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[Jayce]

The small vehicle raced into the room after Lukas, and with speed far outdoing a normal human, passed him without issue. The electric motors of the vehicle were not even at half output, yet they could overtake a human at a full sprint in mere seconds.

"General Alvarez!" said the holographic image of Doctor Will Foetsch as the small vehicle approached, "Get down!" Alvarez threw himself prone just in time for the spray of bullets to pass over him, shredding the shins of the bleeding Ben Warner.

The injured man collapsed into a a bloody heap before general Alvarez, his legs (or what was left of them) unable to support his own weight.

"Sorry to steal your thunder, Lukas," said the hologram of Foetsch as Lukas came to a stop by the body, "But High Command wanted this charade over once and for all..."

The vehicle approached the body of Warner, and a small laser tool emerged from its front. With near-surgical precision, a high-powered laser began cauterizing the wounds Warner had sustained, so that he would not bleed out.

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