Harvey drew his gun and fired without hesitation.
The bullet pierced the Talon's skull, splashing a large spray of blood onto the wall.
Gordon was jolted awake by the gunshot. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a dark figure hurtling straight at him. Reacting on instinct, the older man punched the figure away without caring who it was, then jumped out of bed and pinned the body beneath his full weight.
Only then did he realize the enemy had already been killed by a shot to the head.
"What's going on!"
Still shaken, he looked toward Bullock and Harvey, only to find the same bewildered expression on both their faces.
"Looks like the base has been exposed. Get dressed and get ready to break out!" Harvey was once again the first to react. He withdrew into the shadows in a corner and aimed his gun at the half-open doorway, buying the other two time to prepare.
The assassin who had ambushed them had not displayed much skill. Coupled with the loud commotion upstairs, it led Harvey to suspect there might be more than one attacker.
His suspicion was soon confirmed. Three more Talons were drawn by the gunfire. Harvey shot the first down from ambush as the attacker rushed into the room. The second tangled with Gordon, whose entire body was wrapped in bandages, while the third pinned Bullock against the wall.
Seeing that Gordon could hold out for a while, Harvey drew back his gun and prepared to help Bullock. But to his surprise, the attacker he had shot in the head, whose neck Gordon had then broken, climbed out of the pool of blood and thrust a blade at him.
Only then did Harvey realize these people were very likely the Court's Talons Qin Wei had