Day One - Part 2

[Karl Jak]

Face to Face
#16 Gin Yatreg vs #04 Retane & #06 Jack Frost

Gin had been enjoying his dreams when the announcement from Karl ripped him from his slumber. Once the man was done talking, the young man tried to get some more sleep, but before he could drift off back into a land of sugarplums, he heard the horrifying sound of approaching footsteps.

“Aww, no,” Gin muttered as he checked his gauges. Nadda.

“You look familiar,” Retane sneered as he came running at the still seated prime, leaving Jack Frost in his dust. The namekian swung the glaive at Gin’s head, but the redhead scrambled away as the poleax slashed through the tree trunk.

“You also look dead,” the Jade Fiend swung the poleax at the side of his opponent’s head, but Gin managed to fire off his thrusters in time to avoid a blow to the head. Instead, the redhead felt the blade scrape across his leg all the way down to the bone, but he didn’t let go of the controls as the jetpack shot him up into the air.

“You don’t get to escape death,” Retane rasped as he once again tapped into the power of his artefact. Digging into his pocket, the namekian hurtled the dented mirror at Gin, who managed to avoid the projectile, but after taking a moment to glance behind him to see where it had landed, the man realized the error of his ways. In that short time, the orgosynth-fueled namekian scrambled up the tree and leapt onto his chest.

A clawed fist raked at Gin’s face as he plunged toward the ground. At the last minute, he managed to twist away and hit the thruster, which propelled him into an uncomfortable, head-first landing a few yards from his attacker. Trying to shake away the concussion, Gin stumbled to his feet and tried to figure out where to escape. As his eyes stopped on a potential path, the namekian’s faithful ally dove at him. Jack Frost laid into Gin with a rapid series of blows, but they didn’t have the same agony-inducing impact that Retane’s green knuckles had. Although he was staggered, bloody, and confused, Gin managed to throw out his hands and knock away an oncoming swing.

With Jack’s guard ruined, Gin held out his hands and summoned a Maneuver Platform. Instead of using it for anything graceful, the wounded man dove around it and popped up behind his white-haired opponent. Clutching Jack by the back of the head, Gin threw all his failing strength into a shove that brought the Guardian’s face into the edge of the free-floating platform. Jack Frost let out a gurgling shout and was on the ground in a heap in a few moments, his hands clutched over a now blood-stained face.

“Nice exit.”

Gin felt a slight pinch and looked down to see a blade jutting out from his gut.

“Oh... oh man,” the redhead muttered as he glanced over his shoulder to see the smirking namekian. “That’s… No good,” With a grunt, Gin grabbed lashed out and scrapped his hands across Retane’s face, ripping at the green-skinned alien’s face.

“That’s the Abyss,” Retane growled as he tore the blade of the glaive out, twisted around, and slashed open Gin’s throat.

[spoiler]

#16 Gin Yatreg DEAD
41 Primes Remain

Retane has used Tier 1.5 Transformation ‘Malefactor’ (-1 SP)
Malefactor rolled '15' -- Retane remains in control
Retane has a cut on his face – Minor Injury (+2 Damage)
Jack Frost has lost some teeth and had his jaw fractured and dislocated – Major Injury (+6 Damage)
The Hand Mirror is lost
Retane and Jack Frost may take the Modified Jetpack[/spoiler]