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Post by Health on Dec 26, 2005 16:46:25 GMT -5
"Then fists," Mercedes said taking off his shirt revealing muscles thta had been toned by fighting and took a defensive stance, he then glanced at Iris, "Now no cheaping or I'll have to punish you good afterwards," he said winking at her, Iris scowled at him, her finger curling into fists.
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Post by raphael on Dec 27, 2005 0:52:38 GMT -5
Raphael stripped the breast plate and other armour off of his body. He tore the shirt from his back revealing a toned body, not overly muscular but more built for fast twitch response. His entire torso a mess of scars, all save for where his tattoos had been. The aquila on his left pectoral. The crux on his right bicept and the folded two headed eagle on his left shoulder blade. The heavy chain still hung from his neck, the steel crux hanging. Raphael hung his head not moving. He finally pulled off the face mask that had been hiding his smile. While he had been standing there not moving he had radioed to his squad, no one was to interfere with the duel, under any circumstances.
"Honour may yet find you, it will be a pitty you will not enjoy it long." Raphael detested those who took an early defensive. He put his hands up, both at about his face. His right fist in front, his left hand still open, relaxed. All of the weight was visabley placed on the front right foot. Raphael did not hunch over at all, he stood pretty well tall.
"then let first blood be mine."
Raphael stepped towards the man and threw a right jab, not putting much power behind it, but making it look as so while he shifted his weight discreetly for the left hood to the abdomine he released just shortly after.
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Post by Health on Dec 27, 2005 8:54:30 GMT -5
When Rapahel took of his shirt, Iris suddenly felt her insides warm, but quickly shook it off, "Think Iris, think," she thought to herself. Iris's mouth became a thin white line before she bit her lip, "There's no way Raphael can win," she thought, "Mercedes can see what Raphael is going to do with his powers."
"Now come on man," Merceds grinned as he blocked the jab and jumped back from the other attack, "I can read you like a book, you making this too easy," he grinned giving some attacks of his own.
((Hey so not good on the hand to hand thing want to take it from here?))
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Post by raphael on Dec 27, 2005 13:25:26 GMT -5
((I suppose so.))
Raphael looked at him, his head cocked to one side and a smile spread across his face. "let us see how well you can see the future if I myself do not even know it." Raphael let his body limp, fluid like water, only reacting on instinct.
The man (mercedes) came at him, he may have been able to see Raphael's actions before Raphael even moved, but he could not himself hide his own shift in weight and balance. Raphael watched as an arm came down to strike him, It was not difficult to block and Raphael wrapped his arm around it locking it to Raphael's side. The next attack however was not so easily blocked. Mercedes it appeared was learning. He prepared for a similar strike with the other arm, and as Raphael read it, the man changed his mind and kicked Raphael hard in the ribs. Raphael had barely enough time to read it, so the best he could do was move with the force to lenghten the contact time and reducle the force.
However the next attack was the one that Raphael was waiting for. A punch to the face. Raphael swung his head just out of the way putting his other arm up and wrapping it around Mercedes arm as it went past Raphael's face. Raphael locked the arm to his other side.
"well now, sometimes mistakes are unavoidable aren't they." Raphael let the man see what he was going to do to him. let the man feel it. There was almost no way of avoiding it now, it was like a trap sprung. Mercedes tried to kick Raphael in the groin and Raphael dropped a knee on his kick. Then Mercedes Headbutt Raphael, the very same thing that Raphael was waiting to do to him. Raphael's forehead was bleeding, but it did not stop him from showing Mercedes how it was done. He headbutt the man three times and on the third blow released hsi grip letting the man fly backwards.
"well played sir, but let us try again"
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Post by Health on Dec 27, 2005 13:35:43 GMT -5
Iris had to stop herself from cheering at Raphael was clearly beating the crud out of Mercedes, something she had wanted to do for a long time, "I can't believe, I shouldn't have doubted him," she thought to herself with a grim but pround smile on her face.
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Post by raphael on Dec 27, 2005 13:44:04 GMT -5
Raphael was not however so lucky in the second round. He stood there passively waiting for the attacks. It was not that Raphael could not see the attacks coming, but that they were changed mid stride and Raphael had little time to react.
Raphael took a right cross to his jaw and then was drop kicked to the floor. He got up slowly wiping the blood from the corner of his face. There was a smile from ear to ear as the stood at his full height. "this will be more fun than I had expected."
Raphael stood there, truely fluid. He would not try to read the action, but only react after the attack had landed on him. Something he had learned through his years, transfer of momentum.
Raphael did not even have to look at the man attacking him, but he did, just to mess with him. Raphael put up now defense letting Mercededs work him over for a little while.
Meanwhile outside Veneratio was talking to Gravitos, "what is going on?" Gravitos replied, "he is betting worked over pretty good, but the smile on his face tells me he has a plan." Veneratio was not one to break orders but he issued the command anyway. "train on the target, I don't want to see Pravus die."
Inside Raphael took the last blow he was going to take. It had been a lower cut to his abdomine. There was still that wicked smile on his face as he stood up from it.
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Post by Health on Dec 27, 2005 13:47:40 GMT -5
Iris had stood up to do something but instantly saw red dots of her shirt and sat back down. She read Veneratio, Gravitos' mind and saw they had the same idea that she did, "I don't want him to die either boys," Iris said to herself and watched as Mercedes have Raphael another blow to his stomach and then Raphael stood up straight.
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Post by raphael on Dec 27, 2005 13:53:31 GMT -5
Merceded drove another blow home to Raphael's chest, near his left shoulder. Raphael used the momentum to spin thorwing his arm up and hitting Mercedes square in the stomach. The wicked smile widened on Raphael's face. He had stopped trying to read and simply reacted. Raphael himself did not even know what would happen next so how could this clown possibly be able to read the attack. Raphael simply let physics take over and do the fighting for him.
Mercedes tried to hit Raphael in the jaw, the blow connected and as Raphael fel backwards he brought his foot up hitting Mercedes in the jaw. Raphael hit the ground and rolled. He had taken very little of the force of the past blows, always returning it to the sender through the transfer of momentum. Raphael was on his feet quicker than Mercedes was.
"awe did I break your ego, do you need a break" Raphael laughed as he spoke.
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Post by Health on Dec 27, 2005 13:56:03 GMT -5
Iris bite her lip again as she studied this crueler side of Raphael, a little frightened. But she quickly shook it off, knowing that it was a battle to the death, and now Raphael's killed instincts had taken over.
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Post by raphael on Dec 27, 2005 16:32:10 GMT -5
Raphael stood over the fallen body of Mercedes, "now you don't want to talk to me?" Raphael spit at him, and turned his back.
"you have no honour, you are not even worth the heel of my boot to end your pathetic life."
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Post by Health on Dec 27, 2005 16:36:03 GMT -5
"Raphael, that's enough," Iris said darkly not being able to take his behaviour any longer, "You've won, leave it at that."
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Post by raphael on Dec 27, 2005 16:37:58 GMT -5
"It is not over. He will not leave it be." Raphael looked darkly at Iris. "He attacked me, threatened you and wanted to destroy my way of life, I can't let that happen again."
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Post by Health on Dec 27, 2005 16:42:05 GMT -5
Iris couldn't meet Raphael's eyes but knew he wouldn't listen to him, "So be it," she said as she walked past him and out the door, and continued upstairs until she got outside. She leaned against the building's wall, her body still but her mind racing. Her eyes were dry she was too tired to cry.
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Post by raphael on Dec 27, 2005 16:46:22 GMT -5
Raphael picked the man up by the collar sensing the hostility given off by Iris. He threw him out of his office window where he was met by the reserve squad. They picked him up in a not so rough fashion and cuffed him. Raphael put his armour back on, picking up the torn shirt and wrapping it around his arm tying it off.
He walked outside of the office, the deed was done, He went to go find Iris.
"he is not dead..." Raphael continued to walk towards the reserve squad and the extraction point.
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Post by Health on Dec 27, 2005 16:53:09 GMT -5
Iris didn't say anything or move for a few seconds. But she followed Raphael, looking at the ground and sometimes at the sky, her mind whirled around with strange thoughts. None of them she wanted to express to Raphael.
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Post by raphael on Dec 27, 2005 16:58:00 GMT -5
Raphael let the other handle the prisoner while he walked back to the truck. He walked up to the front and climbed into the cab of the truck with Vas while the others secured the prisoner.
"radio ahead Vas, tell them we need a cell prepared."
Raphael then climbed out of the cab and looked at his crew.
"back to bade it is then" he said sombrely.
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Post by Health on Dec 27, 2005 17:00:03 GMT -5
Iris stood beside Raphael and gave the crew a comforting smile and a wave, and timidly glanced at Raphael.
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Post by raphael on Dec 27, 2005 17:02:53 GMT -5
"climb in the cab with Vas there. He is a nice guy. I have to ask a few questions of our guest. I promise I will behave, but there are a few things I need to know." Raphael walked around to the back to climb up in and sit next to the captive.
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Post by Health on Dec 27, 2005 17:04:57 GMT -5
Iris nodded and sat next to Vas and smiled at him, "Nice night to go out to break and enter and settle things with an old foe," she said to him, winking to let him know it was a joke.
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Post by raphael on Dec 27, 2005 17:10:26 GMT -5
Vas smiled warmly. He liked meeting new people and was good company to keep. He was a funny man, always had a joke or two. He nodded and clicked the radio to ask if everyone was loaded up back there. Then he turned on the other radio and asked the base to prepare a cell. Finally when everything was settled and the Truck was in gear he spoke to Iris.
"indeed it is, we don't get to many just right for such activities round here, but the boss makes us goe out anyways." He smiled.
In the rear of the Truck Raphael had a grim look on his face as he looked at the man they had just captured.
"I want to know how?"
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