she ducked out of the way. The bullet impacting into the rock wall behind her, cracking like a spiderweb up the cliff a good ten feet from the impact sight.

IG: "Element of surprise absent."

It stated as most of the remaining Night Raid members jumped out from their hiding places, Leone landing the first attack with such force that Wave was sent flying away like a ragdoll, leaving Bols and Kurome to face off against everyone. Though, my eyes widened as she unsheathed her blade and from the earth below them, a massive skeleton kaiju appeared, almost as tall as the canyon walls.

F/N: "We better get down there."

I said and began to get to my feet, flipping the ranger finder back to its resting position as IG's optic's whirled around to the back of his head.

IG: "Would not recommend. We have a contact inbound."

I sighed as the faint feeling of darkness grew more and more as I glanced up at the ridge.

F/N: "Of course she's here."

I said and grabbed my saber fully, yanking it free from its hip mount as from the cliff above, the 13th Sister appeared, her duel red saber blazing as it came down towards me. Igniting my saber, I sprung to my feet and swung up at her, our blades collides with sparks flying everywhere as she forced me down as the heat of the blades warmed my neck.

13th Sister: "Hello again~."

The Sister said, her voice sounding staticky but still in that mocking tone. She used her position to push her blade down towards me, the heat growing into a sting before I brought my knee up into her gut. A sharp gasp exited her mouth as I pushed the Sister off me and rolled off to my side. IG taking this time to get to its feet and fire off a burst of blaster bolts in her direction. The Sister just deflected them off in random directions with the twirling of her blade, lines being cut into the earth as she gracefully got to her feet.