[Last Time, On Battle High: A new week, and a new battle. A rematch against the number one freshman team, Musashi 101, who had rather thoroughly beaten our heroes in a challenge. It looks to be a repeat this time, though not as bad a beating, with both Isaac and Ao-Lang going down in tough fights. Now, there are three fights left, and Karasu, Hope, and Mariah must do the winning.] * Shidachi disappears from the ring and reappears in a somehow shadowy corner near her team. * Hope frowns. * Mariah looks at the remaining Musashi fighters with as much confidence as she can manage. * Isaac runs up to Ao-Lang and tries to pull her out of the ring. * Hope does that .. or actually Isaac does. * Ao-Lang gets dragged out of the ring. * The referee nods to himself and looks over at Hope and Isaac. "Alexander, next fighter?" * Isaac doesn't have an easy time of it, however. He checks Ao's pulse. ~Com'on, I bet you're fine, right?~ Karasu, go. * Isaac looks at the other team. ~Send Mariah in... or not?~ C'mon, Karasu, you can do it... * Karasu shrugs and gets up into the ring. "'Bout time." * Hope goes over to Isaac. "Mariah and Karasu are both good choices. Kinda a flip, y'know. How is she?" * Serena smirks at Hope from across the ring. "Roxie, g-" She's cut off as Max backhands her into the wall and jumps into the ring. * Mariah looks down at the floor and mumbles. "... the Chariot wasn't reversed this time, it *wasn't...*" * Ao-Lang opens her eyes. She sits up quickly, then grimaces. "Damnit!" ~She'll come-to any second now... There she is.~ ... oh, it's *him.* * Karasu watches the other team and the friendly exchange of violence. Well, not much of an exchange, really. * Hope looks up. "Woah. Wasn't expectin' that. Someone needs to give that guy a medal. Kick his ass Karasu!" Okay. * Ao-Lang just scowls from where she is. "I had her. I had her! Argh!" I'm not hurt this time, pretty boy. I've got my sword, too. Let's see how you fight NOW. It's okay Ao! Ya gave her a good fight. * Outside the ring, Serena glares balefully at Max's back. If only looks could kill. * Karasu nods at Max. "You're right, this time it will be different." ~Ya got any bandages around here? Don't want you to loose more blood than you have to... And I had Serina too. Don't let it get to you.~ And that's what matters. Where's the fun in a quick and easy fight? * Karasu shoves his hands in his pockets and smirks. "This time I'm going to actually enjoy this." You both did your best, really -- Fight! * Mariah looks up and just *looks* at Karasu. Hard. * Ao-Lang eyes Hope. "I had her where I wanted her, and I flinched." She turns her attention to the fight. Then do better next time. Nothin' else ya can do. * Max pulls his greatsword out from its sheathe and drops into a ready stance, hilt held at shoulder height, point angled down to around waist height. * Mariah 's voice is at a whisper. "Guys? I don't know what Karasu's going to do, but... it's going to be *something.*" * Isaac glances over to the fighting arena. His eyes briefly flash red. (Thoughts? ^_^) I will. Who's the big guy, and what's with the grudge? Long story. * Hope looks over at Mariah. "Something? Is that good?" I dunno. I *hope* it is. * Hope bites her lip. "Karasu, don't go bein' evil or anything." * Karasu stands as he is and starts glowing. * Ao-Lang just watches. She doesn't share the worry Hope and Mariah are exhibiting. * Max grunts in satisfaction as a corresponding dark aura springs up around him. ~This will be interesting. Be careful out there, Karasu.~ ~Max has something planned, though... He claims what you did last time won't work again.~ ~Oh, Goddess...~ * Mariah closes her eyes and starts inhaling and exhaling slowly. * Karasu dashes with amazing speed towards Max, and right past him, attempting to slam an elbow into the back of his head. * Max smirks and reacts to the charge by moving forward, causing Karasu's elbow to pass through empty space, though he hasn't yet turned to face Karasu again. * Karasu uses the momentum from the attack to bring his foot around and sweep at Max's legs. * Max doesn't move his legs. In fact, he doesn't move at all. Karasu's foot impacts his armored shins, forcing Max to move his legs a little, but leaving Karasu's leg in a fair bit of pain itself. * Ao-Lang idly fingers at one of the slices in her shirt. * Max turns now, leaping into the air and spinning around, bringing his greatsword around in a massive overhead chop meant to bisect Karasu as neatly as an angle in a basic geometry class. * Karasu slides to the side, just as nearly avoiding the attack. * Max's blade slams into the surface of the ring, sending up a storm of stone chips. He takes his left hand off the hilt of his sword and gestures towards Karasu. "Rain of Stones!" The cloud of stones suddenly become a miniature meteor shower rocketing towards Karasu. * Karasu crosses his arms in front of his face and blocks. * Mariah opens one eye and grimaces. "... he stole my spell." * Karasu steps towards Max and spins, throwing a roundhouse at his face. ... That isn't good. ~That's yours? Hmmm...~ Earthy. Can I steal it, too? ~I have one just like it! The name's different, though. It's what kind of got this all started... but it's kind of a long story.~ * Max raises his left arm and lets the kick slam into his bracer. His arm moves more than his legs did, which still isn't very much. ... oh, sure. You at least *ask.* * Isaac concentrates on Max again. ~Something isn't right here... I mean moreso than usual.~ * Karasu spins right from that attack, drawing a knifehand across Max's chest. "Raven Calamity Crimson!" ~ ... it isn't. He's acting like an Earth-element fighter, and he *isn't,* he's Dark... ~ * Ao-Lang smirks. "See, that's one of the things that makes me better than him." * Isaac silently smirks. ~Well, it does look like Karasu's trying something new.~ * Max is caught off guard by the new attack, which slashes into and straight through his massive breastplate, leaving a nasty rent in the metal. Blood trails picturesquely (sorta) from Karasu's hand as it completes its arc. * Hope frowns. Maybe he's branching out.. but I kinda doubt it. This is odd. Nice. Paint the ring red, Karasu! That's the spirit! ~I'm not really surprised by that, actually. Branching out seems to be pretty effective, right Ao-Lang?~ ~But it hasn't even been a week! How could he learn a whole new element so fast?~ ~The same way you or I do. Or he could learn from his teammates... maybe he's really good at picking up on attacks?~ * Max falls back a step and raises his arms, letting gravity flip his sword down. He slams it down into the ring and a crevasse shoots across the ring, right between Karasu's legs. "Dark Eruption!" Blackness erupts from the crevasse, bisecting Karasu as the sword itself did not manage before. ~Maybe, but... but this isn't just that spell. He's *fighting* like an Earth -- he's barely moving... ~ ... * Mariah blanches and swallows hard. ~Perhaps he's a dual-element?~ * Ao-Lang blinks. "Hrm? Oh, yeah. Dual-element's really- ouch." ~I hope he is, 'cause if he isn't, something's really wrong.~ * Karasu staggers back and grimaces. * Isaac watches the match casually. ~If it makes you feel any better, he's not thinking anything that would incriminate him.~ * Max doesn't stop there. He rockets up from his crouching position, letting his sword trail him as he shoulder rushes Karasu. * Karasu throws up his hands and blocks Max. (I'm trying to see Karasu blocking the Greatsword with his hands... and failing.) ... ...c'mon, Karasu... * Karasu staggers a bit then spins, slicing at Max with a hand wraped in darkness. "Raven Nine-needle Slasher!" * Max stands still and lets the first hit slam into his side. He winces a little, but shows no other reaction. * Max stands still and lets the first hit slam into his side. He winces a little, but shows no other reaction. * Karasu spins and throws the follow-up kick. * Isaac blinks. ~I think he's trying to counter Karasu...~ ~... I think so. My bet is that he's wanted to fight him ever since the last time.~ ~What happened last time, anyways?~ * Max grins in smug satisfaction as he drops his sword, letting it clatter loudly to the ground. He grabs Karasu's ankle in one hand, and Karasu's throat in the other. "Shadow SMASHER!" He raises Karasu over his head, hands flaring with dark energy, then he slams Karasu onto the floor of the ring, cracking the stone beneath him. * Ao-Lang winces. Jeez! Ow! * Isaac winces and closes his eyes. ~Com'on... be alright, be alright...~ ... oh, no... no, please, we're not *supposed* to... He'll be fine. ~I know he'll be fine. I just want him to take this Max guy down.~ * Mariah pauses, then nods, slowly. "Yeah, he...." * Max backs away. "I knew you'd do it eventually. Fool." * Karasu gets up easily and gives Max a quizical look. ~ ... NO! I know what's going on! I've *fought that!!*~ ~ Ken Haggar did that to me, he's taken Ken Haggar's fight style, *what has he done*...~ Your strength is pathetic. * Karasu kicks Max's sword out of the ring. * Ao-Lang blinks, then jumps to her feet and moves forward a bit, getting a better look. * Isaac opens his eyes. ~Ken who? Someone you know?~ ~ One of the other fighters! ~ I don't need my sword to deal with you. I've gotten so much stronger, and you haven't improved at all, except for a single attack. ~That's his Deep Impact, he did it on me, I know it...~ Talkin' about that Ken guy, huh? ~Yeah.~ ~So he can copy attacks? How's he do that?~ Copy attacks.. What a wimp. Can't even come up with his own fighting style. He's fighting *just like Ken did.* He took his whole style! C'mon Karasu! ~What's Ken's fighting style? I bet we can turn it against him.~ Show that coward what someone who fights originally can do! Ken's all Earth -- Karasu needs Air... oh, if I was fighting him, I could do it... Funny, 'cause before I played chicken with the ninja chick, I remember the dancer yelling something about her stealing an attack. * Karasu looks about ready to pass out, not in any condition to teach Max a lesson :P ... Could that be why they're the top? They're a buncha theives? * Mariah grits her teeth and stands up. ~ God, I hope this helps...~ "MAX! I know what you did!" * Max turns in place, putting his back to Karasu, and waits. C'mon Karasu! Ao-Lang'll give you a kiss if you win! * Ao-Lang grins. "What works works. *I'd* like to be able to-" She blinks, turning to look at Mariah, before whirling on Hope. "Hey, no doing that." You're a *fraud,* you're a sham, you can't even fight for yourself! Hush. He needs all the encouragement he can get. Well, yeah. But if I'm gonna offer to give someone a kiss, *I'm* gonna offer to do it. * Ao-Lang raises her voice, "Hey, Karasu, I'll kiss you if you win!" * Karasu throws a dark wave of Energy at Max. "Raven Wing!" * The referee arches an eyebrow in the direction of Ao-Lang. * Ao-Lang grins at the referee. And .. and.. and we'll get TULPA to give you a kiss if you lose! SO WIN! * Max stands still. The dark bird reaches his aura and breaks, washing over him like water from a hose. He fails to move. You're a *coward,* Max! We know it, and everybody'll know it! * Isaac reaches up with his left hand and grabs a hold of Mariah's shoulder and closes his eyes. ~I hate not knowing everything that's going on...~ We'll sneak Tanisha into your room. Come on Karasu! You can win. * Mariah 's shoulder is grabbed but doesn't budge. She looks half-crazed, although whether it's with anxiety or anger is anybody's guess. * Karasu dashes at Max, jumps and spins horizontally, trying to drill both feet in the back of his head. ~Settle down Mariah. Getting angry won't help at all.~ ... Ken! If you can hear me, if he took your soul or something, *fight back!* I know you can! You're twice the fighter Max will ever be-- * Max pivots on one foot, sliding just enough to one side to let Karasu fall past. He reaches out with his arms and snatches Karasu out of the air into a bear hug. He whispers something into Karasu's ear, too low to be heard by anybody else. * Isaac glares at Max. ~ ... I'm sorry. I have to do *something*... this is so wrong, so horribly wrong, and I can't let Max win, he's *not supposed to win*...~ Mariah, relax. We'll get a grudge match or something. Don't do it now. Now is not the time. * Ao-Lang keeps watching. ~... That bastard. That fucking bastard.~ * Max tosses Karasu most of the way across the ring. * Mariah 's face just wilts, and she collapses back onto the bench. "... I guess." She's grimacing, teeth gritted. What? ~He's threatening Karasu's life. He thinks Karasu can fight harder, and won't stop at killing Karasu or anyone else to make Karasu fight.~ * Karasu gets back up and dashes at Max again, throwing a front kick at his chest. ~ Oh, Goddess...~ * Ao-Lang frowns. "He won't kill him." * Max takes a step backward as the kick lands on his breastplate. "Closer, fool. But not good enough. You're still holding back. * Max lowers his voice and says something that only Karasu should be able to hear. * Isaac draws his sword. ~Hope, protect Ao.~ * Karasu uses the foot on Max's breastplate to vault himself up, kicking up at Max's chin, then sommersaulting backwards. * Ao-Lang blinks. "Protect- what the hell are you *doing*, Isaac?" ~ ... Isaac? What are you planning?~ * Isaac glares back at the group. ~Dammit! He's threatening to kill you!~ * Max takes the foot in the chin and his head snaps back. He recovers quickly, though, and looks down at Karasu angrily. "Well? What will it be?" Kill me? How the hell would he kill me? ~ All of us? ... and he thinks he'll do it so easily? He *is* stupid.~ * Isaac closes his eyes and makes the sign of the cross. ~A 'stray attack' that's how.~ ~I don't care! I don't want to die... Not when I actually get a second chance...~ ... * Hope pulls her Zanbatou out. He can't release his full power. * Mariah stands up again, gripping her staff and glaring at Max. * Karasu removes his shades and gazes calmly at Max, putting his hands in his pockets. "You have no idea what you're asking." Karasu, don't! If he does... * Max grins evilly and stomps heavily on the ground, sending up an immense cloud of stone chips. He thrusts his hand not at Karasu, but just off to one side, sending the immense storm at the people on the sidelines. "STORM OF STONE!" ~Nobody needs to die like that... nobody.~ His eyes begin to water. * Hope moves to protect Ao-Lang. * Ao-Lang closes her eyes. "Well." She opens them and looks to Karasu. "Does what?" * Isaac manages to dodge much of the attack, but still takes a few too many hits and goes unconcious again. * Mariah grits her teeth harder and attempts to dodge, trying to duck and cover her head. * Hope uses the Zanabtou to block the damage as best she can, but still is smacked rather hard. Gr. You FREAKING COWARD. ... you're such a coward. Such a coward. You're *afraid of us.* * Max grins oh so innocently. "Ooops. I missed. So sorry." * Ao-Lang jumps and dives to one side, planting her hands on the floor to flip to her feet. Her tessen flick into her hands, and she glares at Max. * Karasu closes his eyes. Karasu, we're fine. Don't let him get you! If you want to kill us, fight us! I'll formalize the challenge myself, if you want it! * Ao-Lang spins Bolt in her right hand. "He's dead." * Hope may say one thing, but you can tell she's iching to run into the ring. Ao-Lang, no. We can't interfer. * Hope growls. "Because if we could, he'd have this in his head alreaqdy." * Karasu says calmly, "So, you weren't lying after all." Fuck that! He just attacked us! Do you see the ref doing anything? Refs are always blind. But even he can't miss one of us rushing in. We'll get him later. And I'm not going to let these bastards get a win like that. I saw what I saw, girlie. I saw one hell of a fight going on, and I still see it. * Hope looks at her team. "Spread out!" Don't let him be able to focus on all of us. No, I wasn't lying. I'll do it again, if I have to. * Hope moves to cover Isaac. * Mariah nods and walks to the side, staff held in front of her. "... Karasu..." Bring it you big ugly bastard. You WILL fight me. * Ao-Lang looks down at Isaac, then Hope. She keeps an eye on the fight as she walks, almost lazily, to another part of the room. * Karasu frowns. "Then you leave me no choice. Hopefully this will be the last time I ever have to do this." Then he grins widely and opens his eyes. They're solid red. Oh shit. * Mariah mutters. "... I *knew* you had a plan..." * Ao-Lang glances at the other team. "Grasp The Soul" * A grating voice sounds simultaneously from somewhere just above Karasu. "Grasp The Soul" * Hope winces in pain. "Great, and I still gotta fight too." .. Karasu.. * Mariah just watches evenly. "He... I don't know what this is, but..." * Isaac lies unconcious on the floor. This is really really bad. * Karasu rockets forward, right hand stretched out to his side. As he goes, darkness begins gathering in his hand, trailing streams of itself out through the gaps in his fingers, which form a rigid claw. Max is taken completely off guard, and Karasu's hand plunges into his chest and straight out the back, where Karasu's fist clenches. .. Unholy SHIT. * Ao-Lang stares. ... ... darkness. * Max's face goes flat, and he slowly falls backwards, Karasu's arm withdrawing as he falls. Strangely, there is no bloody hole in his chest. There's not even a non-bloody hole. * The red glow in Karasu's eyes intensifies. Karasu.. * The glow suddenly dims, flickers, and goes out. He... I... oh, Goddess protect me... * Ao-Lang takes a few steps forward and says, uncertainly, "Karasu?" * Karasu looks down at Max and scowls. Looks like we've got a winner. * Roxie looks angrily up at Karasu, then grabs Max by the hair and hauls him out of the ring. Karasu, you okay? * Karasu looks up and casts his gaze at the ref briefly, then shoves his hands in his pockets and hops down off the ring. He looks at Hope expressionlessly for a second. * Mariah looks at Karasu for a moment before sitting down on the bench again. She breathes in and out slowly again, trying to collect herself. * Isaac blinks his eyes and rubs his head. ~That guy is DEAD! He's so...~ Isaac looks around. ~What happened?~ * Ao-Lang walks back to the group, not interrupting Hope and Karasu. "Fight's over." ~And I missed it? Damn!~ Well, no time to waste. Musashi, next fighter. * Elinor hops up into the ring. "Let's rock." She flicks her wrists and her daggers flip out into her hands. * Ao-Lang shrugs, tucking her tessen back into her sleeves. She turns to Karasu, as he hasn't answered Hope. "I can kiss you, or not. It's not a reward if the reciever doesn't want it." Karasu.. Nice win. Thanks for tryin' to protect m..us. What the hell was that? * Isaac shakes his head and gets up slowly. ~What happened, anyways? And why do you look like you've seen a ghost Mariah?~ * Karasu glares at Ao-Lang. "There shouldn't be any 'reward' for what I did." * Mariah raises her head to look at Elinor, then turns to Isaac. "I'll explain after the fight..." * Ao-Lang smiles faintly. "Good answer." She looks at Isaac. "I think he let loose his inner demon." ~Inner... demon?~ Yeah. We've all got our secrets. Some of 'em are just more painful than others. * Isaac shudders slightly at Ao's comment. ~Don't remind me. I think Hope should take this person on.~ ~It's her choice. I'll fight if she wants to... but I'd rather get calm first.~ * Hope shakes her head. "Karasu.. thanks for tryin' to protect us, but you can't let 'em use us to goad you like that." * Hope thinks. "I'll take this fight." I'm well aware of that, Hope. * The referee looks over at Hope and nods. * Hope hops into the ring, wincing a bit from the nasty little scrapes she got from the rocks. Good luck... * Karasu looks at Isaac and Ao-Lang. "You two have fought already. I have an errand to run; come with me." Fight! ~We need a win Hope.~ Do your best. You can do it. ~Don't have ta think me twice.~ * Mariah smiles feebly. * Ao-Lang smirks. "Sure. Not even gonna ask you to say please." ~Oh? Well... okay.~ * As the fight begins, Isaac, Karasu, and Ao-Lang leave, at Karasu's behest, for an "errand." Fight. * Elinor jumps forward, landing at Hope's feet almost before the word "fight" has finished leaving the ref's lips. She slashes twice with her daggers across Hope's gut. Ghh. * Hope is slashes across the gut once, but moves backwards in time to avoid the second slash. * Mariah just watches, still working on the 'calm' thing. * Hope slashes repeatedly with her zanbatou with amazing speed for such a large weapon. "FLURRY OF BLOWS!" * Elinor blocks frantically with her daggers, but the tiny weapons cannot compete with the sheer momentum possessed by the massively phallic blade, and she is knocked around like a leaf in a windstorm. ... that's it... * Elinor jumps backwards, out of range of the last strike, and splits into three of herself. She quickly spreads out so that she surrounds Hope. Woah. Neat trick. .oO(What *is* it about these guys and splitting up?) * Hope holds out her Zanbatou and SPINS! * The blade passes through the first shadow, disrupting whatever makes it up. It disspates into swirls of illusion, which dissipate into nothing. The blade continues on into the second illusion, which is caught in the side and flung halfway across the ring. The third illusion dissipates as Elinor's concentration is broken. Yes, that's it... Yeah! (Of all the times we could use Issac..) * Elinor stands slowly, feeling her side with one hand. She winces a bit, and then flips her daggers over, holding them point first. She blurs a bit, and a clone appears on either side of her. In unison, they shout, "BLADESTORM!" Aw sh.. ... * Mariah winces... * All three Elinors begin throwing daggers, far more than the two that they actually appeared to have. * Hope moves up Zanbatou out to intercept most of the daggers, but a few get past and cut her pretty damn well. * The two illusionary Elinors dissipate as the storm of blades finishes. * Hope rushes forward and uses her Zanbatou like a baseball bat, taking full advantage of the range. "MEGA.. HIT!" * Elinor bends over backwards, in her haste overcompensating. Her head ends up between her ankles, and her shirt ruffles from the backdraft of the sword's passage just inches above. Yow, impressive. Ya must get asked out a lot. C'mon, get her while she's stunned... * Elinor snaps back like something really springy, and is unable to stop herself as she flies headfirst at Hope. * Hope moves her zanbatou up to absorb the impact, wincing a bit. * Elinor ricochets straight up, reverses, and comes back down. Batter UP! * Hope brings her zanbatou around for another Home Run Bat Mega Hit * Elinor fails utterly to dodge in the air and is batted the other half of the way across the ring and out, landing on top of Max's body, also unconscious. How considerate of Hope. Not a bad fight. Not amazingly imaginative, but good. * Mariah nods and smiles again. Last two fighters, get in the ring. Home run. ^_^ * Hope hops out of the ring and pats Mariah on the back. "Kick some ass." * Roxie jumps into the ring. Her scimitar carves a groove into the ring as it's dragged behind her. * Mariah nods and stands up, transferring her staff to one hand as she gets into the ring. * Roxie waves her massive sword around rather like Hope waves hers. Easily. Ready? Fight! * Mariah circles around Roxie, trying to find her weak angle before one hand lashes out, a cone of flame lashing out with it towards Roxie. "Cone of Fire!" * Roxie cuts through the center of the cone with her massive scimitar, clearing a path almost wide enough for her to fit through. Her shoulders are badly singed, but she comes through otherwise alright, and a good deal closer to Mariah. She reaches out with the back of the blade to hook at an ankle. * Mariah drops her staff into as defensive formation as she sidesteps and weaves away, but she manages to come entirely clear of the blade-hook. Oh, that's not nice at *all.* * Mariah charges towards Roxie as her staff seems to charge with energy, getting as close as she can before ramming the staff into Roxie's chest. "THUNDERING STAFF!" * Roxy jerks the hilt of her blade up and knocks the staff away. The thin blade of the sword vibrates wildly, soaking up most of the vibration from the staff. * Roxy brings the real blade of the sword around this time, letting lose a wild two handed slash at belly height. * Mariah steps back and lowers her staff to intercept the blade, the wood shaking visibly from impact but not yielding. * Mariah whirls away, circling, far away from the scimitar's range... before her shape begins to blur and dissolve into motes of light. "The One Is Many!" * Roxy jumps backwards and drops into a defensive stance. * The cloud of light-motes barely hesitates before charging towards Roxy and trying to engulf her. * Roxy skips backward as the cloud surges forward, skipping quickly backwards along the edge of the arena. You can fly like that, but not fast enough to catch me! * There is no reply as the motes surge forward again. C'mon Mariah.. * Roxy skips backward again, this time cutting it a little closer. The dancing motes come within six inches as she leads them around the second side of the ring. Better! * The motes hover upwards in the air, following Roxy until they swarm down upon her. * Roxy waits this time until the motes are just a hair's breadth away from her, then she jumps all the way to the next corner of the ring. "That was close! Maybe next time!" * The motes.... hesitate, hovering in the air and watching Roxy. * Roxy looks up at the motes, amused. "Awww, confused? Angry that your power isn't working? Poow wittle deaw. Let me make it all better." * The referee is slowly growing more and more interested in this fight, and watches the motes closely. * Yet another surge forward, with renewed speed and purpose. * Roxy jumps backwards again, this time as she's barely tagged on the toe by a single mote. "Ow! That hurt! I don't wanna think about what'd happen if ALL of you got me!" * As if to answer, the motes close in again. * Roxy grins like the cat that got the canary and begins whirling in place as Mariah closes in. She darts out of the way and in less than a second has circled the ring once, and then once more. A furious windstorm kicks up around the borders of the ring. She screams over the keening of the wind, "Air Dragon's Anger!" * The winds, triggered by the scream, roar in from all directions at once, and the motes are slammed together in the center of the ring, buffetted from all directions by the furious wind. The lights wink out, and Mariah appears in midair, unconscious. She falls into Roxy's waiting arms. Damn. Too bad that attack will never work on your team again... but it's all I had. * Roxy walks slowly over to the edge of the ring and offers Mariah to Hope. * Mariah is out cold. * Hope takes her. "Congrads on the win." Thanks. You guys put up a hell of a fight this time. Well... except for the pretty boy. * Roxy turns and walks back over to her side to help carting away the two unconscious people. * Hope nods and checks on Mariah. * Mariah is still out, although she looks otherwise stable. [Fight... Draw.]