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The Raid 2 - Rama vs Hammer girl and Baseball Bat man
"This next viewing will be rather unpleasant for some."
After a brief break, along with Team RWBY and JNPR struggling to keep their hyperactive teammates in check, the audience had a chance to gather their thoughts and wait for the next viewing. Their previous viewing has left them all baffle, but it's all in the past. Certainly, there will be more surprises as they continue watching.
"Isn't that a first?" Vernal snarks, "What we'll be watching? Another grueling war?"
"Not this time. This one shall be a fight." The Hosts answers, "A fight to the death. In a world with no aura, semblance, or Dust. Only the body, mind, and what they bring."
"How philosophical."
"It is but the truth."
Oscar gulps, "I hope it wouldn't be that horrible tournament one."
The scene of people instantly getting eviscerated sudden resurface within some of the audiences' minds.
"Me too, Oscar." Ruby nods with an uneasy expression. "Me too…"
Mercury rolls his eyes, internally scoffing at their squeamishness. Though he will admit, some of the horrific viewings sent chills down his spines or makes his throat dry. "Well, might as well get on with it."
"Hold up. What's this about a tournament?" Marrow asks.
"It was some messed up contests where contestants brutally kill each other and occasionally spectators." Winter's face scrunches up at the recollection of that viewing. "Savages to the highest level, those lots were."
Qrow brought his flask up and took a swig out of it. "And the worst part is that those contestants could be sum up as monsters, or monsters among monsters. I reckon they can kill more than half of us without taking us seriously."
Marrow pales slightly but kept his cool demeanor and expression. "I'll take your word for it."
"Looking pale there." Harriet teases him to lighten up the mood.
"It must be your imagination."
Tai sighs, shuffling in his chair. "It's starting."
Everyone went quiet as the room darkens and the screen flickers to life.
A shaved man with a bloody face, known as Rama storms down the decorated corridors. The glass walls protecting the colorful wallpaper is spotless but dim underneath the lights.
His intrusion is met by two suited thugs who lumber towards him around the corner. Rama swiftly twists his entire body and duck as he parries the first thug's attack and strikes him in the chest with his foot.
The second thug brings his fist up for a wide swing, leaving himself vulnerable to about anything. Rama did just that, ducking down with a slide and hooking the second thug's leg, forcing him to a knee. He slams his elbow into the thug's head, causing his head to bounce into the wall, stunning him.
"Alright! Hand to hand. Good Ol' Fisticuffs." Yang cheers, punching her fist into the air.
"Did you already forgotten about the 'fighting to the death' part we'll be witnessing?" Blake sulky asks her partner. In return, Yang gave her a flat look. "… Forget what I said."
Weiss shakes her head, "Of course, a brute like you would enjoy these acts of violence."
Yang mocks a hurt expression, gasping, and placing a hand over her heart. "My poor, innocent maiden's heart."
Her relatives all gave a snort at that.
Rama turns around to deal with the first thug and caught his kick mid-swing and delivers a series of strikes into the thug's leg followed by a fierce elbow to the head before grabbing the goon and throwing him aside. He turns his attention to his other opponent, barely recovering from his daze, and booted the thug into the wall, rendering him unconscious.
Rama walks towards the first thug he tossed and viciously stomp on his stomach for good measures before turning the corner.
"Was that really necessary?" Ruby asks, wincing at the sight.
Tai grimaces at that, understanding how important it is to ensure a person is actually down for the fight if they can't secure them. "Unfortunately, I think that was necessary looking at his situation. He'll have to make sure they truly can't fight."
Ruby sullenly nods at that, while listening to Blake adding another brief explanation on why kicking a person while they're down is a reasonable action when in an unfriendly environment.
"I'm surprised, Tai." Raven glance at him with a smile. "You haven't completely mellowed out these years."
"Just stating something logical." He rubs his neck with unease. "They might be in a similar situation in the future."
As Rama turn, he quickly jerks his upper body, narrowly avoiding a baseball zooming past him. It punches deep into the glass wall, solidly embedding itself into the glass.
"That was close." Sun whistles.
"At that impact, it would have cracked a skull." Said Yatsuhashi.
Breathing heavily, Rama evaluates the damage done to the wall before slowly turning his head to his next opponents. Two people, one male, and female; guarded the doorway.
The female wore a leather black jacket over a white shirt, and don heavy boots with rip jeans. She wields two hammers with its claws sharpen. The male wore a black hoodie and pants, favoring flat sneakers and wields a metal bat. These two siblings are Bejo's top three hitmen, commonly referred to as Baseball Bat Man and Hammer Girl.
Elm's eyes narrow a bit, "Those two give off an unpleasant vibe. Just an instinctual feeling."
"I am in agreement with your brief assessment." Vine dealt with a fair number of cutthroats in his military career. Even without being there personally, it was easy to tell that these two are not to be taken lightly.
In the 'villain's' section, Mercury let out a small hum, tapping his armrest with his short tune.
"They're assassins. Like my father."
Emerald is not impressed. "They don't look like much."
"You should never judge a person by their appearance." Cinder softly reprimands her underling, "It could prove to be… Fatal."
"Yes, ma'am."
The baseball bat-wielding assassin tilts his head and slowly gesture with his hand. "Give me the ball."
Rama ignores the assassin's command and steadies his breathing, sauntering towards the assassins. His two opponents also follow suit.
The bat-wielding assassin makes several hand gestures, sign language, to his sister regarding their battle tactics. "As usual."
The baseball bat-wielding assassin grips his weapon and burst towards Rama, heavily swinging his bat, missing as Rama feint a block and evade the initial strike, getting in-between the two assassins. Rama's position works on both sides' favor. For Rama, it means that both of his opponents must take into careful consideration when attacking, least they hit each other. For the assassins, their target will need to divert his attention on multiple fronts.
All part of their plan.
"He positioned himself in a way where his opponents can't attack with impunity, but he's going to have to watch his back." Tai muse, taking into consideration that aura is not a thing in their dimension. "One slips up and he's in deep trouble."
"No aura to take the hit for you." Vernal grins, "You're gonna have to be well into your game or die."
"A testament of what skills and talents you have," Raven adds, remembering her brutal training during childhood.
Hammer girl swing backhandedly, forcing Rama to bob down to avoid the hammers' claw and block the other follow upswing by pushing back on her arm with his own.
Rama hastily turns behind him and pull one of his legs up, avoiding a bat to his knee joint. Rama returns his focus to the hammer-wielding assassin, redirecting a jab with a grab, and spun her on the spot. Hammer girl tries to make use of this spinning momentum, flailing one arm back to strike him. However, her attack did not go through, allowing Rama to palm her in the guts with enough force to slam her into the walls.
"Oof. They must have knocked the wind out of her." Coco pause to take several small sips from her drink. Her eyes widen when she saw the bat-wielding assassin making his move. "Ah. Fighting on multiple sides is a pain."
Jaune winces, "Oh, no."
Rama's counterattack leaves him enough room to disengage from the female assassin, in time to avoid a devasting downward swing from Baseball Bat man. Quickly swinging his foot, Rama narrowly kicking the bat-wielding assassin in the head. His attack may have missed, but it forced the assassin to recover his footing instead of attacking.
He delivers a second kick to the bat-wielding assassin, sending the man crashing into the wall. By then, Hammer girl returns to the fight vigorously, throwing her weight in her swings. Rama reacted quickly, grabbing her arms, pulling them across in an attempt to disarm her. His mind quickly snaps back to his other opponent and let out a small yelp as he slams both of his knees down on the ground to avoid the bat-wielding assassin's strike.
"That was a close call." Pyrrha swallows, hating to see if any of their strikes land true. Without aura, the damage dealt can be potentially fatal, or crippling.
"He's very skilled, able to take on two armed opponents without a weapon." Said Ren, sharing the same concern look as his teammates.
His weight pulled down his female opponent, causing her to be thrown on the ground and tumble. Baseball Bat man follow through with his initial momentum, bringing his weapon to a halt over his shoulder and backswing it.
Rama elbow his opponent on the wrist and slam his arm into the bat-wielding assassin's shoulder, dampening most of the force in his bat swing on his thigh. He delivers another strike onto Baseball Bat man's back and spins behind to grapple him. The hammer-wielding assassin scurries up to help her brother, only to be kicked down.
"They need room to swing their blunt weapons." Qrow gruffly says to no one in particular. "Getting close to them or interrupting their attack will severely lessen their effectiveness."
Robyn nods, "A bit hard to do so in a narrow hallway."
"And avoid hitting your own allies." Clover adds, "He's doing quite well despite the many disadvantages he's experiencing."
He then slams his foot on the bat-wielding assassin's knee joint, forcing him onto his knees. During that process, Rama lost his grip on his opponent, forcing him to take a step back as the assassin quickly swing back, only for Rama to catch him by the arm and giving Baseball Bat man a taste of his own medicine by slamming his bat back on his head.
"That's gotta hurt a lot." Neptune wince at the impact.
"Man, look at all the counters he's throwing back at them," Sun said in awe.
"Gotta love his kicks and twists he's putting them through." Mercury is grinning widely, already memorizing some of the techniques Rama uses. "Might incorporate that into mines."
"Hah! Way ahead of you." Yang calls out across the aisles.
Gripping his opponent's arm, Rama spun and threw the man behind him, leaving him to face off against Hammer girl once again. She twirls her entire body with each double swing of her hammers, ducking low to take a chance at taking out his legs, before moving spinning back to her fullest height to continue her assault.
Her spinning resulted in her having her back turned towards him, but it's never a problem for the female assassin, making use of the hammers' claws for each backswing. When one of her attacks is blocked, she simply spins the opposite direction for another strike.
"Her fighting style exposures her back a lot." Velvet notes, taking an occasional snapshot with her camera.
"Not very feasible. Risky I might say, but you can't be completely sure if such an opening is a ruse." Port twirls his mustache, calmly watching the fight.
Seeing how he's being forced back, Rama allows the hammer-wielding assassin to fully turn to face him before catching both of her arms. He crosses her arms and pushes her back with a roar, making use of his greater weight against hers. However, his pushback was quickly met with firm resistance as Hammer girl plants her boot solidly on the ground and loosen her grip on her hammers, letting them slide down to the base of the hammers' head; claws digging into Rama's wrist, causing him to cry out in pain.
The hammer-wielding assassin forces him onto his knees and jerks her hands, tearing the skin and splattering blood all over the place. She proceeds to slam her hammers on Rama's chest, causing him to fall on his back.
Oscar wince, feeling around his wrist. "I can't imagine how much that hurts."
"And he still has to fight two against one with those injuries." Blake's face is that of concern. "Without aura, those injuries will start to build up and weight down on his ability to fight."
"We take aura for granted when we're fighting," Weiss said, sighing.
Vernal smirks, "Ain't that a true statement?"
She quickly picks herself up from the floor and tries to finish Rama off, but stumble over as he kicks her legs before punting her on the back, knocking her over. Rama attempted to get back to his feet, but the bat-wielding assassin, rush him down, forcing Rama to scissor kick the man's leg, causing the assassin to collapse.
"Oh, nice." Mercury nods approvingly. "I haven't seen a scissor kick in actual combat in years."
Rama follows up with a kick near the base of his neck, then a boot to the face, leaving the man flat on his back, groaning in pain.
Emerald rolls her eyes as Mercury continues to make something like a happy noise. "Kick addict."
The rush of adrenaline allows Rama to ignore the pain from his cut hands, pushing himself up the floor to deal with the female assassin who relentlessly attack him with another chain of hammer swings. He cannot allow her to get a solid hit on him, or he'll be in a dire strait for his upcoming battle should he get past this.
He blocks her attack combos twice before managing to get behind her, twisting her arm, and judo throwing her onto the ground. On instinct, the woman curls her body and kick Rama on his slashed hand, causing him to stagger back in pain while she recovers.
Robyn takes in a sharp breath, "Ooooh. Right in the slash wound."
"He's stumbling far back into his other opponent!" Marrow hisses with urgency.
"Uh oh." Sun gulps.
As he staggers back, Rama rotates in between his uneasy footing, coming face to face with an angry bat-wielding assassin. The assassin swings his bat with one hand, using his momentum to turn his entire body to combo a spin kick. When neither of those landed a hit, the male assassin resorted to pummeling his opponent, swiftly moving his entire body and limbs for each swing.
Rama desperately grapples with the bat-wielding assassin, seemingly able to get a hold on one of his arms. Instead, the bat-wielding assassin manages to literally force things around, gripping his bat with both hands, and strangling Rama with it. The assassin's sister joined in, slamming her hammers down at Rama's foot, trying to cripple his movement to no avail.
"They're really trying to break his mobility," Roman said without emotions. "I'd rather not watch the guy get flat-footed. Had enough of knee breaking loan sharks back in my days."
"What was that about knee breaking?" Nora jumps up from her seat.
Ren pulls her down, "Nora, no."
"It would make sense for them to try and cripple his legs, seeing how much trouble he's giving them with just his two feet." Mercury rubs his chin, playfully taunting Emerald with a wise look.
Emerald leans closer to him and whispers, "I will take apart your legs in your sleep."
"Is that an invitation?"
"Shut. Up."
Despite being restrained, Rama is still quick-footed and has the strength to claw his way out of Baseball Bat man's grip, ducking behind him just as Hammer girl tries to bash his head in. Her hammer stops short from her brother's face, causing her to pause briefly before attacking over the side of her brother to reach Rama.
With quick reaction, Rama draws the bat-wielding assassin's arm back to block the strike and interrupts her second attack with a direct kick to her elbow, pushing her back slightly. She stops her fall with her hands and lunged, pushing off the floor past her brother with an upward swing.
"Nice block." Qrow compliments.
"That was a close call," Penny remarks on how close Hammer girl was to nailing her brother in the head. She tilts her head over to her creator and by extension, father. "Father, are you alright? You're looking a bit pale."
Dr. Pietro waves his hand, "Ah. I'm just not used to seeing this sort of fighting. Especially with how bloody this fight will be."
"Oh, trust me." Maria sighs, "You'll be watching more troubling viewings than this."
"I appreciate the heads up."
Neither of her hammers landed, forcing her to spin back to catch her breath while her brother fiercely barrels his bat down onto the floor, bowing over from pain and exhaustion. The hammer-wielding assassin attempted to gain the high ground, stepping on her brother's back to slam down their opponent, only for Rama to grab her by the waist, and throwing her into a wall.
"What the heck was that?" Yang gestured at the two assassins with a disbelieving expression.
"Exhaustion." Raven monotonously said.
"I've seen people fall over like that after a swing with their weapon." Tai supported, having worked at a combat academy with hot-headed children, there's no shortage of overexertion.
"Well, at least the girl tried her best to take advantage of that." Vernal sits back and relaxes; familiar with these sorts of fights in the lands beyond the four kingdoms and major settlements.
In the land outside the kingdom's walls, it's a fight to the death. Something she and the Branwen Tribe all experience.
Hammer girl fell onto the ground heavily, knocking her sunglasses off her face, revealing a heavily scarred right eye. She struggles to get up, only able to watch her brother continue to fight with a heavy breath.
Pyrrha gasps, "Her eye…"
"I wonder if that's a scar or a birthmark?" Vernal trace around one of her eyes. "No wonder she wears sunglasses, huh?"
The bat-wielding assassin wildly roars as he slams into a nearby glass wall. He returns the favor by striking Rama in the face with the handle. Rama quickly recovers from the attack and shuffle back to avoid another swing, struggling to keep up with the bat-wielding assassin's blistering attack. He finally found the opportunity to put an end to the assassin's relentless attack, catching his bat under his armpit and headbutting him in the face before throwing him against the wall.
"Nice counter." Neo's sign read. She turns to the other side. "Behind you."
His moment was cut short as he turns around, unable to react in time to a hammer striking his legs, collapsing him to his knees. He retaliates by swiping his foot at her head, but the female assassin foresaw that, ducking and slashing at his chest. Rama flinches at the impact of her hammer striking his shoulder before evading another swing.
Exhaustion is starting to become a great hindrance to both sides, but none has taken the brunt of it like the hammer-wielding assassin. Her weapons have become more cumbersome, allowing Rama to grab her arms during a backswing, forcing his foot on her back to pin her down.
"Their movements are starting to become clunky." Qrow observes, "Getting hit or thrown into the walls is quickly wearing them down."
"More so without aura." Dr. Oobleck adds.
"I don't like where this is going." Ruby whimpers, dreading the moment where they would finally kill each other. Her gut is telling her that someone is bound to die very soon, and that's making her uneasy.
Even after watching several viewings of people dying horribly, it still did not completely sit well with her. Nonetheless, despite her young age, she understands that taking a person's life is sometimes a necessity, though she hopes she would never have to resort to it.
"It's okay, Ruby." Yang comfort her sister, "Don't look."
Vernal shakes her head. "What a baby."
Rama quickly fails to restrain the hammer-wielding assassin, not willing to lose his mobility on the ground while she flails with her hammers. This resulted in the assassin nearly breaking Rama's wrist with a kick, throwing him back in pain.
The hammer-wielding assassin quickly got to her feet and lunge at him. This proves to be a fatal move as exhaustions and Rama's tenacity allows him to gain an upper hand in the fight.
Grabbing her hand, and squeezing her face, Rama force the claws of her hammer into her neck, digging deep into her throat. Hammer girl's eyes widen, mouth agape. She trembles with shock and pain.
Blood slowly pouring out from her neck wound.
Glynda's expression went grim, "I recommend those who are squeamish to look away. Now."
"You're all military or huntsmen and huntresses in training." Raven taunts, before eyeing the farm boy. "Along with a scientist working on military technology, an old lady, and a farm boy." Though, Raven suspects Maria to be a great huntress back in her youthful days. "I'm certain you'll get used to seeing some blood."
Slowly regaining consciousness, the bat-wielding assassin took a few seconds to register what was happening. To his horror, his sister is as good as dead.
"N-no!" He cries, charging towards Rama; frantically trying to save his sister.
Too late. Rama mercilessly tore her throat out with her own weapon, showering the area with blood.
Oscar went pale at the sight but felt numb at the sight of blood. Compare to his peers, some of them jerk their head away, not wanting to witness someone getting their throat torn out.
"How horrible," Elm said quietly.
"Yes. It is." Vine silently gives the decease a passing prayer, despite knowing that the female assassin is most likely not a good person.
A maddening cry of vengeance and grief rips through the corridors as the last assassin went completely berserk at the death of his sister, viciously attacking Rama without restraint. The assassin strikes Rama on the wrist, hard, knocking out the hammer from his hand. He followed up his attack with a kick to Rama's chest, pushing him back before wildly swinging his bat with all his strength repeatedly.
"Mad with grief." Ozpin knows just how devastating emotions can play into affecting others' actions. He's been on the receiving end after all; people like Salem, Hazel… The list goes on.
How would they react if someone close to them was killed before their eyes?
Yang, Tai, Qrow… They'll go absolutely insane trying to avenge their loved ones. Especially if that particular girl is someone name, Ruby Rose. They might even forsake self-preservation. The same could be said for Nora and Ren.
They all silently ponder about such a scenario while numbly watching the ongoing fight.
The sudden fierceness the bat-wielding assassin exhibited forced Rama back, hastily evading each swing with urgency. However, with an evasion that landed on the wrong footing, the assassin instantly dealt a painful blow to Rama's side, throwing him into the floor.
Rama swiftly dodges an overhead swing, throwing himself to the side, but was met with a heavy blow to the chest, putting him into the floor. The bat-wielding assassin let out another battle cry, swinging down again.
Moving on instinct, Rama swipes his arm to nullify the swing and hook his leg around the assassin's neck, smashing his face into the floor. Another foot shot out, slamming the assassin into the wall. Rama quickly move his foot behind the assassin's head as leverage and disconnected the man's spine with a kick to the throat.
A horrible cracking sound could be heard as the assassin's head and neck went stiff. His face scrunched up in pain but couldn't move as he is paralyzed.
Penny and Pietro gasp at that. "Oh my."
"Damn," Mercury said in awe. He should try that on someone one of these days.
Rama rolls back with the bat in his hand and swings with all his might, crunching the assassin's skull in and in the process, shattering his neck. A burst of blood sprayed out, the shot spirals away from the impact to several meters down the corridor.
"Urk!" Nora turns away, coughing as she chokes on her own salvia. By her side, Ren pats her on the back, making circular motions here and there.
"What's wrong with her? Don't tell me she got a headache from the camera movement? Whatever the Hosts use to record this." Vernal mocks the Valkyrie girl. "Or was it the blood and death that got her?"
Team JNPR shoots Vernal a glare but didn't say anything.
"Do not antagonize my students," Glynda said coldly.
There, Rama breathed heavily, releasing his grip on the bat.
The assassin's body slowly slides down onto the floor, holding up a few inches away as the bat remains embedded into his caved in jaw and skull.
Velvet went slightly green at the gruesome sight, "Urgh..."
"Here." Yatsuhashi hands her a newly conjure small cup of cool water.
"Thank you."
Rama continues to remain motionless on the spot, breathing heavily. After a few moments of silence, Rama glances up and continues to make his way towards the white door that the two assassins had been guarding.
The screen darkens and the light returns to the theater room.
"That was grisly." Robyn bluntly said, turning her head to Qrow. "And you guys watch more horrible things than that?"
"Yup." Popping the 'p', Qrow takes a small sip from his flask. "Watched a whole bunch of soldiers getting shredded by guns and bombs. Oh, and get burned to death."
"Oh boy…"
"My thoughts exactly."
"Shall we continue?" The Hosts asks, taking into account the younger audience member who might need some time to recover. "The next viewing will not be as grim as this."
Not one of them spoke up. The adults in general wanted the younger ones to make the decision as it affects them more than them. However, the silence drags on prompting Raven to roll her eyes and make the decision for them.
"I cannot…" She mutters something incomprehensible under her breath, "Just continue on to the next show. By then, all of you should be getting used to this."
Vernal snorts, "Seriously, they watched things bloodier than this."
"We sense no discontent. We shall continue on to the next viewing."
NEXT: Final Fantasy VII - Forgotten Forest Fight
Pardon my grammar. Point out any spelling mistakes, or mistakes in general if you would be so kind.
Transcript of Saving Private Ryan doesn't match up. Need to use sub, or relay on my horrible hearing to pick up on what they say... What are the characters in each scene are? Gah!
