While Rudy handled the decoy in the primary node, Kim dropped directly into the subterranean corridors of Node Four.
The heavy, reinforced concrete hallways were bathed in the harsh red glow of emergency lighting. As soon as the spatial rift sealed behind her, the base alarms shrieked.
Kim drew a pair of glowing energy daggers from her waist. The two Under Blades assigned to her squad flanked her and unsheathed long monomolecular katanas from their backs.
A squad of armored HWSD enforcers rounded the corner with raised pulse rifles.
"Intruders in Sector B!" the point man shouted.
Kim sprinted straight at them. She slid under the first volley of plasma fire and drove her glowing dagger upward into the weak point beneath the lead enforcer's thick chest plate. The man crumpled to the floor. The Under Blades followed her path seamlessly, their artificial bodies processing combat data faster than a human mind. They carved through the guards in a spray of blood and severed metal.
