Post by shadowknight on Dec 2, 2014 18:44:48 GMT
{Note: The Pit is a gladiatorial world created by an unknown being who has transported warriors from various forms of fiction and forces them into battle against each other. Each battle is its own little narrative and as each wraps up, the winner will advance to the next round, think of it like a bracket. Now, lets get to the action.}
--------------Hate and Rage: Scorpion VS Darth Vader
VS 
The corridor was silent in the dead hours of early morning. Rain poured soundlessly outside, the occasional lightning flash illuminating scarlet walls and casting irregular shadows across the various paintings that lined them. After each flash only silence fallowed, as if the world were holdings its breath in anticipation of a different kind of storm.
Thump, thump, thump, thump
The silence was broken by the sound of heavy boots on polished hard wood floors. The footfalls grew louder, filling the dead air with a sense of dread that tapered off as silence fell once more and the pounding ceased; however, it did not last. A sharp cracking noise filled the air as a heavy oaken door at the corridor’s far end splintered, crumbling as if crushed by a massive unseen hand.
The splintering wood gave way to the sound of heavy, mechanical rasps. Another flash illuminated the intruder, lighting reflected off a glossy black helmet. A window shattered from the storm outside and a gust of wind swept in causing the armored warriors cape to billow behind him. Slowly he entered, his heavy black boots crushing the remnants of the door beneath them.
“I know you are here.” The dark warrior said, his deep voice boomed between mechanical rasps. “I can sense your rage. It gives you strength ….. Purpose.” The dark warrior halted his advance halfway down the corridor, stopping in front of another oaken door. “It has also betrayed you.” The door shattered, exploding inward. A spear tip shot from the darkness before the first splinter hit the floor, a gravelly voice echoing with rage roared from the shadows, “GET OVER HERE!”
The spear tip was intercepted by a glowing crimson blade which sprung from a hilt in the dark warrior’s hand; its glow lit the darkroom in a wash of red light. The warrior launched his counter attack swinging his blade in a tight slash closing the distance to his target in moments; however, the blade met only with air. A fist slammed hard into Vader’s back with enough force to send him stumbling farther into the room. Vader turned to face the man who now stood in the corridor, lightning revealing a hellish looking ninja clad from head to toe in black and yellow.
“Impressive.” Vader’s barked, channeling his hate as he readied his saber, “But your martial skill is insignificant next to the power of the force.”
“To hell with you!” Scorpion replied, his eye’s glowing white hot with rage as he drew his jagged twin swords.
A heartbeat passed as the pair stood frozen in time, their eyes locked, each waiting for the other to falter. The night sky turned white as thunder rocked the building, the two warriors sprung forward……………………………………………………..
{an unheard voice sounded in the heavens above. Round 1: Fight!!!}
Vrrrrruummmm
Vader’s crimson blade came down hard, a lateral strike that seemed to split the air itself. Scorpion danced backward into the corridor, a hair’s breadth between himself and the blade; the ninja was air born in seconds, cleanly flipping over Vader, slashing with his blades as he did so.
“Grrrrrraaaah!” Vader grunted as the attack ripped two jagged wounds across the middle of his back, dark red blood began to ooze across the black material. Vader whirled around before the shreds of his cape and Scorpion had made it fully to the floor. The saber whizzed through the air in a rapid sweep aimed for Scorpion’s neck; Scorpion jerked himself back instinctively.
Vrrruuum….ptsss ptsss…………..clank clank
Scorpion back flipped into the room again. Roaring with rage he tossed his now useless sword hits to the ground and slammed his arm forward, another spear tip ripped out in a blur. “COME H-“ Scorpion’s bellow was cut short as Vader snatched the spear tip from the air with his freehand and jerked Scorpion to him in one pull. Scorpion stumbled forward; Vader’s gloved hand shot up, wrapping tightly around the ninja’s throat and lifted him from the floor. Time seemed to slow as Vader slammed his head forward. Blood, hunks of flesh, and shattered yellow shards flew out as the Dark Lord’s helmet collided with Scorpion’s face.
“Graaak!” The ninja grunted as his head snapped back; however, his recovery was swift. He drove a foot heard hard into Vader’s abdomen with enough force to break Vader’s grasp. Scorpion hit the floor and rolled to his feet as Vader back peddled into a wall; swiftly the ninja raised his hands, his eyes glowing like the twin suns of tatooine. Mystical flames erupted from beneath Vader, engulfing him in a mini-inferno. Vader raised his hands, the sith gem in his glove and his suits alchemical properties warding the flames.
Twin spear tips shot forth, each wrapping tightly around Vader’s wrists. Scorpion gave a mighty pull, hauling Vader towards him. With all his strength he slammed a fiery fist into Vader’s armored chin. Vader launched back slamming hard into the corridor wall, a crack forming in the top of his helmet, his light saber deactivated as it flew from his hand and vanished into the shadows. Vader rolled as Scorpion slammed his foot down, a hole forming where he had just been. “Enough!” Vader roared as he rose on one knee and stuck out his hand, lifting Scorpion from the ground with the force, holding him there as he staggered to his feet. Scorpion struggled in vain against the unseen grasp as Vader approached, “you are formidable, but even your rage will not save your from your fate.”
“Raaaahh!” Scorpion roared as the jagged remnants of his swords ripped into him. With subtle motions of his hand Vader tossed scorpion about like a ragdoll until the ninja hung limp in the air. “Now you will die.” Vader boomed, with the flick of his wrist Scorpion rocketed through a window and out into the stormy night. Silence fell, save for the Dark Lord’s respirator, as Vader approached the now shattered window and peered out in an attempt to confirm his kill.
Seeing nothing, he turned around….to late did he sense the incoming attack. Vader cried out in pain as a spear tip erupted through his right shoulder; over the howling storm a faint “GET OVER HERE!”, reached Vader’s ears. Gravity let go as he was hurled backwards into the dark, rain soaked void……………………
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Heavy rain falls down in torrents across the courtyard, lashing the ground in an unrelenting barrage. Two figures lay motionless on the sickened stone, the rain pounding their unmoving forms for what felt like an eternity. Slowly the figures began to move, the combatants rising unsteady from the ground. Blood ran from mutually inflicted wounds, washed away by the water that flowed freely over them.
"You have just made your final mistake." Vader growled, the mechanical whizzing from his suit nearly drown out by the storm.
"I'll drag you to hell Sorcerer!" Scorpion hissed through his cracked mask as the two warriors stared each other down.
Lighting arched across the sky like a strobe, bathing the world in pulsating white light for the briefest of moments
{ Round 2, the unheard voice bellowed, Fight!!!}
Scorpion vanished as the light faded, teleporting behind his enemy in an attempt to slam a kick into Vader's spine; however, the sith lord anticipated the move and lept into the air, back flipping over the ninja to land behind him. An invisible wall slammed into the ninja sending him slamming into a statue hard enough to shatter the stone. Scorpion hit the ground hard, the bloodied shattered tip of a broken rib bone ripped through his gi. Vader stalked forward, savoring each heavy step, the tattered remains of his cape fluttered in the gale force winds as Scorpion forced himself to his feet.
"All to ea-" Vader was cut off as his opponent became a blur of motion and flames, rocketing forward while spinning like a drill he slammed into Vader who staggered with the impact. In one fluid motion he jumped, slamming his knee into Vader's jaw with enough force to send him skyward. The Sith was caught so off guard by the maneuver that it barely registered that he was several feet in the air before a blinding pain from a spear point ripped into his gut, the second one slamming into his helmet with enough force for its tip to just barely pierce his skull. With a mighty pull Scorpion slammed Vader down face first into the slick stone. The force of the impact causing the cracks in Vader's helmet to worsen and spread.
The ninja fell on him with with a fierce series of blows, each punch and kick enveloped in flame. Scorpion bellowed with rage as he struck again and again, finally spinning a flaming kick into the side of Vader's head hard enough to send him skidding several yards. Dark shards of metal scattered across the ground as the cracks in Vader's helmet finally gave way. Rain washed over old burn scars as Vader pulled himself to his feet and raised his hand, unleashing the strongest force blast he had ever attempted. The ninja vanished as the force wave ripped up the land like a bomb, slamming into the building they had once fought in causing the entire side to collapse as if struck by a tornado.
For a brief moment there was nothing but the storm, Vader stood motionless, feeling out his surroundings. He could still feel his enemy, but where.....the area beneath Vader was lit aflame forcing him to jump to the side. Scorpion appeared from the shadows , snagging both of Vader's legs between his and twisting, slamming the sith face first into the ground.
"Not so fearsome without your laser sword." Scorpion sneered as he stomped his foot down onto Vader's spine causing a cry of pain and rage to escape the sith's lips. "And now you will BURN!!" With one swift motion scorpion removed his mask. Water rushed down over a pure, cracked bone as the bare skull stared down at his latest victim.
"You assume victory." Vader growled low as a flash of lightning illuminated a metallic shaft in the rubble of the collapsed building. With a mighty force push Vader launched himself upward into the air as the hell fire erupted from Scorpion's mouth burning the ground around him. With a single hand motion the lightsaber rocketed from the rubble into Vader's grasp, its crimson blade springing to life in in the darkness. Gravity took hold, pulling Vader back towards the earth; however, he was in total control. With the force guiding him he flung his saber forcing Scorpion to dive out of the way as Vader slammed down on a cushion of energy. The Force bubble forming a small crater beneath him and sent everything around him, including his opponent, tumbling away. Vader rose, his crimson saber returning to his grasp, surrounded by flame.
"You are surrounded by my fury." Scorpion bellowed as he stood, the fire around Vader intensifying.
"I am surrounded by nothing but your fear." Vader growled back, raising his saber into a guarded position. "and before me stands a dead man."
"I fear nothing fool! You can not kill me!" Scorpion roared and slammed his hands forward, twin flaming spear darts racing forward like lighting. Vader flicked his wrist, his crimson blade dispatching both darts with ease. With one hand he reached out and caught hold of scorpion once more, the sounds of snapping bones could be heard as Vader's force grip tightened around the hell ninja. With a sudden jerk Vader pulled his helpless opponent towards him, Scorpion rocketing through the air like a missile.
A bolt of lightning slammed into the ground a few yards away as the crimson blade slashed forward, colliding with the hellish ninja as he rocketed past the sith lord. Scorpion never had time to cry out as the lightsaber sliced through his torso, splitting him in two at the waist, severing both arms in the process. The two meaty chunks collapsed to the ground with a thud, the fleshless skull's empty eye sockets staring up helplessly at the black storm overhead.
"You should have fled when you had the chance," Vader said with a wheeze as he walked over to the upper torso who's jaw still moved as if it were trying to speak, Vader placed his heavy boot onto the skull's frontal plate. "now it seems I'm the one who has come out ahead." With a mighty thrust Vader forces his foot down, crushing the skull to shards under his weight.
{Darth Vader Wins, the unheard voice sounded in the void, Fatality.}
