Tifa & Ezio

[Tifa Lockhart]

The elites seemed to hesitate for a moment, which surprised Sigma considerably. In all her studies of the aliens during training not once had she encountered anything suggesting that the elites were inclined to surrendering at all. She'd moved up level with Kylar, still breathing deeply to recover from her near strangulation a moment before.

Finally though, one of the creatures gave a deep laugh and stepped forward, "You will die here with us demon, without your precious equipment, you cannot hope to coordinate your escape." He produced something green and glowing from his pocket and activated it. It began to beep shrilly, pulsating with a green light.

Instantly Kylar would begin experiencing failure in all his computer controlled systems, like his motion trackers, communications and mapping software. Beside him Sigma had a much different problem.
She screamed in agony, the noise blood-curdling, as if she were being brutally tortured. She was clutching her head as she fell to her knees, her entire body racked with pain.

((Hope that's OK XD))

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar watched with a growl as his HUD monitor disabled any electrical systems one by one; motion tracker, waypoint indicator, shield bar, and weapons stats. Thankfully, he could still see, and his weapons still worked. Smirking, he quickly chucked a plasma grenade which attached to the Elite that spoke, then he quickly grabbed and hoisted Sigma over his shoulders. The Spartan ran at a full sprint to wherever he could see, deciding to find his way to the core at another time.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Sigma stopped writhing in pain once Kylar had left the site of the green device, now she was very limp over his shoulder and not uttering a sound.

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar found an empty room quick, then made sure the doors were locked and barred. He placed Sigma down in a sitting position and began to make sure she was okay. He checked her vitals, which seemed fine. She was just...out. Confident she'd wake up in a few, the Spartan knocked his helmet in an attempt to get things working again. It didn't work. Sighing, he unclipped the helmet and shook his head to get the feeling of the helmet off. He looked at the inside of the helmet and pressed a button inside. It beeped a couple of times an flashed red once, then dimmed. Kylar frowned as he remembered the device those Elites had used on them. It reminded him of the shield regenerators the Spartans used in training missions, but it had the reverse effect. Almost like a power drain, but more of a lasting effect.

Kylar rested his head back against the wall and looked at the ceiling above him. It didn't even have a ceiling; in its place was a deep black hologram that had twinkling sparkles above him.
'Almost like stars...' he muttered to himself. Then he frowned again and tilted his head. Focusing on a certain spot, he turned himself upside down to look up again. His eyes went wide. He found himself staring at the Southern Cross constellation. The Spartan looked elsewhere and spotted other constellations. Every now and then, he'd come across a red line through a spot. Confused, he checked back and gasped a little.
'This is a map of the Colonies. Those are the Outer Colonies that they've started glassing. if I trace that pattern back...'
He began a process of taking each red line and marking it against the Sol System, tracing the lines back to their origin.

[Tifa Lockhart]

It took a while for Sigma to work her way back into consciousness, but she was worse for wear when she finally stirred. She gave a groan, moving her head slightly.
"W-What happened?" He asked groggily, unable to actually see anything. Though Kylar would not understand this yet, many of Sigma's systems were damaged by the device, she was running on minimum functionality.

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar looked down from his position in the middle of the room with his hand in the air. He'd been tracing the Covenants slaughter pattern back for a while now, and he had an idea.
'Covenant have a new piece of tech. Looks like a Regenerator, but acts like a Power Drain. Longer lasting, too. Not to worry though, we're safe now. How are you feeling?'
He walked over and knelt in front of his partner, leaning on his knee for support.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Slowly her vision was returning, though it was tunneled and gray, not a good sign.
"Wish i could say i was alright sir." He answered honestly, shifting slightly and wincing, a hand moving down to the wound on her side, the one she had recieved way back when her squad was first wiped out. It had begun to bleed again. "Nnnghh... it hurts, but it's not so bad, I'm good to go again." She raised her free hand to give him a thumbs up XD
Tough little blighter she was.

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar spotted the wound in Sigma's side and quickly took out a canister of biofoam.
'Here...this'll help with the bleeding.' He stuck it inside the wound and pressed down on the trigger, holding it till he could see the foam inside the wound. It stopped bleeding quickly. Satisfied, the Spartan stood back up and secured his helmet back on.
'If you can manage, I've found the location of the core room from here. Turns out it's just around the corner. After that, time to go.'
Just as he finished talking, Kylar heard gunshots coming from down the hall. He quickly dove over a small wall and raised his rifle level to the doorway. The gunshots were coming closer.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Sigma winced as the biofoam was injected into her wound, and was just gathering herself ready to move on when the gunshot fired. She hauled herself to her feet and backed herself up right beside the door, rifle at the ready.

[Elario Luminus]

The door opened up with a bright light behind it, and a black silhouette was standing in the doorway. The light died down and revealed an ODST, who was panting and covered with small black scorch marks. Burning fabric and metal could be smelled quite easily.
'Private Zan, ODST Alpha Team. I've been instructed to locate you.'
Kylar lowered his rifle a bit, but still stayed alert. 'Well, you've done that much. Where's the rest of your platoon, Jumper?'
'Half a click back in the direction I came. They were on their way, but we were held down for a long time, sir. I'm the fastest ODST present, so they sent me to get you. They need your help.'
Kylar nodded and cocked his DMR. 'Lead the way, Trooper. We'll keep up.'

[Tifa Lockhart]

Sigma felt her body relax as the ODST appeared in the doorway rather than an alien. Her head span dangerously, so she pressed a thumb against her wounded side to jolt herself back into awareness. She then moved to follow Kylar and Private Zan, cursing quietly to herself. She'd be glad when they were safely on a bird headed for head-quarters where she could get some well-earned recovery time.