Blockade Busting

"This is not an optimal route for overtaking the enemy." Elly was attempting to draw on the map in Xanthiana's head a route to get to the convoy that was under attack, but Xanthiana's driving was making it extremely difficult.

"I know where I'm going."

"You do not appear to know where you are going at all Xan." Xanthiana shrugged at her mental companion and kept her hand fully on the throttle, the atv's engine complied and the dirt roads and shattered rubble she was leaping around and over kept flying by. Xanthiana had to admit the route was definitely not the most comfortable, with each landing she could feel a new bruise on her ass, but she had to over take the enemy and from Elly's description of the attackers they had speed on their side.

"How's the convoy doing?" The extraction team had at least secured a large truck to get Von Bach out with, unfortunately it meant they had to stick to what little remained of the roads in the area which were swarming with mutants.

"Combat efficiency among operatives on the convoy has fallen over twenty five percent, no casualties yet, but injuries are mounting. The truck is still functional, but the mutants are coordinating efforts now to shut it down."

"And Von Bach?"

"Currently alive." Well at least one good thing had happened with the stupid plan. Max would not be joining the effort to relieve the convoy because he didn't have a vehicle. Xanthiana had Elly attempting to reach the earth forces in the area, those calls were not currently being answered either. Xanthiana went over a bend and she could see the beleaguered convoy coming at her, it was being pursued by Mutants on atv's like hers and at least one modified muscle car, probably a Challenger. Xanthiana looked to her left to see any obstructions coming up for the convoy and spotted a large blockade a few miles past her position that would most assuredly shut down the convoy up the road.

"We have to do something."

"The optimal solution would be to shoot the Challenger in the engine at these points, that would reduce the attackers to atvs and those are more manageable."

"Negative Elly, we need the Challenger." Xanthiana took aim with her rifle, the drivers windshield was blocked with metal, most likely she wouldn't be able to shoot through it and hit the driver.

"This is not the optimal solution Xan."

"You need to redefine optimal to what I say Elly, it'll make this easier." Xanthiana gunned the engine and charged towards the convoy, she shot past the attackers and she swore for a brief moment she saw Lewis with a look of shock on his face. Once beyond the truck she could see the front of the modified challenger, it had increased armor all over, which was perfect for what she needed it for. She crashed the atv into the hood and lept on top of the car. The mutant driving took a hard right to avoid the wreckage of her atv and it almost through Xanthiana off the hood. She crawled along the top of the hood and got on the roof of the car, the creature was trying hard to shake her off, and in doing so had fallen behind the rest of his group and the truck itself. Keeping her group on the roof she reached over to open the passenger side door, upon opeing it bullets came from the driver side of the car. She heard the creature firing until his weapon clicked empty, at that point she swung in from the top and fired her own weapon into the creature. It slumped into the driver seat, its foot fell off the gas and the car started to slow down.Xanthiana kicked the creature out of the car and slammed the door behind her.

"Elly tell the operatives to slow down, and not to shoot at us."

"Done Xan."

Xanthiana accelerated and the car obliged, she liked the feel of having a real car beneath her instead of the atv, even if it smelled like dead mutant. The other mutants on the atv's hadn't clued in that the car had changed hands and were caught off guard when she smashed into them. She easily dealt with two of the three atv's and left the last one for the other operatives. She drove past the truck and gunned it to pick up speed. She could see the make shift barricade in front of her and she hoped the car was as armored as it had looked.

"Xan this might not be the safest method of getting past the blockade."

"Nope, but it will be the most fun." Xanthiana smiled as the car roared forward, if she was to die, at least she'd go out having a good time, was her last thought before impact.