Jin Tachi felt a strong power off to the east and altered his course to intercept it, Shinai was right beside him. Suddenly, there were two energy signals, the second just as powerful as the first. Jin Tachi glanced at his counterpart; this might turn out to be more dangerous than they had originally anticipated. His sister wore a look of grim determination, a look that told him she wouldn't stay behind no matter what he said. Jin Tachi sighed inwardly and continued onward.
Sara attacked relentlessly, but her opponent blocked every one of her blows effortlessly. The fact that he could block them wasn't that surprising to Sara, she had expected no less. What she couldn't figure out was why he had made a move to attack yet; he had done so almost casually the last time. He seemed almost hesitant now, like he wasn't sure what to make of her. She continued to press her advantage while still puzzling over this apparent change in personality. Suddenly it hit her, he was planning something, trying to catch her off guard and finish her off. That wasn't going to happen; she broke off her attack and glided away from him and landed at the edge of the ruins.
"What are you planning? Why don't you try swatting me aside like you did last time?" He simply gave her an odd look. "Fine, then stand there and die you bastard!" Sara picked up a metal pole that had broken off to a point and aimed it at his chest like a lance.
For some reason, when that woman spoke, vague images flashed into Kale's mind, a brief battle with a heavily armed group of people. Her face seemed familiar; she must have been one of those people. The memory was fuzzy and seemed to be seen through a haze of purple mist. Kale's introspections were interrupted as a large, metal rod came rushing at him.
Shinai and Jin Tachi landed on a bluff twenty miles away from the two power levels. The ground shook beneath them as the two combatants exchanged blows. Jin Tachi waited; the one he was after would be the one who came out victorious.
Rodriguez landed shortly after the other two, and hid himself from view. He recognized one of energy signals as the one he was looking for, but the other one was unknown to him. He focused his sensors until he could distinguish the fighter's gender. One was a male; the other was obviously a woman. Rodriguez couldn't make out any details, but he knew what he was looking for. He brought up all the data that the A.D.P. had installed concerning his target. It was interesting data indeed, the man was Kale Kohlrabi, there was other data there that might come in handy, but he ignored it. Rodriguez brought up the data gathered in his last fight with Kohlrabi and made sure that the nanotech probes inside his body made the necessary modifications.
Kale caught the pole just inches away from his chest and leapt back as his attacker rushed at him. Kale shifted his feet to get better balance, just in time to block a punch and flip his opponent to the ground. Kale wiped the sweat off his forehead, where did someone like this come from and why was she so adamant about killing him?