Sonya remained outside, looking around and unable to shake the feeling that she was being watched. The adrenaline was still sharp in her system, so much so it gave her the strong urge to spit out the taste of it, but it only seemed to linger at the moment, rather than settling as it should have.
Lipton's compliment made her check her bracelets, frowning a little at the low power charge-it would take them a while to recharge from that sort of blast.
"Tax payer dollars at work," she replied. "And being owed favors from tech savvy ninjas helps."
The outline of a man slowly appeared in the distance, two blocks from where the group stood, near a sky scraper. Against the darkened sky, a red glow emanated from where his left eye should've been.
Sonya's jaw near hit the pavement as she recognized the man, the same one who was her 'fellow prisoner' for all those weeks in Outworld, the same one who was responsible for the deaths of so many of her men. It took her a moment to let a few more details sneak in: one, he didn't look to be bearing any signs of injury in spite of being out in the open and the merger five days in, two: he simply didn't 'look' like he'd been fighting for days on end.
It was a statement of how close he was to her, because Sonya suddenly realized that Jax had his hand on her shoulder.
"Sonya," It was hard to tell if he was warning her or being concerned. "I know what you're thinking, but it's not possible to hunt him down at the moment. You're a mess and we can't loose"
If it wasn't for the fact that shouting would alert anyone to their surrounded, Sonya felt she would've verbally lashed at him regardless of rank. it was true what he said: days of fighting and sustaining injuries were taking their toll on her and she was certain that at any moment the soreness and pain would take over, but she had lost too many chances at taking her enemy out. She could recover when she's made sure the guy was dead.
"Briggs," She tried to regain a hold of herself. "I understand your concern and why, but if you think a fight with Kano is personal, it's not." Not completely. "This is the same guy I was told to hunt down, I wasn't allowed to do my job at the tournament, and in Outworld it was all survivial. Now, when we find out that the fucker turned on his own realm to save his skin and you won't let me take him out because of my own safety. Come on, you should know by now what I'm capable of."
Jax frowned, knowing indeed what she was capable of, even when wounded. It was true that Sonya was a skilled warrior and had a lot of endurance, but she was a mess and Kano looked like he'd had a long rest. But he also couldn't deny that Sonya earned a shot at him.
"This will be off the record." He said after a moment, making sure his rifle still had some rounds in it. "We're going with you."
Sonya shook her head. "This is my fight, what I was supposed to do on Shang's island. I know I can't expect a fair fight from him, but it's something I have to do."
He shook his head. "You may fight him, but if anything happens," They couldn't deny the possibility. "I'm taking him out myself."
She gave a short nod before hurrying after her quarry, Jax and the others following her. When she finally got to the sky scraper, Sonya motioned for the others to stay behind, looking over at Lipton a moment-and silently asking him to trust her on this- before she stepped inside the building.
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Lipton's compliment made her check her bracelets, frowning a little at the low power charge-it would take them a while to recharge from that sort of blast.
"Tax payer dollars at work," she replied. "And being owed favors from tech savvy ninjas helps."
The outline of a man slowly appeared in the distance, two blocks from where the group stood, near a sky scraper. Against the darkened sky, a red glow emanated from where his left eye should've been.
Sonya's jaw near hit the pavement as she recognized the man, the same one who was her 'fellow prisoner' for all those weeks in Outworld, the same one who was responsible for the deaths of so many of her men. It took her a moment to let a few more details sneak in: one, he didn't look to be bearing any signs of injury in spite of being out in the open and the merger five days in, two: he simply didn't 'look' like he'd been fighting for days on end.
It was a statement of how close he was to her, because Sonya suddenly realized that Jax had his hand on her shoulder.
"Sonya," It was hard to tell if he was warning her or being concerned. "I know what you're thinking, but it's not possible to hunt him down at the moment. You're a mess and we can't loose"
If it wasn't for the fact that shouting would alert anyone to their surrounded, Sonya felt she would've verbally lashed at him regardless of rank. it was true what he said: days of fighting and sustaining injuries were taking their toll on her and she was certain that at any moment the soreness and pain would take over, but she had lost too many chances at taking her enemy out. She could recover when she's made sure the guy was dead.
"Briggs," She tried to regain a hold of herself. "I understand your concern and why, but if you think a fight with Kano is personal, it's not." Not completely. "This is the same guy I was told to hunt down, I wasn't allowed to do my job at the tournament, and in Outworld it was all survivial. Now, when we find out that the fucker turned on his own realm to save his skin and you won't let me take him out because of my own safety. Come on, you should know by now what I'm capable of."
Jax frowned, knowing indeed what she was capable of, even when wounded. It was true that Sonya was a skilled warrior and had a lot of endurance, but she was a mess and Kano looked like he'd had a long rest. But he also couldn't deny that Sonya earned a shot at him.
"This will be off the record." He said after a moment, making sure his rifle still had some rounds in it. "We're going with you."
Sonya shook her head. "This is my fight, what I was supposed to do on Shang's island. I know I can't expect a fair fight from him, but it's something I have to do."
He shook his head. "You may fight him, but if anything happens," They couldn't deny the possibility. "I'm taking him out myself."
She gave a short nod before hurrying after her quarry, Jax and the others following her. When she finally got to the sky scraper, Sonya motioned for the others to stay behind, looking over at Lipton a moment-and silently asking him to trust her on this- before she stepped inside the building.