Description: Your mission is to infiltrate! Throwing caution to the wind, Sakura and Karin scale one of Metro's buildings in an attempt to put the sting on a Stinger placement. Unfortunately, Big Boss is on the scene to beat the hell out of some schoolgirls instead. Perhaps they should have called Xiangfei by Codec for some Chinese proverb advice.
What a beautiful day in the Metro City Neighborhood! Rolento's in his chopper, all's right with the world. The residents of Metro City can sleep soundly knowing that hardened Shank Squad military hardware is keeping the skies safe.
A-heh. Right. Not for long. See... every ten blocks or so, there's a building claimed by the Shank Squad. It's the -eleventh- building that Sakura and Karin, along with a pair of Kanzuki zaibatsu bodyguards, each carrying a backpack full of Stuff(tm), decide to climb up.
Scoping out the window, Sakura nods with confirmation. Pointing out a window about midway up the building, she nods. "There they are... right on the roof, y'see?" she points. Looking down, she snickers lightly. "Ground floor's covered, of course. So... they're probably putting all their eggs in that basket, meaning this middle floor ought to be clear. Good call there, Karin..." she nods with approval. "Let's do it!"
With no further ado, 'Hans' moves into action. He's clearly practiced this maneuver -- for there's only a few split-seconds between him breaking the window glass, aiming a harpoon gun, and firing across to the building in which the Stinger battery is positioned. Another second later, the zip-line is in place -- and Sakura's hopping on the first one. "There's no turning back now, guys!" And Sakura jumps on the handlebars, riding the zip-line across the two buildings and taking out the opposite window with a glass-shattering stomp kick! "HYAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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One may be wondering, when Karin emphatically noted that the zaibatsu wouldn't be bankrolling anymore rescue attempts, why both Karin and a pair of her highly-trained (and highly-paid) bodyguards are currently in Metro City at all, never mind attacking a missile emplacement from the sky like those two guys from Lost World who don't have names. Suffice it to say that given the look on Karin's face as she eyes her bodyguards -- two in all -- she's as confused as they are.
The blonde turns and watches Ramba Kasugano go commando on the zipline, then turns back to the two black-suited, sunglass-wearing men standing behind her with a stern look. "Since you've decided to make a day out of disobeying my orders, YOU are not to interfere down there... simply 'watch our backs', as it were." The suits nod; apparently rear guard is fine by them. This is a stealth operation, after all. Because, you know, Sakura = stealth.
Tightening her handguards, Karin grabs onto the next gripping mechanism and, once she sees Sakura get clear of the landing zone, takes off herself for the next building, thankfully not needing to get glass all over the place, nor needing to yell. Sakura's got that angle covered, as Karin points out when she lands: "Honestly. You could have just used an air horn or something."
COMBATSYS: Karin has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Sakura may not be the 'stealthy' type, but there's no arguing her effectiveness. Sure, the others may have heard her -- but the fact of the matter is, this is a fifteen-story building, and they're barging in on the twelfth floor. Picking glass out of her shins as she waits for Karin to catch up, Sakura shrugs a bit. "Breaking glass, kiai... what's the difference?" Admittedly, glass cutters may have been -more- effective, but Sakura also figured that any guard worth their salt would've spotted them by that point anyway. May as well charge right into it, right?
Hans and Franz get a thumbs-up from Kasugano as soon as Karin makes it over safely. She nods briefly, before dashing into the stairwell. By this point, Franz has already assembled a sniper rifle, just in case.
The two teenagers meet no further resistance until Sakura kicks open the roof, grinning like an idiot. "How are you, gentlemen?!" she cries -- but without wasting her initiative, she immediately thrusts her palms forward, unleashing a brilliant blue blossom of chi upon them. The blaze envelops the two nearest Shank Squad members for the brief moment before the concussive force knocks them onto their asses, utterly unconscious. "C'mon, where you guys at?!" Charging forward in the wake of her fireball, Sakura then proceeds to dole out her share of ass-kicking to the nearest of a trio of soldiers that sweep in to take them -- her fists positively -glowing- with blue energy. With the grin on her face, it looks like she's actually enjoying this! "Heh... maybe we shoulda done this -last- time, huh?!" Wham! Bam! Biff! Sakura deals out the pain, but she's too occupied with the first of the trio to stop the other two from attacking Karin...
Karin's not exactly the 'stealthy' type either, but she's doing a damn sight better than Sakura... of course, the Ansatsuken fighter may have a point vis-a-vis: the guards, and definitely a point about the height of the building. She doesn't need to pick glass off her shins; she merely dusts off her skirt and flips some curls over one shoulder. "There is something to be said for a grand entrance," Karin admits. At least she's not a total hypocrite.
Once they hit the roof, Karin doesn't bust out with the chi attacks -- training or no, she can't chuck fire yet. What she does do is walk calmly toward the cadre of Shankers that Sakura hasn't already KOed, her composure flawless. One comes at her and is immediately redirected into the ground; a second tries something and gets his punch caught on one wristguard and his nose broken with the palm of Karin's other hand. A few more rush her; tripping one, Karin then punches him in the stomach, *upward*, directing his body into the others and then posing (a little bit) when they all topple. "Well, hindsight is 20-20 and all that." She grins down at the 'opposition'. "This can't be all of them."
###...Scorpion Echo Seven to Fox Two, come in Fox Two. Reporting a disturbance on Site Echo Seven, requesting a flyover, do you copy?...###
###...Scorpion Echo, this is Fox Two, I copy. Flyover in transit. ETA in three mikes,10-23...###
###...Copy that Fox Two, out...###
Clipping the military issue radio back on the combat harness worn over his olive drab vest and pants, an almost unrecognizable Mr. Big leans foreword from his seat in the back of the rapid response helicopter and taps the pilot on the shoulder. "Head over to Site Echo Seven for a flyover!" Mr. Big shouts over the whining of the chopper's rotors. Nodding in compliance, the pilot veers the helicopter in the direction of Site Echo Seven. Leaning back in his seat, Mr. Big surveys his combat webbing casually, pulling out a huge .50 revolver with a 10 inch barrel and checking its loads with a spin of the cylinder. Flinging the cylinder back into place with a flick of his wrist, Big shoves the piece back into the harness, next to a row of egg shaped grenades. Pulling a pair of reflective aviator sunglasses from his vest pocket, Mr. Big slides them onto his head, right below his olive drab Army-style helmet. "This better not be another false alarm," Mr. Big muses to himself quietly under the loud roar of the chopper in flight. "I'm getting tired of playing hall monitor..." he mutters before being quickly cut off by a squawk from the radio hanging on his vest.
###...come in Fox Two, come in, we have a situation here! Two girls have breached.... AHHHH! NO! *crack* *thud*...###
Ripping the radio off of his harness, Mr. Big pushes the device against his mouth as he swings himself out of the chopper door and onto it's side rail, holding on to one of the door-side handles as he leans out of the aircraft, scanning the fast approaching building known as Site Echo Seven. "Scorpion Echo Seven?! Do you copy?!" he bellows into the radio as his eyes squint behind his sunglasses as they scour the rooftop.
###...maybe we shoulda done this -last- time...###
"Dammit!" Mr. Big shouts as the girl's voice comes over the fallen soldier's radio. "Two girls huh? Maybe this will be fun after all..." he mutters darkly as the chopper approaches the building.
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|
"... Uh-oh..." mutters Sakura as the whud-whud-whud of the chopper overhead reaches her ears. Still two more soldiers to keep the girls occupied at the moment -- the rest are presumably either on the ground floor, or still racing upstairs to reach the rooftop. Regardless, there's only one trying to close in on Sakura, and she dispenses with him quickly enough with a fist to the face, a hard elbow to knock him over, and one stomp kick to the stomach to grow on. "Karin, we're gonna have company soon!" shouts the schoolgirl, dashing over to their true objective -- a Stinger ground-to-air missile launcher, with five rockets, propped up to one side. Naturally, all the soldier's firearms were pretty much unused at this point...
The rocket launcher's still a good bit away from Sakura -- she walks to it with a brisk pace, clenching her fists as she eyes that incoming chopper. As a pale blue aura sweeps up around her form, she notes, "Better not be one of them creepy zombie ninja guys May was telling us about!"
Creepy zombie whatnow? Karin glances up at the sky as Sakura makes a break for the missiles. Who's crazy enough to fly a Hind-D in this weather? Snaaaaaaaaaaake! "What do you mean, creepy zombie nin..." Karin is about to ask, turning around, but coming to realize what Mai must have been talking about. Whoever 'Mai' is. "He's fast," she mumbles, sounding annoyed all of a sudden. "But he's only a mercenary. If it's who I think your friend was talking about."
A guard comes up behind Karin as she sits, distracted; he makes a lunge or her and she calmly, and without turning around, puts her fist up in a backward slam that sends him back down to the ground. "We need to find cover, or they won't bother with jumping down," she says, looking for an AC unit, a shed... something. "They'll just pick us off from the sky with a machine gun."
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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COMBATSYS: Karin focuses on her next action.
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Sakura 0/-------/---====|
Reaching down as the helicopter drifts directly over the rooftop, Mr. Big clips the rope fastened to the floor onto a device hanging off of his combat harness. "Hold you fire until I give the signal!" Mr. Big instructs the pilot. "I don't want to hurt these pretty little things /too/ badly..." he adds quietly as a predatory grin grows on his face.
Leaning out the wide side door, Mr. Big's eye widen as he watches one of the schoolgirls go for the stinger. "Ooooh no you don't!" he admonishes as he kicks the black coil of rope out of the side on the chopper, causing it to peel down towards the rooftop. "Here goes nothin..." he mutters before leaping out the side of the helicopter. Flying down towards the rooftop, Mr. Big grips the device on his vest with one hand, slowing his decent on the rope slightly.
"Didn't your daddy teach you not to play with guns?" he asks as he descends, plucking a grenade from the webbing with his right hand and sending the pin flying with a flick of his finger. "Play with this instead!" he shouts and he lobs the grenade down towards Sakura, attempting to time the detonation with his feet hitting the rooftop.
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Mr.Big's Thrown Object.
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Well... Karin's definitely got a point there. And while Sakura was -reaching- for the Stinger, she's finding that it doesn't do too much good when someone's dropping down from above and tossing something at her. To that, she raises her forearm, and then lashes her padded handguard out at it, knocking the thrown object aside without -too- much effort. "Pssh!"
It's not until after she contacts it that she realizes what that object was. "Oh snap..." she exclaims, before throwing her fists in front of her, dropping to one knee and bracing. The explosion that follows chars her clothing, yet... for the most part, Sakura seems to be okay, considering how far back she'd knocked the object before it exploded. "... Well... yeah! He told me not to beat the crap outta people, too, though!" she replies, rising back to her feet with a smirk.
Despite her attitude, she's shaking a bit from that explosion, and backs away for a moment... "Heh... guess you're here to stop us, huh? Gonna take more than -that- though..." She notes some passing familiarity with the guy as she narrows her eyes back at him, but due to his current state of dress... she's got nothing.
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Karin 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mr.Big
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Hello, grenade. Sakura can't necessarily be *blamed* for what just happened; there's only so much you can do when something's flying at you at speed and you have mere moments to react. That doesn't mean Karin is any less annoyed when the grenade whizzes past her head and then explodes; the blonde dives for cover but thankfully is well out of the way of the blast and thus isn't in any danger. "SAKURA!" she bellows, and you can almost see the vein standing out on her forehead. "Be more careful! There's MISSILES up here!"
Of course, this also means that she's not realy in any position to take a swing at Big when he lands, although he's in her sights the second she gets off the ground and hits her stance, giving him an appraising look. "Another would-be Patton," she mutters, even more annoyed now. "Does anybody involved in this whole affair really understand how stupid thus all is? Am I the only person who's *read* Aldous Huxley?"
COMBATSYS: Karin takes no action.
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"Well, well, well..." Mr. Big muses as he considers Karin thoughtfully, totally ignoring her words. "What do we have here? Shouldn't you girls be in school right now?" he asks playfully as he casually plants his hands behind his back, spreading his feet powerfully as he watches the blonde fighter, Sakura, for the moment, forgotten. "You know, you girls are trespassing. That's very naughty, very naughty indeed..." Mr. Big says with a lecherous chuckle. "And if I knew any better," he adds as he glances around at all of the fallen soldiers. "I'd say you two were here to cause trouble!"
Whipping his hands foreword from behind his back, Mr. Big flings one of the two batons that have appeared in his hands towards the girl. "Time for your spanking!" he shouts as a plume of bright orange chi flares up from the rooftop and travels along the gravel towards Karin's feet. "GROUND BLASTER!"
"Okay, =okay= already!" shouts Sakura in reply, grabbing the Stinger's gripstock and hauling it over to safety behind an air conditioning unit, so the chopper can't get to her as easily.
While the thought of a grown man taking a fancy to Sakura or Karin may be a bit disturbing, that thought simply doesn't occur to the headbanded fighter. All she sees is some guy whipping out sticks and slashing a wave of chi at the ground.
It should've been pretty obvious the guy was a fighter from the way he entered, but now... well, it's pretty obvious to the fighting fangirl who this is now. She exclaims, "Mister Big!" eyes going wide as she sets the Stinger down. "You went toe-to-toe with Iori Yagami in the King of Fighters tournament!" She's not just standing by idly, though... her hands sweep to her side, a blue blossom of flame erupting from her palms. "Hadooooouken!" It's a rather -large- blast, but it should easily cover the distance, due to Sakura's directed attention span...
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big successfully hits Karin with Ground Blaster.
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Mmm. Chi *and* grenades. Big is going to shape up to be one of Karin's favorite people by the end of this fight, for certain. She attempts to put up some sort of defense against the incoming blast but it really just doesn't work out that way; she's knocked back and off her feet by the blast, rolling back into a stance with an annoyed expression... and just in that one hit she already looks seriously hurt. Doesn't bode well.
"Oh, for the love of... paramilitary, part of this ridiculous coup, and he has a name like 'Mr. Big'?" Karin snarls, though mostly to herself before rushing in to deliver a pair of lightning-quick palm strikes, followed by a forceful shotei blow to the stomach on the gangster-cum-urban warfare nut. "This entire situation has become remarkably ridiculous and I'm getting a little tired of it."
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big dodges Karin's Guren Ken.
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Sakura 0/-------/--=====|
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big dodges Sakura's Large Hadouken.
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"Yeah, the name's Mr. Big, and I'll give you two guesses why," he replies with a smirk. Rolling to the side on his shoulder as Karin attacks him, Mr. Big chuckles softly as he is carried to safety from not only the blonde's assault, but Sakura's Hadouken as well. "Hadouken? What the..." he mutters as he shoots Sakura a glance. "Hey, I know who you are, you're that punkass hobo's little girlfriend, what's his name? Ryu? Man, he like 'em young, doesn't he?" Mr. Big cackles as he lifts himself from his crouch and turns his attention on Karin once more.
"You, you I don't know though. But if you're tired of 'this' I'll do you a favor and make it quick!" Launching himself through the air towards Karin, Mr. Big rotates quickly as he soars, batons crossed in front of his face to impact with Karin bodily unless she's able to take herself out of harms way. It's no Psycho Crusher, but it should leave quite a bruise if he's able to connect with it.
Sakura Kasugano has -no- idea what Karin's going on about. She just knows that it's funny as heck to watch Kanzuki get so exasperated over it. Hee.
Though she's a bit ticked to see Mr. Big roll out of the way of both attacks. Not to mention, making fun of her master. Mindful of the chopper, Sakura dashes forward, closing in on him. "Hey, I got a better idea! Just fall the heck over and let us duct-tape you to the side of the building. It'll be fun for everyone!" Of course, by this point, her hands are already glowing blue. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again! "HADOOOOOUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Karin fails to counter Cross Diving from Mr.Big with Yasha Gaeshi.
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The blonde doesn't respond to puerile naughty taunting, no matter who the source; but she knows an attack is coming and she steels herself for it, hoping to use her specialty -- counterattacks -- to turn things in her favor... because unless Sakura's got a nuclear missile in her pocket, things aren't looking so hot for Miss Kanzuki's Missile Appropriation Squad, though the guards have Big and his helicopter in their sights from the building across the way. Just in case, considering how last time went.
Unfortunately, Big is simply too fast and has too much momentum for Karin's Yasha Gaeshi stance to handle. He plows on through, knocking Karin skidding across the rooftop, where she crumples to a stop up against a heating vent. And from the blood and bruising, she's probably not getting up any time soon, either.
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Mr.Big with Large Hadouken.
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Rolling to his feet after sending Karin flying, Mr. Big takes a moment to dust off his fatigues, chuckling softly as he watches Karin lay wearily against the heating vent. "It was gutsy of you girls to try this. Stupid, but gutsy," Mr. Big informs her. "Not that I don't appreciate it. I've been needing some exersi-"
Mr. Big's gloating is cut short by a painful blast of chi slamming into his back, sending him skidding across the gravel rooftop and knocking him to his knees.
"Gah... feeling left out sweety?" Mr. Big asks Sakura with a sneer as he lifts himself back up to his feet. "Fine. There's plenty of Mr. Big to go around!" he shouts as he raises his batons and rushes towards the schoolgirl. Lifting his left baton to try and backhand Sakura across the face as he closes in on her, Mr. Big quickly follows up with a reversed-grip rising uppercut with his right baton, attempting to catch her under the chin and lift her into the air with him as he leaps.
COMBATSYS: Sakura fails to interrupt California Romance from Mr.Big with Shou'ou Ken EX.
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Wincing as Karin takes the hit from Big, Sakura grits her teeth in sympathy. She knows she needs to win this fight, if for no other reason than the fact that they -need to claim this missile launcher!- So maybe her priorities are a bit skewed here ... but when Big charges in, Sakura readies herself for a counterattack. While he's aiming to charge in and slam those batons into her jaw, she's equally prepared to uppercut him right back, her fists glowing blue in the process!
It just doesn't happen that way though. See, there's a thing called 'reach'. Big's got it. Sakura doesn't. Consequently, Sakura goes flying, knocked back, and practically landing on -top- of the air conditioning unit.
Shaking her head in a daze, she rolls off it, landing unsteadily on her feet, turning back to Big. "...gnnh..."
The blonde? Not going anywhere. She's currently fighting what appears to be a losing battle with gravity, trying to pull herself up from the ground and not really doing a very good job of it, either. If this were that one Kids in the Hall sketch, Queen Elisabeth would be showing up any second now to tell her to stay down through hella lens flare.
However, what Big, Sakura, the chopper pilots, and perhaps even Karin herself have entirely forgotten about at this point is her bodyguards, Hans and Franz, who've been hiding in the building across the block from here and drawing a bead on the whole fight with handy-dandy sniper rifles the entire time. And while Sakura and Karin are fighting to stand up, Hans -- being an eager sort -- decides to take a shot at Big.
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big dodges Karin's Large Thrown Object.
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Landing lightly as Sakura flies against the air conditioning unit, Mr. Big walks towards her with very powerful, businesslike strides. "Too bad your boyfriend Ryu didn't come with you; I've been looking foreword to knocking his head around again..." Mr. Big says with an arrogant smirk, just as a puff of dust rises off the rooftop nearby, a bullet nearly missing him as it ricochets off of the gravel. "What the... ah... snipers. I guess you two /didn't/ come unprepared." Not seeming too concerned about the bullets, Mr. Big takes the few remaining steps left between Sakura and him as she rolls off of the air conditioner.
"I hope you're learning your lesion girlies. Think twice next time before trying to play with the big boys," Mr. Big says as he shoots his batons foreword towards Sakura's neck, attempting to snare her around the throat between his weapons and lift her into the air. If he's able to get a good grab on her, the Southsynd gangster will lift her to eye level and wink at her before casually tossing her over behind his back, sending her soaring over near Karin's resting place.
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big successfully hits Sakura with High Lift Throw.
- Power hit! -
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Wink? And we're supposed to see this how, exactly? Sakura doesn't have much of a chance anyway though -- for even though she tries to whip her padded handguards up to deflect the batons, she's caught before any such defense can take place -- snared and tossed, rolling hard once she hits the rooftop. Coughing as she pushes back to her feet, she shakes her head, hands snapping to her sides.
"He's not my boyfriend! He's my =sensei!=" Not that Big's likely to appreciate the difference. "Shinkuu...." Cue the light show! Crackling energy pulsates in her palms, the intense light casting flickering shadows at her feet. It only lasts a moment before she sends the meter-wide wave soaring towards Big with a cry of "HADOOOOOOUKEN!"
Boyfriend. Heh.
Even if the sniper shot was a wash -- and the bodyguards are already on the move and out of sight, probably -- it gave time to Karin to get her ass off the ground and start circling around Big's back as he's distracted with Sakura... and when she sees that super Hadouken go off, she knows her chance has come.
Dashing in, Karin shows her expertise by timing her attack on Big perfectly with Sakura's; as the projectile comes in for a hopeful landing, Karin grabs for Big's shirt by the back, intending to ram her knees into his back while the chi sphere does its job and then simply toss the big man aside to give herself some room. She's also very quiet... and for the talkative Karin, this is never a good sign.
COMBATSYS: Karin successfully hits Mr.Big with Arakuma Inashi.
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COMBATSYS: Mr.Big blocks Sakura's Shinkuu Hadouken.
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"Hah, there's only three reasons a grown man would let a little girl like you hang around him... well... make that /one/ in your case," Mr. Big corrects himself as he takes another appraising look at Sakura.
As the huge hadouken flies towards him, there is little Mr. Big can do but raise his arms in front of his face, shielding himself with his forearms and batons. A look of surprise flashes across his face, though as the Southtown Don feels a tug at the back of his shirt and a knee slam into his back. "Argh!" he groans as he's lifted into the air just as the hadouken flies into him!
"You'll.... have... to... do better than that!" Mr. Big yells as the hadouken begins to wash over him, searing into the flesh of his arms and causing smoke to rise from his vest. Everything seems to go into slow motion as the hadouken seems to strain against Mr. Big's incredible guard, bending and warping until the large energy blast seems to 'pop', sending wisps of chi dissipating into the air around the man. No time for him to celebrate now, though because as soon as the Shinkuu Hadouken is defeated, the Glittering Sultan of Southtown is slammed bodily into the ground by the long forgotten Karin.
"Gah! I'm starting to get annoyed with you two..." Mr. Big warns as he lifts himself to his feet and turns towards the blonde girl. Holding his batons aloft, they suddenly spring to life with electricity, a large blue spark flitting and dancing between his batons dangerously and casting an eerie cobalt glow on Mr. Big's face. The lightning dancing in the reflection of his mirrored sunglasses as he grins sickly at Karin, Mr. Big shoots his batons foreword, attempting to break the electric arc with her golden curls! "In fact, I'm /shocked/ you two have lasted this long!"
COMBATSYS: Karin blocks Mr.Big's Blaster Wave.
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Karin's beaten. Big know it, Sakura know it, Karin knows it, Brak know it, Tanzit know it... anyhow. She and Sakura have taken a beating and it's clear that this is a wash. However... just because she's beaten doesn't mean Karin is out. Big's attack -- electricfying though it may be -- is met with an absolutely IRON defense from the Kanzuki heiress. More and more as she defends these big honkin' chi attacks it becomes clear that passively, Karin really is using her own chi to save her skin, because SOMETHING enables her to fight that off and prevent Big from seriously injuring or even killing her.
However, she also knows enough is enough. Stepping back, she looks over in the direction of a building nearby and gives a nod... and then come the bullets. Not sniper fire; that's not FAST enough. This is just shots directed at the chopper and at Big to keep them from getting in the way. There's even a flash grenade launched at the (thankfully high and out of range) chopper.
Looking over at Sakura, Karin then gives Big a grin. "Well, at least I know what it is that's big about you now," she says with a faint smile. "Nothing. Until later!" And then she's making a dash for the building, intending to simply vault off the side and snag the zip wire for a fast escape on out of here. Is it gonna hurt her hands? Hell yes. Is it better than dying? HELL yes.
Smirking lightly, despite her obvious injuries and fatigue, Sakura nods brightly with Karin's rebuttal. Just with one clarification: "Actually, there is one thing... your =ego!="
Well, while they're here... they may as well aim for a partial success. Sakura would've much preferred to waltz off the rooftop with Mr. Big incapacitated, that noisy chopper grounded, and four of the Stinger missiles still in hand... but she'll have to take what she can get.
In this case, she'll have to settle for one last Hadouken. The schoolgirl coupling her hands by her side should be nothing new -- but the fact that those hands aren't aimed at Big when she releases a basketball-sized globe =is=. "Hadoooouken!" Specifically, she's aiming for that Stinger missile launcher and its ammo, pouring every ounce of speed she can muster into making one hellaciously fast fireball.
And after that? She's gone right over the side as well! If she were any more injured than that, it might be a drop to her death -- but considering that Big would probably kill them both anyway, it's a willful decision on her part.
Flung foreword by the concussive force of the huge explosion set off by the hadouken blowing up the small cache of stinger missiles, Mr. Big groans softly. Coughing amidst the billowing pillar of smoke rising from the now half collapsed rooftop and slowly drawing himself to his feet, Big sighs as he inspects the ruins of the Stinger missile post. "Stupid girls," he mutters as he glances at the side of the building where they apparently fell to their death. It's not like taking out one of these posts will matter at all in this pithy attempt at liberating Metro City. "A damn shame..." he adds. Could Mr. Big be moved by their valiant sacrifice? Does a sentimental heart beat in the large man's chest after all? "It would have been fun to capture them alive."
Maybe not.
Pulling the radio off of his vest, Mr. Big raises it to his mouth as he looks up towards the chopper. "Come pick me up. I need to inform Rolento about the loss of Scorpion Echo Seven." Bending down to pick up a small chunk of concrete, Mr. Big shrugs and tosses it over the edge of the building around where the girls jumped off. "Oh well," he sighs as he walks over to his ride.
Log created by Karin, and last modified on 23:07:43 09/12/2005.