I heard a long burst rip out of Tommy’s M4 and got up to my knees and began shooting at the dozen or so Drow coming up the hill. Arrows began falling around us. They weren’t coming up dumb. They were using cover effectively, leap frogging while their archers were forcing us to keep our heads down.

“What the fuck?” I yelled.

“Alexander, status?” Tommy asked. “Are we compromised?”

“I have no indication that our plan has been compromised,” Alexander’s voice replied audible to both of us. “The presence of the Drow appears to be normal caution on Ian’s part. I calculate an 86% probability that he was expecting some sort of rescue attempt vs our actual plan.”

“While they’re harrying us I can’t get back on target,” I said.

“Stand by, assistance is inbound,” Alexander replied.”

Five very long minutes later Jason and Yoshi popped into existence 100 meters below us and to the right and took the Drow party in the flank with automatic weapons and grenades. The rain of arrows quickly stopped while they tried to deal with this surprise.

I got back down on the rifle. The scene through the telescopic sight was pretty grim.

“Hack update?” I demanded.