[Round 2 - C] Jibril & Harley Quinn vs Retane & Victor

[Karl Jak]

Face to Face
#32 Jibril & #30 Harley Quinn vs #24 Victor Wolfe & #29 Retane

Victor’s dagger tore into a piece of wood as Harley sidestepped the vicious jab.

The woman stumbled even as she evaded the lethal strike.

Off to the side, Retane had parried a scythe swing with his sword.  Droplets of lava from Jibril’s weapon, however, made it impossible for him to try and jockey for position.  He retreated.

The scythe lashed out at the namekian, and while he dodged the arcs, the splatters of lava occasionally found purchase on his flesh.  Every time he opened his mouth to shout something profane or witty, he had to grit his teeth and focus on backtracking.  Just when he thought the damnable creatures’ weapon would stop dripping superheated stone, she managed to find some puddle of picket of it.  After about thirty yards of this, he finally saw what was happening as the heat of the nearest lava flow started to warm his back.

“I didn’t sign up for swim lessons!”  Retane growled as he stepped forward and swung the Brave Sword.  Weapons met in close proximity between the two, and the pair both felt the heat of splattered lava.  “Come on baby,” the namekian grumbled as he reached out and raked his clawed digits across the other prime’s face.  “Light my fire!”

Even with just one arm, Harley Quinn managed to keep Victor frustrated.  He’d move in with his daggers, eyes alight with the belief that this time he had his opening, but the woman with slink or tumble from his range.

It wasn’t until the scream from her teammate that Harley Quinn broke her concentration.

Retane tensed every muscle in his body as he jammed the blade through Jibril’s gut.

The harlequin had to get around Victor to help her angel, but the lava was creeping closer.  She sidestepped and smacked him in the side of the head with her elbow.  A grin spread across her own soot-stained face as she moved to intercept.

She made it five paces before a dagger sank into the base of her spine.  A beat later, it twisted, and another dagger jabbed into the front of her stomach until there was a screech of metal inside the woman’s body.

“Don’t tell the Namekian that the tips touched.”  Victor whispered as he wrapped his arms around Harley’s head.

Fifteen feet way, Retane smacked away the scythe and jammed his sword down to its hilt.  Jibril stumbled backwards, her chin coated in blood.  She lifted her eyes to see that damn, sneering face.

“I’m the death god, scrub.”  With a kick, Retane knocked Jibril into the lava flow.  The angel of death swallowed a scream and spent a few moments flailing against the inevitable before she went limp and vanished beneath the molten rock, leaving behind a dazzling array of flames on the surface.

“And scene,” Victor muttered as he snapped Harley’s neck and shoved her into a nearby source of lava.

[spoiler]

Victor (2.8) & Retane (2.75) defeat Jibril (2.3) and Harley Quinn (3.2)

#30 Harley Quinn DEAD
#32 Jibril DEAD

Victor & Retane advance to Match I of the Consolation Bracket, where they will face Sasuke and Serraph.

Jibril and Harley will respawn in the Nexus in 7 days.[/spoiler]