Day Three

[Karl Jak]

Face to Face
#26 Doomguy vs #5 Gilgamesh

“We’ve got this,” Gilgamesh replied with a grin as and the marine made their way down the street that linked so much of the island. “It was good luck that I happened upon you when I did,” the gilded king added as he led the pair. With the moon high over their heads, the only light they had was the occasional street light that barely illuminated a few yards of street before darkness took over once again.

“Heh,” Doomguy shot back as he spun the hammer in his hand. The head of the weapon was still glistening with blood and flecks of brain matter from the last idiot he’d stumbled upon. As the marine turned his focus back to the ‘king,’ he smiled behind his visor.

...He wouldn’t be the last person.

But Doomguy was undoubtedly the first person to realize the truth of the Abyss…

'Friends' are worthless.

With a grunt, the marine raced forward and smashed the hammer against the side of Gilgamesh’s head. The blonde monarch let out a rapid scream as he hit the ground hard, but unlike the mascot, this was a trained fighter and not a comical piece of talking scenery. Rolling away as the hammer slammed into the pavement, Gilgamesh scrambled to his feet. “You stand against your true king?” He shouted as Doomguy came in with his hammer. Avoiding the swing, Gilgamesh grabbed the weapon by its handle and tried to wrench it from the marine’s hand.

“You bleed like the rest of them,” Doomguy chuckled behind his visor as he swung his head forward and bashed into into Gilgamesh’s chin.

“I bleed because I choose to bleed!” Gilgamesh roared as he wrenched the Lancer out from his bag and opened fire.

Doomguy clenched his teeth as he felt the bullets stitch a line up his side before sailing high of their mark. Even so, the marine steeled himself as watched the bloody, mangled king steady the assault rifle for another round of fire. “Better sleep with an eye open,” Doomguy remarked as he stepped back into the darkness beyond the range of the streetlight. “Next time I’ll be tearing it out.”

[spoiler]The hammer blow tore away part of Gilgamesh’s scalp and left him with a concussion and difficulty hearing in one ear – Minor Injury (+4 Damage)
Doomguy has bullet wounds up his side that have comprised his armor – Major Injury (+6 Damage)[/spoiler]