I opened up the floor between us as the Bulldog watched. I frowned. This wasn't his usual habit. He smirked and brought up his hands. Keeping on his toes he came after me. I felt a wave of energy flow past me as his aura hit then pushed against me. It was like a wave of warm, electrically charged air. There were a few whimpers from the crowd nearest us and a few members fainted. The Bulldog grinned and nodded as a blood lust seemed to rise in his eyes.
"Good, not going to faint on me." I pushed back with my own aura, and he shuddered as his grin intensified and his teeth elongated. "So full of surprises little one." He charged forward fast. With a burst of speed, I had to dive to the side and used his size against him to avoid the first attack. However, as his arm passed inches from my head, I felt the power in that first strike as it grazed past my shoulder.
'FUCK!' I thought, 'that would have taken my head off if it hit directly.' I twisted around fast and kicked up as he turned. My foot collided with his jaw, but he seemed unfazed as he tried to grab my leg. I used his face as a springboard and summersaulted away. As I came to a stop I realized he was right next to me his fist coming down, The Bulldog was indeed faster than I had anticipated. I brought my arms up and blocked feeling the blow sending shockwaves through me and pushing me back across the ring to hit the rails.
I gasped and felt the tingles of delight begin to rise. This was an opponent I could really let loose with. He began to charge and I waited for him to swing. Instead, however, he brought a leg up so fast to kick at my middle I nearly missed the movement. I rolled away over the rails and climbed up quickly as he collided with the rails causing them to rattle violently. With a grunt I held on, the force of his collision almost knocking me from the railings, until he stepped back and looked up. At that moment I jumped down from above and grabbed his neck in a choke hold with my legs then use both my arms to pummel down onto his head. My elbows collided with his skull.
The Bulldog staggered slightly but reached up and grabbed my leg pulling me from his neck. With a flick he slammed me off the ground then back up into the air and around and into the bars. Slightly stunned and seeing stars I grabbed the bars as he tried to slam me to the ground again. His hand yanked hard but the wrappings on my leg made his hand slip over my ankle and I was free. He stumbled slightly and I dived down then sprang up at him from the ring floor partly transforming my arm and catching him hard on the jaw.
A gasp rippled through the crowd as the Bulldog staggered back but shook off the hit. He grinned and came at me in a volley of fast swings that was designed to push my back to the railings where he could restrict my movements. Compared to Enoch the Bulldog felt slow but powerful, but his speed was still impressive. I darted nimbly between his punches and managed to get a few hits to his chest, but it was like punching a mountain. He never flinched or react in pain. The railings were coming up fast and I had to twist to get away taking a glancing blow to my left shoulder.
He rounded and came at me again but with the whole ring behind me now I was able to avoid his hits and keep him moving. My plan was to try and wear out his stamina but this was going to take a while. I tossed a few hits and caught his nose causing blood to splatter over the ring, but he was oblivious to the wound he had just received and only blinked rapidly.
Suddenly we both went flying and that weight descended on me. I looked to Rodger as he scrambled into the ring.
"Fuck I thought you were a goner when he got your leg. How are you?" I smirked.
"Just a love bite. Did you find anything out about this wild card?" He shrugged and pulled open a water for me.
"It was played by Vox. He paid big money to get it used and I bet he's… predicted the outcome." He looked around. "Even Curt is worried about it." I nodded.
"Curt… the Bulldogs manager?" He nodded.
"No one told him about this either." He sighed. "Just try and finish this fast and hope we don't find out what the wild card is." I laughed.
"Easier said than done. He's a fucking mountain." Rodger grinned.
"You're loving it though." I nodded.
"Hell yeah." He sighed.
"Try not to take too many beatings the next round will last twenty minutes." I frowned.
"It's five minute then seven then ten and fifteen… why the sudden change?" He looked to the remaining time.
"The Siren and the Vampire." He sighed. "They were simply stalling for time. Because their match was so unpredictably long, they've had to hasten your match. They did it to the other matches before yours too, but they ended rather quickly anyway." He snorted. "This means that you'll use more stamina faster and be in a vulnerable state for the wild card." I nodded and finished the water then took the glucose tablets he handed me.
"Well look out, this round will be bloody. In these forms I'm faster than him and I think I know how much force I need to use to break this guy." Rodger smirked and got up leaving the ring with the empty water bottle.
"Just be careful, when he shifts watch out for those teeth." I nodded and slowly got to my feet. Bella finished her round of the ring and grinned.
"Keep up the good work." She ducked out the ring taking the stool with her.
I looked around to where the Bulldog was already on his feet and smashing his arms together. He was getting worked up as he paced like a wolf in a cage as the Ref entered the ring. The ref looked to both of us and waved a hand. He sounded the count and stepped back fast. The bell sounded. The second round had begun.
I charged forward as the Bulldog snarled and came to meet me, we collided in the center of the ring our auras blasting out. He snarled and a growl came from his throat as I twisted him around and slowly began to move him. I kicked out hard and caught his stomach. Again, he didn't flinch. I kicked again but this time he blocked me with his leg allowing me to twist him and pull him off balance and onto the floor. Immediately I was on his back getting him into another strangle hold this time with my arms and using my right leg to smash at his right side.
The Bulldog grunted and began to stand like my attacks were nothing. I lashed out with a partial transformation and heard a snap, one of his ribs finally broke.
Suddenly the world seemed to move in a blur as he grabbed my leg and slammed himself back down landing on top of me. I grunted as he tried to squish me into the floor with his shoulders then slid across the ground. The heat from the friction burned at my shoulders and my chest felt tight as he crushed down on me. I bucked my hips up using my free leg to gain more force and sent us both flying up. We bounced when we hit the ground and I freed my leg from his grasp then scurried away and got to my feet.
The Bulldog began to walk on all fours as his blue eyes fixed on me and a shudder ran through me as his body cracked and changed shape. He was fully wolf and flicked the mask from his face. I had seen him fight like this before and knew he was preparing to do a body slam. He charged and darted forward covering the ground at an alarming rate, he had gotten faster now he was in his wolf form.
I waited until the last possible second before faking a dive to the left then jumping over the top of him. As his jaws snapped where he predicted I'd be, I passed safely over the top of him slamming down with my hands and catching him hard on the shoulders then summersaulted around stamping my foot onto his rump before darting away and scooping up his mask with a smirk.
The Bulldog rounded with a snarl and dived at me his jaws open, I slipped the mask into his mouth and slid under him dragging his lower jaw with me and causing his head to tuck under. With a grunt the rest of his body began to fall into a roll and slam to the ring. I took the opportunity as he was confused to wrap the mask around his jaws and launch a couple of smacks to his head. He backed off shaking his head violently and taring at his muzzle.
The mask hit the floor and he stretched his jaws then staggered as I landed on his back my legs wrapped around his waist and punched repeatedly at his head and right side. The Bulldog began to twist and shake violently like a bull under a cowboy but couldn't shake me. I stuck to him like a limpet and even took a slam to the railings on my left side. As he brought his head around to snap at my legs in an effort to get me off him, I launched a volley of punches at his face causing him to stagger. He began to shift and I felt his muscles growing.
Suddenly he was in Lycan form. He grabbed me with his clawed hand cutting at my skin and tossed me away. I hit the railing on the opposite side of the ring and slumped to the ground. Blood now covered the floor of the ring as both the Bulldog and I had suffered injuries. I got to my feet and felt myself begin to grow as I began to let my bloodlust take over. The Bulldog nodded and charged.