[Round 1] Retane & Victor vs Broly & Amber

[Karl Jak]

Face to Face
#29 Retane & #24 Victor Wolfe vs #26 Broly & #14 Amber Veritz

Amber and Retane rolled through the debris as the namek clenched his fist and swung at the faunus.  A fist clipped her in the side of the head, and she felt fresh blood as she squeezed.  She found the leverage she needed just as a flash of ki materialized inside Retane’s flexed fingers.  The burst tore through her hair and one of her ears, but it was the resounding snap of the namekian warrior’s leg that drew the eyes.

Even with the pain, Retane simply bit down and started building another attack.  The look in his eyes was more orgosynth than namek.

“Stay down!”  Amber screamed with more desperation than rage.  The faunus discarded the broken leg of her opponent and scrambled to her feet.

“Not a chance,” Retane whispered as he struggled to rise.  “I could go all day,” he added before his broken leg caved, bringing him to his knees.

“Not on this day,” Amber replied as she retrieved Razorback and swung the broad side of the sword at her opponent’s head.  The impact stole what fight remained from the namekian’s battered body.

On the other side of what had once been the arena platform, Victor pressed his attack—his dagger landing the majority of its strikes as he forced Broly back toward the edge of the fight area.  The saiyan still felt groggy from the effects of the assassin’s gaze.

“Time to say goodnight,” Victor whispered as he spun his dagger and bashed the pommel across Broly’s chin.  The oversized warrior slurred something through his shattered jaw as he crashed backwards through the brick barrier.  “Nighty night,” the assassin smiled as he stepped forward and hoisted the dagger’s blunt end up over his head.  A knockout blow, he assured himself as he eyed the other warrior’s forehead.

Victor swung down, and he made it halfway to the mark before a katana burst from his stomach like an alien parasite.

“F… f,” the assassin swallowed his stammering nonsense as he leaned back onto the sword—just enough so he could swing back with his dagger and catch the faunus in the side of the head.

Amber lost her grip on Razorback, and by the time she had regained her balance, Victor was in front of her.  His hands clamped onto his shoulders as he pulled her towards him in an embrace.  In the process, he impaled the woman on her own sword.

“Fuck you,” Amber grumbled as fresh blood started dribbling from the corners of her mouth.

“You first,” Victor smirked as he slammed the pommel of his dagger between her eyes.  Her eyes rolled up into her head as she sagged sideways.  The assassin, who struggled to catch her before she tore the blade through his abdomen, could do nothing to prevent the saiyan from smashing a chunk of arena rock on the back of his skull.

Victor and Amber—still impaled together—sagged to the floor.

Behind them, Broly dropped the bloodstained piece of stone and smiled internally as blood continued to dribble down his broken, dislocated mandible.

“P-…” The saiyan winced in pain as he jammed the bone into its joint.  “P-pounded,” he slurred before fatigue won the war.

[spoiler]

Broly (2.5) & Amber (2.45) defeat Retane (2.2) and Victor (2.7)

Broly & Amber advance to Round 2

Victor and Retane move to Match B of the Redemption Bracket and will face the loser of Jibril/Harley Quinn vs Cerise/Gildarts

The Malefactor/orgosynth is there for Broly or Amber

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