"Kung fu them panda!" was the last thing Doubt said before Buttons charged forward.
Throwing pin point accurate kicks at Kate and Cobain at the same time despite their distance from each other he narrowly missed Kate while kicking Cobain up towards the clouds.
As feathers flew off his body and turned into more crow clones Kate had barely ducked the kick and was retreating towards Avery.
"Smoke screen him!" she shouted towards the clones who promptly exploded directly in Buttons and Doubts faces covering them in a massive cloud of smoke.
Grabbing an unconscious Avery, Kate scooped his limp body up and ran off the field.
As soon as she made her way off the pitch she heard a distant thud followed by the sound of Cobain growning.
"Cob!" Kate shouted seeing Cobains body strewn on a stadium seat.
Looking down at the unconscious Avery and a twitching Cobain she put her hands on her head in a panic.
Shaking her head she took a deep breath before turning back and running back onto the field.
Watching as Buttons and Doubt wiped away the last bit of smoke from their faces Kate ran to shield Ari from them.
"Aww that's sweet you must all really care about that one!" Doubt said through a maniacal laugh.
As her eyes fluttered open Ari made out the distinct figure of Kate standing in front of her.
Looking past her while still on he ground she made out Buttons and had a shiver down her back at the sight of the snake wrapped around his neck.
Frozen still by her lifelong fear of snake's she opened her mouth but couldn't summon any words.
Unfazed by Doubts incessant cackling Kate took a deep breath, her focus sharpening.
With a swift movement, she lunged towards Buttons, her fist aimed at his chest.
But the panda bear was no ordinary adversary, he deftly sidestepped the attack, his fake fur body moving with disheartening agility.
"Hahaha. You can't do shit. Kill her my panda!" Doubt shouted with a rye smile across it's scale ridden face.
Suddenly, Buttons' massive paw swung through the air, its claws aimed at Kate's side.
With lightning-fast reflexes, she twisted her body, narrowly avoiding the attack.
But the force of his strike sent her hurtling through the air, crashing back down to earth directly in front of Ari with a sickening thud.
"Kate!" Ari shouted as she sprung to her feet solely focused on her friends safety.
Looking onwards Kate watched as her pain was put into numbers.
[-20 HP]
Gingerly rising to her feet she felt Ari grab her by the waist.
"Kate stop. You're hurt" Ari said as Kate turned to face her.
"No no back off he's too strong for you..." Kate said as she pushed Ari off who saw her lip quivering as she fought back tears from the pain.
"You can't..." Ari said as her words escaped her when she looked up and saw the snake.
"What are you...you scared of snakes?" Kate asked in a hushed tone as Doubt watched on with a wide sadistic grin.
Unable to form a coherent response she nodded and fell to her knees as her entire body shook.
"Okay it's okay, I'm not dead yet" Kate said as she smiled at Ari who saw specs of blood already dripping out of her mouth.
Rising to her feet Kate grit her teeth and rushed towards Buttons and Doubt.
Feeling her back tense up she resolved to use her strength.
Seeing a kick coming in her direction she stood her ground and tanked the strike with a fist of her own deflecting the kick into the ground.
Having her hands in front of her in a boxers stance, she kept her eyes locked in in Buttons.
Ari looked on as Kate and Buttons went to battle.
"Fuck...I gotta do something..." Ari said as she continued to shower at the dark scaley sight of Doubt.
"Shit shit shit it's just a dream it's just a dream" she muttered to herself with her eyes closed.
Kate launched a barrage of lightning-fast punches, each one aimed at the panda's vulnerable spots.
But Buttons, fueled by his karate mastery born from Ari's imagination effortlessly evaded her punches with its agile movements.
But Kate refused to back down, her determination unwavering.
With a surge of adrenaline, she launched a powerful hook, connecting solidly with the Buttoms' jaw who staggered back disoriented.
Sensing an opportunity, Kate pressed her advantage, her fists raining down on the bear in a relentless onslaught. But the panda, with its uncanny reflexes, swiftly recovered, evading Lisa's punches and countering with a spinning back kick.
Not reacting in time Kate watched as Buttons heel approached her face but she felt herself be pulled back as Buttons' paw flew past her face.
Confused and surprised she watched as Ari ran past and knocked Buttons over with one push.
"Get up! He's gonna roll backwards onto his feet and jump at us with a punch into the ground" Ari said as she grabbed Kate and ran with her.
Rolling back onto his feet Buttons lept towards them.
"Jump to the side now!" Ari shouted leaping out of the way as Kate mirrored her.
"He's gonna throw a punch at you first then a kick at me" Ari said as Kate ducked a punch from Buttons and she dove under a kick from him.
"Shit you stupid bear! How's she's calling out your moves before you do them, switch it up! Doubt shouted towards Buttons as he tightened his grip around Buttons neck.
In spite of Doubts' constant demands for Buttons to change his attack patterns what he didn't realize was Ari had them all committed to memory.
Ari remembered all of the old martial arts movies she watched as a child.
All the time she spent playing with Buttons and thinking of him as the ultimate martial artist, moving his limbs around mimicking all the heroes she saw in the films she recognized the moves he was performing now as the ones she had made him perform when she was young.
"That's a question mark kick don't cover your body he's gonna fake to your head!" Ari blurted out as Kate ducked underneath the looping punch.
"We gotta get that cackling snake off his neck he's the one causing this" Kate said as she and Ari regrouped having avoided Buttons latest barage.
"Yeah I'm getting tired" Ari said wiping sweat from her brow with her shirt.
"Okay any ideas on how we get the snake off?" Kate asked.
"We knock him over the way I did earlier...grab him by the head and tail and just yank him off I guess" Ari replied.
"Okay we can-"
"I'm taking the tail I'm not dealing with a snake's head" Ari blurted out as she ran ahead.
Goading in Buttons to jump try attacking her Ari recognized a karate chop followed by a handstand kick and jumped onto Buttons back grabbing at Doubts tail.
"Ha nice try bitch!" Doubt snarled as he spun around and sprung at Ari.
As Ari let go of the tail and fell onto her back a black crow flew towards them and exploded in a cloud of black smoke.
Laying on her back shaking in fear Ari shrieked as Doubt sprung forth through the black smoke.
Holding her hands out she caught the terrifying figure by the neck that stuck it's tongue out at her.
Shutting her eyes she swung it to the ground.
Opening them she saw Doubt strewn on the ground as she jumped and stomped it's head repeatedly while avoiding looking at it.
"Oh shit you did it" Kate said smiling with Cobain on her shoulder.
Still breathing heavy and drenched in sweat Ari looked at Buttons who promptly collapsed.
"Shit Bu-" Ari said before a green text appeared in front of her.
[Mission Completed!] Popped up in a green text as Ari kneeled next to an unconscious Buttons as everything faded to black.
Gasping in a cold sweat Ari bolted up shaking and not able to breath.
Trembling and gasping for air in the dark she grabbed her pillow off her bed and screamed bloody murder into it.