Into the storm

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As the last of the team files through the door Makita closes it firmly behind herself and leads the way over to the window. Down in the square below twelve people move purposefully through the snow.

The six women are mostly unremarkable. One stands out as being exceptionally tall, one is short enough to almost look like a child, and hair of various colors and lenghts and styles can be seen escaping from their warm hats. The six men, however, stand out. The smallest is six and a half feet tall and looks to weigh at least 270 pounds. All twelve of them move with the smooth grace of practiced killers.

Makita doesn't bother whispering as she points them out, "See how they move in pairs? Each sorceress has her Guardsman a few paces behind her. You can see that even in a group they're thinking in twos. When we hit them, I want us to concentrate on splitting as many pairs as we can. They operate much less efficiently when their teams are broken up."

"There's another square like this a few blocks down. If they're headed of our HQ, then they'll have to go through it. If we move fast we can get there first and set up." She shoulders her rifle and looks at her team again, "Let's keep it fast and quiet."

So saying, Makita leads the way out the door, heading toward the rear fire escape for the building.

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Re: To the west

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It's working. Cait is providing enough interference that Makita gains steadily on the witch. As she tries to dodge and keep the range open the witch drifts this way and that. Sometimes she drifts toward the place where Knox, Rapunzel, and Allie hide, but each time she does, Cait cuts her off.

As Makita realizes how Cait is slowing the witch down, she redoubles her speed, no longer even bothering to fire as she sprints forward to come to grips with her enemy.

And suddenly, the storm stops (http://runmakitarun.livejournal.com/7355.html?thread=97211#t97211).