Stern ran out to see Aimee. He had heard what had happened, and was in the men's room the entire time.
"I shouldn't have had all those lemonades" he thought to himself as he ran over to the Vulpine girl. Aimee was all alone out in the parking lot. It had taken the Corporal some time to find her, but Thomas was a skilled tracker. That, and the men's room was close to the parking lot.
"Aimee! I heard a fight going on out here! Is everything alright?! I can see some blood on your snou-"
BAM!
For the second time today, Aimee found herself in deadly danger. Stern was with her this time, but the enemy was far worse than before. Seven men walked out of a parked black van nearby. Each of them was dressed in the uniform of-
"-Dragonstorm! What do you want?!" The corporal shouted as he lifted his sidearm.
The leader of the agents approached the two of them, and drew his revolver. "We're here to collect the debt this girl owes us. We aren't Dragonstorm, but we work for them. Call us contractors if you like. Anyway, she took down three of our guys, and we're here to take what we're owed: her life! Stand aside, or we'll take yours' as a bonus."
"Not. Happening." Stern leveled his firearm at the leader of the contractors.
"Your loss. Get them!" The first four of the agents attacked with melee weapons: a chain, a knife, a hammer, and a taser. They were slow and clumsy. Stern side-stepped the one wielding the chain, tripping him with ease. The second one lunged at Stern with his knife, only for the Corporal to kick it out of his hands and retaliate with a punch from his left hand, while Stern's right hand squeezed the trigger, shooting the hammer thug in the left knee. What the professional soldier did not notice, however, was the kick that came from behind him by the thug who had used the knife, which sent Stern moving forward.
An instant later, the leader of the thugs fired his own shot, missing Aimee by inches. Stern grabbed onto the injured hammer thug and, using the momentum from his being kicked, swung the injured thug into the one wielding the taser before toppling to the ground himself. From down on the floor, the Corporal aimed his firearm and shot the taser thug in the face, killing him in an instant. Springing to his feet, Stern jumped around in a circle and fired again, killing the chain thug whom he had tripped.
The hammer thug, still injured, was not spared from a third round from Stern's gun, and the last of the four "contractor" agents quickly fell to a fourth round. Four shots, four kills, and yet, the leader of the agents didn't seem to be concerned in the least, although the other two surviving enemies were visibly shocked at Stern's kills.