Day Four

[Karl Jak]

Face to Face
#26 Doomguy vs #01 Android 18

Doomguy wandered the island looking for battle. He had gone on for so long with little satisfaction. Everything thus far had been easy kills or frustrating near-misses with gold-plated kings of stretching hulk monsters.

So with the killing starting to wind down across the island, the last thing the marine expected to find was the very person he’d run into on the island. The blonde woman with the subtle scars had seen better days, although the blood spattered on her face added a little more animal attraction to the whole ‘savage woman’ look she had going on with the tattered clothes.

Doomguy wasn’t a misogynist—he kill a woman with the same degree of detachment as he would a man or a monster torn out of Hell.

“I see it in your eyes,” Eighteen said as a white aura glowed around her body. “Come and take it,” she muttered as she charged, the crossbow discharging a bolt as the marine brought his nail gun up to bear. The quarrel punched through his shoulder of his gun arm, but he grinned through the pain and pulled the trigger.

Nails zipped through the air around the woman. The android threw crossbow at the marine, who smacked it out of the air and brought his own gun back to his target. By that point, she’d closed the distance and smacked the weapon from his hand. A fist crashed into Doomy’s face, but the man simply grabbed for the hammer hanging at his side and swung it, clipping her in the side of the head. She stumbled backwards as the second blow hit her in the cheek, caving in part of her face.

Doomguy didn’t relent. The next hammer blow smashed into her jaw with enough force to rip the flesh and splinter the bone below, spraying blood across the marine’s face. His opponent stumbled backwards but didn’t fall over. She merely glared at him with those cold blue eyes as he swung again, ripping off her jaw completely and causing her to sputter blood onto her neck and chest.

Even then, she tried to lunge at him. He went low, shattering one of her kneecaps and causing her to hit the ground in a mangled heap. As she tried to roll onto her stomach, he lashed out with a succession of hammer blows that shattered bone and tore apart muscle and flesh. The blood flowed so much that the hammer started to make wet squelching noises when he hit her. In some of the markets airing the tournament, they turned away to a different feed.

Through it all, the android didn't scream. She didn't cry out for help or ask for mercy. The marine relented and stood back, watching as the woman flopped onto her back and stared up at him. As he watched, she had the gall to sit up, even though the majority of her bones were shattered and parts of her torn flesh and muscles dotted her opponent's armor. Although one of them was swollen shut, one of her eyes still glared at him with that unwavering soullessness.

Doomguy swung again, and her skull blew apart like a piñata.

The marine, covered in blood and flecks of viscera, stood over the corpse of the former champion and grinned.

Just a few more body bags to fill…

He would have that mountain of corpses soon enough.

[spoiler]

#01 Android 18 DEAD

Five Primes Remain

Doomguy has a crossbow to the shoulder and a bruise on this face – Minor Injury (+4 Damage)

Doomguy gets the crossbow[/spoiler]