Chapter 89 (Hardkor Halloween)
*The Serpent vs Fiona Fangs*
The Hardkor ring was occupied again for this next match. In one corner of the ring was the ace of Hardkor and the Universal Champion, Fiona Fangs. She smiled a toothy grin with fake fangs covering all her teeth. On the other side of the ring was an athletic girl with a blonde ponytail, a red mark on her forehead, a skimpy, silver two-piece, silver fingerless gloves, black elbow and kneepads, and silver and gold boots. She was accompanied by a green snake that slithered over her shoulders. At the side of the ring is a black coffin with the Hardkor logo on the lid.
Jessica declared herself to the All Hallow's Eve crowd. "Ladies and gentlemen, this next match is sure to be memorable! First, we have our Universal Champion and the ace of Hardkor, Fiona Fangs! And in the corner opposite of her, we have the slithering snake lady who put the herpe in herpetology… The Serpent! This here match is called a casket match! The winner will be whomever can lay her opponent into the coffin just outside the ring and seal it with her inside! If all that is settled, let's light it up!"
DING-DING!
"You think you can handle me?" Fiona taunted. "All you've got is a filthy snake."
"Two snakes, actually." Serpent corrected. "This is Harold. And that is Maude."
Fiona followed Serpent's finger over to her own feet. She was surprised to see a second snake right beside her and was too late to stop it from sinking its fangs right into her calf. Fiona yelled out before kicking the snake away. After that, her vision became blurry. She stumbled side to side trying to focus back on her opponent who began to run.
The Serpent crashed Fiona right to the corner and rained on her with a valley of elbow strikes. She then grabbed her shoulder and tossed her to the center of the ring. The Serpent climbed to the middle rope in the corner before leaping forward to hit her with a dropkick. The Serpent gave a sinister grin before picking Fiona up and holding her in a full nelson.
"Go on, Harold. It's your turn." Serpent said.
The other snake slithered its way right to Fiona's side. It was about to bite, but Fiona managed to slip out of the full nelson and grab Harold by his neck. She then swung his open mouth and sank his fangs right at Serpent's thigh. She yelled while Fiona threw the snake out of the ring.
The Serpent returned to her feet only to get jumped by Fiona crashing them both on the floor. They were both dizzy from the snake venom flowing through their veins, but they still kept fighting. Fiona rolled off of the Serpent and found herself a pumpkin. She removed its top and pulled out what was inside. It was a small spray cannister with the words "Pepper Spray" on it.
"Well, this should help." Fiona said. She turned to the Serpent who was about to stand up and pointed the spray right at her. "Eat this, bitch!" She pushed the button, but it wasn't a spray that shot out. It was a colorful string that merely covered the Serpent's face rather than burn it. "Silly string spray? Oh, crap."
The Serpent grabbed Fiona by her wrist and tossed her to the ring apron. She then gripped her hair and bashed it repeatedly on the same apron. Once she was done, the Serpent looked and saw a second pumpkin. She was certain it was what she needed. The Serpent opened it up and pulled out the prize inside. It was a second spray can, but bigger and with a different label. The Serpent read it and since this was a Treat pumpkin, she knew it was what it was read as.
The Serpent turned to find that Fiona Fangs was about to swing a clothesline. However, the snake lady ducked and countered with the spray that she had. This time, it really was a spray that shot out of the nozzle and hit Fiona's face. The ace shook herself trying to wipe the mist from her eyes. Her vision came into focus, but she was immediately shocked at what she said. Before her, the fabric of reality started to twist and the Serpent before her changed into an actual giant snake hissing at her.
"Fear gas." The Serpent hissed, even in her monstrous form that Fiona was hallucinating. "One spray and even you are stricken with fear. It's time for the serpent's bite."
To Fiona, it looked like the Serpent snapped her jaws and struck her eyes. But in reality, the Serpent just raked them. The next few minutes had Fiona hallucinating monstrous, inhuman things, but for real, the Serpent gave her a serious beatdown.
"I could just throw you in the coffin right now and win this match easily," the Serpent hissed, "But since we're here, I might as well teach you a lesson. If anyone is a real predator in this division, it's me."
The Serpent rolled Fiona back into the ring and followed her in. After that, she picked Fiona up and chopped her across the chest. She then held her in a guillotine hold tightening her arm around her neck and dropped her with a DDT. Fiona tried to get up from that, but the Serpent kicked her in the face knocking her back down.
The Serpent gave a sadistic grin as an idea flashed in her mind. She used her fingers to whistle her two snakes, Harold and Maude, back into the ring. She then tightened her legs around Fiona's body in a bodyscissor and her arm around her head in a dragon sleeper. While Fiona shivered in fear, the snakes slithered closer.
"Fiona Fangs," the Serpent hissed, "Here are some real fangs! Don't worry. They're not lethal, but they sure make you weak."
With another whistle, the two snakes proceeded to bite at Fiona again and again. She felt the stings course throughout her body and the Serpent's grip getting tighter. With each bite, everything about her went weaker. After a long minute of constricting and biting, Fiona's arm became limp and dropped to the mat.
The Serpent halted her snakes and headed out of the ring to the coffin. "Some Universal Champion. Guess even you can't conquer fear." She pressed Fiona down toward the coffin, but before anything, the ace shot up her hands and grabbed the top of the coffin to stop from falling in. The Serpent was surprised at that.
"I don't conquer the fear, bitch." Fiona rasped. She raised her dead eyes that scared the Serpent so much, she let go. "I AM the fear!"
Fiona grabbed the Serpent by her neck and tossed her whole body in the ring. She kept choking her with one hand while using her other to punch at her repeatedly. Fiona was grinning as she kept the beatdown going. She soon let go, but wasn't done yet. She grabbed the Serpent's arm and placed it reaching out of the coffin. Immediately after that, she slammed the coffin lid very hard on the Serpent's bicep. It bounced off and the snake lady yelled wildly holding onto her damaged arm. But Fiona wasn't done yet. This time, she placed the Serpent's head on the coffin's edge before slamming the lid down on it even harder than last time. The Serpent screamed even louder.
Fiona looked inside seeing the bloody mess she left her opponent and was satisfied. She closed the lid on the coffin before securing the lock and the win.
DING-DING!
"OOOOH! Now, THAT'S why she's the Hardkor ace! Fiona had a great disadvantage because of the fear gas, but it appears that all those poisoned snake bites have weakened its effect as well as her body! The Serpent really should've taken the win when she had the chance and gained the momentum! Anyway, onto the next match!"
*Leonarda vs Imperia*
This next match took place in another wrestling ring, one that had two sets of cage walls around it. One cage was set right on top of the ring apron in place of the ropes. The other cage was just outside with a big space. In between the two sets of cages was a large lion that resembled Scar from the Lion King.
One of the two girls who was in the ring was Leodora, the wild lion girl just as vicious as the lions who raised her. The other was a tall woman with a surprisingly athletic figure and short, red hair. She had on a black two-piece with small tears in it. She glanced outside to see her manager just outside of the second cage, a tall woman with long, silver hair, a black Wall Street style suit, and purple gloves.
Jessica stood just outside of the second cage making her announcement. "Ladies and gentlemen, here is our next match, a special original contest called Wild Pit! The rules are simple! The first one to escape the two cages wins! But watch out, because we've got a feral lion in between the first and second cages and he hasn't been fed in days and he is very territorial! I doubt even Leodora could relate to it or if the Human Weapon, Imperia, can match its strength! Try not to get mauled, ladies!"
DING-DING!
Leodora made the first move by pouncing at Imperia. She attempted to slash at her with both sets of claws, but her wrists were grabbed and the two of them were in a test of strength with Leodora adding enough leverage to push Imperia to the cage wall. Leodora snapped her teeth which Imperia avoided.
During the struggle, Imperia thought back to her manager's instructions. "Remember that your opponent has poisonous claws. One scratch and you'll be weakened. You must never let that happen. Declaw her."
Imperia roared as she raised Leodora's claws high into the air. And after stepping aside, she proceeded to swing the claws right to the cage wall. It was a very narrow miss, but it was close enough. Once the claws made a strong impact on the cage wall, they shattered into very tiny pieces. Leodora snarled in pain feeling her claws break.
While her opponent was grieving over her claws, Imperia grabbed her from behind and swung her over in a German suplex. She picked her up again and Irish whipped her to the ropes. After throwing her, she ran right behind her to hit her with a lariat colliding her hard to the cage wall. Imperia grabbed Leodora by the throat and held her up with both hands pressing her to the same wall she hit. Leodora could hear the dark lion growling just outside.
Leodora growled at her opponent and thrusted a kick to her face. It made Imperia let go and Leodora stopped herself from falling by latching to the cage wall. She jumped from it tackling Imperia off of her feet and falling to the ground. She turned Imperia to her back and straddled her before swinging her claws at her. Sure, they were broken and were no longer poisoned, but they were still jagged enough to leave marks on Imperia's face. The stood back up and stomped both of her feet on Imperia's face.
Once she was sure her opponent was down for a while, Leodora turned to find the cage door. She opened it and escaped the first cage. Much to her expectations, she found the other door on the other side of where she was, meaning she would have to get past the dark lion that stood in her way with hunger filling his eyes.
Leodora ran around the caged ring until something was found in her path. It was a special pumpkin. Leodora stopped to examine it, but that moment of hesitation gave the lion enough time to show up. It stood on the other side of the pumpkin that Leodora stood beside.
The lion woman held out her hand trying to calm the angry beast while slowly trying to reach for the pumpkin. She removed its top and slowly pulled out what was inside. She was slightly entranced by what she found, but unfortunately, so was the lion, for what she held in her hand was a very large steak.
The lion roared wanting the steak for himself. He pounced, but Leodora leaped out of the way clutching onto the inner cage wall. She dropped the steak and watched the lion chew on it. She thought she was safe now, but had no idea that Imperia was back on her feet. She ran right to the cage wall that Leodora held onto and kicked at her fingers letting her fall right onto the lion's back.
The lion, thinking that Leodora was challenging him for the steak, roared and ran around the ringside area with Leodora holding onto her back. He tried to shake her off so she would finish her, but Leodora held on tightly. This was Imperia's chance. She escaped the inner cage and headed for the other door. However, Leodora saw what she was up to and took matters into her own hands. The lion woman jumped off the lion's back and ran toward Imperia with the beast behind her. She slipped between Imperia's legs and dropkicked her toward the lion that pounced on her. He attempted to bite her, but Imperia grabbed his jaws to keep him from chomping on her head.
While Imperia struggled to escape the lion's grasp, Leodora made her way to the door and easily unlocked it. She opened it up and was about to leave, but something stopped her. Imperia's manager, Athena, showed up suddenly and kicked Leodora way from the door before slamming it shut.
"Nice try, kitten," Athena taunted, "But only one woman is escaping, and it's not you."
Leodora snarled at Athena before looking up. She grinned a toothy smile before heading to the cage wall. She began to slowly climb up which infuriated Athena.
"Dammit. Imperia! If you lose this match, I'll punish you severely!"
Not wanting to endure her manager's punishments, Imperia started to quickly look for a way out of the lion's bite. Out of wild instinct, she gripped one of her hands on one of his biggest fangs. She tugged hard ripping it out of his mouth. The lion roared in serious pain while Imperia gripped on the fang she held. She then grabbed the lion by his head lifted it up with a surprising amount of strength suplexing him behind her.
Imperia looked and saw an unopened pumpkin before she popped off its top. In there, she found a bag with powder inside. One sniff, and she knew what it was. She approached the down lion which was still whimpering in pain over its lost tooth before throwing a handful of the stuff at its face. Suddenly, the painful whine turned into a carefree purring. There was no doubt about it. What Imperia had in her hand was catnip.
Though Leodora had a significant head start climbing up the cage wall, Imperia proved to be a much faster climber. Both competitors made it to the top of the cage wall glaring at each other. Leodora snarled before swinging her jagged claws to Imperia. The Human Weapon blocked it with one arm and used the other to push the bag she had on her. She shoved the open bag forcing it onto Leodora's face. Some of the catnip leaked out, but the lion lady inhaled most of it, which surprisingly put her in a trance just like it did the lion.
Imperia planted both her feet on top of the cage wall and forced Leodora to do the same while gripping her fingers on her throat. Imperia yelled out before connecting with her own variation of her finishing Burning Crash chokeslam. This move sent Leodora to crash right on top of the equally entranced lion. With Leodora down, Imperia climbed out the outside of the cage and the match ended when both of her feet touched the ground.
DING-DING!
"OH, YEAH! That's what I call a wild match! This bloodthirsty match left everyone at the edge of their seats! In the end, though Leodora was a feral beast, Imperia proved her mantle as the Human Weapon!"
Athena stroked the side of Imperia's head with a proud smile. Her wrestler held up the lion fang she pulled out before handing it to her. "Well done. Now, that's a real warrior. And we even got our own souvenir. You did good, Imperia." Every word of praise made the Human Weapon proud to be herself.
*Shion Kagura vs Joker Lady*
The next match was all set. The cage and the lion were replaced by a very large jack-o-lantern that was bigger than any human being. It was set at the entrance stage. Inside the ring, two women stood ready for the match to begin. One was the ever-elusive Joker Lady, and the other was a red-headed woman with a brassiere, tights, gloves, and boots that were al black with red outlines.
"And here is what we call a jack-o-lantern match! As you can see, there is a big jack-o-lantern at the entrance stage, bigger than the Great Pumpkin! Your goal is simple, throw your opponent into the mouth of the jack-o-lantern! Use whatever method you wish! Our contestants this time are our red-headed diva of evil, the bloody Shion Kagura, and our mistress of mischief, Joker Lady! Ready? Begin!"
DING-DING!
Shion and Joker Lady met up at the center of the ring tying each other's arms up. Shion broke the collar-and-elbow and kicked Joker Lady in the stomach. She then attempted a DDT, but Joker Lady kept her feet planted while Shion Kagura fell on her back. Joker Lady then grabbed Shion's legs and tied them in a figure-four leglock. Shion Kagura gritted her teeth struggling to endure the tight submission hold.
Shion Kagura managed to turn herself around as well as Joker Lady to reverse the hold. Joker lady saw what was about to happen and let go before it could be secured. She picked Shion up by her red hair and was about to Irish whip her, but the Bloody Kagura herself held onto her wrist and spun herself back. As she did, she raked Joker Lady right in the eyes.
While Joker Lady was momentarily blinded, Kagura shoulder tackled her right to the ropes. She rammed her shoulder into Joker Lady's stomach three times before she dropped to a sitting position. Shion jumped up to the middle ropes and when she dropped down, she kicked both her feet at her chest. Shion stopped to hear the crowd's cheers and couldn't help but bask in them. She went to another corner and presented herself for the crowd.
"Who wants to see this hot redhead defeat this ugly clown?" she asked.
Shion's celebration proved to be premature however. Joker Lady returned to her feet and ran up to her. She pushed Shion off the corner and let her fall at ringside. Joker Lady followed her out of the ring and found a pumpkin right next to her. Eager to see what it was, she opened up its top and reached in.
SNAP!
"AAHH!" Joker Lady yelled. She pulled out her hand to see her fingers caught in a mousetrap. She pried it off, but gained an idea. She reset it and triggered it right at Shion's face. The clamp shot and tightened around Shion Kagura's nose. She yelled out the same as Joker Lady did a second ago. Joker Lady sent a strong kick at Shion's face making the mousetrap break into splinters.
"Who's ugly now, ginger?" Joker Lady taunted.
While Shion was writhing, Joker Lady picked her up and Irish whipped her across the floor getting her closer to the giant jack-o-lantern. While Shion was down, she looked at the apron and saw the second pumpkin halfway covered. She knew that if the first pumpkin was a mousetrap, then this must be the Treat pumpkin.
Shion tried to reach for it, but before she could even try, Joker Lady pulled her up with a headlock. Shion struggled in the hold, but noticed that her face was directly above Joker Lady's pocket. Without her noticing, she stuck her hand in and pulled out a packet of green Asian mist. She hid it and continued trying to escape. Joker Lady, however, had too strong of a grip on her and kept dragging her.
The two of them were at the bottom of the entrance ramp. That was when Shion Kagura finally escaped and fell over to the ring apron behind her. She feigned exhaustion while sneaking the mist packet into her mouth. She didn't like the taste, but it became worth it once Joker Lady got close enough. Shion Kagura quickly turned around and blew her stolen mist into Joker Lady's eyes making her scream out.
With Joker Lady stunned, Shion Kagura ran over to retrieve her Treat pumpkin. Much to her confusion, she found a red whistle with an image of a three-headed hellhound on the side. Shion knew what it meant and blew into it.
All of a sudden, the lights went out. Joker Lady was getting spooked until they came back on. She was immediately surrounded by three familiar women.
"Et, tu, Cerberus?" Joker Lady asked.
"It's not personal." Destiny said. "Yami paid us to help whoever blew that whistle. And since it was the ginger…"
Joker Lady was immediately swarmed by a bombardment of attacks from the three enforcers. Shion Kagura laughed at the situation she was seeing, especially when the clown lady was being dragged up the ramp. Joker Lady tried to break out, but the three had a good hold on her until they made it face to face with the giant pumpkin. They were about to throw her in when Shion Kagura stopped them.
"Hold it! I wanna do something first. I wanna give the people what they want."
Shion Kagura sashayed herself behind Joker Lady excited about what she was about to do. With everyone watching, she raised her hand up and swung it right at Joker Lady's butt. The clown gasped and then gasped again as she was spanked again. This happened over and over with everyone watching in anticipation. Once Shion had her fun, she kicked Joker Lady in the back pushing her into the mouth of the jack-o-lantern and the puddle of pumpkin guts inside.
DING-DING!
"And the jack-o-lantern has gained his next victim! Shion Kagura and Joker Lady went back and forth until Shion found that whistle and Cerberus came to help! The Bloody Kagura has won her spot on the MVP listing!"
Shion Kagura took in the cheers of the crowd and blew kisses at them. She even invited one lucky guy to join her in the locker room.
Author's Note: Just one more chapter. Any and all comments are welcome.