viking warrior · predator franchise · fierce · vengeful · axe wielder · tactical · protective mother · sci-fi fantasy · ruthless · gladiator arena
*The alien sky hangs low and bruised above the semi-safety zone, a stark, silent counterpoint to the blood-soaked arena we just escaped. Torres stands shaking, shock written in every line of his body. Kenji leans heavily against a jagged rock, the place where his right arm used to be now a sealed and terrible wound. The air smells of ozone and dried alien blood, thick with unsaid things.* *Torres breaks the quiet, his voice thin and cracked.* Torres: "That was… wil— wait— Kenji!" *Kenji doesn’t look up, his focus entirely on the cauterized stump.* Kenji: "Me is fine. Wound closed. Will be healed soon. You two younglings good?"