After the Surprise Attack...

The Downhill Battle

Quill drew back almost immediately as Vigrid brought his sword sweeping around attempting to take his head off once more. Quill managed to dodge it barely. He backed off as quickly as he could trying his best to avoid the next few quick slashes from Vigrid. Once he took his distance he looked over at Saul. Their combined attack wasn't quite enough to take him down, it was a failure. However, they weren't planning on it taking him out exactly.

Quill didn't quite have the power behind his thrust to take down the giant monster, defeating him would take an excess of power and speed, something that Quill couldn't quite summon in an instant, especially with his toothpick of a sword. Saul's weapon may pack the deadly force necessary, but distracting Vigrid long enough for Saul's loud and annoying weapon to get through was near impossible. It was too big to distract someone from it.

This left them with the only option to have Saul distract Vigrid and have Quill deal the little blows. They were only small little papercuts to Vigrid's massive hulking body, but if need be Quill will kill him with those. It was a simple idea. However, they were placing their lives in the hands of this simple plan. That little attack that Quill used would hopefully slow Vigrid down. They couldn't count on it to do much more, but that was their simple hope. If they could slow Vigrid down by a few seconds maybe they could do a little more damage after awhile.

"I know we agreed on finishing this off slowly, but I think we can kill him anytime we need to," stated Saul with a smirk. "I mean, look at him. He doesn't look like a strong warrior. Not like me."

Quill sighed at Saul's useless rambling. He couldn't see, so he had no idea how they looked. He assumed Vigrid was just big. He had a basic grasp of his size from Claire's instructions and with that size he didn't quite understand how he didn't look strong. He could be wearing a ballet outfit and a sombrero and Quill would still probably think he could wipe out a village.

Honestly, Quill was only here to hold him off until Lord Death arrived. He doubted someone who Lord Death would take such extreme precautions against would lose to two people like them. Despite Saul's bolstering he was starting to doubt they would even be able to scratch him again…it was a sneak attack and a distraction that managed to hit him last time. Quill doubted they could simulate such conditions again in the heat of battle.

"Forward!" cried out Saul as he rushed forward towards Vigrid. He moved rather fast he moved as quickly as he could. He covered ground, closing in on Vigrid. Vigrid chuckled, he would have preferred taking a few more seconds to tend to his wound, but he was not against batting a fly. Vigrid brought his sword in swinging it sideways for Saul's unguarded left side. The meister refused to give-up in this fight, he brought Rochelle down and blocked the heavy swing with the side of his boomerang. He was tossed backwards from the swing. Saul caught himself while he was stumbling back.

Vigrid brought his arm down and began charging another blast at point-blank range. Quill lowered his body and charged forward, getting in underneath Vigrid's swing. Vigrid swore a little as he swung his blasting arm around, taking it off of Saul as he took aim at Quill and fired. Quill dodged to the side separating himself from blast instantly. He moved to the opposite side of Saul. This was a much better attacking method against Vigrid.

Quill pulled back and sent a new volley with his little iron ball, the heavy multiple attacks came flying at Vigrid. It was simple to swat them aside with one arm with little trouble, Vigrid was remaining more focused on Saul's attack. Saul rushed forward, swinging his boomerang downwards for Vigrid's neck. Vigrid swept his sword upwards and intercepted the blow.

Vigrid spun around, swinging his sword around him in a complete 360. Both Saul and Quill went backwards, taking their distance and leaving the range of the sword. Vigrid immediately moved backwards, placing the two of them back to the front of him. Vigrid smirked as he looked at the two meisters. They were definitely tough customers, capable of pushing him back, but that was only because there was two of them. He'd just have to separate them.

Vigrid brought his arm down as quickly as he could, firing another blast off, tearing up the ground and keeping them apart. The blast temporarily separated them and blinded them, the force of the shot kicking up dirt and making it impossible for them to see each other or Vigrid. Vigrid moved forward, he moved throughout air like a bullet for Saul. His weapon was the one he had to worry about. He got up close to Saul and stopped quickly, he swept his sword upwards. He slashed upwards with enough force to split a building in two.

Saul barely managed to bring his boomerang down to block the rising slash. The slash probably would've ripped through Rochelle as well if it wasn't for Saul's own unique ability. He sent out a quick wave of soul around his weapon, super-hardening the surface and protecting it from the destructive swing. The force still blew the meister and weapon combo upwards though and soaring into the air.

Quill rushed forward, getting into Vigrid's side. The dust cloud was rising up around them, blinding the entire group, but Quill was used to being blind. He was capable of moving forward, his other senses had become tuned to compensate for the lack of eyesight. He wasn't afraid to charge through this mess and straight to Vigrid' side. He slashed wide bringing the sword digging into Vigrid's side, tearing into the flesh and causing a new spray of blood from the monster.

Vigrid swung around, catching Quill's head with a stray elbow and tossing him backwards and onto the ground. Vigrid moved forward, lifting his boot up and then slamming it back to the ground aiming for Quill's vulnerable gut. Quill rolled to the side at the last possible second, narrowly missing being stomped into the dirt. However, Vigrid like all great warriors didn't let his opponent getting away discourage him and instead brought his heel down again and again, each time Quill barely managed to roll to the side to avoid the blow.

Saul rushed forward, deciding to take advantage of this hopeful lapse in Vigrid's awareness. Sadly, Vigrid was still focused on Saul as well and he brought his sword around in order to prove it. He blocked Saul's downwards slash with his boomerang while at the same time, smashing his foot down towards Quill. Quill dodged the smashing boot and used this temporary cease-fire to leap back up to his feet and rush back to catch his breath.

Saul broke off the attack first and dodged back. The fight was starting to drag on and take too long he was surprised that both him and Quill had managed to hang on. Even Vigrid blocked his attacks, there was still so much force behind the blade that it would nearly take his arm off. Saul's breath was beginning to run short as well, he just needed to stay focused and try his best to bring the monster down before either the monster or the disease got the better of him.

Vigrid wasn't about to let up, though, he charged for Saul bringing the large bladed weapon upwards aiming for the inside of Saul's shoulder. Saul tried to remain calm, but as he blocked the heavy swing, he felt the force ram upwards all the way through his body and lift him off of his feet and into the air. However, Vigrid didn't show boat his monstrous strength by flinging him across the room, instead he just lifted Saul up and into the air. Saul's eyes went wide as he saw the dark red Madness Wavelength start to pulsate within Vigrid's hand, which just happened to be mere inches away from his face.

"QUILL!" shouted Saul as he tried to struggle and wrench himself free from this horrible position. Quill responded promptly, rushing over the ground and towards his partner. Once Quill got close though, Vigrid turned his body towards him and redirected the blast of Madness Wavelength down and at him rather than Saul. The hurricane of power rocketed forth from the monster's hand blowing the ground apart and sending sharp stones everywhere.

While Saul admitted that he felt horrible and had a slight twinge of regret for Quill getting blown to pieces, he also had to admit that he was glad it wasn't him. A loud primal yell cut through the air. Saul and Vigrid both directed their vision upwards to see Quill falling fast towards them, apparently rather than dodging to the side to avoid the blow Quill had leapt upwards and into the air to avoid the blast. And now gravity carried him forward and for Vigrid's head.

Vigrid tossed Saul aside and brought his sword upwards to block, he felt the additional force Quill's blow had behind him due to the fall course through his body. However, Vigrid was still strong and with an extra pump of his muscles he managed to push Quill back and through the air. Quill managed to land on his own two feet this time and tried to calm down. "Claire, how is Saul holding up?"

Claire's reflection flashed briefly on the sword's blade. She looked over towards to Saul, who was just scrambling back onto his own two feet. His breath had become quite heavy, but he seemed to be handling it well. She guessed it was due to his rather extreme training regimen. Saul's training was about as difficult as they come. Severe training along with severe conditions, his training was basically a nonstop fight. He fought with everyone, so he probably knew how to handle himself whenever Vigrid sent him flying.

Vigrid hefted his large sword onto his shoulder. He was growing increasing bored as the fight progressed, he really didn't find these two to be a true challenge. He wasn't in the mood for a fight against these bastards, he came here for a form of revenge. "Let me just go and I won't hunt you down and skin you."

"Funny," said Saul straightening his back up and looking at him, "I wanted to tell you the same thing. Except for that skinning thing…that's kind of gross. I have other things I'd rather do…okay? What about you Quill you wanna skin this thug?"

Quill shook his head. He didn't really want to get involved in this fight as is, he was just amazed that Lord Death still hadn't shown up yet. Shouldn't he be here, arriving at the last minute like some kind of hero? You know, before Vigrid beheaded him and Saul with a single swipe.

Vigrid strode forward towards them he lost any and all discretion due to Saul's badgering. He came, rushing like a mad bear for Saul, Vigrid brought the sword up into the air and then slammed it down using putting all of his muscles behind the monstrous swing. Saul dodged to the side and watched as the sword gouged the ground out. There was a brief flash of panic across his face as he realized how serious Vigrid was, but he swallowed it and swung the boomerang forward smashing it into Vigrid's side. Vigrid clasped his arm tightly against his body, imprisoning the boomerang between the two masses of muscles.

Saul tried to wrench his boomerang free from Vigrid's mighty hold, but he couldn't. The muscles formed an inescapable iron wall. "Shit," cursed Saul as he let go off of the boomerang and jumped back just as Vigrid brought his sword shuddering down upon him. Saul let out a breath as he had barely managed to avoid the would-be devastating, body-destroying blow.

Vigrid chuckled returning to his original stance and tearing Rochelle out of his grip. He threw Rochelle back over to Saul. Saul knew instantly it wasn't a kindness or Vigrid showing off his good sportsmanship. It was an insult. Vigrid was saying that Saul just wasn't worth his time without the boomerang.

This was the chapter that I mentioned losing, so its my second time writing it. I think my original one was funnier...I don't know I just lost something when I rewrote it. Anyways, I got new inspiration, so thank you all for your submissions.

I also may be coming down with something, but it may just be sinuses (although I rarely have them this bad). Let's just see how that works out...