Description: During the Southtown siege a local electronics store falls victim to a random attack by street thugs and... a cop?! Fortunately for the elderly store owner, three would-be heroes show up to teach the bad guys some respect...
COMBATSYS: Vanessa has joined the fight here.
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Vanessa 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Arn
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MAD GEAR PUNK 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Jess
COMBATSYS: Philip has joined the fight here.
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Philip 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Jess
COMBATSYS: Bao has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Momoko has joined the fight here.
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Southtown, Mid-Day,
It's a busy day in the commercial district of Southtown, Japan. The streets are filled with the energetic hustle and bustle of civilians going about their daily lives, cops directing traffic, ... and military units and vehicles patrolling the area. Ever since the invasion of Southtown by a mysterious flood of criminals, and the ensuing resistance raised by local ones, the authorities have increased security in this area to give the civilians a peace of mind.
Unfortunately, however, it is a false one. The reality is, there simply is not enough military and police to handle an invasion of this scale. Many shop owners were, therefore, have had to make due by keeping their own weapons handy or hiring mercenary heroes willing to protect their property.
..And today, one little corner electronics store would be getting a visit from some would-be ne'er-do-wells.
It's quiet, and relatively peaceful, inside the mostly unoccupied Kinamoto Electronics corner store. An elderly japanese male stands behind a corner, mulling over some manner of paperwork as a ceiling fan turnns slowly overhead. The ambient music in the store is typical, cheesy, 'elevator music' fare. It's upbeat and cheery, composed mostly of elegant piano work. Several LCD screens immediately to his right all depict the same news channel, and they're all on mute...
But the peace is broken by a shattering of glass... and in walks a sneering cop wearing... Metro City uniform?? followed closely by a shirtless thug wearing long, airy, white yoga pants. "...Hey, we're here to buy some stuff off your hands, old man!"
Meanwhile, somewhere further down the street... a diminuitive brunette and a boy in orange kenpo clothes walk down the sidewalk chattering at one another. "I'll never forgive Kensou! I swear!"
And a trash can is thrown through the store's glass window, as the third thug makes his presence known, a heavily tattooed bearing punk with a short crew cut, wearing a wife-beater shirt and loose baggy jeans. "Yeah! Give us a 100 percent discount while you're at it!" the punk calls out.
"Iie, Momo, I think Gege means well. He just wants to make sure we don't end up like him and jiejie!" Bao greets, as he keeps in time with Momoko's steps, settling into her rhythm with ease.
"Besides, I think he's worried about you, so we just have to give him nothing to worry about. Sifu Gentsai worries more about Gege than about us!" Well, maybe Momoko earns more concern than the youngest of the Psycho, but you get the point.
"Aiya, jiejie, forget about gege, can't we get a new game?" Bao asks, tugging, and motioning towards the Electronic Store.
Business has drawn Vanessa to Southtown, but that does not mean she can't take a break to pick up something for her daughter. It was the very least she could do for her after being gone for so long. And so, the redheaded bozer steps into the indoor mall with a pair of dark grey business slacks, black flat shoes, and a white hooded sweatshirt overtop of it all. Despite the outer garment, the top of a red tie and white business shirt can just be seen. Vanessa seems to be trying to be at least a -little- incognito with her appearance with everything that has been happening as of late.
All this may be for naught as the red sunglasses wearing Vanessa spies a trash can getting thrown through a storefront window. With a sigh, the boxer picks up the pace a bit and heads towards the sight of the commotion. Her daughter's souvenir was just going to have to wait. Vanessa calmly takes her sunglasses off and tucks them away into her sweatshirt before casting an appraising gaze on the two street toughs before her. She flickers a glance over at the elderly storekeeper before quietly closing her right hand into a balled fist. Tch. Youth these days. They had no respect for the elderly.
"There a problem here, boys?" Vanessa asks simply with a smirk of a smile on her face. The red-head hadn't got to her workout yet today and it seems like this might be just the opportunity to correct that.
Striking a heavy, black, nightstick against an open palm... the Metro City Police officer steps through the window with a snicker at the discount comment. "Yeah, I guess I should say we'll just be taking it. Yo don't mind, right?" There's a dangerous edge to his comment, as the cop levels a blue-eyed stare at the old man behind the counter. He reaches upward with his left hand, twirling the nightstick back with his right, and tugs the brim of his cap upwards and then firmly back down upon his head. There's a flash of blonde from beneath the cap, momentarily, as it is adjusted. Stalking toward the elderly japanese male behind the counter, who is presently staring in stunned silence, he rolls his neck, "Open the cash register.. you two, grab anything that looks useful or worth any money. Make sure most of it is portable, we've only got the one van..." He thrusts a gloved finger back toward a beat-up white van parked by the curb.
...But then that voice comes, and both the bad cop and the shirtless thug turn to see. And it's the brown-haired thug with amber eyes who flashes the redhead a 'winning' smile - complete with a few missing teeth. He's dark-skinned, rugged-looking, with scars all across his upper body and a bit of stubble on his face. He's wearing naught but those white, airy, pants and a pair of old gray tennis shoes. "Yo, baby! You here for a good time?!" ... And the nasty blonde cop growls with a menacing, dark, tone from within the store. "Get rid of the bitch stupid."
"Kensou's only protecting himself, and trying to make himself look good!", Momoko replies, the brunette with earthen eyes looks a touch cross. "So annoying, I- huh? Oh, yeah, I guess we can-..." she starts, as they approach the store... but her thoughts are interrupted by a vision of nasty scarred thug and the remnants of a shop window scattered all around as they get closer. "Oh no! Bao, bad people!" And she points, shouting loudly enough for the thug and the entire neighborhood to hear.
The thug's smile breaks, and he looks up at the sky... like a dumbass. "...the fuck...?"
The tattooed punk pauses in mid-collecting merchandise from the broken window display to whistle at the redheaded boxer, but a quick command from the cop has him call out, "Go get her, man!"
Bao's eyes widen. "Oh... good, it's time to punish the bad guys!"
%Lowering his head, Bao starts running, directing his attention towards the shirtless thug harassing the lady
Vanessa loses the sweatshirt to reveal that she wasn't really wearing a dress shirt underneath so much as a partially unbuttoned vest with a red tie. It must be super business casual in Vanessa-land. She cracks her gloved knuckles and hops back and forth in preparation for causing a little trouble. The approaching pair from behind causes the boxer to glance over her shoulder. Hmm. This might get complicated fast if they are all on the same team. Time to fight smart.
The red-head looks straight past the cronies and right at the crooked cop. There we go. Take out the leader and the underlings will probably just run. And it has been a few years since she punched her last cop, this was going to feel good. "You could say that I am," begins Vanessa before she ducks in past the shirtless thug and -swings- a flurry of punches out to attempt to hit the crooked cop by surprise
COMBATSYS: Arn endures Vanessa's Rapid Combo.
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Jess 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Philip
Bao's charging takes him right into Jess, the better to defend that office lady... who, it appears, didn't need any assistance. Not that it matters, but well, a bit of gallantry doesn't hurt! And Bao is certainly using his head, charging straight into a headbutt of the thug in the junk!
COMBATSYS: Jess endures Bao's Medium Punch.
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Arn 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Momoko
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Jess 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Philip
The brown-skinned, scarred up, thug looks back downwards and begins to turn as Bao charges... finally figuring out where the shouting was coming from. And he turns toward the much smaller kenpo practicioner, leaving his backside conveinantly exposed for Vanessa.
...But fortunately, she does not take. This leaves the nasty-looking thug to raise the index finger of his right hand and point at the small boy, before shifting his finger to the brunette behind him, and then back again in patterns, "Eeeny meeny miney...-"
"OwWWWWUGHH!!!" comes a high-pitched whine as the kid's cap-adorned head collides with his groin, he staggers... briefly and holds himsef... bow-legged. "OWWWWWooo... cheap shot kid..." he growls, fighting the pain enough to talk but barely able to move for a moment or so. Once he's finishes collecting his nerves, the scarred brute snarls and spins on his right foot... before thrusting the left towards the smaller boy's face! "...Get lost, kid!"
The cop, meanwhile, had assumed everything was taken care of... but he assumed wrongly. Vanessa screams in behind him, uninhibited by the thugs at the door, and her punches land squarely all over his backside. They send him flying into the nearby glass counter, and he grimaces momentarily before shoving himself uppright... dusting the glass from himself. His arms were now bleeding freely from cuts and scrapes. "Gotta do everything my damn self, huh?" He grouses, before spinning that nickstick again and stepping in with the intent to clock Vanessa with it!
As for the girl in risque black top and baggy white capoeira pants, she's midst cartwheel... flying through the air with a roundhouse maneuver aimed to strike him in the neck and hopefully send him stumbling through what's left of that glass window! "Bad men should just stay in their hidey holes!"
COMBATSYS: Philip blocks Momoko's Spin Kick.
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Jess 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Philip
COMBATSYS: Arn successfully hits Vanessa with Medium Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Jess 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Philip
COMBATSYS: Philip takes no action.
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Vanessa's punch sends the cop flying which gives the fighter a moment's reprieve. There were at least two more thugs nearby and they were probably not going to be too happy she just clocked their boss with a good one. What Vanessa does not expect is that those two approaching strangers were 1) actually two world known fights despite being kids and 2) coming to help her take out the trash. The older woman extends a hand out and gives a thumbs up. "Not bad, you two. That was quite an entrance."
Further small talk will have to wait as the cop comes back with a-vengeance. Vanessa snaps her head back around and attempts to get back into the rhythm of things. He wants to fight with that nightstick? She confidently blocks high, but gets struck right underneath her guard. Oof. Maybe she was acting a little too overconfident for her own good.
Vanessa hops back and regains her breath before charging forward. She leads with a left hook which if it hits will lead to an even bigger combination of jabs, hooks, and uppercuts in rapid succession. While the punches won't look super powerful, it appears as if the boxer is going for speed more than might here.
COMBATSYS: Bao endures Jess' Medium Kick.
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Jess 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Philip
COMBATSYS: Vanessa knocks away Arn with Machine Gun Puncher.
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Jess 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Philip
Certainly the tattooed punk hadn't expected a -cartwheel- and the only thing he can think of is to block... though a spin kick -wasn't expected. As such, he staggers back, surprised and stunned, leaving himself open for a follow-up hit - who would think that such a slip of a girl would kick like -that-?
Bao's hit being a success, the young man winces, rubbing his head briefly at where he'd hit the thick metal zipper. "Owwwwww" The hat didn't apparently cushion his blow enough, but he sees the kick coming, shifting to endure it, before folding himself up...
"HONTAI KOUGEKI!"
... and turning into a blue pinball and trying to bounce off the thug.
COMBATSYS: Jess fails to interrupt Hontai Kougeki - Bound from Bao with Clinch Toss.
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Jess 1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0 Philip
The cop looks pleased, a wicked grin crossing his features as his nickstick strikes Vanessa true. He grins savagely as his nighstick slips under her guard, knocking her back a bit. His blue eyes are filld with the sort of savagery and meanness not at all appropriate to the otherwise honorable black and blue uniform he wears. "You should have just stayed home, bitch. Now I'm gonna..."
"OOOOAAAFF!!" He cries, anguished, as the first hook clocks him solidly - knocking him senseless - before the rest of the speedy assault batter him around helplessly and then sends him FLYING back across the store where he crashes into a few TV sets before slumping to the ground. Clutching his head, the cap of which has since flew off into the store, the blonde officer pushes himself up to one knee slowly... and then rises to his feet. "Okay... clearly you enjoy pain... and if you don't... well..." And then he rushes her, twirling that nightstick again, "Too damn late now!" and then unleashing a barrage of lightning fast strikes intended to batter the redhead around and then knock her to the floor should they land!
Meanwhile, that scarred up thug with the toothy grin outside the store has absolutely no idea what's coming to him after that kick of his connects. "Hehe... gonna go home and cry now, kid?", he smirks down at the littlest psycho soldier as he recovers. Opting not to attack whilst he has an opening, instead standing there and waiting like a fool. ... And he gets what's coming to him, looking utterly confused as the weird little tyke morphs into a spinning ball of energy and sailing at him. He then attempts to handle it like everything else, by grabbing at the speeding sphere of energy and atempting to stop it with raw brute force.
But Bao's particular brand of force is only so much greater! The spinning sphere smashees into his body, sending waves of pain throughh his form before sending him sprawling feet away with a wordless groan and crashing into the concrete!
Meanwhile, Momoko taunts Phillip after connecting with her roundhouse... rolling into a sideways cartwheel and sing-songing, "You dance with me, and I make you hurt so bad... ~!" and continues to sing-song the whole way through as she performs another cartwheel... rolling into his territory before unleashing a flurry of sideways heel kicks thrown from a handstand!
COMBATSYS: Philip fails to interrupt Change-Up Kick from Momoko with Random Strike.
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Jess 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Philip
"Damned girl!" the tattooed punk screams, as he tries to recover from the kick, staggering back against the window. Trying to intercept the blow with a strike of his own, he discovers himself caught in a flurry of kicks aimed towards his head. Battered, bruised, he stumbles against the shattered glass window, finding himself caught in a hail of feet...
Bao, meanwhile, merrily bounces around off the punk, before materializing into himself once more, trying to finish his combination off with one more -headbutt-, aimed for something less -painful- (to him, at least...)
COMBATSYS: Vanessa just-defends Arn's Nightstick Combination!
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Jess 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Philip
The hard-hitting Vanessa would have been glad that her punch landed on the crooked cop regardless of his insults. But, to hit him so hard after he called her a 'bitch' brings a smile to the woman's face. It looks like these punks also don't have any manners to go with their disrespect for their elders. It was up to Vanessa and the much younger Bao and Momoko to teach these idiots a lesson they won't soon forget.
The cop comes at her with that nightstick again, but this time; Vanessa is ready. "Are you ready for your lesson?" She waits to the moment right before impact bringing her guard up to push the nightstick away from using her forearms. Hoping to take advantage now, she attempts to duck into the blonde cop's guard and deliver a 1-2 punch to his ribs. Vanessa's hands glow brightly as they become encased in chi as she strikes towards her bad-mouthing foe. The boxer seems determined to drop this jerk sooner rather than later if things go her way.
COMBATSYS: Jess interrupts Hikida from Bao with Hurricane heel.
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Jess 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Philip
COMBATSYS: Vanessa successfully hits Arn with Forbidden Eagle.
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Jess 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Philip
"Wha-...?" the crooked cop gets out, as Vanessa responds to his attack with speed enough to seriously make him shit bricks if he wasn't already too busy just -processing- what exactly has happened. By the time it fully dawns on him that she blocked the start of his nightsick combination with easy, the female boxer has already danced her way into his territory and begun to unleash a vicious assault against his exposed frame. Each and every punch connects solidly, bone cracking as the force of her chi-powered blows threatens to break his ribcage. The first hit causes his left side to fracture, and the second causes his rib cage to cave. Blood spews forth from the cop's mouth as a wet sound gurgles forth from him. Finally, he spits a mouth full of spittle and blood onto the floor before falling away toward he floor and smashing his head aganst it as well!
In pain, and barely able to move, the blue-eyed thug wearing officer's uniform rolls sideways slightly. Against the overwhelming pain of his damaged ribs, he unholsters a black service pistol... and aiming it straight for the woman's face with a grimace. "...Die..."
Whilst the sound of gunfire comes from within the store, ol' toothy is picking himself up off of the concrete... snarling viciously at the jovial tyke mocking him nearby.... "...You got stones, kid... to be making fun of me!..." Standing up to his full height, brushing debris from his scarred body, his stares with narrowed eyes as the kid leaps into the air before sailing down at him with another headbutt, "Not this time, buddy..." and then spinning on his left foot in place... and shoving a heel kick high... jamming his heel as hard as it will go into Bao's skull! "Rhahaha...! Stupid kid!"
Momoko, meanwhile, isn't letting up. After that storm of furious heel kicks are unleashed, she then cartwheels around to his side before leaping skywards at his shoulders and attempting to latch onto his head if she can! If she manages to, she'll wrap her thighs around his head tightly before jerking his head to the side with a (potentially dangerous!) neckbreaker whilst shouting cutely, "IIIIIII.... YANNN~!"
COMBATSYS: Philip fails to interrupt Iyan~ from Momoko with Desperate Grapple.
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Desperately trying to avoid those crazy legs, it's not before the legs wrap around him that the tattooed punk suddenly realizes what danger he's in. He desperately tries to throw Momoko off quickly, but the young Psycho Soldier is faster, and gets -her- twist- in. "ARRRGGGHHH! Arn! Help!" Oh, he wasn't going to live down needing help against a -girl-, but better to take a win any way he can get it!
"Iiee!" Bao screams, backing away, frantically rubbing his head again.
Not for the first time, he remembers the admonishment that he shouldn't overrely on his psychic powers, but... his normal attacks weren't going so well
Pulling back, in a slight bit of panic, the young man loses control of his reflexive psycho ball, making it just a wee bit... too powerful.
COMBATSYS: Vanessa reflects Service Revolver from Arn with Parrying Puncher.
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COMBATSYS: Vanessa successfully hits Arn with Reflected Service Revolver.
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Vanessa is keeping up a good rhythm as she fights the jerk of a police officer. And as a boxer, that is exactly what she wants to do. The more she feels the ebb and flow of the fight, the better she will be able to read her opponent and land her own blows. Landing Forbidden Eagle grants Vanessa some breathing room and she can almost feel the cop's ribs breaking underneath her blows.
Surprisingly, the cop's not down for the count. She was sure that those last two blows would have knocked him out cold. Vanessa is even more surprise to see the blonde jerk draw a gun on her. Now she was pretty quick, but she wasn't so keen on trying to outrun a bullet. "Watch out, he has a gun!" warns Vanessa to Bao and Momoko as her instincts take over. Her plan may not seem an intelligent one, but she only had a blink of the eye to react to the gun being drawn.
What Vanessa does is simple. She takes a step forward and attempts to chi-punch the bullet right back at the cop.
COMBATSYS: Bao successfully hits Jess with DX Psycho Ball.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Well, he wasn't expecting /that/.
The bullet, surprisingly, does - despite all logic- richochet off Vanessa chi-suffused fist. Simply refusing to even penetrate, it bounces back at the nasty cop and piercing him right through the -chest-!
The cop snarls, wincing in pain, and breathing laboredly on the floor as he holds that service pistol aloft. He's staring at Vanessa now with wide-eyes, the terrified eyes of someone who just saw a very real monster. ... When the cry for help comes from outside... he turns a cold blue-eyed stare, slowly, toward the spectacle of Phillip being molested near the shop window by a little girl. ...And a groan escapes him, "...ugh... damned losers... why do I /always/... !!! ... losers...?!" He gasps, unable to properly complete a sentence as blood comes up into his throat. Choking, and spitting to the side... he wonders briefly whether or not god hates him... settting him up just to have everything fall down again like dominoes...
...And then, as a last act of defiance... he lifts his black nightstick from the ground before hurling it at the boxer as hard as he can muster... before finally losing consciousness and collapsing to the ground...
..."Gehehe... the burly, scarred, thug with brown skin rolls his neck with a touch of arrogance as the kid goes tumbling away. "...You're pretty strong for kid, but you're still a -..." and then, he's interrupted by Bao leveling another of those crazy, glowing, spheres at him! "...Stupid kid... alright, fine! I'll beat your ass so hard you won't ever walk again!" He shouts, before charging that quickly expanding sphere of raw psionic energy like the fool he is! His inability to sense the power it has will be his undoing, however, as the Psycho Ball fires suddenly... screaming into him like a cannonball. It bowls him over and then ANNIHILATES the sidewalk where he stands... sending the now unconscious and badly broken thug flying up into the air. ... Before falling right back down toward Bao again...!
Momoko, meanhile, is finishing that cutesy little assassination maneuver of hers off by leaping off from the burly thugs head and rolling away with an energetic cartwheel. "Hehe...~!" She giggles, mockingly, as she cartwheels all around him... seemingly absorbed in mocking him and crushing what very little confidence he has left! "...You're getting beaten by a girl...~!" And then, she leaps into the air after having rolled a good few feet away from him. Tucking herself into a tiny little ball of cute and utterly dangerous, she goes tumbling across the concrete... tumbling toward him speedily... before coming to a stop at just a leg's length away. From there... she jabs out at his legs with a deceptively strong psycho-powered toe kick intended to send him to the ground if it hits! "~PHOENIX ARROW~!"
COMBATSYS: Jess can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Philip fails to interrupt Phoenix Arrow from Momoko with Random Weapon.
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COMBATSYS: Bao dodges Jess' Huge Thrown Object.
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COMBATSYS: Arn has left the fight here.
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The poor tattooed punk just can't seem to catch a break. The constant barrage of kicks has him staggering, and his hand closes over a DVD player... which is flung towards Momoko in desperation.
Unfortunately for him, the Phoenix Arrow cleaves neatly through the object, and even as the punk stares uncomprehendingly at what he sees, he's got a close-up of Momoko's foot in his face. Staggering back, he spits out a few teeth, trying to adopt ... well, he -could- do a darned good impression of Master Chin Gentsai...
Bao stares wide at the falling object, eeking, covering his head, and running out of the way of the falling body.
THUD!
KO!
"Aiya... jiejie! Are you okay?" Bao exclaims, turning to see how Momoko was doing.
COMBATSYS: Vanessa blocks Arn's Small Thrown Object.
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Vanessa 1/-----==/=======|==-----\-------\0 Bao
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Philip 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Momoko
Vanessa knew that she had the potential to block projectiles with her punches as she has done so in past KoF tournaments. Bullets, on the other hand, were still iffy territory. So even the redheaded boxer was a little surprised that she was able to not only deflect the bullet, but -reflect- it back towards the dirty cop. Now that is going to make one confusing police report for the follow on officers. It seems that Arn is not quite yet finished as he saves up enough energy to throw his nightstick at Vanessa. The young..ish mother sees the nightstick coming this time and uses a fist to knock the weapon aside. One down. Two to go!
The agent now turns to see how her younger comrades are doing in their respective fights.
Wow. The other two were really cleaning house. The only guy left standing was that tattooed jerk from earlier. "Nice work you two! It looks like we are just about finished here." Vanessa cracks her knuckles before taking a deep breath. There was still one thug standing up, but she knew just how to remedy this situation.
Vanessa ducks down and sprints forward towards the reminaing foe. She then rises up into a powerful uppercut. Should this punch connect, the female boxer will unleash three more haymakers at the tattooed man with each one of them getting some weight thrown behind it.
"I'm fine!", the spritely brunette replies as she finishes flipping through the air away from the cowardly thug she'd been wailing on. Truth be told, she wasn't entirely. Though that thrown DVD player was, indeed, cleaved clean through by her kick... the metal components had managed to cut up the bottom of her right foot pretty good. Also, chunks of the device had smashed her in the head. But despite those minor aches and pains, she wasn't feeling anywhere near as bad as the tattooed thug had to be feeling right now.
...And then her earthen eyes are drawn off of 'Philip' and onto the red and white blur that sails into his territory. Given his seeming inability to do anything about Momoko -at all- really, she figures he probably won't survive whatever's coming. So, instead of getting tangled upon in it, she opts to simply squat low... producing a packet of peanut M&Ms and shoveling some into her mouth with all of the cutesy enthusiasm she's known for. "Mmm... nom! <3~"
Completely without a care in the world... ~
COMBATSYS: Momoko takes no action.
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Philip 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Momoko
COMBATSYS: Philip interrupts Puncher Finish from Vanessa with Cheap Shot.
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Vanessa 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Bao
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Philip 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Momoko
COMBATSYS: Philip has reached second wind!
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Vanessa 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Bao
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Philip 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Momoko
Staggering back, the tattooed punk lashes out blindly, ducking low and trying to hit a -cheap shot- on the person coming from him out of nowhere.
It might have been a -great- move if this were, say, Bao coming at him, but on a woman... particularly -this- woman...?
Well, he -did- manage to stop her short, but...
Bao stares. "Oh my..." he says slowly. "Does that really work on women, jiejie?"
The 'office' lady in white and black dashes in and unloads on the tattooed punk. In the middle of her combo, she gets hit herself which catches her off-guard. What is even more surprising is where the jerk decides to punch her. A punch is still a punch even if it hits Vanessa awkwardly right -there- in the chest. The boxer staggers backwards slightly and looks quite furious. She brings her right hand back and aims a little bit more south to where Phillip just hit her. This cheap shot just might hurt him a little worse should she connect.
"You big creep! Time to learn some respect!" In a heartbeat, Vanessa dashes forward with quickness so that she closes the gap easily. Her fist then attempts to go -down- and then up in a dashing uppercut.
No mercy.
Momoko drops her M&M packet on the concrete, spilling some of the candy, as her hand goes slack from surprise. Her jaw goes slack too, the brunette just... staring with wide-eyes... because as after -all this time- he actually manages to succeed at something. And it was the dirtiest, most disgusting, thing she had ever seen. ... Scratch that, the second dirtiest. Nothing could ever surpass that time Kensou ---
---REGARDLESS, she leaps up this time... not content to let him succeed at another highly improbable and disgusting counter. "No!", she replies, briefly to Bao's inquiry. "DIRTY BOOB PUNCHING IS BAD AND WRONG AND...", her head snaps around at Bao again with an accusatory glance, "...Don't even think about touching a lady there ever! Bad!" You could almost see the disgust working its way into her soft features as last night's episode replays in her mind. Momoko immediately, irrationally, assumes it is because Bao wants to touch all kinds of boobs now! UGH.
"IIIii, dirty pervert!", the diminuitive girl shouts as she darts toward him again finally. Kicking off the concrete, she hurls herself into the air ... tumbling through it briefly as she attempts to avoid tangling with Vanessa ... before swinging a heel kick low - directly for his face!
COMBATSYS: Philip dodges Momoko's Colossal Kick.
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Philip 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Momoko
COMBATSYS: Philip fails to interrupt Dash Puncher from Vanessa with Cheap Shot.
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Bao 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Momoko
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COMBATSYS: Philip can no longer fight.
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Bao 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Momoko
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The tattooed punk, Philip, staggers about. He has enough presence of mind to duck under the massively -outraged- kick of an angry, offended teenage girl, but here came the pain, and as much as he tries to -hit- the woman in the same spot again, the morally outraged Vanessa's powerful blow sends him flying backwards, through the window, and into the store, coming to a stop against the counter, and leaving him unconscious, finally.
Bao follows all this, wide-eyed. Oh, definitely very bad, judging by the way the female fighters were so very very very outraged by the punches in the chest.
"... iie..." Bao walks over to peer through the window, then at the thug currently slumped on the sidewalk. "... is everyone okay?" he asks, as he look up at the two females with wide eyes. "He didn't hurt you, did he, miss?" he asks Vanessa.
Vanessa grins as her fist connects with the perverted thug and sends him spiraling through the air. Take that creepo, no second cheap shot for you. She watches the airborne projectile crash through the window before brings her hands together to brush some dirt off them. For some reason, the boxer suddenly feels like she needs to wash her hands just after punching those scum bags. Regardless, the day was saved and store was mostly in one piece despite some broken windows...walls...and display shelves. They actually might have done more damage then the thugs would have done, but whatever. What's done is done.
The older woman turns first towards the young teen who addressed her. "Oh, I'm fine. Those creeps needed to have tried harder if they wanted to actually hurt someone like me." She replies confidently with a reassuring smile given to Bao. She then looks between the young boy and Momoko. "What about you two? Anything serious?" Vanessa asks quite seriously with her smile leaving her face.
Momoko gets a nod now. "Almost forgot. That was quite an impressive kick, young lady. I'll have to look out for that in the next tournament." It seems that despite the brawl that just happened, Vanessa is keeping her cool easily enough.
Momoko's heel drop whiffs, missing the tattooed thug and smashing into the concrete outside the store hard enough to cause spider cracks. Despite this, the last of thugs goes audibly crashing into the store again behind her... smashing into the remnants of the counter with a shrieking of glass. Because of this, she merely straightens herself, turning around slowly to scan the area and the inside of the store. It's as she does this that the results of the fight are made clear to her - this place has been... utterly destroyed.
Her heart sinks a little, as she eyes the little old man in the store - who is still crouching behind the counter defensively. He's barely visible behind the carcass of the badly beaten thug draped over the remnants of the counter.
Momoko's eyes track, briefly, back toward Vanessa as she is addressed. And she gives a polite little nod, brown curls dancing energetically, before offering the other woman a smile, "Uh huh! Momoko's okay!" Despite her actual status as a high schooler, the girl -looks- and -sounds- just like a kid, especially with that third person talk! She then dances, briefly, from one foot to the other with energetic little hops and offers a reply to the second bit; /right/ after landing from the brief sideways cartwheel she throws herself into, "Okaay~! We'll have lots of fun, I'm sure!" And then, with a departing wave, she darts away with a fluttering of ribbons and leaps into the air... practically throwing herself at the old man...
From someone inside the store: "You can bill the Psycho Soldiers for the damage to your store, okay?! ... Oh, do you have games?!"
%Bringing his hand up in a brief handshake, Bao smiles at Vanessa. "Nothing serious, Da Vanessa!" Having granted her the Chinese honorific of 'Honorable middle-aged one', the young man looks towards the store, before rubbbing the back of his head, adjusting his hat once. "Iie. Thank you very much for helping us. Jiejie! Waiiiit for me!"
Leaping through the glass window, Bao is at Momoko's side almost at once, exclaiming, "I want this game! Oh, and Gege said to get him a game, too, he asked for... what? Iiieee, it's not for me, don't look at me like that!"
Log created on 17:30:32 07/06/2013 by Momoko, and last modified on 12:07:40 07/07/2013.