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> The pair's movement hadn't gone entirely unnoticed, and even as they slipped into the visitors center and out of immediate sight of the local populace, their location had already been spoiled. While Nine began a tactical research of the area and its surroundings, the nearly imperceptible whir of drone blades sounded from high above. The small craft had been one of five deployed mere minutes after the pair's crash landing in the lake, and now used thermal imaging to help its operator better 'see' just what they were dealing with. And while Sonic questioned the plurality of one of their greatest foes, and whether they were in a city full of such like-minded ilk, a silver SUV was being rerouted to their coordinates.
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> Inside the cabin, a door on the opposite end of the main floor began to [i]slowly[/i] ease open. Next to a large steel refrigerator in a kitchenette, and beyond a cluster of five small tables and their accompany oak-backed chairs, the door continued to ease out from its closed position until the face of one very surprised man was able to peek past it. If only he hadn't heard the words of Nine, this facility worker might have believed these were park visitors stopping in to buy a camping spot, or ask a few questions on the various trails in the area. But with a mind already primed for alien conflicts, it didn't take much to set him on a course of cautious action.
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> Once he'd visual confirmed that he was in the presence of aliens, the man stepped fully out from the door. With fire extinguisher in hand - the only useful item he could find in the supply closet - he rushed boldly for Nine, unleashing the entire canister in the mechanoid's direction in an attempt to confuse and disorient his target. [b]"You're mine! [i]RaahhH!"[/i][/b] Whether or not that worked, the man's next action, taken with a vocal grunt of effort, was to the throw the heavy metal cylinder at Nine...