“Here they come.” Somebody else yelled, and the troops around Andrew all took cover.

Looking down the road, he can see Japanese troops working their way up both sides of the street, darting from cover to cover. The Ostrayan troops began firing, but after inflicting a couple of casualties, their bullets seemed to lose their effectiveness. Andrew reached out mentally, and he could feel the enemy mentalist somewhere up ahead. The fellow was keeping out of sight but was obviously close enough to the front to put a shield up in front of his troops.

“Cover me!” He yelled.

With that, he took off down the side of the street along the footpath, running from bush to bush. The Ostrayan troops layed down covering fire, not that it was all that effective, but it did serve to keep some of the Japanese heads down while he made his way along the street. He could sense the enemy mentalist much better now and decided the fellow was just up the road a little way.

He tossed a fireball in the direction of the mentalist, which must’ve caught the fellow by surprise because there was no immediate response. The firefight between the Ostrayan troops and the Japanese forces continued unabated as he threw another fireball where he thought the enemy mentalist was hiding. Instead of trying to take the mentalist on frontally, he ran down the cross street to the next intersection, where a few Japanese troops were starting to advance carefully. They spotted him and opened fire without a lot of effect against his shields. He threw a couple of fireballs in their direction. Two of the Japanese troops were badly wounded, and one of the cyborgs screamed as he burnt to death.

A few Ostrayan troops advanced down the street behind him, so he pushed forward, taking a lot of fire on his shields until he reached the next intersection. A wrecked car at the intersection provided cover so they could see around the corner. He quickly informed the soldiers that he was putting a shield in front of them and that he would tint it red so they could see it and shoot around it while staying shielded most of the time. With that in place, he stepped out from behind the vehicle and began advancing up the road. At first, the Japs concentrated their fire on his shield while the troops with him kept learning around the outer edges and picking off Japanese soldiers and cyborgs whenever they exposed themselves to fire at Andrew. It was all going quite well until a very strong enemy mentalist appeared at the end of the street.

“Shit!” he exclaimed as the mentalist threw a fireball at him.

He was able to get his energy shield up just in time, but he still felt the heat of the explosion. He threw a fireball of his own back to keep his opponent busy. “Might be an idea to get under some cover, fellas, till I sort this guy out.”