The members of Task Force Rose returned fire as they retreated.
Some of the enemy agents were caught off guard and were gunned down.
"Kill them all! Don't let any of them escape!" Kenzie shouted.
Laina then rushed out of cover before the Vadesian agents could react.
She aimed at Kenzie and his men and opened fire.
Her only mission now was to cover the retreat of her fellow members.
Kenzie was stunned to find Laina opening fire alone while her team members were going their separate ways.
He raised his handgun and aimed at Laina alone.
The other agents were also solely focused on Laina.
Laina had already achieved her mission of delaying the enemies.
The other members of Task Force Rose noticed that Laina was in danger when they turned back to open fire on Kenzie and his men.
A few more Vadesian agents dropped dead on the floor.
Half of the Vadesian agents had been killed, and now only a dozen of them remain.
Kenzie began to panic as he never expected that Laina and her team would be so powerful.
The members of Task Force Rose were elated as they planned to eradicate Kenzie's men right then and there. But they had to quickly give up on their plan at the appearance of the rest of the Vadesian troops.
They had to change back to their original plan to retreat.
"Retreat! We need to get the intel back to Lord Caspian!"
Everyone already came to terms with the mission as they retreated without Laina.
"Stop them!" Kenzie shouted with fervor as reinforcements were starting to come to his aid.
Laina resumed fire at Kenzie and his men.
One of the bullets grazed Kenzie's ear.
He was enraged as the other members of Task Force Rose were slipping away from his grasp. They were too far to be seen, and he directed his full attention back to Laina alone.
Laina noticed that all the enemies were focused solely on her and had already come to terms with her own death.
What mattered was that the rest of Task Force Rose could make it out alive.
Laina continued to open fire, and every shot from her gun managed to kill an enemy.
Kenzie only had five men remaining by his side.
The next moment, Laina was shot in her left shoulder.
She shrugged off the pain and continued to open fire at her enemies.
The pain may not have affected her, but her injury had inevitably lowered her accuracy.
Kenzie and his men decided to take cover after realizing just how powerful Laina was.
They didn't dare to rush toward their target just yet as they could always wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Laina watched as the rest of Task Force Rose finally disappeared from her sight.
She felt as if a heavy burden was lifted off of her shoulders. Her sacrifice here would be worth it as long as the intel made its way back to Caspian.
The Vadesian troops slowly surrounded her.
Laina noticed the encirclement and retreated back inside the abandoned house.
Kenzie and his men remained behind cover as they were afraid of being the next target of Laina's expert gunmanship.
Any mistake and they could end up being shot.
Laina retreated into a room while her shoulder was bleeding profusely.
She realized that she couldn't just hide here forever or she would just bleed to death.
She decided to make a break for it instead of sitting and waiting for the end to come.
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