Alley stared up at the AI, unable to speak back toward it like she had been able to with the so called Elder Wolf. She couldn't find her voice. Whether it was because it fear or anger, she couldn't say. She felt both emotions inside her. Though she wasn't sure which was keeping her from retaliating to the thing. Before she could react her felt a hit into her face, quickly rolling away, feeling the ground quiver from the force when the Racer's fist hit it instead of her the second time. She wasn't going to make it, she knew that. And once she was gone, Mirai would be on her own. She slowly stood up, searching for Mirai. She was about to say something when another voice spoke up. “Don't kill them.”
Alley turned her head to see a group of people standing at the edge of the clearing. Alley narrowed her eyes, not sure what to make of this. A human among the AI? That wasn't right.... was it? And what did the speaker mean, 'Don't kill them'. The pain was causing it hard to actually put the pieces together, she could only shake her head. They were people, they needed to get away. “Get out of here... NOW!” She called out.
They merely looked at her, then one of them looked at the Racer. “Hold the white haired one down, brother. Then weaken the other as well. We'll take care of them.”
Alley blinked at them, they were working with the AIs? No, no, they said brother. Were they AIs in disguise? This was bad, this... this wasn't right. “Mirai! Mirai, you need to get out of here! You need to run and warn the others.” She called out. She wasn't going to make it but Mirai had a chance. She turned toward the Racer and narrowed her eyes. “I won't go give up.” She said before lashing out, using her claws to scratch at the AIs arm.
What scares you more, the human or the beast in me?
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B.A.I.T.R Standing: 57 Health: 70/520 Control Limit: 460
Skill: 45 Strength: 45 [47] Defense: 25
Tactical Advantages
Juggernaut Level 1 - Damage is reduced by 5% when you are hit in battle (50 damage minimum reduction). The 80% maximum damage reduction rules still apply.
Mirai was in the god damn zone. There wasn't anything about her movements that left anything to be desired. She was effectively using every motion to streamline her defensive maneuvers, and it was paying off. She knew she couldn't move too strenuously, or it threatened to open the wounds on her stomach too much further. Her love of dance would need to take a bit of a back-burner on this one. As the Elder Wolf charged in to attack her, Mirai watched the thing hop into the air--attempting to slam the horns into Mirai's face. The woman, however, merely shifted her body weight to the side, leaning far out of the way of the horns, before slamming back into a straight standing position, using her shoulder to land against the thick of the Wolf's midriff. It sent the Elder Wolf rolling out of the way, hitting the ground hard. It was the trap master that came in next, the tentacles flying with merciless speed. The thing told her that she was all used up--that she had not fight left in her. Well ******** that. She wasn't quitting...not yet.
Then, she could hear Alley's voice rise up over the combat and her eyes narrowed as she tried to focus on the voice, picking up most of the words. Which...wasn't exactly the most encouraging thing ever. She told Mirai to run--to warn the others. She didn't know what the hell she was talking about, but at that point, she saw the people standing there in the tree-line and she quirked a brow, a little more than confused about the people, though it seemed Alley was as well. She ground her teeth together and she looked over her shoulder at Alley. "Yeah, right, girl. I'm not leaving you behind. I already watched one friend die today. Let's not make it two, huh?" He said with a small smile on her face, though fear was still rocking through her body. The Trap Master's strikes were quick, but as the tentacles came to strike her, she moved her body like a boxer, swinging out of the way of the stabbing strike, with minimal movement. The second, aiming to swipe her head off was avoided by a quick tuck into herself, crunching low so it swept overhead.
As soon as she had managed to dodge the second strike, she pushed forward directly for the trap master, cocking back her fists and unleashing two savage hooks a left followed by the right, both of them right at the damn creature's wobbly head. As much as she was afraid and angry, she was also unable to let go of her fascination with the jiggle of it's blob-like head.
B.A.I.T.R Standing: 64 Health: 201/360 Control Limit: 508
Skill: 40 [] Strength: 40 [] Defence: 47 [49]
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Juggernaut - Level 1 - Damage is reduced by 5% when you are hit in battle (50 damage minimum reduction). The 80% maximum damage reduction rules still apply.
Even as this woman was howling for her friend to leave the fight, she was still trying her damndest to fight back. The Light Racer heard the announcement from the tree-line, and following the words in its mind, the multiple people stepped from the line, and it knew immediately what was to be done. Everything happened for a reason, and these things were not to be trifled with. They had fought these baiters for a reason--and they would hand them over to the freaky creatures. This one was almost dead--and it was not going to be able to fight its way out of it. The wolf-woman. It had felt its fist connect once more, and it knew that if it were to strike her again, the wolf would go down. It had to try. As her claws lashed out toward it, the light racer sped to the side, avoiding the woman with no problem before it crushed back in toward her, attempting to pummel her without mercy as its hands came down toward her cheeks in a vicious punch one after the other. It would end it right now...but, of course, as they were commanded, they would be kept from their deaths...for now.
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Light Racer
B.A.I.T.R Standing: 70 Health: 1029/1029
Skill: 50 Strength: 45 Defense: 45
Tactical Advantage:Flash Strike: Your body is meant to move with speed, and you have trained to the point that when given the chance, your speed will shine in battle. If your initiative roll to determine turn order in combat is higher than all of your enemies, you gain an additional attack per turn for that battle.
Turn 6
The Elder Wolf had been embarrassed again, dammit! The woman easily dodged around her attacks, swinging her body this way and that without leaving herself open. It was like the closer to death that she got, the more efficient her body was moving. As the woman managed to weave through all of the attacks, she split away from the wolf again, shooting back towards that Trap Master. It would seem she had some sort of issue with the thing, the way she so savagely kept attacking its head, that way. Well, she could do whatever she damn well pleased. She was, after all, about to die to the most beautiful she-wolf in this side of the world. The Elder Wolf, however, felt her energies draining even more than before. The Wolf's body reduced in size as her transformation ended. Her blood lust waned, and she narrowed her eyes at Mirai. "Well done, I suppose, for living this long. I thought for sure you would have died when I went all out. Impressive...for a human. And don't let that go to your head. You're still just an ugly hag." She stated, her voice jaded. Then, she ran forward once more. Her movements were slower, and she had less force behind them, but the Elder Wolf would be ready for anything coming back at her--less clouded by the insurmountable rage. Her jaws snapped and her hooves pounded at Mirai, attempting to bludgeon the woman to death.
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Elder Wolf
B.A.I.T.R Standing: 90 Health: 636/636
Skill: 60 Strength: 60 Defense: 60
Tactical Advantage:Bloodrage: Once per combat, you can work yourself into a murderous fury, striking harder and faster, with disregard to your personal well-being. For 3 turns, the raging fighter gains 10 to strength, but loses 10 defense.
The Trap Master watched with great annoyance as Mirai was able to duck and weave through his attacks--as well as the Elder Wolf's. It was a disaster...how was this injured woman dragging this fight out for so long? It made no damn sense. Then, as she was moving out of his range, preparing herself, and refusing to leave her team mate behind, the Trap Master almost laughed. These humans were so stupid. The woman had to know there was no chance for her to win...why wouldn't she even try to escape? Then, she blasted forward, a look of determination on her face, and the Trap Master prepared for her onslaught. However, even as it prepared for the woman to attack, it was surprised by the speed she exhibited. As soon as she avoided the second strike, she was there--blasting in front of the Trap Master and throwing a violent hook toward the thing's head. The fist bounced directly off of the side of the Trap Master's head, causing the jello-like mass of the head to begin to violently jostle from side to side. The pain was bearable, if not slightly annoying. However, the wound to its pride was much greater...he had actually let this b***h land a hit on him. She had punched him right in the side of the head. "Alright, b***h! You don't want to go down nice, then I will put you down." He bellowed. Then, two of his tentacles dropped low and immediately shot upwards towards her ribs, aiming to skewer the woman from the sides.
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Trap Master
B.A.I.T.R Standing: 65 Health: 1114/1194
Skill: 40 Strength: 50 Defense: 40
Tactical Advantage:Pull Strike: Once every 3 turns, you may use a Pull Strike instead of a regular attack. All calculations are the same as a regular attack, but if you succeed in landing the strike, you will deal only 50% damage and receive 50% damage to yourself. The opponent will be stunned for a turn, unable to take any offensive actions. The next attack against this opponent will deal an additional 10% damage.
Alley growled at Mirai when she responded that she wasn't going to run. That woman, she was going to get hit so hard if she lived through this. Once for the flying trick she did earlier, and another for not listening to her right now. She didn't understand the situation. Those people wanted them down and they were able to make these AIs listen to them. These people were dangerous and one of them needed to get away from them so they could tell whoever at the main quarters. This was much needed to know information that she was sure they didn't know about.
Alley swiped at the air once again, turning her head in time to see the Racer come at her, bringing her down and punched her once again in the face. She had lost conscience, her last thought being that she hoped Mirai would get the idea and run like she said.
The group came forward quickly, one of the men who spoke was checking Alley's pulse, relieved to find that the Racer didn't kill her, just completely knocked her out. The man took out a syringe and stuck it into Alley's arm. “Thank you brother, if our plan works, you will be greatly awarded. Take the other one down.” The man said as he motioned for one of the other's to come forward. “Gidget, you take this one. Jax, you'll take the other one once our siblings take her down.”
One of the women of the group came forward and grabbed Alley's arm. What was unseen was her sticking a needle into the woman's arm and pulling a bit of blood. The woman's skin instantly began to turn pale until it matched Alley's unique shade. The blackness of woman's hair slowly turned gray then lightened until it was exactly like Alley's. She grew a few inches to where she was the same height as Alley, if she were standing. The woman stood up, her clothes changing into Alley's current ones, completing her transformation. What only took two minutes, there was now identical twins of Alley. The conscious Alley patted through the unconscious one until she pull out her Baiter card, pocketing it into her own shorts. “Any difficulties?” The man asked. The newest Alley shook her head. “She didn't have much to remember, her days were pretty much a repeat until recently.”
The man nodded then turned to the woman he called Jax. “Once they have the other one down, both of you head back to the headquarters and lay low. Wait for the signal.” He looked at both of them, waiting for them to confirm before turning back at the battle. It was now three against one, he hoped it wouldn't take too long to get the other woman down.
What scares you more, the human or the beast in me?
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B.A.I.T.R Standing: 57 Health: 70/520 Control Limit: 460
Skill: 45 Strength: 45 [47] Defense: 25
Tactical Advantages
Juggernaut Level 1 - Damage is reduced by 5% when you are hit in battle (50 damage minimum reduction). The 80% maximum damage reduction rules still apply.
As Mirai struck out at the damn Trap Master, once again, she was actually surprised at how much she had stopped really caring or needing that hit. But, as she had given up her blind hopes, she found her fist actually slamming into the side of the bastards head! The feel of it against her knuckles was exactly like she had hoped. It was like punching a water balloon. It was...incredible! And the way the ripples went across the idiot's head like that, as his stupid cranium bounced around like that. She had known she was going to die this whole fight...why would she have run in that situation when she knew she would be caught? Sure she played up the 'I'm your friend I would never leave you' card, but in the end of the day...she had no purpose in leaving her...she would have died either way, so she might as well have stuck around and tried to be hero for another few moments. However...those moments didn't last too long as the onslaught began. The Elder Wolf came flying in, and as the damned animal attacked her, she tried her best to defend against it, but it was too much. She felt the horn gauge through her shoulder--tearing into it deep, and Mirai cried out in pain.
By the time, Alley was busy being copied over, and Mirai could only watch in horror was they turned one of the other people into a copy of the wolf-girl. Jesus...what the hell were these guys planning? This wasn't just a run of the mill group of A.I. anymore. This s**t was serious. Perhaps it was the fading high that left her without the ability to properly gauge the severity of the meaning of the other A.I. watching their fight. She bit her lip as she watched the Tentacle Douche get himself in a tizzy about being hit by her, and when he came at her swinging, Mirai merely dodged backwards and rolled, getting far out of his reach. Mirai was next...she knew it. She was backed into a corner and all she could do was swing until she went down. And that's exactly what she did. She kicked off toward the Trap Master and she swung her knee up when she got close, aiming for his junk. The second strike was a punch...toward his head. Because, sure, she got it once, but why not go for round two? That s**t was priceless.
B.A.I.T.R Standing: 64 Health: 42/360 Control Limit: 508
Skill: 40 [] Strength: 40 [] Defence: 47 [49]
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Juggernaut - Level 1 - Damage is reduced by 5% when you are hit in battle (50 damage minimum reduction). The 80% maximum damage reduction rules still apply.
The light racer blinked lazily at the woman as she continued to resist. It was quite sad, really. She had so much opportunity to just lay down and let herself be taken. She saw that they hadn't killed her previous teammate...just...altered her some, that was all. The same was going to happen to her--she wouldn't die...so why was she resisting. It seemed it wasn't going to end until the Light Racer managed to knock some sense into her. It immediately zipped down toward her, shooting a vicious punch toward her eye, swinging around to the back and throwing a second hook right toward the back of her head.
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Light Racer
B.A.I.T.R Standing: 70 Health: 1029/1029
Skill: 50 Strength: 45 Defense: 45
Tactical Advantage:Flash Strike: Your body is meant to move with speed, and you have trained to the point that when given the chance, your speed will shine in battle. If your initiative roll to determine turn order in combat is higher than all of your enemies, you gain an additional attack per turn for that battle.
Turn 7
The Elder Wolf was getting pretty freaking tired. However, watching the horn skewer through the woman's shoulder was doing wonders for the energy levels of the wolf. As she felt the blood, once again, drip down her horns, she was in paradise. This woman was going to fall...and soon. However, it was not near soon enough. It should have been ages ago! The only thing that she was bummed out about was the fact that she was not allowed to actually kill this woman...she had to let the little b***h live...it sucked even more that the she-wolf freak was also in that situation. The Elder Wolf just shrugged it off and carried out her task. She ran forward and thrashed about violently, aiming to stab the woman with the horns once again. The gut, the shoulder...the face. She would mar this woman permanently.
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Elder Wolf
B.A.I.T.R Standing: 90 Health: 636/636
Skill: 60 Strength: 60 Defense: 60
Tactical Advantage:Bloodrage: Once per combat, you can work yourself into a murderous fury, striking harder and faster, with disregard to your personal well-being. For 3 turns, the raging fighter gains 10 to strength, but loses 10 defense.
The Trap Master was just as bored of this as everyone else. The human soul energy that had imbued them with their stupid human personalities was fading--leaving all of them more of their generic, addicted selves. They liked what it felt like to feel human...they seems so simple, and stress free. Their silly ways of thinking and egocentric views of the universe. It was quite intriguing really. But as the woman came at him once again, he merely parried her blows with his tentacles, knocking them aside with ease. She was tired--it was clear. He would waste no time in ending it. He merely swiped his tentacle directly for her chest, and then another swinging up to stab her in the gut. These damned creatures could have her for all he cared. He just wanted to get out of here and relax for a bit. He needed to ride out the emotional burn out.
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Trap Master
B.A.I.T.R Standing: 65 Health: 1114/1194
Skill: 40 Strength: 50 Defense: 40
Tactical Advantage:Pull Strike: Once every 3 turns, you may use a Pull Strike instead of a regular attack. All calculations are the same as a regular attack, but if you succeed in landing the strike, you will deal only 50% damage and receive 50% damage to yourself. The opponent will be stunned for a turn, unable to take any offensive actions. The next attack against this opponent will deal an additional 10% damage.
Mirai's eyes were blurring at this point--double vision was not exactly the best thing in the world to have during a fight--unless you had double the allies...I mean, that helped, surely, right? Heh...her own wit astounded her sometimes. Wait...was she joking with herself...? In the middle of a battle?
Stop. The. Internal. Monologue. Jesus. There are more important things right now.
"I mean...you do have a point."
Shut up, U.B.
As The Light Racer came in, she parried, using her forearms to thrust against the sides of the Light Racer's arms as well, pushing the punches off course and harmlessly to the sides of Mirai's head. She even managed to hop backwards and to the side to avoid the first two strikes from the Elder Wolf--but then...then the Elder caught her by surprise. She slammed the horn right into Mirai's face, and Mirai was too slow to dodge. She had to watch as the horn came closer and closer, and then everything just went black.
As the Elder Wolf pulled her horn out of Mirai's skull, the people from the edge of the forest moved in closer. They took the blood from Mirai as she lay there, and one of the group members took the sample, their body slowly malforming to change into the exact replica of Mirai. The real one was dragged away by the other people, after Mirai's body had been scavenged by them. Then...well, it was time for Mirai to make her way home. There were things that needed doing.
B.A.I.T.R Standing: 64 Health: 0/360 Control Limit: 508
Skill: 40 [] Strength: 40 [] Defence: 47 [49]
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Juggernaut - Level 1 - Damage is reduced by 5% when you are hit in battle (50 damage minimum reduction). The 80% maximum damage reduction rules still apply.
