[h2][b]Eri ‘Moram -Dxun[/b][/h2]

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Had he been thrown against the wall, Jarraj might have been killed outright, but landing on someone else [i]did[/i] somewhat break his fall. The Sangheili was thrown to the ground by the impact, but was mostly unharmed. He pushed Jarraj aside and pushed himself back up to his feet to resume fire with his storm rifle, but Jarraj himself had more difficulty. He had a few cracks in his exoskeleton, particularly on one of his legs, which was covered in his light, glowing blue blood. After re-adjusting his mask to be able to breathe again, he tried to stand, but could not put much weight on his injured leg. Nevertheless, the determined Unggoy felt a blood rage almost like a wounded Jiralhanae and started to crawl towards the fuel rod gun he had dropped, muttering in his language to himself. 

Eri did not understand why she felt so disoriented by the creature’s roar, but she recovered her composure as quickly as she could. The rest of Eri’s team that had been affected quickly resumed firing, but Eri herself recognized the beast’s next target as it began its charge, and recognized that he was not ready to evade. Whether it had been Jerius or one of her own team, the Tarentatek needed to be quickly stopped, or at least distracted. Now that they were in an open chamber, the tall ceiling opened up much more vertical space for them to use, and Eri intended to take advantage of it. 

While Eri could not outrun the beast at a full sprint, her powerful legs could get her up to speed far more quickly, so she started to close the gap as she sprinted up behind it at the beginning of its charge. She fired two quick shots into its back as she ran, then dropped the overheated weapon aside to lose the weight. 

Activating her thruster pack, Eri reached the Tarentatek before it reached Jerius, flying up onto its back. In one short, fluid motion, she drew her energy sword, activated it, and thrust it down towards the top of the beast’s head. She aimed her blade for some of the damaged scales she had previously pierced with her beam rifle to maximize the chance of the blade actually penetrating into its head. Though, once her thrust was in motion, her eyes were focused on the Tarentatek’s arms as she readied herself to fly back up out of its reach on a moment’s notice.