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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keia" data-source="post: 1398506" data-attributes="member: 98">Inside Warehouse 37 Las Vegas, Nevada0740.18 hours, June 3, 2003Donovan acknowledged his commander’s orders with well-practiced ease.  With equal well-practiced skill, Donovan took aim with his rifle and placed a single shot which impacted nicely into the large creature’s right shoulder.  The environment didn’t matter, the group of teams in front of the creature didn’t matter . . . only he and his target.Ilianov barked his orders and heard from Lorelai that it would take 5-10 seconds until the gate would open.  She reminded him that people needed to be at least 15 feet away from the event horizon when it opened or they would be vaporized.  Andreev then slung his sea bag over his shoulder and grabbed some additional gear.  “Understood,” Lt. Reed calmly replied to Commander Durant as she scanned the warehouse for targets.  She drew her sidearm with her free hand as she slung her bag over her shoulder as well.  When her arm finished with slinging her bag, it also had another sidearm in it as well.  She aimed at the smaller salamanders that approached from the right of the Stargate, allowing the others to concentrate on the large creature.  She held her fire waiting for the order, . . . or until the creatures started getting too close.Durant fired two bursts from his FN P90, catching the creature on the left flank (several of the bullets pinging across the salamander’s scales).  His final burst he pulled wide as Grayson and Fallon got dangerously close to his line of fire.  Whether from the creature’s heat or from its scales, his shots didn’t seem to matter much to the salamander.Fallon kept her arm steady and fired a shot from her rifle . . . or rather, the rifle she acquired shortly before leaving home.  The shot felt satisfying as it thunked into the creature’s chest and made it stagger a step.  The recoil kicked her shoulder, but she ignored the impact.Fisher pulled his pistol and fired.  Whether it was the movement of the creature or the people in front of it, his shot missed its target – actually coming closer to hitting Grayson than the creature.The smaller salamanders slowly advanced on the rest of the group and would arrive within seconds, turning the retreat into a general melee.  Lt. Reed reported their actions to the rest of the group.Grayson called out to the creature, then stumbled back from the large fiery creature, noticing for the perhaps the first time the hellish environment he currently found himself in – a far cry fro the idyllic surroundings of reservation.  Looking in his arms, several of the flares and one of the cans of oil smoldered and looked to fully ignite any moment.  Jeremiah felt rather than saw Lt. Stewart slip in front of him to face the creature himself.  Stewart got his first good look at the creature that towered six feet above him, heat pouring from the salamander.  Melting rock dripped from the creature and flames licked all over it.  The creature looked on him with impudence as Stewart snapped off a shot from his pistol.  The bullet visibly melted on hitting a scale and dripped onto the warehouse floor.The salamander drew its large spear from its holder on his back and stabbed it into Stewart.  Stewart dodged with the attack, but it wasn’t enough.  His Air Force shirt ignited on impact with the spear.  The salamander's serpentine tail whipped over Stewart shoulder, narrowly missing him.The creature barked out [Jeremiah only<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /> [spoiler] ”You cannot harm me . . . I will destroy you and burn your very souls . . . (calling to the other salamanders) Burn them - destroy them, though we die tomorrow, we live and fight well today!!” [/spoiler]OOC: All (see OOC thread for notes)</blockquote>

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