Alyssa (Important Nobody) vs. Claire (DarkManticoreX2)

[Important Nobody]

It was around mid-afternoon in the empty village, a village that was, like it's namesake, devoid of any inhabitants for over 100 years. For all things considered the village was in good shape and offered no explanation as to why everybody living there suddenly left. Alyssa was intrigued by the mystery and had been exploring for the better part of the day, finding an old ruin beneath the village that was just as empty, even of treasure. While nothing was accomplished, she did have a fun time and wasn't in a bad mood. Instead she used her remaining time until dinner doing light exercise and a stretching routine inside a dojo. Her body moved more gracefully and powerfully then a normal human with minimal exertion on herself in the process. She was dressed simply in a white midriff top and light brown pants that extended halfway down her calves. A pair of boots, a brown jacket, and a belt with vials was discarded near a corner. She was forced to wear shoes to cover up a special birthmark on the bottom of her left foot, but now that her secret was out in the open she would taken them off every chance she got. During her exploration she needed all the extra items of clothing, but at the moment she just wanted some time to relax, and this routine of hers hit the spot.

After another series of stretches she scooped up a weapon was resting next to her; a blunt silver rod attached to a red handle and a golden hand guard in the shape of a square. Small openings were placed along the fancy designs of the rod, and inside was the hint of glittering red. After a few practice swings she will have finished her routine and would be going back to her home for some more series training with Diamond, a women with similar powers to her own, yet on a whole different level.

[DarkManticoreX2]

Target located

The thought bounced through Claire's head as she caught a glimpse of what appeared to be her target. The source data that had described the girl had been remarkably detailed. They had included hair color, eye color, exact height and approximate weight, as well as what accessories usually accompanied the subject. Claire glared at the color photograph and bio as if to make the paper confirm that this was indeed the person she was supposed to bring in for study. The bounty hunter in her wasn't overly fond of kidnapping people and sentencing then to a life as a lab rat, but when the pay was good enough, Claire supposed she'd do just about any job.

Claire followed the target through the streets of the abandoned city, keeping a good distance from the red haired girl in order to avoid being heard or seen. Eventually, the supposed target entered what appeared to be a Dojo, and Claire moved over to a window to keep tabs on the girl. It seemed like the girl had removed a belt of vials of some type of red substance, as well as her jacket and shoes by the time Claire had found a suitable vantage point to observe this girl from.

Red hair, Check
Purple eyes, Check
Smaller build, fairly light looking, Check


What really confirmed that this was the person Claire was after was a roundhouse kick made by the girl named Alyssa. There, on the bottom of her left foot was a ruby red birthmark, exactly where the file said it would be. Tucking the file into one of the inner pockets of the oversized army jacket, Claire moved away from the window and back to the front door of the Dojo. It was the only opening to the building, minus the few windows, so Claire decided to confront her target here, where she'd be cornered with no place to run.

Realizing the element of suprise was on her side, Claire reached into her bandoleer and pulled out a discharge knife. The knife was specifically designed to hold electrical charges, and could discharge varying powers of electrical current through the air depending on how long the knife was charged for. Claire clipped this knife into her left hip holster, allowing a low electrical hum to come from the holster as it charged the knife.

Claire walked into the doorway and looked directly at Alyssa, her camouflage military attire looking like she had just gotten off duty. Raising her voice to sound authoritative, Claire pointed directly at Alyssa with her right index finger, staring the girl down like she was a lost tourist.

"Hey, these ruins are government property. You aren't supposed to be here."

In truth, Claire had never been to this planet before, let alone these ruins. She wasn't even sure this place had a government. Perhaps Alyssa didn't know either. If she didn't, this hunt would be easy as pie.

[Important Nobody]

"Huh?" Alyssa questioned in a puzzled tone. "I'm sorry. I didn't know."

She was telling the truth. She hadn't heard of there being any government taking the village as their property, but there wasn't any point in calling this women out on it and starting a fight. After all, she had already finished exploring and would have left soon anyways.

"I'll be going now," she said as she began slipping on her jacket and belt. After doing so she placed her index finger in the right boot and her middle finger in the left so that she could clamp the fingers together, holding the two boots in place with one hand so she could continue holding onto her weapon with her right hand. She had no reason to distrust this women, but she had no reason to trust her either and wanted a weapon available if something bad happened. She began heading casually to the door.

[DarkManticoreX2]

"Huh? I'm sorry. I didn't know."

Too easy

The thought floated through her head as Claire smiled inwardly to herself. This might be a very quick encounter, all Claire needed to do now was to continue to play the part.

"Grab your things. ONLY your things. I'll have to guide you off the premisis."

Taking a step into the room while she waited for Alyssa to collect her items, Claire leaned against the doorframe and withdrew one of her Iron knuckle knives from the crisscrossing bandoleer over her chest. Slipping the fingers of her left hand into the slots, Claire busied herself picking dirt from under her fingernails with the blade while Alyssa reattached her belt of red vials and grabbed her shoes. The girl began walking towards Claire's position near the doorway and Claire gave her an unapproving look as she came within handshake distance.

"You're planning on walking around the village and back to wherever you came from without your shoes on?"

Claire shook her head in disbelief.

"Put your shoes on and I'll lead you out, Come on. Hop to it. I don't want to be here all day."

[Important Nobody]

"Err...darn," she thought to herself, flopping onto the ground and slipping on the shoes. "Forced to wear these again."

After finishing up, she pushed herself back onto her feet and began to head for the door, hoping that she wouldn't get called out on something again. As she got closer she eyed the weapon that the women held in her hand. They were both acting casually enough with their weapons, but she was sure that both of them would be ready to use it should the other attack.

"After you," Alyssa said, waving her on with her left hand. As long as nothing uneventful happened she would follow the women peacefully out of the village and be done with this.

[DarkManticoreX2]

Claire watched eagerly as Alyssa flopped down on the ground. The girl was only a meager 3 feet from where Claire was leaning against the doorframe. Alyssa could probably hear the electrical hum coming from under Claire's jacket, but she wouldn't be able to see what was causing it.

I probably won't get another opportunity as good as this Claire thought to herself.

Carefully observing Alyssa while she pulled on her first shoe, Claire pushed gingerly off the wall into a standing position and yawned loudly. Both of her hands reaching well above her head. Several audible pops could be heard coming from her back and Claire sighed in pleasure.

Alyssa was beginning to pull on her second shoe.

Without any further warning, Claire took a step toward Alyssa with her right foot, and aimed an arcing punch at the top of Alyssa's head with the iron knuckle knife in her left hand. Jutting out the left side of Claire's fist, the thirteen inch blade of the knife glinted evily as it came down. A threatening reminder that these knives not only functioned as brass knucles, but also could cut through some of the best defenses.

[Important Nobody]

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The women suddenly stepped forward and moved her arm in a swinging motion, causing Alyssa to instinctively duck down into a rolling maneuver toward the woman's left side, narrowly avoiding the punch. Unfortunately this was all just a blur and she hadn't noticed that there was a follow through with a knife that was arching downward, catching her on the cheek before she was able to move her head down low enough and complete the roll. Blood splattered across the floor, but the wound wasn't too bad and she could block out the pain by focusing on the battle at hand and what she must do to survive.

As Alyssa completed her roll she kicked her left foot forward, sending the shoe that was only partially on flying up towards the women like a projectile. It wouldn't cause any real damage, but it could possibly distract her a bit and knock her arm off course if she tried another swing. Meanwhile she pushed herself backwards with both hands and reached for her blade that was laying nearby. The ruby dust inside sparkled as if giving an affirmative for a call to action, and it pushed on the inside of the weapon to cause it to slide towards her waiting hand.

[DarkManticoreX2]

Alyssa somersaulted away, ducking just under Claire's punch. Unfortunately for her, the knife hit paydirt and opened a long line across her cheek. It was the first scar Claire had given this girl, but by far wasn't going to be the last.

The roll took Alyssa to Claire's left, and the assassin responded like the deadly weapon she was. Her left foot took a half step forward to balance out the momentum of her punch. Immediately following the step, her right foot lashed out in a roundhouse kick placed to hit Alyssa in either the upper body or the face. While her right foot extended, Alyssa's boot hit Claire in the back, causing an annoying throbbing sensation that would likely turn into a small bruise later. Claire's right hand shot up to her bandoleer and extracted two small throwing knives. If the kick missed, these would be her immediate follow through.

The hum surrounding Claire started getting louder as the discharge knife in her left holster gathered it's second full electrical charge. Soon enough, the knife would belch deadly lightning and Alyssa would find herself lost in a brand new world of pain.

[Important Nobody]

Her weapon skited across the ground one last time before the handle swung around and was planted firmly in her hand. However, she had no time to use it because she caught glimpse of a foot coming in fast towards her head. It would hit the side where the wound was, and she didn't particularly enjoy getting kicked in the face anyway, so she moved her head out of the way and maneuvered her left shoulder so that the foot smacked into that instead. She was knocked backwards onto her butt, but still managed to keep a grip on her weapon. Her shoulder throbbed a little, but it hadn't been dislocated because she made sure to position it well to absorb the kick as best as she could. It would probably have caused just as much pain to her opponent.

"Who are you?" She asked, raising her weapon so that it could be used to block incoming attacks. The ruby dust could fly out at any time and form an even greater defensive maneuver if need be. For now she'd keep that a secret and hope that this woman didn't know much about her. While waiting for a reply, if there was one, she'd begin to try and push herself back onto her feet with her left hand. Her left foot being bare and the right one with a shoe felt kind of weird, but that would be a problem she'd fix if she got the chance and not her immediate concern.

[DarkManticoreX2]

The roundhouse kick connected Claire's foot to Alyssa's shoulder, sending the other female back onto the floor.While the surface of Claire's foot stung for a moment from the impact, there was little throbbing. In the grand scheme of things, landing a blow caused much more damage to the defender then the attacker.

Claire brought her right foot forward and down effectively taking a step towards Alyssa's position on the floor. Somehow, despite being cut with Claire's knife, and knocked backward onto her butt the girl had managed to procure an odd looking tubular weapon. In the back of Claire's mind she made a mental note that this girl probably had some type of affinity with the weapon.

Claire had a job to do however. Alyssa raised the sword-like tube defiantly in front of Claire, but while she was asking "Who are you?" Claire was acting. With the two throwing knives she had pulled from her bandoleer, she launched them with two quick flicks of her wrist. The first fired point blank at Alyssa's exposed left foot. It was an easy, close, and unprotected target. The second knife targeted Alyssa's stomach. The two were less then five feet from each other, and the knives would travel the distance in the blink of an eye.

The electrical hum was now entirely audible. It was obvious something was happening under Claire's jacket.

"I'm the object of your demise".

[Important Nobody]

Alyssa saw her opponent grasp onto two throwing knifes and knew that it would be hard to dodge these at such close range, especially while still flat on her butt. As the women was bringing the knifes into position and flicking, Alyssa sent the ruby dust flying out of her weapon's openings at top speed, forming a wide circular barrier in front of her body. A fraction of a second later she heard sounds halfway between thumps and cracks as the weapons slammed into her barrier. She could see the points sticking through, but the rubies held firm enough to stop them dead in their tracks. She used her telekinetic bond with the rubies to flick the pieces in contact with the knife forward, similar to a throwing motion but not quite as precise as if she was using her hands themselves. Meanwhile she kept the rest of the rubies holding firm and got onto her feet, removing the other shoe that had been bothering her.