Description: Down at the Drive-In Theater, wrestling giant Raiden faces off against the flamboyent cowgirl Lightning Spangles, known off the stage as Jezebel. With the audience parked before the big screen, who will win? The massive masked man formerly known as Big Bear? Or the washed up actress formerly known as Jezebel? (Spoiler: Jezebel Wins)
Behold! The Trial of the Dragon tournament has begun after a few weeks of various fighters signing up and being tested to see who is the best of the best. Each of the fighters have shown a special prowess that got them selected over the rest of the pack. Some of it for most obvious reasons than others. For one like Raiden it would hard to say no despite his questionable pass and even further his questionable current affiliations. It has never been proven he works as a hired thug, but there is just a stigma that kinda sticks with him whenever he shows up in his mask. It usually tends to mean he is on business.
In a way the large fighter is. To gather some intel for Geese is one of the real reasons why he is here. Getting to sign up in a tournament and throw people about only makes things better. So far he hasn't been too impressed either. The gangers seem somewhat organized, but if they were so good they wouldn't be ruining the town. Don't they understand it is better to leave the place looking good and gain power in other ways? This is the same damn problem Mad Gear has had. They just want to destroy.
The night sky is clear and it is a bit chilly tonight. The large screen used for movies is instead being used as one giant screen to show the fight taking place here tonight. This first round match features the titan of wrestling against the rather spunky fighter known as Lightning Spangles. It was one of those matchups that made several wince when they first saw it. Could the cowgirl stand up against such a massive man such as Raiden? It seems everyone is soon to find out the truth if she can hang with the big boys or not.
Both, large arms raise up high as he extends a finger skywards. "It's time!" he shouts and then slaps his masked face a few times with his hands. He then cracks his knuckles as he glances about. "Bring on the opponent! Let them know tonight they fight greatness. THEY FIGHT RAIDEN!"
COMBATSYS: Raiden has started a fight here.
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Raiden 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Jezebel has joined the fight here.
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Jezebel 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Raiden
"Raiden!"
A voice breaks over the drive-through theater. Echoing and all emcompassing, it is an all too familiar voice. Lightning Spangle's voice continues to rumble, filling the stage. "It is I! Your opponent! I have come to face you in the Trial of the Dragon! So far, I am not impressed. Did you know that your name, Raiden, refers to the God of Thunder!? It seems we already have the Thunder...."
"So Here Comes The Lightning!"
A great neigh breaks through the air as, riding upon a sterling-white stallion. The horse, running down the line of cars, finally stops at the stage. stomping and biting the air. With a single flip, Lightning Spangles leaps off, making a clean landing with arms out. Making a salute, she continues the over the top posing. "Raiden! You are a lot bigger than I thought! But that won't stop me from beating you! There is a saying back home, that all the kids back home always say." Turning towards the camera, she shows up on the big screen, giving one of those winning winks. "The Bigger They Are?"
"The Harder They Fall!"
His name is called and Raiden looks abou. It takes a few moments before he finally catches sight of where Jezebel is coming from. The masked man's brow raises as he watches her and he smirks some in amusement. Arms cross over his broad chest and he lets her make her little speech to the camera and give it her winning smile. "That is what alot of you types often say. I guess we will see if you can back it up!"
In a way he hopes she actually can. He hates it when people are all style and no substance. They can work a crowd and give that big old shit eating grin all day long, but when it comes time to put up or shut up they tend to run away with their tail between their legs. He steps more into the center of the roped off area they set up for both fighters and he looks to the large screen to where the cameras seem to be focused on Jezebel for a moment before they start to pull away to show the fighting area proper. The people in their cars watching will be in for a treat it would seem. Of course not near as good of seats as those standing around the quasi ring that has been erected.
That masked fighter cracks his knuckles a few more times and then he slams a mighty fist into his open palm. "Show Raiden what you got, kid. I know I am not holding back." No reason to. Go hard or go home for him. At the same time it is easier to skulk about and look into what might exactly be going around town if he is still in the tournament. More reason for him to linger about a town when he is probably considered one of those bad elements Johann is so wanting to get rid of.
Kid.
Raiden sure knew how to make a woman feel young. Smiling cheerfully, she drops back into the defensive stance of Tae Kwon Do. Posture wide, guard up, she begins to bounce in play, getting a feel for the rhthym. "Well, boy howdy big boy, I hope to take you for a ride. There are only two types of men that can take me." The dim lights of the stage making her rhinestone sequins sparkle, she begins to advance on the bigger man. "There is the quick, Raiden..."
"Or the dead!"
Lightning Spangle had a lot of style in her technique. But as for substance... well, she had it, but she simply lacked the same momentum that her presence carried. Launching towards the bigger man, she hurls herself into the man, unleashing a quick snap kick straight for the giant's gut. Keeping the leg up, she brings it back, unleashing a short smash of the heel. After the first two kicks, she will finish the combination with a swift duo of roundhouse kicks, back to back. To put the pressure on the bigger man. To break through him.
"YEEEE HAW!"
COMBATSYS: Jezebel successfully hits Raiden with Quick and the Dead.
- Power hit! -
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Jezebel 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Raiden
She has guts. There is that at least. That or maybe she is just suicidal. Maybe she just doesn't even fully realize just how dangerous of man Raiden really can be if he gets his hands on a much smaller opponent. It is always one of those things. She better hope she is the quick one in the long run or she might find herself being on the dead side of things. He certainly doesn't seem to be too impressed so far with the way she is hamming it up and trying to get the crowd behind her. He will let his own actions get people behind him.
He steps forward looking to just barrel right into the kicking cowgirl and the first blow is enough to stop him from coming forward. The next few do little despite the power behind them. He is pushed back only a few steps and he hehs a bit as he slaps his big belly with one hand and then wags with a finger from his other hand. "I hope you got better, lil missy. Otherwise you are in for a looooooong night! GAHAHAHAHA!"
He continues to laugh as he looks to grasp Jezebel with one powerful hand that reaches for the shoulder. The other looks to just grapple a hip or leg so he can heft her up overhead and then drop her down onto his shoulders before falling backwards onto her. If she gets caught up in that slam she will at least find relief he doesn't remain on top of her for long.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel blocks Raiden's Medium Throw.
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Jezebel 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Raiden
Jezebel would be terrified.
Reality cuts her like a knife. Raiden has a full foot on the actress, and almost 300 lbs. If he got all that weight right down on the woman, she could be in traction for months. Raiden could break Jezebel, and Jezebel knew this. But Lightning Spangles?
Why would she ever be scared of a big jolly fellow?
Against Raiden's laughter, Lightning Spangles just smirks, eyebrows raised at the fallout of her offense. "Well boy howdy, pardner! You got a whole rack of bacon under that leotard? Wooooo wee, it hasn't stopped jigglin' yet!" She might not take how serious someone like Raiden can hit. But why should she? Well, maybe that big palm on her shoulder might take her the right way."Whoa!" She bursts out, as the second arm hits on the leg. Pulled high into the air, she squirms in the massive man's grip. Attempting to get a leg up on the shoulder of the titan, it looks like Raiden has his prey in the grasp.
And then, the jeans give way.
Torn straight off in Raiden's hand, Lightning Spangles breaks away, her pants falling off like the tail of a lizard. Underneath is her own leotard of jeggings; jeans in the shape of leggings. Or would that be leggings in the shape of jeans? IN any case, the tightest jeans on the market cling her every contour. Launching high into the air, she rockets to the sky, well past what she normally can handle. The landing was going to suck for the woman, for certain. But she reaches the apex, she begins to sweep her leg in a high, long arc, giving the screen a full shot as several small orbs of chi energy begins to fire away to the ground below. Carpeting the ground with the energy, they erupt in a crack of red, white, and blue fireworks, attempting to catch up the larger wrestler in the blowout.
Before coming to a less than graceful crash right on the ground.
COMBATSYS: Jezebel successfully hits Raiden with Sundance.
> Determined Hit! <
~~ Alluring Hit! ~~
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Jezebel 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Raiden
There is the sound of material ripping and Raiden finds his grip not as firm as he had hoped. He just stares at the jeans that are in his meaty hand's grasp and he just tosses it aside before shaking his head. Slippery little devil he sees. He hehs a bit and then just gives a bit of a grin as he looks upwards. "Come on and bring it." he barks and he lets that blast of multicolored energy rain down on him. It ends up hurting more than he expected, but he is used to pain. He isn't worried about it at the moment at least. He has too much left in the tank to let something like that take him down.
Even so he was driven down to a knee where he also had to slap a hand on the ground to keep himself steady and not get driven to the ground completely. He is quick to stand and he only wobttles a bit as he then staggers forward. "That's it?" he asks and he just lumbers forward, picking up speed as he turns into a runaway freight train. One that soon leaves his feet and comes in like a bit meat missile with both feet extended to slam into Jezebel. "I AM RAIDEN! YOU CAN"T STOP ME!"
COMBATSYS: Raiden successfully hits Jezebel with Super Dropkick.
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Jezebel 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Raiden
The bad landing was trouble for Lightning Spangles.
But the followt hrough?
Worse.
As she recovers from the over-arcing attack, she only has enough time to watch as Raiden come roaring in. Throwing up her guard, she attempts to block the attack. 200 lbs less, she would have stopped it. But when the full quarter-ton of man comes roaring in, she simply can't hold up against it. She is slammed back, breaking into a tumble. Rolling across the ring, she finally comes to a halt, curled up into a ball briefly, the wind knocked from her. "Sweet Georgia Brown! You kick like a dang mule!" She weezes.
And gingerly, she pulls up into a crouch.
Lightning Spangles had two real options with a juggernaut like Raiden. Get flattened for being meek, or go out with a real Lightning Spangles No-Bars Thunderbolt Bang! Building up energy, she doesn't take long to charge up. Bursting forward, her body in enveloped in shining, red white and blue energy, she launches through the air, spinning like a drill. Attempting to barrel right into the giant of a man, she attempts to bowl him back, not carrying enough for to draw him up. If successful, however, she will simply unleash a trio of three aerial kicks, each kick unleashing a thundrous explosion, each more dynamic than the last, to blow him to pieces with pure American power.
"WHERE EAGLES DARE!"
COMBATSYS: Jezebel successfully hits Raiden with Where Eagles Dare.
> Determined Hit! <
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Jezebel 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Raiden
For being so big it is weird he can show some agility at times. Even to the point after delivering that dropkick he manages to land on both feet in a deep crouch before straightening himself up a bit more. "Only a mule? I guess I should just hit harder." he says in response and gives a bit of a evil smile at that. Wait, he can hit HARDER than that? It might be best for Jezebel to not find out if he is telling the truth or not or else it could lead to a very bad end for the woman.
He comes forward once more as she looks to strike again. Once more he is staggered by the strikes she delivers, each powerful kick pushing him back again and again before the last one causes him to fall back on his ass and cause the ground around them to shake a bit from the impact. Fans even kinda have to stagger and regain their balance due to that. "Heh.....damn kid."
He gets back to his feet. "Enough of this...." he comes forward and arms grasp to grab for Lightning Spangles' shoulders to push downwards before lifting up to deliver one, then two, then a third powerbomb before even worse. Shoving her head in between those large, spandex clad thighs as he looks to flip forward and piledrive her straight onto her little head with enough force to just spike her up and off the ground.
COMBATSYS: Raiden knocks away Jezebel with Destruction Drop.
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Jezebel 1/=======/=======|===----\-------\0 Raiden
He couldn't REALLY hit harder than that, right?
As Lightning Spangles finally unleashes the final, explosive kick, her forward momentum comes to a halt. Hitting the ground, she takes a moment to perk back up, striking a pose. "You can't keep a good girl down, big boy! Get on up! You gonna need a whole lot more than-" And swiftly, as he rises, the actress gets swept up. Looking dumbfounded, it takes a moment before Lightning Spangle realizes what happens when she is taken up into his grips.One powerbomb, then two and three! It is almost a mercy when she finds her face between his legs, the woman stunned by the onslaught. But as that final piledriver comes...
Oh, it seems he can hit harder than that.
A tensing of the muscles is what keeps Lightning Spangles free of a broken neck. Bouncing back up into the air, she finally lands a good 15 feet away from the big bear of a man. She doesn't rise up quickly, but a slow, drunken stumble. Her mind wasn't clear. Everything was spinning. And takes two failed attempts before on the third, final one, she is finally back up. "Oh... wow." She says in that thick drawl, still refusing to break character. "Forget the mule, you have a whole gosh darn elephant in there. Looks like it is time to break out the big guns." Slowly breaking out a pose, she finally gets her footing again.
And then comes the first kick.
From 15 feet away, it wasn't going to touch anything. But the first massive ball of energy comes roaring force, shimmering blue. Aiming right for the massive brute of a man, whether it hits him or not will not matter, as it will just infuse him or the nearby target with blue energy. The second kick comes out, this time a blast of red energy. The third, and final kick, comes with white energy, attempting to infuse either Raiden or the surrounding terrain with a shining ripple of red, white and blue energy. LIghtning Spangles crosses her arms. "It's too late now! Time to end this... with a little help from Old Glory." Slowly, she turns, leaping away as the chi detonating all at once. The stage fills with the fireworks blast, showing up on the silver screen...
All in the shape of an American Flag.
COMBATSYS: Raiden fails to interrupt Unforgiven from Jezebel with Giant Bomb.
>> Decisive Hit!! <<
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COMBATSYS: Raiden can no longer fight.
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It is perhaps one of the most brutal moves of the big man. One that has felled several fighters through the years both in the ring and out of it. The move that left a man paralyzed and what had caused Raiden's fall from grace. Something that should have easily taken down Jezebel with ease, but yet the woman somehow gets back up. Even worse she does with that rather smug cowgirl attitude of hers. That might be frustrating the big man more than anything. The patriotic types always are the ones he likes to fold in half the best. He loves his country, but he ain't going to be waving a flag and farting kaolas into kid's hands while shouting 'STRALIA!'.
When she starts to kick he starts to punch. A powerful and simple forward punch that he sends aimed to just knock the air right out of the woman since she seem to be full of it. He just wasn't expecting that blast of energy to perhaps as be as powerful as it ends up being. It goes off right in time to where Jezebel is spared the fate of the meaty fist slamming into her chest to send her flying away once more. Instead it is the masked fighter sent backwards several steps before he teeters on one foot and flails his arms a bit.
He stands there for a moment then he starts to fall backwards and then comes crashing down hard enough to where the concrete under him spiderwebs from the impact. It all happens so fast that really the crowd isn't sure things are really over. Heck, the fight almost happened in a blink of an eye compared to some and some people that went for a bathroom break are going to be mighty angry. From the looks of it it seems that the mighty wrestler is down.
There were a few things playing in Lightning Spangles favor, at least in terms of her spinal cord.
The most important is how you take a life-threatening injury, and make it merely bad. The power bombs were modestly easy to spread out with. As long as Lightning Spangles avoided taking all the impact at one point, nothing would get ruptured. Sure, she was pancaked badly. But that was part of the magic. The hard part was Raiden's coup de grace. The trick was to NOT let the neck snap. Tense up, brace for impact. If the ring can give? Let your head break through the ring. If it can't? Sometimes, like in this case, you just keep your neck straight, and rebound back in the air. A concussion was awful.
But total paralysis was worse.
The final patriotic display is unleashed, and Lightning Spangles breaks into a tumble at the edge of the ring. Rising back up, she is ready for the oncoming attack. She saw that punch coming. But to her fortune, she had just enough kick to slow him down... and stop him. She was loads of style, for sure. Her theatric could annoy the hell out of people. But when it came to substance? She had her own mulekick of power. When the big man falls, the thunderous crash rumbles over. That was fast. Too fast, for the actress. If she was more skilled, she could have drawn out the fight more. It needed more DRAMA. Walking over to the edge, she peers over at the downed man. Wincing at the aftermath. she finally turns back around to the crowd. "Knock out! Wooo wee! Lightning Spangles is the champion!" Giving a salute to the crowd, she just keeps up that winning smile.
"Can I get a Yee-Haaaaw?"
Log created on 19:58:30 06/10/2012 by Jezebel, and last modified on 22:52:33 06/10/2012.