<div class="floatleft">(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/Ghost_zpsc7908c1a.jpg)</div><br/>Allia continued to slowly move through the forest, the only indication of life still around her was the occasional crackle of static and garbled voices tearing across the Black Sun's chaotic comm network.  The smoke and flashes of light that broke through the thick tree line only served to remind her that she was merely inches from the fight and in her state, more likely a good thing she was hidden.  Thankful that Gheistwulf was still showing the rendezvous location on the flashing and flickering command console. Allia moved closer, slowly working her way through the trees, knowing any second a Clan mech could break through and tear her to shreds.<br/><br/><em> “Th is B..vo Le.... Bla ..n A...l,  ..avo Lan...s pu...g ba... R....sting r...zvous ...ation........R...at, re...ting re...ous loca...,”</em>Allia perked up as it seemed like the signals were getting stronger yet more broken.  It wasn't until the trees nearby exploded in a shatter of fire that could only have been errant missiles crashing into the trees turned Allia's attention.  Her beagle probe flickered to life momentarily showing two mechs close by.  One moving slowly towards the rendezvous, the second following close behind.<br/><br/>Checking the status of her stealth armor, she sighed.  Still active, yet she wasn't sure how many of the plates were still working as she moved closer to the two mechs, her ER PPC and ER Medium Laser poised to strike.  The familiar putter of a HAG turned her attention towards the trailing mech.  She knew very well that no one in the Suns had a working HAG.  She crept closer until the outline of the Shadowcat II broke through the smoke and fog.  Without thinking, Allia's finger squeezed both triggers.  The ER PPC and laser shot through the smoke, scoring direct hits on the back of the mechs right hip.  Not concerned with heat as she hadn't fired her weapons in a while, she let the two beams concentrate until the system auto-cycled them.  Using what speed she had left, Allia moved off, pulling back towards the rendezvous, cycling her PPC and Laser at the Shadow Cat.<br/><br/>"I'm not sure if I just screwed myself, but I hope that pulled enough of his attention away so that one of the heavier mechs can finish him.  Not completely sure why she had stung the angry cat, she now realized Gheistwulf would need to hold together just a little longer till she they could pepper away at the Shadow Cat and get to the dropship.