"Hm? Where's Boris?" Sleeper asked loudly, doing her best to make her voice heard as the crowd went absolutely apeshit with Last Resort's arroval, now fully awake due to the combination of the deafening loudness of the spectators, the dust in the air that kept making her sneeze and the brand new narcolepsy medicine that Hangman had gifted her.
"I was just about to ask the same thing!" He shouted back. "A bit strange he hasn't appeared at all for the past few matches...I didn't think he'll miss the finals too!"
"Maybe he finally got gutted by that Ripper dude...or decided this gang stuff was too much for him... dude's missing an eye for God's sake" Freezy—who was leaning on Hangman's shoulder and watching the ongoing brutality with glee—added.
"Speaking of missing people...where is he?" Sleeper squinted at the tablet in her hand like she was looking for something, which in fact she was.
"Who is he? Who is this he that you speak of?" Hangman and Freezy joined her in squinting.
"That blonde one"
"You mean Noah?"
"No. The other one...the kid that walked in here alongside Amber... after Taitanzu and The FLW clashed he completely disappeared..."
"That is indeed strange... Freezy and I could go check out the arena for anything suspicious" Hangman started standing but Freezy put a hand on his shoulder, gesturing for him to stay put.
"No. Let me go. You're the brains of this operation of ours. We can't have you dying on us now if there's anything dangerous" she pointed at Sleeper. "You better sit that ass down because I sure as hell ain't letting you go either. You're the brawns of it all...any old era gangster knows you're twice as strong as LR and Amber down there. I'll go...I wanted to get a snack anyway..." She shrugged.
"Alright then. Be careful Freezy... please come back safe" Hangman gently squeezed her hand and looked at her face for a few seconds before turning back to the match.
"If you notice anything strange alert us immediately" Sleeper looked at her with similar concern, nodding slightly.
"Yeah yeah yeah!" She fired finger guns at them both and ran off to the backrooms, making sure she passed by one of those hotdog vendors.
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Taitanzu's backup wasted no time in getting straight into the fight, all of them shouting war cries and curses at the top of their lungs.
'It's a good thing I made it in time. I don't think they would have lasted much longer...' LR thought to himself as he calmly walked towards Amber who had turned her attention from the cousins and to him.
"Well, well, well. The Last Resort has finally come out to play..." Amber bowed mockingly, a sneer on her face as she looked up at him in disgust.
LR said nothing, only removing his signature earrings and putting them in his pockets. He looked straight into her eyes...once sharp, beautiful and innocent...now twisted, wild and animalistic. His hands twitched and he stiffened his legs... anyone that stayed with him long enough knew this was his primary battle stance.
"Too proud to answer me now right...I see you're wearing Boris' jacket...did something...happen to him? Did Reaper finally get him?"
LR's eyes lit up in anger and before he could stop himself he saw himself punching her in her stomach with such force that she was lifted off the ground momentarily.
She coughed up some blood before smirking and spitting it into his face, blocking his vision. "Why do you repeatedly hold back?! I know you can do more than this! You'll never win if you don't go all out against me!" Amber grabbed his head and slammed it into the ground before grating it against the rough sand, cackling like a demon.
"He doesn't need to go all out against you to win this!" Eliza shouted as she swung a baseball bat into Amber's head, knocking her off LR though the fourteen year old quickly recovered and went into a crouched position.
"You're going to need all the help you can get wooly hat bitch!" Amber lunged at Eliza but was immediately stopped by Noah who kicked her in the chest.
"Don't forget about meeeeeeeee!!!" Noah laughed while sticking his tongue out, though he was breathing heavily and struggling to open his right eye. The effects of the Hype were had already wore off Crystal who was struggling to get up and the same was soon going to happen to Noah.
"We need to end this quickly! Everyone capable of fighting! On me!" LR stood up and rushed to the recovering Amber, punching her in the face while Noah picked up a part of Joan's staff and repeatedly wacked her sides with it.
Eliza was waiting for the perfect opportunity to use her vice-like grip and keep Amber in position long enough for her to get knocked out.
"... useless useless useless.... useless! Useless! USELESS!" Amber caught LR's fist and redirected his momentum and kinetic energy into Noah who was just about to hit her again, the deputy's fist making full contact with the blonde's face, knocking him into Eliza.
'This girl...what on Earth is she..? Is she....a monster...?' LR thought as he regained composure and rushed back to the fight, firing on all cylinders as he managed to land more punches on her than she could do to him.
"I am no monster..." She spoke like she was a mind reader while simultaneously blocking an incoming punch and biting into his forearm,
"I am the DEVIL!" She ripped the flesh off and spat it into the crowd, basking in the heated frenzy she had gotten the spectators into.
"Fuck!' LR cursed and looked at his wounded arm. She had gone for a bite to the artery but barely missed and instead shredded a vein.
"She's not as crazy as she looks...her fighting genius...it almost rivals...!" LR ducked a swipe to the face and retaliated with a palm strike to her chin, stunning her momentarily.
Eliza rushed back into the fray with a kick to Amber's knee—the one that had been targeted earlier—kicking it repeatedly in an attempt to bring her down.
Amber stood strong, blocking LR's punches and somehow keeping herself standing.
"I will not! I cannot! I will never lose! I am Amber ALVAREZ!" Amber was about to do something to counter when she stopped dead in her tracks by an attack from Noah, he had shot his index finger straight into her ear and tearing an eardrum before pulling his finger out roughly and staining the ground beneath with blood and other unidentifiable body tissues, causing Amber to clutch her ear and scream in pain.
"...heh...this was a great fight.... unfortunately..this is the end for me my resolve....you guys... better... fucking win..." Noah chuckled, the Hype finally wearing off as he fell to the ground in a crumpled and bloodied heap.
"This is it! Everyone push to the very end!" Eliza shouted as she ran to the groggy Alvarez, slid between her open legs and got a firm grip on her ankles.
"Noah created.. the perfect chance..." Triple who had somewhat recovered mumbled quietly as he put his middle and index fingers together before striking Amber in the heart with deadly precision, stopping the organ for a few seconds which made her more disoriented.
"I'm going to make you pay for kicking out my teeth you grey haired thot!!!!!"
"I'll have to punish you sister....!" Casey and Clòvis ran up side by side and delivered their own personal barrage of punches to her face, neck and body...JoJo Style!
"Useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless useless
USELESS!!!!" the two fired a punch to the face at the same time, sending her tilting backwards and out of the grip of Eliza who had let her go before the punch barrage ended.
To their surprise she was still standing and conscious enough to talk.
"I'll kill you...every single one of you... I'll murder you all..." Amber was walking slowly, the duration of the battle and the damage finally taking its toll on her.
LR walked calmly to her and looked down on her battered form. She was swinging her fists wildly and muttering incoherently at him. She was obviously not even aware of where she was at the moment but her pride somehow still kept her standing.
"Amber... earlier you asked me why I didn't use my full strength...it's simply because I was commanded to...for your own safety..." LR cocked his fist as far back as he could, flexing every muscle in his arm and poising it for attack.
"Allow me to honor you as a mighty warrior...not even I would have lasted this long against such an onslaught...this is it. You have lost..."
"No! I can't lose! I will not lose! The Warriors will win this...that's the truth..!! The cold, hard, TRUTH!" She threw a punch at LR but he sidestepping it, his fist still cocked back. He had a solemn look on his face, like he was going through something bittersweet.
"You will never arrive at that truth"
He threw the punch into her face with all the force he could muster, sending her flying into the wall so hard that it cracked and some parts of it fell. She collapsed, knocked out cold.
The crowd was in hysterics.
Taitanzu had won.
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Freezy heard the loud screaming of the crowd and sighed, somewhat annoyed.
"Damnit. I missed the ending!" She pulled out her phone and slid into Facebook. People were somehow already posting videos of LR's final blow that got them the win.
"Damn these guys are fast"
She kept scrolling through posts as she munched her hotdog and walked around the backrooms, doing less of searching for anything suspicious and more of eating and making comments on the fight highlights.
Something fell and her ears perked up.
"The hell? Who was that? Who's out there?!" Freezy ate the hotdog whole and threw her phone into her pocket in the span of a few seconds and got into a defensive stance. She wasn't the best of fighters but she was pretty sure she could hold her own against whatever was out there.
"Oh dear....it seems you've found it..."
Freezy spun around, looking for the source of the voice, but was met with nothing.
"You better not be some prankster... I'll beat the shit out of you!" Freezy took a few shaky steps forward, her eyes whipping left and right for whoever the culprit might have been.
"Unfortunately...I must keep my true intentions secret...and you seeing me has jeopardized that...you must be exterminated..."
Freezy ran towards the shadow of one of the supporting pillars and struck with all her strength, but her fists met nothing but air and hard concrete. She gingerly caressed her probably broken finger, muttering curses all the while and lingering in the dark of the pillar.
"Y'know it's cowardly to hide in the shadows!? Face me like a real man!" Freezy stepped out from behind the shadow of the pillar, a nervous smile on her face.
"I'm afraid I can't do that... I must do what I have to do... forgive me for this...but everyone...must reap what they sow..."
"Reap....? It's.. it's you! You're... you're...!"
The sound of something locking was heard and Freezy felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end.
She had to get out and now.
Just as she was about to pivot on her heel and make a run for it a blast was heard and Freezy fell to her feet.
"What....on Earth....?" Freezy struggled to choke out when she saw the large amount of blood and what seemed to be flesh on the floor in front of her.
"...is...that...mine...n-no...." She stretched out her arm to touch her face. Alas, there was nothing there. The left side of her face had somehow been completely blown off.
"....Hang....man....."
And with that, Freezy was gone.