[ It happens slowly, at first, then all at once β the door breach, the black-armoured team ready to advance, how the soldier taking point disappears and reappears, swallowed and spat back out by Fitz's portal. The soldiers won't start the fight but Peggy knows it will come to one sooner than later and in the space of a few heartbeats, it does: gunfire on their back-up, on their position by their windows. She instinctively tenses for the first round of shots but Markus' shield holds.
Cain's message registers on her neural interface and she blinks it away, turning to the man next to her. ]
Get away from the windows, [ she says to both him and Patil, voice low but audible above the gunfire. They're too vulnerable by them; she doesn't know that the UNA's exit strategy is via hovercar, but it's still another point of entry to cover and they don't have enough eyes or guns. ] Go.
[ Or at the very least, they need to get a bloody wall behind them. As they inch around, Peggy sends another message to the team as a whole: ]
I'm coming out.
[ And as soon as the shield shifts, she's diving for cover behind the sofa, effectively sandwiching the soldiers between her and Fitz and Cain. She thumbs the switch on her gun to ensure it's on stun and she pops back up without hesitation, firing at the soldiers from behind. One whirls at the useless shot to his shoulder and returns fire, and she ducks. ]
We need to penetrate that armour, gents. Find a weak spot.
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Cain's message registers on her neural interface and she blinks it away, turning to the man next to her. ]
Get away from the windows, [ she says to both him and Patil, voice low but audible above the gunfire. They're too vulnerable by them; she doesn't know that the UNA's exit strategy is via hovercar, but it's still another point of entry to cover and they don't have enough eyes or guns. ] Go.
[ Or at the very least, they need to get a bloody wall behind them. As they inch around, Peggy sends another message to the team as a whole: ]
I'm coming out.
[ And as soon as the shield shifts, she's diving for cover behind the sofa, effectively sandwiching the soldiers between her and Fitz and Cain. She thumbs the switch on her gun to ensure it's on stun and she pops back up without hesitation, firing at the soldiers from behind. One whirls at the useless shot to his shoulder and returns fire, and she ducks. ]
We need to penetrate that armour, gents. Find a weak spot.