Task:

Crouching behind a pair of minecarts, hidden from sight, Anton, Celia and Sprocket peered out to survey their surroundings. The cavern they were in was massive, much unlike the cramped tunnels they had been making their way through. Various digging machines were at work, boring into the stone walls, metal walkways had been set up around the place to prevent people from falling down into the massive underground quarry. From their hiding place, they had a view of almost the entire chasm. Only the lowest depths were obstructed to them. Just how did did it go? While there were many workers around, there were also numerous guards walking around, though some of their uniforms looked different, compared to the soldiers they had fought before. Higher rank perhaps? "So, what's the plan sir?" Celia whispered. Anton was thinking for a moment. He couldn't see Count Barrel from their position. Was he even here? Or deeper in the quarry? Well, they weren't going to accomplish anything by simply sitting up here.

"I think our best bet," Anton said, keeping his voice low, "Is to simply go out guns blazing, so to speak. This does look like their main base of operations, and if we can bring this place down, then it should be all over for them." Celia nodded, looking out at the soldiers below. They were outnumbered, easily, but with all the possibilities of cover everywhere, they could have a chance against them. "ell then, if you'll care to start us off?" Anton nodded and slowly stood up, his body shifting as he transformed into his hybrid form. "Hey!" Anton yelled out, before suddenly lashing out with his foot, kicking the minecart and launching it from its tracks, sending it falling into the quarry below.

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Assuming Hybrid Form

Anton's Stamina: 436/520
Celia's Ammo: 14/20

The armed guards looked up just as the mine cart flew towards them. Two of the unfortunate grunts were unable to move out of the way, resulting them being crushed under the flying mine cart. With the element of surprise spent, the armed men immediately moved onto the attack. Three men drew blades and began making their way up towards them, while two drew what appeared to be mini guns similar to the one that was mounted on Greg's machine. Anton, Celia and Sprocket immediately dove for cover as the guns opened fire, providing cover for the others as they closed in.

Anton kept his sword close but remained behind cover. Despite his exo-skeleton, he didn't know just how strong those weapons were, and wasn't willing to risk being turned into swiss cheese. But he knew if he kept waiting here, the men armed with swords would close in and no doubt force them into the open. Thankfully, Celia seemed to realize this two, having taken cover behind another mine cart. Waiting until the hail of bullets moved away from her, before poking out, firing on one of the gunmen. The bullet caught him right in the shoulder, earning a cry of pain from the gunman, causing him to cease firing.

With the lull in the cover fire, Anton took the opportunity to spring from cover, finding one of the sword wielding men waiting for him. Catching him by surprise, Anton tackled into the man, sending him falling back down the quarry, bouncing painfully down the various levels. Quickly recovering, Anton immediately dove back behind cover as the gunmen began focusing their fire back on the commodore.

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2 T2 grunts defeated. 1 T2 grunt injured. 1 T3 grunt injured.

Anton's Stamina: 434/520
Celia's Ammo: 13/20

The battle continued to rage in the underground mine. With bullets flying, the workers had long since fled the area, leaving our heroes to fight the remaining soldiers. The gunman Celia had managed to wound earlier was back to firing again, and even though Anton had managed to take one of the men down, there were still two more approaching, heading towards Celia and Sprocket's hiding places. One was continuously firing on Celia's location, making sure she couldn't open fire on them again. Anton had to do something, and quick.

With one of them firing at Celia, that left the other one to alternate between Sprocket and himself. Anton prepared himself, waiting for the bullets to move away from him. As soon as it did, Anton took the chance to leap out of hiding, this time barreling straight towards the gunmen, bouncing his way down towards the lower levels of the quarry. The men below reacted in surprise, not having expected Anton to suddenly dive at them. Anton crashed into one, knocking him to the ground and forcing him to drop his weapon. The commodore quickly recovered, swinging a leg to knock the other minigun away, effectively disarming the two men. As Anton gripped his sword, the two men drew swords of their own, preparing for a melee duel with the commodore.

"Sir!" Celia yelled out, before suddenly yelping and jumping back, narrowing dodging the sword swung at her head by one of the men who had reached her position. Reacting out of panic more than anything, she quickly fired her second pistol point blank, hitting the soldier in the knee and bringing him down.

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1 T2 grunt defeated

Anton's Stamina: 432/520
Celia's Ammo: 12/20

Swords clashed as the two men attacked Anton in tandem. While he no longer had to deal with anymore gunfire, now he was caught in close quarters with two surprisingly skilled soldiers. Anton's speed in his hybrid form was the main reason why none of these two had managed to land a hit on him, but their coordination also prevented him from doing anything in turn. Numerous barrels, crates and mining equipment, as well as the numerous walkways preventing them from falling into the lower levels proved both a hindrance, and an assistance to the commodore, making it difficult for him to launch an effective strike, while at the same time allowing him to use the terrain to make it more difficult for his opponents.

Meanwhile, up above, the last of the armed men was making his attack on Sprocket. However, while the woman was only armed with a simple wrench, she damn well knew how to use it, delivering good hard swings before she finally caught the man in the head, sending him tumbling down the walls of the quarry in a heap. Meanwhile, Celia looked down from her position, seeing the fighting going on down below. From where she was, it would take her too long to get down there. Thankfully, she didn't have to. Reloading one of her pistols, she took aim, aiming at the soldier she had wounded before and opened fire. Below, the soldier was a little bit quick this time, able to avoid the shot. However, this proved the opening Anton needed. Deflecting a blow from the other soldier, Anton lept towards the distracted trooper, bringing a leg up. "Hopper Kick!" Before the soldier could react, the kick connected, sending the injured man spiraling back into a stack of crates, which collapsed atop of him.

With one of them down, Anton turned his attention to the remaining soldier. This fight just got much easier for him.

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1 T2 grunt defeated. 1 T3 grunt defeated

skills:

Anton's Stamina: 415/520
Celia's Ammo: 11/20

The two men faced off, eyeing eachother warily. This was it, just a one on one battle between the two of them now. The man surged forward, determined to keep Anton on the offensive. The commodore backed up, deflecting the man blow for blow. Even though the situation was much easier than before, being only one person to fight against, he still wasn't willing to allow one of those blows to land. He didn't know just how strong this man was, though judging from how strong his blows were, it was definitely going to hurt.

Catching his opponent's blade in his cross guard, the two pushed back and forth against eachother, trying to force eachother off balance. Out of the corner of Anton's eye, he spotted something laying on the ground nearby. It was one of the miniguns that they had dropped when Anton had come down to fight them. Anton surged forward, causing the man to stumble back. Quickly, before the man could recover, Anton brought his leg back, his foot catching hold of the gun. With a heave, he launched the large weapon towards the man. He brought his sword up to block it, but the gun hit him straight on, causing him to stagger. Without giving a chance for him to recover, Anton shot forward, delivering a powerful horizontal slash to the man's sternum. The man let out a cry, stumbling forward before Anton spun around on one foot, delivering a kick to the back of the man's head. The soldier bounced along the ground before sliding to a stop, rendered unconscious.

Meanwhile, up above, Celia smiled as he watched Anton defeat his opponent. That was it wasn't it? Now all that was left was to track down the count. However, it didn't seem to be over yet, as Celia heard sounds coming up from one of the mine shafts. The sound of footsteps rapidly approaching.

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1 T3 grunt defeated.

Anton's Stamina: 413/520
Celia's Ammo: 11/20

Up above, Celia watched nervously as in the darkness she could see more men approaching. Men wearing the uniform of Barrel Works. Their fighting must have drawn them all here. She glanced over nervously at Sprocket as she prepared her weapons. She was getting a bit low on ammo, and she didn't know how she was going to hold them all off.

Suddenly, as they approached, suddenly gunfire flared up behind her, causing the men to quickly move for cover. Celia spun around to see her own men suddenly emerging from one of the other tunnels, weapons at the ready. Sorry we're late ma'am!"[/color] one of the men saluted. [b]"We came as quickly as we could!" Celia smiled as she drew her pistols in the ready. "Better late than never!" she responded, before turning to face off against the Barrel Works forces.

"What's going on up there?" Anton called out from below, hearing the gunfire coming from above. "Don't worry sir!" Celia called down to him, "We've got this! Just go and find the big boss!" Anton wanted to go back up to help them, but he had faith in his second in command. Suddenly, before he could do anything, something struck him in the back. The attack didn't hurt, it just caught him by surprise. Anton slowly looked behind him to see a soldier with a sword, more importantly, the soldier he had tackled down here earlier. Seeing that his attack had no impact, the soldier began to back away nervously.

One quick scream and a kick had brought the man down no problem.

Anton checked the back of his coat, grumbling at the cut he had made in it. He really needed to invest in some stronger material. He was going through coats like crazy. He looked up at the fighting above, before turning his gaze down below, into the depths of the mine. He had a feeling Count Barrel was down there, and the commodore knew that this wouldn't end until he was defeated. Preparing himself, he lept down into the darkness below.

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1 T2 grunt defeated.

Anton's Stamina: 411/520