How I Met My Mates
Kaelen planted his feet like twin pillars of lead at the forward edge of the catwalk, his heavy broadsword locked in a rising guard, while Asher dropped to one knee behind us, leveling his tactical rifle at the lowering Vanguard platforms.
The twenty-four Vanguard enforcers, moments away from executing a synchronized breach, hesitated. Their heavy, gold-and-silver Sunfang armor creaked as several turned their visors away from us, peering down into the blinding red glow awakening at the bottom of the pit.
"Focus, you fools!" the Vanguard strike commander yelled over the intercom, raising his heavy broadaxe. "The siphon is running! Keep them pinned until—"
He never finished the sentence.