Red Spy and Ivar hadn’t started fighting quite yet. The Spy spins his knife in his hand, circling the Monster Hunter, ready to strike at any minute. Ivar has his bowgun poised and ready to fire the moment the spy made a threatening movement. Suddenly, the Spy’s cloaking activates, prompting Ivar to fire a couple shots from his weapon. None of them make contact though, and the spy begins to sneak around to Ivar’s left flank. Ivar spins around wildly, trying to find some indication of where the Red Spy is hiding. Red moves in towards his confused opponent, lifting his knife to quickly finish the match with a slash of the jugular, but Ivar’s wild spinning cause him to smack the invisible spy with the barrel of his bowgun.
The spy stumbles back, his position exposed to Ilsaria’s brother. A couple of Slicing Shots tear through the poor spy’s side as he pulls his knife up and tries to get a blow in Ivar’s side. The Monster Hunter is too fast for the disoriented spy's attack and he easily dodges and grabs the spy’s arm. With a strong kick to the shin, Ivar manages to get his opponent on his knees. He smacks the spy across his face with the bow gun and then fires a shot towards the spy’s knife hand, but Red sweeps his legs out and knocks Ivar down to the ground with him. The shot takes of the spy’s pinky, but the hand is still intact.
The Spy gets back up on his feet at the same time Ivar does. Red Spy pulls up his knife and Ivar his bowgun. Red swings his knife, but the bowgun is swung around to block it. The force of the two swings colliding cause both of them to drop their weapons. Spy tries to turn invisible so he can reclaim his weapon unseen, but Ivar pulls out a ball of paint and smashes it into the spy’s face.
A stray tranq shot flies toward Designate and glances uselessly of his black armor. The water that was oozing towards the skeletal fighter is getting slower and slower as the Axiomatic Pipes had begun to solidify it, but Rain quickly shifts back to his human form. His two knifes flash forward, trying to destroy the pipes that could turn the ninja to stone. Designate is forced to stop playing them so he can save them from being destroyed. Rain’s knives make contact with the necronaut’s gloves instead, barely nicking them. Designate retaliates with a strong punch to Rain’s face, knocking out one of his teeth in the process.
The purple-clad ninja whips one of the knives up and tries to slash the skull of the skeleton, but the blue fire singes his hand and causes him to drop his weapon to the ground. Designate steps on the weapon, snapping the blade from its hilt. Rain backs up and sheathes his remaining knife for the moment, choosing to use his powers instead. Purple lightning bolts begin to strike down from above, one hitting Designate directly on his head. Electricity courses through his body and suit, causing the various systems that maintain his afterlife to malfunction. The necronaut finds himself unable to move, but he doesn’t allow his opponent to see his distress.
Rain uses his power over water to form a sphere of water around his foe’s head, dousing the blue flames that usually surround Designate’s skull. The water begins to course through the suit of the necronaut, wreaking even more havoc as it short circuits some systems and disables others. Designate is powerless to fight against the liquid as it flows back out of his suit and wraps itself around the skeleton’s legs, snapping them outwards and bringing Designate to what once were his knees. Rain walks towards his opponent, a blade of water forming around his arm…
But who cares about that, a baby praying mantis is fighting a computer!
Widow Maker had been taking swipes at the hovering computer unsuccessfully for quite a while. Friend Computer would go in for a light shock with its stun gun and then retreat out of the stun baton’s range just in time. Widow Maker was beginning to get a little peeved, so she changed her strategy. She scurried off through the battlefield, forcing the computer to chase after her as she dashes by the other battles. The computer tried to go in for a couple attacks as the bug scurried away, but it ended up hitting the ground instead. Widow Maker reached the wall of the arena and turned to face her opponent. Friend Computer knew it was expected to strike at this moment, allowing the mantis to probably crawl up the wall and board the computer, so it didn’t attack at all. The two just stared at each other in silence.
Then Widow Maker stabbed its monitor.
Friend Computer flies backwards as its vision is obscured by the cracked glass. Widow Maker knew that its opponent would realize it was being lured into a trap, so she did something that a logical mind wouldn’t see coming: a simple attack which in most cases would fail miserably. Widow Maker didn’t have long to enjoy her tiny victory, for Friend Computer was already flying back towards the little mantis. Widow Maker tries to dodge, but the stun gun catches her by the claw and sends a strong shock wave through the tiny mantis’s body. Widow Maker tosses her stun baton into the air as electricity courses through her body, the sheer power causing her antennae to singe. Friend Computer begins to amp up the settings on its stun gun, but Widow Maker pulls herself away just in time!
But her entire body didn’t go with her. The caught arm was torn off as she tried to escape. The baby mantid screams in pain as she realizes her claw is gone, but she still had her dominant arm. She runs to pick up her stun baton and swings it around, clashing it with the computer’s own electrical weapon. The two lean in towards each other, looking at each other like a Jedi and a Sith do when they lock lightsabers.
Suddenly, steam fills the arena…
Amidst the steam, only one thing showed: the bright glowing blue skull of Designate_5.
Rain’s water blade had instantly turned to steam as the blue flames of the skeleton’s head reignited without warning. The speed of the attempted Fatality’s swing left Rain no time to react when his water blade evaporated, causing his good hand to swing into the blue fires and get singed as well. The burning hand managed to punch the teeth of the skull at least, knocking a few out before the muscles of Rain’s hand are burned to a crisp. Rain pulls his hand away from the flame and screams in pain, both of his hands left useless by the accursed flame that surrounded Designate’s head.
Designate tries to get up, but the combination of a broken suit and broken legs leaves him stuck in his spot. He reaches for his pipes and barely manages to grab them before he finds his entire body surrounded by a large sphere of water. The massive blue flame that had ignited around the skull was once again doused as he floats around in the liquid orb, unable to even struggle due to the powerful force binding the H2O molecules together into a giant orb. Water once again explores his suit, but this time it begins to pull out some of the smaller bones in his body and fling them onto the arena floor. Rain struggles to keep the orb’s shape as he wills streams of water to carry away bones, but he loses control and the skeleton drops to the ground.
The damaged necronaut pulls his body back up into its odd kneeling position and he empties the pipes of any water. Rain realizes his opponent was going to try and solidify him again, so he uses a jet of water to propel himself towards Designate, his legs stretched forward to try and kick the skeleton’s head off. But Rain isn’t fast enough. Designate manages to play a fast ditty on the pipes, petrifying the ninja mid-flight and bringing the body crashing down just inches away from Designate. The lower body crumbles into a pile of tiny stones, Rain’s head propped atop them. Despite the handicap, Rain tries to will the rock form into water so he could reform himself, but his will is just not strong enough. Designate drops his pipes and lashes forward with an arm, lifting the head upwards and punching right through the ninja's skull, destroying Rain’s brain.
When the steam had cleared up, both of the other two battles had resumed. Widow Maker struggled to wield the stun baton that was almost the same size as her while the Friend Computer attacked relentlessly. It had determined that the weakened insect would have less of a chance to defend itself, so it had fewer compulsions against a more aggressive assault. Its attacks made frequent contact with Widow Maker, but the stun baton had also struck it a few times during its assault. Tubes popped and mechanisms fizzled out inside of the Friend Computer as it was hit with each strike, but the mantis was the one who was on the ropes.
Widow Maker had tried to scurry away from its opponent, but its legs were proving too weak from the constant electric shocks. Widow Maker was essentially stuck to the ground as Friend Computer’s stun gun made frequent blows on the mantis. However, a chunk of the monitor’s glass had managed to fall out after the frequent blows from the baton made their mark. This particular chunk of glass happened to house the majority of the computer’s eye, leaving it with even less of a view on its opponent.
Widow Maker laughs, finally gaining an advantage in the fight. But Friend Computer decides to compensate for its lost vision with a new tactic: ramming the bug. It flies towards Widow Maker and slams monitor-first onto the bug, causing the glass to give way entirely as Widow Maker gets the strongest shock of the match. One of her eyes bursts open from the strength of the shock, spraying a mess of mantis blood on the insides of the computer. Widow Maker struggles to push the monitor back up so she can get back out, but her one arm is too weak. She decides to make the best of her situation though, and jabs the baton into all kinds of parts inside the computer.
Suddenly, Friend Computer’s speakers announce an imminent explosion. Whatever Widow Maker did to it, the monitor was going to blow! Friend Computer was now hoping for a double KO, so with its remaining parts it used its hovering abilities to push itself towards the ground. The mantis struggles desperately to get out, barely able to push the monitor up and squeeze out, leaving the stun baton behind. She tries to rush away from the computer, but two of her legs get caught in the remains of the stun gun. She tries to struggle free as the Friend Computer sends a few final shocks through her body, but realizes she won’t be able to in time and makes the tough decision to lop the two legs off with her arm. Without those legs, she’s barely able to get out of the deadly range of the explosion.
The Spy was trying his best to dodge the Tranq shots, but when an excellent marksman faces an excellent dodger, someone’s bound to get hit eventually. A tranquilizer hits the spy’s legs and begins to work its magic, causing the spy’s movements to slow down. He struggles to continue dodging, but he finds himself woozy and unable to keep up his usual nimble movements. Ivar switches his ammo up again, switching to the few Poison shots he had brought. He begins to open fire on Red, a couple hitting their mark and further debilitating the fighter. Spy falls to the ground and is forced to crawl as the poison and tranquilizer mix in his veins. Even with his upgraded body, the strength of poison and tranquilizers made for dragons is too much for him. Ivar switches to his Level 2 Pellet ammo and walks towards the struggling body of the spy.
Ivar puts the barrel directly into Red’s face, right between the eyes. “I really have no problem with you or anyone else, and I hope this will be the last time I have to fight any of you.” The Spy quickly takes advantage of his opponent’s hesitation to finish him and stabs his knife directly into the calf of Ivar, sending the monster hunter down to the ground and within range for an uppercut. Ivar’s head snaps back and the spy slashes the right forearm of Ivar. Ivar screams in anguish and punches Red with his uninjured arm. The spy falls flat as Ivar pulls himself back up, barely able to wield the gun in his injured right arm.
Spy tries to tumble away, but ends up vomiting from the poisons coursing through his veins. He gets up on his knees as Ivar limps over and places the barrel on the side of Red’s head. This time, he didn’t bother with formalities, and he launched the pellets straight through the side of Red’ head.
But suddenly, he turns to stone, as do Designate and Widow Maker and the entire crowd. The winners had already been determined, so Gezora had tried to play a victory tune for them on the Axiomatic Pipes…
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