Sub-Visser Seven abandoned his Hork-Bajir host, fully intending to find out how this alien had managed to slip past planetary control, and where he had hidden his ship.
Fascinating.
Sub-Visser Seven was prepared to face resistance, not to be greeted openly. And the mind within his new body was calm, assured, it was as if nothing could ever disturb his new host.
Host? I think not my friend.
Yes, host. My slave.
The Sub-Visser's new host did something utterly unexpected then: he started to laugh. He laughed long and hard, mocking laughter that seemed to spring from an innate belief in his own invincibility. As if the very idea of being a slave was absurd.
Yes, most amusing.
Perhaps you will learn better over time, slave.
Perhaps you shall learn better in a few moments, friend.
The Hork-Bajir that had been holding his host for infestation reeled back. He realized then that his host had kicked the Hork-Bajir. He felt a surge of energy, and then everything went black.
It seemed is if he was only unaware for a few seconds, but when he could see again, everything was tinted a distinct shade of red. He tried, and failed, to regain control of his host.
***
Darkblade chuckled, as once again the weakling telepath attempted to gain the upper hand. He had already transformed, and so felt completely at ease in what was quickly becoming a melee. Darkblade allowed the weakling a fleeting, momentary glimpse of victory, before brushing him aside like the annoyance he was.
The worms were not even worth the meager effort of a Tek-blast, as they were quite handily eliminated with his wrist blade. And as a bonus, their fellows took care of the wounded very nicely. The bladed creatures were hardier, and Darkblade had no qualms about vaporizing them.
The weakling's continuing efforts were becoming tiresome though, and Darkblade finally decided to opt for a more direct approach to the problem.
Open your eyes, nalshai. I want you to see this.
Of course, that was only to get the weakling's attention.
How is this possible?!
Anything is possible, nalshai.
No host has ever overpowered a Yeerk!
Darkblade ignored the self-proclaimed Yeerk's mindless ranting, as well as his few laughable threats. Concentrating, he felt his bioenergy level rising, focused through two distinct points on his body: his shoulders. When he could barely control the power roiling inside him, Darkblade released it.
"Tekno-bolt!"
The blazing crimson fury obliterated almost all of his opponents, and that did manage to shut the Yeerk up, if only for a few moments. Darkblade landed again and looked over the remaining creatures. The worms had all been annihilated.
They were running in terror, but that didn't matter. No pitiful, ground-crawling weakling could hope to outrun a Teknoman. Darkblade landed, wanting to have a little fun.
"You, you, you, or you," Darkblade chuckled, orienting on a creature to his middle-right.
His intended victim had a substantial lead, which was of very little consequence since it could not save him. Darkblade had chosen him, so he would die. Flying horizontally, it was almost childishly easy to overtake him, throw him to the ground, and pin him there with the tip of one armored foot.
It would have been just as simple to obliterate him with a Tek-blast, but Darkblade was in the worst possible mood: a playful one. This did not bode well for the creature. Grasping the creature by the neck, Darkblade flipped him on his stomach.
Tracing along the creature's neck to just between his shoulder blades, Darkblade dug his armored fingertip into his back. Chuckling softly, Darkblade withdrew his hand, only to slam it into the creature's spinal column with bone-shattering force. Punching almost casually through flesh and muscle, Darkblade closed his fist around the creature's spine and snapped it like a brittle twig.
Instantly the creature's struggling ceased. Breaking the many ribs that had held the spine in place, Darkblade ripped it free. Using his staff he severed the remaining bones, as well as the nerves, going from between the shoulder blades to the base of the tail and finally severing the spinal cord itself.