Demons in the Snow (PvP)

[Dawnika Snow]

The vigilante checked her clips, two left. Time to switch it up. She cocked her rifle back, preparing the shots for battle. Koal quickly lunged forward to interrupt her attack. Much to his surprise, those bullets were not meant for him. She sprayed her clip into the ground to create a smokescreen of snow. It was barely enough for her to disappear. Koal shielded his eyes to make sure nothing blinded him. When it cleared, Dawn was gone. Vanished.

The confused Koal kept alert, switching his blade into the dual scythe mode. Meanwhile a few yards away, the assassin quietly climbed up one of the snow veiled trees. The shadowed figure perched on a branch up high like bird in its nest: She was finally home, stalking her prey. The black glove that channeled her power as the auto-rifle was replaced by the sniper rifle. It had been awhile since she was behind the scope. She rested her elbow on her knee and placed her eye against the scope to take aim.

BANG.

The gun jumped back Dawn’s shoulder with heavy recoil as bullet sliced through the air to Koal. It found its home in right thigh. The vigilante took a few breaths to focus her aim again. Koal was aware of what was happening now and took the initiative to keep moving towards the sound of the first shot. A flash sparked from the trees. He rolled to the side, barely able to outmaneuver the bullet.

Not wasting time, he dug his feet into the ground to get a solid foothold and jumped for a branch a few trees a way. Dawn was amazed with his lower body strength, but that did not stop her from blowing another bullet at his face. The shot grazed the bark off the trunk. Bits of wood splashed into his face.

The determined man hopped through the tree branches, not too gracefully at that. Dawn was actually slightly impressed that he was smart enough to eliminate her advantage of the high ground. She doubted he was skilled enough to move around these trees like her. Another bullet soared through the branches, hitting Koal dead in his abdomen. He cringed in pain covering the new wound with his hand as he pushed through the branches, cutting down tree limbs as they stood in her path. Koal was closing in and ammo was getting dry. One last clip clicked into place and she took aim again.

Koal was now in the adjacent tree next to hers. As he jumped to hers, Dawn buried another bullet in his stomach. Blood poured from his wounds. He had better end this quick. The vigilante stumbled back as Koal joined her on the same branch. Time to unload. She slowly retreated keeping aim and shot as fast as she could without looking down the sights. Two bullets met their target, the other three whizzed by him. Dawn quickly reached for her next clip only grasp at thin air.

Koal charged Dawn like a maniac. Slicing through the air like a madman to cut the assassin in half, and even in the tiny, limited battlefield of the canopy, she was still able to dodge his attacks. Time to fucking wing it like a professional. She ducked under a horizontal swing and dove away to another branch as he tried to stab her with the end of his scythe. After relieving his weapon from the wood, he followed suit.

“Shit. This is getting bad.” The vigilante whispered to herself. Dealing with melee weapons was something she never trained for. Koal rejoined her in the branch and continued his brutish assault with that dual bladed weapon. It was like a tornado of whirling death trying to suck her in. She swerved away from the blades trying to get close enough do what she had in mind. Another duck and she reached her foot out, kicking Koal in his shins and off balance. He lost his footing, falling off the branch. Out of a quick spike of reaction, he dropped his weapon to catch himself from plummeting to the ground. His weapon was not so lucky.

Dawn was about to stomp on his hands to cause him to fall before he reached up, grabbing her foot and pulling her down. She was the one plummeting now, but was able to catch a branch as she fell. The both hauled themselves up on the branches. Koal would not let up her. He quickly, and sloppily, jumped through the branches to catch up with her.

Her initial strategy was to back off, but in her current situation such an action was void of reason. Running was not an option since it would violate the Ashen Blade’s credo and fighting without a gun was nothing Dawn was seasoned with. Her best bet was to hold him off until he aggravated his wounds enough to bleed out, or he gave up. Targeting the open wounds with her attacks would be her only viable strategy right now. When he caught up with her he chuckled at her.

“What now? You giving up?” He asked grinning with a slight satisfaction. Based on her physique, this assassin stood no chance with hand to hand combat.

“Nope, I’m just going to hope that I don't die.” She replied, raising her fists in the air and assuming a fighting stance.

“Spoken like a true assassin.” The mocking sarcasm simply bounced off Dawn, aside from slightly aggravating her.

“Mock me as you will, but never say I died without honour.” She argued.

“A fair point. Die with your honour.” He said as he approached readying his claws. Something the ocean-eyed assassin was ill prepared for.