(I redid the first chapter again so all the reviews were deleted. I changed some things around to fit better in the story. I hope you like this chapter. I'll try to keep this a well-balanced action story. Please tell everyone to R&R this story so that I can feel I made something worthwhile, lol. If I get enough reviews I might make more stories. And who knows they might even be better than this one! Just kidding! If you have any questions try emailing me and I will attempt to answer them.)



Bending over he reached down and picked up the skin, which he had only the minute before torn off. Pressing it against his bare arm it sunk back in place and fused with the surrounding skin. Taking a step back Blake uncontrollably blurted out, "IMPOSSIBLE!"



"Now, if your done awing over me can we get back to fighting? I do admit that you are stronger than I thought you were. I wish to see your full power," the Jade spoke.



"I'm not sure you really want to see my full power. You might have an accident," mocked Blake.



"I cannot take anymore of your pathetic talk," roared the Jade as he flew forward. Blake realized quickly what was happening and slid to the side, avoiding the Jade. Punching downward, Blake slammed the Jade into the ground. Blake grinned and put a foot on the Jade's back and started applying pressure. The Jade squinted his eyes in pain as his back cracked and popped. Blake applied so much pressure to his back that not even most strong fighters could handle. This was the first time in the whole fight that Blake had witnessed the Jade show any signs of pain. At first he wasn't sure if the alien felt pain, but now he was positive. Finally the aliens body limped out and his head dropped. Blake began to laugh but was cut short. He quickly toppled over and lied there next to the Jade. Standing behind him was the messenger, Yarub. In his hand he held a small rod-like weapon, which was smoking. It was rather small and almost fit perfectly in his hand.



"Oh crap man, are you ok," exclaimed Yarub to the unconscious Jade. "You need some help. There should be some place around here to heal you." Crouching down, Yarub picked up the battle worn Jade and jumped into the air, teleporting.



Blake lay smoking and unconscious on the ground. Other bodies were scattered all around him, mostly those of the Jades, which he and his comrades had killed. He fit in perfectly and just appeared to be another dead corpse in the dirt.





At the ship...





Starting to be agitated by the waiting Tauron stood up and grit his teeth, while looking at all the aliens. He was tired of this silly waiting, how hard was it to find one man in a population of only 12,000? "There will be no more sitting. Until your warrior arrives I shall battle one of your fighters every 10 minutes. You better hope he hurries or when he arrives you will all be dead."



The Elder became nervous. * What am I to do? I can tell he is a premium fighter. Can any of my men possibly defeat him? All we can do is try. I'll attempt to talk him out of it. Perhaps I should brag about the strength of Hrane so he will wish to wait. * "Please I beg of you to reconsider. He will be here shortly. There is no need to waste your energy on us. You will need all the energy you can get to stand up to Hrane."



"I don't care about my health. I will fight your men as I promised and when he arrives, if needed, I shall enter my healing chamber." Tauron was very confident in his abilities and feared no one. Ten minutes passes and he picked one of the Jades. The Jade quite nervously prepared himself to fight. "Don't be scared. This will only take a few moments and then you will happily be in the afterlife," boasted Tauron. "Ready? Then lets GO!" Flying forward Tauron kicked the fighter. The Jade flew backwards and crashed into a mound of rocks, exploding upon impact. The other Jades stood in bewilderness. He was the strongest creature next to Hrane that they had ever witnessed. Tauron stood triumphantly with a cocky look on his face. He enjoyed the looks of fear on the Jades faces.



"Hes a monster! Did you see how easily he destroyed Linge," stuttered a small Jade. All of them were wide-eyed with disbelief. The Elder was now starting to doubt if even Hrane had the power to beat Tauron at all. * Can this creature truly have the power to beat our mighty Hrane? *



The Elder didn't have long to think about it because right then came Yarub and the warrior who was previously battling against Blake. He didn't have a single scratch on his body and looked as though he had never even fought. Yarub quickly ran up to the Elder and started whispering something back and forth to each other which Tauron could not understand. His translator, which he and his men used to understand what other planets inhabitants were saying, was not working on this language, which they were using to communicate with.



Several minutes passed and Tauron was getting frustrated over their unknown discussion. He was about to snap when a small beeping sound came from his wrist. It was coming from a small object, which was telling him that ten minutes had passed. He grinned as he was happy that he could now relieve some of his frustration on the small, pathetic aliens. He stood up and tapped his finger off the time-telling object and yelled out "time!" He then flew forward to one of the Jades where he quickly took hold of him and spun around, slamming him into the very hard ground. Then Tauron tossed a blast to another Jade, which vaporized his arm and exploded the Jade behind him. Some of the Jades ran for cover while others just kept running. Now, of the 30 Jades that were in the beginning only 12 now remain. "Cowards," quoted the Jade who had not too long before battled Blake.



(So ends the second chapter. It was kinda sort but I didn't want to go too far. Not too much went on other than the end to the Blake/Jade fight. In the next chapter will Tauron and this new Jade battle? Where is this mysterious Hrane and will be ever show? Tune in to the next chapter of The Struggle.)