here and I will deal with the
Chieftans personally .”
“ Easy enough ,”
Kara said, quietly pulling open and slipping through the doors as if she was a
patron at a museum rather than a goddess of war pursuing enemies.
9
When Kara walked inside she saw a long hall with
statues and other displays along the walls, as well as a few running down a
center aisle. She took the left side and walked ahead, sensing where the
various minds where and seeing that they’d split up and were hiding in
different locations, spread around a large ring. That ring turned out to be a
square of hallways that connected to the entrance corridor forming a large key
shape with rooms on the interior and exterior.
It was in those rooms that the Scionate were hiding.
When Kara came up to the first one she opened the door, mentally freezing the
one inside that was ready to pounce and casually shooting it with a stun blast.
She walked over and picked up its limp body, swung the big, unarmored cat over
her shoulders and walked out, made a right, walked
some more, made another right, and headed back up the entry corridor to the
entrance.
She stepped outside and walked over to where Ken’slan
was waiting and dumped Yen’sor at his feet. “ One down, 35 to go .”
“ 35? ” he
asked, none too gently poking a paw into the unconscious Scionate’s ribs.
“ I did a quick
head count. There are no other exits, correct? ”
“ Not that I am
aware of, no .”
“ Good ,” she
said, turning around. “ I’ll be back with
more .”
“ Thank you,
Human .”
“ My pleasure ,”
Kara said from behind her armor’s scales that covered her face as well as the
rest of her body. Then she ducked inside again to fetch another one.
Ken’slan looked down at Yen’sor ,
a Vensiol he knew well from previous dealings, and whispered at his unconscious
face. “ You are lucky the Humans took you
alive. Had we done this ourselves, you and your kin
would most likely not have survived. ”
He reached down as he retracted his own armor’s
helmet, then bit Yen’sor around the neck in a carry
and dragged him over to the side just before Kara brought out another.
“ Place him here ,”
he instructed, with her tossing the heavy Scionate to the ground as if he
weighed nothing. How someone so small could exude so much strength was awe
inspiring, though he guessed it had something more to do with technology than
muscle.
He reached down and bit Har’man ,
dragging him over to the position he wanted as Kara retreated inside to get the
next one, which was when the Scionate heard sounds of combat nearby. He
reactivated his helmet, which extended out from his neckline and wrapped around
his face, then he ran backwards a bit to see what was happening and encountered
a pair of soldiers coming his way.
He growled and leapt at them, firing a plasma blast
into one’s shield to weaken it before he head-butted the rest of the defensive
barrier into shambles. With it down and the soldier disoriented he pawed his
face aside so hard that the bigger cat bounced into the wall as he turned on
the other. Those two went at it for several seconds before the other one got
himself on his feet and lunged at Ken’slan, knocking him down and shooting him
in the chest.
The Grisst reactivated his shield just in time to
catch it, then turned it off again so that the paw blows to come wouldn’t drain
energy…and old tactic that these young ones apparently had never been taught. Next
thing they knew Ken’slan was back on his feet, crouched low to the ground, then
he waited for them to move. When one jumped on him he leapt up towards it,
attempting an undercut, but a blur of red passed him and punched both soldiers
back down the hallway so hard and fast that they were immediately stunned and
crumpled on the ground, unresponsive for a long moment.
Kara raised an arm and shot both of them with the stun
energy, letting it sink through their shieldless armor and into their
Chieftans personally .”
“ Easy enough ,”
Kara said, quietly pulling open and slipping through the doors as if she was a
patron at a museum rather than a goddess of war pursuing enemies.
9
When Kara walked inside she saw a long hall with
statues and other displays along the walls, as well as a few running down a
center aisle. She took the left side and walked ahead, sensing where the
various minds where and seeing that they’d split up and were hiding in
different locations, spread around a large ring. That ring turned out to be a
square of hallways that connected to the entrance corridor forming a large key
shape with rooms on the interior and exterior.
It was in those rooms that the Scionate were hiding.
When Kara came up to the first one she opened the door, mentally freezing the
one inside that was ready to pounce and casually shooting it with a stun blast.
She walked over and picked up its limp body, swung the big, unarmored cat over
her shoulders and walked out, made a right, walked
some more, made another right, and headed back up the entry corridor to the
entrance.
She stepped outside and walked over to where Ken’slan
was waiting and dumped Yen’sor at his feet. “ One down, 35 to go .”
“ 35? ” he
asked, none too gently poking a paw into the unconscious Scionate’s ribs.
“ I did a quick
head count. There are no other exits, correct? ”
“ Not that I am
aware of, no .”
“ Good ,” she
said, turning around. “ I’ll be back with
more .”
“ Thank you,
Human .”
“ My pleasure ,”
Kara said from behind her armor’s scales that covered her face as well as the
rest of her body. Then she ducked inside again to fetch another one.
Ken’slan looked down at Yen’sor ,
a Vensiol he knew well from previous dealings, and whispered at his unconscious
face. “ You are lucky the Humans took you
alive. Had we done this ourselves, you and your kin
would most likely not have survived. ”
He reached down as he retracted his own armor’s
helmet, then bit Yen’sor around the neck in a carry
and dragged him over to the side just before Kara brought out another.
“ Place him here ,”
he instructed, with her tossing the heavy Scionate to the ground as if he
weighed nothing. How someone so small could exude so much strength was awe
inspiring, though he guessed it had something more to do with technology than
muscle.
He reached down and bit Har’man ,
dragging him over to the position he wanted as Kara retreated inside to get the
next one, which was when the Scionate heard sounds of combat nearby. He
reactivated his helmet, which extended out from his neckline and wrapped around
his face, then he ran backwards a bit to see what was happening and encountered
a pair of soldiers coming his way.
He growled and leapt at them, firing a plasma blast
into one’s shield to weaken it before he head-butted the rest of the defensive
barrier into shambles. With it down and the soldier disoriented he pawed his
face aside so hard that the bigger cat bounced into the wall as he turned on
the other. Those two went at it for several seconds before the other one got
himself on his feet and lunged at Ken’slan, knocking him down and shooting him
in the chest.
The Grisst reactivated his shield just in time to
catch it, then turned it off again so that the paw blows to come wouldn’t drain
energy…and old tactic that these young ones apparently had never been taught. Next
thing they knew Ken’slan was back on his feet, crouched low to the ground, then
he waited for them to move. When one jumped on him he leapt up towards it,
attempting an undercut, but a blur of red passed him and punched both soldiers
back down the hallway so hard and fast that they were immediately stunned and
crumpled on the ground, unresponsive for a long moment.
Kara raised an arm and shot both of them with the stun
energy, letting it sink through their shieldless armor and into their
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