Rahim & Oreic

Isrina and Hernamidos fought as the chimaeras dominated the skies, finishing off the UICA WARBLER Centers.

"Avian Form: Peregrine Landing!" Isrina stomped her foot into the street to crack it towards Hernamidos.

The King of the Reaper Squad flew on his jet shoes, firing at Isrina with his two machine pistols. Isrina deflected the fire with her blade and sliced the spinning buzzsaws launched by Hernamidos' wrist gear. Hernamidos pressed another button on his wrist to blast a flamethrower at Isrina's face.

She rolled away from the spreading fire, then jumped on a pizza shop's window to launch herself at the General with her sword. Hernamidos drew arsenic needles from his belt, throwing salvos of thin toxic projectiles at Isrina.

"Avian Form: Blackhawk Missile!" Isrina rapidly rotated her body into a cyclone that destroyed the needles.

In mid-air, she zoomed at Hernamidos' chest, lunging her blade forward. The General barely blocked in time with his laser-edged cape. The impact sent him dropping to the cracked ground.

"You took Jinhai away from me!" Isrina roared. "My sisters had beautiful kids, and you slaughtered them like animals!"

Hernamidos chuckled. "Aw, boo hoo. You're going to make me cry. It's your husband's fault for challenging the Supreme Herald!"

The General pressed a button on his wrist gear, shooting a wire cable that wrapped onto Isrina's blade. With a swipe of his hand, the cable chucked the sword far away. Hernamidos zoomed at Isrina's face with his jet-powered boots.

"Look at it this way, you die, you join your family! Bwahahaha!" The King of the Reaper Squad unsheathed his wrist blades.

"Avian Form: Wryneck Scythe!" Isrina straightened her palms, slashing them on par with Hernamidos.

"Come here, red bird. I got some bloody seeds for you!"

While Isrina's sword-like palms countered Hernamidos' wrist blades, he aimed his boot under Isrina. The boot loaded its hidden toxic dart launcher. He sliced against Isrina's martial arts, ready to pull the cheap shot that killed Jinhai.

"Want to know how I killed your husband?" Hernamidos held his blades against Isrina's palms in a deadlock. "Like this- Ouch!"

Someone threw a scythe onto Hernamidos' foot. The General limped back in pain and plucked the sickle that broke his hidden launcher. He saw a yellow-coated Indian man beside Isrina.

Rahim pointed at Hernamidos. "Not his time, you dirty cheat!"

"You again!" Hernamidos clenched his fist. "Gee, thanks for ruining my moment!"

"Isrina!" The man in yellow drew his sickles. "Glad to see you're alright!"

"Rahim! We were looking for you!" Isrina positioned her elbows in Bong Sao.

"I know, Niode contacted me. Naphthien and Nashura will arrive soon!"

"Enough of this!" Hernamidos flicked his wrist gear, launching tiny missiles. "It's time to die!"

***

"Good! Good!" Lansen jumped as Niode placed the last bandage on Tetsuyin's head.

"There, Tetsuyin!" Niode hugged his wife. "You there?"

"Y-yes," Tetsuyin mumbled. "A-arigato."

"Of course! Rest easy, Tetsuyin. Remember that God is always here," Niode smiled. "We'll get out of here with our children safe and sound. Geez, I wonder what Isrina-"

The vehicle's doors exploded. Out of the smoke came two Reaper Squad commandos. They wore red and black, holding plasma rifles equipped with bayonets.

"Freeze! Freeze!" The voice scramblers of the Federation secret police sounded. "You! Stand up! Hands in the air!"

Niode and Lansen did as the commandos said. The little trash buddy did his best to lift his tiny wings.

"Holy, cow!" Niode panicked. "Who are you, people?"

"Reaper Squad. You all are under arrest for affiliations with the UICA!"

Someone jumped from the smoke and cut the commandos down by surprise with her curved sabers. It was Nashura, another of Shien's friends.

"So cool!" Niode waved to the Indian girl with green hair and a ponytail. "You must be Rahim's daughter!"

"That's me," Nashura flipped her blades on her back holster. "Hullo! Nice to meet you, Niode."

"Ah, knew it! You have your father's yellow eyes."

The two shook hands.

"Impressive! Impressive!" Lansen waddled to Nashura.

"Aw, thank you!" Nashura bowed. "You must be Niode's trash buddy."

"Yes! Yes! Me, Lansen! Hajimemashite!"

"Lansen? Hullo! He's cute!" Nashura then checked on Tetsuyin. "How is she?"

"Her head landed on glass," Niode explained. "I was taking off the glass and patching her up. She's resting now."

Nashura examined Tetsuyin's face closely, for she is a medical student. She then checked the rest of her body for any other injury.

"You treated her well!" Nashura nodded. "I don't think I need to do more. Very impressive, Niode!"

"Well," Niode looked at his trash buddy. "Lansen helped me. I couldn't have done it without him."

"I did my best! I did my best!" Lansen saluted with his tiny wings.

"Teehee. Good boy!" Nashura patted Lansen's head. "You're a great invention of Isrina! She will be very proud!"

"Nashura. Is the rest of your family safe? Rahim?" Niode asked.

"Yeah, Dad is helping Isrina fight Hernamidos."

"The leader of the secret police? What do we do now?"

"No worries! Mom and Master Oreic are coming too. We have a new runner to escape in."

"Cool beans!"

***

Rahim threw deadly shurikens at Hernamidos, but the General drew a protonet crossbow to catch the projectiles in an electrifying net.

"Avian Form: Woodpecker Beak Strikes!" Isrina closed her palms into beak shapes to pummel Hernamidos.

"Ow! Feisty birdie, huh?" Hernamidos was knocked back by the barrage of palm strikes. "Try this!"

The General kicked Isrina's chest with a jet-powered boot. Rahim jumped over her and slashed his scythes against Hernamidos' wrist blades.

"Heh! It doesn't matter how many times you swing those bloody toys," Hernamidos grabbed Rahim's arm and pressed a button to electrify him. "Once a loser, always a loser!"

Rahim screamed as electricity shocked his body.

"Avian Form: Parotia's Guillotine!" Isrina aimed a sideways kick at Hernamidos' head.

The General backed away and released Rahim before Isrina's leg could knock his head off his neck. As Isrina helped Rahim up, Agent Dacos caught up with Hernamidos.

"Surround them!" Dacos ordered his battalion of Reaper Squad commandos to fire.

"Where the hell have you been, Dacos?" Hernamidos growled.

The psychic agent saluted. "Ah, I got lost from my squad."

"How the frick is that possible?"

"I-it's a long story."

Isrina battled the secret police with her Avian Form while Rahim fired with his shotgun.

Someone played a saxophone tune as a flaming phoenix blew the commandos away. "Enbu Fenix! Burn away all unrighteousness!"

"Master Oreic!" Isrina and Rahim cheered.

The red-haired Vulpi with purple eyes wore a red Vultau robe and wielded a flaming saxophone bo staff. As he blocked the lasers from the secret police, a purple runner zoomed beside them. The vehicle turned its rudder to knock Dacos into Hernamidos and the Reaper Squad like bowling.

"Haha! Nice one, Naphthien!" Rahim smiled.

His wife gave Rahim a thumbs up from the cockpit as Niode opened the doors.

"Hey! Let's get out of here!" He yelled.

"Idiots!" Hernamidos pushed Dacos off. "Don't just lie there! Shoot them!"

While Isrina helped Rahim inside, Oreic swung his staff to launch a fiery shockwave that blew the Federation forces back.

"Grr!" Hernamidos fired at the runner. "Chimaera 891! Crush those slimeballs!"

A nearby Chimaera slashed its fins through the WARBLER Center wreckage, chasing the purple runner through the town.