Save Antonio

Lasers fly by John tries to find a chance to shoot back but it is near impossible with four cars shooting at them as the chase continues John gets the chance as he takes out his gun and shoots one of the guys dead but is wounded too as he gets in his hand bleeding on top of all the other injuries he has sustained before hand as he realize James is knocked out cold

what did i do to make him act like this

John says to himself as he peeks again shooting another one down and is not wounded this time as he asks for another gun as the team hands it to him

Ripping out the power cell he ignites he throwing it at the enemy as it explodes destroying two cars as he peeks immediately after taking one more car out as he gets in just to realize his entire right arm is destroyed he is too wounded as he rips the power cell out of the gun he was using

lets see if iam lucky

John said to himself

and ignites it throwing it out and it explodes but the enemy survives but the car still explodes as we see that they have reached the Command Center and they land all are hurried to the Med-Bay

The wounds of both John and James are healed but James is left with significant trauma from seeing...The deaths...Those deaths, But the war is not over and time waits for none they get ready thinking their companion is repaired

Intercom:

John, James report to the medical bay

James is slightly confused and hoping for the best goes in with optimism, The same cannot be said for John who knows what has happened..."Door Slides Open" As the only sound we hear is chatter that cannot be heard, the conversation ends and we hear a cry of a broken man...

James cries his heart out...Their friend Antonio's memory core is damaged and with a slight chance of repair, now even James's optimist attitude has faded

John only leads out a single tear and unlike James, he seems...Hopeful for a reason without cause but that is not the reason why they were called to base, they are directed to the Armory, The head of weapons and tech on the planet Xandia has made a technological breakthrough...He hands the brothers two blades each and says

Press the side button

as they do a hologram appears with many options. Mace, Knife, Dagger, Sword etc a weapons not suitable for many swordsmen as most are assassins and thus don't require such fancy blades but for you it's a special case

The Head Of Weapon and Tech said as he continued on

And another set of armor has been given as your last set was...damaged I suppose,

As he finished

Suddenly the communication goes off A new communique from Base Zen,

Play the recording

says the general

"Loud Breathing" as a man appears saying

We need Help! The enemy forces have caved on us from all sides, the total loss is at around 10 Thousand already..."Explosion" The Shugikari are here Total Base Destruction ETA: 1Hour after that our demise is a sealed send the brothers We beg of you

and the recording cuts off,

Well I see your next mission is cut and dry,

The General said

John Nods while James gets ready with the intention to kill everyone

The Brothers Fly off into the distance, James says,

Brother, we have not always seen eye to eye but Let me handle it I just support me please

, John replies,

Those were not the Shugikari they were the Elite Swordsmen my brother, The specie that leads all the swordsmen of our enemy The Exlarns,

James now is a bit panicked but says,

Well then the yin and yang will show them, true swordsmen ship

and as they approach the battlefield none are alive except two swordsmen The Exlarns...The bodies of all the inhabitants of the base Zen lie before the two and the bodies of the enemy laced around the base..John says

The Enemy was weak they repelled the attack, Yet it was those two who killed all of them

I have heard enough

James says,

Transforming his blade into two daggers and says,

They do not deserve life,

John transforms his blade into a mace and says

well lets dance,

Both launch at them taking one of them each the Exlarns are shocked but regain their footing and fight fiercely John and The Exlarn fight with a calm mind while James is rather emotional The sound of the blades clashing mid fight John lets go of his mace punching the Exlarn in the guts grabbing his mace and wounding the Exlarn but in that moment James lost his footing being sent flying and seems to be heavily wounded,

John turns around to see his brother only to see a pile of rubble he dodges the incoming attack but is sent flying by the other Exlarn, John transforms his blade into a Great Sword ( 15 inch Long Blade ) as he gets ready

But even his attempts are futile He gets a jab to his gut, but yet he shows not an ounce of emotion as he uses his blade to break off the enemy's laser Blade and jumps back grabbing James and says,

My movements were calculated yet they are on another level as one would say

as he engages his flight and flies away to base the Exlarns are here now the Covenant is getting desperate as mid flight John vomits out blood that jab was another thing he might be out for a day with that

1 Hour Later

.James Wakes up getting the news he says

, Iam....So weak

he realizes so many times it has been his brother who saved him since childhood till this day, It pains him,

Enough is Enough! from now one I will train harder than ever

he says as he goes in to the practice area booting in a level 3 bot and takes out a wooden blade as he says

this should be easy for him so it should be for him

as he tries to fight the bot but has a hard time as a man comes over saying

Your stance is wrong you leave too much room too many opening and you can easily be knocked to the ground

as the man shows a better Stance and says try now

James then fights defeating the bot and the man guides James through his battles for a few hours as he says

Oh, and my name is Tom, Tom Bradley Iam a swordsmen like you not an assassin I was called here due to the Exlarns

and they chit chat for hours, training and bonding Even after a couple days when John has recovered John even joins them in the training knowing the Exlarns are too strong....for those two at least as John says

well we do have a vacant spot in our team wanna join,

Sure!

Tom says

After a couple of hours, the team gets a mission.

2 Battalions with an Exlarn each, the Exlarn is leading the battalion, and the infantry are made up of Oinato, Uiami and Vanzia species our forces will intercept the-

James cuts the general off and is promptly slapped across the face by John, The General says

You do know that you can be put in jail for that right,

James nod and the General says,

well what is your question

James says

The Exlarn took out the entire base themselves the enemy Infantry were killed rather quickly sending a force against them would be a massacre

The general listens as he signals something to the communication office he says

Well then air support will stop them

Air support?

James said

The general replied

The recent attacks on our base and the arrival of the Zarkindeon and the Exlarns had caught the eye of the higher-ups and now the beauty Santino has been sent to aid us it has everything from lasers to Torpedos so you guys get ready we now start our Counter Attack.

And the team leaves for the first battalion on their way they see the mighty battleship and all its glory, Soon they reach the area hearing the sound of marching and then two fighter ships shoot some of the enemy infantry down, John says,

Tom and James you take out the army i got a score to settle,

John shows a slight, Tad bit of emotion as he transforms his blade into a Axe and launches into the enemy army scores of the enemy infantry sent flying and a man is shot upwards who catches himself and lights up his blade..

The Exlarn spoke no words he didn't even utter a sound he just lit his blade and attacked, John took the battle stance Tom taught him and transforming his blade into a shield deflecting the attack and turning his blade into an axe again and he wounding him but is unable to kill, The Exlarn jumps back shocked at his abilities and how much John has grown in a few days, Saying a few words

Humans are viruses, but you are no human, your one of them, the extincted.

and launches at John again but in fear, he knows John's deepest secret, a secret that will get him killed, as sends him flying across the air and laser beams shot at him which surprises John as they pierces his armour wounding him as he lands and realizes those were armour piercers made for Tanks, The Covenant learns fast.

As John gets up blood dripping from his arm holes in his chest and arms as the Exlarn launches at John, landing a stab to his foot trapping him and he is binded to the ground as John says,

Iam the miracle worker, beware I have won many battles, but not enough raise suspicion.

as for a split moment his power increases to such a point he surpasses even the the three generals of the immortals, as he sends the Exlarn flying using his other leg kicking him away as he throws his and the Exlarn blade away standing a hole through his leg,chest and arms blood dripping from his head and he takes a battle stance,

Fight like soldier

John says as he launches at the Exlarn the Exlarn dodges the attack but John recovers quickly landing a punch to his face sending the Exlarn stumbing backwards

John regains his composure and when the Exlarn counter attacks he uses his battle stance to its utmost potential blocking the attack and then he finds an opening, he lands a series of punches on The Exlarn but they are the stronger specie here, maybe they are the stronger species here as the Exlarn blocks the attacks and throws John on his back and then his leg completly gives out he is knocked out as the last thing he sees is a white suit of armour rushing at the Exlarn covered in blood as John eyes close and so does his life to him it seems as he says,

Maybe i will see you there old friends.

And James rushes in after killing the infantry and then seeing his brother on the brink of death something inside him just...snapped He rushed in stabbing his blade into the Exlarn's leg pulling it out and turning it into Daggers and as his armor is tainted with red he lands a barrage of kicks and finishes off with engraving his daggers into the Exlarn's Heart...

Or so he thought he impaled on the left the heart of Exlarn is on the right and not knowing it James took out the daggers and walked away leaving the Exlarn for dead but the Exlarn stood tall and shot a bullet at James who was hit but not wounded too much .

Tom appears behind the Exlarn but the Exlarn releases something knows as the limiters and rushes out of there at blinding speeds as Tom says

Well I called for an ambulance as they say on Earth, We need to get you two patched up and then we will help the second battalion

as they see a giant explosion as Tom says.

..A Torpedo? this ..seems weird for air support

as their radio goes off The Battle Ship has been attacked all available units come to its aid

Tom realizes he has to rush toward the battleship cause he is not wounded as he waits for the ambulance and sees it come and then he leaves towards the battleship and rushes towards the field on his flight device and soon sees the battleship damaged and surrounded by enemy ships,

what the hell are we supposed to do? ,

Tom sees an opportunity and uses his flight device to fly above into the lower area of the atmosphere of the planet, He notices that the ships are lowered for some reason and he flies high above and gets on top of a small attack ship he opens the hatch using pure strength, as opens the hatch and kills the pilot before he can eject..

He enters and gets ready to fly, saying

I do have some flight experience,

He flies towards the other ships using all the ship's weapons rather quickly, and due to the fact it seems to be an enemy ship and causes confusion, Tom flies behind a ship shooting it till it catches a flame, flying below before it explodes as he realizes his missiles slots are empty he ejects and rushes towards the battleship which has now been taken under control by the enemy

Tom enters the ship but is surprised to see the piles of bodies of the enemy soldiers,

Janko they really fought hard, I see their bodies but surrounded by piles and piles of enemy bodies,

Tom powers his blade he turns around and says,

So you tried to sneak up on me, but Iam an assassin, I know no emotion, and I hear all sounds,

as he dodges a blade by an inch and lands a kick to his face as the attacker is sent backwards and gets in a battle stance and taunts Tom by says

Kurden

...something the victor says after a duel, Tom says,

Oh iam gonna make your head a trophy after this

and powers his blade up and they both launch at each other they match in strength each attack is countered, but a breakthrough the attacker dodges the attack and slices Tom across the chest, Tom is sent backwards as he is shocked and scared but regains his composure and says,

The Dark Mist : Legion Of Killers

And a dark mist appears, The attacker goes for the killing blow stabbing Tom in the heart, but Tom turns into a mist and disappears, Echos of his voice hit the attacker from every side and before the Attacker could say even a single word, "Slice"...." Thump" as Tom's blades slices through the attackers head cleanly and the head hits the ground as he powers down his blade, saying

Kurden, I was wrong to underestimate you, may you reach your desired afterlife.

And Tom hears the sound of footsteps approaching, He coughs up blood

I can not fight any longer

The Dark Mist "Coughs" I can not perform that now, Shit

he says and tries to hide opening one of the side panels and jumps in, The group of enemies walks on by and he thanks god under his breath, But he hears on the intercom ,

We got full ship control it will return to the enemy base and soon self destruct,

Tom curses under his breath and realizes he is useless but then a group of Janko appear rushing through the enemy forces and he hears them say,

FIGHT TO THE DEATH!

A memory hits Tom...I cannot give up i cannot let what happened on Urnak happen here, and I cannot sit here as they fight, sit here like I did back there.

He breaks the panel and rushes up ahead to see the Janko fighting, He joins them and fights with then yet he has trouble, The Janko tell him to stop but he only says....

Never!

coughing up blood and falls to his knees Realizing what has happened he hands his blade to the leader and says....

Do or Die..!

and is knocked out he lost too much blood but he may still survive

The Ambulance reaches the two, James and John are taken in, and James is wounded, but is healed quickly and is sent out The operators say,

The Second enemy battalion will take CC (Command Center) If not stopped you are needed out there, as James says

Very well then

and rushes out there soon reaching the second battalion and he sees the bloody battlefield...This is the price of war, And he sees a Shugikari and readies his blade, The Shugikari hears the blade and gets in a battle stance throwing away a body,

Where is the Exlarn! James asks,

The Shugikari stays quiet

Then I shall force the truth out of you,

James says

Launching at the Shugikari going for a dashing slash, but the Shugikari blocks the attack pushing James's blade back, and they exchange attacks a mist of dust forms around them as their blades clash, till the blades look like blurs of light, The Shugikari blocks an attack and disarms James and punches him in the face, James moves back

What the?

On his armor, he sees the Crest of The Martial Arts, And the Shugikari Throws his blade as well, James gets in a battle stance saying,

Reminds me of our infantry days when each battle was a fight to our deaths

And They launch at each other, James is immediately outclassed sent backwards, with a devastating punch to his guts, as he cough up blood, and is kicked away.

Yet James recovers fast getting back on his feet, He says

I would say this battle was over when we were using our blades but now...

James gets in another battle stance and a white aura radiates around him and the Shugikari is confused but launches at James, Landing a punch to his face or so he thought, James dodged at the last second, and grabs the fist throwing him to the ground.

Suddenly James coughs up blood, the white aura around him is gone, so is his advantage and he is sent flying with a quick attack from the Shugikari.

The Shugikari scoffs finally speaking,

Thought you were a challenge, Pathetic

and as he finishes James gets up wounded and the Shugikari launches at him Driving his fist into the guts, James says

I got you exactly where I want you to be

James weakly grabs his fist and tightens his grip the Shugikari laughs and jabs his fist through James chest, yet James retains his grip blood covers the Shugikari's hand and James says

Unlike you we swordmen have 789D-67 in our veins known as Death Defier

and James holds his other hand to the Shugikari's face and puts all his strength in his arm as he grabs the Shugikari's head as he crushes it, Parts of his armor fly off from his arm as he crushes the head and falls calling an ambulance but is happy to see more Humans,Janko,Wasni,Isokani and Kintondi coming to aid him

3Days Later

John and Tom are bed ridden for the week while Antonio needs some parts, and one of those parts is the main core of Antonio, it is located at a base in a outpost in the enemy hand, the same base we lost, and the same place where The Exlarns are, and James is the only available swordman around here,

It is a high level mission, and James is still a pretty weak swordman, but he accepts the mission saying,

It is for Antonio he needs it if he needs to live

and James gets ready and gets the intel on the enemy base.

The Base is near here we need the memory core, and currently it is out of stock we could call for the nearby Space station, But it will be too late,

and James say

so how many enemies are there,

200Infantry chance of a Exlarn or 5 Shugikari practically there is a chance you may die if there are the five Shugikari, The Exlarn are strong but,

John turns his blade into two small swords, as he says

I got two blade i could kill them easily if i want to,

And James leaves

He leaves and soon approached the base, his eyes gazed upon the horrors of the base Bodies impaled on sticks and shown to strike fear...they only strike anger and James jump in, as he is spotted they all surround him as James look above, Looking at the streak of dawn and his blades light up two small swords vs 200 Enemies.

And as he looks at them as a gust of wind passes, Moving at blinding speeds

STRAIGHT LANE KILLER DASH,

50Dead as he ran in single straight line killing everyone in my path as James turns his blade into a blade attached to a chain attached to a another blade, James puts on a glove and grabs the laser part and launches at the enemy.

Killing them in score till most fall and among those who survive they fall to their knees saying,

You monster you....you killed them.

James thinks about his actions and says - 30 July - 2022 the day the first attack happened the nukes delayed you but

and he holds up seven fingers and then

says out of this less then 35 percent were left alive and those fought for every second I have no right...No Every right

pointing towards the impaled bodies and in a single second kills the remaining as on a pole stood one Exlarn looking from above and claps.

And James looks into the Exlarn eyes...And his blade changes into a great sword his armour turns white and the Exlarn jumps down saying,

A shame you have to die,

James rushes in and the Exlarn lights his blade blocking the attack and says,

Don't fight with a clouded mind,

As he appears behind him and stabs his blade into James, Who narrowly avoids the blade from hitting any organ and the Exlarn jumps back,

So you think you really can stand up to the might of A Exlarn such as I,

James does not respond standing in the piles of bodies and turns his blade into a katana and takes a deep breath

Yes

he says, The Exlarn launches at him James barely dodges the attack but the blade still scrapes his body, The Exlarn is surprised

how are you...Alive?,

Looking at a James who is heavily wounded with blood coming out of his chest and he replies,

Peace,Will and Antonio, .

The Exlarn appears behind him and lands the killing blow, James head hits the ground and the Exlarn grabs it saying

That can only get you so far,

The head vanishes and James says,

Clones can do wonders now....all your tech is useful.

As James said,

You think of the UFP like we are mere Lartho, when you should be the one really checking a mirror,

The Exlarn grunts and his blade lights brighter and he launches at the now recovered James and attacks, James blocks all the attack he throws his blade in the air distracting the Exlarn, And lands a punch to his guts,

Coughing up blood the Exlarn says

You Damn,

James clicks on his translator and the sound of profanity turns to simple screaming, The Exlarn says gibberish to the human ear,James attacks the Exlarn

He dodges the attack and gets an opening and manages to wounds one of James arm heavily, James jumps back and says

Calm Mind is all i need,

A white glow surrounds him but it quickly breaks, James still heals a bit of his wounded arm and launches at the Exlarn, The Exlarn Jabs bis blade into James, as James says

Had a dream of Tom doing this

as James tightens the grip on his blade and grabs the Exlarn arms and beheads him before he can process what happened, And James says,

The mighty Exlarn stoops so low, "Never underestimate one's will and desire to protect"

and James search for the part Antonio needs, after some time James finds it and he says,

Finally we will be a Four man squad...But

suddenly he hears the sound of enemies and a ship flying, He realizes the reinforcements are here, James tries to fly but his power cell is gone he checks his blade power and Unjanti! He sees the blade still has seventy percent he is shocked and gets ready his armour is badly damaged, as well as the holes in it he moves silently out but the base is surrounded he calls in for reinforcements saying,

All enemy forces have been eliminated but reinforcements have arrived send help

And he turns towards the group of enemies and says

Well then The Tide of War has turned

And as James launches at the enemies it fades to black and after a few minutes we only see a battlefield filled with blood and bodies everywhere and a man who stands in the middle, Broken Plasma cannons even an Exlarn died to his hands...He has surpassed John, Or so he thoughts

And the UFP vehicles arrives he enters and leaves for CC and soon reaches it and now the surgery has begun

12 Hours Before the completion of Antonio's Surgery

James hands the part over as the master engineer says

great but we still only have a 10 Percent chance of success

James nods and the surgery goes into action

James is left outside with his thoughts he sits there imagining how the four-man squad would look with everyone yet only one who is not in bed is James.

Feeling worried what can happen his mind ponders into the deepest crevices which should never be seen

What will happen, will he survive, will I be blamed for it , Can i move on , what will happen when i tell John, Has he already presumed that Antonio will die.

But he says

Its the Master engineer working he will fix him up in mere Kintons his recovery is a 100

he says to himself but even he knows that the chances are not in his favour in a way fear takes him over his battle worn suit once white and red turns gray and weak his emotions of such greatness that it seems as if you can see them but he feels a light tap and a voice

saying,

Learn from me you can lose anyone and everyone but there always will be that one person who will stay with you till the end