Acid Burns

A deafening barrage of anti-air fire blasted down into the courtyard, tearing into a
group of roaches. The impact splash blew three nearby marines back, arcing through the
air.
"Everyone fall back! I repeat, keep your distance and do not engage!" Brach's voice cut
loud and clear over the all-hands comm as anti-air cannons continued to rip through the
courtyard.
Lee scanned the wall status as her staff shouted out reports.
"Section 8C is falling!"
"3B at eighty percent!"
"4D is gone!"
"Loud and clear! Focusing on those areas now!"
More cannon fire blasted the courtyard, concentrating on roaches attacking the
weakest spots. Where sections of the wall had already been breached, Brach moved the fire
from the courtyard to the hole itself, ripping into zerg as they swarmed through.
Now the mutalisks began attacking again, drawing fire away from the ground as
they swooped through the air, unleashing a torrent of wurms at the marines below.
Lee checked her chrono. Forty minutes.
* * *
Illyana and Dan entered comms together. Dan set to work trying to strengthen the
signal from Raynolds's vitals monitor, breathing fast as he punched buttons and tweaked
configurations.
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