The Brawler
A small trail of smoke penetrated the air in front of the lithe figure leaning against the wall. The smell of the synthetic cigarette filled the air and a faint glow illuminated her right hand. The sun had long set and only the glow of street lights permeated the darkness. The sound of distant rumbling of a storm caught her attention, tossing the cigarette to the ground and stomping it out she let out a soft sigh. Emerging from the shadows, the lights revealed her short dark blue hair which was only just long enough to hide her eyes from sight. Her clothes hung loosely and her arms were shaky, her movements were smooth but as she moved they seemed slightly unnatural. Her body hardly bounced with each step and her arms had tucked against her sides.
She was vulnerable, an easy target for one of the thousands of criminals in the city. Rounding a corner she stopped a bit startled as her eyes fell on three large men of caucasian descent one of them slightly overweight while the other two appeared thin and malnourished. The large one approached the girl and she stumbled back, the unnatural movement unnoticed by the men. "Please…" the girl whimpered as the one of the small ones approached her revealing scars along the man's arms from the dust injections he must have been using, "Hey boss check it out, another rat we can do as we please with." His voice was high pitched and jittery, common side effects of withdrawal.
The large man laughed and the third man calmly walked over and stood between the two of them, "So it would seem. Tell me girly, is there anything you're good for?" he asked eagerly. The girl turned to sprint away terrified of the men before her. She was faster than she looked and got a ways down the street before the leader got close and tried to tackle her down only for his body to fall through the girl and impact the ground with a thud. The other two men stopped shocked and stared as the girl stood frozen mid stride before flickering for a moment before returning to a complete image. The leader scrambled to his feet, "Let's get outta here!"
As the three men turned to run the small man seemed to hit something and fell back as the air he hit shimmered and a young woman stood there with blonde flowing hair and bright purple eyes a confident smirk on her face. "Going somewhere boys? I thought you were trying to have some fun?" The large man growled in anger and lifted his hands above his head slamming them down onto the blonde. Her arms snapped up over her head catching the hit much to the large man's surprise. Before she could get another quip out the leader kicked her in the stomach knocking her back only for her to slide and snap back into a squared stance.
"You think you can fuck with us you bitch!" The leader yelled.
The blonde smiled and rolled her neck, "And here I thought you couldn't give me a good time." She teased. The small jittery man sprinted at her clumsily getting close to her before her right arm lifted up behind her and launched forward impacting the top of his head and smashing his head into the ground blood seeping from the wound, "Damn, still getting used to this thing, hope I didn't kill him," she said rubbing the back of her head.
The leader was upon her instantly leaping into the air and launching another kick, this time aimed for her head. Sliding back she dodged the kick before launching herself forward and catching the man's kidney with a fast one two and sweeping her legs beneath him and landing a third punch into the man's chest knocking him to the ground. His hands shot up to his chest and his mouth opened trying to breathe desperately.
Before she had a chance to celebrate, the large man rushed her and lifted her into the air slamming her against a wall eliciting a gasp from her. Grabbing her arms in an attempt to pin her. He managed to get her left arm against the wall but her right was far stronger and she pushed against his grip a faint smile on her face. "Come on big boy lets see what you got."
Grunting in anger the man smashed her nose with his head. The blonde returned the favor with a kick to the groin causing the man's grip to loosen for a brief moment, just enough for her arm to grip his clothes. The man quickly recovered and slammed her against the wall by her neck squeezing it.
Suddenly, the girl was in actual danger and her survival instinct kicked in. Her right arm quickly swung at his head and the sound of a shotgun going off filled the street and blood splattered along the ground. The two fighters fell to the ground and after a short moment she stood avoiding looking at the large man's body.