I will refer you to DAF's post for the picture of a cat telling you what you should do.
Which post?
Come on, Angel! Don't go to the light! Come back to us!
((Turn! I meant turn.))
Ever read Homer's Iliad? There are places in it where a great hero is slain in battle, so the two opposing forces start fighting over who gets to keep the body.
Let's see how this pointless battle over your unconscious and soon to be dead body turns out...
Notice how injured angel is, and the fact the man is running away. Put two and two together.
Roar, "YOU HEARTLESS MURDERER!!!"
Get to the spaceplane before them, and smash it off the roof. Turn to glare at Angel's murderer.
"Today, you die, coward!!!"
Use all my remaining biomass to increase the weaponry on my head. Make sure to do it in view of the evil, murderous human.
You start running, extending a spike from your head, like a unicorn. But then you feel the weight-
And that's where your coherent thoughts end and everything becomes "OW OW OW, MY HEAD, MY NECK, MY SPINE, MY HEAD, MY EVERYTHING HURT."
Despite the pain, you manage to remain conscious.
Most of the pain subsides after a second, leaving you with the dizziness and pain in your head. In fact, you can't feel anything from the neck down. You can't move anything either.
If this was a movie, this would be a good time for you to say "I can't feel my legs." But you can see your legs. And your abdomen. You're fairly certain your head is not supposed to bend enough for you to see your abdomen.
You probably don't have long to live.
You watch, unable to move, as the man climbs onto the spaceplane, Angel on his shoulder, and then takes off.
<"I'll see if I can't fly over and disable the thing when I-- Holy skit! Talking rhino, must be some kind of drone, gonna kill me! Someone help me kill it first!" *gunfire*>
Disregard Angel's safety and draw pistol while holding Angel in one arm, firing at the rhino while trying to get to the spaceplane before it charges into it.
You pull out your handgun (a rather large yet sleek looking thing thing made of plastic and metal) aim at the rhino and... it turns out shooting won't be necessary.
A large horn starts growing from the rhino's head as it runs. And it gets larger. And larger. And then the rhino's head bends down, the spike embeds itself on the concrete, causing the rhino to stop, its neck to bending unnaturally, its legs lifting, the entire weight of the rhino being supported by its neck for a moment... And then the neck snaps. The bone-like spike on its forehead also breaks.
You continue running, enter the Spaceplane, tie Angel in the passenger seat and then take off.
Sink into my comfy chair, try to find some cool music on the radio, and go giant robot hunting.
Drive to where the building collapsed. Try to catch the robot from behind. Shoot it in the torso if I can get a clear shot.
<Nikolai's on his way bringing some heavy artillery.>
Well, I can't write whatever alien music you should be hearing, so have something fitting to the situation. We'll just say your power Tsarified the music coming from the radio.You start driving towards the continuing sounds of destruction.
It's a good thing this chair is comfy, because this thing sure wobbles a lot.
We're in combat time, so it will take a while to get there.
Summon a pair of shades to put on
Speed. Need more speed. I don't want to leave that to chance again.
<<The coilgun's gone, but I'm alive. We blew its face off, but that didn't stop it. I think whatever controls it is in its chest.>>
Land safely wherever I can. Take cover and see what it's doing.
You land among the debris (not that you had much of a choice, you were close to the ground anyway), a bit harder then you would had liked, but unhurt.
There's something wrong. You hear a lot more noise behind you then you expected. You take a quick glance behind you. Yep, it's going through the building, using its glowing (or at least, it looks glowing through your sensor helmet) dome-hand to smash what little remains of it to pieces.
It's close enough now that you can see part of its insides, you can hear the whine of its electrical motors and the creaking of metal joints.
You have a feeling its coming for you.
So you do the sensible thing. RUN AWAY!
You turn at the next intersection, hiding behind the corner of a building. You really wish you had something faster than your MK1 legs right now.
((So, this mission is really going to hell, isn't it?))
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