Description: As part of Vega's drive to 'recruit' promising fighters, Miercoles tracks Akira down while there's nobody around to help her, and her pesky helmet isn't present. Akira puts up a spirited fight, but in the end finds herself being carted off to parts unknown...
Akira normally rides her cycle from Seiyjun to Gedo or wherever she'd like to go. Her bike, however, hasn't been functioning at maximum capacity lately so Akira hasn't been riding it to and fro school which means she's not eve carrying her helmet around. Despite this, she isn't bothered by thugs due to her recent Neo League victory against Rock Howard--even if some consider it a fluke--so she has relative peace while walking along the River Bed, not really paying full attention to her surroundings as she plays Mega Man: POWERED UP as Guts Man.
"He doesn't really have the mobility..." Akira complains to herself, "But I have to, to give proper respect..."
She pulls out a giant boulder from the ground and throws it at some metools, obliterating them, as she checks the battery life on her PSP. Hmm, she's running out. She thought she recharged it before leaving...
It's not very easy to tail someone around here. Not too many people around, not too many places to hide and still properly observe your quarry. On the other hand, the lack of people means that one can actually rely on sound. Miercoles may not be the highest ranking member of his squad, but he's got a somewhat cooler head on his shoulders. Douyoubi probably would have attacked this girl right in the middle of Gedo, just for the thrill of getting attacked by all the punks there. Miercoles, on the other hand, has been quietly following her, moving down below the concrete ledge when there was nowhere else to hide. The video game has thankfully occupied some of his target's attention, making things a bit less rough.
And now they seem to be far enough away from any prying eyes. Akira may spot a flash of movement from her side as a hand is placed on top of the concrete barrier, and then there's a black and purple flash of motion... and Miercoles is suddenly standing in front of her. "Hola, chica. Why don't you put away that game and we can do something more fun?" He flashes her a grin, but there's no humor in his eyes. Whoever this Latino teenager in the odd outfit is... it doesn't look like he's here for anything nice.
Akira, like many in the schools, isn't a disciplined fighter. She has more training in it than, say, Roberto probably but she isn't trained in espionage or full-sense-mastery-at-all-times or any of that sort of thing. The closest she has gotten to that was fighting blindfolded, but that just taught her to pay attention when she wants to pay attention--not to pay attention when she's, well, wanting to beat this darn video game.
Akira blinks, spotting a flash. She sighs and turns off her game without saving. She doubts she has time for that, now, and puts it in her pocket. It's a nut you can play with outside.
"Um, hello there." She murmurs, "May I help you?" She has been in enough fights to know the poses, the demeanor, and the dance-around-with-one's-words that typically predates a fight. "I'm afraid I don't think I know you..?"
Miercoles waggles a finger at Akira in a condescending motion for a moment. "Of course you don't know me... yet. And as for whether or not you can help me... Well, we'll see. That depends on whether or not you're any good." It's not too hard to guess at what he means by that, given the hostility in his body language, and his mocking tone.
And it doesn't seem that Miercoles intends to be a gentleman about this and let Akira prepare herself or any such thing. The only reason he even spoke to her before attacking is because he's self-confident enough to think he'll be able to beat this girl down without too much bother. The Latino youth takes two running steps toward Akira... then suddenly vanishes in another flash of black and purple. A moment later he suddenly appears directly behind the girl... and the barrage of Psycho Power left in his wake comes crashing down. "Shall we?"
COMBATSYS: Miercoles has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Akira has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Miercoles 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Akira
COMBATSYS: Miercoles successfully hits Akira with Classified Information.
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Miercoles 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Akira
"Aw man," Akira complains, "Not one of these guys--" Hey, she's an experienced fighter. Sometimes people fall in 'classes' of people who want to beat your face in. She brings up her arms, intendig to ward off Miercoles's assault--but blinks as he vanishes. "What..." She manages turning so slowly before BAM! The Psycho Power rips into her back and side and sends her flying forward, and she's only barely able to catch herself from falling too much by slamming her hands into the ground. "ugh... what the hell... Like Dhalsim or something here?"
She shakes her head and pulls back up to her feet dizzily, turning back to face the warrior who attacked her. "If you want a fight, man, that's fine." She twists in place for a moment before throwing herself at Miercoles in a series of three jumping roundhouses towards his upper bod and face--bursts of wind chi erupting from her feet as she makes her strikes. "HYAA!" She shouts.
COMBATSYS: Miercoles blocks Akira's Dancing Cyclone Kick.
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Miercoles 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Akira
Miercoles deflects the incoming kicks with several swift motions of his arms, taking the first one with his right arm, swapping to his left, then back again. He takes several steps backward as he does so, flowing with the blows rather than trying to fight them head on. And even then it manages to sting his arms a bit. "I can think of more fun things to do with you than fighting, but if you aren't any good than this whole thing is just a waste of my time. So don't hold back, hmm?"
Suddenly Miercoles bursts forward again with blinding speed, but this time he doesn't pass by Akira. He lashes out with his right hand, attempting to drive a glowing purple fist up and into the schoolgirl's stomach. He doesn't stop his forward momentum, though, turning his shoulder toward Akira in an attempt to ram right into her and send her sprawling.
COMBATSYS: Miercoles successfully hits Akira with Shooting Crusher.
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Miercoles 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Akira
"That's pretty creepy, sir." Akira offers, "Are you friends with Kurow?" She generally assumes random people who want to beat her up are related to him. Despite her chatter, she seems disgruntled at Miercoles's management of her strikes. She takes another strike to her chest--but manages to stay standing though she slides back from the force of the blow, gritting her teeth.
She lashes out with her hands and tries to catch Miercoles--and then tug him downward, lashing up with her knee and trying to smack him up in the air and away from her in a long throw into the river. It's wet over there! "But you don't have to worry about me holdig back!"
COMBATSYS: Miercoles dodges Akira's Rolling Slam.
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Miercoles 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Akira
Miercoles cocks up an eyebrow for a moment at the question, then grins again. "Can't say I've heard the name." Which is somewhat dangerous way of stating a true fact. He can't say he knows it because Lord Vega would probably be unhappy. Kurow's cover hasn't been blown yet, after all. Even if Miercoles doesn't think he's really been all that useful to the cause. But it's not his place to make Shadaloo strategy. Yet.
When Akira reaches out for him, Miercoles kicks off the ground and takes a quick hop back, pulling him out of the range of her grasp. He shakes a finger at her again, then settles into a ready stance. One might think he's planning to leap back in with another case, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Wisps of dark purple energy begin flowing off of him, and there seems to be a glow coming from behind his dark sunglasses. "Gonna have to do better than that."
COMBATSYS: Miercoles gathers his will.
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Miercoles 1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0 Akira
Akira blows out her nose. Ugh, she thinks, this guy.
"Yeah okay, whatever." She grunts, hopping back for a few moments--clearly just waltzing up to him isn't good enough. So Akira decides to try something else. She punches into the ground, carving up a hole with her fist as she hops back--and tugs out a large rock into her hands. She huffs and chucks the thing for Miercoles with as much strength as she can muster--which might not be all that much considering her beating, and how easily Miercoles has been thwarting her assaults.
COMBATSYS: Miercoles blocks Akira's Large Thrown Object.
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Miercoles 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Akira
The glow starts to fade away from Miercoles, but not before he reaches out and and smashes the rock out of the air with the back of his fist. He may have been a bit overconfident there... Blood drips from several nasty scratches to his skin where the rock hit, but he seems to pay it little heed aside from a slight tightening of his jaw.
After clenching his fist briefly to make sure nothing was broken, Miercoles runs back in toward Akira. "That wasn't very nice!" He suddenly drops to the ground in a sliding kick toward the girl, but rather than attempt to ram into her he attempts to lock both feet around one of her legs and twist. Even if she doesn't fall, the Psycho Energy which flares up around Miercoles' feet will likely send some pain shooting up her legs.
COMBATSYS: Akira fails to interrupt Quick Throw from Miercoles with Strong Punch.
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Miercoles 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Akira
Akira says, "It's nice enough for a fight!" in a retort--she throws her fist to try and smack Miercoles upside the head before he gets too close but, well, it's clear how that goes. Akira misses, perhaps groggy from her earlier beatings, and is dragged to the ground, gasping out in pain as Miercoles lashes out with Psycho Energy, gritting her teeth. The sensation is familiar, however.
"N...hhh." She grunts, "You a friend of ROSE'S? KENSOU?"
Not that Miercoles is actually upset, of course. Not judging by the grin on his face, anyway. "Gonna have to make you pay for the damage to my hand. You know that, right? But don't worry, I'll try not to make this last too long." The teenager cracks his knuckles, purple energy once more surrounding his hands. "And really... It doesn't matter who I know. Either it's not gonna matter to you, or you're gonna get reeeeeeal well acquainted."
And then once more he's shooting forward at high speed, winding up for another punch to the gut. This time he's not going to be quite so 'gentle', however. If he can get that first hit to blow through Akira's defenses he again rams into her with his shoulder, but this time his free arm will lash out to grab hold of her and hold her into place. Just long enough for a brief upward angled blast of Psyco Power to burst out of Miercoles, possibly launching Akira up off her feet.
COMBATSYS: Akira interrupts Psycho - Combination from Miercoles with Gate Elbow.
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Miercoles 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Akira
Akira is easily nabbed in the gut this time. Heck, she didn't even try to avoid the strike! This may, of course, be the first indication that there's something unusual going on here. Akira grunts-- and bowls backwards--but there's a slight pivot to the side--making Miercoles's second with her shoulder miss her entirely--as she rams her elbow right up and into the Psycho Soldier's chin--hopefully sending him flying back for all that trouble! "HYAA!" She shouts. "Don't think it's going to be easy just because you have a strong lead! That's when I do my best!"
His words, however, are more worrying than his obvious skill.
Miercoles does indeed get sent flying back, and hits the ground pretty hard. After bouncing once, though, he manages to twist himself around to skid to a halt on his feet. He spits out some blood as he stands back up, though there's still some red staining his lips. Looks like he wasn't quite prepared, and managed to bite his tongue. "We'll see about that." Hmm... He actually looks annoyed now. He doesn't like it when people start to provide evidence that he might not be quite as awesome as he thinks he is!
Once more he blurs into motion, suddenly reappearing just a short distance away from Akira. Rather than lash out at her, however, he leaps up into the air, flipping over her head. It's on the way back down that he attacks, a glowing arm hooking out in an attempt to grab Akira by the neck, then slam the back of her head into the ground as Miercoles falls.
COMBATSYS: Miercoles successfully hits Akira with Medium Throw.
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Miercoles 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Akira
Looks like Akira had her shining moment! She tries to bring up her arms so Miercoles can only grab her arms--and not her NECK--but she fails to keep up with Miercoles's speed again and her head slams into the mud. Better than bricks and stones, at least, but it still hurts like the dickens. Akira isn't going to be able to take much more abuse!
"Ugh..." She grunts, "Don't seem... don't seem so happy now."
Focusing her chi as she lays in the mud, Akira's lips move soundlessly as her hands alight with a blue aura, "Boooond...." What? "BEEEAAAAM!" She cries as she thrusts her hands forward--a barrage of flying CHI SKULLS flyig up and towards Miercoles--hoping to peg him and send him sprawling before he can get away! Such a nice girl, but the skulls look mean and hungry--though they really just explode on impact, they aren't real skulls. They just take the shape of skulls for some reason.
COMBATSYS: Akira successfully hits Miercoles with Kikou Kai.
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Miercoles 1/-----==/=======|=------\-------\0 Akira
Those skulls definitely do seem to be both mean and hungry. Miercoles' eyes widen as they come racing in toward him, but he doesn't have enough time to mount a defense. He's sent splashing down into the riverside mud, getting his nice clothes all dirty. Not to mention the scorch marks on the front of them from the blast.
And when he gets back up, now he does appear angry, though attempting to hold it in. "Guess you're better than I thought. Still not enough to beat /me/, though!" Miercoles charges back toward Akira, and once more he vanishes with a flash. This time he appears right next to Akira, arm reaching out to wrap around her waist and hurl her into the air. And if that works...
COMBATSYS: Miercoles successfully hits Akira with Falling Psycho Star.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Miercoles 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Akira
...Miercoles suddenly flashes again, appearing just behind and above the rising Akira. He wraps his legs around her neck from behind, a wave of Psycho Energy crashing over them both as he flips around and sends her rocketing back toward the ground. Once again he disappears, and then just as Akira's body comes into contact with the ground he comes into view once more, driving a glowing fist into her stomach with enough force to send a small shockwave rippling out from the point of impact.
It seems Miercoles is right and that Akira's skill isn't enough to beat Miercoles. Not today, at least, but this may be her nly chance. She doesn't have an opportunity to strike back or take any of those sissy final actions! Not this day! Halfway through Miercoles's assault, Akira is already passed out. Where exactly? About when Miercoles flipped her, before she hit the ground. Everything since then is just brutalizing Akira even -more-. She shakes and vomits as the psychic strike slams into her belly--and hits the ground, looking like something the cat dragged in. But hey--she was right. She's better the more she's losing. Unfortunately for her, she was losing too much to make up the difference!
COMBATSYS: Akira takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Akira can no longer fight.
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Standing back up after his final blow, Miercoles rolls his neck a few times and listens to the popping noises the motion elicits. It only takes a moment of observation to tell that Akira won't be getting back up again soon... but there's no sense in taking chances. Reaching into one of the pockets on his clothing, Miercoles pulls out and uncaps a small syringe, which he injects into the unconcious girl's neck. No need to have her suddenly waking up.
After slipping the empty needle back into his pocket, Miercoles pulls out a cellphone and calls someone on speed dial. "Yes, I've got her. She seemed sufficient. I'll be at the rendevouz point shortly." And then he reaches down to grab Akira by the arm, pulling her up and leaning her against his shoulder. It's going to be a little awkward getting out of here with her, but he doesn't have to go far. And there's nobody around to notice...
Log created on 19:59:28 06/07/2007 by Miercoles, and last modified on 23:07:27 06/08/2007.