Millions of years, where it all began

Jaden Ohanzee · 02-16-2012, 10:08 PM

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Sorry about the name. Shove/Gauntlet bash toward TaeKyung’s gut. Words – 400+

Jaden could hear his heart racing in his ears while his eyes he found the defender. He gasped continuously, urging the stunned muscles under his lungs to again draw in air but they barely loosened. The female assailant grounded herself gracefully. He waited and watched, well aware that this white-eyed terror was a skilled fighter. How she analyzed him and the blow she already inflicted indicated as much. With luck she might have second thoughts about her approach when her eyes beheld the metal gauntlets. Even a few more moments of pause would do wonders in evening his chances in the fight to come.

Air still eluded him when the Salsolan made her move. The attack she faked didn't catch Jaden off guard. He already had the metal guards on his midsection. Either she was trying to distract him or she figured her powerful kick would out-match his steel. Reading it as a fake, he didn’t flinch as the initial attack was redirected but twisted and sidestepped as quickly as he could to avoid the ax-kick. His balance was suffering. The lack of air bent the world around him and tilted gravity in awkward directions. He felt air brush the fur along his bicep and shoulder as her strike crushed the air centimeters away, barely missing him.

The former assassin was trained to kill at a distance and with blades. To have his target get as close as this woman was now meant he had made a mistake, though an unavoidable one in this instance. But he trained vigorously at any opportunity so he would still hold a chance against most able fighters. His fighting style was very different compared to most others, one suited for disabling aggressive attackers and dealing damage with bone breaking grapples. It concentrated on redirection of force, using an enemy’s negative energies to foil their own strengths.

Jaden observed as best he could while defending himself, trying to pinpoint anything that might help him take advantage of his opponent. He was too vulnerable to do much until his breath returned. To make distance between them the male threw his superior strength and weight against the woman with a double forearm bash into her midsection. He closed the distance between them while dodging her first attack and hoped the defensive maneuver was unorthodox enough to work. The move traded damage to gain power as he aimed for a powerful push instead of an actual strike. He back-stepped a bit further and settled into a defensive stance after his move, leaving no room for her to get underneath his guard. His lungs were growing more responsive. Within a mere few seconds he would be ready to disassemble this female.

The loner’s confidence may have faltered had he seen the sailing stones about to crash into the undefended back of his injured midsection.

Jaden does. "Jaden speaks." Jaden thinks.

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