The Waiting Game (FINISHED)

[ammy]

As warm flesh and blood bathed her arm, Amaranth couldn't help but grin. One clone down, one original to go. But it seemed that the clone wasn't quite finished yet. As the real being charged, the clone grabbed onto her. With a hiss of a curse, Amaranth ducked, narrowly avoiding the blade. The only problem was that now she was in the worst position possible to defend herself. And he took advantage of it. The tail hit her squarely not in the face, but the shoulders, wrenching her back, his punch landing cleanly into her gut. Her arm was pulled free of the clone as she was pushed back, landing flat on the ground. After hardly a breath, she was back on her feet, spitting out a bit of blood before rushing in again.

She kicked out toward the original, her foot aimed at his stomach and tinted red with her hua once more. She pulled it back with a snap, twisting into a spinning kick toward his side regardless if she hit or not. Keeping in the same onslaught, she twisted back, her hand flat as she swiped it at his neck, a high kick following. She didn't pause to see if her attack hit, she didn't even pause to assess what damage she was doing, if any at all! Amaranth was at her full strength, 88,650, and she'd be damned if she let this creature get the better of her!

[xeondarkness95]

Draxor could feel Amaranth's power rise to an all time high. she wasn't playing with the Android anymore. he was glade he was up on the building, and not in front of Amaranth. "looks like this could be trouble." Syrus said to his Half saiyan companion,"better keep an eye on those blast so on doesn't blow our cover." Draxor knew he was right, if the Android saw them or Amaranth, it wouldn't be pretty. Amaranth would probubly kill him, and that was something he would love to avoid.

[C.haos]

As the clone behind them seemed to fade out of exsistence, C.haos's full power flared back into his body. But his level was only half of the girl's. He could both feel it, and see it. As she sent a kick to C.haos's chest, he did his best to avoid it, but took the blunt ofthe foot to his rib cage. There was a noise much like snapping metal, then two long, rib-like bones ripped out of C.haos's chest, sticking out about an inch. The pain was unbearable and C.haos double over, just in time to avoid the lethal slash to the neck.

As the girl attacked for a third time, her movements quite faster than before, C.haos gathered himself just enough to jump back and avoid the kick. He was now bleeding from multiple spots from where his ribs had snapped, and it was obvious he wss bleeding internally from the large black bruise that was forming around it. These wounds normally wouldn't have stopped him, but his energy was draining fast.

A quick look around the area gave him his way out. Sitting atop a large building, watching the fight, was the half-saiyan boy; whom, even in his current state, would stand no chance agains the bio-android. A sly grin rippled across his face as his eyes never moved from the girl, "You are stronger than you let on, girl." He told her, spitting a mouthful of cyan blood on the ground, "I am quite surprised."

He laughed lighly, wiping his forearm across his forehead as if to wipe sweat from his brow, "you have bested me," his voice carried no pain, or eagerness to quit. It only carried calm clarity, which only broke away as he began to levatate into the air. Then, with as much speed as possible, C.haos blasted off towards the building the boy was sitting atop. His body ripped through the wall, and as light exploded from the base, it was obvious it was going to come down. C.haos had used enough speed that the boy would have had a hard time seeing. Only the girl would see what was was coming next.

As the base of the building began to crumble, C.haos exited the other side, causing the building to begin to collapse. And if C.haos had timed everything just right, the girl would have only two choices. Call out to the boy, and save him, or rush after C.haos and finish it. Either way, a few seconds was all the bio-android would need to vanish into thin air.

[ammy]

Her arms throbbed, the healing process still working on the bleeding gashes. Her shoulders ached and she was still breathing a bit heavy from that punch of his. But it was obvious he was taking the worst of the damage. Amaranth stood over him as he doubled over in pain, her face utterly neutral. She cared not for his pain, nor for his survival. She raised a brow as he spoke.

"It's never wise to lay all your cards on the table, so to speak..." she replied, echoing her mother's teachings from long ago. She watched quietly as he levitated, ready to defend if necessary. But, as he took off, she realized it was not her own body that needed defending. Her eyes rested on Draxor's form only a moment after the android sped away. Her eyes widened and she spit out a curse, rising and racing after him. There was no way to halt the android's movements so as he blasted through the building, she angled up, her form racing toward Draxor. She flew faster than before, leaving a red trail of her Hua in the air behind her.

"Draxor! Get out of there!" she yelled as the building began to crumble. She only hoped she'd make it in time to grab the boy and lift him into the sky to safety.

[xeondarkness95]

Draxor notice that they had stopped fighting. 'the android's planning something.' he thought. the android seemed to surrender, but in a sudden movement disappeared. the building began to collapse from underneath him, he began to float there looking around for the android only to hear Amaranth yelling for him to get away, and her hurling toward him. he now knew what danger he was in and knew he couldn't out run a Bio-Android. however, he had to try, he shot of with all the speed he could muster, but Amaranth was faster. he would fly as fast as he could and Amaranth would possible catch him before the android. 'come on, work!' he hoped grabbing his sword just in case the Android made it to him.

[C.haos]

(I think you misunderstood me, Draxor. C.haos is heading past him and through the base of the building.)

It felt like the longest flight of C.haos's life, but in reality he only flew about a mile. He landed in the center of the city, heading for the lowest point. A manhole. As he remove the lid, he gasped in pain, his ribs had been severely broken, And as his highened form began to grow. He quickly jumped down and close the lid, making sure to completely mask his power level.

Slouching against the wall, C.haos let ot a foul string on curses. Though he could fix most of his injuries, it would take some time... And "food". He carefully grabbed one of the bones that stuck through his skin and pulled, removing it. After two more extractions and countless curses, he had removed the worst of his problems. Cyan blood fllowed onto the ground under him, returning his blackened skin to its original green.

He laid against the cold wall and shook his head, letting out a dry chuckle. How could he have been beaten so badly by the girl? Her base level was much lower than his own. And yet her transformation had allowed her to completely surpass him. Even in his own transformed state. If that wasn't enough to beat such a girl, he knew the only way he could take his revenge would be to become perfect. But how? He would have to absorb androids first. And where would he find such an android?

Though he didn't have to sleep, he closed his eyes and returned his hardened breathing to normal. Soon, he was in a dreamless slumber, from which he would awaken in a few days and feast to return himself back to full power.

[ammy]

She caught up with Draxor in no time, flying in front of him. She knew that the android had gotten away and didn't really care. Truthfully, she had a sinking feeling that they'd meet again someday. But right now, what was on her mind was the boy before her.

"Are you okay?" she asked, running her gaze up and down him. From the looks of it though, he seemed alright. She herself though was an entirely different matter. Her left arm was covered in the android's cyan blood, running from the tips of her claws up past her elbow, almost to her shoulder. Her face and clothes were also splattered with his blood, her shirt stained with her own, though the wounds on her shoulders had fully healed. Her right arm was now clear of all the gashes, her left arm though fared worse. With the android's blood in her gashes, the healing process wasn't working correctly and therefore, her own red blood still slowly dripped from the worst of them, making red rivets in her blue. With a blink of her eyes, the red was gone and only her deep blue remained. Her skin was once again flushed with her normal coloring and her fangs and claws retracted.

All in all, she felt exhausted. While Amaranth was fighting the android, she never let it on of course, it was a weakness. But now, now she felt it. So slowly, at a safe pace, she floated to the ground, her feet landing after a minute or two. As her weight was place once again on her legs, the crumpled beneath her, leaving her half-sitting, half-laying on the ground. Her breathing was slightly shallower than before and her eyes were closed.

"That...was one hell...of a fight," she said, voice hardly a whisper.

[xeondarkness95]

Draxor landed himself next to her and picked her up to bring her someplace a little more comfortable. he walked to the building where they hid before and layed her on a couch. "I'm fine, but you rest and I'll worry about your wounds." he said, as he took off his weapons and Jacket to prepare to bandage her up and wipe some of the blood from her. He placed his jacket over her to keep her comfortable while he worked. "you know, you're one person I'd love to be with when the going gets tough." he said, not sure if she could hear him. "If you feel pain tell me, and i'l do the best i can." he started to make bandages out of cloth he found, and began to bandage her wounds. 'hopefully you're ok.' he thought.

[ammy]

Amaranth could hardly move, let alone walk so when Draxor picked her up, she didn't even struggle. As he laid her down, her eyes opened as he started to bandage her wounds.

"You don't need to bandage them, just wipe the blood out..." she said softly, undoing them and instead, wiping out the blue blood. As soon as the gashes were clean, the skin knitted together. In seconds, not a mark was left. She laid back down, clean arm over her eyes.

"It's been a log time since I've changed...hell, since I fought one on one," she muttered, no longer caring if Draxor heard her or not. She was so tired...she just needed to sleep. Just a little bit.

"Hey Drax....can I trust you not to kill me in my sleep?" she muttered, mouth curving up into a soft smirk. She was fading fast, so fast that she didn't even hear his reply as she fell asleep. Like always since her brush with Blake, she was sucked into REM sleep in seconds. And for once, she had no strength to fight it...

She was sitting there under the bone tree like always. Sighing softly, she leaned back against it, noting the obvious lack of bodies around her.

"Curious..." she muttered.

[xeondarkness95]

Draxor smiled. "sleep well, Amaranth." he said, as he grabbed his sword and sat in a chair polishing it once again. but then he thought for a moment, he still needed to rest. he was still a little sore from the battle he got into. but he needed to make sure she was ok. he put his sword away and sat there for a half an hour. then when all was quiet he walk out the door and flew to the roof of the building. before he left, he set his father's sword next to Amaranth, incase she needed it, and his jacket over her. he sat there thinking, would the android come back while they were both very vulnerible? and if so how would they fight him? it was times like these that Draxor often wished his father was here. Syrus was the only one who acted like his father, but he was watching Amaranth while she slept. Draxor just sighed, and watched as the stars came out.

[ammy]

"Thought I'd change it up a bit, princess."

She turned, eyes resting on Blake's form. He walked over, his steps silent as always. Everything was silent here though. He stopped before her, grinning.

"So you can do that now?" she asked. Her voice echoed, like she was talking in a small, empty space. He chuckled, crouching down before her.

"I always have. But, it's always fun to watch you scream as your little boy toy tries to kill you," he purred, brushing a stand of hair from her eyes, "But you don't scream anymore. Not afraid of me anymore, Princess?"

She was quiet. That was always the best way to deal with Blake.

Don't let him see you're afraid.

Don't let him see you're afraid....

Blake laughed, staning up again.

"You surprised me today, Princess. I thought for sure you were going to kill that thing."

"So what if I didn't? he was no threat," she replied coolly, looking away. Blake chuckled.

"Oho? And yet here you are, tired enough to come to my relm. What does that say?" he goaded.

"It. Says. Nothing," she ground out, ignorimg Blake's laugh.

[xeondarkness95]

Draxor sat on the roof for sometime when he heard a familiar voice. "Maybe you shoulda helped her out?" Draxor turned to see Vengence, or did he change his name? Draxor couldn't remember in the short time he had took to get back here. "oh, its you, i thought you might be that android again." chuckled Draxor, as he walked toward the source of his power and now good friend. "nah, i think that bucket of bolts isn't coming back.'' said Vengence. he laughed for a moment, then got serious again. "you and I both saw she was having trouble with that thing anyway. why didn't you jump in?" he asked. Draxor thought for a moment and replied, "She wouldn't have liked it. that and she might have decided to kill me if i jumped in." Vengence thought for a moment, even though they were the same person, they both had different opinoins. "maybe we should go check on her, hopefully she doesn't try to kill me." Vengence said uneasily. Draxor laughed, "then get back in my head." he did as draxor walked back to the edge and floated down to the door. he saw her still asleep. he sighed and sat in a chair with syrus on his shoulder. " Any change?" he asked his feathered friend. " nope, she's in a deep sleep. i suggest you do that same." there was no argument there. as he began to drift off into a Dream of his own.

"big brother, wake up. you fell asleep under the tree again" said a little girl in front of him. "Katana, what have i told you about bothering your brother when he's tired?" the sound of his saiyan father over by the house with his mother. " not to wake him, but papa he sleeps a lot lately, and you two train too much." their father laughed, " maybe when your older i'll train you and Draxor. Right son?" Draxor nodded, " ya sis, you'll be able to do some of the things Papa and I can do."

He couldn't help but smile in his sleep.

[ammy]

Blue eyes fluttered open moments later followed by a soft groan. Her whole body ached, the scar on her back hurting worst of all. Sighing, Amaranth pulled herself into a sitting position, biting back the moaning protests that threatened to spill forth. The android had definitely given her a decent fight and by the Gods did she feel it. Not only that, but all the dried blood on her wasn't exactly pleasing. With a grimace, she stood, noticing the sleeping form of Draxor. With a ghost of a smile toward the boy, she slipped out of the room, quiet as a mouse. Well, quiet as a mouse with aches and pains that is.

By the sun, Amaranth saw it was well into late afternoon by now. She had spent far too much time in these ruins for her taste. With a soft sight, she flew up into the sky and headed toward Satin City. Right now all she wanted was a long bath and a hot meal.

COMPLEATED with Draxor's last post

[xeondarkness95]

the warm sun began to show through the window as Draxor woke up. he Yawned, making sure his body didn't hurt anymore. as he did, he woke the bird on his shoulder. "ahh, what in blazes?!" said the startled bird. Draxor laughed, "Its alright Syrus, its morning." Syrus looked over by where Amaranth was. " looks like someone flew the coup, and i don't mean me." Draxor saw his sword and jacket lay on the couch. he grabbed them and put them on. "Its time to continue the search my friend." was Draxor's reply.

[Geurin]

Ammy: 7700
C.haos: 5600
Draxor: 2000
Mesa: 5200

Sorry this took so long to grade, Its the first 8 page thread I have ever had to grade, and it was a bit daunting.