Ryujin13 and I

[little lost dragon]

Shaza entered the opening and was deposited out side again to see a rather large drone seemingly scanning for something. the colony was aiming weapons as it did so as it just continued to scan. A wide beam like thing kept passing over them all. Then the beam seemed to focus on Shaza before expanding to her home as well. It launched a small drone from a port on its belly before the smaller one flew down before flying right into her home. Once inside it looked at the startled 2 before beeped a few times before stunning them both before transporting them at Shaza's feet out side before stunning her as well before the large one placed a field around them and lifted them off the ground before taking off.

After a ways it came to a stop and placed them in a tube like thing.

 

When they woke again they seemed to be in a old looking cell, Rock walls and metal bars though as Shaza learned, a field went from bare to bare, most likely to stop her from escaping so easily. A door behind them slid open that lead to a brightly lite hall way. "Follow the path shown at your feet, deviations will be met with fatal force." a mechanical voice said. Shaza looked at her family just as bewildered as they most likely where. what was happening? What was going on? Then the clash of primitive swords could be heard through the bars out side, 2 aliens she had never seen before where dueling, and bloody..... hard to tell one seemed to be having an easy time reducing the other to a mess before ending it making her gasp. She looked at Dalnr before coming over to help him up.

"Please follow the lite path at your feet, deviance will be met with fatal force. Comply or your death will be soon."

 

((Basicly they've been taken to a combat testing site, shaped like a collesium. It pites different races against each other in a fight to the death, take there leaders and in this case, the leaders family as representatives of each race to over see the combat. And the training till its there kinds turn.))

[Ryujin13]

Dalnr's eyes snapped open at the drones entrance, but just as quickly he was unconscious again. When he awoke he could hear sounds of battle, could smell fresh blood, and knew that this was a well used fighting ring. He managed to stand himself up, looking around and spotting Shaza and Pikna nearby. Pikna had latched onto Shaza in fright and was hugging her for dear life.

When the voice spoke up he glanced around, looking for the source, then down at the lit path. With the power of whoever had built this place and it's drones, he didn't doubt their ability to kill them without hesitation. He gestured for Shaza to follow him as he slowly made his way along the path. He was tired, oh so tired from the surgery, and was almost staggering when he felt a sharp pain in his arm. He grabbed at it but only saw a small orb float away, a syringe pulling back into it.

As Dalnr investigated the wound, he felt a vigor come over him, like he had just woken up from a good nights sleep and was ready for the day. He straightened and stretched, feeling excellent, even with the surgery just an hour before. Glancing at Shaza he smiled and turned to walk down the hall, crouched so that he would present a smaller target and would be harder to see.

 

(I figure that since they are being sent to an arena the drones would at least give everyone a fighting chance. Dalnr would get wasted if he had to fight like he was. If you wanted it the way he was though, let me know and I can change it.)

[little lost dragon]

Shaza held onto Pikna as they went down the hall. Narly gasping a drone seemed to just appear inject Dalnr with something faster then it took for her to open her mouth and get a sound out. Then it left leaving Dalnr a bit puzzled, She expected to see him drop, but instead he seemed to.... be his old self.

With smile assuring her she nodded and went into a bit of a crouch her self still holding Pikna close her tail flowing yet stiff behind her. Her eye's looking around.

The hall lead them to a large room, large enough to fit in at least a few hundred different techs and weapons and test chambers and more.

The single path then split off into more then either could count all leading to different area's. It went from a white pulse to 3 pulsing each of there colors. "Follow your line please, any deviation will result in fatal measure. Please keep eyes on designated lines at all times. You will be lead to your area." the voice said.

To the trios horror the lines all separated, it seemed even Pikna was not being ignored in this matter. The message repeated its self and a growl came from Shaza's throat "Pikna stays with either Dalnr or I." she flat out stated. At first silence then sound strange sounds "Facility's corrected. Rest assured she will not be far from your station. Please proceed." the voice said and this time 2 small drones showed up "Data must be recorded for the survivability of peoples brought here. While perimeters allow for some variations compliance is a must or you will be replaced and body's disposed of. We are conducting this for your kinds safety and those around them. An incurtion has already been detected in your region involving races, Krahn, Kas-Mah, and Shatong. Your foes will consist of one from each other race and you must plan accordingly. Kas-Mah however has a sever DNA alteration as there will be 2 Kas-Mah to face, Krahn young will face off one Shatong young and 2 Kas-Mah young, 1 of each DNA type. All representatives have been chosen. If you survive the tests, you will be returned to your home. Also do note, death is not a needed factor as some do not kill there foes."

Shaza looked at Dalnr. That least bit was.... something at least. She had a bad feeling she might be fighting him before they returned home. And Pikna though, unless she could wait them out, she'd be forced to commit acts she was not trained for.

"Why does Pikna have to play a part in this?" she demanded

"Pikna contained a strain of intellegence that might be able to show up again, however at her current age and training she is perfect for this test. Please note you will be matched evenly. However since Pikna is one of a kind currently yet the possibility of more later, the data can be collected for others like her. If she is allowed to live by her foes, she will be returned home." the voice explained. "You have 240 seconds to say last words. After that if you do not proceed along the path you will be disabled and placed at your station. Any further resisting will be met with your termination and replacement."

Shaza looked to be shocked. Her eye's wide as she tried to think. "Pikna..... if they supply you with stuff to make things with, make something you can use to stun them. Dalnr and I will focus on stunning our..... foes as well." she said hugging Pikna closely before having her tail come around to pull Dalnr into the hug as well "I don't see any way out of this, for now.... play along, ok?" she whispered to them.

 

((Not what I had in mind, but I can roll with it. Plus, add more tension too. Feel free to post till Shaza and Dalnr meet each other, or when Pikna and or Dalnr are knocked out of the tests. since after they split, they'll be on there own till they get home, and for Shaza and Dalnr, if both make it to the end, their each others final challange.))

[Ryujin13]

Dalnr tried to object alongside Shaza, but got the same result as her. When it became apparent that they would have to play along he turned to his family and hugged them.

He listened to what Shaza said to Pikna, then knelt so that he could face the little Krahn.

Pikna was already venting pheromones and was talking to herself as fast as Dalnr had ever seen. She was also starting to stutter which was new, but he chalked that up to the situation.

"Pikna..." He said quietly. "Pikna!" He said louder when she didn't answer. Pikna looked up at him, her dark eyes wide.

"Don't m-make me g-go Dalnr." She stammered. "I d-don't want to go!"

Dalnr hugged her close, holding his new daughter to him as the little girl sagged into his arms.

"Pikna." He said, pushing her back slightly so that he could look into her eyes. "Pikna, I love you. I need you to know that. But right now we are in trouble." He said, knowing that she was smart enough that sugar coating it wasn't going to work. "Pikna, we are going to make it through this as a family alright? But in order to do that you have to be brave. I know you're scared, and I know that you don't want to hurt anyone, but..." He sighed and shook his head, not believing that he had to tell this innocent child this. "You might have to Pikna."

"N-no Dalnr, please don't leave me!" She cried, trying to hold onto him again.

"Pikna!" He said loudly. "Pikna, you're smart, I know that and so do you. So lets look at this like a problem. How do you solve a problem?"

"Y-you analyze it." She managed.

"Alright, we analyze the problem. You know what it is. The solution is to survive. If you know the problem, and the solution, what do you do?"

"Y-you fill in the v-variables." She said quietly.

"Exactly. You know the solution, now you need to fill in the variables by doing whatever you can to reach the solution, even if it means hurting someone ok?"

Pikna was shaking now, but managed to nod then hugged Dalnr again, then Shaza.

"The allotted 240 seconds is up, proceed down the given paths, deviation will result in fatal measures." The voice said again.

"Stay alive you two." Dalnr said quietly, taking his path. "I love you both."

Pikna meanwhile took small shaking steps down her path, her hands curled in and twisting together as she walked down her lit path, glancing around at the smallest noise, wishing for Shaza, Dalnr, Aera, anyone she could hug and make the bad things to away.

 

[little lost dragon]

Shaza hugged Pikna tightly before looked at her family "I love you both, always remember." she said softly before the drones made it clear to start moving.

She followed her path feeling like a prisoner but right now, nothing she could do.

When she got to her station she looked around, everything that her kind had made for combat was here. Even the prototype EMP weapons. As well as some that she thought was only in data form weapons developed from tech based on Krahn tech. Or should she say, Pikna's forced defence tech. She narrowed her eye's at the suits provided. One again a prototype one, nearly completely black. If memory served her it was a camo suit, scales would change color based on the surroundings to hide the one wearing it.

She suited up in the camo one partly to give it a test run in combat, Picked 2 weapons one a standered acid cloud slug shooter another a Krahn energy based hybrid weapon. However it used a entirely different bio matter to sustain the heat the energy based weapon would have. As well as some emp gernades to deal with Krahn opponets. She knew the Kas-Mah ones would not use much tech beyond the normal suits and crystal weapons and Dalnr's unlocked form currently would not have anything more as nothing has been developed as he.... well is very fresh out of surgery.

After she was suited up and ready to go she was then lead to a waiting chamber of sorts. She was allowed to practice against small drones that would zap her if they got too close. However they where easily knocked back but took no damage from the weapons. As well she found a few flaws in the Shatong/Krahn hybrid weapon. Could not be fired often do to heat problems.

When it came time for her first match she was lead to a door and once through found her self in the arena. At the other side a Krahn Guard came through then it hit her, Krahn reseived combat training from the Ka-Mah after they drove the rebel Krahn out.

Bracing her self she looked him over. Smaller then average, combat armor from the looks of it, normal Krahn weapon however those have proven to be deadly against light to medium armor. Her tail went into a rapid flow to allow for her to make a move right away should it be needed.

Then guard charged. Taking to the air like she thought, one of the Krahn's strengths is there ability to fly almost anywhere and there speed in flight. They where still researching how they make there armor strong yet light enough to not weigh the Krahn down.

She jumped to the side to avoid the first volley however one bolt struck her shoulder. She gasped at the hit but the armor suit was already secreting the healing fluids to close up the hole in the armor and burn damage to her shoulder. She grabbed the acid cloud slug weapon and fired. However learned the shot its self was simply too slow to be effective against a single target flying around.

Dodging and jumping around as the Krahn fired his weapon at her while staying on the move to make it harder on her to tell where the fire was coming and make it harder to return fire. However his first mistake was not paying attention to the arena's energy field keeping even those that fly, in. He struck the field after being zapped by the field. Jumping at her opening she threw a EMP gernade to disable his tech before jumping again landing on him to keep him pinned grabbing his arms and her feet on his ankles. Baring her teeth to strike fear in him, she brought her tail around to disarm him.

With his tech disabled and weapon now tossed away and limbs pinned while Shaza's weight being on top of him pinning him to the sandy floor there was not much he could do. A buzzer went off before a drone flew over to them ordering them to seperate. She got off him before being lead back to her cell before the door closed again. Next time she would be brought out, it would be against a Kas-Mah. A race that's been training in combat for a long long time.

[Ryujin13]

Dalnr followed his path with total confidence, unafraid for himself, but inside terrified for his family, especially Pikna. When he reached his preparation area he looked around and immediately went to the nearby armor rack, quickly finding and putting on the base suit, which had been tailored to fit his new physic, followed by the twin blade gauntlets that he favored. These he tested, turning the power fields on and off and checking to see how long it took for the blades to open. The camo was tested next, flicking on and off as he checked to make sure that he fully disappeared. The shimmer in the air was normal and he nodded to himself. A knife was strapped onto one of his legs, followed by a set of throwing knives, three on each arm. Last but not least was a shard rifle. He checked the scope on it as well as it's load out before strapping that across his back.

After that he merely followed the path into an arena of sorts. This particular arena had a long path that ran straight from Dalnr's gate to the next, but to the sides were numerous rocks and boulders. He looked around as he came in, scanning the area for trouble before his eyes fell onto a Shatong across from him. It wielded a weapon of some kind, (one of the prototypes) and was outfitted with a normal set of Shatong armor. Instantly the two were moving, Dalnr straight towards his opponent while his opponent moved to the side, firing as he went.

Dalnr rolled out of the way of the shots, then kept charging, his own rifle now firing back. When he got close enough that dodging wasn't feasable anymore, he instead dived it other rocks, letting his rifle drop as he activated his camo.

Instantly he went still, barely breathing as he turned invisible, only a slight shimmer in the air if he moved. The Shatong for his part was no fool and didn't come chasing after him like a rookie would have. Instead he backed away slowly, scanning the area for movement of any kind.

Dalnr began to stalk his prey like every Kas-Mah learned to do from a young age, placing each step in such a way that he wouldn't stir rocks or leave prints.

His tail wasn't so well trained however and almost immediately flipped a rock off of a nearby boulder. Instantly the Shatong fired at where Dalnr was standing, causing Dalnr to dive and roll away. As he did so he managed to throw a knife, blade glowing with energy, which buried itself into the Shatong's shoulder, causing his opponent to scream as flesh was burnt away and bone cracked under the intense heat.

It only took a few moments before the Shatong passed out from the pain, allowing Dalnr to come over and retrieve the knife as well as his rifle. After that he just did what the voice said and carried on.

 

(I'm kinda unsure what to do with Pikna. What kind of test is she doing? Obviously it's combat but is it like Shaza's and Dalnr's or is it different?)

[little lost dragon]

Once Pikna got to her station it showed many parts and schematics for her to use and read. A drone came up behind her "You will fight the young of the other kinds near by your own. You lack any skill with your limbs beyond flight which will not save you here. You have designed weapons however. Design your equipment in the allotted time limit. It will most likely decide your out come of your tests." the drone explained before leaving before she could ask any questions.

 

((Basicly same situation, just pitted up again a Shatong and Kas-Mah young.))

 

Shaza looked at her weapon selection thinking of what work best against Dalnr but not injure him too badly. She knew he had a fondness for melee weapons. Normally enhanced with fields that made the blade very hot to do further damage. Something that she'd have trouble with as none of her kinds tech as made to defend against such damage attack. But his armor was not designed for acid based weapons. And they both had cloaking armor, at least that what she saw him in last time. She sighed and closed her eye's her tail low to the ground. She hated the idea of having to fight Dalnr, and risk his well being.

[Ryujin13]

Dalnr followed his path back to the armory to wait, his weaponry already chosen. He wasn't concerned about the upcoming fight, but worried about the inevitable fight against Shaza. This place expected a fight, but that didn't mean he had to use lethal methods. A knockout would serve just as well and would hopefully satisfy the drones or whoever was forcing him to do this.

 

Pikna glanced around at the parts and schematics, then looked up at the ceiling since that seemed to be where the voice was coming from. "Um, h-how much time do I have?" She asked timidly.

"Due to the nature of your challenge we will allow one half-hour interval. Begin now."

Pikna practically fell over herself as she ran to a pile of parts and began to dig through them, her mind already assessing ways she could use some.

A small battery was the first thing she found that would be of use, followed by metal scraps and a number of other things, including another battery, this one slightly larger.

After scavenging what she thought she needed, Pikna went to a nearby work table and began working, carefully putting together two devices.

She finished seconds before the voice told her she was out of time. In her hands was a small pistol thing with two rods on it, the other had to prongs and a handle. They were both ramshackle to be sure by Pikna knew they would work. (She made a taser and a stun gun in essence.)

When it was time to go she almost said no and stayed where she was, but then remembered the truth, that she wouldn't live if she tried to do anything besides what the computer said.

She took small tentative steps down the hall, always looking around at other noises. Eventually she reached the gate though and entered the arena. This one was smaller then the adults, but had the rocks and sand floor just like the others. Pikna looked around, scared of what was to come when the gate opposite her opened and a young Kas-Mah came out, wielding a long knife, a small pistol, and wearing a set of armor. This one was missing the helmet and hands however and covered a lot less compared to an adults set.

The young Kas-Mah started running towards Pikna immediately after spotting her, firing his pistol as he came. Pikna screamed and ran away, forgetting all about her weapons she still clutched in her hands. After entering the rocks and boulders she hid as fast as she could, quivering with fear. Outside she couldn't hear anything until a pebble was knocked loose and clattered down the boulder where it had sat.

Pheromones were leaking off of her, and she knew he could smell her, so she quickly jumped from her hiding spot and ran, hearing more shards impact the ground behind her until she felt a sharp pain in her shoulder. She let out a shrill cry of pain, flopping onto her back to see the young Kas-Mah advancing on her, pistol leveled.

"Nothing personal, but I'm training to be a warrior, and this is just a test." He said.

To Pikna, time seemed to slow down, each millisecond turned into a year. She could see everything about the scene in front of her, the tightening of the boys finger on his pistol, his eyes, the patterns in his fur. It was then that Pikna remembered her own device and rolled away, raising her arm and firing the weapon. Two long wires deployed from the weapon and imbedded themselves in the boys fur. The effect was instantaneous. His fur stood on end as his body seized up and began to shake. Suddenly the shock stopped and the boy fell over.

Pikna went to the boy and removed the needles from his body. She looked at him carefully, then realized he wasn't breathing. She felt his chest and couldn't locate a heartbeat either. She began to panic, trying to revive him frantically, trying to make him live. Almost three minutes had passed before she stopped and fell down beside him, eyes scrunched shut from the guilt and pain.

She would have stayed there forever if a large drone hadn't come over and picked up the boys body. You will continue on or be met with lethal force." The computer told her.

Pikna managed to stand up after a few moments and walk through the gate opposite, still feeling terrible about what she had done. Already she was seeing the boy every time she closed her eyes. Finally she arrived at the next gate and sank to the floor, back to the wall as she waited for the next challenge.

[little lost dragon]

The next time Shaza entered the arena She was facing off a blocked female Kas-Mah. She could not help but wonder if this one thought of her as the siren as well. Then the match started. The Kas-Mah cloaked right away and Shaza activated her own. In a moment her cloak was up and if there was any viewers they would see a seemingly empty arena. She sniffed the air and assumed the Kas-Mah would be doing the same. Then a shot lanced from seemingly thin air roughly in her direction. The shot went wide as it was a estimation but that did not stop Shaza from taking aim but she did not fire. Using the suits scent sensors as it completely covered her along with the shot being fired she had a pretty good idea where the Kas-Mah was now. She fired her own guess shot. The shot hit the ground exploding in a cloud of acid. To one side of it the spray was stopped by what only she could guess, the Kas-Mah. She charged still cloaked as the foes armor malfunctioned from being dissolved and as Shaza delivered a punch to the Kas-Mahs head, the cloak failed.

The punch hit but did not knock out yet. The foe scrambled up clearly knowing they where at a disadvantage now, with damaged armor and no cloak and Shaza still had hers. Something grabbed her foot yanking her into the air and slammed her onto the ground forcing her into a daze before Shaza decloaked showing her tail had grabbed the Kas-Mah's leg. She was quick jumping onto the foes body both feet on the Kas-Mahs legs and arms on her's. The Kas-Mah snarled which Shaza returned showing her duel layered meat cutting teeth. But that did not faze the warrior much.

Shaza grabbed the Kas-Mah's weapon again with her tail before tossing it away. "Your guess shot gave you away." she said her tail wrapped its tip around the Kas-Mah's neck "But I won't kill you, just knock you out." she said as the Kas-Mah tired to breath her struggles getting weaker and weaker till they ceased. She let go of the neck and got off once the drones told her the match was over.

She sighed once again in her chamber, That met, her last fight... was now Dalnr, she hoped her did alright again the Krahn.

[Ryujin13]

Dalnr walked into his next fight confidently, glancing around the arena as he did so. A Krahn was next and the Krahn were pushovers when it came to fighting. They hadn't had a war in centuries before the civil upheaval, but even after Kas-Mah training he knew the weren't much of a fight.

The moment the Krahn entered the area it fired its beam weapon, making Dalnr run and dodge to the left. The beam traced a line behind him, making the sand turn to glass because of the heat were it touched. When Dalnr hit cover he activated his suit, then began to lean out to look, but was stopped by the buzzing of Krahn wings.

'Things with wings will always try to go up to get away from danger.' He thought to himself as he stepped out and looked up.

Sure enough, about ten feet above him was the Krahn, perched on the tallest boulder in the arena, scanning for Dalnr as it waited.

Dalnr rolled his eyes and suppressed the urge to groan at the Krahn's stupidity.

Without even thinking he jumped to one rock then the next before jumping up behind the Krahn and grabbing it tight.

"How hard is it for your people to grasp this?" He asked angrily, squeezing the Krahn's hand so that it dropped the gun. "Stay out of sight so you have an advantage. Standing out in the open on top of the tallest boulder is not being out of sight, it's screaming come find me!"

The Krahn beneath him beat its arms and wing around, trying to escape while its helmet made excuses.

"Shut up, you're just lucky we are being forced to fight. If this was real you'd be dead." With that, Dalnr hit the Krahn across the head in such a way that it crumpled into a heap. Dalnr caught it and jumped down with the Krahn in his arms before setting it down and heading off to the next fight.

 

Pikna barely moved when she was shown to her next arena; although she did to in. She half wanted to just let her opponent, a young Shatong this time, kill her, but Dalnr, her father, had told her to survive. She looked down at the weapon in her hand, then the other, unsure what to say or do. She looked up in time to see the female Shatong leaping at her, talons extended.

Pikna screamed, trying to fight off the girl that was now wrestling her to the ground. Now she was pinned on her back and Pikna began to struggle for real, her fear of being on her back coming to her as she cried out, bit, screamed, and clawed at anything that came near. Suddenly she was loose again and had in her right hand the melee device, the stun gun. Without thinking Pikna raised the weapons and clicked it. Instantly the Shatong's eyes and mouth flew open as her body started to spasm. When it was over the girl fell to ground beside Pikna, a large burn mark where Pikna had used the device.

Pikna immediately went to the girl and put her head against the girls chest, listening and feeling for breathing, a heartbeat, anything.

Bump, Bump, Bump.

The girls chest went as she drew in short breaths.

Pikna sighed with relief and stood as the drone came.

"Will she be alright?" Pikna asked the drone, who ignored her and took the girls body away:

Scared again she went through the door and on to her next challenge.

[little lost dragon]

Pikna was lead back to another room besides her chamber and was told to sit in the seat. Once she complied a screen was placed in front of her projected from the ceiling. "You'll be returned home once the last test for your guardians is complete due to the fact your 3 kinds have displayed family quality's." the voice said before the screen turned on and metal clamps closed around her wrist waist and ankles locking her in place.

 

Shaza was signelled her last challenge was on now. Up against 'Kas-mah mark 2' as it put it. Or Dalnr, as he was unblocked and now was improved as a result. She came out of her area into the arena and grabbed the Shatong/Krahn hybrid weapon. She did not want to try acid on him as she figured, it would be a long fight. And while trying to not kill each other, she saw no way out of this besides one or the other knocking the other out. Or risk being killed and another kidnapped for the test. She looked at Dalnr before giving him a sad nod her expression hidden behind her helmet and her tail low showing her emotion for this test. Then she started to cloak blending in with the surroundings as she got ready for combat.

[Ryujin13]

Dalnr knew what was coming next, and he hated every second of the walk to the arena, but even though he knew what was coming it didn't really click in his mind until he saw Shaza across from him. Ordinarily he would have just thrown the fight, given Shaza the win and taken a pounding, but in this instance holding back would get his entire family killed, even Pikna.

He bowed low to Shaza and cleared his mind and conscious, tossed his rifle to the side, and activating his cloak at the same she did.

He started slowly, prowling carefully towards his left, listening to the arena, watching for anything, sniffing for a hunt of where his mate could be hiding.

Dalnr had noticed early on that his physical capabilities were better now, his senses more acute, his speed, strength and sight better then it had ever been. He wanted it a quick knockout so that neither of them would be hurt to badly, but he knew Shaza wouldn't go down easily. After stalking Shaza for a minute or two with no luck he instead tried a different tact. Without a sound he climbed the face of a tall rock and anchored himself there. All that could be heard as he did so was a tiny 'click', then silence as he sat and waited. He knew Shaza had heard the noise and would come and investigate, and he hoped she would walk below him so he could knock her out quickly.

[little lost dragon]

Shaza had something similar in mind as she slowly moved. She could not see him and so far he had yet to hit her so she assumed her cloak was working just as well. She to decided a hight advantage would be best but nearly had a heart attack when her suits sensors where suddenly saying something was only inches from her nose followed by a tiny click that nearly made her jump as well. He had beat her up here by a few moments and she nearly climbed on top of him. Still she could not see him for all she knew they where looking at each other in the eye. She froze waiting for more signs of him. His suit was solid metal like, so if he moved she'd most likely hear something. But at the same time her camo was not designed for point blank effective. Instead of a field or something, its outer layer took on the surroundings to the point it almost looked like it was using a field however this met that at point blank, if one looked hard enough, would be hard to miss the texture change.

Thinking fast she decided it would be best to divert his attention. Taking a Shatong grenade she reached as far away from her self as possible with her tail to extend the distance, before activating it and tossing. This way it looked like she used one near the sound of his click to see if it would detect and emp him. But all it did was scurry around at random not really heading anywhere.

[Ryujin13]

(Don't know if you celebrate it, but merry Christmas dude, or if you don't, happy holidays.)

 

Dalnr was taken by surprise when the grenade appeared, but he also appreciated Shaza's attempted use of it to distract him. He watched the grenade on the ground for a few seconds, then looked closer at where the grenade had landed. He tried to figure out where the grenade had come from based on how it had landed, but couldn't figure it out. In the end he decided that Shaza would be nearby, and that meant she could probably be reached.

His own suits sensors were saying there was something directly below him, and he knew they were very rarely wrong, but it was only a general direction.

In the end he decided that the quicker the fight was over, the better both he and Shaza would be.

Without any preamble he let himself fall, only to hit something directly below him.

Dalnr reacted immediately and rolled to the side, deactivating his armor as he did so and launching himself back the way he had come so that he tackled the invisible Shaza, attempting to lock her into melee combat where he was best.

[little lost dragon]

((Merry Christmas to you as well buddy ))

 

Shaza grunted a little as suddenly something seemed to land on her. She grabbed it throwing it off her as she flipped off her perch as a result and saw Dalnr now visible rushing at the spot she just was if she had stayed where she had been. Deciding to see how fast they could finish this fight she went in still cloaked wondering why he dis engaged his own. Her swatted him into the bolder to try and daze him.

If she could daze him then it would not be much longer before she could disable him. But at the same time while a similar tactic worked again the blocked Kas-Mah, this might only make his body ache a little. Of course she also did not know if his tail could find and lock on hers then they'd both know where the other was.

[Ryujin13]

Dalnr gave an 'oof' as he hit the boulder but beyond that he was fine. His radar was still working though and he turned to where Shaza stood before grabbing three of his daggers and throwing them hilt first at her, the two on the outside heading outwards so she couldn't dodge left or right and the middle going straight towards her.

While they were still flying he followed up with a tackle as well, hoping to take her by surprise, aiming to wrestle her down.

[little lost dragon]

Shaza went into a low crouch seeing as there was attacks in progress to her sides and front. And rolling back would only keep her in this trouble. However when Dalnr lunged right after throwing his blades this took her off guard as she epxected him to throw the third as well She let his weight roll her onto her back before both her legs bunched under him before she gave a powerful kick with her legs using her large powerful thighs to get him off her while she grapsed his wrists firmly to prevent him from making use of the third blade. If all worked he'd be forced off her possibly into the air due to the kick. Her talons aiming to rip some armor off if he grasped her hard enough to not get kicked off.

Edited December 26, 2013 by little lost dragon

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Dalnr hadn't expected a move like the one that Shaza used, and he was easily flipped over her and onto his back, hands still grasped in hers. The moment he landed Dalnr activated his cloak again and pulled his feet underneath him. He pushed off and landed back on top of Shaza where he began to force himself down onto her where he could try and wrestle her into a knockout hold.

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However with her hands still firmly around his wrists his cloak did not hide him from her as she already knew where his body was more or less. This time when he tried to wrestle her she pushed off with her tail flipping them over to once again land on his back. This time with her talons ready they stabbed into the joints of his armorpushing his legs apart to keep him from rolling them. With his wrists in her hands and his knees at risk of being stabbed with her talons on her feet she decided to let him see her. Her suit returned to its dark black color out of its cloak "If we where enemy's I'd bite your neck." she said her helmet mophing off showing a open jaw with her teeth in place and ready to strike "I'll need to teach you a few things once we get back." she whispered before head butting him trying to knock him out. Or at least daze to knock out.

 

((Kas-Mah maybe strong but Shatong are as well and right now he has her entire mass pinning him, her large legs have there weight on her feet which its hard for her to not damage his knee currently as a result and the weight of her tail weighing her hind quarters more. And she's got all of her upper weight on her hands which she has pinned on his wrists.))

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Dalnr fought back as much as he could, hissing and snarling as he was flipped over and pinned once more. He continued to fight back even pinned as he was, but he already knew the conclusion to this particular matchup.

The truth was he was strong, tough and agile, but Shaza had weight added to that combination. She could hold him easily with the way she had him pinned, and when she head-butted him, he saw stars. The second did him in, and he fell unconcious, his armor automatically deactivating its cloak.

 

As the fight ended Pikna was released from her chair and shown into the arena where she ran to Shaza and hugged her tight, unable to speak even as her body produced pheromones showing her relief, fright, horror, and a mix of others that turned the air rank.

"Can we go home Shaza?" She whispered, trembling as she held her mother. "I don't want to be here anymore."

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Shaza sighed and got off him as he went limp her head aching a bit from the head butting she just did. She sat down to avoid falling over before she felt Pikna hug her. she hugged the young Krahn back and nodded looking around "We've done your tests! Take us home now!" she ordered. At first nothing happened and it seemed they'd be stuck here. But then a drone came over and formed a field around them before taking them safely through the arena barrier. The trip lasted mear moments before they where back over the colony before placed in front of her home before it left.

Strangely everything they had from the arena started to desintagrate on the spot in moments. Weapons armor everything. Another drone passed over dropping off the Shatong child as well though she was was rushed to the medical facility with a larger burn on her shoulder.

Shaza picked up Dalnr and cupped Pikna with her tail before heading into her home where she laid him down taking the blanket that he put on her when she was in a bad state and tucked him in. She looked at Pikna before hugging her again "He'll be alright, I only knocked him out. He'll wake with a head ache most likely." she explained

 

But not all was about to go as well. She then got a message through her kinds chemical/telepathic communication. The small group demanded to see Dalnr, now.......

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Pikna curled into Shaza as much as she could and held on tight, her guilt coming to the fire now as she shook from the shock and horror of what she had done.

She refused to speak of it though, even when asked what was wrong, always saying that she was just worried about Dalnr, or upset that he and Shaza had fought. Inside though she was dying, the horror and guilt of what she had done eating away at her. When asked about what had happened she just said that she had made stun weapons and used them on her opponents. Nothing was said about the boy, his death, or anything else pertaining to that experience. All she thought about was the look of pain, shock and fear on his face as he was electrocuted. All she could remember were his eyes, staring up a her with those feelings forever locked on his face.

"I'm fine Shaza." Was all she would say, guilt still overtaking her as she pulled her knees to her chest and sat waiting for Dalnr to wake up.

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Shaza held Pikna closely and sighed sending a message back to tell them to wait. She gently moved her self and Pikna so they would be beside Dalnr. Pikna refused to say what was majorly disturbing her. She decided Pikna would talk when she was ready. Hoping she would use what shaza told her to use in thoughts to help. But one thing was clear.

They needed to leave this prison. It was messing with them and treating them like test rodents in a lab. Something humans did where she was from often in the test subjects death. Only here it was not rodents, its was them. And it was traumatizing her daughter.

Mean while a rep from the Kas-Mah village that had formed beside the Shatong colony was arguing with a Shatong guard. "I'm sorry Shaza insists he needs a bit more time before he's ready to be on his feet." the guard said before the Kas-Mah looked ready to blow a fuse "Dalnr would be ready if he where in our care and you know it! If your medical is so beyond ours then why is he not ready!?"

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As they waited Pikna's guilt got steadily worse, as well as the horror at what she had done. Not only was she dealing with having killed the boy, but she was lying to Shaza too which was almost worse. Shaza had always been there for her and now she was lying to her about what had happened. It didn't take long for her to snap, having never dealt with this sort of thing before. When it happened it was like a floodgate opening up as she started to shake an curl further in on herself, pheromones leaking off of her as she rocked back and forth.

"I-I'm s-so sorry Shaza." She wailed, grief, anger, confusion, horror, fear, guilt and a hundred other emotions coming from her. "I k-k-killed that boy! I d-didn't mean to! I made a stun w-weapon and it hit him and he d-died! I m-must have mis-calibrated it! It's my f-fault he's dead! I d-didn't mean to! Now all I see is him dying. Even w-what you showed me doesn't work!" She cried, covering her face with her hands and trying to hide herself from Shaza, who she knew must be angry with her.

 

 

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Shaza gently rocked them back and forth holding Pikna closely and continued to do so as Pikna finally spilt out what had happened. She let the young girl finish before gently tightening her arms around the young Krahn not too hard but holding her firmly again her belly zone. "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." she said gently as she gently rocked her self to rock Pikna to help try to calm her "It was life and death you had no time to calibrate it for your foes. You could only guess and no ones perfect. This time his death was because of the..... computer of this strange world pitted you against him with hardly any instructions or info. His death happened in self defense which can happen anywhere any time." she explained gently nuzzling Pikna at times. She wished Dalnr was up, he might be able to help with this more in aiding Pikna and put her mind at rest. It was hard enough for the young girl to not let the death of another Kas-Mah that happened in her sight destroy her. And that one she had no hand in. She continued to hold the young girl closely against her though gently rocking them.

 

Mean while for the Shatong colony time was nearing of one of there own kind of remembrance day. A very key time that marked the time when they won there civil war to remain the race they where. While they where not on there own world anymore they where going to keep to the time the best they could. Prep began as the others in command under Shaza bean to give out duty's. Strange looking instruments where made in the spawning pools for later, others gathered the small force they had here and they began to practice the yearly tradition. And a young female that had brand new grown scales on her shoulder came from the medical center and was lead to the center of the colony where she also began to practice her part.

A dark purple colored with a lighter shade of the color male came over to the arguing Shatong guard and Kas-Mah messenger. "A specail day for our people is tomorrow. Return to your people and inform them they are invited to join us if they wish and Shaza sends word she'll and Dalnr be there as well. If you do decide to attend please refrain from bringing any weapons. It is the day a great conflict of our kind resolved on tomorrow years ago from a mistake we made before that. All will be explained tomorrow."

 

((Little something I thought I'd throw in, plus we've seen a Kas-Mah celebration, thought it be fit for the Shatong to have one of their marked days as well.

 

Edit: Unplanned sleep over just happened, won't be back most likely till tomorrow.))

Edited December 29, 2013 by little lost dragon