"What happened up there? What a racket."
Uluru and three other S2s had just reached basement level three when they heard deafening bombardments overhead.
From the sound alone, they knew Santa Fe's alloy walls had been blasted open.
"No way... thirty centimeters of tungsten steel alloy. What could blast through that?"
"Forget about it. You all know how strong Osiris is. Who could kill him in his golden state?" Uluru said.
The four nodded. Their duty now was to protect the researchers and eliminate the traitors who had just controlled the defense system.
Upon reaching basement level three, they saw a group of guards blocking the entrance to Mu Yuan's laboratory.
With guns in hand, the guards surrounded the researchers in several layers and were ushering them toward another exit.
They were protecting the researchers as they evacuated, but to Uluru and the others, it now looked like a hostage situation.
"Stop!" Uluru shouted, drawing a Thunderfire Blade from behind his armor.
"Drop your weapons!" the four S-class fighters shouted, lining up across the corridor.
The guards were stunned. They were all on the same side. What the hell was this about dropping their weapons?
"We're Santa Fe's security and defense personnel..." the lead guard said.
But Uluru paid that no mind. Advancing, he said coldly, "Drop your weapons and get on the floor!"
"Why?" These guards were the institute's last line of protection. Normally, they stood watch. In a crisis, they were the final layer of cannon fodder shielding the researchers from bullets.
Now a group from the Osiris Squad had come down and ordered them to drop their weapons and lie down? Uluru said coldly, "You killed so many of my brothers, and you're asking me why?"
Had the guards not surrounded the researchers, he would already have