Two Sides of The Same Coin Volume 2: The New Dawn

Chapter 22 - All Things End

Miguel (Águila), Sergio (Halcón), Leo (Cuervo)
Main Lobby
The gunshots ring out as the guard in the lobby begin to rush towards the stairs and elevators. Two of us jump down and begin to fight the guards much to their surprise, Sergio seems to enjoy the fight as he spins his spear around to block incoming bullets and pierces each guard. Leo uses his knife and acrobatic skills to take down each guard as they try to keep their weapons trained on him to no avail. The guards rush towards the elevator as they alert the upper floors to an ambush only stopping as I stand there blocking their path. Grealish has taught me a bit of using magic to better focus my concentration when fighting multiple opponents, it's all about coordinating magic flow with my fighting style. The guards go down before pulling out their weapons much to their dismay and shock. "I wonder how everyone else is doing?", more guards appear, "Seems there's still more of you".

Yui/Nightshade
"1st floor is cleared!", a guard appears from the second floor as Abraham fires his pistol towards him as the high caliber bullet rips through him, "Aren't those bullets a bit of overkill against guards wearing no visible body armor".

Abraham loads another magazine, "Not at all. Guaranteed kills means less worrying about any of these bastards getting up and shooting us from behind".

A couple of guard come from the left hallway, conjuring a pair of knives I throw them as each hits one of the guards, "Make sure to watch your back as well".

Carter smirks, "Alright let's get to work on the second floor". The guards rush out as they fire their weapons at each of us, each bullet striking the shields we managed to conjure up to surround us. Getting to close proximity means each slash I take is accurate and precise in hitting any vital areas as each guard goes down, turning the corner there's more guards as each of them is run down with ease. I have yet to feel anything new, seems that no elemental power has manifested just yet.

A bullet whizzes past me and hits the guard behind me, Abraham gets a kick out of this, "Make sure to watch your back alright?"

The comms beep and Marie begins to speak, "Seems y'all stirred up the hornets nest. Scott is freaking out right now and is calling for reinforcements".

Abraham reloads his pistols, "Any sign that the Wild Cards will appear to provide backup".

"Nope on the contrary, it seems that they're refusing to answer his calls from the looks of it", Marie laughs, "Seems Scott isn't worth their time or he's just not worth protecting".

The elevator opens and we step in after Abraham, "Let us know if anything changes. Make sure to inform the rest of the team".

"Roger that, over and out", the comms turn off as the elevator heads up. 7 more floors till we hit the penthouse. The scrambling is heard we head up to the third floor, Abraham holsters his pistols and unsheathes his katana, Carter charges up some heat blasts, and all that's left for me is to pull out a couple of knives as the elevator doors slide open.

William Scott
A guard runs in as the rest set up a miniature barricade to shield themselves from Azrael's incoming attack,"Sir we can't reach Ace or any of the other crime families".

Clenching my fist I look at the security camera monitor, "So that's what you're planning to do...sacrifice me so the both of you can keep living".

The phone sits on a table as I pick it up and press a couple of numbers until the phone begins to ring as someone picks up on the other end, "Alpha City Security Directorate. If this isn't urgent please call ACPD—".

"My name is William Scott, head of the Scott gang. My life is currently in danger. Azrael has attacked our place of stay and we require assistance".

The operator stays silent, "A gang leader is calling us for help?"