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Post by Tokrochiru on Jun 7, 2011 4:53:35 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:17 PM
Emily shook her head in response to all the accusations that were being made about her.
"Believe me, if there were any other way-"
"There were plenty of other ways, Emily." Zemna interrupted. "Think back, Arch. Way back. You think I accomplished what I did by cutting corners? It wouldn't have mattered what I did back then if I set everyone who got in my way ablaze. You can't let your fear compromise who you are, Emily. I know you. You're a good girl, underneath all that fear and desperation. We can all leave here together. This doesn't have to end with more spilt blood."
Emily closed her eyes and sighed.
"That argument would have been convincing, Dragon of Na, if they had not come from the mouth of a man more dead than Carl Makkura."
Zemna was silenced. Rean looked at him as he seemed incapable of responding to her. What did she mean by saying he was more dead than Makkura? Vastion, with his limited knowledge of the legendary hero, knew that Makkura was undead. Zemna seemed very much alive and well. The idea confused Vastion. Was Zemna some sort of undead creature as well?
Vastion struggled to figure it all out in his head. Before he could even half he could figure it out, though, his thoughts were once again interrupted.
"You utter and complete BI**!!" Shouted Rean. He pointed his club in Emily's direction.
"Even if your plan HAD worked, and I was some sorta Godly super-salvation hero, what gives you the right to talk to people like that!! I don't even know what you freakin' meant by all that 'he's not alive' crap, but just by the way you said it, I can tell it was vindictive! Who the HELL do you think you are, Emily!! Who the freakin' HELL do YOU THINK YOU ARE!!?"
Emily seemed slightly taken back by Rean's statement. Vastion saw no reason why it should have garnered the reaction it did. Rean's raging didn't seem to stand out compared to everything else he'd said up to this point. Nevertheless, Vastion continued to listen in order to understand.
"You're a b***, Emily! A scared, crazy, little, BI**!! You think I am who I am because of some sort of vague, genetic self-preservation....thing!? I am who I am because I MADE myself this way!! My genes have NOTHING to do with it!! NOTHING!!!"
Rean whipped the air furiously with his club.
"Enough talking, Emily!! We're going to end this here and now!! All of the damage you've cause, all the lives you ruined...IT STOPS HERE AND NOW!!!"
Rean prepared himself to combat the opponent he had been fighting all his life. This foul woman, this embodiment of Jardin del Vicio, would be put to rest this day.
Mosharu, impressed by Rean's sudden burst of fighting spirit, clenched his fists.
"Hahaha! Never thought you had it in you, kid. Come on. Let's beat this bi** to death infinitely over!! I don't care for your reasons, and you don't have to care for mine!! Let's just finish this bi** off for good!! I'll enjoy EVERY second of it!!"
Zemna, suddenly aroused by Rean's conviction, seemed to find the strength within himself to finally and properly respond to Emily.
"I don't know what you've heard, or what you know, Arch. But I'm not dead yet. You're closer to death than I am....Even if I don't have a heart beating inside my body, at least I have a soul! I don't know if I can say the same for you. Come on. Let's finish this. One last dual, to end them all."
Vastion still struggled. He knew so little of these people, but the words they spoke made him feel as if he knew everything about them. He had no words to describe it. In that moment, Vastion felt he had a clear understanding of everything. It was as if, for a brief moment, the world had been revealed to him, and that he was seeing color for the first time in his life.
"I don't understand any of this," he said. "But, for some reason, I know that defeating you is the right thing to do....Your evil has stirred something in me, villain. I thank you for that. Now I will make sure that your evil spreads no further."
Emily began to grit her teeth in frustration. The conviction of the group....Was it finally getting to her?
"Why do you refuse to see through my eyes? Is my motivation so foreign to you that you will not even ATTEMPT to understand me!? I will make you understand. I will make you ALL UNDERSTAND MY VISION!!"
Enraged, Emily charged forth. She attempted to gut Krizno with her blade while her free arm reached out toward his face in a sloppy attempt to crush it. Krizno had to move fast, and would need the assistance of the entire group in order to take her down.
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Jardin del Vicio ~ Northern District - 11:52 AM
"I've heard it all before, and frankly, I don't care for it. Disagree with my methods if you want, but it won't change anything. Besides, this wasn't my idea anyway. Xerxes just contacted me and told me to do this.....And yes, that includes the codecs in your ears."
Was it truly Xerxes' idea? Could he truly be so intrusive?
"None of this is important, anyway. I'm helping you out as a favor to Xerxes. You should be glad. Now, tell me exactly who or what you're looking for. I'll try my best to help you find him...or it."
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Post by Platinum-06-Grillz on Jun 8, 2011 14:23:51 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:17 PM
The entire conversation about the entire city being one giant corrupted experiment gone wrong intrigued Yeshua and Inferno. They communicated to each other telepathically about their take on the current situation.
Yeshua crossed his arms and tapped his heel in confusion. "Now, wait a minute. Is she saying I'm supposed to be apart of some experiment gone awry to create some super savior? A savior such as the guy with the golf club over there?"
"Yup, it seems like it, bruddah. Not like it applies to me since I came from an alternate universe where heartbreak and sadness had been replaced by OldHerbs Bodywash, so I'm not affected one bit."
"Of course it shouldn't affect you, but for me, it's quite a lot to take in all at once. This explains more than enough why this place is such a hopeless rat hole." He couldn't help but look down and sigh in annoyance. He placed one hand in his pocket and adjusted his glasses with his other using his middle finger as a natural reflex for his frustration.
"To be frank, this wreck of a city seemed pretty hopeless from the start. At least busting some heads during our spare time were pretty fun. As for this failed experiment thing, you're a lot more different than the rest. Just think for a second, you could've been like Vanilla Wigger from a few days back."
As soon as Inferno gave Yeshua that realization, he couldn't help but picture himself souped up in a typical hood thug getup with sagging pants, bandana, rapping with a microphone in hand standing in front of African prostitutes with gigantic 70's afros, and a ridiculously long T-shirt with "GANGSTA GRIZ-ILLZ" plastered all over it. All occurring behind the bars of a prison on top of that. As soon as he snapped back into reality, he couldn't help but cringe at such a paranoid vision. "...Oh my goodness, I think you may be right. I'm thankful I'm not a failure of their level."
"Exactly. You may be a total stick-in-the-mud, but you're far from a failure. Take it from me." Inferno immediately followed with a thumbs up of approval and a large grin. Yeshua smiled and replied with a simple "Thanks a lot, dude."
"Now where were we? ...Oh yeah, that's right! Seems everyone had their turn in Musical Chairs with Emily, so I'mma get in on this." The two snapped out of their telepathy mental state and Inferno was about to say a few things to Emily before the fight began. He pointed a finger at her and started to tell her something as if it were going to be a taunt of some sort. "Now looky here, Ms. Mad Scient-" before he could utter another syllable from that big mouth of his, Emily snapped and rambled on about her "vision" completely ignoring him as if he wasn't there at all.
Thanks to Inferno's large ego, he didn't take too kindly to to this. "...WHAT!?" he shouted in a high pitched voice. He spawned his double naginata from a bed of flames coming from his hand and lifted a leg into the air as he aimed toward the area between Krizno and Emily as she dashed toward gthe lightning demon. "Don't even think about IGNORING ME, YOU ***HOOOOOOLE!!!" With tremendous force, he darted his weapon toward that specific area Emily was about to run into. It was moving so fast, the weapon was literally blurred from what could have been a speed of at least 50/mph. If Emily wouldn't want to risk the loss of an arm, she would have to turn her attention away from Krizno and reflect the flying naginata with her blade. Being slightly aware of her strength, he had a gut feeling the attack wouldn't be very effective. Inferno was so overconfident that he decided to roll with it anyway.
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Post by SlvrNight on Jun 8, 2011 19:41:11 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio Tadara Blvd - 1:17 PM
Krizno smiled as he saw Emily attack him first. It was a rather sloppy attack though, so he simply jumped a few meters to the side, leaving an electric wall in his place.
Miya's jet pack quickly launched her out of the path of Emily's attack as well since she had been standing right next to the lightning demon. The armored woman added to his counterattack by launching a missile from her right gauntlet, aimed at the same spot the lightning wall was. If Emily touched the wall, it would be nearly impossible for her to move in time to avoid being hit by, at least, the explosion.
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Post by Greed on Jun 8, 2011 21:15:43 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:18 PM
Aire
I think I was offended that that woman had just bypassed me for Krizno. Maybe. In didn't matter though, because Lucii and Altair were adding to the fight while I hurried to get the hell outta there; I jumped away, expecting.... a pretty big explosion. Really, what else was going to happen!? Least there were going to be some awesome fireworks...
Lucii
"Lucii, attack with me, I have an idea... make sure to follow Emily's movement." Didn't have to tell me twice, I was ready. It was then an there that a large and constant beam of light erupted from the eye above Altair's head.
"Nice trick, mind if I add some flair to it?" By flair, I mean fire. And burning things. Mainly Emily. But even then, Altair... the dude looked tense. Like he was waiting for Emily to escape this first attack, and had something in mind already... he certainly didn't glance my way.
I didn't think on it for more than a split second though; my flames raced down the beam's trail like a freakin snake, as the beam slammed into where Emily's back should have been. Should have, because I was expecting the bitch to dodge... the speed she moved with scared me.
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Post by Tokrochiru on Jun 11, 2011 3:54:55 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:18 PM
Krizno's attacker responded unusually to his dodge. Rather than fall for the trap or continue to pursue Krizno, she leaped back. It seemed that she was about to extent her sword and try to impale Miya, but she caught eye of Aire heading up top.
"Clever girl," She whispered to herself. "Suppose there's no reason to hide it any longer."
After effortlessly dodging the beam of energy coming at her from behind, a sickening grin spread out across across her face as she began to speak a word Vastion knew all too well.
"Ig..."
Vastion's eyes widened as he realized what she was about to do. His instincts told him to jump, but before he did so, he caught the paralyzed, bleeding man on the ground near him. Moving as fast as he could, he lifted the archer up and leaped up as high as he could.
"JUMP!!!" He shouted as he flew. Zemna, Mosharu and Rean immediately followed his order and leaped into the air with him.
Emily finished her line.
"...NITE!!!!"
The ground simply exploded. It was akin to one of Vastion's techniques, except far more devastating. Every steaming part of the ground that her blade had sliced before the battle started erupted in bright, pink, heated energy. The group needed to either leap upward, or, if that was not possible, leap as far out of the way of the steaming sliced parts of the concrete.
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Post by Platinum-06-Grillz on Jun 14, 2011 19:18:02 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:18 PM
"Agh, dang it! I missed!" Inferno shouted as he snapped his fingers in frustration.
"Eh. What an odd way to start a fight, but what's done is done." Shortly after, he overheard Vastion prompting everyone to get off of the ground as fast as possible. "Inferno, we gotta get off the ground. NOW!"
"On it, brother." He dashed towards Yeshua and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "Wait, what are you-"
"ALLEYOOP MOTHER FUDGE-AH!!" He tossed Yeshua high into the air and followed after him as he screamed from how high he was unexpectedly launched. As they were ascended into the air, they witness the huge pink explosion that covered the ground. Inferno reacted with a simple whistle and commented, "Man, that's the power of feminism? So much of it is making me go blind."
"Good call on the horned guy's part. Now we better grab onto something so we don't end up falling to our deaths."
The duo ended up falling toward a pole in the vicinity. Yeshua clumsily managed to land on top of it as he attempted to catch his balance while Inferno grasped the shaft of the pole and spun around repeatedly as his legs were lit aflame. At the pique of his rotational speed, he kicked a large wave of fire toward Emily as his counterattack. They were quite a way's away, so she should easily see it coming on time before impact.
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Post by SlvrNight on Jun 14, 2011 23:16:26 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio Tadara Blvd - 1:18 PM
Krizno heard Vastion yell at everyone to jump. His response was a simple "tch" and he jumped up into the air. However, he did not expect this explosive attack to last more than a split second so he soon found himself falling back towards the steaming pink ground.
Miya quickly flew by and grabbed the lightning demon's arm, landing on a rooftop and roughly dropping him. "I won't be saving your ass again, Krizno. So you better start actually using those lessons your 'master' taught you. Unless he was as crappy a mentor as he was a person." This remark warranted a harsh glare from the lightning demon. Normally he would have assaulted someone who insulted his master, but he knew now was not the time.
The two of them stood on the rooftop, waiting for the ground to return to normal.
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Post by Greed on Jun 14, 2011 23:56:52 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:19 PM
Aire
I gulped... just a bit when i saw that explosion... made me glad I still had my wings at the moment.
"Oh... kay... holy shit, woman." I circled around, because i was totally going to dive right on her head... horrible idea, I know, but Altair and Lucii still seemed ready to make some noise and flash...
Altair
"I would have been impressed if that hadn't telegraphed itself so badly..." It was beneath my breath, but it was nothing but the truth; simply stepping where no lines had been cut into the earth worked well enough to dodge Emily's oh-so massive explosion. I wasn't so pleased that my Eye of Heaven fell apart, but I was pleased to see Lucii on Emily's right now, as she had dodged the explosion the same way.
It made my job easier, having a perpetual flaming target on my side. A perpetually flaming target that was flinging fireballs at my enemy.
I raised my hand, and aimed at Emily's back... if I could just subtract her abilities a little, this fight would go far more smoothly. Three beams of darkness shot from my hand, and I could only hope that Lucii's distraction worked.
[[- Darkness of the Gaze: Altair fires out from his hand a straight, pitch-black beam of energy. While the beam does damage on its own, it also robs the enemy of their core vitality; everything that makes up their power. Every time this attack hits an opponent, all their stats are reduced by 1 AP for 2 posts. Altair can fire these beams three times before he has a cool down of 1 post.]]
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Post by Tokrochiru on Jun 16, 2011 3:46:48 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:19 PM
((Powerplay requested by Advix))
The energy mostly dissipated, and the ground was once again walkable. An unpleasantly hot, pink mist remained in the air.
Vastion landed on the ground and carried the limp, paralyzed body away from the center of the fight. Far, far away. He set him down on a soft patch of grass that he assumed was somebody's garden. He said one last thing before taking off.
"Once this is over, I'll take you to a hospital. Try to think of pleasant things in the mean time. It should ease the pain."
The swordsman then took off once again toward Xipe Totec's psychotic leader, each blade drawn. Alen was now on his lonesome, left to reflect on his own actions.
In the mean time, Emily seemed to have no trouble casually deflecting blows from Mosharu, Aku and Rean that would have killed any normal person. She managed to trip Rean, knee Mosharu in the gut, and punch Aku in the face in a short enough time frame to allow her to also leap over Lucii's flames and (very luckily) avoid Altair's blast.
However Zemna was there to greet her upon her landing. The lizard fired an explosive blast of white flame in her face. What she wasn't able to block with her blade hit her hard in her arms and stomach, burning off her sleeves and the lower part of her shirt. Her upper suit was completely burnt away, leaving only a charred dress shirt and tie to cover her upper body.
Even though she blocked part of the blow with her blade, the unthinkable happened. The energy on her blade caught fire. It appeared that Zemna's flames were capable of causing anything to combust. Even energy itself.
As she landed, the Lizard managed to gut her with his humongous weapon, severing her spine in half. He spoke to her while she was dazed.
"I'm not dead yet. If I can still feel sorry for you, then there isn't a doubt in my mind that I'm still alive. Even if just barely."
Zemna punched her hard in the chest, sending her flying off of Zemna's blade and into the wave of fire Inferno launched. the wave knocked her to the ground, and charred her skin even further than Zemna's flames had already.
The woman took a bit to groan and bring herself back to her feet. A pink aura surrounded her as heated energy seemed to seal off her wounds. Wherever she was injured, there was a bright, pink light there to cover it up. It was amazing that she was still able to stand, considering how her spine was severed. It should have been impossible.
"None of you see. Why can't any of you see it!?"
Emily extended her sword once again and swiped it along the ground in Altair's direction while unleashing a continuous burst of ki, sending a wave of explosions in his direction. It seemed he was her target now. As long as it stayed that way, Altair would have to remain on the defense.
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Post by Platinum-06-Grillz on Jun 16, 2011 9:23:17 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:19 PM
"Ah freakin' A, a direct hit!" Inferno cheered when his random attack made a devastating direct hit as he hung from the pole with one hand like a monkey. "Lizardman ain't to shabby. Gotta give that guy props."
"Try not to get to cocky just yet, we got lucky this time. Take a look." Yeshua pointed at Emily prompting Inferno to pay attention and look closely at what was happening. It was at this point they noticed that the pink aura around her was sealing all of her wounds.
Inferno slapped his forehead in annoyance. "Aw funky butt lovin'..." While Inferno was groaning and complaining about her healing abilities, Yeshua immediately jumped from the pole they were suspended on. "Inferno, we're going up close!"
"Eh?" Inferno flipped around the pole one more time and launched himself toward Yeshua safely landing on his feet from a double backward somersault. "So what's the plan?" He asked Yeshua as they were darting toward the mad Xipe Totec leader.
"Take a look at who she's targeting next."
"It's the purple pimp lookin' mother sucker, so what of it?"
"That black ray he launched looked like it could have done some serious damage. It's safe to assume she may have considered his abilities to be a major threat at this point. We provide a good distraction in hopes he could launch another one of those attacks and hit her successfully."
"Sounds like a good idea to me. So let's gun it!" Inferno gave him a thumbs up in approval of his idea.
"Good. I'll aim high while you aim low." The vodic gave him a nod and closed in on Emily's position fast. Using the large amount of the momentum from his speedy dash, he executed a sliding kick and aimed for Emily's ankles in an effort to trip her up. Yeshua, on the other hand, leaped into the air with both katanas in hand, and executed a single flip in the air to build up strength for a massive overhead double slash. Emily would have to block high and low at once, or come up with other means to quickly dodge their attacks.
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Post by Greed on Jun 17, 2011 0:00:37 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:20 PM
Aire
I could almost have laughed at the way Altair ran away from the line of explosions. But... I had a job to do. And that was making sure he didn't get blown up at the moment. And, as fate would have it, Emily's change of focus gave us one HELL of an opening.
I whirled through the air, and as I did, I grew my bones into a large blade, protruding from the underside of my arm. The pain was blinding, but the payoff would be sweet... I dove almost straight down in front of the woman, and even before she could see me... I slammed that red and white cleaver I had just made down on her sword arm at full speed. There was no way in hell she could have seen any of us coming from that angle!
Lucii
I took a hint from the second attack we were launching, and got directly in that bitch's only escape path... hoo boy I was... tense. Everything I was wanted to rip her apart, and cook her alive... but no, for that to happen, I had to work as part of a... team.
It was something I was crap at, but hey, we beat that asshole with the giant sword!
I only briefly glanced back at Krizno... I sure as hell hoped he saw that we needed to work together to beat her. That armored woman though... something about her bothered me; mainly, who the hell was she. Aw, who cares, it was time to bring some fire if she tried to go this way!
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Post by SlvrNight on Jun 19, 2011 16:55:53 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio Tadara Blvd. ~ 1:20 PM
Krizno watched from the rooftop as Aire, Yeshua, and Inferno assaulted Emily. As much as he wanted to attack as well, he knew it was best for him not to. Aire was currently attacking Emily's blade with her own, while Inferno was coming from behind with a sliding kick. On top of that, Yeshua was coming from above with his own sword slash. Attacking at a time like that would have a rather large chance of hitting one of his allies...
Krizno stood calmly, continuing to observe and wait for an opening. His eyes shifted towards Miya and noticed she was down on one knee, aiming at Emily with her rifle arm. The barrel of the rifle increased several inches and a holographic targeting sight appeared over Miya's helmet. The lightning demon let out a small laugh. "Aiming for the kill, I assume?"
"Of course. The faster we end this, the better."
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Post by Advix on Jun 21, 2011 13:22:45 GMT -5
Byakutora knew better than to come into contact with her sword. He remembered how Raiga described Ki to him. Any physical contact through normal means could mean the end. He whipped his sword around to thin the flow of Lucii's flames, and charged through the fire to chase after Emily. "EMILY! Don't think I'll go easy on you! I might not want you dead, but I WILL make you hurt!" Byakutora threw at powerful punch with the bracer that he now knew was unbreakable, aiming to break her back.
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Post by Tokrochiru on Jun 24, 2011 5:07:43 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:20 PM
"Why won't you people even TRY TO UNDERSTAND!?!?"
The woman stomped on the ground, sending ripples of Ki through the concrete around her. An explosion, about 7 feet in diameter, sent everyone who tried to attack her up close flying away with heavy burns. However, Mosharu rushed in after she knocked everyone else was knocked away, and grab her. With one, swift move, Mosharu was able to grab Emily's sword arm and kick her body away, tearing it completely off. Mosharu had succeeded in disarming (no pun intended) her for but a moment, however.
Emily retaliated faster than Mosharu could react, and kneed him right in the gut.
"I should NEVER have given you such mercy."
She grabbed his arm and rammed her knee against his elbow, dislodging it.
"I should NEVER have thought I could save you from the same fate as him!"
She finished him off by kicking him straight in the solar plexus with the spike of one of her heels, knocking the wind out of him and sending him flying backward.
"Just leave, Mosharu. Go to hell. That's where you belong now."
A sudden gust of wind.
Emily barely had enough time to reclaim her lost blade as Vastion came up and attempted to swipe at her from behind. Both of his blades met her single sword. A constant, orange wave of energy battled against the explosive Ki erupting from Emily's blade. Emily's power seemed at first superior, as she was able to dish out much more than Vastion could have. However, over time, the Ki erupting from her blade began to slowly dissipate. Hers was a quick burst of Ki energy, while Vastion's seemed to be an endless stream.
Vastion had her in a lock, with little way to break free without risking great damage to herself. If there was at all a time to strike at her, it was now.
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Post by Platinum-06-Grillz on Jun 25, 2011 21:47:25 GMT -5
Jardin del Vicio ~ Tadara Blvd - 1:20 PM
As Yeshua and Inferno closed into Emily with their attacks, they were immediately countered by a blast of ki and was sent flying into a wall. They were literally jammed inside craters in the wal that were the shape of their bodies.
"Argh, man, It's a good thing being fireproof, but that impact is a doozy." Inferno said as he breathed heavily.
"You said it," Yeshua replied in the same fatigued state," but I don't -huff- -huff- think I can feel my back. Or my arms for that matter. Urgh..."
"Any other bright ideas, you -huff- friggin' kamikaze? An idea that doesn't get us killed maybe?"
"I'm not sure. She's very unpredictable. We'll look for an opening and counter for the time being." As he watched Vastion struggle with Emily, he saw his chance. "Like... now for instance!"
"Heh, I'm way ahead of you, brother." Inferno pushed himself out of his man-made crater and knelt with the sole of his foot against the wall. He kicked himself from the wall and darted toward Emily at a high speed in order to catch her before she had another chance to attack.
Inferno's running start caused what was left of the wall to crumble causing Yeshua to immediately... "Wait, OH CRA-!" ...be sent falling on top of the pile of bricks which remained. "Yep! I'm positive I can't feel my arms now!!"
"Dude! Who needs arms when you got legs!?" Inferno's feet lit on fire as he dashed to prepare to his next attack. "WWWAAATTAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!" he shouted in a high pitched shriek as he propped his feet into the air and directed a massive burning frontal kick toward Emily's skull like a dart on fire. Give the speed of Inferno's launch and Emily's current predicament with Vastion, chances of avoiding this attack are very slim.
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