Fallen Star (IC) - FLASHBACK

[tincanhitman]

Zyla Julantai
Inquisitor
Top of the Spire

Zyla had anticipated the movement of the Heretics, using his incredible speed to race ahead of them and set an ambush.

He had sat among the shadows, merely a shadow himself, and waited for the loud clatter of the clumsy heretics. He had taken a step to attack the leader when they had noticed among the glyphs the shape of a human!

It had interested Zyla, taking time to study it from his own far off position, only snapping from his trance at the stomp of his fellow Inquisitor's feet.

Then as the other Inquisitor had the leader he stepped from the shadows and disengaged his camouflage, holding his Scythe in his right hand, unignited, with the handle resting against the small of his back.

"Come, let this be quick." he monotone voice droned as he stepped into a firm stance and ignited his scythe.

[Kenny]

Heretic Special Operations Tavise
Top Of Spire

The warrior eyed the new enemy and his odd weapon. A, scythe it seemed. He pointed his energy sword at the Sangheili and stated,

"I'm guessing we need to have more space, unless you want your blood getting on your friend as well." He mocked, before grabbing the painting.

"Now why don't we fight below, let us have our own private chat." Tavise continued before adding "But I think you'll lose this debate." With that the Special operations soldier slashed the window with his energy sword. Tavise eyed small foot holds on the side of the Spire, he decided to use those to get down. As quick as possible, he strapped the painting to his back and began the descent down the structure. He made it to the bottom in a minute.

The Sangheili eyed the broken window, waiting for the newcomer to make his journey down. Tavise propped the painting against a rock and prepared his energy sword before calling out,

"I believe it is time for our discussion! Though if you could, leave the work of art next to me unharmed. It is a beauty after all." The Heretic finished, waiting.

[tincanhitman]

Zyla Julantai
Inquisitor
Top of the Spire

Zyla cocked his head to the side as the other Sangheili clambered down the side of the tower. Giving it suitable time to reach the bottom he simply, stepped out, but turning his scythe he ignited it and stabbed it into the wall, using it to slow his decent, he then placed his feet against the tower and slid down.

After reaching a distance he could drop from he turned off the blade and pushed off the wall and rolled coming up a few feet behind the other warrior.

He pivoted and turned to face the Heretic, holding his blade wide he ignited it.

"Again I state, lets make this quick." he said in his bored tone.

[Kenny]

Heretic Tavise

Below Spire

The Special Operations soldier eyed the other Sangheili. He knew this fight would be important. He could not fail, he could not let Legra or any of the other Heretics down by losing the painting. Tavise raised his energy sword, it was time for him to make the first move.

He looked over, studying the body of his enemy. Tavise would need both strength and speed for this one. With that he began by walking up to the other Sangheili and doing quick but powerful slices with his energy sword. These attacks were meant to keep him busy, and deliver the occasional weak strike to worry his oponant. Tavise kept most of his attention on the scythe, it seemed it would prove a problem.

[tincanhitman]

Zyla Julantai
Inquisitor
Top of the Spire

Zyla backed up, keeping the heretic out of HIS blades distance, but not Zyla's. He began large sweeping slashes, it would roll and sweep, high cuts only to swing back down into a vertical slash.

Zyla needed to hurry up and kill this heretic and aide his fellow Inquisitor. So he made sure to hold no bars, his dervish whirl wind of attacks taking no time for breath, as the faster sangheili moved with utter grace and control.

[Kenny]

Heretic Tavise
Below Spire

(Music for this fight-

Tavise was caught by the first slice of the long weapon. It wasn't deep but it had touched skin through his armor, causing his shields to go down. A few others scraped his armor, but didn't damage Tavise himself at all. The Heretic had jumped back as the Inquisitor continued swiping. With the opportunity at hand, he swung his energy sword straight down the scythe. A loud sound was heard as Tavise smiled and commented,

"Let me cut that down to size, Covenant fool." All that remained was a large pole as the Heretic jumped forward and attempted to knee his enemy in the chest.

[tincanhitman]

Zyla Julantai
Inquisitor
Top of the Spire

Zyla cursed and threw the poll away, drawing his pink blade he lunged forward and sliced hard, giving quick slashes and low swings with his blade.

He kept an amazing speed, even while fighting. But for some reason...he felt a small spark in his chest...but ignored it, his cold resolve taking over once more.

[Kenny]

Heretic Tavise
Below Spire

The Special Operations warrior had prepared for this attack and rolled to the side dodging the first few. Though one of the Inquisitor's slices had made a large mark going from Tavise's upper chest to his waist. He decided to roll behind his foe and rose up. With that he swung his energy sword right at the back of the Covenant soldier's.

[kartoffelfogel]

Huntsmaster Legra 'Adantee

Legra moved as a wraith in pursuit does. His mantle flew about him, and his hands shifted forward effortlessly. He was not tense, he was not straining. He closed the distance in three well-balanced strides, and his hands flickered out, one arcing diagonally from high to low, left to right, the other swooping forward at Til.

The curveblades didn't flicker into life until the last possible moment.

[Huka]

Til barely saw the curveblades' energy blades as they cut at his armor but the first couple, he strafed and slid about, watching Legra's movements before retaliating with a flurry of thrusts from his sword that were just as quick.

[kartoffelfogel]

Legra stepped back, his curveblades vanishing once more into his palms. He moved swiftly, trying not to give Til any inkling of what he was doing. He cursed his stupidity. By trying to move out of range, he'd let Til press his advantage of greater reach. He had to close the distance.

But first, he needed to change the playing field.

He leapt up, and grabbed a painting. As he thought, the line holding up the paintings was incredibly strong, and easily bore his weight. Swinging from painting to painting, he climbed up and up the way the monkeys of Templar's Rest do. Up and up and up...daring Til to follow.

[Huka]

Inquisitor Til 'Muramai

Til narrowly missed Legra before the traitor lept into the air. Expecting him to strike from above, the Inquisitor looked up to Legra swinging on the paintings.

Growling, he deactivated and replaced his sword with his staff. As the plasma blades hissed to life, Til jumped high to catch a painting. Growling, he jumped over paintings and followed Legra with little difficulty.

[tincanhitman]

Zyla Julantai
Inquisitor
Top of the Spire

Zyla rolled forward as the other sangheili slashed at his back, coming up from the roll to find that there was a pain in his back where the other had cut into his armor, burning the skin to bubble into a blister.

He spun and locked blades with the other warrior, pushing close to his face to give him a cold blank stare.

But he felt that same spark in his chest, this time bigger. He pushed and spun his wrist, as his blade and the other Warrior's blade flew up and back, turning off and clattering to the ground.

He didn't miss a beat as he smoothly changed from blade work to fist fighting, he stepped into a hard punch to the other sangheili's stomach, before spinning and giving a wide kick to the face.

[Kenny]

Heretic Tavise
Bottom Of Spire

The lanky Sangheili was able to dodge the punch but his foe's foot collided directly with Tavise's helmet. This attack not only was effective and hurt but also stunned him a little. He rose back up and realized just then he lost his energy sword when he made a slashing motion with his hand. Realizing his idiocy the Heretic sent a few close but not effort requiring punches. Hoping these attacks had done their job to keep the Covenant soldier busy and distracted, Tavise sent a strong punch headed straight towards the other Elite's lower stomach. He continued with trying to ram an elbow into the Inquisitor's head.

[tincanhitman]

Zyla Julantai
Inquisitor
Top of the Spire

Zyla took the punch, only giving off a slight grunt, before the elbow came up, but he caught it with his left hand, then spun into a knee to the stomach.

He then brought his arm around the back of the other sangheili's neck, pulling him down by Zyla's waist, he brought his elbow down, trying to hit the other sangheili in the back of the spine.

[Kenny]

Heretic Tavise
Below Spire

After the failed attack the warrior unfortunately had the wind knocked out of him by his foe's knee. Though when Tavise was grabbed he needed to break free. He tried to headbutt the Elite and maybe poke him with the ends of his Special Operations helmet. It turned out to be worse as he was greeted by an elbow that bent one of his helmet's prongs and stunned him again. Tavise broke free and hastily spun with his leg out hoping knock the other man back with it. The Covenant Sangheili was too fast, this fight was proving difficult. It would be one to remember.

[tincanhitman]

Zyla Julantai
Inquisitor
Top of the Spire

Zyla was pushed back, ut held his footing, he took a firm footing and spun into a chest shattering kick, sending the other sangheili flying.

He took a second after the kick to regain footing, only to see e had knocked the other sangheili into its sword....

He ran, bringing his fist into a powerful punch aimed at the other sangheili.

[Kenny]

Heretic Tavise
Below Spire

The Sangheili reacted to the new situation quickly. He felt pain all over his body but remained energetic and fine. Just then is when the other man lunged at him. Practically unconsciously Tavise grabbed the energy sword that sat next to him and raised it as he stood up.

He hit something, something tough and soft. His hands felt wet as he looked down. The Special Operations warrior was overcame but what he had just done. The sword in has hand was also in the Sangheili's chest. Not just in the man, killing him.. Not just a man either, an Inquisitor. Tavise knew he could hold his own but he couldn't comprehend what he had just done. With that he watched the Covenant warrior as he oozed blood.

[tincanhitman]

Zyla Julantai
Inquisitor
Final entry...

Zyla felt a spark in his chest, he felt...every thing. Every emotion he had suppresed when he had killed came flooding back into his body, he felt hot angry tears well up in his large eyes as he looked at the other sangheili.

He looked down at his thick blood, a rich purple color. He then looked back up at the other sangheili, who looked shocked. Without even thinking about it he slid himself further down the blade, pushing with his new found might until he was sliding down the other sangheili's arm, a hole straight through him.

He leaned in, after getting past the fist, his COM activated he whispered.

"T-thank you..." he said as blood dripped from his mandibals. He then pulled himself off of the sangheili, going back over the blade and falling backwards onto the ground, as blood pooled around him.

He looked up at the stars, whizzing past the planet, he felt that, wherever he found himself next, he must paint this, for this, was the truest, most precious, beauty, he had ever found.

With that, he rested his head back and allowed the thick warm embrace of death to slowly fold itself over him, smothering him with dreams yet to come.

[Kenny]

Heretic Tavise
Bottom Of Spire

The warrior looked at the body of the man he just killed. He was still greatly suprised by the fact he had just killed an Inquisitor. He was even more shocked by what he had said...

'Thank you...'

The words still echoed in Tavise's mind as he strolled over to the painting. Thankfully the work of art was completely fine as he carefully picked it up. It was time to leave so he started jogging towards the Pavillion. He set the painting down as he was a little away and opened up his communications.

"Legra, I am at the Island's pavillion. If you could call in some transport, that is if you're finished with your fight. If you need me to just tell me who to call." He spoke as he heard the sounds of other aliens. He peered around the corner and saw two lances of Covenant around the pavillion.

Damnit, what to do. He thought. The painting had to stay intact and he couldn't leave it with all the Covenant nearby. He opened up the communications again and added to Legra,

"Better make that a Phantom."

[Huka]

Zqai and the last five of his Special Operators have just witnessed the impossible, Inquisitor Zyla was murdered by a heretic! Enraged, Zqai flared his energy sword and lept off the ledge, sliding down the side with the help of his energy sword to slow down his descent. Followed by his soldiers, the six landed on the ground. "You two take Zyla's body and weapon, return it to the evac point. We will avenge him and destroy that lie of a painting!" Zqai commanded before he and the other four rushed after Tavise.

[z]

The Moonbeast let out a roar and began bucking at the noise, Rakath tightened his grip on the beasts hoes and grabbed the curveblade between his legs, pulling it out and driving it back in to the beast. "DOWN BOY!" Rakath called out, the Creature groaned and bent its legs down for a moment.

"Good boy, Good."

At a second sound, the beast jerked around, Rakath pulled up on its horns and made it face the opposite direction.

If the sounds were coming from one part, Rakath guessed the cause was on the other, pushing the best on he moved closer to the pillars in the center, peering up on top of them with squinted eyes.

Reaching up to his commlink her spoke.

"Tavise, Legra. I have er... Unexpected support. Give me a status report, I can offer very heavy support."

[kartoffelfogel]

Huntsmaster Legra 'Adantee

As he scaled the paintings, Legra bellowed orders into his comm.

"Rakath, Tavise, Djath, this will be my last transmission for a while. I am shortly about to do battle with one of the most fearsome of the Inquisitors...you remember Til, Rakath."

"Djath, send down a Phantom to pick up Tavise. He has in tow...the truth. Rakath, protect Tavise and his charge with all your might...and beware--Sorsa is somewhere around there, and he is a warrior of the utmost caliber. Fear him, and do not attempt to fight him alone."

Legra turned, and stood on a particularly large painting of a river estuary. He let go of the hand that held the line, balancing precariously on the painting, with his curveblades concealed in his hands.

"Til! Fight me now!"


Shipmaster Djath 'Gradaree
Separatist Corvette Rising Hope

"Understood."

Djath nodded at the command, and with a few gestures, his officers automatically relayed the request to his Phantom pilots. His entire ship was a smooth, oiled machine of power that no longer aimed for the glory of the Covenant--power that was now aimed against it.

"Tavise, I am deploying a Phantom to your location, and I am redirecting a choir of Seraphs to protect it. Stand fast until it arrives...Legra spoke of the truth. Keep it safe, whatever it may be."

[Huka]

Inquisitor Til 'Muramai

"I am coming, be sure of that." Til snarled before leaping high onto another painting. Pulling himself up for another leap, he grabbed onto another similar picture about as large as Legra's, depicting a resting Bakw'na Queen. Anger quickly filled Til's veins as the sight and maliciously clawed the queen's face with a single swing, leaving furrows in replace of the face.

Flipping on to the short edge, Til balanced carefully on it, looking at Legra a little short away. His eyes on him like a predator and Til placed his glaive on his belt once more.

"I am here." He replied.

[Kenny]

Heretic Tavise
Pavillion

The warrior stood with the painting. He was confused what to do before he heard Legra and Djath speak.

"Affirmitive." He replied before looking around him. Unfortunately he spotted a group of Covenant soldiers coming towards him. He hoped his support got he shortly as he hid in the best spot he saw. Tavise activated his cloak and decided to do his best to not be noticed by the other team. He put the painting in a small crevice for it wouldn't be noticed.

[Huka]

Special Operations Officer Zqai

Sliding to a stop, Zqai held his arm out for his comrades to halt, his energy sword hissing against the grass. He have just seen the Heretic and have just camoflaged. Looking with sharp eyes, Zqai searched carefully with his fellows armed for anything, well capable at fighting even a camoflaged opponent.

[z]

Rakath V'keelaii
Pulling a dumbass stunt

"I knew he would be here, on the way to Tavise's extraction point." He said in response to Legra

"On the way Tavise!" Rakath said, leaping up with his new mount and landing just in front of his comrades extraction point. His beast let out a long sustained growl and flicked its tail, eying the team of Special Operators. Rakath simply reached back and drew his Energy Staff.

"I would recommend Running Away..." Rakath growled at them, chuckling darkly.

[Huka]

Zqai stumbled when the large Moonbeast dropped from above and roared. When the others moved to run, Zqai stood his ground with his blade in hand. More to his annoyance, he found his commander's nemesis sitting on the creature, controlling it with pain by stabbing his curveblade into its back. When the Heretic suggested them to run, a zealous fury came over Zqai, and he roared, "You dare try to intimidate a warrior of the Covenant with a mongrol beast! Its wretched hide does not match the flames of my blade, nor does yours!" With that, he roared for his warriors to attack, before lunging forward to slice the beast's head open.

[Kenny]

Heretic Tavise
Pavillion

The Sangheili breathed a sigh of relief when Rakath came. Though it didn't take too long for his Heretic comrade to be attacked as he saw the Covenant Special Operations soldier lunge. Tavise then noticed the starting to return Covenant soldiers running in a group. Fortunately they all had their backs turned facing Rakath and his.. pet, so Tavise had an idea. He quickly rose up still cloaked and threw a plasma grenade. He hoped it's direction would be unnoticed as he uncloaked and continued to wait for pickup.

[kartoffelfogel]

Huntsmaster Legra 'Adantee

"That was..." Legra stuttered. "These are all priceless artifacts--holy to both of us. Is this what being an Inquisitor has done to you, Til? Have you become an enraged animal? What happened to that noble hunter of 'Muram?"

He shook his head.

"I am glad I have turned my back on you. Honor bestowed upon me by the Prophets is no honor at all."

He leaped, flying toward Til. With only the barest moment before he struck, his left curveblade flickered into life, a heartbeat away from Til.