Rage War Incursion 10

"Ten o'clock," Snowdon said, just as a red light flashed in Mains's view.

"Two of them," Lieder confirmed.

Two Yautja were standing watching them. A hundred yards apart, they were both wearing their battle helmets and holding long-bladed weapons. They were too far away to make out in detail.

"Split up, but keep running," Mains said. "We haven't got time for this."

The Yautja to the left broke into a run, heading opposite in an effort to flank them. Mains sent an order to his suit, drew his com-rifle, and fired a nano-bot charge. The bots arrowed toward the Yautja, and as it cloaked and flickered from view they dispersed into a wide cloud and ignited. The Yautja appeared again, cloak malfunctioning, going to its knees in a fading bloom of a thousand small
explosions. Mains's suit told him that it was still alive, but wounded. That would do for now. They had to keep running. Snowdon had engaged the other Yautja and winged it with a laser blast. It cloaked and dodged, then several blazing shots arced in at them from its shoulder blaster. Snowdon's suit hardened and deflected one impact, but it sent her sprawling across the gray ground. Faulkner launched one of his mini-drones. The fist-sized black object darted high and then dived at the Yautja, firing its laser and scoring several lines across the ground. While it was targeting and fighting the drone, Faulkner hit it with a skillful laser shot.

"Keep running!" Mains said. "Snowdon?"

"I'm good." She was up and running again, panting hard.-pg.145-146 chpt.10