Jennifer's Audio Diary Log
Sept 12, 2621
Our army and the bad bloods ceased our fighting and watched as Jon and Bri-ci'all confronted each other. The two alpha male yautja stomped forward until they were a reasonable distance apart.
"It has been a long time Mei-hswei." Bri-ci'all said with an grin on his spidery mandibles. "For how long it has been and how much you have suffered, even I am surprised you still live. Not only that, but you have allied yourself with the ancient enemy, have managed to slay numerous groups of our armies single handedly. Pauk, you have even convinced them and my mate you returned from u'sl-kwe." Bri-ci'all said as he held one of the Drukathi's heads before tossing it away. "I am not so convinced as they, but for what you have shown ,truly, you are not the pathetic weakling I thought you out to be." He complimented. Jon responded simply with his eerie chant.
"Ki Ki Ki Ma Ma Ma"
The sound sent shivers down my spine, and although I wasn't looking, I could tell Ch'ris and Rachelle, were shaking from it too. Zell-oah hid inside the crowd, starring at her mate desperately as her last line of defense against the monster who'd so skillfully decimated her army.
Bri-ci'all paused looking at his terrified mate before mulling to himself for a short moment. "Indeed I have misread you. This I shall propose. You are a strong individual and such potential I see should not go to such waste. Our kind has misjudged you ,just as it has me and the rest of us. Join us, and we shall both see to the end 'they' and the rest of our miserable 'honorable' kind so rightfully deserve." Bri-ci'all said pointing at the captive Ph-rills and Thrish-alu. "Think about it ,Mei-hswei. Everything our kind, our own clan has done to you. Remember the pain they caused you. You and your mother. Everything they took away from you. You can have it all back again if you will just submit to our servitude." Bri-ci'all spoke with a tempting voice.
Jon simply stood their like a lifeless statue, the only indication he was alive was the heavy rising and falling of his chest as he breathed. I could tell he wouldn't buy it. If I had to guess why he paused it was probably to build up more fear to his already frightful being. Then he made his response.
"...Gonna unscrew your head and shit down your neck..." A classic marine threat.
Bri-ci'all laughed. "You always did speak those pathetic 'jokes' of yours." That part was true. Jon had always done that to relieve tension from the situation, even when the conflict was unavoidable. Still for how humorous the threat was, nobody else laughed. Unlike before, I didn't believe it was meant to subtract from the pressure, but to add to it. "No matter. If you so wish to die, then so be it." Bri-ci'all spoke as he drew three large rage shards from his pouch before injecting them into himself. The drugs took effect almost immediately, causing Bri-ci'all's muscle mass to grow visibly ,making the already nine foot tall monstrosity even more intimidating. Jon had used them before, but from what I guessed he hadn't used nearly as much as Bri-ci'all just did, or perhaps it was a side effect of the drugs mixed with elements of his augmentation that caused this. While the sight managed to frighten everyone else ,including myself, Jon ,on the other hand, was unimpressed.
"Ki Ki Ma Ma Ma Ki Ki Ma Ma Ma"
"Is that all you say?" Bri-ci'all asked.
"Ki Ki Ki Ma Ma Ma Ki Ki Ma Ma Ma"
Jon slowly began preparing. Even though the fight had not begun yet, the anticipation made the suspense and heat rise to it's boiling point. That cold sweat that gave rise to the thrill of the heat and the conflict that had excited the yautja before was now sending shivers down all our spines. Jon threw his Pulse rifle aside, then slowly unbuckled his smart-disc's sheath and wristblades. Finally, he forcefully ripped the air tubes connected to his mother's, damaged, bio-mask, before gently taking it off and dropped it. Finally, I got the chance to see Fire Angel's face again. When I did though, I wished I hadn't.
His face was just as pale as the rest of his body, the cut I'd put between his right mandibles hadn't healed, instead the skin had died and shriveled! The axe wound on his forehead was still present, his lower left mandible was gone, looked like it had been ripped or torn off, probably when he'd been thrown off that cliff a year earlier! His beautiful blue left eye was gone, replaced with the grizzly bullet wound that Spears had given him! Jon was seething, blood, sweat, and drool dripped from his face. Jon's fiery red eye glowed menacingly as it locked onto Bri-ci'all. His anger could not be more evident. It was the scariest he'd ever looked. It was the most painful thing seeing him like this. It looked as if there was nothing left of him except for the burning rage that boiled inside his zombified visage.
This is what I'd put him through. F-F-Fire A-Angel... He's like this now... because of me... I thought as tears began to run.
"I did not believe you would grow any more hideous ,Mei-hswei. You have proven me incorrect once more." Bri-ci'all chuckled. Bastard.
Jon's features did not change. He gripped his machete tightly in anticipation. Even though he was restricting himself, he wouldn't give Bri-ci'all any more of an advantage than he already had. The two paused ,sizing each other up.
Finally the silence was broken when both combatants roared and charged. Their blades began to clash together in a series of fast and vicious swings. After blocking a strike, Jon attempted a horizontal cut to Bri-ci'all's midsection. The behemoth side-stepped, avoiding the strike, before swiftly grabbing his brother's arm, and ,with a swift and powerful motion, slammed Jon to the ground. He tried finishing the teenager with a quick stab, but Jon shrugged the previous blow off, and recovered speedily ,avoiding the blow. Jon swept the larger Hunter's feet, before advancing ,attempting a diagonal cut with his machete. Bri-ci'all blocked it with his wristblade and pushed back, backhanding Jon in the process.
Bri-ci'all got back to his feet and charged. Jon attempted a kick, but his massive brother caught him and spun him around throwing him into a car. Just as he'd done so before, however, Jon acted as if it'd never happened and charged. Bri-ci'all made a diagonal strike, Jon anticipated the attack and jumped back. He leapt forward a second afterward and brought his fist down on the larger yautja. He swung around and back-kicked his brother in the face. Jon attempted to finish the fight with a vertical strike with his machete, but Bri-ci'all caught his wrist. Jon attempted to swing his other fist, but, Bri-ci'all caught that too. The bad blood swiftly twisted both of his brother's hands, before ramming his knee in Jon's chin. Bri-ci'all followed the motion up, by kicking his brother in the genitals. I winced when I saw it. Before Jon could address the pain in his crotch, Bri-ci'all back kicked him.
Jon got up, grabbed his machete, and jumped away, dodging a vertical strike from Bri-ci'all's wristblade. Bri-ci'all tore the blade out of the ground, attempting to back hand Jon. The teenage Predator ducked, before uppercutting Bri-ci'all in the chin. Jon spun, making a shallow horizontal swipe to his brother's midsection. Jon was able to swiftly wrap his hands around his brother's arm and Judo threw him over his shoulder. Jon skillfully swung his blade into position ,preparing to drive it into Bri-ci'all's chest. Bri-ci'all threw his legs over himself, catching Jon's head with his feet before pulling back ,throwing him away ,causing Jon to drop his machete in the process.
Jon was able to recover in time to dodge a series of swings from Bri-ci'all's wristblade. As Bri-ci'all swung, the smaller faster yautja began trading in a series of skillful blows to his familial opponent. After one swing, Jon preformed a backflip maneuver kicking his brother in the face, causing him to fall to his knees. Back on his feet, Jon drew a series of punches and clawed backhands to his brother's face. Jon went to throw a round-house, but the bad blood caught his leg and gave a sinister grin. Bri-ci'all was completely unfazed.
The bad blooded behemoth twisted the smaller yautja's ankle, before sending him into another car. Jon tore off one of the doors of the vehicle, and tried using it to smack his brother. Bri-ci'all ,with inhuman speed, caught the door just inches from his face and crushed it, trapping it around Jon's hand. Jon went to throw his other fist, but just like before, Bri-ci'all caught it. Jon reacted by slamming his head into Bri'ci'all's forehead. The monster was a little perplexed by the smaller yautja's pathetic attempt to harm him. Bri-ci'all retaliated by slamming his head into Jon's face with devastating effect, before throwing him into the wall of a building. It was at this point Jon was beginning to show signs of fatigue, but he got back up and kept fighting.
Bri-ci'all charged as his smaller brother easily walked forward. He ducked as Bri-ci'all leapt forward. As Bri-ci'all tried to get up from the unsuccessful tackle, Jon pounced, forcefully swinging his trapped fist down onto the bad blood's face ,managing to break the car door and free his hand. As Jon went to throw a kick, Bri-ci'all caught him by the throat. The nine foot tall yautja stood up ,holding Jon above his feet. As Jon struggled to free himself, Bri-ci'all felt at the fresh wound he'd left on his upper right mandible. The monster smirked and licked at the blood before forcefully kicking his brother away. It then occurred to me that ,for Bri-ci'all, this wasn't a fight. He was simply playing with Jon. Before he'd wanted to kill him and be done with it, but now he wanted to have some fun before he finished it.
After recovering, Jon made a dive for his machete ,however, as he leapt forward a orange blast caught him, blowing him away from the weapon. Bri-ci'all ,like the bad blooded bastard he was, had also kept his plasma caster with him. As if he hadn't been unsporting enough with his hybridization, and the performance enhancing drugs, he was using ranged weapons to gain the upper hand. Luckily for Jon that blast was a weak one. Bri-ci'all chuckled as smoke rose from the barrel of his shoulder-cannon. I began planning something.
Jon made another effort to go for his machete, but Bri-ci'all fired again, blowing the weapon away, and knocking Jon back. Bri-ci'all stomped towards Jon as he recovered, and went to crush his head under his foot. Jon caught the Hunter's foot and struggled for a moment, until he rolled out from under him and jabbed his elbow into Bri-ci'all's thigh. The super Predator was unimpressed. He brought his knee into the side of Jon's face, before picking him up and throwing him into a light pole. Jon attempted to use the broken lamp to swat at Bri-ci'all, but he easily caught it and kicked him away. Before he could get up, Bri-ci'all grabbed Jon by the leg, effortlessly lifted him, and began repeatedly slamming him down on the ground. Finally Bri-ci'all finished by tossing Jon to the ground.
Jon slowly rose to his feet and was just able to miss a vertical strike from Bri-ci'all's wristblade. Jon threw a weak punch which Bri-ci'all caught. Bri-ci'all began twisting Jon's arm, causing him to growl in pain, before punching him to the ground.
"You are indeed strong, brother, stronger than I previously anticipated. However you are still weaker than I." Bri-ci'all began taunting. Jon quickly rose and attempted to swat at his brother. Bri-ci'all caught his arm and pulled Jon forward into his knee, causing the poor yautja to spit blood as he let out a painful grunt. Bri-ci'all brought his elbow down on Jon's back, forcing him down. Bri-ci'all smirked and shook his head, "Again, I must still give you credit. You have gone against my armies with much strength. So much that you have not only broken their spirits, but you've even caused for my mate to fear you. An accomplishment not easily achieved." Bri-ci'all continued as he kicked Jon around. "But despite all of that, I am afraid it must all end now." He added as he picked Jon up and prepared to cut him down.
Before he could though, we intervened. "NOW!" I yelled. Ch'ris and Rachelle charged, their wristblades at the ready. Bri-ci'all had ,somehow, anticipated the attack and retaliated by swatting them away. Hadrick, Sa-v'ar, and I had them covered just in case something like that happened. Hadrick began firing at the abomination with his M-4 service pistol, while Sa-v'ar and I went in. The xenomorph pounced on Bri-ci'all's torso and began tearing at him with her claws. I decloaked and threw myself at his arm angrily stabbing into him with my wristblades.
Our efforts made Bri-ci'all let go of Jon, but they also succeeded in pissing him off too. Bri-ci'all angrily punched me in the face. Had my bio-helmet not protected me, he would have probably taken my head off. The blow left me dazed and allowed him to swat Sa-v'ar away, and tear me off of him, leaving Hadrick alone to deal with the monster. Even more unfortunate for him, his magazine was empty and had to swap out right as that happened. Bri-ci'all smacked the pitiful weapon out of the marine's hand, before grabbing him by the collar and lifting him off the ground.
"You are my brother's trainer?" Bri-ci'all asked as Hadrick kicked. "Pathetic." He added as he readied his wristblade. Before he could go through with it ,however, Sa-v'ar and I leapt on his back, distracting him long enough to allow Ch'ris and Rachelle to tackle him to the ground. We all began to lay into the massive yautja, but our efforts only further enraged him. Bri-ci'all angrily retaliated by swatting me and Sa-v'ar, while forcefully kicking Ch'ris and Rachelle back. Ch'ris and Rachelle rebounded for an attack, as did Sa-v'ar, but before they could reach him, Bri-ci'all managed to grab Ch'ris and Rachelle ,the former he used to bat Sa-v'ar away. Bri-ci'all proceeded to mercilessly beat Ch'ris and Rachelle into bloody submission. By the time he finished beating them both they were a broken bloody mess. The weak couple could do nothing as Bri-ci'all prepared to cut them down.
Before Bri-ci'all could, I grabbed him by the arm and kicked him in the face, screaming as I did so. Sa-v'ar came to help me, but right as she jumped on Bri-ci'all's shoulder, he sent his elbow into her gut, before quickly throwing her away. Bri-ci'all managed to rip me off, and locked onto me. I went to get up and attack again, but Bri-ci'all smacked me down, knocking my bio-helmet off in the process. Hadrick attempted to help, but was effortlessly swatted away. Blood ran from his mouth, he was unconscious. He was still breathing though so he was still alive, however I had bigger problems.
"Stop Bri-ci'all! We must keep her alive!" Zell-oah said attempting to stop her mate ,who by this point was too far out of control to be stopped.
I tried using my tail as a last resort, but he grabbed it and swung me into a wall ,knocking the wind out of me. As Bri-ci'all prepared to shoot me with his plasma caster, Jon ,miraculously, came out of nowhere and tackled him. The two rolled away. As Bri-ci'all got up he managed to grab Jon by the throat. The colonial marine yautja kicked and clawed, but it was useless. Sa-v'ar attempted to come to his aid, but the nine-foot tall abomination kicked the annoying alien away. He prepared to shoot Jon with a charged plasma blast, but before he could succeed in doing so, Sa-v'ar and I jumped on his back and began clawing at him.
Bri-ci'all threw Jon long enough to ripped us off his back. He threw me away ,but kept Sa-v'ar in his grasp long enough to fire the partially charged blast into the xenomorph's torso. Jon and I watched in horror as the poor alien's midsection burst open with acid. The blast had not killed her, however it did leave a visible hole in her chest. Despite how weak she was from the injury, Sa-v'ar got back up. She swung at the abomination with everything she had, but her swings were too slow, she was too weak. Sa-v'ar threw her left claw at him, but he dodged and brought his wristblade down on her arm. Sa-v'ar let out a painful elephant scream, before she was slammed to the ground, and stabbed in her torso. She let out a dying scream, Ch'ris and Rachelle roared in sorrowful anguish as they saw it happen. I began to cry with them. Jon's angry expression turned to shock. I could see a tear begin forming in his eye.
Bri-ci'all removed his blade from the dead xenomorph, and turned his attention towards me. Before he could attack, Jon let out a powerful roar, that caught our attention. Jon leapt onto his brother's back and began clawing at him with every ounce of aggressive energy he had stored up. Bri-ci'all was able to rip his enraged brother off. He brought both of his fists down on the colonial marine, before kicking him away. Jon aggressively rose back up and charged. Bri-ci'all smacked his brother dazing him long enough to grab him by the arm and Judo throw him.
I attacked at the wrong time myself, and was back handed. Bri-ci'all picked me up by the tail, swung me into Jon ,who attempted another ineffective charge, before slamming me down. Bri-ci'all charged up a shot, but before he could take it, Jon leapt onto his brother, and caused him to fall backward. The shot sprayed upward. After that, Jon held on long enough to make one deep scratch on Bri-ci'all's face with his claws. Bri-ci'all ignored it and threw his fist into Jon's face, before picking him up slamming him down and proceeded to beat him into a bloody pulp. During this I tried attacking, but a weak blast from Bri-ci'all's plasma caster caught me and sent me flying backwards. Jon could do nothing to defend himself as he was mercilessly beaten. By the time Bri-ci'all finished Jon was a weak and bloody mess. He lifted the poor teenager up by his arm and threw him. Jon landed a couple yards away. Those among our team gasped, while the bad bloods ,including Zell-oah roared in satisfaction.
"You fight like a dog ,Mei'hswei." Bri-ci'all spoke as he slowly approached the weakened colonial marine ,who attempted with every ounce of strength he had left to stand back up. As Bri-ci'all walked towards him, he noticed Jon's bio-mask. He stomped on the precious piece of armor, effortlessly breaking it in two, and growled in satisfaction as he watched Jon's heart-broken reaction. The anger inducing ploy allowed Jon to return to his feet, but as he went to throw a punch, Bri-ci'all grabbed his arm, before sending his down on his younger brother's back. He followed by grabbing onto Jon's backplate and threw him forward.
Jon tried to recover, but was too weak to do so. Bri-ci'all slowly walked towards his brother and prepared his wristblade. "I'm afraid it's over ,Mei'hswei." Bri-ci'all said not stopping to savor the moment any further.
My mind almost shut down when I processed what was happening. Fire Angel had been beaten, and he was going to die. He'd put everything he had into this fight, and the rest of had done so too, but it was all too little. My guilt began trailing back to me as I saw Bri-ci'all prepare to cut him down. All of this is my fault. So many had died so needlessly because of my mistake. Now Fire Angel was going to die too. I thought hopelessly No! Not again! Not this time! All of this may have been my fault, but I'm not going to let it all end like this! I'd abandoned him once before! I WILL NOT LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN!
Before Bri-ci'all's blade could reach Jon, I charged. "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" I screamed as I charged forward, wristblades at the ready. Bri-ci'all couldn't react in time to stop me. I leapt forward and swiftly brought my wristblades down ,roaring as I did so. It all happened so fast that I was only able to process it after I had made the strike. I saw blood began running from the monster's face. I'd done it. I'd killed him. At least that's what I thought.
Bri-ci'all turned his head. He wasn't dead. Even though my cut had connected, it hadn't gone deep enough. His sinister smile was still present on his face. "Pitiful." Before I could think or do anything, Bri-ci'all was on me. Even for how large he was he moved so quickly I couldn't keep up. First he delivered a punch to my gut, before grabbing me by the tail and slammed me down repeatedly. Once he let me go I tried to get up, but he kicked me back. He attempted to finish me by plunging his wristblade into me, but I was able to parry it with my gauntlet. Bri-ci'all rapidly followed by punching me down. He finished by throwing me into the wall of a building. For a moment I thought every bone in my body had been broken, and it sure felt like it but thankfully such wasn't the case. Dlex is a lot stronger than the yautja make it out to be, that or I'm just really lucky. Probably the latter. Although I was not fatally wounded the beating easily put me out of the fight. I suddenly shrieked, as I felt an overwhelming pain on my leg. Broken. That wasn't the worst part however. Bri-ci'all picked me up, pinned me against the wall of a building and prepared to stab me.
Zell-oah screamed as she grabbed her mate. "STOP!" Bri-ci'all lightly threw her off. He returned to me and grinned, his black soulless eyes eager for what would come next.
Before that could come to forwishen ,however, Jon appeared jumping onto Bri-ci'all's arm and bit into him. It was amazing that he still had any fight left in him after the beating he'd taken. But that was the special thing about him. He had a will to fight, and an even stronger will to win. It was one of his most defining traits. The colonial marines had taught him that virtue. He'd shown it countless times before, and he wasn't going to stop now. It's one of the things that I admired him for. But he was overdoing it. It was evident the fight had already taken too much out of him already. Undead or not, he still had limitations. And those limitations had already begun to set in.
Bri-ci'all swiftly punched Jon in the face causing him to fall off. Bri-ci'all dropped me, and threw Jon. As Jon tried to stand back up, the bad blood picked him up and slammed him down on the ground violently. Bri-ci'all then chucked his exhausted brother into a burnt up car. Before Jon could even try to recover, Bri-ci'all had him by the back of the head and began smashing his busted up face into the asphalt street. Once Bri-ci'all was finished he dropped his brother to the ground.
I watched painfully as the helplessly outmatched Predator slowly rose back to his feet. Bri-ci'all laughed as he saw it and allowed his brother to recover. Jon threw his fist, but he was too slow. Bri-ci'all grabbed his arm, twisted, sending Jon to his knees, before bringing his fist down just above Jon's knee. I heard a painful cracking noise as Jon bellowed an agonizing roar. Bri-ci'all allowed Jon to recover ,again, and he threw another swing. Bri-ci'all took him by the arm and lifted his knee into Jon's stomach, causing him to spit more blood. Bri-ci'all brought his fists down on the young-blood, forcing him to the ground.
While this was all happening I attempted to limp towards him to help, but each time I tried to stand my leg gave. I didn't let that stop me. But for all it was worth it still wasn't enough.
Bri-ci'all picked his beaten brother up ,gently, by the arm. Before he could prepare to do anything next however someone called out from the crowd.
"Leave him alone!" It was a child's voice ,a little boy. I recognized the kid immediately. It was the same boy Jon had saved earlier.
"Benji! No!" The preteen girl who was with him earlier exclaimed. It was both amazing and terrifying watching as this kid fearfully ,yet courageously, called for the monstrous Hunter to stop. Jon also recognized the boy. I could tell by the scared expression on his face. Bri-ci'all saw it and smirked. We could tell what he was thinking.
The nine foot tall Hunter let go of his brother and walked towards the petrified boy as his sister reached him and tried to pull back. Jon attempted with all his strength to scurry towards them, but Bri-ci'all smacked him away. I attempted the same. I felt the strength briefly return to my leg, but I couldn't make it in time. Just as Bri-ci'all was about to kill them both, however, Jon appeared. He shoved the two kids out of the way ,just in time, as Bri-ci'all brought his wristblade down.
Jon's roaring intensified into painful screaming. The blade was in his right wrist ,right between his hand and elbow. Bri-ci'all grabbed his brother and ripped him away, which also caused the blade to sever the rest of Jon's hand off as it happened. The kids took that opportunity to run. Jon bellowed in anguish as he held the wound. Bri-ci'all smacked him away and turned his sights back to the boy and girl. He readied his plasma caster. The crowd began parting as the two tried to flee for safety. No one else would help them, but they were in reach.
I use that short burst of strength to stand on my leg and throw myself, intercepting the path of the shot. I grunted as I felt the heat as the bolt strike me. It wasn't fully charged ,thank the Merciful Master, but I knew there would be more. I quickly enveloped the kids into my arms as Bri-ci'all began barraging us with shot after shot in rapid succession. The dlex armor shielded me as best it could, but it didn't hold out for very long. I refused to move though. Bri-ci'all paused his firing in order to charge his next shot. I braced myself. I could hear the plasma caster discharge, but the bolt didn't hit me.
I felt someone else's arms wrap around me. I felt the warm green blood from his stumped hand as it dripped on my leg. It was Jon. I looked up and saw him starring down at me. I could see the awful pain in his face. He was here because of me. But despite that, he still protected me. I could tell by the careful worried look in his eye that he wasn't just doing this to protect the kids, but to protect me too. He still cared about me. Why?! Why is doing this?! Why is he protecting me like this?! Even after everything I've done to him?! Why does he still care?! I asked. I could see his mandibles begin quivering attempting to form a word. Before he could try to mouth it though, Bri-ci'all began barraging him with a flurry of plasma bolts as well. Part way through, he managed to throw us into the safety of the crowd. Thankfully Bri-ci'all kept this focus off of us. Jon however...
"If this is how you wish for it to be ,Mei'hswei, very well. You shall die first." Bri-ci'all spoke. Jon turned around and was punched down. Bri-ci'all then picked him up by his left arm and held him up. Jon gave him a weak but defiant glare, before his brother smacked him in the face ,hard. That time it knocked Jon out. Bri-ci'all tossed his brother to the ground and roared victoriously up into the air, after which he began to laugh. The abomination then picked his unconscious brother up by the throat and prepared to decapitate him. No one was there to save him. No body could.
"JON!"