Elario & Tifa II

[Elario Luminus]

The city of New Mombassa was rife with battle-scars now. Plasma scorches and explosions had torn the city apart. Thankfully, the place was void of civilians now, and New Mombassa had become an urban battleground, swarming with Covenant and UNSC military forces. Everywhere, there was gunshots heard in the distance, as well as the odd yell, roar, or scream.

Delta Squad of Beta Company had lost minimal men, but had done some severe damage to any Covenant forces they came across. A trio of ODSTs, eight Marines and a SPARTAN-III made up Delta Squad.

Kylar made sure he had point at all times, with the ODSTs bringing up the rear. Armed with a shotgun and an assault rifle, he made short work of anything living and homicidal in front of him. Keeping an eye on his motion tracker, Kylar spotted a small group enemies around the next bend. He halted his team, and opened the COM link.
'Tangos, five of them. I'm gonna go check it out. Aim high, don't die.'
He walked at a crouch towards the group, and peered around the corner. There, he spotted an Elite, a Jackal, and three Grunts.
Too easy.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Cthar was like a cat, unbelievably light on his feet for a creature so large. He'd been trailing this squad for several minutes now, the pathetic humans continuing about their business without even noticing him. He had to fight back the urge to laugh whenever one of the fetid creatures glanced behind it to check their tail, and essentially looked straight through him.

The trap was going to snap closed without a hitch, already they'd crossed the figurative 'X' and his hidden forces were getting ready to rush in once the stupid humans had taken the bait.
The moment he heard the sound of gunfire rattle into the air he moved into action. He ran forward, still under the cover of his active comoflauge.

The human clad in black furthest to the back of the group was the first to die, choking silently on the hot plasma of Cthar's blade. Two more died before a fourth screamed the alarm and all present rifles aimed into the nothingness in search of their hidden assailant.
Cthar laughed aloud now, unafraid to be spotted, for the trap was about to spring closed. More of his men leaped forth, separating the squad commander from his men.

A slaughter had begun.

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar heard the yells and gunfire, and without hesitating, rushed forward with his shotgun pumped and ready to go. Quickly dealing with the three Grunts by punching them on his way, the Spartan dived over the Jackal and shot the Elite at point blank range. Its energy shields quickly overloaded, leaving it vulnerable for the follow up melee from the butt of the gun and crushing its skull. Kylar quickly span around and kicked the Jackals shield generator, breaking the device and the arm it was one. it collapsed to the ground in agony, where Kylar curb stomped it. He dashed back to his squad and noticed that his ODSTs had been slaughtered, and Elites were converging on his other men, plasma weapons and swords held high. He pumped his shotgun, switched to his assault rifle and sprinted in.

Kylar pulled out his combat knife as he leaped up the first Elite, using it's lower knee as a step up, and stabbed it in the neck, hilt deep. Fluidly whipping it back out, the Spartan used a small cinder block as a kick-jump point to land on another Elites head, crushing its neck and head. He turned to the last two Elites, and found that there was a displacement in the air nearby. Kylar focused on that spot. Unfortunately, all his men were now either dead, or fatally wounded with no hope of survival.
'Alien bastard. Show yourself, so I know whose blood I'll be painting the walls with!'

[Tifa Lockhart]

Cthar chuckled deeply as the sole remaining human - the commander - yelled out his challenge. He knew easily that this human was different from the others.
"Come try, vermin. I have all the strength i need to crush you," his voice was mocking, and slowly the active camouflage melted away to reveal a creature easily seven foot tall, clad in gleaming purple-blue armour, a sign of his rank as a officer in the Sangheilli special forces. He produced a Plasma rifle from its place on his leg and roared in challenge, mandibles spread wide.
"Come join your heretic underlings!"

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar rushed forward, combat knife drawn. He dived at the Elite, making to spear tackle it.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Cthar roared as the creature slammed in to him, far out-speeding him as was to be expected. But the elite only staggered backwards slightly, large hands grabbing at the human to pull him off. If he got a successful grip he would throw the creature across the narrow courtyard, opening fire on him with this plasma rifle.

[Elario Luminus]

The plan WAS to stab the creature in the chest, but Elites had a surprisingly dense centre of gravity. He felt alien hands grab him and launch across the courtyard. Flying the air for Kylar, however, was like trying to kill a bird by throwing it off a cliff. He activated the Jetpack he had attached to the back of his armour, and feathered down to a soft landing on the ground.
'We'll be at this all day...'
The Spartan charged in again at a sprint.

((Here is where we need to go into a deadlock, where I'll hear about the Slispace rupture.))

[Tifa Lockhart]

With a roar of fury Cthar charged forward, activating his plasma sword. He was going to DESTROY this petty human.

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar slammed into the Elite, catching his sword hand in his free one. He moved to slash the alien with his combat knife.

[Tifa Lockhart]

The knife glanced off of Cthar's armour thanks to the angle at which he tilted his body to avoid the blow. He could not free himself from the lock with this human.

And just then, the air overhead seemed to change, it grew heavier.
By the prophets... what a strange sensation...

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar felt the air around him electrify itself, gain a buzzing sensation.
The hell..? Oh, God, no...'
Just as he realised what it must be, he got the all-channels communication.
'Slipspace rupture off the Carriers bow! It's jumping in-system! Get cover, Marines!'
As Kylar watched the Carrier, he saw the bluish-white ball of light appear at its front.
'Not good.'

[Tifa Lockhart]

Cthar turned to look where the human had, feeling that something had temporarily brought them to a truce. Though he despised humans, they had almost remarkable honour, and he expected that he would not be struck while distracted. When he saw that the Prophet of Regret's carrier was about to perform a jump while within the city he gave a roar of frustration. The foolishness of the prophet seemed unending, were it not heresy, Cthar might have voiced his frustrations far more eloquently.
"Release me human!" he snarled.

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar turned back to the Elite when it had roared at him, and shook his helmeted head.
'I think not. You and I have unfinished business.'
He held the grip-lock for as long as he could. As this happened, the Slipspace field grew at the Carriers front quickly and steadily. He got a video transmission from some inbound ODSTs, who saw the shields of the Carrier shimmer from the energy expenditure.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Cthar chuckled deeply, finding he was quite impressed by the human's resolve. The sky was literally evaporating above them, and yet he was still intent on fighting.
"Then finish it if you can, wretch," he taunted, pushing against him with his immense weight.

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar slammed his feet against the ground behind him, a move Deja had shown him and his classmates when they first started training. It caused the body to stop moving altogether and locked it in that position.

Seconds, that seemed like an eternity, passed, and the carrier jumped. The air around them went silent for a split second, then roared back into sound, bringing with light, debris, and wind. The consequential shockwave from the jump absorbed Kylar and his Elite quarry.