The Savage Brawl [Round 5: Battletopia]

Originally posted on MSPA by Ixcalibur.

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Ziir felt the rush of adrenaline flowing through his body. He was practically giddy as he bore down on Anarchy, her weapon destroyed and her jetpack failed. He swooped down to her, forcing her back against the wall. With a pleasure that he had not felt in a long time he drew back his blade and prepared to strike her down. Then suddenly the thrill drained away. Anarchy was pleading with him to spare her life. Suddenly he felt like he was back in the real world. It reminded him of how his victims used to plead with him. He could almost see them, with broken legs and torn off arms, trying to shield their face with their stumps or desperately trying to crawl away. Killing Anarchy like this was no challenge, and he had no apetite for it.

Instead he lowered his blade arm and looked around at the huge fireball in the distance. It was a long way away but it looked volatile. He had no intention of being out here when it exploded, and he guessed that meant he had no intention of leaving Anarchy out here either. Leaving her here would be just as fatal as delivering the blow himself, and no more satisfying. He turned around and snatched her up in his enormous claw hand. She began shrieking, demanding that he put her down but he ignored her. He leapt into the air and quickly looked around for some kind of shelter. Surely a cavern this size must have more than one cave in which they could hide. He spotted one on a nearby island and began flying there, as quickly as he could. He felt the heat of the fireball behind him and in front of him he could see Anarchy staring at what was behind him, speechless for once. He guessed that the explosion was more or less imminent. Ziir flew as fast as he could, literally throwing Anarchy into the cave in front of him, before swooping in himself and using his misshapen wings as cover from whatever little of the blast reached down here.