<span style="font-weight: bold">Aaron</span><br/><br/>Since his stored energy was more or less at full capacity, Aaron afforded himself a little extra jolt of speed as he ran throughout the maze that was the city sewers. His hyper-rapid steps set out a rattling echo throughout the sewer complex, alerting everyone around to his presence. With his rapid movement he was hoping to map out as much conduit and D.U.P. activity as he could, to steer the two parties away from each other. And sure enough, he passed at least three different teams of soldiers on the way, and thought he saw two people running some distance away. Occasionally, he'd use kinetic infusion on a patch of sewage to crate a splash, to mimic some sort of encounter.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">E3A</span><br/><br/>Dropping into the sewers, Able element kept advancing at a steady pace throughout the complex. Bravo element followed behind, stopping up to scan the enviornment before sprinting to the next location with dominant arcs of fire and cover. Soon, the team all began hearing what sounded like rapid footsteps and crashes throughout the sewer complex.<br/><br/>Able 1: Holding up his hand in a fist to signal the team to halt, J.J. stood and listened to his surroundings. Indeed, those footsteps were fast, and belonged to a single person. A report about a team going down trickled into his earpiece, but he didn't pay much attention. After a brief while, J.J. figured out what the source of the sounds was trying to do.<br/><br/>Able 2: C-dawg was looking at his commander and friend. Whenever he stopped to analyze a situation, new orders would usually be given within four seconds. This time was no exception. J.J. was quite clear in his instruction. "Able two, place a single charge of C-4 on a bearing point in this crossing." C-dawg looked at his commander with an arched eyebrow, but moulded a charge of the plastic explosive and fitted it with a remote detonator, managing to throw it up and make it stick to the ceiling, where it could cause the most massive blockage.<br/><br/>Bravo 2:<span style="font-style: italic">Of course.</span>Blowing up the ceiling would allow the team to either bury or trap the target whenever it reached this intersection, which J.J. no doubt thought would be soon. And sure enough, after the explosive had been planted, the commander gave the order to split into two assault formations. This usually meant that the leader of each element would take the trooper of the other element, to create two fireteams with one assault and one support trooper. Patcher and J.J. went to the left, while Red-eye and C-dawg went to the right. Finding cover behind a stack of crates, Patcher awaited the blast.<br/><br/>The team was collectively holding its breath as the footsteps came closer. A command was issued over the radio. The ground shook, and the ceiling erupted. Moments later, all four troopers stormed forward, stun grenades flying to disorient their target.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Aaron</span><br/><br/>Aaron flew. For a brief moment, he couldn't understand why. And everything was moving so slowly. It wasn't before the fireball leapt up towards him, he realized he had been caught in an explosion. His power and his armour shook off a lot of the force, but Aaron was still knocked backwards - and his ears were ringing. Getting up for the shock, suddenly came a blinding light and a horrifyingly loud noise, like the scream of a soul tormented for an instant in a nuclear blast. The shock froze time in his eyes, as the bright flash burned the image of the carnage wreaked by the explosion into his vision. The sound made his ears ring even more, reducing all other noise to the whispers of a long-forgotten dream. But the thing that Aaron thought most odd, was his sense of falling. The sudden noise had hit him right in the balance nerve, and he found it impossible to remain upright. Strangely, his mind was calm. He had been caught in an ambush, this much was plain. His senses were probably overloaded with a stun grenade, traditionally using magnesium as its effect substance. This was of little help to him, however, as he couldn't really move. If only he began moving, his power could bring him far enough away to recover within a few seconds. If he even had that long.