' will you fall already ' Ash cursed under his breath as he dodged a heavy punch that was supposed to pulverize him if it had connected, he wasted no time moving away from Ken who now looked tired and worn out but for Ash it meant that he had to be more carefull as there are many dangerous thing and one of them are wounded people.
He was sincerely out of breath and his body has been begging him to stop but he couldn't or rather put in more simplified terms wouldn't dare to ' all this for an eye you lost while being a bitch ' Ash could only curse inside of himself as he couldn't bring himself to say it out due to being out of breath.
The two stood for a little while, trying to catch their breath, and the crowd was strangely amazed. Even Kruger seemed very immersed in their battle, which pissed him off even more as she watched them like a circus show. While his attention was divided, taking a side glance at Kruger, Ken moved swiftly and faster than he usually did this time, with a dive, trying to grab him as quickly as possible.
But something happened that no one expected happened, just as he closed in Ash moved his body at an almost impossible angle performing what looked like a flip but not quite keeping his body low enough for him to grab his head with his not so large arm and as soon as his body touched the ground quickly twisting his body around Kens body turning it into a lock.
Ash knew one thing from the start of the fight and that was the fact as Ken was strong he was also someone who barely knows how to use his opponents when fighting using only brute force, so he had to set up a trap an obvious one that no one was supposed to fall for but then he took it out of desperation he was tired and so was Ash.
Already battered and weak, Ken tried his best to shake him off, but all was to no avail as Ash held on tight like a leech sapping his life away from him. At this time, both of them had already let go of their daggers and were struggling on the ground, neither refusing to give up.
A minute passed, and Ken miraculously hadn't tapped out but had gotten all blue, struggling for breath; his movements were less erratic, attributed to his lack of oxygen, but he somehow seemed to be able to hold on. Ash, on the other hand, was terribly exhausted and was barely holding on due to having a strong will not to lose. Despite being weak, he had to drop the expressionless face and wear a smile.
The kind of smile that didn't really show that he was crazy, but was eerie as if he was enjoying the suffering he was inflicting on his opponent, the same kind of smile Ken wore on his face when he pushed Ash to the edge during the fight this time Ash had it on putting all his weight on Ken who was now weak and immobilized on the sparring platform already close to the dark side atleast two steps left and he would be done.
' just a few more seconds left ' Ash thought with his grin growing more menacing, he had given up on leaving Ken at death door when he saw how helpless he had become, ' screw it … he is better off dead its stressful to keep him here' that thought made him persist more pushing his already weak body more.
Just as he thought everything was over, he suddenly felt weightless the ground and Ken seemed to have disappeared at the same time even the world seemed to have gone completely dark, at the same time he lost all five senses floating in darkness ' I'm so fucking tired ' Ash thought plunging deeper it didn't feel like he was dying but not soothing enough to call it sleep, feeling weak and helpless in its embrace Ash fell deeper.
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" you are one hell of a nut job you know that right ? " a voice called out to Kruger who had her back to the wall with her eyes closed, her expression unreadable mainly because she was lost in thoughts but with the arrival of the person who she didn't expect it was obvious that her day was going to be be more tiring.
"What is it, old man? It's not usual for you to come out of the tear at this time, " she asked, giving him an odd stare, watching as a man who looked like one in his early thirties dressed in the ususal military fashion with his hair which had become grey from stress, and dark eyes which were like that of the abyss. His looks weren't that much, but he had a weird vibe around him, which was almost eerie.
It wouldn't take a seer for anyone to know that he was dangerous, even though it looked subtle; just looking at him made everything not seem right. " I'm not older than you by much" he said with a pause looking at her with a mix of confusion and what looked like offense " well its long, but not much .... Just twenty or so-ish ... that's not the point " he said rubbing his head looking more confused than normal, he walked next to her resting on the wall before giving out a tired sigh.
"If you are here to give me a lecture ... I've already received a ear full and im seriously not ready for yours " she said sharply not really dismissively but something close rejection, she seemed more tired than she usually was having dark circles under her eyes . she had three batches under her one ready to leave to the main site, the second batch were joining the advance division while her last batch were joining a new division in a few days and not adding her own division that she has to handle and train she was more than tired and needed a proper sleep, she was having dark circles under her eyes.
She took a tin of cigarette to relieve the stress she was going through only for it to freeze up completely " we had an agreement about smoking " he said this time was most likely amused " you agreed to fix it ..... I thought you were making progress, if you want I can get you your favorite kind of coffe " the man said his expression un impressed not matching his tone.
Kruger just dropped her hand looking at the ceiling, eyes looking tired and droopy and obviously weak lacking the usual fierceness " what do you need ?…. I'm pretty much sure that you are not that free for an idle chat " she asked weakly still looking at the celing lacking the will and strength to engage in any conversation, he gave her a complicated look before releasing a low breath.
"It's about the kid "