Snippet #2091682

Pulled myself onto the top of the building, sliding into a stance that allowed me balance on the sloped roof. My whole body ached. I linked my fingers, cracking them at the knuckles. I pulled my sword from it's sheathe. This would be a difficult battle. I looked toward the Overlord, who'd spotted me. He was hesitating, not sure how to go about my extermination. I smiled, gripping the sword in my right hand, I brought my lef tup to beckon him to come forth.

He began swirling his flail in the air, he was a bit slow about it at first. He stopped then, and so did the flail. A mere fifteen or so feet away. He was testing my ability to fly. "Come on then.." I'd say calmly. My left hand became frosty, my whole core was chilled, I could feel it in my bones. The Overlord flew forward, swinging the flail at my head. I ducked beneath it in a lunge. He screetched as my seraphim sword pierced his black armour. I placed my left hand to the hilt driving it in even father. Frost collected on the knob of the hilt and erupted along the blade. The impact had driven him reeling back, off the building.

He raised his flail and as he went to bring it down I let go of the blade, grabbing the Overlord's foot before I would have started a freefall. I grabbed the back of his left knee as he struggled to kick me off with the other foot. His left leg was frozen before he could do anything about it. I held on to his right with my right arm wrapped around his calf region. I hadn't noticed him switch hands and bring his flail down. It hit my back, pale blue blood erupted from my wings and I let out a cry of agony, my dark gray feathers floating down, hundreds of feet.

He looked to bring the flail down again, I grabbed my dagger from my belt, reaching up and stabbing the demon in the lower spine. It screetched once more. He tried flying a ways to smack me into the building. I pulled what was left of my wings in close, pulling myself in as much as I could and climbing farther up the leg. The edge of the building passed within an inch from my lower back and I dropped rolling on my broken wings to my feet. Before he could turn fully I ran forward, I'd tackle the Overlord, grabbing his wings and driving my left shoulder into his armoured abdomen. One of his arms was free, but I'd caught the other in my hold. We were accelerating quickly in a downward spiral.

He brought his free hand up beating my back and my wings. It was unbearable, shocking pain. It was nothing, though, compared to the impact. It was jarring. We met the ground, I drove him into some concrete rubble, but inertia was against me, I fell forward, smacking my body into the concrete as well. I fell back, standing. I reached behind me. I cryed seering tears, of pain as I ripped my wings away. Blood flowed freely from the shoulder blades of my back. I walked forward as the Overlord was pulling himself from the concrete rubble. He didn't much appreciate it, I guess, based on the anger filled eyes. Demonic ichor was evident beneath the armour and over the place where my sword had entered his abdomen.

I smiled wickedly at the Overlord rushing forward, suddenly he was crouched swinging the flail at my legs, I leapt forward, over the swing, driving my knee into his forehead. It fell back, cursing. I rushed to get him while he was stunned, grabbing the hilt of my sword with both hands and struggling to get it free. It came suddenly and I nearly fell back. He rose, swinging the flail at my core. It was the only oppertunity I'd get. I took a defensive stance, checking my strike before bringing my sword down at the wrist of his flail hand. The flail hit, damn near opening a hole in my chest. But so to did my hit, the hand fell, the flail in it. I fell to my knees, blood fell over my bottom lip. The Overlord stepped back screaming, at the shock and pain. I pulled myself forward into a crouch and stabbed him in the stomach. He grabbed my right arm with his only left, left hand and I could feel the bone break. I pulled the sword free with my left hand. Spinning to get rid of the Overlord's grip on me, as I came back I released a swing, I put all my strength into that swing. I fell as I completed it.

Fell forward in an exhausted heep. The head of the demon, fell as well.