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Yasir bin Abadard XXIV - Back to the Profit Margin
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Yasir was NOT having a good day!

While his blade-wielding Sociopath had proven to be the superior, a SECOND blade-wielding Sociopath had turned to shiv him while was (literally) down!

Leaving the two to "sword-dance" or whatever they called it, Yasir got his Marines to CASEVAC him back to the ship's Medbay for treatment.

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Yasir - Blood Gore And Some Healing PleaseYasir Was helped to his feet by a pair of marines and his patron spoke "I See They Have found you champion, as such I impart to you a new gift" Yasir felt a caged beast inside himself and it wanted out. and in a moment of mental he gave in.

The then few moments were a blur as Yasir ripped into the woman with the tragedy mask but when when he calmed down teh woman was gone a number of men from the Augustgrad were mutilated gore and blood strewn everywhere Akaiyuki had a hand on his shoulder "Are you okay you seem to have a knack for surprising me" A marine helped Yasir back to the shuttle a explosion in the Augustgrads reactor core causing it to start falling Vania calling over open comms very drunkenly "TIMBER! DOWN YOU GO DOMINION BASTARDS, BETTER YOU DIE TO ME THAT THE CHAOS FLEET."


Cross - Zerg And The Crash"Understood sir " The Protoss soldier then chased after The dominion soldiers and convinced them to help but as they comeback Vania's drunken voice comes over Open comms "TIMBER! DOWN YOU GO DOMINION BASTARDS, BETTER YOU DIE TO ME THAT THE CHAOS FLEET." she Then starts laughing hysterically waking Cera who sleepily rubs her eyes "Dad why are these guys here still. also why is sister laughing" Cera yawned perking up a little as she noticed the zerg nearby "I can eat these right" a small finger pointing at the zerg
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As the Soldier headed off to retrieve the newly freed Dominion Troops, Cross set Cera down and started to prepare himself for the conflict, trying his best to bury the memories of the last Zerg Swarm he had been involved in, so much had happened it seemed a lifetime ago but it had been mere days, days since his world literally was lost, since his friend, his mentor, his brother had fallen. But now he had even more to lose, his eyes looking down at Cera, still sleeping. He would not lose anyone else

"TIMBER!"

Cross did his best to mute the volume but Cera's senses were even sharper than his own and Vania's drunken laughter and swearing was enough to wake his daughter, who looked momentarily confused, then hungry at the sight of the approaching Zerg.

"Dad why are these guys here still. also why is sister laughing. I can eat these right?"

He was tempted to say no, but he had the feeling she wouldn't listen anyway, like her sisters she was still young and ran on instinct and impulse.

"Yes you can princess but they don't taste very good and are very dangerous. You will be safe here in the hold with the Guards, nothing can get in here without going through them"

Fate of course had a very sarcastic sense of humour, no sooner had he made his statement than he heard a voice behind him, a soft musical voice from a distant memory, a voice he had hoped he would never have to hear again, from someone who should not be on this vessel let alone so close without him knowing about it. As a cold shocking fear gripped his stomach Cross did his best to restrain his body from reacting.

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On the bridge of the Sanguine Star, Lady Isabelle looked over the dossier in her hand with growing interest as she sipped on a chilled glass of wine, red of course and from her families private stock. She was the only member of the crew on the small private opulence class vessel but she left the actual flying to Walter, the vessels Virtual Intelligence. She was an accomplished pilot but Walter's programming and reactions made it the superior pilot and she was more than happy to leave the mundane task of taking her to Nion 4U3 to someone, or something else

She was passingly familiar with the planet itself, her travels had not brought her to this specific planet before but there were many like it in the universe and sadly she was familiar with those more than she cared for, a brief scan of the dossier on file for the planet had confirmed her suspicions that there was nothing of interest there normally. What had piqued her interest though, and the reason for her travels was the Bounty on Nathan Cross.

A name she was also familiar with, both personally and professionally. Lady Isabelle Marsh-Morton was a diplomat and nobility on Verces, her family was old money, though truth be told no one seemed to really know what her family actually did for a living, but that wasn't uncommon amongst the smaller noble houses. Lady Isabelle of course made a name for herself as a Diplomat and Negotiator for her family holdings and any others who could afford her services to trade and talk on their behalf. She was fluent in many languages and an expert on numerous cultures and races. It was this expertise which brought her into contact with the Protoss, and in particular their Executor Ynorich, and by extension the young human he seemed to have almost adopted. Nathan.

Lady Isabelle had only interacted with the man briefly but she had been intrigued, he also had a talent for languages and diplomacy but unlike herself he seemed to despise it and suffered through banquets and meetings out of loyalty for Ynorich more than anything. She had learned that he was a bounty hunter and sniper by trade, preferring the solitude of Servain than others so he was unlike most of the others she had met and knowing Ynorich to be an excellent judge of character she had kept an eye on his career within the Hunters Guild. His accomplishments, like the recent killing of a Zerg Queen, were impressive and spoke of a man committed to protecting his community and friends.

So the report she was reading, the kill warrant on his head by the Emperor claiming he was a rebel and had destroyed his own home world struck her as unusual and out of character for the man she thought she knew, and that was one of the reasons she was approaching Nion 4U3 where he was reported to be holding the planet hostage in some attempted coup, that and the substantial fee on his head.

Although Lady Isabelle was a diplomat, her true profession, and the source of the Marsh-Morton family wealth, was assassination. Lady Isabelle Marsh-Morton was a professional Assassin, and an extremely accomplished and deadly one. Not that anyone knew truly who they were hiring when they commissioned her family for a job. Amongst the trade she was known as the Red Death, for her preferred method of killing, a blood red Solarian Blade which floated and danced at her command and when not in use floated by her side as a Sanguine Star.

It wasn't often that a hunters guild and assassins guild shared a contract but the amount of money being offered had opened the floodgates on the man and even her family had been tempted to take the job, which left Lady Isabelle with a difficult choice to make.


Arriving in orbit of the planet, She was surprised to see what appeared to be a standoff between two immense vessels, an Ancient Dreadnaught class vessel and one of the Dominion Cruisers. luckily the Sanguine Star had followed standard galactic lane ways and appeared to be just another trading vessel coming to Nion 4U3 and despite the ostentatious nature of her vessel, she did not draw the attention of the feuding vessels and Walter was able to make planet fall without incident. Her family clearances and wealth were more than sufficient for her to be fast tracked through port clearance and granted a private landing bay at the port. As other vessels sat waiting for inspections and clearances, Lady Isabelle had already left her vessel and began her hunt for Nathan Cross

Not that it was truly much of a hunt at all, accessing the local planet side Infosphere, she saw that Nathan had one again broken character and was not being subtle at all, he had been linked to the destruction of a hotel just hours after his arrival on planet and had been engaging ground forces with a tank of all things in the middle of a populated area. He was easy to find and a short while later, Isabelle stood in the doorway of a mostly undamaged building looking at the open loading bay of a colossal battle tank as Protoss and Humans alike were arming themselves to repel a Zerg Swarm which had also cropped up.

If she was going to strike the man down then now would be the ideal time to do it, while he was distracted by the Zerg, she just had to make her way unseen through a literal army of troops, both human and Protoss and an approaching Zerg Swarm. A more common assassin would have paled at the job, claiming that it was impossible to reach the man through so many troops and to gain entry to the command module he was using. But then the Red Death was no common assassin, she was an artist, a professional and she was prepared.

Manipulating the micro-switch's in the folds of her simple but elegant gown, her clothing reconfigured itself and shifted into a much more practical black armoured bodysuit, her own Nanite's swarming over her skin to reinforce and enhance her custom designed psycho-reactive armour and exposing the photosensitive inlays to the air, within moments Lady Isabelle shimmered in the doorway and then disappeared, visually invisible.

Between her nanite and armour's features and her own training in stealth and silent movement, She was like a mist on the breeze as she slipped through the crowd and basically marched up into the command module and made her way behind Nathan. She knew from her research that the man was a hunter and possessed exceptionally keen senses from a lifetime of tracking and hunting in the snows of Servain so she took her time as she drew closer but tonight he was distracted and Isabelle was able to move into a position behind him undetected, even the unusual creature beside him didn't react to her approach which she was glad of. Animals often had such heightened senses that they could find someone even through the light-foil's invisibility, often through detecting a heat signature or an odour she was unable to mask but on this occasion she was lucky and she was within striking distance, it would be so easy to slip her blade through the mans back to puncture his heart, although it would be a visually disturbing death, for Nathan it would be quick and painless, she owed Ynorich that much.

"Dad why are these guys here still. also why is sister laughing. I can eat these right?"

The soft sleepy voice from the creature caused her to pause and listen, it had called Nathan her father which was unexpected, the man she had known had no children and the impression she had gotten from Ynorich when they had spoken of Nathan, was that he had no interest or intention of having any, he was too much of a loner from a damaged home to bring children into the world. Yet she had heard the strange creature clearly and Nathan had even responded to it with such love and caring in his voice, calling her princess.

Something was not right. she needed more information. Quickly accessing her internal communications link she contacted Walter and accessed the dossier on her target, this time forcing an update to the file and looked more closely at the personnel file provided by the Hunters Guild. She discovered that the files had been updated since the bounty had been placed, Not only had the bounty been retracted by the Guild, a request had been made to the Assassins Guild to do the same. there was a claim that the charges brought by the Emperor were fake, and the Hunter's guild had even expelled several of its own members when they refused to accept the retraction. This was more like the man she had thought he was, the guild was willing to back him and suffer substantial financial loss to do so.

She also saw that his personnel file had been updated to included next of kin. Namely two daughters, Snowlily Aurora and Vania Violet Cross, ages 11 and 15. She noted that the bio-metric data on file did not match the creature infront of her, suggesting that this creature was neither Snowlily or Vania but in fact a third child not currently listed. Another mystery to be unravelled.

Lady Isabelle was a professional dealer of death, she had no particular love for killing but she did not run from her duties or her profession, she in fact took great pride in her job and considered it an art to be respected. But she was not a senseless killer who would blindly follow a job without raising questions when needed. it was rare but it did sometimes happen and this was one of those occasions, there was too many unanswered questions about Nathan Cross and she would get her answers before she made her choice.

Deactivating the Lightwarp weave in her armour and retracting her Nanites, Lady Isabelle reappeared, standing a mere foot behind the Hunter as she softly spoke, a small smile quirking at her lips as she saw the man stiffen in surprise, she had to admire his restraint, many others would have leapt out of their skin at hearing her voice so close behind them suddenly, but all he did was stand up straighter, clearly shocked but doing his best not to show it. It was time to had a conversation and get some answers

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Lady IsabelleLady Isabelle Felt a drop in ambient temperature the smell of alcohol and blood hit her nose,"Hmpf You have some balls to be caught assassin" Vania's voice called from behind her as she sipped a bottle of starry black booze with purple smoke coming from the bottle.

Vania then moved into Isabelle's sight line the girl wore no armor and had some kind of starry ever moving void covering her naughty bits, as a scarf of the material moved and trailing behind her, Vania would place herself between Isabelle and Nathan "If i hadn't just massacred a dreadnoughts worth of people i would kill you, but Dad would get mad so speak quickly"



CrossAs Vania interacted with the woman behind him Cera had started to give off a low growl looking out at the zerg swarm, Cross could tell Cera was acting on mild instinct with the tank serving as her territory the zerg had just intruded on that territory.

But that had to wait as his eldest seemed to be in a extra murderous mood




YasirYasir Faded in and out of consciousness waking properly in a Heal all staminamedbay on Snowlily's dreadnought Akaiyuki sat nearby tending his wounds "Try not to move please as you might compromise the stiches" As Akaiyuki speaks a marine comes forward "Sir we are onboard a allied vessel what shall we do while you recover"
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Yasir bin Abadard XXIV - Back to the Profit Margin
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"Very well, I am not moving!" Yasir said, lying there perfectly still, apart from his eyes and mouth.
His eyes dart around his limited field of vision for a second.

"I do have one question, if you'll indulge me."

He paused, as he struggled to articulate his thoughts.

"After that second mystery, killer-lady nearly killed me, did I...go blood-crazy, kill a whole bunch of people, and then pass out?"

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The burst of static over her internal communicator gave Isabelle the brief warning she needed to hide her reaction to the voice behind her, She felt the wave of cold she was expecting from the Warp transit, the scent of Alcohol and Blood was unexpected though but it only took a split second for her to activate the cybernetic device implanted in her brain, cutting off input from her olfactory senses. A handy little device that she had installed when her family had sent her on a diplomatic mission several years ago to Verox 17, a sulphur gas giant. it was a lucrative contract but the aroma of the planet was quite overpowering despite air filtration systems within the facilities. The small device had proven to be a godsend.

"Hmpf You have some balls to be caught assassin. If i hadn't just massacred a dreadnoughts worth of people i would kill you, but Dad would get mad so speak quickly"

Even as the slightly slurred voice reached her ears, Isabelle was watching Cross and Cera. Neither were reacting in a hostile way towards her or the voice behind her so she assumed for the moment she was not under attack, although the small creature in Cross's arms was growling and had its attention focused outside on the approaching Zerg

As Vania stepped into view, a look of disapproval crossed Isabelle's face and her eyebrow quirked.

"Language Young Lady and Patience. The matters i have to discuss with your father are important and matters of importance should never be discussed quickly. If i were indeed an Assassin then please believe me when i say my target would already be dead and we would not be having this exchange."

Satisfied she was not about to be attacked by a naked drunken teenager, Isabelle turned her disapproving gaze to Cross as he turned towards her and Vania

"Really Nathaniel? You allow her to wear such an outfit? it is very unbecoming, you should be ashamed of yourself"

It took all his control to stop the laugh from escaping his lips, here they were in the middle of a Zerg invasion and her concern was Vania's lack of clothing and not the real reason he suspected she was here

"Lady Isabelle, this is a very unexpected visit. I take it from the lack of bleeding i am doing you are not here to collect the bounty?"

Lady Isabelle had often wondered if Ynorich had ever revealed her true profession to his young protege, that comment by the man finally confirmed that he had. Cross knew she was likely here to collect the Emperor's bounty and strangely he did not appear overly concerned by it, although she suspected that had more to do with his talents as an actor than an actual Deathwish.

"I will admit to you Nathaniel that was the reason i find myself on Nion 4U3 today but there have been some unusual developments recently that i must consider before i complete the contract. I had hoped we could discuss them and resolve this matter before things went further than they needed to"

As expected Vania took the woman's confirmation that she had come to kill Cross badly, it was only his sharply shouting voice which stopped her from attacking.

"Vania! Stop. Calm down and take your sister. For now Lady Isabelle is a friend."

The look Vania gave her father was clearly one of frustration and disbelief, as to be expected. her mouth opened to argue but Cross had already anticipated that

"Now Please Vania. I will not ask again" Even as he speaks Cross passes Cera into Vania's arms, forcing her hand "You want to know if the Emperor's Bounty is true or not don't you Lady Isabelle? With such a large sum on offer would it matter if it was or not? Would you even believe me if i told you that it was all lies?"

Lady Isabelle watched the exchange between Vania and Cross curiously, though her attention was more closely on Vania, ready for her to pounce. She had encountered people like her before, angry at the world and ready to fight tooth and nail against it. though in one so young it was disheartening, so this was Vania, only 15 and already so angry and violent. Nathaniel would have his work cut of for him with this one.

After a few moments of silence, Isabelle's eyes moved back to Cross's as he stood watching her, waiting for an answer

"Truthfully Nathaniel, if it were anybody else asking me that question then you would be quite correct. If would not matter and i would likely not believe them but Ynorich had great faith in you and i find the image portrayed by the Emperor and the man i know you to be do not match. Which is why i find myself in this dilemma"

"But as i already mentioned to your daughter, these matters should not be discussed quickly and it appears we have very little time right now to resolve the issue. I suggest we keep this truce going for the moment and i will assist you and your family with the Zerg threat. We will discuss whether i will complete the contract or not after when we can talk in a more civilised setting. Agreed?"

"Agreed Lady Isabelle. I hope we both survive long enough to have that conversation"

Matters resolved for the moment, Cross calls for his rifle, snapping back the bolt to chamber a round as the weapon appears in his hands as Lady Isabelle turns her back on Cross and Vania to face the oncoming Zerg Swarm, A small red glowing crystal forming to hover above the back of her hand as she raises her right hand gently, the crystal pulsing for a moment before flowing like water and stretching out over her fingertips until it forms into a long slender curved blade of red crystal hovering over her hand, the edge razor sharp and shimmering with a wispy glow of multiple colours like an aurora flowing within the blade itself


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Cross And IsabelleVania Glares at Cross And Starts out the door but Stops to Make a Threatening and dirty gesture At Isabelle with a vulgar set of words to accent.

Outside is a disaster Massive Zerg Ultralisks and Brutalisks crush buildings as smaller Zerglings, Hydralisks and Roaches swarm the ground, while the sky has been lost to mutalisks, Isabelle immediately notices Vania covered in blood spatter With Cera atop her head her lower set of limbs having taken a shape akin to that of a two handed bio acid gun.

Isabelle's instinct tell her to give the Bloodthirsty duo a wide berth, namly cause she can sense Vania's arrgersion from the exit ramp, the other reason is the unpredictable Cera on her head.

Cross could Sense Vania's Anger and Fierce Loyalty to her new family like a protective Wolf Rather than a stalking Raven, as he scanned the battle from a perch atop the tank he had been shown too he confirmed a grim realization... There was no queen present meaning he and his allies would be in dire need of either orbital support or the cooperation of the Dominion which was unlikely considering Vania had just blew up their ticket out.

But then a chill passed over Cross's spine as a bullet ricochet off the tank near his foot on of the rouge hunters had found him.



Yasir"You did indeed go a bit crazy although it was quite intriguing to see" Akaiyuki gave him a warm smile "but for now please rest" the Marine from previous would ask about orders while again for while he rest.
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Yasir bin Abadard XXIV - Back to the Profit Margin
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"Well it was definitely intriguing to experience" Yasir dryly replied. "M'Lord Khorne certainly has impeccable timing when bestowinhg his Gifts!"

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"Search for any surviving enemies, and bestow the "Blessings" of our relative Patrons upon them. Keep a lookout for any that fled. They may return with reinforcements, if so....well, you know what to do!"

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As calm as he tried to appear, Cross had been worried talking to Lady Isabelle. He knew what she was capable of and what he himself could do and truth be told, if she had attempted to complete the contract issued by the Emperor he did not truly know if he could have bested her. but his true concern wasn't for himself it was for Vania and Cera, if a fight had broken out he knew that despite his instructions both girls would have defended him and they would have been hurt, or even killed doing so.

Thankfully Lady Isabelle was a very poised and pragmatic woman and for now he did not have to worry about her completing the contract, he just had a swarm of Zerg to deal with, a much safer prospect than dealing with the Red Death right now. Grabbing his Rifle, Cross made his way to the gunners tower atop the tank and took up an Overwatch position, charging the coil rifle as he swept his scope around the scene. It was a long shot but if he could take out the queen as he had done on Servain then he could end this siege quickly.

As his rifle swung slowly around, sweeping up and down, he took shots as needed when he saw someone in trouble, a momentary pause and a slight squeezing of the trigger and his rifle spat solid slugs of death out into the swarm with pinpoint accuracy. But after several passes of his scope over the field of battle, he was forced to admit the horrible truth to himself, there was no queen on the field this day. Although the scientists had all concluded that the Zerg species were not intelligent in the same sense as Terran and Protoss were, they did possess a form of animal cunning which made them dangerous and unpredictable. Cross was not convinced, he was no scientist but his years of experience with Zerg had taught him a lot about them and he had seen displays of cunning and planning that could only be attributed to an actual intelligence behind them. It looked like the queen of this particular swarm was one of the smart ones, they had clearly managed to keep their hive hidden on the populated planet for a long enough time to germinate such vast numbers without being noticed and she had the smarts not to make herself vulnerable during the swarming like other queens did.

Unable to dispose of the queen, there would be no way to turn the tide of Zerglings swarming towards their position, without the confusion caused by a queens death or the scent signal for retreat only she could issue the creatures would be tireless and relentless in their attacks, fighting until death despite the thousands of deaths of their brethren around them.

All they could do now was continue to hold their position as best they could and give Snowlily the time she needed to get the Dreadnaught's Orbital Cannons online

Even as he emptied the magazine in his rifle into the Zerglings, and changed the clip, Cross accessed the comm channel to Snowlily

"Hey little butterfly, How are those repairs coming long?"


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With matters resolved for the moment with Nathaniel, Isabelle turned her attention to the encroaching Zerg, rapidly scanning the area and assessing where would be the best location for her to take up a position, as she expected Cross had moved for the high ground where his skills as a marksman would be the most use. She would be the most effective taking up a defensive position with Vania and Cera, providing a close quarter combatant to keep them safe from any Zerg who came close while they focused their weaponry at longer range but the rage coming off the oldest girl in waves and the unpredictable nature of the new child forced her to reassess.

She would most likely be a casualty of "friendly fire" if she got to close so the noblewoman took up a position close to a group of dominion refugees who were trying to make use of long arms but were being swamped by smaller Zerglings and roaches before they could set up position. If she could provide them with the time needed to set up a properly defensible position then they could prove to be an effective kill squad at her back.

So that is what Lady Isabelle did, the Red Death flowed into position, her movements lithe and graceful as her empty hands flashed out in dizzying patterns, the long slim red blade hovering over her hand following her dance with a soft humming as the keen edge cut through the shells of the Zerglings as easily as it did the air, the small Muon crystal fused with her Solarian Weapon giving its edge the ability to slice through hardened materials much more easily than an normal un-enhanced blade. Lady Isabelle used that advantage now to devastating effect as she bought the refugees time to compose themselves and establish their position.

To anyone looking at the beautiful stranger dancing around them, her face was calm and composed, practically serene as she dealt death and destruction. But to those who know the woman, the very very few who could read her expressions, Lady Isabelle was aggravated and angry, she might not show it and etiquette would never allow her to express it but her brief interaction with Vania had pushed her buttons in a way she rarely allowed to get to her, she was not to proud to admit, and she felt no small amount of shame at the thought but had the bounty been for Vania Violet Cross instead of her Father she would already have completed the contract without asking any more questions.


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CrossCross found watching Vania's back harder today while he tried to reach his youngest eventually he heard Lily's voice.

"Sorry daddy I was busy with a delicate repair Orbital support is online but we aren't going to be moving anytime soon"

as lily finishes a number of orbital strikes hit the swarm showering Vania and Cera with viscera and there is a momentary lull in the swarms push for dominance and in this lull yet another shot lands by Crosses foot


Lady IsabelleAs lady Isabelle weaves through the Zerg she finds that her blade has a harder time cutting through the carapace of the creatures.

This is but a foot note compared to the strange visions and sights crossing her vision Nightmarish creatures of the void she though hallucinations Vania was causing to throw her off or adrenaline messing with her but no these apportions were real very very real this became evident after a wolf like one gnashed it's teeth and scraped her leg and the apparitions all were coming from the fuming Vania emerging from her Starry coating visible to only Lady Isabelle but very real to all as they ripped through zerg and dominion alike if they crossed paths


YasirAkaiyuki nods "Well I will stay here by your side And continue to keep watch as i feel we were followed".

The Marine nods and takes his leave saying "As you command"
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Cross loud out an audible sigh of relief when the voice of his youngest daughter, no wait, now his middle daughter, finally answered the hales he had been sending, and a huge grin crossed his face as the orbital bombardment began as Snowlily started to rain down a devastatingly accurate barrage of fire that would make even Vania proud.

If they could keep this up, with the Dreadnaught's support, they might even turn the tide of the conflict and rout the invading swarm despite the lack of a visible queen to call them off. His relief is short lived however as the plating at his feet sparks form the impact of a bullet landing at his feet before ricocheting away behind him, reminding him that Lady Isabelle isn't the only hunter looking for him and apparently not the only one using the cover of the Zerg swarm to get close to him.

Bringing his freshly reloaded Coil Rifle back up to his eye, Cross panned the viewfinder around as he scanned the scenery looking for his target, the bounty hunter trying to claim the kill. With so much going on, it would normally be next to impossible to find a sniper at range in the midst of a Zerg Swarm invasion but Cross wasn't just a target, he was a sniper himself and a hunter, he knew where a professional was likely to nest up for a clear shot, and the fact that his rounds had impacted at Cross's feet while he was perched atop the command tank meant that he had an elevated position. With the destruction caused by the swarming Zerg and the general state of the city before that there were only so many places which matched that description within range. The fact the sniper had missed his shot twice suggested he wasn't by any means a skilled sniper which would limit the range he could shoot from as well which brought the number of viable perches down to only a couple and as he checked those out with a trained eye he soon spotted his target.

Through his own telescopic scope and enhanced further by his own enhanced visual senses, Cross took in the details of his assailant as he watch them frantically trying to refocus and adjust their aim when they saw that Cross was now staring back at them through the scope of his own weapon. If the person now under his sights had even a shred of wits and common sense then they would have read the bounty warrant properly and would know just how deadly Nathan Cross was with a Rifle.

With a quick manipulation of his sub-vocal comm unit, Cross sent out a general all channel transmission, though it was aimed at his fellow sniper who he hoped had his ears on and was listening in to local frequencies as any good operative should. "You've had two chances and missed, you will not get a third. Put your rifle down and leave or i will take my shot and you know i will only need the one"

Cross was willing to give the hunter a moment to consider but if they brought their rifle up to take another shot, he would take his first and put them down. He tuned out the world around him, the lull in the swarming making it almost calm as he steadied his breath and focused his sites on the Hunter in the elevated position, well within the range of his rifle, his finger slipped out of an indexing position and closed on the trigger, ready to take his shot in a nanosecond if needed.


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Isabelle has faced the Zerg before many times, truth be told she honed her skills on the creatures. There was no better way to learn the art of killing than to actually kill but the logistics of doing so on a sentient humanoid species was inconceivable, let alone the moral implications. But with a species that spawned as prolifically as the Zerg, House Marsh-Morton had a readily available stock of targets for her to practise her craft. Yet another of her families dark secrets that they maintained a breeding facility for Zerg.

But for some reason, here on Nion-4U3, the Zerg were more resilient to her Crimson blade than she was used to, her dance was still fatal but it was taking more effort than she was used to dispatching each one, slowing her down as she had to retrace her steps on occasion to bring her strikes back to a creature which should have already fallen. Matters were not made easier by the interference being sent her way by Vania.

After first she believed the apparitions emanating from Vania to be merely some form of holographic distraction used by the girl to distract her opponents before she could close in for the kill but as the claws of one of them snagged on her clothing and drew a thin line of blood across her calf she realised that despite their ethereal appearance the creatures were real enough to kill, which they started to do with reckless abandon, targeting both Zerg and Dominion alike.

Isabelle had no choice but to alter her dance to take into account the void wolves Vania was manifesting, from the anger still radiating from the girl she knew she would suffer the same fate as the Dominion troops should she get too close to one, Despite the troops currently being on the same side as her, Vania had no problem controlling her wolves to kill anything in her sight that wasn't Protoss or her Family and she had no illusions about how the Girl felt about her.

In a situation like this, most people would avoid antagonising the girl for fear of retaliation but Lady Isabelle as not most people and refused to be intimidated or bullied by anyone, let alone a slip of a girl with an over inflated ego. Doing her best to ignore the snapping jaws of the apparitions, Lady Isabelle gave Vania a friendly smile as she called out in a calm, melodic voice

"Vania Dear, please do your best to keep your little pets under control, i would hate to have to euthanize them because you are not strong enough to keep their focus on the Swarm not the Dominion. They are currently our allies after all"


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CrossCross found himself faced with a all too familiar calling card as the bullets that missed began to hiss, the trade mark of a killer of the guild. Cross only knew them as the "Wraith" and that they wore a skeletal mask with a permanent grin this complicated thins as they never negotiated and Cross could see them lining up their next shot.


Lady IsabelleIsabelle found herself now left relatively alone by the wolves and creatures from the void but Vania's wrath was not beautiful, it was instead grim a ballad preformed by a ruthless murderer accompanied by a chorus of death and fear all because of her rage at the world that broke her and this race was not rubbing off on the much smaller Cera but the small creature was keen to devour zerg and cadavers as a pack of void wolves and ravens kept watch on her while the older sister stalked like a raven and struck like a rabid wolf.
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