Chapter 59: And Through The Window She Goes!

Chapter 59: And Through The Window She Goes!

Determined, Tia sprinted through the sterile concrete corridor, her long, silky hair trailing behind her like a comet's tail.

"Come back!" The roar echoed from behind her, and the sound of rapid footsteps closing in reverberated ominously.

'Damn it!'

Without turning, she aimed her gun behind her. She didn't need to look as her whips of kinetic energy lashing out gave her a sense of her pursuer's position.

She pulled the trigger repeatedly. Bright flashes erupted behind her, followed by furious roars and chilling screams that seemed to crawl up her spine.

"I'll tear you limb from limb!"

The steps drew further away, and relief washed over Tia.

"I'll chop you up and make you into goulash!"

'Enough with these stupid, insufferable brutes!' Tia thought, exasperated by the relentless nonsense spouted by her pursuer. Her eyes shimmered with annoyance at the very idea of enduring another moment of this absurdity.

"Bitch! I'll turn you into my goulash!" The man roared again.

Anger rippled through her, and for a moment, she was sorely tempted to turn around and annihilate the boorish brute trailing her. But she resisted the urge, aware that engaging in such a battle would cost her precious time and diminish her potential rewards.

'This is my path!' She already saw the bright light entering through a window, guiding her path toward her goal.

Without slowing down, she directed a telekinetic force at the glass, strong enough to send a rumble through the very walls as it crashed against the window. Cracks spiderwebbed across the reinforced glass, and the frame moaned under the stress but remained intact.

'Shit! It looks like they weren't cheap with the windows.'

The steps once more thundered behind her, the air vibrating, the loud bangs and fuming slowly catching up to her.

Finally, with the last wave, the window relented, disintegrating in a burst of glittering shards that scattered in the sunlight like lethal confetti.

<Basic Telekinesis VI (54%)> --> 57%

A gust of fresh air mixed with the sun's warmth enveloped her as she rocketed through the shattered window frame. Her clothes fluttered, and her hair streamed behind her like a platinum tail. She soared up, the concrete walls of the building she escaped turning into a blur.

In a fleeting glance back, she caught sight of the man framed in the splintered window. His eyes were incandescent with a fury that promised retribution.

'Dumbass...' With a smug, victorious grin, she landed on the building's roof, enjoying the sensation of victory and fresh air.

Beep!

<<<<<<>>>>>>

Mission Completed:

Basic Objective --> Reach the Rooftop

Bonus Objective 1 --> Kill a Lieutenant Colonel -> 2 X Esper Point (Failure!)

Bonus Objective 2 --> Kill a Maior -> 1 X Esper Point (Success!)

Special multiplier: 1.50 X

Total Rewards --> 6 x esper point

<<<<<<>>>>>>

Her smile froze as she looked around. More than ten drones were quickly approaching, their shiny hulls gleaming in the sunlight and the glow of their blue plasma canons quickly intensifying.

'So this is what was occupying her! Damn her, she could have at least warned me! Did I just jump from a fire into a volcano?!'