Shadir had only moments to react before he was going to be shot in the head.  He ducked down and simultaneously activated his cloacking abilities.  In the past, he would have been able to get through the entire base without being seen, but he was no longer able to keep it going indefinitely.  In moments he was back in motion, targeting the ghost closet to his back.  He hoped they'd expect him to attack the guy in front of him.  Sure enough, they fired in an approximation of where he would have been had he chosen that tack.  His blade sliced through the ghosts armor, and an immediate retaliation followed from the other two ghosts. One shot got through and hit his right wing, cleaving it at the first joint.  Grabbing the fallen ghost, he rushed at the one who shot it off, using his former comrade as a shield.  When he got close enough, he hit the man with an uppercut that took him out, due to Shadirs enhanced strength.  His cloacking fell at that moment, and the third ghost shot him in the leg.  Falling to one knee, he instinctively spat acid at the final ghost, and he went down.<em>damn, at this rate, I'm not going to make it out of the base...</em>