Chapter Ten
Emma accelerated forward and sprayed bullets at the new force, downing several men and scattering the others before the exoskeletons’ guns came to life in a deadly river of bullets that barely missed the fleeing MX 60. Jia threw a grenade into the back of the flitter, and the explosion sent men screaming, their bodies burned and half on fire. Blasted pieces of the flitter rose into the air, and a billowing cloud of smoke obscured the vehicle.
Her team’s flitter barriers jerked and shuddered as bullets ripped through them. The heavy rifle fire from the non-blasted exoskeleton forced Jia and the others to duck. High-caliber bullets shredded the flitters, turning them from protection to inconvenience.
With a loud clank, the exoskeletons emerged from the smoke, one with a scorch
