03-13-2009, 06:11 PM
With the dismantle of one gargantuan beast imminent, the group fell back to reform and prepare for the next assault that seem due with the rise and fall of the sand floor on the move. The tailless black mass leading a war band of its brethren up the slope gave the group but precious moments to devise a plan of action, this being somewhat easier if the entirety of the group had been present.
Voices chattered nearby possibly divulging critical information about these beasts that could provide an edge in combat but none of this reached the young warrior's ears. He noted out the side of his peripheral that Orion and the others had devised a way which struck critical against those behemoth shells of the scorpions but much beyond dealing with mass numbers quickly they had still to find. That gave potential to their catch waking and joining in which go prove useful to some degree if they cooperated.
His attention then turned towards the jeep deep within their line of defense, rocking ever so gently... no, they must still be immobile, it hadn't been that long since they were put down. And if not they would simply deal with them again just as last time.
Ares' hand slid beneath his shirt touching the fading wound across his chest admittedly less focus on the matters at hand than he should be. Those two offered quite the difficulty though it wasn't the healing scars that had set the Saiyan off balance, instead it was the verbal confrontation that set uneasy with him.
For as long as he could remember he wore the colors of his race proudly without any thought towards his additional heritage that flowed through his veins. Never in the face of battle did it matter- not even mentioned by comrades or foes alike, allowing the facts behind his 'mixed blood' to dribble away into the recesses of his memories. But that unconscious Saiyan in the back of the jeep play key to his past.
"Ares!" Orion's roar shook him awake as he instinctively placed his full weight on one foot, batting an oncoming stinger to the best of his ability with a forearm sending him into a spin. They were indeed noticeably strong least compared to what he thought capable of an insect of being.
It struck out with a large pincer towards the youth's exposed ankle baring his girth. At the last possible moment Ares kicked off the claw with his other foot sending him into a back flip over and onto the still retracting tail. Grappling the appendage gave ample time for a azure bolt of energy to pierce the broadest portion; Piper, using her ammunition sparingly, unloaded two shots into the beasts tail giving enough separating for Ares to rip. Tightening his core muscles, the hybrid twisted tearing the hulking mass from the scorpion and a shower of dark oozing bodily fluids.
Kaden seem adept with his talent or at least coming to fruition with it as his accuracy tightened with each pursuit... but one's reservoir could only sustain so much. By the looks of things they wouldn't be finishing off this hive anytime soon as others rushed for revenge of their fallen kin.
Retreat was never an option but given their two hundred thousand dollar payday sat in harms way taking to the road with their newly discovered acquaintances felt the better option.
"Kaden." ever so slightly the blond warrior turned a portion of his attention over to the beckoning Saiyan. "Can you do your little trick on the move?"
"So long as I've got space to aim, yeah." unleashing another blast at the beast Orion rode, the one-eyed Saiyan took the chance by jamming a fist deep within what appeared to be the creature's face. Holding the defiant stinger within inches of his body the scorpion fell to the ground relinquished of its life. "Why?"
Tossing a single bolt of ki against one of the fresh reinforcements to gain their attention, Ares swerved between oncoming pincers of one already dead set on having the teen's blood. "Our vehicle is mobile. If we continue relying on only you to take these things out we aren't going to last much longer should something happen to you. We'd don't want to be down a body." The scorpion he had previously enraged struck out violently with its tail missing the Saiyan entirely and piercing through the exposed mandibles of the one he rode.
"Where would we go?" Kaden asked over the roar of the dying.
"Where else?" jumping back he slid across the bloodstained sand, stopping in a pose. "We've got a transaction to fill."
Voices chattered nearby possibly divulging critical information about these beasts that could provide an edge in combat but none of this reached the young warrior's ears. He noted out the side of his peripheral that Orion and the others had devised a way which struck critical against those behemoth shells of the scorpions but much beyond dealing with mass numbers quickly they had still to find. That gave potential to their catch waking and joining in which go prove useful to some degree if they cooperated.
His attention then turned towards the jeep deep within their line of defense, rocking ever so gently... no, they must still be immobile, it hadn't been that long since they were put down. And if not they would simply deal with them again just as last time.
Ares' hand slid beneath his shirt touching the fading wound across his chest admittedly less focus on the matters at hand than he should be. Those two offered quite the difficulty though it wasn't the healing scars that had set the Saiyan off balance, instead it was the verbal confrontation that set uneasy with him.
For as long as he could remember he wore the colors of his race proudly without any thought towards his additional heritage that flowed through his veins. Never in the face of battle did it matter- not even mentioned by comrades or foes alike, allowing the facts behind his 'mixed blood' to dribble away into the recesses of his memories. But that unconscious Saiyan in the back of the jeep play key to his past.
"Ares!" Orion's roar shook him awake as he instinctively placed his full weight on one foot, batting an oncoming stinger to the best of his ability with a forearm sending him into a spin. They were indeed noticeably strong least compared to what he thought capable of an insect of being.
It struck out with a large pincer towards the youth's exposed ankle baring his girth. At the last possible moment Ares kicked off the claw with his other foot sending him into a back flip over and onto the still retracting tail. Grappling the appendage gave ample time for a azure bolt of energy to pierce the broadest portion; Piper, using her ammunition sparingly, unloaded two shots into the beasts tail giving enough separating for Ares to rip. Tightening his core muscles, the hybrid twisted tearing the hulking mass from the scorpion and a shower of dark oozing bodily fluids.
Kaden seem adept with his talent or at least coming to fruition with it as his accuracy tightened with each pursuit... but one's reservoir could only sustain so much. By the looks of things they wouldn't be finishing off this hive anytime soon as others rushed for revenge of their fallen kin.
Retreat was never an option but given their two hundred thousand dollar payday sat in harms way taking to the road with their newly discovered acquaintances felt the better option.
"Kaden." ever so slightly the blond warrior turned a portion of his attention over to the beckoning Saiyan. "Can you do your little trick on the move?"
"So long as I've got space to aim, yeah." unleashing another blast at the beast Orion rode, the one-eyed Saiyan took the chance by jamming a fist deep within what appeared to be the creature's face. Holding the defiant stinger within inches of his body the scorpion fell to the ground relinquished of its life. "Why?"
Tossing a single bolt of ki against one of the fresh reinforcements to gain their attention, Ares swerved between oncoming pincers of one already dead set on having the teen's blood. "Our vehicle is mobile. If we continue relying on only you to take these things out we aren't going to last much longer should something happen to you. We'd don't want to be down a body." The scorpion he had previously enraged struck out violently with its tail missing the Saiyan entirely and piercing through the exposed mandibles of the one he rode.
"Where would we go?" Kaden asked over the roar of the dying.
"Where else?" jumping back he slid across the bloodstained sand, stopping in a pose. "We've got a transaction to fill."