Agent Thorne was ready and let fly all twenty five rounds from his assault rifle trained on Maddox's Torso. Seventy years of experience with his gun had taught him how to control the recoil so all the rounds were concentrated in a small area. He dropped the magazine and loaded another in a second and began to fire again. At the same time Casey watched the door open in bullet time his cybernetic systems allowing him to react with machine speed. He shot the first bullet from Maddox's gun with his pistol melting it into a loose flying liquid. He raised his plasma knife to slice the second one as it passed him but he missed by less than a quarter of an inch and he saw it go past him and through the cabinet into Garrison's torso. He couldn't waste time a was about to leap on Maddox but agent Thorne resumed firing again. He overcharged his pistol instead in a nearly vain attempt to penetrate Maddox's armor. All of this happened in a span of less that five seconds but to Casey it felt like five minutes.