The Hunter's head jerked upwards as the punch connected, but as the Elite latched onto him, he jerked backwards far more quickly than he should have been able to, barely managing to duck out of the way of the grasping alien's hands. As he moved, he brought up one of his bulkhead-armored arms, hauling it up for a quick swipe at the Elite's center.
Teaspoon sidestepped the blow quickly and drew his sword, clicking his mandibles as it gave off it's regular red glow, swiping at the nearest armored arm to him.
Illinois carefully moves his right hand, making sure that it, too isn't injured. Same with his legs. He then reached up with his good hand, and slowly pulled off his helmet then slowly, carefully stood up.
(You're not in the same room as the Hunter, you're still in the hallway with the others. Jersey, the Hunter, and Teaspoon are in a separate room blocked off by debris.
Illinois is in the hallway with the rest of the Freelancers. The Hunter took Jersey and ONLY Jersey into the next room and then rubble blocked people from getting to him.
"I didn't realize you were awake. In any case, you can't go back alone. If you encounter hostiles it'll be over. Maybe Alabama can escort you. What do you think, Arkansas?"
"Look, I can stay here. With the blood from my nose, broken bones and such, I'm sure any escapees with mistake me for a stiff. If there are and ODSTs nearby then I'll get them to send me a medic. But the mission is imperative. Complete it. I'm a liability to you like this. So bugger off."
Another roar, though the Hunter didn't seem to heed the sword that the Elite had ignited. Instead of aiming for the Elite, it made an adjustment to the bulkhead it was wielding, instead aiming for that sword, as though he were going to knock it out of Teaspoon's hand. And maybe take the hand, while he was at it.
Again, even though he was massive, the Elite had agility on his side and managed to barely move out of the way again, the sword nicking the bulkhead a little and slicing right through like it was butter. It was at that, that he silently thanked his adoptive father for letting him earn a red sword, which all Elites knew was of a higher intensity than the standard blue.
That moment of silent distraction provided another opportunity for the Hunter, though, as he twisted around and made for a backhand at the Elite. (Talking may be a free action, but apparently, thinking isn't. XD)
And much to the Hunter's surprise, he deactivated his blade, brought his arms up in an X, and took the blow head on, moving about a foot on the floor before stopping the blow completely.
"This one is used to hunting your kind, worm colony." he said with a slightly amused growl.
(Actually, I'm gonna just say that taking that much force on the firearms alone is a bit much, even for ol' Spoony. But that's just me thinking about how bones reenacted to bring smacked real hard with something heavy. This is just too much fun. :p)
At that, though, the shoulder-mounted fuel rod array began to stir again, charging as the Hunter began to move forwards again, flexing both arms and making whatever high-impact steel the bulkheads were made of groan as they flexed. He didn't answer.
Teaspoon simply smiled though as the Hunter felt something land on his armor and a few dozen caseless sub-machine gun rounds start impacting the exposed part of the back of his neck and the armor around it.
//Told you it was a Hunter// he said, while talking to Illinois. ''Your not staying alone, your not going alone, we leave noone alone. '' he said while sitting down next to him ''We're a team.. You won't go alone until someone in command says so, and even then i will try to go with you, your just a target when you're alone?''
"In the end I doubt they'd care much for someone who looks like a corpse. If I were them then I'd go after the larger team. So piss off. Don't jepardize the mission on my account. I'll be fine. It's not like I don't have any experiance."
''That might be, but your still wounded, and i don't even know if the medics are.. you know what, do what you want, but if you die, i will kill you'' he then said, thinking about Keyseop
