Bethany - FNR: Payday

Description: Adon and Bethany Cale go up against a trio of thugs in the Metro City Mall Parking Lot. It's a long and difficult battle that gets right down to the wire. But the Jaguar of Muay Thai and Bethany Cale come out on top in the end.



Bethany's public exuberance has swiftly declined when the cameras were no longer on her. Resplendent in combat boots, tough jeans and a flak vest, the stunning redhead has no intention of entering the fray in anything less than top form.

"Now I want one thing straight." She says, to the cameramen. "If I bleed. If I get hurt. If I look ridiculous. You, do not capture that. You keep the camera on Adon, or on the crowd. Cut in reaction shots. Even if I am utterly crushed, the people at home go away thinking that I'm brave and competent, if a little rusty. Or, you are fired. Are we understood?"

The cameramen gulp, knowing Bethany is not one prone to make idle threats.

And then the hasty police barricade parts.

The Mall is already showing the signs of damage. A few windows broken, a car set ablaze. Now, Bethany prepares to face it. Her first public fight in over a decade.

And she's had to do it alongside the biggest ham in the fighting world, just to keep him from getting his panties in a twist.

"Tch."

And boy, were his panties twisted.

Adon's public exuberance, however, was almost as miserable in private. Standing by the cameraman, he just stares with hungry bemusement at the 'unmasked' Bethany. If it was anybody else, there might be a loss of respect. But for Adon? It was almost empathetic. As the barricade parts, the former Emperor responds with his usual charm. "FEH! Such a WEAK WOMAN, to SHY away from the INDIGNITY of a LOSS. Of course, that only means I will be getting the MOST screen time. Yes, CAMERAMAN! Make sure that you are FOCUSED on ME! As for YOU, BETHANY..." Adon pauses, lip curled up into a pained grin.

"... Just KEEP out of my WAY!"

Adon swaggers through the breech, arms open wide. Cutting in front of Bethany, he wrenches his head eye, looking over the bridge of his nose at the fallout of the carnage. Sneering wildly, he glancing around some more, before ultimately crying out. "WAAAAAARRIORS!" He cries out in a shrill scream. "Come on OUT you STUPID GANGBANGING DOLTS! Where are ALL of YOU!? PLEASE! If you make me DELAY any LONGER, then I! ADON! The JAGUAR of MUAY THAI! Will be FORCED to HUNT YOU DOWN like the WILD CAT I AM, and SLOWLY RIP YOU APART with my ALL POWERFUL MUAY THAI ARMS!" Pausing for only a breather, Adon finally erupts. "WAAAAAARRIORS!"

"COME OUT TO PLAAAAA-AAAAAAY! Where are those IDIOTS!?"

Outside the Metro City Mall today, there is a relatively small gang presence... at least five gang members to each of the would-be heroes making their way into the parking lot. Judging by the flipped patrol cars and unconscious police officers, as well as the sheer damage done to the outside of the mall and any cars left in the lot, there may have once been more of them. But the masses of citizens have since fled, giving the bulk of the gangers little reason to stick around.

Those that have stuck around are likely bored mooks, looking to loaf about and have a good time... or have an impromptu match in the now nearly vacant lot.

That is exactly what two of the left over bangers are doing right this moment. Two men, both of them easily heavy weights, are facing one another in aggressive fighting stances as a crowd of thugs stand about cheering and shouting loudly. Behind them, another ganger lies across the front side of a busted up Honda with a baseball cap over his eyes... probably asleep. And all of this activity under the heat of the mid-day's sun.

The two large men take turns swinging at each other with meaty fists, neither of them actually hitting... eliciting yet more shouts of excitement from the small crowd of roughians.

...Then Adon's shouting is heard halfway across the parking lot as he and Bethany Cale make their way throug the police blockades. "Hey, hey, hey!!!" One of the roughians in the crowd shouts to the two fighters. "Stop! Hey, look...!" He points a dirtied finger, coated in dried motor oil, toward the intruding pair. "Isn't that ADON and that busyness wench?? Hehehe... let's go show 'em a good time, yeah?" The suggestion is taken first by the gathered crowd, and then by the fighters themselves... reluctantly.

Within a few moments, the pair and their cameraman would have a rather large body ne'er-do-wells waking toward them menacingly. One of the monsters who were fighting before are at the fore, a blonde of roughly six feet three and weighing two hundred and thirty pounds. His sirty hair is tied back in a pony tail and, hanging out the back of a baseball cap. He's wearing all worn and ragged denim... "...Sup, chumps?? nYou come to get beat?" Yes, apparently, this fool believes he can take Adon... never mind what Bethany Cale will contribute.

COMBATSYS: Jacob has started a fight here on the left meter side.

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COMBATSYS: El Nido has joined the fight here on the left meter side.

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Jacob            0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Nyles has joined the fight here on the left meter side.

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El Nido          0/-------/-------|
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Jacob            0/-------/-------|


Bethany rolls her eyes at Adon's words. If he wants to rush in and do the dirty work, that's fine by her. Stooping to get her hands dirty in this fashion sits badly with her. But, it should boost the ratings. People cowering in their homes, looking for heroes to step up and help them. She couldn't have asked for a better opportunity to obtain ratings for the Friday Night Rumble.

"Are we rolling?" She asks, getting a nod from the cameraman behind her. She smiles, then, and tosses her hair behind her head. "I know you're eager, Adon." She says, with a smile. "But its been a while since I did this, so please, let me warm up a little, first."

And she does just that. Apparently completely ignoring the crowd of ruffians, she stretches her arms above her head, and twists around, turning to face the camera. Slowly, she bends over, stretching her left leg, and her right... she can see them, and she's, more than happy to give them a show as she loosens herself up and tries to get the measure of the thugs.

COMBATSYS: Bethany has joined the fight here on the right meter side.

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Nyles            0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-------|
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Jacob            0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Bethany focuses on her next action.

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Nyles            0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-------|
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Jacob            0/-------/-------|


At least they knew his name.

Adon continues to take the lead, as Bethany gives her fanservice show. Naturally, Adon casts a glance behind him why she descripts herself 'warming up.' "Is THAT what they CALL IT? WARMING UP? TRULY, the only WARMING UP it GIVES is the WARMING of my GREAT JAGGA LOINS!" Looking over her with hungry eyes, Adon eventually tears his attention away from the lusty form of his companion... and brings it back on the trio of riffraff.

Scorn in his eyes.

"Of COURSE, my LOINS only GROW STRONGER with GIRDING as I look upon YOU!" Sneering, Adon just waltzes towards the blonde, arms wide open. "You FOOLS. You MAROONS! You are NOTHING BUT TRASH! I! ADON! THE JAGUAR OF MUAY THAI! Will not EVEN LET YOU have a MOMENT to SURRENDER!" Dropping for only a second up on one foot, Adon doesn't hesitate, as he eases into range. Hurling himself forward with a bounding pounce, the former Emperor takes to the air, hurling himself into the fray with reckless abandon. Screaming, he leads with a flying Muay Thai knee, attempting to simply plow through the man with full force.

"JAGGAAAAAA!!!!"

COMBATSYS: Adon has joined the fight here on the right meter side.

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Nyles            0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Adon successfully hits Jacob with Medium Kick.
- Jagga Hit! -

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Nyles            0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/--=====|


As Bethany takes the throng of rougians less-than-seriously by doing her warm up exercises, the blonde at the fore frowns more than slightly. Despite this, he says next to nothing yet and simply stops in place a ways across from the pair and their one man camera crew. When he stops, the entire crowd comes to a halt... including the even larger man immediately behind him.

This man, who was the other heavy weight involved in that little scrap earlier, is wearing a pair of torn ebony jeans and black leather choker about his thick neck. He's barefooted and his mocha-colored chest is completely exposed, with that choker looking so tight as to be uncomfortable. This man might not be recognizeable as such, given he's not wearing his showy get-up, is washed-up professional wrestling heel El Nido. Few except the most avid fans would know him, however, for he got relieved of his job after only his third match. Even for a heel, he broke far too many rules. His well-oiled jet black hair is slicked back on his head, deep borwn eyes focused entirely upon Adon in an impassive stare.

Beside that well-muscled mountain of a man, is a compartively frail-looking woman with firey red mane and emerald green eyes. She doesn't look like much of a fighter, despite looking every bit a part of this gang dressed in her own ragged denims and loose white T, but for those sensitive to chi she has a very noticeable amount of it. Both her and El Nido remain quiet as 'Jacob', who is in fact a Shadaloo grunt incognito, speaks up again. His baby blue eyes are regarding Bethany Cale particularly, "So, I'll ask you again..."

...and before he can finish his speech, the freight train of pain being driven by Adon comes CRASHING into him... sending him airborne! This REALLY gets people moving, with the large gang of thugs fanning out to either side, and the woman and El Nido are the only ones left standing there.

Immediately as Adon charges in, the woman with firey red mane suddenly bursts into ACTUAL flames... coated in raw flame-based chi. A vicious grin winds its way into her features then, as El Nido plods forward suddenly from behind where Jacob stood... and attempts to grab Adon about the shoulders and flip him upside down. If he can manage, he'll then PILEDRQIVE the Muay Thai emperor into the concrete below with a animalistic grunt.

Once El Nido is finished, fail or not, the flaming female thug then launches a rather large bolt of explosive chi directly toward... Bethany Cale?

Jacob, meanwhile, crashes into an already half-way destroyed vehicle headfirst in the background with a LOUD bang... his body making a dent in the hood. "Ugh...."

COMBATSYS: Jacob focuses on his next action.

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Nyles            0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/--=====|


COMBATSYS: Bethany overcomes Generic Fireball from Nyles with Black Magic Woman.

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Nyles            0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/--=====|


Bethany isn't particularly sensitive to chi; her use of it is, somewhat sloppy, more flash and instinct than any real skill. Much like everything else she has turned her hand to, though, she has an infuriating ability to make that instinct work for her when she wants it to. For instance, right now. She's mid-way into her stretches when the fireball comes burning in for her.

And she keeps on stretching, leaning far over to the left. The blast of energy is rocketing in swiftly, but she can see it coming, and if she's nervous at all, it doesn't show.

With a sudden burst of speed, bright blue energy crackles up her arm, and she completes the revolution. There's a light 'hyah' and the energy tears from her fingertips, and meets the brighter flare full-on. The other woman might have a brilliant talent for it, she might have a huge amount of the world's energy she can call on.

But Bethany makes sure her counter looks ~good~.

The bright blue bolt slices through the incoming mass, dispersing it neatly to either side, and she begins to sashay towards the woman, preceded by a washing wave of bright blue power that surges, arrow-like, towards her.

"Girl, you want to start running now. Because I might just beat you up, but that guy?" And she jerks her thumb towards Adon. "I don't even want to think about it."

COMBATSYS: Bethany successfully hits Nyles with Black Magic Woman.

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Nyles            0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/--=====|


COMBATSYS: Adon endures El Nido's Quick Throw.

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Nyles            0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/--=====|


Adon earned first blood.

And he was already getting high off it.

Tearing into Jacob, the howl from the former Emperor heralds the bloodlust of Muay Thai. Adon lusted for women, violence, power. Raw, unbridled yearning. And yet, for all his want, all he desire, something was different now. He still felt that the world owed him something. It was shown as his knee drives deep into the man, sending him flying. It was seen as he simply stands tall as El Nido comes roaring in, letting the wrestler piledriver him to the dirt. And it is heard when Adon, cackling loudly, responds to the attack

"Is that IT?!"

Surging back with redoubled force, Adon blood lust came in like a ghost. Knee thrusting, Adon was throwing himself at El Nido, he attempts to reverse the hold. El Nido was so close, he could taste the fear. Should Adon manage to stun El Nido long enough, the former Emperor will roll around, cling to the wrestler, and rise back up with a sneer....

And hurling punch after punch straight into the groin of the wrestler.

"KYA HA HAAAA!"

COMBATSYS: El Nido endures Adon's Fierce Punch.
~ Cruel hit! ~

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Nyles            0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/--=====|


'Nyles' looks positively infuriated as Bethany overpowers her chi blast and sends another straight for her. Not just for the overpowering, however... it's for the blatant sex appeal and showiness of the other woman as well. "...Looks like the harlot isn't just a pretty face..." She sneers, her face slightly obscured by the raging scarlet inferno surrounding her.

As Bethany's own chi blast closes in on her, the frail red-head in loose white T simply... stands there... allowing the blue bolt of chi to collide with her raging aura overflowing with energy. ...and for a brief moment, that light blue chi washes over her... suffusing that scarlet torrent of flaming chi. Then, it is swallow whole by her aura... simply disappearing into the flames with little to show for. The flat-chested inferno seems a little /pissed/ though. "You dare pollute me with your energy, you whore!!!" With an angry shout, the female fighters rushes Bethany and attempts to latch onto her arm with one of her own. If she succeeds, she'll wrench Ms. Cale's arm in a way it really shouldn't go, with a strength that defies her frail form, and then promptly attempt to arm bar her with her free arm and knock her off her feet even whilst burning with that wild inferno of energy.

El Nido, meanwhile, is having a much harder time with the ex-Emperor of Muay Thai. Adon's knee strikes true, causing the mountain of a man to bow over. When the series of punches to his groin comes? His legs simply buckle under the pain that shoots through his entire nervous system... "OOOoooh..." A high-pitched groan escapes him as he collapses... rolling away from Adon while clutching his manhood on instinct. "Ugh... even for me..." He then finds the strength to stand a moment or so later... slowly... "That was dirty..." Once he's back on his feet, El Nido immediately charges back toward Adon with monsterous ROAR... attempting to repay Adon's 'kindness' with a little of his own... a massive knee is then sent flying for those 'Jagga Loins' hed been so proudly ranting about earlier.

Jacon, meanwhile, has recovered from Adon's earlier assault on him. The tall, blonde, heavy weight stalks back in toward the fight... his cap now missing from his head. Wordlessly, he rushes in... booted feet pounding the pavemeNT... anD simply levels a hearty booted kick toward Adon from the side.

COMBATSYS: Bethany blocks Nyles' Awesome Chi Throw.

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Nyles            0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/----===|


Bethany is almost contemptuous in her response to the raging woman. Her arm is grabbed, and for a moment, her fingers net with the other's. She twists back, and though the energy flares up around her... it doesn't bother her too much. It is a little irritating, but she's still smirking.

"You ought to accept it." She says, "Your look? Dumpster diver has /never/ been in fashion."

Both hands come back, and then she's surging forwards. Aiming to snare the woman by the back, and crush her up against her, chest to chest. It is... surprising. There's an incredible amount of force in Bethany's frame, far more than anyone could guess from looking at her.

And then she swings her around, and takes her down heavily to the floor. If she manages it, the woman will be smashed brutally into the dirt, and the force will shudder up through her, into her lungs, before she stands up, and runs her fingers through her hair.

If the judo-knowledgable audience at home are very... charitable... they will take this as evidence that Bethany is very much out of practice. After all, that was a fairly terrifying example of the Daki Age - a technique banned in competition for... a very long time, due to the amount of potential for things to go very /wrong/ and permanently injure the opponent!

COMBATSYS: Adon dodges El Nido's Low Blow.

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Nyles            0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/----===|


COMBATSYS: Adon dodges Jacob's Dead Stop.

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Nyles            0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/---====|


COMBATSYS: Nyles blocks Bethany's Breaking the Law.

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Nyles            0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/---====|


Ah, fighting groups.

As Adon pours into the brute's groin, he howls with laughter. "You FOOL! I! ADON! THE JAGUAR OF MUAY THAI! Am TRULY the DOMINATOR of GROINS! My MUAY THAI is the ART! YOUR LOINS are my CANVAS! And my FISTS... SHALL BE MY BRUSH!!!!" Adon's screams were piercing through the mall, the Former Emperor's presence boiling forth in raw fury. By the time El Nido was back on his feet... Adon was hurling in, looming over him. The only thing stopping him from tearing apart the poor gangster, and it is very clear at this point they are all poor gangsters, was the fact that his partner was surging in at the Jaguar's flank. Adon's eyes glint at the sound of pounding feet. As El Nido and Jacob surge to the Emperor in unison...

The former emperor vaults to the air, sailing high out of their reach.

Moonsaulting backwards behind Jacob, Adon smile was in full force."What RUBES!" The arrogant Muay Thai master chides, as he lands behind the blonde. "You think my technique is DIRTY? TRULY you have NO IDEA of how EXCEPTIONAL MUAY THAI can BE. PERHAPS it is WELL SUITED to EXPLAIN to ALL OF YOU WORTHLESS SCUM the TRUE TECHNIQUE of MUAY THAI. If you THINK you can STOP such a POWERFUL and OVERWHELMING TALENTED FIGHTER like MYSELF, then you both have NARY a SINGLE BRAINCELL BETWEEN YOU!" The Emperor's squeal is met with a leap back towards Jacob's shoulders, attempting to bound over him... and grab his shoulders. Should he be successful, he will elegantly hurl the brute hard over his head, and smash him right at El Nido's feet.


"JAGGA CARRY!"

COMBATSYS: Jacob fails to interrupt Jaguar Carry from Adon with Chin Music.
- Power fail! -

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Nyles            0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/=======|


'Nyles' scoffs, venom dripping from her tongue as she replies to Bethany's taunt, even as Bethany's dainty fingers curl around her neck. "Better a strong, independent, woman who fights for her survival than to be a harlot who gets by on opening up shop for whichever man will pay her for the privilege..." She chokes out, feeling Bethany's grip close far too tightly for her comfort. As Bethany attempts to draw her close, however, the one woman inferno jerks herself out of Bethany's grasp as she backs up... and then promptly swings a hard knee for her midsection. Less than a moment after the knee is thrown, that torrent of scarlet energy is snuffed out by Nyles's will.

And she's breathing pretty hard, not just from being strangled to the point of bruising by Bethany but also from her own energy expenditure. She'd need to conserve a bit more than she's been doing apparently, her little show was already taking its toll on her stamina.

El Nido is caught off-guard as Adon deftly takes to the sky, the wrestlers knee finding naught but air, and can only stare on in horror at what coes next. In the space of the time it takes him to place his boot on the ground and turn to face Adon again, the gang leader is assaulted and hurled through the air at his feet violently. Jacob's failure to pop Adon in the chin as he attempted his throw netted him only pain, as the concrete explodes shortly after where his face impacts. "Ugh..." The mountainous blonde thug, groans... a torrent of blood rushing forth from a busted lip and a severely cut up face.

El Nido snarls, angrily, as the full weight of Adon's arrogant boasting finally hits him. "Man, you really need to shut the HELL UP!" Lumbering forward toward the nimble Jaguar again, El Nido reaches out with massive, meaty, hands in attempt to get his neck in a steel vice-grip. If he can manage, he'll take out all of his rage on Adon - both for mocking him as well as for injuring a comrade - by strangling the life out of him!

COMBATSYS: Bethany blocks Nyles' Light Kick.

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Nyles            0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/=======|


Bethany is more amused than anything else, by the insult from her opponent. She smiles easily, and her hand grasps the knee, and shoves it backwards. "I don't answer to anyone. I do what I want, when I want. Hell. You think I'm fighting you for real?"

There's a light titter as she brings her hand up, and flexes the light bruising out of it. "Smile for the camera and dance to ~my~ tune, girl!"

Both hands come back into play, and she aims to grab the woman by the backside. Hefting her up, Bethany is practically a one-woman tornado. She might not have succeeded in making a clean impact so far, but she aims to change that all at once, swinging her around in one, two, three revolutions before HURLING her into the burning car. She's not even sure if she's right; it is taking a heck of a lot for her to keep up with this woman... but if she can keep up the charade that this is easy, and if her plan works and she gets her telling blow, that may just be all that she needs.

COMBATSYS: Adon dodges El Nido's Blatent Chokes.

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Nyles            0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0          Bethany
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El Nido          0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0             Adon
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Jacob            0/-------/=======|


Brutal.

Still roaring through, Adon was letting Bethany play with her little girl toy. The former Emperor was at ease tearing apart these two pieces of garbage. His limbs were growing bloody; not from his own wounds, but from the horrific injuries the Jaguar has caused. Landing firmly, his position was opening, his balance off. And yet, as El Nido comes surging in, the former Emperor's smile was sincere... and manical.

"Oh, you want to shut me up?"

The leering grin was burning sickly, as Adon begins in a soft voice. "Is that what you want? You want to MAKE ME SILENT? What FANCIFUL, CHILD-LIKE DREAMS! You are NOTHING MORE than DIRT! I! ADON! THE JAGUAR OF MUAY THAI! Will not be SILENCED by the LIKES of such RIFF-RAFF!"

"GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!"

As the grips of the great wrestler comes to bear, Adon simply parries the incoming palms, pushing away from the grasping limbs as he repositions himself. Standing a scant 2 yards away, the Muay Thai master suddenly explodes back. Attempting to unleash a frightful roundhouse kick towards the brute, he will try to smash the man to the ground... and finish the assault with a slam of his other heel.

Aiming right for the wrestler's groin again.

COMBATSYS: Bethany successfully hits Nyles with Rock You Like A Hurricane.

[                \\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////       ]
Nyles            1/------=/=======|=======\-------\1          Bethany
[           \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////    ]
El Nido          0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0             Adon
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            0/-------/=======|


COMBATSYS: El Nido interrupts Strong Kick from Adon with Eye Gouge.

[                \\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////       ]
Nyles            1/------=/=======|=======\-------\1          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////      ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0             Adon
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            0/-------/=======|


There's a loud *WHUMPF* followed by a crashing of metal as the firey red-head is sent hurtling through the air like an arrow by Bethany Cale and smashes into the backside of a flaming car. The car then gives way, collapsing under the force of the blow due to its frame having been already tremendously weakened by whatever manner of disaster was visited upon it earlier. ... There is a prolonged space of time in whicch she does not emerge from the burning scrap heap again...

...And while she and Bethany are scrapping all by themselves, El Nido is still struggling to deal with mighty Jaguar of Muay Thai. Adon leaps backwards away from the wrestler after successfully parrying his grab without effort, causing the massive mook to bare his teeth infrustration. But as that roundhouse kick comes in, and strikes his sturdy side, El Nido lashes out to restrain it before it can be jerked away again... in spite of the PAIN surging through him now due to broken ribs. "I SAID... shut the FUCK UP!" He then quickly lashes out for Jaguar of Muay Thai's regal visage... and jabs him in the EYES with meaty fingers!

...And while Nido has Adon captured momentarily, the recovering Jacob wastes no time rushing back in to attempt possibly yet another ill-fated attack on Adon. A powerful body tackle aided by running momentum and two hundred pounds of muscle! "Die, you bastard!" Admittedly, this attack takes just about all of the will he can muster as... between the blood loss and the broken bones his body just doesn'tw ant to cooperate. This would be evidentt in the fact that, hit or no, Jacob stumbles visibly toward the end of it.

As for Nyles...

Suddenly the heap of scrap metal EXPLODES violent outward as the woman bursts from the vehicle in flames herself once more. Her aura is raging far more excitedly than it had before as she rushes Bethany Cale... chi surging through and around her lithe body and spreading out into the air. If she can manage to, she's going to charge Bethany and plant both hands firmly upon the swell of her breasts... and then chi will EXPLODE outward from her hands violently as she attempts to blow a hole through the frontside of the woman and straight through her!

The rest of the gang members seem content to simply holler and cheer excitedly at the energetic rumble now taking place before them. None of them are interfering right now.

COMBATSYS: Nyles successfully hits Bethany with Surging Chi Strike.

[                \\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////              ]
Nyles            0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////      ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0             Adon
[                  \\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            0/-------/=======|


COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Adon with Shadaloo Smash.
# Disabling hit! #

[                \\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////              ]
Nyles            0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0             Adon
[                  \\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            1/-------/=======|


The resurgance of Nyles takes Bethany by surprise more because she'd assumed that the woman would take the sensible option and stay down after being ploughed firmly into the car. When the woman makes her assault again, she hmphs, and straightens herself.

The hands firm purchase, and there's a bright burst of energy, forcing Bethany to stumble backwards a few paces. Her eyes narrow, and the business woman tosses her hair back behind her head. It certainly looks like, from a glimpse, Adon's fight is going far more in his favor than hers...

Throwing herself back onto the offensive, the woman's outfit seems to have stood up to the energy assault quite admirably. She leads, this time, with one hand. Aiming to grab Nyles by the hair, and yank her head back hard. If she can achieve that firm grip... then the rest will follow.

It isn't a complicated throw, but it is powerful and terrifying. Aiming to swing the woman around, and slam her into the ground. Perhaps the woman is ready for this impact after the last; it is certainly nowhere near as bone-shaking as that one.

But she doesn't stop there, instead, she brings one heel down, hard, aiming for the stomach and driving in deep. "You know." She muses, "Its almost a waste. You've got some talent, kid. Should have signed up... with the winning side."

And then she starts to really lay in with her boot, smashing over and over into her stomach.

COMBATSYS: Nyles fails to interrupt Welcome to the Jungle from Bethany with Takedown Rush.

[                         \\\\\  < >  ////////////////              ]
Nyles            1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0             Adon
[                  \\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            1/-------/=======|


And suddenly, momentum stalls.

The finishing heel drop was visciously interrupted as Adon suddenly finds his eyes torn into. "GRAAAGH!" Came the cry as Adon takes the gouge to the eyes. Eyes burning, the Emperor's presence was a roaring mess of agony. But roar the Jaguar does. The shrill cry comes with an unyielding grin. Even as he was tackled to the ground, pinned down with his own broken rib, he was slowing down. But through the pain was that bonecutting sneer. Adon's pride had yet to wane. And as the pain comes...

It demands company.

Adon's attention shifts from El Nido to the blonde again, the unbridled anger surging back with fiercesome force. "FOOL! CLOWN! You DARE ANGER your BETTER?!" The Former Emperor questions blood dribbling from his eyes. Surging back up to a stand of utter presence, he was building to a frenzy. Only Jacob's tackle stalls the unstoppable rage of the Jaguar of Muay Thai. And in its place? Both fists firing forward, aiming right for the man's ribs. To collide bone against broken bone. This wasn't to spar with the man anymore. This was the grind his bones into dust.

While they still say within his body.

COMBATSYS: Jacob blocks Adon's Strong Punch.

[                         \\\\\  < >  ////////////////              ]
Nyles            1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  /////////////////////         ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0             Adon
[                    \\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            1/------=/=======|


Nyles' eyes go wide with surprise as her absolute WORST chi attack somehow does little more than singe Bethany Cale's clothes. An attack that would have killed lesser fighters, and sent them flying in the process. Then her aura begins to wane again, the girl baring her teeth as her body almost fails to hold itself up from the sheer effort that last attack took.

Then, adding insult to injury, Bethany grabs the girl's scarlet locks and hurls her around by the hair of her head and slams her HARD into the pavement... tearing out a good bit of her mane in the process. Not satisfied with simply downing the girl, Ms. Cale tshen proceeds to drive her pointed heels into her abdomen time and time again!

...But even this is not enough to put the explosively tempered chi-user down permanently. The red head climbs to her feet slowly, a dark chuckle emitted from her as she reaches her full height again. A touch of crimson fluid is wiped from her mouth with her right hand, "...Don't dismiss me just yet, bitch. Just because you aren't dead yet doesn't mean it isn't coming..."

Then, her body begins to glow a subtle scarlet as the dangerous chi-wielding thug begins to channel chi from her surroundings again. She exhales softly... a burst of flame erupting from her lips and then winking out... as her lips curl into a smirk. "...I've got more talent in my little finger than you have in your whole body. ... Though, I suppose that's a given. The only thing that even passes for talent on you is filling your bra..."

El Nido releases Adon's leg at about the time Jacob SLAMS into him full force, allowing the blonde man to simply tackle him to the pavement with his full body weight aided by momentum. As Adon attempts to punch hhim in the ribs, the blonde man manages to find enough strength to block both fists with his meaty hands. The punches pack so much power, however, they threaten to break his wrists though. "GAAAAAHHH!" He shouts, in PAIN, even as he now attempts to seize those fists of Adon's in a vicegrip and use them as leverage to try and twist and bend his arms and body in ways joints really SHOULD NOT bend. If he can manage th first bit, he'll push his knee firmly into Adon's spine after he's done so and proceedd to pull his arms back... threatening to pull joints out of socket.

El Nido contributes his share, regardles of whether Jacob's attack works or not, by runnning up to Adon and planting a heavy boot wherever it will go. Several times.

COMBATSYS: Nyles gathers her will.

[                        \\\\\\  < >  ////////////////              ]
Nyles            1/--=====/=======|===----\-------\0          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  /////////////////////         ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0             Adon
[                    \\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            1/------=/=======|


Bethany really is impressed by the woman's persistence; there's no lie there, for once. If it was /her/, she'd have slunk off with her tail between her legs by now. She knows. It wasn't that long ago that she was running with Mad Gear, and getting your ass beat down is a depressing and painful experience, no matter how skilled you might think you are.

But the constant insults? Yawn.

"No, no. See, you're the stupid redhead getting hot under the collar." She says, and drops the strands to scatter on the pavement. "I'm the beautiful and talented redhead who has already won this."

When Bethany advances, it is in a sudden dash, and her grip is totally different. Rather than going for the waist or below, or rip out chunks of hair, she aims to grab the woman by the arm.

It's, a galling finishing move, if it succeeds; designed for the cameras rather than her opponent. If Bethany gets her way, the world will be treated to the sight of the fiery redhead being twisted by her arm, yanked backwards, and then brought down hard between Bethany's feet with a bump onto her backside.

Before she nudges her foot onto the back of her head, and makes her opponent kiss the dirt with a cocky grin.

COMBATSYS: Nyles blocks Bethany's I Wanna Rock.

[                         \\\\\  < >  //////////////                ]
Nyles            1/-======/=======|====---\-------\0          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  /////////////////////         ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0             Adon
[                   \\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Adon with The Mangler.

[                         \\\\\  < >  //////////////                ]
Nyles            1/-======/=======|====---\-------\0          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////              ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1             Adon
[                   \\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Adon fails to interrupt Light Kick from El Nido with Rising Jaguar.

[                         \\\\\  < >  //////////////                ]
Nyles            1/-======/=======|=======\-------\0          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////                  ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0             Adon
[                   \\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Adon blitzes into action and acts again!

[                         \\\\\  < >  //////////////                ]
Nyles            1/-======/=======|=======\-------\0          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////                  ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0             Adon
[                   \\\\\\\\\\\  <
Jacob            0/-------/-------|


And then, arrogance is struck down.

Unlike the elegant Bethany, Adon had well overextended himself. Still in the midst of the pair, he was drowning in the men. The double punch created some opportunity. El Nido was moving in with the heavy boot. Adon was still low. Readying his body, he tries to recover from the punch, and fire up with a rising knee. But as Jacob seizes his arms, he feels the painful wrench.... jerking him from the attack. Body bruised and bleeding, every part of him was in pain. But he was not slowing down. Eyes bloodshot and blood stained, he suddenly screams.

"HOW DARE YOU INTERRUPT ME!!!!"

Blood was pouring from the Emperor as he begins to go berserk. Tearing out of the loss of momentum, he fires awa madly. The Jaguar of Muay Thai was now more violence than man. Trying to latch around the collar of Jacob, Adon will throw himself into the man's chest. Knee after knee will be hurled, surging with total, complete power. He was going to rip him apart, aiming kick after kick into the sternum... before smashing him to the ground with a slam. "MAKE ME BLEED FOOLS!"

"MAKE ME BLEED!!!"

COMBATSYS: Adon successfully hits Jacob with Jaguar Slam.
- Jagga Hit! -

[                         \\\\\  < >  //////////////                ]
Nyles            1/-======/=======|=======\-------\0          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////                   ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0             Adon
[                           \\\  <
Jacob            0/-------/=======|


The firey woman's smirk remains, even despite Bethany Cale shrugging off her catty insult and firing off one of her own. The air sure was heated over on this side of the parking lot, and it wasn't the woman's chi either.

As that rushed and grab maneuver comes, the weakened red-head allows it... letting the snarky, haughty, rich girl get close enough to grab her arm. But then... she does something a little... /twisted/. Instead of allowing herself to be thrown to the ground, the woman with flowing locks the colorof flames /WRENCHES/ her own arm... tearing her own shoulder right out of socket just so she can manage to get to Bethany's backside. She then attempts to plant a dainty, bruised and bloodied, other hand into the small of her opponent's back... as a surge of explosive chi rushes down that very arm and threatens to explode outward from her palm. "Boom..." She whispers, darkly, just a moment before the attack is scheduled to hit. Whether it will, or whether Bethany Cale will once again prove she's too fast for the girl remains to be seen...

Jacob grins maliciously aas he manages to pin Adon to the ground and wrench his body into painful positions beneath him. "Hahaah... how do you like that... does it feel GOOD?!" That grin widens even more as his partner manages to successfully get a solid kick in on him too! "Man, you sound like a..."

...And before he can say 'angry weasel', Adon escapes from his hold and drives both knees into his sternum several times in succession.... the final knee packing sufficient force to simply launch him into the air again...

...Where, after a moment or so, he rockets back toward the earth head first toward Adon... aided by gravity... andd completely unconsscious.

El Nido, meanwhile, stands by... staring up into the sky as his buddy achieves lower orbit throug the powerof MUAY THAI!!! He's rather stunned, and doesn't manage to recover fully until AFTER Jacob's unconscious form comes back down. ... Ralizing he'd better mount an offense on Adon before he recovers though... the enormous mountain of muscle rushes in and attempts to seize Adon by the throat and then slam him backward into the ass end of a nearby vehicle. "RRRRRAAAH!"

COMBATSYS: Nyles successfully hits Bethany with Point-Blank Chi Blast.
- Power hit! -

[                          \\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
Nyles            1/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\===----\1          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////                   ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0             Adon
[                           \\\  <
Jacob            0/-------/=======|


COMBATSYS: Jacob can no longer fight.

[                          \\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
Nyles            1/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\====---\1          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////                   ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0             Adon


Well, Bethany has to hand it to the girl, she's just full of surprises.

The point blank detonation of energy swallows Beth whole. The eruption sends her sprawling, and though her protective clothing still holds, her head is definitely ringing. Alright; enough is enough. This girl has put up a good fight, but Bethany is tired of taking this punishment.

Condescention hasn't worked. It is time for unrelenting violence.

Coming in fast, Bethany aims to grab the woman by the backside again - and again, she'll find herself swung around. The difference is that where before, she'd been swung horizontally, into the car, this time, she is pitched straight upwards.

If that is successful, Bethany proves that there was more to her former titles than mere empty boasting. She had once, years ago, been a genuine Champion. There's some of that skill on display now, as she is suddenly /behind/ the woman in mid air.

Her knee finds her spine, and both arms would be wrenched back behind her as she aims to /drive/ the woman into the floor. No messing around. No more holding back. Bethany is bloodied, and injuried. Hurting, tired, frustrated and upset. She'd /tried/ to end this in a humiliating - but relatively restrained - fashion.

Now she wants to snap this arrogant little upstart's neck.

COMBATSYS: Jacob successfully hits Adon with Head Bomber.
Glancing Blow

[                          \\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
Nyles            1/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|-------\-------\0          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  /////////                     ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0             Adon


COMBATSYS: Adon dodges El Nido's Improvised Throw.

[                          \\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
Nyles            1/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|-------\-------\0          Bethany
[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  /////////                     ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0             Adon


Cruelty.

Adon destroys a man's ribcage. There is little more that can be described of a chest that takes the full brunt of an angry Jaguar. The fallen Emperor was on a frantic rampage, tearing apart everything and everyone. By the time he finishes off the gangster, his bloodlust was not even satiated. The blonde hurls out a final headsmash, which does, in fact, make contact against the Emperor. A grazing blow, striking him in the upper arm as he twists away...

And around to the incoming El Nido.

A hand shoots for his throat, which Adon instinctively ducks underneath. Tumbling backwards, he sweeps cleanly off the ground into a leap to the aerial. An acrobatic, overly flamboyant technique that brings the former Emperor to the wall. That psychotic, toothy smile was in full force once again, Adon bounding off the wall into a front flip. The Emperor was growing fatigued, he was pushing himself far past his limits. And yet, as he screams out his finishing technique, his coup de grace, he thunders straight for the wrestler, foot burning with orange energy.

To drive that heel hard into the teeth of the gangster.

"JAGGA KEEK!"

COMBATSYS: Nyles fails to interrupt Stairway to Heaven from Bethany with Awesome Chi Strike.

[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0          Bethany
                                  >  /////////                     ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0             Adon


COMBATSYS: Nyles can no longer fight.

[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
El Nido          1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0          Bethany
                                  >  /////////                     ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0             Adon


COMBATSYS: El Nido blocks Adon's Jaguar Kick.

[                     \\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
El Nido          1/--=====/=======|-------\-------\0          Bethany
                                  >  /////////                     ]
                                  |======-\-------\0             Adon


Shortly after her attack finds Bethany Cale's backside, Nyles finds herself flung high into the air and then grabbed from behind by a furious Bethany Cale. Knees then pound into her spine powerfully and she soons finds herself being smashed face first into the concrete... bones, and pride, broken and thoroughly unconscious.

Adon, meanwhile, is growing wilder and wilder by the moment, ironically due to the toll the fight has taken on him thus far. El Nido finds himself in a very dangerous position, facing a very powerul and angry Jaguar now entirely by himself.

As Adon bounds off of the wall and screams toward him, heel burning with chi energy... the massive wrestler throws up his trunk-like arms in an attempt to stop the blow from hitting his face. And stop it he does, though the force of the blow /still/ drives him back into the car he attempted to hurl Adon into. He can feel his bones strain, and nearly fracture, under the crushing force of the strike. But just after he finishes blocking the attack, he roars back at Adon with one of his own.... he....

COMBATSYS: Adon blocks El Nido's Dirty Deeds Done Dirty Cheap.

[                      \\\\\\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
El Nido          0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0          Bethany
                                  >  //////                        ]
                                  |=======\-------\0             Adon


...And attempts a grab on the Emperor of Muay Thai, a single hard knee to lead off followed by a series of hard strikes if the first connects and a attempting to then slam his face into the rear end of the vehicle. But given Adon's speed, it'll probably miss in its entirety...

Bethany looks down at her erstwhile opponent. Irritated as she has been by the woman, she's exhausted, aching, and now that she turns around, it seems like Adon is failing to take out his share of the idiot thugs anywhere near as quickly as she had anticipated. "Alright." She murmurs, "If that's how it is going to be."

Reaching down, she grabs the woman by her hair again. Unconscious she might be, but on some level, Bethany really hopes she can /feel/ this. "Next time." She snarls, "Learn how to take a dive."

Quite suddenly, she HURLS the woman at El Nido's back, putting as much force into the pitched toss as she can muster. She's tired and she wants to go back to her penthouse, but she's damned if she's going to let this end as anything other than a definite, undeniable victory.

"NOW TAKE YOUR DAMN WOMAN, AND GET THE HELL OUT OF MY CITY!" She roars, putting on a pretty good impression of someone who /isn't/ about ready to collapse exhausted.

COMBATSYS: El Nido slows Large Thrown Object from Bethany with Thrown Object.

[                        \\\\\\  < >  //////                        ]
El Nido          0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0          Bethany
                                  >  //////                        ]
                                  |=======\-------\0             Adon


Death notice.

For Adon, El Nido was already out. It was simply a matter of when. For all of Adon's desire to be seen as a hero... he was just as bloodthirsty as ever. Recovering from the heel smash, he watches as El Nido take the opening. A grab makes contact, and the knee comes surging in. Adon, in the clinch, brings his own knee to bear, stopping the kick with a kick. As Adon is slammed, however, the former Emperor breaks free of the grapple, just as Bethany hurls in the other gangster she was toying with. El Nido would almost certainly be distracted. And whenever someone becomes distracted...

It creates an opening for the Former Emperor.

As the body comes flying in towards Nido, Adon takes the momentum to the car. Making a plant on it, the Emperor almost immediately leaps off the vehicle, taking back to the air. Surging airborne, the arrogant martial artists flies wild, a jumping kick with a foot thrusted straight. Adon was aiming that kick straight for the back of the gangster's skull, aiming to use the distraction as a coup de grace. Both figuratively...

And quite literally.

"JAGGA TOOTH!!!"

COMBATSYS: Adon successfully hits El Nido with Jaguar Tooth.
-+- CALCULATED HIT -+-

[                                < >  //////                        ]
El Nido          1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0          Bethany
                                  >  /////                         ]
                                  |=======\-------\1             Adon


After failing to deal with the Emperor of Muay Thai as well as he'd have liked to, the wrestler who's name translates to 'The Nest' in espanol manages to see the unconscious red-head being hurled at his person. He then does possibly the most ungentlemanly thing he could possibly do, and reaches out grab a nearby fire hydrant. He then YANKS it up out of the concrete, unleashing a torrent of water into the open air, and hurls the metal object in an attempt to knock the woman's limp body off course.

But he is entirely too slow, and the thrown hydrant only succeeds in grazing her... putting a bit of a spin on the incoming body as it slams into his frame. He stumbles back a bit, before tossing her useless body to the ground. "Damn it..." Ordinarily, the girl's weight would not have been even remotely enough to knock him off balance. But in his weakened state... he could barely stand as it is.

...Then Adon ROARS in, smashing a powerful kick into the back of that mountain of a man's skull. There's a cracking sound as skull bone becomes fractured, the blow nearly cutting the power to the upstairs immediately as El Nido starts to black out.

...Then a surge of adrenaline comes and then wrestler finds just enough energy in his body to make ONE final attack. And this one will be with everything he's got. Rising from the knee he'd fallen to suddenly, the man whips aroound angrily and barrels toward Adon with all of the full force his well over two hundred pound frame can muster. He'll then attempt to grip Adon tight about the neck and slam him face first into the wall. If this succeeds... he then proceed to unload every last ounce of strength left in his body with his mighty fists until he's daamn nearly broken the wall. Then... he'll collapse in a heap on the ground.. unconscious.

COMBATSYS: El Nido can no longer fight.

                                  >  //////                        ]
                                  |=------\-------\0          Bethany
                                  >  /////                         ]
                                  |=======\-------\1             Adon


COMBATSYS: Adon dodges El Nido's Balls to the Wall.

                                  >  //////                        ]
                                  |=------\-------\0          Bethany
                                  >  /////                         ]
                                  |=======\-------\1             Adon


And a dog is put down.

Adon fires the kick straight into the back of the skull, a nearly lethal blow. Even if it didn't kill... it would stop him cold as death. Between a choice of Bethany and Adon, El Nido chose arrogantly. One last surge of power comes. An attempt to grab the Emperor, to slam him against everything. Adon was arrogant too, filled with shameless pride.

But he wasn't stupid.

As the grips come, Adon simply drops to defense. Forearms ready, he begins to aggressively parry the blows, forcing hard into the fighter. Side-stepping the wrestler, the heap of a man finally comes crashing down. Adon does not waste time to move in. His body was sore. He was physically exhausted. Bruises peppered his form, and bloodstains still seared his eyes.

But despite it all, he was still grinning wild.

Planting a foot on the hind quarters of the man, he thrusts his chest out. Glancing towards the camera, he tries to put on his worst 'good' smile, eyes glinting as he brings a thumbs up. "KYA HA HA! TAKE THAT, STUPID GANGSTERS! YOU WERE ALL FOOLS TO STAND AGAINST I! ADON! THE JAGUAR OF MUAY THAI!"

"AND NOW! THE HERO OF METRO CITY!"%

As Adon's foot finds its way into the man's firm rear, the camera looms... getting the finishing shot of Adon's glorius victory pose before sweeping his camera across the area and taking in the chaos of the empty mall lot. Apparently the other gangers high-tailed it out of there the moment they realized the Jaguar of Muay Thai and Bethany Cale were still standing.

...And so ends a long and harrowing battle against the corrupting forces of Metro City by two unlikely heroes.

Log created on 15:18:39 08/14/2012 by Vega, and last modified on 14:21:00 09/10/2012.