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The next day found Mallory in her cell again resting from her last fight. It was hard but so far she had been able to knock her opponents out. She didn't want to kill anyone and had done a good job sticking to that. It was more work but in the end if she could walk away with her hands clean then that was a win for her. It had only been one day and already she had been in five fights. Orgg did Mallory and Kazor the 'favor' of turning on a surveillance screen with the fight on it. The next opponent was large and an undefeated champion. Kazor knew who he was. He sat down and sighed seeing the opponent. "Mallory." He called over to her. "I will not live through this fight."
"Don't say that! You can't give up before you even get out there!" Mallory clenched her fists, angry that there was nothing that she could do.
"I know who I am going against. I will not be able to defeat him."
"Not with that additude you won't." She grumbled and crossed her arms, looking away. Not wanting to see Kazor look so defeated. He just stared at her from across the way.
"When you get out of here tell my comrades that I fought to the very end."
Mallory nodded. "Okay but you've got to try!"
"His skin is impenetrable. It's the reason he has lasted here so long."
"Your going to get out of here Kazor. The resistance on Alture 4 needs you. Your their leader! What will they do if you die?!"
"Pick a new one and go on. Just like you would have to do." That hit her hard in the chest. She was so happy the others weren't with her now. Before they knew it, it was time for the next round an hour later, Kazor's turn.
Kazor stood ready to go out there but he was surprised when they walked right to Mallory's cell instead. "What is going on!? It is my turn is it not. Combatants are supposed to have long periods of reprieve where another player goes out to fight while they rest!"
"Sorry sir. These rules don't apply to her." The guards opened the cell and grabbed Mallory. Kazor growled frighteningly at the guards, his red eyes flashing. Yelling at them to bring Mallory back. Mallory just followed the guards out to the rink for her fight, making eye contact with Kazor as she passed. She nodded at him as a fair well, which only made him start throwing things in his cell at his bars.
Mallory could hear Kazor's roar and the violent sound of breaking metal as he rampaged in his cell. The sound of him was slowly dulled down by the long corridors and the roar of the crowds. She was handed her weapons and pushed back out onto the ice. Across from her, her opponent stepped out. She was actually worried seeing this one, never had she faced an opponent with impenetrable skin. He was some sort of rock alien and was almost completely covered in some kind of rock armor that looked very tough. Just looking at it she knew her bullets would just bounce off it. In his fairly large hands was a rock sword that looked to be the same stuff as his skin. This strange creature was again very large but not as big as the last guy, his eyes were beady and black, and his skin was grey like a rock and when he saw her he laughed.
"This is what I have to fight!? A little duck!? HAHAHA!" His obnoxious voice echoed over the crowds. She would be depending on her sword for this fight. Her shield would do nothing again his strange ….sword. His weapon looked like a double ended sword that was made out of the rocks on his body. They were curved in opposite directions into wicked points. Mallory would have to be careful in this fight, hopefully he was as slow as he looked with all those rocks on him.
Speed and cunning would be her friends in this fight. She got into position with her sword at the ready. She would try a couple of strikes to see if they would do anything.
"Prepare to die duck." He charged faster then she anticipated and had to dodge out of the way of his hulking form. He left cracks in the ice in his wake from his foot steps. This was going to make maneuvering on blades difficult but not impossible. She rolled to her feet and skated backwards a bit. Wanting to put some distance between them and assess the situation, however this wasn't possible for her opponent was charging her again. This time she was prepared, she dodged again and slashed her sword across his side. To her horror it only bounced off him in sparks, leaving only little divots. "Oh boy." She looked at her sword and found it undamaged. The large rock alien was coming at her again only this time he was approaching slowly so that she couldn't dodge as easily. He brought a fist down to smash her with but she twirled away from it and pulled her gun out instead. Taking aim at his face. Firing off two shoots he laughed as the bullets just bounced off of him. "Haha! Fool! My very skin is rock armor, nothing can penetrate it, even my very sword is unbreakable. You mind as well give up now and lay down your life like all others before you."
"You talk to much!" She growled.
He continued to laugh until she aimed for his eye and fired. The bullet went in bursting his right eye. He stood up and screamed in agony. "AAHHHH! YOU BITCH!"
Faster then she could have predicted his hand struck out and a back handed her body across the rink. Even a slap from this guy could have been lethal, she felt like she had been hit by a car! Thankfully he didn't hit the side her broken ribs were on and lucky still she didn't land on them but without a doubt her gun was destroyed and her wrist was broken. She slide across the ice into the wall surrounding the rink. Trying to stand up quickly she also realized that her shoulder was pulled out of socket. This guy did serious damage in one hit. If she took another like that from him she was as good as dead.
"I'LL RIP YOU TO PIECES WITH MY BARE HANDS!" The crowd's cheers got louder, almost deafening. They were excited for the kill. Her training kicked in and Mallory jumped away, avoiding a giant rock fist that crushed the area she had just been standing. Falling onto her side she grabbed her sword, if she had to put this through his eye to beat him so be it. He pulled his weapon out now intending to finished this fight rather then drag it on. His arm went back and Mallory realized just in the nick of time that he was going to use it like a boomerang. Ducking under it she watched the deadly weapon go right over her head. The air around it pushed down on her as it passed over her, almost pushing her off her feet. "That thing is heavy!" She gasped at the utter strength it would take to wield a weapon like that. She didn't think that even Grin could.
Rolling away she watched the weapon go back to him. He caught it with ease and pulled his arm back to throw it again. This was bad! She was on the defensive constantly and it wasn't as if she could run away.
The curved double ended rock blade was thrown at her again and again she dodged it. However she wasn't so lucky when it came back. She barely avoided being cut in half but the blade still did damage. Catching her right side on the way back to it's owner. It cut deep and Mallory went down to her knees. The crowds cheered again. "I can't beat him like this! I'm going to die if I can't figure something out or someone saves me!" She looked at faces in the crowd around the rink, desperately hoping that her team was there or some one was coming but no one was. It was like time had slowed as she scanned the crowd, only seeing the faces of strangers who wanted her death, it was a lonely feeling.
She clutched her side, blood was pooling on the ice next to her, going down her side. "Guys where are you? Wildwing? I need you right now... Please help me." Looking back at her opponent she sized him up again. She had only damaged an eye. If only she had a gun then she could destroy his other eye and possibly get out of this alive but her gun lay in shattered pieces on the ice. Her shield would not hold up for shit and her sword may be able to damage him but it would be good for one hit and it wasn't going to get through the armor around his head or his chest. Thinking herself good as dead, Mallory slumped forward in defeat.
The rock alien soaked up the crowds cheers by lifting his arms in the air, already claiming the victory. Turning around a couple of times for the crowds to see his face. He laughed and brought his blade to his mouth licking Mallory's blood off of it with his grey tongue.
Mallory stared at the ice seeing her puddle of blood growing bigger and float sluggishly into her vision. "I can't just give up. I'm a mighty duck." The image of her blood being swept into one of the corners of the rink came to mind. "NO! I WON'T DIE LIKE THIS!"
The rock alien laughed, hearing her say this out loud. "But you will. No one can defeat me." He pulled his arm back, ready to launch his killing blow. "You were good fun. Goodbye little duck."
Sitting there on her knees she looked at his weapon being held by his surprisingly skinny fingers. How did he hold it with such small fingers. Then a plan formed. He threw his weapon and Mallory dodged it with surprising speed for her injuries. Fueled by adrenaline she charged the rock alien and pulled out her sword. Jumping up in his face she lifted her sword above her, ready to make a downward slash. As predicted he brought his hand up protect his only remaining eye, just as she planned but she wasn't aiming for that. She was aiming for his skinny fingers. Slashing with all her might she cut his fingers clean off, shattering her sword in the process. The rock alien's eyes were wide with shock, unable to process what just happened. Quick as lightening she jumped back and out of the way, just in time for him to see his own weapon coming back at him... and no ability to catch it. His eyes widened in horror but everything happened fast. His own sword, made from his own skin, sunk into his head...piercing him right between his eyes and destroying his brain in the process.
The last thing he saw was Mallory standing off to the side proudly, like a warrior. She was looking into his eyes. "That was for every innocent you kill." The crowd was in stunned silence. The large rock alien fell back dead, cracking and breaking the ice under him with his impact. Slowly he sunk under the broken ice and into the cold water were the purple tentacle monster lived. Waiting for a snack to float down or wander too close to the holes in the ice.
Lion guards came out onto the ice surrounding Mallory again. Everything was silent still. All eyes turned to Chargg, who sat in his throne, looking astounded. He then stood and gave a thumbs up. Suddenly the roar of the crowds was deafening. Even more then before, alien's of all kinds chanted Mallory's name. "MALLORY! MALLORY! MALLORY! MALLORY! MALLORY!"
The guards now gave her plenty of room to walk. They were respecting her space and keeping their distance, realizing how dangerous she was now. Mallory walked back to her cell through the crowd of aliens. She was surprised and disgusted to see some ducks there. One male drake jumped forward and kissed her face as she went past hanging all over her like she was some kind of celebrity. The guards pushed him off and made way for her. Others in the crowd just wanted to try and touch her. Hundreds of hands touched her arms, shoulders, and neck as she kept walking. The only thing she could think about was her disgust for these people and their sick want to see blood on the ice.
When she finally got back to her cell, she was provided with a doctor who cared to her wounds and brought her food fit for a king. Kazor watched her with awe from his cell again. He didn't know how she did it but she did. She beat the undefeated champion of the Dome. He was watching the fight on the screen thanks to Orgg, who thought she was going to die and wanted Kazor to watch it. Kazor smirked in his cell as Orgg came back in a turned off the surveillance screen.
"Enough TV for one day." Orgg grumbled. He walked up to Mallory's cell and stare at her while the doctor had her shirt up to fix the wound. Only her stomach was exposed, even then she felt like it was too much skin that he was seeing. She felt sick to her stomach seeing Orgg stare at her like she was a piece of meat. Kazor growled from the other side of the room, catching Orgg's attention. Mallory was grateful to him. She was glad that she at least had Kazor there.
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