The spacemarine's expression changed to anger he picked up Kai-ui's helmet in his power fist and looked at Kai-ui as he slowly crushed it with little effort, he dropped the mangle bit on metal that was once his helmet he walked up to Kai-ui and leaned close to him he leaning on the bed Kai-ui was sitting on the legs of the bed buckled under the weight of the spacemarine he looked Kai-ui in the eye and said with contempt "I don't want anything from you Tau I would have been happy to see you bleed out in the jungle and I would laugh as the native animals stripped the flesh off your corps."
The spacemarine turned his back and walked out slamming the door behind him with such force it nearly came off the hinges.
The young Tau hurried up to Kai-ui and with a worried look on her face said "Are you ok? It's not wise to anger him the last prisoner he captured didn't last long he angered that man and he snapped him in half that vision haunts me every day I don't want to see him kill another Tau , please be careful. You need your rest" she helped Kai-ui lie down on the warped bed and took his hand she leant in and kissed his cheek "my name is Ikaria" she whispered as Kai-ui fell asleep he was exhausted from the confrontation with the spacemarine and from his wounds that had opened up again.
Back at the outpost the firewarriors were starting to get wrestles two days had passed since Kai-ui and his squadron has left and Shova Tas had started to call nearly every day for an update when Kai-ui was off the base the Firewarriors commander was in charge and she was getting fed up with his calls her name was Emishi-O she was a formidable warrior she had learnt some of the most ancient hand to hand combat moves from her predecessor she was short in stature but was respected by all her troops and the only person she respected was Kai-ui, like every day she preferred to spend most of her time asleep in her quarters but since Kai-ui's absence she had to run the base, Emishi-O grumbled as she sat up in her bed wiping her tired and aching eye's she reached out to get a cup of water to wake her up as she fumbled to grab it she knocked over several items including her pulserifle that she liked to rest near her bed, she cursed slightly as it hit the floor, "I just cleaned that" she sighed as she got changed into her armor knowing that Shova Tas was bound to be calling soon just after she had gotten the last of her armor on a young firewarrior charged into her quarters she gave him a death glare her message clear for him to knock first next time. He looked at her and spoke softly "Shova Tas is calling for you commander" he sheepishly left the room Emishi-o looked over to the clock and sighed as she walked towards Kai-ui's office she walked across the courtyard cursing the sun that had started to break through the clouds for the first time in weeks it still rained lightly.
Emishi-o walked into Kai-ui empty office sitting in his chair her wet armor soaking the seat she swung her hooves onto the table and put her arms behind her head a loud beep startled her from her relaxed pose she looked around to see the monitor flashing Shova Tas appeared on the screen she leant on the table and said in a sarcastic voice "Shovi how's my favorite Ethereal?"
Shova Tas looked at her and said "you're lucky I'm not there to punish you for that you know, now have you heard anything from Kai-ui?" Emishi-o looked at the monitor as she lit a serene and blowing smoke at Shova's image Emishi-o replied "well for starters you're up there in your fancy aircaste cozy and warm not down here soaked through to the bone and no we haven't heard a thing do you think we should look for him or do you think he's just lost you know how much Delos-ui lacks in the skill of navigation" smirking as she remembered him trying to find his way around the outpost.
Shova Tas spoke in a concerned voice "we don't think he is lost, we lost the piranhas signals close to the energy source and since then we haven't had any personal locator beacons activated they are most likely dead I'm sorry I will allow you to send out a small search party but be careful I believe now that whatever is there is very dangerous. If you need anything let me know…" Shova was interrupted by a firewarrior bringing him a chart to look at, Emishi-o sat back in the chair and started to think "what do we need, oh I know" she sat back up at the monitor and said in a loud and proud voice "we need a Devilfish because there is NO way that we would be able to walk that distance with the chance of finding any survivors plus the stealth shields on the new ones will let us approach undetected oh and I need some new armor" Emishi-o sat back with a smug smile on her face all Shova could do was to agree.
A few more days passed before the Devilfish had arrived and Emishi-o and her firewarriors were prepared most of them trying to stay conscious from the last few days of preparation and training, Emishi-o stood in the back of the Devilfish Standing proud as she looked over her firewarriors, the Devilfish cruised through the cool night air with only the moon reflecting off its surface they skimmed across the tree lines causing the wind behind them to make a trail through the tree's.
