Phase 3, Round 13; Hella vs Shan Cassidy

Acelegin; Hello, everybody! I'm your host, Acelegin!

Red Daniel; And I'm his assistant, Daniel “Red” Ferris!

Acelegin; And we are now in the third phase of the tournament, hosting round 13!

Red Daniel; Yeah, so there's a bit of a broken pattern there that's bugging me more than it should. We hosted round 4 and 8, but someone else did 12.

Acelegin shrugs.

Acelegin; Doesn't bother me much.

The ghost of the Ace of Chaos materializes between Acelegin and Red Daniel.

Ghost Ace of Chaos; And I'm here too!

Red Daniel; Gah!What the hell!?

Acelegin; Oh, hey man. Sup?

Ghost Ace of Chaos; Well, I lost my fight, and now I'm a ghost.

Red Daniel; But you're supposed to be one of Ace's most OP characters! How did one of these smucks get the jump on you.

Ghost Ace of Chaos; They caught me off guard with a tentacle-y Dying Man shard.

Red Daniel; Lucky bastard...

Ghost Ace of Chaos; And I wasn't really giving it my all. I mean, death doesn't have much consequence when you can just come back as a magic ghost.

Red Daniel; But how are you supposed to drink alcohol now?

The Ghost Ace of Chaos stares down at his transparent hands.

Ghost Ace of Chaos; You just had to point out the downside to this, didn't you?

Red Daniel; So how are nicknames supposed to work with you here? Which of you do I call Ace?

Acelegin; Keep calling me Ace, and call him Ghost or something.

Ghost Ace of Chaos; That works.

Acelegin; Anyway, this is kind mine and Red's thing, so...

Ghost Ace of Chaos; Got it! I'll keep quiet and let you do your thing. I just wanted to come hang out.

Acelegin; Okay. So, introducing our contestants! First, we have Hella!

A spotlight comes on, revealing a pale skinned girl in a gray hoodie, with messy brown hair and scars over her left eye.

Red Daniel; All right! Another creepy-cute girl!

Acelegin; And her opponent will be... Oh hey, it looks like we got Shan again! What are the odds?

Another spotlight comes on, revealing Shan Cassidy, whose metal bat has been split in two and poorly duct taped back together.

Ghost Ace of Chaos; Oh hey! I know her! She was my opponent last time! Hey Shan! Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

The Ghost Ace of Chaos begins waving at Shan Cassidy, who looks up at him in a state of shock and confusion.

Ghost Ace of Chaos; How ya doing!? Tell your shard I said “fuck you”! Good luck out there!

Red Daniel; All right, settle down, Ghosty-goo. Ace, the spinny-do?

Acelegin; I'm on it.

Acelegin spins a roulette wheel, that slowly comes to a halt.

Acelegin; And our arena this time will be... a metropolitan city!

Red Daniel; And what kind of natural disaster recently hit this arena.

Acelegin; Well, uh... It wasn't recently hit by anything...

Red Daniel; Oh. That's a change of pace...

Acelegin; But it is currently being hit by a category three hurricane...

The announcer's booth and contestants are transported to a city being ravaged by an intense hurricane. Shan Cassidy and Hella grab onto some street signs to keep their footing.

Red Daniel; (shouting to be heard over the wind) Jesus!! The wind is so loud!!

Acelegin; (also shouting) It looks really dangerous out there!!

Red Daniel; Why was this even on the spinny-do!!? This is a horrible place for a fight!!

Acelegin; I don't know, but my luck with that thing seems to be getting worse.

The Ghost Ace of Chaos calmly overlooks the battlefield, arms folded.

Ghost Ace of Chaos; This looks promising.

Red Daniel; Hey Ace!!? I know we're safe up here the the booth, but the girls don't have that luxury!!

Acelegin; Yeah, we'd better get this started before the storm kills them both!! Let the fight BEGIN!!

Hella draws a serrated knife and releases her grip on her street sign, allowing the wind to carry her toward Shan.

Acelegin; Okay, Hella has immediately taken the offense, but Shan is keeping her at bay by wildly flailing her bat around!!

Red Daniel; Hella doesn't seem overly concerned with her own safety, and is just focusing on trying to land an attack!!

Acelegin; Yeah, I'm pretty sure Hella just revives any time she dies, so getting killed here has about as much as it did for Ghost man over here!!

Red Daniel; Okay, Shan's released her grip on the sign and is making a break for it!! It seems the wind has slowed just enough that she can keep herself on the ground!!

Acelegin; It looks like Shan's taken cover in a nearby building, and Hella is following her in, knife ready!!

Red Daniel; Oh God!! The blood!! The carnage!! The unrelenting violence!! ...Is likely what I'd be saying if I could see in there...!!

Acelegin; Yeah, including indoor sections in a battlefield that people are supposed to be commentating on is a bit of a design flaw...!!

Acelegin and Red Daniel sit in silence for a few moments, staring at the building.

Red Daniel; So, have you seen the new Juman-!!

Hella suddenly comes crashing out of a second floor window and lands on an overturned car in the middle of the street.

Acelegin; Oh, hey, something's happening!! Hella seems to still be alive, and is no longer carrying her knife!!

Red Daniel; Yeah, I can see Shan in the window!! She's got the knife stabbed into hr thigh and is bleeding in a way that some might describe as “Profusely!!”

Acelegin; And the wind just blew her out of the window and carried her a distance away!! She's now pinned against a wall!!

Red Daniel; Hella has now ripped a pipe from the car and is charging at Shan!! Shan has ripped the knife out of her thigh and thrown it, hitting Hella in the shoulder, grazing it a bit!!

The winds suddenly slow down, and the atmosphere becomes a lot gentler.

Acelegin; Oh, it looks like we're in the eye of the storn now.

Red Daniel; Does this mean we can stop shouting now?

Acelegin; For the time being, I guess. Not sure how long this'll last, but let's enjoy it while we can.

Red Daniel; Okay, well Hella and Shan are now dueling with their bat and pipe, but Shan is struggling with her wounded leg.

Acelegin; Shan just slipped and fell down onto one knee. Hella's now pinning her weapon hand to the ground with her pipe, and is reaching toward Shan's chest with her free hand.

Red Daniel; Now her eyes are glowing yellow, and Shan's expression has shifted from agony to horror.

Acelegin; But wait! What's this? It seems Shan's AP has reached its maximum, as her expression has shifted once again to violent determination! She bolts back up onto her feet, causing Hella to stumble backwards in shock!

Red Daniel; She's now Smacking the pipe out of Hella's hand, tearing the duct tape in the process, causing the top part of the bat to fly off.

Acelegin; Hella has regained her composure, and is now really pissed. She's making another motion to palm strike Shan's chest.

Red Daniel; Shan has tightened her grip of what's left of her bat, and jams it right into Hella's torso, right as Hella's attack lands.

Acelegin; Oh dear, it seems Shan has collapsed. Hella must've stopped her heart with her powers...

Red Daniel; But Hella didn't make it out unscathed. That bt is stabbed pretty deep into her gut, and it does not look pleseant.

Acelegin; Hella is indeed bleeding pretty heavily, and has collapsed to her knees, panting.

Red Daniel; Wow. We should probably call an ambulance for-

Acelegin; Wait! It seems Hella hasn't won yet! I just saw Shan move.

Red Daniel; Hontou? Oh, you're right! Shan's struggling to rise up! I guess the heart stopping thing's only temporary.

Acelegin; Shan has gotten back up onto her knees, and is looking back up at Hella. Hella looks pissed as always. The yellow light is slowly fading, and... yep, she's bleeding out.

Red Daniel; Aaaaaaaaaaaand she's dead. Wow. Um... congrats Shan!

Acelegin; Yeah! Good job. I always love a good David vs Goliath victory.

The Ghost Ace of chaos silently claps his hands.

Red Daniel; And to think. She made it three whole rounds without getting blown up by a rock monster.

Acelegin; Okay! That's it!

A pair of gloves materialize on Acelegin's hands. He removed one and slaps Red Daniel across the face with it.

Red Daniel; Gah! The fuck!

Acelegin; I've had enough of your disrespect, good sir! I doth hereby challengeth thee to a battle-ith!

Red Daniel; Well, I do hereby verily except-ith thine invitation!

Acelegin and Red Daniel vanish from the booth, reappearing in the battlefield, each wielding a flint-lock pistol, and Shan Cassidy appears in the booth in their place.

Shan Cassidy; Okay... um... I'm Shan, and I guess I'm... commenting on.. their fight now... what?

Ghost Ace of Chaos; Yeah, I'm confused too. But whatever, just roll with it.

Shan Cassidy; And I'm stuck with the ghost of my previous opponent. Fucking... great. Whatever. Let's just get this over with...

Acelegin; Okay, they seem to be doing this old school pistol duel style. They've taken their paces, their turning now, and... they've both fired.

Shan Cassidy; Oh Jeez, both of them are bleeding pretty badly...

The winds kick back up again, and a couple trees get uprooted.

Shan; And the storms brewing again. Wonderful.

Ghost Ace of Chaos; Neither of them seem too bothered by their wounds, or the storm. Red Daniel has taken advantage of his bleeding and has summoned a blood crystal sword and several crystal shards.

Shan Cassidy; Red send them flying at Ace, but he simply dodges them all and charges right at Red Daniel, picking up a broken street sign to wield as a weapon.

Ghost Ace of Chaos; The two of them are now locked in intense melee combat.

Shan Cassidy; Wait, Red Daniel's supposed to be some kind of overpowered demi-god, right? How is Acelegin holding his own right now? He's just some normal guy, right?

Ghost Ace of Chaos; considering your last three opponents, including me, you're the last person who should be questioning this. But if you really wanna know, none of Acelegin's creations can defeat him in battle. He's always exactly as powerful as he needs to be to win against them.

Shan Cassidy; That seems kind of broken, doesn't it?

The Ghost Ace of Chaos shrugs.

Shan Cassidy; Whatever. Okay, the fight's still going on, and... holy shit! Ace just picked up an uprooted tree and smcked the shit out of Red with it!

Ghost Ace of Chaos; And now he's taking this opertunity to get up close and grab Red Daniel's head.

Shan Cassidy; And he just violently twisted it around, snapping Red's neck. So, I guess Acelegin wins... And now he's striking a victory pose... In the middle of a hurricane... Aaaaaaaaaand a flying car just crashed into him...

Ghost Ace of Chaos; Oooooh... That looked painful.

Shan Cassidy; Yep, he's definitely dead.

Ghost Ace of Chaos; I'd say that's probably worse than that other time he got hit by a car...

Shan Cassidy; So, there you have it, folks. They're dead, this masked wizard dude is dead, I won my fight, and... I'm... I'm very light headed right now...

Ghost Ace of Chaos; Oh, yeah. You're still bleeding from the leg. We should probably do something about that...