Subsequent Fall Part 39: Napalm

The Fallen were behind this action, they took over a single venus flytrap and imbued it with their energy. Astral looked to the center of the nest as it started to catch on fire. Astral and Jaimie started sprinting as Proto and Omaha failed to keep up.

Airsoft had cleared the path to the center, the inferno surrounding them burning the plants to the ground as it tried to resist. The other four members of the Dogpound were lighting the rest of it ablaze as they made it to the center pod of the vines. Airsoft pulled his pistol up and opened fire into the pod.

Each hole that was created started to ooze a black liquid. They all looked disgusted at it all as the plant withered away like the people on the planet. Giving all of the energy back to the pod. The five of them took a handful of steps backward in fear.

It burst open as three humanoid void figures popped up, mirroring Proto, Omaha and Airsoft. His horror was under control as the rest had the look of fear in their eyes hidden by their helmets. "Run." Airsoft spoke as he prepped to lay down his life for these four. Reacting in instinct over action his mind moved for him. Light flares flew upward and blinded the creatures temporarily.

The rest of the Dogpound turned and started moving backwards while suppressing fire into the mist of darkness as their bullets ripped through the veil doing nothing to impede the movement of the creatures as they slid right past Airsoft and tried to slash the four Dogpound members.

The void tendrils slipped right off of their armor as they rolled backwards from the power. Lying on the ground the four of them looked up as Airsoft stood in front of them once more as the three void figures looked at him. "If you want to hurt him more. I'm the prize." Airsoft lifted his pistols as the whips restrained his arms. A third one coming for his skull.

"Your timing is as sharp as that sword you use." Airsoft chuckled as Muramasa was in front of his face. Astral and Jaimie were there to save him and defeat these two. "Well, don't wait for me. You six evacuate to checkpoint charlie!" Airsoft felt the whips on his arms leave, it still burned his flesh beneath the suit.

"Roger that!" Minn hopped up as with the help of Proto and Omaha, the Dogpound got to their feet as they trotted away. Now it was an even fight. The three stood in a deadlock fashion, none of them making any moves while they plot out their ideas.

"Fuck this is boring." Astral tossed Muramasa in front of Jaimie's face. She caught it as his hands glowed white as his Beacon hovered behind him. "Do my light work and I will do anything you want tonight."

"I get to use those toys then!" Jaimie exclaimed as Airsoft slightly gagged as his imagination of the toys used went rampant inside of his mind. Before anyone else moved Jaimie had already cut the first shell of a creature into ash as it faded away. The other two Fallen looked at each other in a state of panic.

"Heh, oops." Astral sat back and muttered three incantations and enhanced Jaimie well beyond the normal peaks due to his magic. The other two started slashing at her with their whips as she started to toy with them and slash their attacks from their hands.

The two of them were startled as the relentlessness of them didn't stop, each of their attacks were trying to break through an invisible barrier of will rather than something that naturally stopped them. Jaimie wanted to enjoy her time with Astral, not with these punks. They got enough time to live.

One clean slash is all it took as Jaimie destroyed both cores of the void. Their bodies turned to ash as Airsoft took a breath of relaxation. "Whew, no one got majorly hurt. Right?"

"Wash got stung by the plant and became infected, however, Anders already had some sort of a cure, but we are putting him on medical reserve with Carolina." Astral talked calmly as Jaimie sheathed Muramasa.

"Hehehehe, wait. Am I the daddy to her kid?" Airsoft got really worried for a second as the three of them looked around. "I promise they consented." Astral rolled his eyes as Jaimie scooped him up.

"When you get back to the Merle, make sure all members get a physical and screen Minn for a test as well as a DNA test for yourself." Astral pointed at him to make sure it was going to be proper ideas.

Jaimie was bored of all the official talks. Taking off with her prize as she jumped so hard she moved the planet from the aftershock. Airsoft stood there in shock as he was surprised his organs didn't rupture, realizing that the suit is very protective.

As Airsoft trotted back to the checkpoint he had a moment to think, settling down and being a family man sounds kind of a good deal. All this lone wolf action and leading of strong forces are not dull, just degrading to what he feels like.

He could become someone for the legacy of his family to look up to. He has a question for Astral as he typed the email and sent it to Astral, ready to wait for a response. Once he saw the shuttle he took off as fast as he could and boarded. "Alright! Everyone here?" They called off one by one as Airsoft sat down in the pilot's seat and brought them back to the Red Merle.

"All of us require a quarantine round and to be cleansed with an antivirus to prevent this from spreading as well as several other physical tests." Airsoft spoke through the comms as their groans overpowered the engines as they lifted off.

Once they got back to the Red Merle, their shuttle entered a separate hangar for decontamination. The cloud of mist covered the shuttle and them as they walked out of the ship. Once they entered the separate airlock they took off their armor and separated halls, the doctors looked them over and made sure to test all of their body parts and run several labs.

The last two to leave were Airsoft and Minnesota as they made each of them take a separate test in order to make sure everything was still in order. Washington was safely recovering as he was ordered to have as much bed rest as possible while Carolina was slowly getting more accumulated to her paralysis and relearning walking.

Astral and Jaimie spent the long night together doing various activities all throughout the Red Merle as the station broke down the planet and added it to the stockpile as the new undersuits were becoming mainstream, with better protection than their normal suits they were a welcomed addition.

Adam worked harder on a better and slimmer bulk armor that covered the vital spots and found the solution, looking at many video game models for reference as he saw what was needed. Pop culture came up with many things, but this was his own.

He sent out the design to the comes as they all came in agreeance with the new armor as the shuttle entered a state of drifting around once more. The next galaxy having many problems for them to solve.