The professor crossed over to where Jocelyn lay, blacked out, under a tree, and quickly ran a check over her to determine her physical condition. Her Aura was clearly at the edge of depletion, the layer over her skin unsteady and pockmarked with holes, yet she showed no signs of actual injury. While he dearly wished to be able to ask her how she was able to do such a feat, it would have to wait since she obviously couldn't respond.
The next problem was the Nevermore--or, as Prism referred to it, "the feathered fuck"--something to do with her history, as he had read in her report. He was surprised that the team leader wasn't losing her mind from her PTSD, but it was also for the better since they were already one member down. Despite his instincts telling him to help out, he was under orders not to interfere with their battles. Only the scouts could help out--
Even with the Nevermore's looming presence, anyone who was in any state of alert would now detect two additional entities homing in toward their direction. Even if they weren't, they would hear the cracking and rumbling of trees being snapped and pushed to one side, as well as the sound of high-pitched humming, familiar to both Amane and Ferus but much louder and much, much quicker. At the same time, everyone's scrolls vibrated at the same time with the same message: -Evacuation almost complete. The first Bullheads are taking off now. If one looked toward the village, they would see the first of the Bullheads poking above the village walls, making a racket loud enough to be heard even at the treeline.
The Nevermore, still in flight, seemed to be torn between diving for the Hunters down the hill or striking down the Bullheads with a volley of its razor feathers before it could flee. At the same time, the body of a gigantic insect blocked out the sun, casting a shadow upon the group and revealing itself to anyone who turned to look as the Queen Lancer, aforementioned by the scouts. Even that was not the end of it, as the heavily armored pincers of a giant Death Stalker snapped around the trunks of two nearby trees like it was weeding a garden, leaving a swathe of tree trunks in its wake, while its amber-colored stinger swung around like a pendulum on its equally armoured tail.
The team was surrounded on all sides, with nowhere to run to.
OBJECTIVES:
- Do not let any Grimm destroy any Bullheads
- Do not let either Grimm into the village
- Survive until the evacuation concludes, then evacuate safely
TARGETS:
● Giant Nevermore x 1
● Queen Lancer x 1
● Giant Death Stalker x 1