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Coppertop

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Jun 18, 2003, 12:11 PM
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You WOULD say that. You're in it. Did you even READ it?

You posted fast though, so here ...

Defalcon eyed the rabbit who faced him. She was dark purple, with short white hair and cold hazel eyes. She wore a curved sword and a long blade that was just shy of qualifying as a rapier. Defalcon grinned when the air shimmered - whatever powers she had were useless.
She saluted him with her sword. He nodded and drew Nightfire, sensing that this was going to be too close for laserfire. Still, he kept the rifles close to hand.
She drew her knife as well, a condenscending look in her eyes. He grinned again and activated his swords, sheathing them in blue flame and noting that she seemed suddenly alarmed.
I wonder why.
He ducked, his unusually quick reflexes coming into play as she tried a cut at his head. This wasn't going to be fancy swordplay. He swayed to the side as her longer blade flicked by, then attacked with a low horizontal slash intended to make her jump, and a higher vertical one to catch her if she moved forward.
She leapt back and fended off Nightfire with her shorter blade, tangling Nightwind with the curved sword. He lashed out with a foot, catching her knee and making her stumble. Unfortunately her sword had knocked Nightwind wide, so she didn't fall onto his blade, but rather onto him.
Defalcon knocked her sword out of line and twisted away from the knife, his shoulder conveniently shoving her away.
He spun and brought Nightwind up in a move that would have laid her face open if she hadn't dodged. She retaliated immediately with a crosscut that knocked Nightfire away and came dangerously close to disemboweling him. However, since he didn't really feel like losing his insides, he sidestepped and leapt clear over her head.
He landed and spun, launching another rapid-fire attack as she twisted to meet it. His blades flickered in once, twice, Nightfire tangled with her dagger, and the long knife went spinning away to lie glittering in the Diamondan grass, leaving her with just her sword.
Surprise at her unexpected disarming left her momentarily frozen. To her credit she recovered quickly, and skipped back away from Defalcon's blades. She was still too close to use his blasters though, and he moved forward, circling to the side a bit.
She feinted and started a high attack, forcing him to throw Nightwind up to protect the integrity of his skull. She swept her blade down, encouraging him to bring Nightfire up as well, and then she ducked and lunged, her shoulder driving into his stomach.
Gasping, he doubled over, backing away as he tried to regain his breath. She followed, her blade flicking in, testing his already strained defenses.
Abruptly he felt the rough, solid surface of a Diamondan tree bhind him, checking his retreat. He was already tiring quickly, and he was still winded from her last, unexpected move. He realized that he needed to finish her off quickly, or he would become too exhausted.
He shook off the ache that had developed in his stomach where her shoulder had impacted. He would have a nice, colorful bruise later, if he survived that long. Diving forward, he forced her to backpedal a few steps. She recovered and came forward, sword in guard position.
He drew her blade out, and kicked her in the side when she came too close. She recoiled and he locked blades with her, straining to overpower her. Abruptly he threw her back, knocking her off balance. She rolled to her feet as he sheathed Nightfire in a rapid, smooth movement, and lowered Nightwind. She obviously expected a surrender, as she backed off.
He brought his hand up, wishing he dared sheathe Nightwind. Two hands were better for this one. He concentrated briefly.
Better make it quick.
A blast of energy shot from his hand, slow by his standards but quick enough. It spun towards his opponent, striking her chest and throwing her back violently. She staggered to her feet.
She's gonna be sore tomorrow ...
He drew Nightfire again. She came forward, blade leading, but she was dazed and off-balance. He locked blades with her again, and just as she began to back off he swept her sword down and out with his own, bringing Nightwind in fast, too fast for her to twist away. He buried his blade to the hilt in her stomach. She was dead before she hit the ground.
Defalcon swayed and caught himself on the tree that could have killed him. He shook his head to clear his vision and looked up to see Copper and a Kiyrenin tangling blades. She slammed her hilt against her opponent's and kneed him in the stomach before clobbering him over the head with the pommel of her sword. The Kiyrenin collapsed. She turned and faced Defalcon.
"You fight dirty," he noted. She grinned.
"This isn't ballet," she pointed out. "I fight to win. Hey, your own fight was pretty spectacular."
"I try. She wore me out. I'm not good for anything now."
"Looks like you got the better end of it."
"I think I did." He winced, watching Claw brain someone, spin, and slash another one open. "That's gotta hurt."
"I wouldn't know. I've never experienced it."
"Thank your lucky stars for that," Claw said, loping over. "There's only a few left."
"Shinyso?"
"Tangled with Sai. Now there's someone who can use his claws." His tone was appreciative.
"Is Shinyso dead?"
"Not even out of action. He's still going strong. Take a bulldozer to knock him out."
"We knew that."
"Yeah, but does Sai?"
"Good point. How's Shuriken?"
"Bouncing off trees. She's pretty agile, you know."
"So I gathered. Where's Sai and Shinyso?"
"That way."
"Come on."