Fight Club {OPEN!}

[SOPHIA FLYNN]

A small collection of people stood around a makeshift boxing ring. The two men going at it now were Shirtless, as most of the fighters were... Less to grab to hold your opponent. One man was obviously a Claw, the other seemed to be a Hollow. The two threw punches at each other that echoed through the alleyways, barely able to break past the rounds of cheering echoing from the crowd. One person around the ring stood out from the rest. The figure wore a Black Rawhide Trenchcoat, and a Black, Wide-brimmed hat. As the two men in the ring threw their punches back and forth, it was obvious who would win. The Hollow, apparently part of his machine base rooted in his arm. The figure watched as the Claw fell, and let out a light chuckle.

"NEXT CHALLENGER!" Called out the Hollow, his voice Monotonous, seeming to still be functioning at full capacity. There were two rules with this makeshift fight club. First, and most important, No Killing. If you're about to kill someone, you run the risk of the mob attacking and killing you. Rule two was No Powers. Just a straight up Street Fight. The figure in the coat stepped into the Ring, answering the Hollows Challenge. He let out a mechanical laugh. "Look at this, folks, this fight should be over quick." He said.

The figure in the duster twisted, avoiding the punch the Hollow threw. Within the spin, the figure untied the duster, tossing it and the hat aside, revealing the Wolf-beast, Sophia Flynn. She wore a tight fitting Black outfit, perfect for this fight. She continued the spin, bringing a kick up into the Hollows side, bending back and avoiding another punch. She grabbed his arm and swung her body up and around, wrapping both of her legs around his neck. Something she wasnt expecting, was the Hollows arm to bend backwards at the Elbow, bending her back near it's breaking point. She twisted her body the best she could, flipping the Hollow over, and then sending a powerful kick at the back of it's head, causing it to stop moving. Sophia stood, looking at the crowd that watched in amazement. "Next Challenger?" She asked with a sly grin as a couple of people dragged the hollow out.

[ZERO]

Zero watched the match from the edges of the crowd. She was leaning against an alley wall, her gaze angled downwards, but she was keeping the corner of her gaze on the current match. One of the competitors was a Hollow man not too different from herself, with arms as his base. The other was a female Beast with wolf-like features. The woman internally placed her bets on the fellow Hollow. Her right arm was also mechanical, giving her greater strength than what was normally possible. She relied on it a lot, seeing as that her abilities were all defensive.

But to her surprise, the match ended as the Beast woman knocked him down with a hard thud, flipping him over and delivering a kick to his head. The Hollow finally looked up with more interest, genuinely surprised. She'd been able to overpower him regardless of the extra strength his arms gave him. She seemed to be quite a fierce opponent.

"Next Challenger?" The Beast woman smirked confidently as they dragged out her defeated foe.

Quiet for a moment, the Hollow finally stepped forward. "I would like to take you up on that."

[/color] She stated simply, her voice as confident but emotionless as always. This would be a true test of skill. Abilities weren't allowed, so the fact that she didn't have any offensive attacks wouldn't count against her, for once. But she couldn't use her gun, either. She did have her arm, but this woman had already proved capable of fighting a similar foe. But that didn't matter to her. The only thing that counted when it came to the outcome was her own ability, not the ability of the Hollow who'd lost before her. With her abilities and gun discounted, she wanted to see just how she'd fair.[/blockquote][/size]

[SOPHIA FLYNN]

Sophia rotated to meet the gaze of the newcomer. She bowed slightly, and examined the newcomer. She sensed the lack of emotion in her voice. "Hollow, eh?" Sophia asked simply, taking a couple steps back. "This should be loads of fun." She smiled slightly, crouching low to the ground and waiting for the fight to start.

Once the 'announcer' started the fight she pushed off the ground, jumping toward the Hollow swiftly. She was going to use her momentum to grab the Hollows shoulders and swing herself around, delivering a knee-kick to the Hollows back. Three things could go wrong. First, the Hollow could dodge, causing her lunge to miss, easily remedied. Second, The hollow could attack her mid-jump. A sure-fire hit. Third, There could be a bit of machine base in the Hollows back and she could shatter a knee with her momentum... These thoughts ran through her head as she jumped, but she ignored them. She was living in the moment, not thinking about consequences.

[ZERO]

"This should be loads of fun." The Beast woman smiled slightly, getting into a crouched stance in preparation. Zero steadied herself, too, her muscles tense and her arm held out protectively in front of her, the Hollow ready to move once the announcer gave the go.

The wolf-like Beast made the first move, launching herself up powerfully from her readied crouch, with her reach in the direction of her shoulders. She was fast, very fast. Zero twisted at the last second, attempting a dodge by leaping to the left, but she was too slow to avoid the full force of the hit. She managed to avoid letting the wolf woman get a grip on her, but as consequence, the force of the impact knocked the Hollow to the floor, and she felt the Beast's claws leave painful gashes in her shoulders.

Dang! Her shoulder stung, but she had no time to spare dwelling on it. Not wanting to stay vulnerable for long, she pushed herself up from the floor with her left hand, her mechanized arm held outstretched and with her fist balled for an attempted punch. The recovery was a bit clumsy and rushed - she wasn't sure it'd hit - but she had to make a move back.

[SOPHIA FLYNN]

Sophia was able to correct herself and land on her feet, pushing off and lunging at the Hollow again. The punch came as a surprise to her. She attempted to spin her body along the inside of the punch, but was still hit in the shoulder, hard, causing her to over rotate, her back hitting the Hollow. She had precious little time to act, even less time to think about what to do. She threw her body forward, allowing her hands to hit the ground, and pushed one of her feet upwards, toward Zero's Jaw. This would probably miss, however, since the pain in her arm caused the stance of her kick to fault, she rolled against he ground as her arm gave out and stayed low, watching her opponent. It was the Hollows turn to make an attack. Sophia waited patiently, her mind racing with what could happen.

[ZERO]

The Beast managed to dodge the brunt of the punch, but her mechanical fist still managed to make a hard connection with her shoulder. Zero smiled a bit, but the force of the attack also made the Beast's body rotate, her back smacking into her and temporarily knocking the wind out of the Hollow. Zero managed to stay on her feet, but was swayed slightly to the left as she struggled to regain balance, almost immediately attacked again with a kick aimed for her jaw.

She leapt forwards and to the right in an attempt to dodge. The somewhat swaggering kick didn't quite make it to her jaw, but it did connect with her already slightly gashed shoulder, the Hollow giving out a pained gasp. But not letting it distract her, she turned back towards the Beast who was staying low, waiting, without hardy stopping. As soon as her feet hit the ground from her attempted dodge, she took another leap right towards the Beast, her mechanized arm outstretched. She wasn't sure she'd be able to connect - the Beast was fast - but she was hoping to grab hold of the woman and throw her against the ground at the end of her leap.

[SOPHIA FLYNN]

Sophia kept low as the Hollow jumped at her. Decisions decisions. She could dodge the attack to the left or right, and attack to the back. She could doge low to the ground and use the Hollows momentum against her, or she could meet her head on. The third option would get her killed. Option one seemed too... Bland. So, option two it was. She spun and threw her foot into the Hollows chest as she lept. Yes it would hurt like hell, but If the kick landed right, her leg would be fine.

Either way, once the kick happened, Sophia moved around to the side of her opponent, and lunged, hopefully before she had time to recover, and aimed a punch at the side of her head. Her own energy was at about 80% Right now, This fight taking a bit more out of her than the last one. This Hollow didn't underestimate her, which she LOVED. The thrill of a fight is exactly why she was here.

[ZERO]

Before she could grab a hold of her, the Beast woman stayed low to the ground and gave a spin, knocking a foot right into Zero's chest. She gasped in pain, the wind knocked out of her at the force of the hit. Coming to a messy, unsuccessful landing, she struggled not to fall over, trying to quickly regain her composure - she only had a moment to before being subjected to another attack. She didn't have second to waste. There was no half-halfheartedness in the Beast's actions. There couldn't be in hers, either.

Forcing herself to grit through the pain and slight dizziness without hesitating, she ducked low and to the right as the Beast threw her fist in the direction of her head, managing to dodge by the skin of her teeth. She reached out with her mechanical arm in the direction of the outstretched one the Beast had used in her attempted punch. Her slightly dizzy movement was a bit clumsy, but she hoped to grab the arm her foe had tried to attack with and flip her over.

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[SOPHIA FLYNN]

Sophia let out a growl as her punch missed. She was sure a counterattack was coming, but had no idea what it would be. She was expecting a simple strike to the stomach or chest at close range, so she was thrown off guard when she was flipped. She let out a slightly surprised yelp, and hit the ground with a thud, the wind getting knocked out of her. She laid on the ground for a few minutes, letting out a cough, and regaining her breath. She had to be careful, her opponent was still standing while she was recovering. She shifted away from Zero as best she could at her lack of breath.

She pushed herself up into a kneeling position, and glared at her opponent. She, once again, waited. She had been doing better counterattacking then attacking her opponent head on.

[ZERO]

Yes! Zero managed to get a hold, flipping the Beast over with a hard thud. Being a Hollow, no real emotion showed on her face, but her lips upturned just slightly with a small hint of satisfaction. Her foe coughed as she struggled to regain her breath and recover, but wasted in no time in trying to shift away before the Hollow could land another attack.

Getting herself into a kneeling position, the Beast stared up at her, eyes alert and ready. The Hollow had begun to notice that whoever was counterattacking seemed to have the advantage in the battle, and from the way her foe was simply waiting for her to move next, it seemed that she'd noticed it, too. Going for a full on first attack didn't seem to work well, but the Beast showed no signs of moving until she did. What to do...?

Eventually, Zero all at once charged forward in a direction that was set slightly to the the woman's right, acting like she was going to try to grab hold of her again. But before she reached her, she kicked off with her right foot in a leap that instead set her closer to the Beast's left, hardening her mechanical fist into an attempted punch that was aimed at the woman's head. She had no idea whether the feign would work, but it was worth a shot.

[SOPHIA FLYNN]

Sophia grinned. Her opponent was aiming for a head on attack, which was great for her. Aiming toward her right, Sophia took a step to the left to avoid the attack. What she wasn't expecting was for the hollow to move to the left as well. She threw her body backwards, ready to catch herself with her hands and aiming a kick for the hollows stomach. The punch didn't hit her as hard as it could have, but it still blurred her vision for a few moments, causing her backwards rotation to move faster. This was fine with her, as it would add power to her kick. The combination of the punch to the head, and hitting the ground after missing the catch, caused her to shudder quite a bit. She laid on the ground breathless, waiting for her vision to return.

The announcer on the outside asked if Sophia was ready to call it quits. "No... Im not..." She choked out as well as he could, her breath slowly returning.

[ZERO]

The feign seemed to fool her foe, the Beast attempting a dodge to the left without realizing that she was about to shift that way herself. Reacting fast, the Beast threw herself backwards, attempting a kick. While not perfectly, the punch did connect, sending her backwards faster. It also added more force to her kick, though. Zero tried to twist away, but didn't have enough time to fully avoid it after landing her own blow, and it smacked her hard on the right side of her stomach.

Reeling back with the wind knocked out of her, she struggled to remain standing, bending over and grasping her stomach as she tried to steady her breath again. She was vulnerable for that moment, but it seemed that her foe was also struggling to recover, the Beast woman lying on the group. Was it over? Zero looked up anxiously, seeing the announcer come over towards her. Hoping that she'd call it quits, Zero tried her best to hide her own pain and look battle ready. She was starting to feel worn herself, but she tried to keep that to herself as well as she could, not wanting to show signs of weakening that might encourage her opponent.

But apparently the woman wasn't done yet. Seeing her start to regain her breath, the Hollow couldn't waste anymore time. She charged back in her direction, attempting another leaping grab. She hoped the Beast hadn't recovered enough to be ready to react.

[SOPHIA FLYNN]

Sophia attempted to roll aside, expecting a punch. The hollow was easily to grab her, and that made her growl. She attempted to get out of the hold but the Hollows strength made it impossible. She'd have to figure something out, or the Hollow would definitely win. She squirmed and attempted to kick the Hollows stomach a few times, It was hard and she knew the Hollow wouldn't be TOO hurt if she was hurt at all.

The beast growled again, she hated not being able to do much in a battle. She thought for another couple seconds and grinned. Weapons weren't allowed, but they said nothing about a Beasts claws and fangs. She attempted to bite at the other girls shoulder, while trying to dig her claws into Zeros Side.

[ZERO]

She managed to get a grip on the Beast, but the woman put up a fight, kicking at her stomach. The kicks barely reached, though, leaving nothing more than a few small bruises or scrapes that the Hollow could easily ignore as the wolf-like woman squirmed and growled. She kept her grip as tight as she could, using all the strength she had in her mechanical arm. Now that she'd managed to get a good grip and opportunity to deal some damage, she didn't want to let her foe escape.

What caught her by surprise, though, was when the Beast suddenly reached for her shoulder, fangs first, also attempting to rack her claws down her side. Leaning her stomach and chest back as far as she could without losing balance, Zero managed to avoid the brunt of her claws aside from some painful scrapes, but she took a direct bite to her shoulder. The Hollow cried out in surprise and pain, loosing her grip before quickly attempting to grab the Beast with her arm again and roughly yank her off her throbbing shoulder. If she did manage to get another grip on her, she planned on throwing her down hard once she got her off.

[SOPHIA FLYNN]

As soon as the Hollow loosened her grip, Sophia pushed away from her, narrowly avoiding the second grab. She jumped back, kneeling down and catching her breath again with deep, gasping breaths. She backed up a bit, slowly, putting some room between the two of them. She thought for a few moments about what to do next. She was weak, and her opponent probably knew it. She'd need to give up if she didn't win soon. She growled at the thought. She charged forward, directly at the Hollow. She leaped for a head on attack, her claws outstretched at the Hollows shoulders. Her mouth opened wide, aiming to clamp down on the hollows neck. She had hoped this attack would get her opponent to give up before she had to... Let's hope the hollow didn't notice her current weakness.