I wanted to curse, really badly!

Jason and Sasha arrived at the scene of a battle. It may look like they have the same strength but Jason could see that Karen was losing. Every hit of Karen's opponent was heavy and overwhelming.

Jason could see the urgency of reinforcement and sprung into action immediately. Thanks both of them working together, the battle went into a standstill for quite some time. As the fight went on Jason knew that they had to finish the fight immediately as Karen's stamina won't hold out for much longer.

Jason attacked more aggressively allowing Karen to readjust her breathing and stamina. This aggression did not come with disadvantages though, the Zarkian managed to find an opening. The Zarkian brough out his weapon out of a hidden pocket taking Jason by surprise with a sudden slash.

The knife managed to give Jason a nasty gash on the left side of his chest. Jason kicked the Zarkian away landing a meter away from one another. Jason felt how close he was to death at that moment.

[Jason's Mind: Fuck that was close. I should have been aware that this bastard had a weapon.]

"Celine, open the lights. The darkness has no use anymore. In fact, we might be at a disadvantage in the dark right now." Jason said to Celine through an earpiece. The lights opened.

Due to the darkness, Jason did not notice the face of the Zarkian. The reveal of the face shocked Jason and Karen who were looking directly at him.

His face had a lot of stitches like in a frankenstein movie. One of his eyes was pure white. The pale skin was so pale that Jason even wondered if this guy was truly alive. The Zarkian was also unsettlingly steady even after they had fought for quite some time. There was no noticeable form of any fatigue including the breathing of the Zarkian.

"You. Lucky. The blade did not hit. Vital. Area." The Zarkian suddenly talked. The raspy voice only added to the creepiness Jason and Karen felt. Even Sasha who was looking felt creeped out at the voice she heard.

The Zarkian attacked Jason, this forced Jason to fight defensively. On the side, Karen supported Jason and attacked the Zarkian whether he attempted to do a fatal blow. This made the fight into a battle of stamina.

[Third Floor]

Celine subdued the three remaining soldiers with tasers that followed with tranquilizer shots. After tying them up Celine watched the fight on the second floor. She felt nervous. Usually Karen would had taken them down already and yet her enemy seems to equal if not overwhelming Karen.

"Believe in them." Emily said, although nervousness could also be felt in her voice. "That is all we can do. Believe."

Lia also joined in the watching and knew that the man was dangerous. After she felt his aura just moments ago. "After this night, I'm going to the fucking club to forget everything. This stresses me out more than anything in my life!" Lia spouted.

Celine and Emily laughed. Lia looked at both of them wondering why they laughed. The face she made Celine and Emily laugh even more. Somewhat this lightened the tensioned mood as they watched what may be their last time together.

[Second floor]

The three other people heard what Lia said. Sasha could not hold her laughter and was giggling at the back. Karen smiled while Jason grinned.

"Lia, I'm coming with you to that club if ever I get out of this alive" Jason said. Jason breathed in. "Second Seal, Break!" The two daggers in Jason's hand seem to grow longer. A deep dark aura filled the room that scared even the Zarkian forcing him to back away.

A few seconds later,"Jason. I've calibrated the nanites for high speed combat, I'll control the nanites as much as I can. Also I'll be controlling the shield as per needed. Focus your mind to full combat now." Athena said.

Jason's battle instincts takes the majority of his thinking whether he does this. This is why Athena removed other external elements as much as possible. Even right now Jason's dark aura slowly overtook Jason's thinking.

Jason attacked with Velophon seemingly three as fast as he did before. The Zarkian barely managed to deflect the blade. The nanites followed the attack and pierced his foot pinning him in place. After a minute of attacking with Velophon, Jason suddenly changed to Atrophon and slowed the time perception of the Zarkian. This messed up the timing of the Zarkian and before long the Zarkian knelt from the numerous wounds he had.

Jason once against charged. This time though, the Zarkian threw the knife towards Jason. The shield automatically activated and the nanites pierced upwards taking the had of the Zarkian. Jason pierced the neck of the Zarkian with Velophon. The speed of the strike put Jason's hand inside the neck up to the wrist.

Jason removed his hand from the neck and watched as the Zarkian bled. Jason removed the energy core and took out the main body before he returned the seal of his weapon. Walking away Karen suddenly moved towards him and to his back. Jason looked back to see already dead Zarkian with a blade pierced at Karen.

"You bastaard!! ! Stay dead already!" Jason pierced the blade through the head this time. And to make sure this guy was dead Jason decapitated it. Karen fell bleeding luckily Sasha was nearby and provided first aid.

"Fuck! I want to curse so badly! Why are these humanoid Zarkian more of a pain to deal with than the beast one. Fuck fuck fuucck!!!" Jason shouted as he carried Karen to a room towards the bed.

The three others from the third floor arrived downstairs with medical equipments. Luckily Sasha knew surgery and proceed. Jason on the other hand rounded up the remaining living soldiers into a room and guarded them...

The night has finally ended.