OLDER
CONTACT ME
DIARYLAND
2005-01-18 - 4:22 p.m.
"You decided to be honor-less when you let the girl give you armor. A man of honor would have fought with only what he had." Serge pushed himself back to his feet and regained a defensive stance.
"I didn't ask her to give me the armor; she did it of her own volition. Besides I'm new to all this magic stuff; I have no clue what I'm doing." We began circling each other again. After the third time around he lunged at me, both arms extended to strike me in the chest. I dodged and hit him in the right shoulder with the shield; he staggered but didn't fall. I slashed at him with the sword, but he raised his arms in an 'X' and blocked it. I spun and kicked him in the stomach; again he staggered but didn't fall. "You use weapons against the weaponless; and yet you dare speak to me of honor?" "You said an honorable man would fight with what he had. I have magical armor that obeys my thoughts, I'm just following you're suggestion." "Abandon your weapons and let us continue." "I want your word that when I defeat you Nikki and I will have safe passage out of here." I pulled the sword and shield back into the armor and waited for his answer. "That is not up to me. That decision rests upon the shoulders of Cyrus and I doubt he will let you leave." He rushed at me again still fighting angry. I dropped to the ground and tripped him. He tried to catch himself but the water hand just slid out from under him and he landed hard on his left shoulder. He tried to roll away but I kept my legs tangled in his so he couldn't get away. I was able to use my right leg to land a few shots to his left knee before he was able to break free completely. Before he could stand I was back on him, raining blows to his head and chest; all he could do was pull his arms up to cover his face. He was able to grab my right arm in some kind of a twisting hold that tried to force my elbow to bend the other way. I stopped my assault because of the sudden and quick pain, giving him an opening of some kind. He tried to punch me with his right hand, but I caught his arm in the same kind of hold he had me in. He was able to get to his feet while we were locked up, despite my efforts to take his legs out from under him. We were both just pulling up on the other's arm, trying to gain some kind of advantage from it; to no avail. Finally I just threw all strategy out the window and started head-butting him; like I had Aaron. Again Serge staggered, but didn't fall. He was off-balance just enough that I could land another shot to his leg causing it to buckle under him. I was able to control his fall because our arms were still locked together. I brought him down to my right and was able to land my left knee in his stomach, knocking the wind out of him. He released my arm and I released his, but my knee was still buried in his stomach. I let him up just enough for him to try and roll out from under me, but I was able to lock on a choke hold before he got away. He flailed and struggled, but it didn't do him any good. His limbs went limp and his breathing slowed greatly; he was completely unconscious. The group by the chair watched me with great anticipation. They wondered if I was going to kill him or maim him or do some kind of damage. He was unconscious and that was enough for me. I grabbed Nikki and headed for the door out of the room, only to be me by Cyrus at the door with a none-too-happy look on his face.
