[hider=Ambushed]"Let's go back to the villag-" A twig snapped behind them, and they turned at fast as they could. They saw nothing. "Quiet, son." the father whispered.

Then there were the sounds of feet landing behind Kuro.

Flesh

2

1 Adult

1 Child

The Cimex were a predator race, no matter how technologically advanced the Humans became, the Cimex would be on their side. Just as was mentioned, thousands of Cimex were evolving to negate some of the effects of Wi. Unfortunately, a large part of the population was not yet fully evolved to take on the Humans unless in a group. These Cimex were different, they were and example of the new normal in reference to the Cimexian population. Both utilized the Cimex's ability to become single-minded. Their Exoskeleton was as hard a iron, their hands were replaced by a blade. From their wrist to their claw was a 90 degree angle, the claw was about 1 foot long in length. Their backs were hunched so their wings could grow to full length, and their knees were hunched also. They were both red in color, and their teeth as sharp and knives. 2 of them found their prey, a human father, and a child, one a predator, the other, was weak. Without hesitation, they pounced, the first jumped thru the high Sherima Jungle canopy to get a better angle at the humans. As he fell down from above, the other sprinted towards the father his speed would surprise the child, but the father may have been better prepared, if there was anything thing the Cimex had learned, it was to never under estimate humans.

His father was the first to act. In less than the time it took one to blink, he had gotten in stance. He relaxed his shoulders and met the Sprinting Cimex' attack with a counter, dodging his first swing and throwing an elbow towards its neck. 

Kuro gasped and fell on his butt when he noticed the jumping Cimex. It easily went a dozen feet up. With a swift movement, Kuro stood again and stretched his hand towards the tree, stripping it of large chunks of bark and wrapping it around his vitals and forearms. He got in stance and met the jumping Cimex' ambush with a roll to the side.

This was to be expected, the humans had become much stronger, their ancestors told stories of the days when humans were quivering cowards, ripe for the picking. The Cimex that faced the father wasted no time preparing for the man's attack. Singularity was a powerful thing among the Cimex, once together, they both saw all things, the Cimex from above immediately sent a message to the other. The Cimex headed his call, his leading foot, which was still on the ground when the father went for his throat, was used to help pivot his body, using his left leg to complete a 360 that had his right claw's end point inches away from that of the father's throat. The Jumping Cimex, who had targeted the boy, was met by a dodge roll, the Cimex took advantage of that, he Cimex leaped, jumping clear over his fellow Cimex and the Father. 

Within a blink of an eye he was behind the father, he brought his claws above his head, only to bring them down in a swift motion. If the father tried to dodge roll to the left or right, the Sprinting Cimex would use its leading foot  to immediately jump on him. If he went into the air, he would meet the claws of the other Cimex. If he tried to parry, one of them would end him, the son could choose to attack, but at the risk of losing his father. 

"Son!" The father shouted. he realized what was about to happen, and he hunched up. The overhead strike thrown at him from behind met with his flesh. It cut right through, until it met bone. The father grunted in pain and exhaled. Already his muscles were failing and his arms twitched as he brought both of his forearms up to block the attacks of the Cimex in front of him. The attacks cut through flesh and muscle and again were stopped by bone. He had hardened his skeleton with a burst of Wi.

"Dad!" Kuro shouted, desperation clear in his voice. 

Kuro charged at the Cimex behind his father. Noticing his charge, the Cimex dislodged one of its arms from his father's back and made a swing toward Kuro. He ducked beneath the swing, called forth the Sword of Wi from behind the tree and thrusted. Right between the exoskeleton plates on the Cimex's back. The Sword broke and got stuck inside the Cimex's body, and it fell and died. 

At that moment, the Cimex in front of his father repeated his attack, dislodging his claws from the man's forearms and letting them fall limp to his sides. He then did an overhead strike, much like the other Cimex. Only this time there was no movement on the father's side. The strike dug into the man's bone and rocked his entire skeleton. He fell unconscious. 

"No, father!"

"The Wi is strong with this one!" the Jumping Cimex bellowed in his scratchy voice. His claws were deep inside the back of the father. The human put up a valiant effort, but the humans were a stubborn group. The other Cimex cackled, his laughter would be one that would haunt the boy for years. But just as was mentioned before, humans were stubborn, despite getting through the fathers defenses and getting his claws into the torso of the human, the boy went for the other Cimex. Within seconds, the Cimex was dead, a broken blade in his body. The other Cimex was quiet, the boy was weak, and his weapon was gone, but his fellow humans could have been on their way. The Cimex made the best possible choice he could, he let out a horrible screech, one strong enough to make one's ears bleed. The Cimex, with blinding speed, took the unconscious father, and the corpse of his Cimex brethren, and dissaperaed.

As the Cimex left, Kuro looked at the ground. The dirt and grass had been stained by the blood of both his enemy and father. He let himself fall to his knees and vomit. Then he passed out, ears ringing and head spinning. [/hider]