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When I said those words Ford's seemed to twitch before racing off suddenly. Following after the idiot as that was starting we all ducked and weaved through the forest that slowly became a jungle within my senses. Rejoining the other Outriders while moving I focused on drawing any too close for comfort bolts of lightning to me. Anyone or anything not within twenty feet of me I didn't save them I left to their fates. Ford's did get struck by lightning and started changing at a microscopic level though as his body heated up.

Drop kicking one Outrider from holding onto one already done for, I used the momentum to grab the dying Outrider. Ripping him from the storms grasps to at least have something left of him and to reclaim his dog tags. Because everyone I concretely know is dead I can revive through their Neural Cloud Copies I made. Holding the Outrider with only barely attached arms and only a small fraction of his chest remaining I got a move on. The man dying within my arms slowly as whatever the storm was doing as it ate him was no longer prolonging his life and pain.

Seeing one of our ATV's being devoured by the storm I tossed the dying Outrider to another one. Charging the ATV as it began to float I jumped grabbing onto the door, the storm reacting to my new changes. Feeling myself being essentially super charged past my current limits. I focused on the vehicle. Pulling up the blueprints for a shield generator from ECA, external heavy duty batteries from ECA, reinforcement of the chassis and its components to support the new weight, and the Anomaly Shielding blueprint within my mind. I used the energy flooding my body to modify the ATV by focusing on those modifications.

The storm well surrounding the ATV and me reacting to my intentions, the materials the storm was ripping out of the ground or from creatures created what I needed. Even as my vision became black speckled dots I didn't stop until the job was complete. Once it was done using my connection to my new creation as the blueprint was stored in my head the shield generator came to life creating a dome that deflected the storm's strikes of lightning.

"OUTRIDERS WHO NEED IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION! GET TO THAT ATV AND CHECK ON OUTRIDER REVENANT! EVERYONE ELSE HOOF IT WE NEED TO GET TO MAXWELL AND TANNER!"

Hearing Ford's voice booming out with a slight tremor of anomalous power. I chuckled, slumping against the ATV as I felt a fuzzy butt rub against me with panting. I smacked the butt weakly as if I'd just run from the collapsing buildings on Earth during an earthquake. Red barking before he seemed to press against me after circling and laying down. The two Dolls kneeling in front of me with medical supplies and fucking jumper cables attached to an empty power cell battery.

Letting the two check me over before being forced to expend the rest of the still raging energy into the battery and three others. Once the excessive amounts of energy left me I felt better and more focused. My veins even though my armor covered most of my body glowed brightly. My body seems to upgrade and heal itself as I could feel the reserves of the power I could call on grow rather large. All due to my small stunt that could've killed me, and I definitely can't let anyone just dissect me or do anything biological to understand my powers.

As humanity isn't known for being smart or even safe with things they don't understand. So if I let them get anything they'd probably try using it to create super soldiers or something. Super soldiers that could only explode or mutate into monsters are very likely to occur instead. With Python and SOPMOD loading me into the modified ATV we pursued the others. Red is sticking close to me like a clingy girlfriend due to his past service dog training for my mother. The ride was filled with groans, crying, and the stench of death that I had a data pad with all noted deceased Outriders in my hand by the time we got to the rest of our people.

As Maxwell was about to execute Tanner my anger for the man spiked. Bellowing a scream of rage, electricity arcs off my body, turrets forming around me as they either floated in the air or walked on spider legs. Advancing on Maxwell and the ECA soldiers around him with my anger fully shown, Red reacting to my anger catches fire and snarls at Maxwell as he stalks slowly alongside me.

\\// ECA Sergeant Choul POV //\\

When Maxwell pulled his gun to execute Tanner, I wanted to say something as this wasn't a good idea. Yet my words died in my throat as I wanted so badly to see my family again and just have a home. So I didn't say anything and watched quietly. Then I heard a rage filled scream.

"MAAAAAAXWEEEEEELL!!!"

Looking towards the source it was the rather infamous Outrider and his dog. Yet what was happening was incomprehensible as I stepped back in fear. Man and beast were alight with electricity or fire, turrets forming from the Outriders rage. The turrets moved and kept their barrels aimed directly at all ECA forces with no one excluded.

"By order of Major McKendal, you either execute Maxwell for treason or you all die with him, ECA soldiers! If you need a fucking reason then here's one! HE JUST SENTENCED YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO DEATH BECAUSE NO ONE CAN LEAVE THIS VALLEY UNLESS THEY'RE WILLING TO TRAVEL THROUGH RAPIDLY MUTATING WILDLIFE! HE DIDN'T WAIT!

HE RUSHED! AND BY DOING SO JUST SIGNED FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNTRAINED PEOPLE DEATH WARRANTS WITH A ONE WAY TRIP DOWN HERE! PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKELY YOUR FRIENDS OR FAMILY ABOARD THE CRAFT HEADING HERE! SO KILL HIM OR I'LL KILL YOU ALL MYSELF!"

Hearing the enraged Outrider, Corpral Salveza acted quicker than we could react. The proud ECA Corpral who was set to become a sergeant one day, blew Maxwell's brains out. It was sudden, but I remembered why… his family is known for their scientific achievements. They'd be the first likely sent out and if what was said rang true they'd die for nothing. That was when we heard it. A roar then something took off from the surrounding jungle and forest.

It was massive and its wings were larger, the creature could pass for a dragon. Yet it was disgustingly malformed and unknown. For we knew not what it could do. The enraged Outrider switched focus quickly as his turrets snapped to the creature. His canine still blazing fire snarled at us before focusing on his owner. Glancing to Maxwell's dead body as the creature left us alone I could only find spite for the dead man.

Looking back towards Tanner, I lowered my weapon and saluted the old Outrider lead.

"Sir, you're effectively the only leader available right now. What are your orders? And what do we do with Maxwell?"

Tanner blew an exasperated sigh.

"Get your people ready to secure a small city sized campsite. We need a safe area for the people sent down here in his fuck up, my boys and gals will be focusing on transport for when they land. And a word of advice, don't fucking piss off the kid more than Maxwell did. Whatever happened to him and his pup clearly isn't something you can handle without becoming a bloody corpse."