The Devilfish continued to fly low its right engine smoking from the damage Kai-ui crouched over a now conscious Ikaria "How do you feel?" he asked with a worried look on his face "not as bad as you looked" she replied with a smug smile on her face, The devilfish arrived at the base, waiting medics eager to treat the wounded stood below the Drone fighters were still circling above to protect the already damaged Devilfish the craft slowly lowered itself into the compound its landing gear touching down in the soft mud, the medical teams quickly moved in Kai-ui looked at the first one that approached "take her first" he yelled the medics quickly moved into position around Ikaria they untied her from the bulk head that secured her she moaned in pain as they started to move her, her hand quickly grabbed Kai-ui's hand as she looked up at her with tired eye's "I won't leave you" Kai-ui whispered as they walked out of the Devilfish. The rain started again as the rest of the wounded was removed from the ship.
Kai-ui sat down in the waiting room of the infirmary he rested his weary head on his hands as he contemplated what had happened over the last few days his thoughts tracked back to when she saved him from the spacemarine her brutality shocking him he started to think about how such a fragile scared girl can turn into a killing machine, he thought about how she had managed to get that sword, "Kai-ui yoo-hoo are you with us?" a familiar voice spoke Kai-ui looked up to see Emishi-o standing next to him, she smiled as he looked her in the eye and said "took you long enough to find us, the others are dead before you ask the other piranha was destroyed the following explosion killed Delos-ui and it nearly killed me." Emishi-o sat down next to him she put her arm over his shoulder "I thought you might want this" she spoke in a soft voice as she handed him a new helmet, he sat there looking at the front looking at his own reflection in the glass "I also have another gift to give you, look at it closely" she said as she passed him the sword that Ikaria had used, its blade still covered in the spacemarines blood the blade was thin and razor sharp, the handle bore the marks of long use the material that was left of the grip was worn away and barely hung to it, the sword nearly stood at half his height of Kai-ui but surprisingly the sword was light "it must have been made by a master craftsman" Emishi-o said whispering making sure no one else over heard, "this is the question that needs to be answered who is she REALLY?" Kai-ui replied.
A young Tau firewarrior knocked on the door as he realised that they were having a serious conversation, Emishi-o looked up at the tau "good to see your learning to knock" she said with a smile on her face, the tau looked around the room sheepishly as he remembered the other day, "we may have a problem sir and commander, the sky caste has picked up the spacemarines heading our way" Kai-ui looked up at the firewarrior "thank you tell the firewarrior to set up defensive parameters " he said, Kai-ui placed the sword back into Emishi-o's hands as he stood up from the seat he picked up his new helmet and looked at Emishi-o her eyes were full of concern as she tried to put on a brave face. "Are we going to be able to hold off the full force of the spacemarines?" she asked.
Kai-ui put his helmet on and looked down at her holding his hand out to help her up, "They don't know what we are capable of and I have a few surprises for them." Kai-ui said as he pulled her up off the seat, they walked out the door to see the Firewarriors running around as they fortified their positions. "Supervise here and I'll be back I just have to have a quick chat to Shova-Tas" Kai-ui said as he turned towards his office.
Emishi-o walked towards her Firewarriors and helped them move spare pulserifles to each position, outside the outpost pathfinders marked tree's at different distances as others mounted burst cannons on each strong hold, unknowing to the Tau they were being watched from a hill just three kilometers away.
"I want these Xenos destroyed Alistair" a terminator commanded. His powersword glowing in the night air "Fear not Master we shall repay them for their insolence, we know what their tactics are and how they fight, the main threats we have to worry about is that Ikaria we don't know how well her memory is recovering" Alistair said boldly. "Tell two squads to approach from the other side all they know is that we are coming. They don't know where from" the terminator said as he smiled his teeth glaring as he put his helmet back on.
Meanwhile Ikaria lay in her bed tubes coming in and out of her skin Drones beeped as they recorded her stats, suddenly Ikaria's eyes shot open, she sat up as she observed her surroundings a calm voice spoke up from her side "relax you are safe" she looked around to see Kai-ui sitting next to her he was wearing new armor his carbine was leaning on the side of his chair he had one of his hands resting on his helmet that sat on his lap, "they are coming aren't they?" Ikaria questioned Kai-ui nodded up in response, Kai-ui stood up picking up his carbine and strapping it over his shoulder his helmet was clasped by his right hand he leant over her and kissed her forehead "don't worry I will keep you safe" he whispered.
Emishi-o stood in front of a tactical map on a board in Kai-ui's office, she was startled as he walked in, Kai-ui sat down behind his desk resting his feet on the edge like Emishi-o had whilst talking to Shova-Tas, Emishi-o walked up to Kai-ui and said "so what's out masterful plan that will save us from annihilation?" Kai-ui smiled as he leant back on his chair as he closed his eyes he whispered "a good night's rest" a smug smile appeared on his face as Emishi-o stormed out of the room.
As she stormed down the hall overcome with rage she punched a hole in the wall, she looked up to see the startled faces of the scientists staring at her, they quickly moved off as she pulled her hand out of the wall dust as debris fell from her clenched fist,
Emishi-o walked outside as she looked up at the dark night sky rain fell onto her face, she smiled as she knew that Kai-ui knew what he was doing, she looked around the compound her Firewarriors were all in place a few caught some rest as others sat watching the tree lines with infrared binoculars. She was waved over by a medic as they stepped out of the infirmary's door, she approached the medic "Ikaria is sleeping well, but her blood work has been checked it's not normal its full of Nan-cites and her adrenalin glands are three time the size of any other normal Tau" the medic announced Emishi-o was puzzled for a moment until the realization came to her of what she was.
