"We're doing what?"
"Collective gang training"
Boris explained to the rest of his gang in the makeshift gym he and Crystal had made for the Taitanzu members.
The Branch Heads all stood in front of their respective branch of subordinates, each of them having 50 members each amounting to a total of 150 members for Taitanzu. Last week's initiation had gone well for them.
"We can't just rely on the strength we have now, other gangs are already looking for ways to get a head start ahead of Brawlhalla. We can't and won't be left behind by the rest of them!" LR shouted from where he was standing next to Boris. He was all business today, totally rocking his black and red gang jacket and his durag which he had customized to have the same GTS tattoo he had on his neck.
"Today we are all going to be undergoing some rigorous training! I, Last Resort and your Branch Heads included. It is definitely not going to be easy. We don't want to be later out like the Destin Destroyers now do we?!" Boris rallied his gang without even moving from his seat or raising his voice.
It was no secret he wasn't as strong as some of the Heads, but the respect he commanded and the aura he had made his presence alone strengthen his gang.
"Vice and Crystal you lead, participate and supervise your Branch's combat and scouting training. Branch Heads and Casey follow me! Brandon! You fill in for Casey!" LR barked commands and walked away with Boris, the rest of the Heads and Casey followed them out of the gym while Brandon, the one who led Killer and Eliza to the Taitanzu HQ joined the deputies and remaining members.
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"We have to do what?"
"It's not that bad. It could even be easy..." Casey answered Noah, though even the hotheaded deputy was unsure of what the Taitanzu commander had just asked them to do.
Boris had led them all to a large, empty field behind a collection of high-rise buildings. Surely it would have been easier to just use the gym you think. Well not for this exercise...
"Our task is simple. We have to defeat Lance in battle" Boris explained calmly as he tightened the strap of his eye-patch, clearly not joking about what he had said.
"I don't think you understand what the word simple means boss...." Triple A deadpanned as he stole a glance at the man they were tasked with defeating.
LR slowly took off his jacket and durag, before ripping his shirt in half; revealing a muscular body that could put most adult bodybuilders to shame.
"Come on guys! He's strong but not strong enough to take on 5 of us at once!" Noah cackled as he threw his jacket into the air, showcasing scars that produced more questions than anyone could even answer.
"So the goal of this is to beat him right? That shouldn't be so hard..." Casey did like the rest of them and took off his jacket, folding it neatly and placing it on the floor.
"Alright! Enough talk! Let's! FUCKING! GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Killer, who had been stretching wordlessly finally flung his jacket aside and charged at LR, swinging his fist into Lance's face with so much force the impact could be felt in their bone marrows.
"....hm...." LR grabbed a hold of Killer's hand and pulled the grey haired boy towards him at an alarming speed, his knee making brutal contact with our main character's stomach in seconds.
The remaining four watched in complete shock as the near invincible 3rd Branch Head stood perfectly still, looking so frail the breeze looked like it would knock him over.
"Killer.....?...Killer.....?...Did you just pass out.....?" LR waved his hand in front of the heterochromic boy's face.
Killer didn't answer, his eyes were completely glazed over and his chest was rising and falling very slowly.
"The fuck...did he just knock Killer out with one knee to the stomach?" Noah's usual grin faltered for a bit before returning even bigger than before.
"That's the greatest fucking thing I've ever seen! I'm gonna bring you down!!!" The blonde ran towards LR (who by the way was just poking Killer's nose) at full speed, launching himself off the ground and kneeing the Last Resort in the face, managing to daze him for the briefest amount of time.
"Don't rush into battles like that! We had a plan remember!!!" Boris reprimanded Noah as he came up behind Last Resort, kicking him in the back of his knee and bringing the green haired Deputy to one leg.
"Now Casey!" Boris barked as the 2nd Branch Deputy rammed his extended arm into LR's nose and snapping his head back viciously, move that would have knocked out any normal human.
"Triple A it's your turn!" Casey yelled as he began tensing the muscles in his body for maximum power, clearly preparing for another attack.
Triple nodded and got into position, quickly putting LR into a choke-hold as Noah and Boris held both of the Deputy's legs.
Casey capitalized on this opportunity and gave the Last Resort a vicious uppercut to the jaw, a crack in someone's bones being heard throughout the battlefield.
"Shit...I broke my finger because of my own attack..." Casey could barely complain about his damaged finger because Triple A was thrown at him with tremendous force, knocking them them to the ground in a heap.
"Nice chain of attacks. I'm guessing it was Boris that came up with that..." Last Resort was holding Noah by the neck in one arm and Boris by the hair in the other, the only indication of an attack on him was the blood dripping out of his nose as he stared at all his attackers with expressionless, pink eyes.
"Unfortunately that's not enough..." Last Resort jammed both of their heads together before launching Boris across the field like a baseball and headbutting Noah so hard he thought he could hear his own skull cracking.
"Now it's my turn for the attacks..." LR set his sight on Casey and Triple A, who were struggling to stand up.
He ran towards them at an inhuman speed, slamming his fist into Triple's skull and knocking him into next week before attempting to do the same to Casey.
Casey side-stepped the punch, and instead caught LR's arm and swinging him in the opposite direction before barraging him with a rain of punches, even managing to force the monster of a teen to block his punches for a few seconds.
After a few more seconds of blocking Casey's attacks, LR got fed up and grabbed the Branch Deputy by the hair and uppercutting him, snapping his head back with so much force that he thought he killed him.
"I'll be the one to bring you down!!!" Noah swung a plank of wood he found in the grass into the back of LR's head, breaking it into a million pieces.
"What...was that supposed to be...?"
Noah's eyes widened in shock and surprise at the fact that the weapon attack didn't do so much as daze the deputy, who responded to it by elbowing him in the side of the head with so much strength that it was safe to assume he was barely expending any effort in defeating his own gang members.
Last Resort was about to say something when he instinctively blocked a kick that was aimed straight to his temple, the force behind the kick was enough to make his hand shake.
"I'll admit I forgot about you Boris..." Last Resort countered with a jab at the Taitanzu Commander's face but Boris parried it with a forearm block, quickly returning the attack in the form of a throat jab, which LR also blocked.
The two exchanged blows, Boris' agility and reflexes making up for his lack of strength and allowing him to reduce the damage done to him by his Deputy's strikes.
It was only a matter of time before Boris fell for a feint attack from LR, and payed dearly for it by getting knocked out with the very same kick to the temple he had attempted earlier.
Last Resort looked around the field, his gang members were laid out all over the place.
Casey next to a tree, Triple a few feet away from him, Boris at his feet....
"Hol up where are the other two-"
"SURPRISE!" Killer and Noah double punched the Last Resort dead center on the nose, sending the teen flying to the ground in shock.
"I'm quite surprised you knocked me out in one hit...seems you're a lot stronger than before..." Killer ripped off his own shirt, revealing his scarred body as proof of the many battles and outright wars he had been in through the course of his lifetime.
Noah wiped the blood leaking out of his nose with his hand and massaged the side of his head that LR had elbowed. "That was some attack y'know..."
Last Resort got up from the floor and readjusted his nose without even flinching, a sight that made even the likes of Killer uncomfortable. He cracked his knuckles and smiled devilishly.
"Now I have to get serious...."
Noah and Killer's heart rate dropped through their stomach, hit the ground and began tunnelling into the core of the earth as the words came out of their superior's mouth.
He was just getting serious now?
They were fucked.
And needless to say...they lost.....