Amy does a back flip-narrowly avoiding the sharp vines from Lycoris; Lycoris grinned with pleasure-hand in pockets-as his sharpened vines continued to attack Amy. Amy snapped her fingers and quickly summoned her hammer, batting away the vines; she took a huge step backwards and crouched, assessing her opponent while also catching her breath.
This dude is tougher than what I'd already imagined…-Amy thought as sweat dripped down her face and onto the floor-I've only been fighting him for five minutes, and yet it feels like he's just been toying with me for an hour! There's no way he's trying right now, and worse…those vines really sap away at my energy…
Amy's eyebrows slanted with anger as she stared at the floor, seeing the many vines that rooted into the floor; Lycoris began laughing, upsetting Amy even more. Amy charges at Lycoris preparing to make a heavy swing at him, but as she approached closer to him, she felt that same heavy pressure in the air like she did before-feeling the beady eyes shine on her as if she'd fallen into a predator's trap. Amy side steps on instinct, seeing a huge vine slap the ground next to her. Amy jumps back once more breathing heavily; I couldn't even sense that one! It's a lucky thing my body has been trained to a point where it can move on its own…
Lycoris applauded, "Splendid! I never thought you could dodge even an attack like that…I guess it's about time I start trying to fight you with a little more effort since all I've been doing is watching you avoid my basic attacks."
Amy had a cold sweat run down her face as she tried to play cool, "So there's more in your arsenal?"
"Of course, care to see?"
"You aren't the only one with an arsenal of moves…" Amy glared, analyzing her distance; she observed her surroundings. We're enclosed in this room…and there isn't any type of weaknesses that he's showing…perhaps this is my chance to test out my arrows? usually the only weakness of grass is…That's it!
Lycoris' eyes narrowed, "What strategy are trying to run now?"
Amy smiled after having an answer, "Say Lycoris…what do you feel about the thought of Fire…Ice?"
Lycoris' smile dissolved, "So you've finally begun to use your head, huh?"
"Close range attacks don't work on you…since our vines protect you from any close attacks…Time to show you something new."
Amy's hammer transformed into a bow and a quiver filled with arrows appeared in her hand; she wore the quiver and pointed her bow at Lycoris, "Show me what you got, you annoying snake."
Lycoris smiled, "Fine then!"
The sharp vines multiplied, racing towards Amy at a slower but still deadly pace; Amy dodges the horde of vines-but barely. Lycoris grinned as the vines opened up and a blinding green light shined-suddenly releasing laser beams that shot out rapidly; Amy barrel rolled out the way, pushing herself off the ground and doing a back flip as she avoided the rest of the lasers.
"What the heck?" Amy yelled; Lycoris laughed.
"Impressed? I have quite a variety of unique abilities, don't I?"
Amy studied the events that had just transpired, He has the ability to create a large sum of vines that can attack, those same vines can also release laser-like light beams from said vines…what else does he got up his sleeve.
Amy fired a set of arrows at Lycoris, avoiding his attacks as she waited for the right moment to use her signature arrows. Lycoris kept the pressure on her, approaching her more so that she couldn't distance herself proper enough to fire a lethal arrow. Amy sprints toward a wall, jumping off the wall and firing an Ice arrow at a bunch of the vines that were trailing her-freezing them solid; Lycoris felt slight pain as he forced the vines to wither and die.
Amy could taste the opening, firing another Ice arrow and freezing a bunch of vines; she took out an arrow that emitted in flames and aimed at Lycoris' head while running toward him at full speed. But Lycoris stayed calm, letting the light beams from the vines melt the ice; the fire arrow is released and speeds towards Lycoris' face, ripping through the air. One of the vines quickly catches the arrow and destroys it instantly before it pierced through Lycoris and killed him.
Lycoris' face darkened, "Play time is over!"
Suddenly, the vines that were rooted in the ground sprouted up and encircled around Amy's legs and arms and quickly wrapped around her, pulling her body to the ground. Amy's face slams hard against the floor so hard that she can only keep one eye open; the situation quickly took a turn for the worse.
Lycoris licked his lips with beady eyes, "Quite a treat to see such a yummy lady like you trapped helplessly with no one to rescue you…thanks to my special mega drain."
"Mega drain!?" she yelled, struggling to the floor.
"My vines possess the abilities to drain away your energy each time it comes into contact."
Amy's eyebrows heightened as she realized, so that's why I felt like I was losing energy earlier…and now he's got me in a vise grip! I won't be able to fight him like this!-A sudden weight of pressure overcame Amy as she dropped to her knees, feeling the vines becoming heavier as she sucked away her energy.
Amy's heart dropped as her green eyes turned dull in color; Lycoris approached her with one of his vines sprouting up with a purple liquid dripping from it. Amy could only fear for the worse as she felt her body slowly becoming numb from the forced pressure from the vines that bound her to the floor.
"W-what are you going to do…" she said angrily trying to fight out of the vines to no effort; Lycoris guffawed at her futile attempt.
"This purple liquid is a toxin that will kill you in the most terrifying of ways…once injected, your body will immediately become completely paralyzed for a few minutes, allowing me to inflict the most unbearable of pain on you, and once I'm done, your body will quickly begin to deteriorate as the toxin attacks at your muscles and blood in reaction to the physical pain you'll receive afterwards."
Amy's eyes widened with fear, "T-toxin!?"
"Yes, although it may not be as strong as my senior saint's poison; it is lethal enough for me to kill two birds with one stone…" he winked, playing with the tips of his overhanging hair-"Of course I possess the antidote, but you have to defeat me first and take it by grabbing a strand of my hair and swallowing it. My body produces antibodies that fight against the poison I produce since I'm only a plant user-poison isn't my specialty. Those antibodies are located or are produced in my hair, so if you don't want to die, you'll need to hurry."
Amy continued to struggle as the vine slowly slithered its way to her abdomen; I can't die here...Amy panicked, feeling the vine brush against her leg as it wrapped around her body and worked its way up. A sudden stab from the tip of the poison enters through the side right above the waist; Amy screams unpleasantly as the poison begins to take effect immediately paralyzing her body. She lowers her head to the floor and begins shed a few tears as the vine pierces her body, it hurts…I can't fight him…
Sonic and Ailio were locked in a stalemate of a battle, with neither of them being able to land a hit on the other; both were testing the other's ability. Sonic grinned as he stared at Ailio's pistols, "You're the first person I've met who's been able to accurately shoot a bullet in my path and prevent me from using my speed.
Ailio grinned, "You're the first being I've met who could last this long against me. Usually I would have seven bullets in their skull."
"I guess we both surprised each other…"
Sonic loosened his arms and wiggled his legs, "I guess this means we'll be dialing up the level of difficulty from now on?"
Ailio nodded, "Of course…may the better man be victorious."
They both smiled at the other as they each had the same thought in their head: who'll win first, Ailio's bullet or Sonic's speed? Sonic got in a readied stance; Ailio did likewise-holding out his gun and aiming at Sonic's head, and both of their smiles faded. Sonic instantly disappeared in blur, and Ailio cocked his gun tracking Sonic's speed.
"Gotcha!" he yelled, firing a shot towards his frontal left; Sonic tripped up and avoided the lethal bullet-but barely.
"We'll be going nowhere like this…" Sonic said in a playful tone, getting up and dusting himself off; suddenly a loud and painful scream echoes through the hallway, forcing him to change his mood.
Sonic's ears twitched as he instantly recognized who screamed-his face flushed, that was Amy…no doubt about that!-He turned in the direction from where he heard the scream and sped off, abandoning his fight with Ailio. Sonic raced through the hallways as fast as he could without breaking the sound barrier, since doing so would likely destroy all of his surroundings. I've never heard Amy let out such an unpleasant sound…she's in danger! He thought as he zipped through the hallway; following behind him at a distance was Ailio, who refused to let his prey escape.
Lycoris crouched before Amy-grabbing her by her long hair, "it's a shame that you have to be an enemy…I wouldn't mind making you my wife." He whispered to her, observing her body. "Judging from your body, you must a young teenager…yet you're developing into such a tasty treat!"-his eyes dilate with bad intentions in mind.
Sonic barges through the door and immediately calls out for Amy, seeing her far across lying down on the floor covered in Lycoris' vines. The sight was stunning for Sonic to see, Amy's not moving, someone is near her, and I'm seeing nothing but vines…-Sonic's face darkened as a black aura emitted from his body; he clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and glared with piercing green eyes that struck a sense of intimidation into Lycoris' soul.
"You'll pay for this!" Sonic yelled, exchanging glares with Lycoris, running over to Amy's side; Lycoris jumped away feeling the hostility from Sonic.
"I haven't seen you before…who are you?" Lycoris said with curiosity.
"I'm Sonic the Hedgehog!" he yelled, holding Amy in his arms-feeling her neck for a pulse; he calmed a little once he felt a faint pulse detected. Hang in there…I'll beat him up for you-holding her hand and placing his head in her hand.
Lycoris grinned upon seeing the tender moment between Sonic and Amy, "I'm afraid you're too late, Sonic."
"Oh? How so?"
"The reason she is like that is because I had injected my toxins, as it stands, she'll only have ten minutes to live."
"Where's the antidote." Sonic said firmly, ignoring the details; Lycoris was surprised to see how blunt Sonic was.
"W-well you see…"-holding the tips of his hair-"the antidote is in my hair; in order to ensure she'll be safe-you'll need to pluck a couple strands and then feed her them to gulp down. Although I doubt you'll be able to-"
Sonic-like the wind-disappears for a moment, returning a second later with five strands in his hand; Lycoris didn't even finish his sentence! Sonic gave Amy the antidote, helping her step by step until she swallowed each; she began breathing heavily, gingerly opening her eyes to the sight of Sonic before her.
Her eyes relaxed as gazed into his eyes, "Since when were you the kind of guy to hold a woman in your arms…"
"Cut that out! I heard you scream…what happened?"
Amy slowly looked in Lycoris' direction, "He happened…"
Sonic's resolve strengthened, "I'm sorry I couldn't get here earlier, but I'm here now. Stay here and rest up, ok? I'll defeat-"-Amy tugs at Sonic's arm.
"You dare think I'm going to stay on the sidelines?" she said angrily.
"Amy, you've been poisoned…please take some rest; you can't aggravate your body!'
"Shut up!" she yelled forcing herself up.
Lycoris licked his lips, "I like that attitude you got Pinky, now I definitely have a reason to sweep you off your feet."
Ailio arrived, seeing the two hedgehogs before him, ready to fight Lycoris; Lycoris grinned once he saw his trusty ally appear, and both of them had the same idea in their minds: Kill Sonic with a shot from behind. Ailio masked his presence and snuck over to the right side of the room where he could get a good view of Sonic's head.
If we kill him here, then that Pink girl will be easy to defeat! They both thought, knowing that Amy was too injured to put up a real fight. His thumb flicked a switch on his gun and he cocked it back with no sound being heard-and aimed at Sonic, firing a shot to kill Sonic from behind; Amy's instincts kicked in and she immediately sensed the lethal bullet, batting the bullet away with her hammer. Sonic didn't even notice why Amy did it, but he thanked her. The snakes were marveled by how quick Amy could react to that.
"If you dare think you can pull off a weak stunt like that while I'm around, then you've got another thing coming!" Amy yelled with fire in her eyes.
Ailio was impressed, "You hedgehogs are surprising me by the minute!"
"Huh!? You're here?" Sonic said after finally realizing Ailio had arrived.
"Of course, the direction you went was so obvious…but I didn't expect you to have such a friend of this kind of skill. It's a shame I'll break her in one shot!"
Sonic gritted his teeth, "Not if I have anything to say-"
Amy put her hand up, "I'll fight you."
"Amy!? Why…?"
She turned around only showing one eye to him, "You'll have your hands full with Lycoris, so I'll take care of Ailio for you."
Sonic reluctantly agreed and let her go to face Ailio; the two of them would fight in a different location since it would be getting very intense in a second. Once Amy left the area with Ailio, Sonic's dark aura began to grow larger and larger as his fur turned black; Lycoris was mesmerized by the sight before him.
"Now that I don't have to worry about holding back in front of Amy, I'll spill your blood!" Sonic yelled, running at full speed towards Lycoris-vanishing.