The firing shot was not heard as a slim bullet passed it's way through the chest of Maria. It was not a kill-shot, but it landed exactly where Adrian wanted it. The bullet had shot through an artery that would cause the girl to throw off her sense of balance and depth perception quickly, the red liquid warm as it seeped out of the wound. Another shot, this time at the man Simon. Again, not too kill, only to wound, this time shooting the other man's knees. The man knew that there was another person somewhere, and from that, he electronic view turned thermal, and now could see the second female, although, this time, it was a little harder to target, but he made the shot once again, the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge entering through the female's abdomen, again, through an artery. It would be slow, but without proper treatment, she would die of bleeding out, as well as her friend. He looked at Blackbird... but only looked. The tall man slung his rifle over his back. The hunt was on.....
The shot penetrated his knee. Even with his advanced super computer, he couldn't see a bullet he couldn't predict. He fell on the ground, clucthing his knee. "Damnit! Snipers, get down!" He realized that the two woman were bleeding heavily. "Do any of you have medical supplies?" He asked. Cauterization would be neccasarry to stop the bleeding if there were no supplies on hand.
Minerva managed to get a small peak around the corner, moving the bullet off mark enough for it to only go through her side. She slammed against the wall face first, holding her side as her cloak wore off. She managed to stand, using the wall to hold herself as lifted up her shirt to look at the bullet wound. "Fu-.338? Really? Might as well bucked for the .50! Wouldn't hurt so damn much!"
The tall man suddenly appeared, walking from the distance, upon a snowy field. He was close, very close, and the red glow of his "eyes" poked through the whiteness. His gloved hands tightened, his left now gripping his knife. He was hungry, ravenous, towards the hunt. The hunt had always been the greatest feeling to him, a feeling of adrenaline and pleasure washing over his body...
Looking down at where the wound was, Minerva seemed little dumbfounded before looking up, "Right, right." She turned back to look through the hole to see the armored man sauntering over to them. "And of course, the man who's trying to kill us has to stop over to finish the job, let's get going." she said as she went back to being invisible and hurrying to the compound.
Adrian smirked inside. Being that he knew of the prey's intention well before they arrived, he had set up his own traps along the small forest that surrounded the Templar HQ. They were not glamorous laser tripwires, nor were there any highly technologically advanced machinery anywhere. Instead lie trip-wires of thin string, bear traps, and ropes hidden in snow and leaves. Adrian was a hunter, and he felt that any of these highly sophisticated machines were akin to cheating... and besides. It wasn't much fun if it was too easy.....
Blackbird spent a few moments using his augmented eyesight to see anything that would prove hazardous to reach the main wall of the compound, but eventually seen nothing of importance. Taking a brief moment to relax himself, he then ran onto the field and headed directly towards the compound, running almost 10x faster than a normal human. AI controlled turrets locked onto him and began to fire away, while Blackbird tookout his blade and actually began to deflect bullets while he ran. Soon, he leapt an enormous distance across the snow and onto the wall itself, slicing the turrets into two with a clean yet efficient strike before hopping downwards.
Upon the cyborg's fall, a metal device snapped. The bear trap bit deep through metal and wire, flesh and bone. The tall man himself had once again switched his sight to see the heat of his surroundings. The hunter would be looking for the girl he shot in the stomach, and upon switching to "blacklight" mode, he followed he blood trail.....
