Revise paste Ghost Of Onyx 14

He landed, rolled to his feet, and saw the open-mawed expressions of the three stunned Brutes. He leveled his rifle and shot one in the face.
Fred turned as the other blinked and charged him. He blasted it point-blank between the
eyes. The Brute bowled him over, and its fists came down in twin hammer blows that stunned. Fred and drained his shields to a quarter charge.

Blood streamed from its snarling face... and then it finally registered the rounds that had
penetrated its thick skull. It toppled upon Fred, inert. The last Brute pulled the body off, and pointed a grenade launcher at Fred's faceplate.
Fred's rifle was missing. He tried to shake off the disorientation from the double knockout blow. His head felt like it was filled with biofoam.

The Brute seemed to grin.

Two soft puffs sounded. The Brute stiffened and collapsed to the deck, a pair of holes spraying blood from the base of its head. Shadows crossed the slight opening between the doors. Will and Linda slipped inside. Will moved straight to the car's manual-override panel. Linda's sniper rifle still smoldered.-Chpt.23