She practically pushed me down the stairs, and I caught a glimpse of her covering her ears, shutting her eyes.
…flashbang?
Despite the fact that I was on the verge of landing face first on the landing of the stairwell, I didn’t use my hands to stop myself. I turned to take the impact with my shoulder, tucked my chin to my chest and covered my ears. Regent jumped out of my way as I landed, his arms pressed against the sides of his head.
Ow.
It had to have been a grenade. The blast ripped through the upstairs hallway, and left me gasping even from inside the stairwell. Tattletale was up before I was, hauling me to my feet and up the stairs, Regent followed just behind us.
Ouch. How is that nonlethal?
Could it be that we’re not up against the PRT? It’s an unfounded theory so far, but it’s possible that one of the other villain groups noticed the ongoing debacle at the Wards HQ somehow and decided to take advantage.
The grenade had been of the nonlethal variety, but not quite a flashbang. The gathered soldiers were reeling, stunned, and Imp was crouched by the only one who was still conscious.
Huh. I guess maybe it wasn’t all that strong compared to lethal grenades?
But… the soldiers are down too. Did one of them throw the grenade, and they got taken down by Imp, or is there a third party doing it?
Or was it Imp who threw it? Seems kinda unlikely.
She drew a taser from her sleeve, tagged him, then stood. She had one of the PRT’s grenade launchers slung over one shoulder, the flamethrower-thing in one hand, and the taser in the other.
…alrighty then. Let’s update that from “unlikely” to “reckless”.
She handed off the grenade launcher to Regent, then put the taser away, holding the flamethrower.
I suppose it’s possible she took the launcher from one of the PRT guys after the grenade was launched? Either way, I’m more comfortable with Regent having that.
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