On Legs of Fire and Steel

Posted on Sat Oct 11th, 2014 @ 2:44am by Lieutenant Colonel Jillian "Phoenix" Sullivan & Captain Torilla Yamaguchi

2,225 words; about a 11 minute read

Mission: Mission 86 - Discovery
Location: Gym - Starbase 400
Timeline: End of mission (tbd)

"tbd"

Lt Commander Torilla Yamaguchi
Rachael Yamaguchi
Lieutenant Siaxx Dvald
Major Jill 'Phoenix' Sullivan
Captain Talon Hunt

Music Soundtrack: Legends of Azeroth - World of Warcraft.

***** Gym - Starbase 400 *****

Lt Commander Torilla Yamaguchi regarded Lieutenant Siaxx Dvald with kind eyes as she could almost hear the roar of the younger Bolian's emotions, she knew that something had happened to her while they were on the Yorktown together and she had a good idea of what it was but she was going to leave it alone for now.

The incident at lunch yesterday proved that Siaxx needed an outlet for her anger which she presently lacked, she also did not have the self control that Torilla had.

Torilla was psionic and this made her a frighteningly dangerous opponent to face on any battlefield, her youngest child Rachael Yamaguchi was sitting before her mother, wearing similar clothing but the teenager was silent and still, her thoughts were controlled and she seemed to be at peace with her own developing body, mind and powers of her own.

The third person in this gathering however seemed in turmoil as she opened her eyes. "Torilla...this is a waste of time."

"For you...or for me.?" she inquired.

"I need to hit something."

"You need to learn control.... lest you become a slave to your emotions." the larger woman answered quietly. "You think I wanted to develop control... my god Siaxx... I can't just lash out with my abilities, I could kill someone without ever laying a finger on them, hell without even being in the same room with them..... with great power, comes great responsibility... "

"Yes but...."

"I know... you're looking for an outlet and nothing more.... but there is no outlet in what I teach.." she paused as she decided she needed to seek guidance from her own teacher, her husbands elder sister, Talon.

The door opened and in walked the forth person to this gathering.

"Welcome Major." Torilla rose to her feet with agility and grace. "Do join us... "

Rachael remained motionless as her yes slowly opened as she turned her head to regard the Major. "Major." she greeted the other woman.

Siaxx likewise looked at her. "tell me you are not here to meditate.?"

"I am Phoenix," the piloted reminded all of them, then plopped down on the floor. "My form of relaxing is in parkour. I'm here to support my girlfriend."Phoenix adjusted her black tank top and then removed the glove that had covered her metal hand. Then began to stretch out.

Siaxx smiled. "Fair enough Phoenix."

Rachael regarded the Bolian as she turned her mind back to her exercises and then closed her eyes again, clearly her plan was to meditate or fall asleep as Torilla regarded Siaxx. "I figured you wanted something to hit.... so I brought you one, she smiled as she tapped her combadge. "Yamaguchi to Hunt. Everyone is here.. come on in."

"Understood." and with that, the doors opened and in came a woman wearing a tank top and a pair of track pants, her hair was medium length and chestnut in colour, this was someone who looked after herself and had a willowy figure, she had baby blue eyes and was lightly tanned. "Greetings. I'm Talon Hunt... Torilla's teacher...." she regarded the Major with a smile. "Phoenix... I've heard so much about you.... and Siaxx.... I heard you needed to hit something."

"Well.... ummmm how many black belts do you have?"

"I have ten..." Talon responded. "Am I interrupting your meditation exercise?" she inquired of Torilla who shook her head. "Its not working anyway."

"Fair enough..." Talon responded "So... Miss Siaxx... would you care to dance?"

"You are mine." Siaxx shot to her feet and instantly turned and went for the Captain who simply smiled. "my my so eager..." Talon commented with a smile as she regarded the Bolian's form and with that the fight was on as Talon defended herself by blocking or evading Siaxx's attacks. Siaxx herself threw everything she had into the fight which seemed to go nowhere as she just couldn't connect with the human woman's body.

Torilla raised an eyebrow as she watched. "Impressive... Siaxx has good technique but her form is sloppy."

"Best offense is a good defense," Phoenix coached to Siaxx. The pilot never took to any one type of martial art. That in itself was a weakness. For mastering one, meant you mastered only that style of adaptability.

For Phoenix, she relied on the street fighting. Built on parkour and boxing, sometimes a dirty kick thrown in.

Rachael stood up to watch in silence as she took in the sight of the Bolian woman trying to take down her aunt but Talon was always one step ahead of the Bolian who seemed intent on burning her energy which was rather obvious when one looked at it from both sides.

Torilla raised an eyebrow. "So, how are you doing Phoenix?" Torilla inquired with a smile. "Siaxx means well.. Talon knows that, which is why I asked her to come here when I returned from the shakedown of the Yorktown. I needed some perspective on recent events and Talon has always helped me. I hope she can help Siaxx."

"My girlfriend wants to murder the man that tormented me an' my family in prison, and beat Brislan to a pulp," Phoenix spoke quietly, so Siaxx could not overhear. "Mom's making me spend more time with my bastard so that when Mom dies, the bastard will transition easier into my home... So stressed would be a good word for it."

Torilla nodded. "If you need anything, let me know okay?" she responded just as quietly as Talon clearly realized this Bolin wasn't going to give up as she snatched two bo's from the wall where she had been standing as she tossed one of them to Siaxx who snatched it out of the air and she came on, bringing her first strike down over the top, clearly intending to split Talon down the middle.

Torilla sighed. "Revenge does funny things... I don't blame her for it though..." she paused as she watched Siaxx break Talon's bo clean in half, this only made the human smile as she tossed one half away and wielded the other to fend off Siaxx's attacks until she decided enough was enough.

Talon's whole perspective changed as did her form, she then began to take the fight back to Siaxx instead of letting the Bolian exhaust herself, she quickly disarmed her and then she quickly ended the fight.

Talon sighed softly, she was only breathing heavy as she extended her hand to the downed Bolian woman. "You fight well..." she then helped the Bolian up. "but you must govern your passions... I can see the turmoil in your eyes.... Torilla was right to call me for help."

"She called you ... for me?" Siaxx asked.

"Yes... she didn't think she could train you.... so she asked me for help." the smaller human woman who was about the same height as Siaxx grinned at her. "I couldn't refuse my student's request so I took my ship, the USS Brooklyn and came here." she smiled as she regarded the other two women chatting, Rachael came over and gave her aunt a big hug. "Nice fight." she commented.

"Siaxx... you have excellent stamina but your form needs work." Talon commented. "However.. I can bet you've never faced a threat like me before... have you?"

"No.. it was.. intimidating.."

"I figured you'd go at me until you dropped from exhaustion."

"Yeah..." she breathed in and then out. "Torilla wasn't kidding about you."

"She is my finest student and she has learned well..." she paused as she observed Torilla. "She will need you in the days to come... both of you." Talon commented softly.

Rachael didn't ask questions, she just nodded as Siaxx also nodded as well as Torilla who was standing next to Phoenix inquired. "How long is your family on the base for?"

"Mom is here for the treatments. Which like chemo, is only good for prolonging her sufferin' ," Phoenix explained as she balled up her metal first. "She wants ta spend tha time she's got left with me an' Aryssa."

"Is there nothing that can be done..." Torilla asked softly as she just realized what it was that was pissing Siaxx off... "Of course... its the situation with your mom that's pissing Siaxx off.... she's not angry... she's frustrated and I'm blind..."

"If Warden Yeager gave a shit about the prison population, he'd of requisitioned the medicine needed. But it's a place prisoners die in, after ten ta fifteen years or so of hard labor," Phoenix explained rather angrily.

"Explains why she wants revenge.... and its long past time you got it." Torilla commented. "Would you like to arrange an accident?" she then smiled darkly.

"I'd like to commit his murder," Phoenix spoke rather severely, her left hand clenching so tightly that her hand started to bleed a bit. "Folks 'spect that of me though. An' rightfully so... I try ta be tame for Siaxx an' Brislan's benifit. But I aint. I live by an Eye For An Eye."

Torilla nodded. "A fair point... just point him out tome and I'll do worse then kill him.... I'll destroy his mind..." and with that she gave Phoenix a grin.

"Any moron watchin' this, or familiar with martial arts should know that each one depends on students of said art learnin' sequences and repetitiveness so they don' have ta think in a real fight. Any mixed martial arts person can disrupt the best of any single martial art master as a result," Phoenix said, shaking her head. "Improv is what confuses folks most."

"I have my own style.... considering I can throw things at people." Torilla smiled. "or I can pick my opponent up and throw him against a wall."

"I can crush any opponent's bones with my prosthetic grip and I have been known to stop a Jem'Hadar blade or two with its alloy strength," Phoenix spoke lowly, for not many knew about her hand and it being the main reason she came up on top of the many brawls she got herself into. "Which is sorta why I don' spar folks... It's too easy to seriously damage 'em."

Torilla smiled at that. "I can respect that." she responded as she regarded Phoenix, quickly realizing that there was a lot more to this woman then she seemed.

"I came to this place, tryin' ta keep my temper in check," Phoenix explained. "I hurt lots of folks, gettin' in ta brawls in my last posting. To tha point most fear me... An' I think I like that fear sometimes. Cuz I have somethin' not many humans have - an unstoppable fist, however piece-of-shit it sometimes gets ta be, electronically."

"Sometimes people need to learn." Torilla responded with a smile. "Fearing you isn;'t a bad thing... you are... who you are and you should be true to yourself... who gives a fat rat's hairy ass what others think of you...." she paused. "I know Siaxx cares a great deal about you otherwise she wouldn't be in this state..."

"An' 'ats supposed ta make me feel better?" Phoenix spoke as she turned to look darkly at Torilla. "I can' be who I really am 'round her or I'd hurt her an' scare her if I let my rage out. An' knowin' she's pissed from me makin' her feel helpless only makes me want ta hit somethin' even more."

"Then you and Siaxx need to go off somewhere and have a long heart to heart...." Torilla responded. "She might be a medic but... she's a lot stronger then she looks.... she'd need to be in order to deal with me and my family... because we're generally regarded as a little odd."

"I can' hit her cuz it's not Her fault," Phoenix spoke, this time becoming visibly agitated. "It's mine... I confessed too much of my heart to her, too soon. An' she can' help me with a lot of my daemons, cuz I didn' want her fixin' all my problems."

"Ahh..." Torilla nodded as she sighed softly before looking down at the deck as it was very clear that she understood what Phoenix was saying. "and you're concerned it'll destroy your relationship with her.?" she paused. "Siaxx has always been there whenever I needed someone... if you show her you want her... then she'll be there." she paused. "don't rely upon her then... let her help but don't let her do everything."

"You 'member what I said 'bout folks learin' ta stand on their own?" Phoenix said with clenched fists. "Well... She wants ta fix 'em herself. She don' want me doin' things my way. An' 'at don' do nothin' but make me feel helpless too."

"Then take her aside.... and tell her bluntly, she might not be happy but... she will respect you for it..." Torilla commented. "I've known Siaxx for years... she will appreciate directness..."

"I need to go hit something," Phoenix finally spoke as she began to walk out of the gym. "This... whatever the hell this is you folks are doin' - aint workin' fer me."

Torilla nodded. "Alright... I'm sorry I couldn't help."

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