//------------------------------// // Chapter 17: Fight // Story: Mass Effect: New Beginnings // by Sleepyted //------------------------------// Shepard ========================================================================= And so the fight begins. We began circling each other trying to sike the other off, I can tell it isn’t working for ether one of us. He was showing off his fangs while I trying to seek out weak spots. My visor started scanning my opponent for weak spots or anything else that’ll give me an edge. He seems that his front right knee is one such weak spot along with nose and back of the neck. Hmmmm, so how will I go about this? I could go for his knee and when he on the ground I get up and hit him in the back of the neck, yea, that sounds like a plan. I’m going to start off on the defensive, once I got his knee I’m going to go on the offensive. I stop circling and take up a stance, if he tries and punch at me I’ll easily be able to defend. He lets off a slight chuckle and stops walking as well. The other fights were in full swing, I lot of yelps of pain and load smacks is all that can be heard besides the cheering on the fights. He store at eachother for a few moments until he charged. He was in my face before I could even registered what happen. I can tell you he didn't hold back because almost as soon as he got there I was flung back a few feet. I felt a sharp stinging pain shoot through my jaw, I think he may have chipped a tooth. I stood there in total shock clushing to the side of my jaw. "Buck up already, you can't serously be out of it already?" Is he still trying to seem badass? I've had worse from husks and they hit like wimps, Hmmm, I have an idea, I just really hope it works. I collapse onto my knees and start clutching my jaw with both my fore hooves. A fanged smile appeared on his face as he slowly approached me. If I didn't have my helmet on he would have seen my ear-to-ear smile, hook, line and sinker, this is too easy. He was now a foot or two away from me, I looked up to really sell the whole helpless act. His smile only grew bigger as I look up to him. "Why did a Non-bat pony ever think he could join the night guard? You're all weak and helpless." Oh how I wanted to brake his neck, to bad I'll go to prison if I do, I'll just have to go with really badly hurting him. He slowly brought back one of his fore hooves preparing for a punch. "Better lunch next time." He said before swinging his hoof around for a powerful blow. When his hoof was about to connected to my already hurt face I quickly hopped onto my feet and side stepped. His face which once bore a grin of delight now wore a mask of shock. I took now time to start my assault, with his hoof still stretched out I branded his arm with both my fore hooves. With his arm in my hooves I threw him over my head never letting go of the shocked bat in my grasp. I slammed his black body onto the hard wooden platform that we were currently on. He cringed when his back made contacted with the stage and I think it winded him as well. With his arm still in my iron grasp I stomped one of my back hooves onto his neck cutting all air flow threw his body, with my fore hooves I began to pull on the arm in my hold further cutting of air flow. I heard I cheer from the crowd once he was starting to suffocate, I guess watching other people's pain is a pass time for them. I looked down at the pony that had my hoof shoved into his throat, his was flailing all his free hooves to try and get me off but he was failing, soon the flailing became slight waves until it stopped all together. I knew now he was asleep so I took my hoof off his neck and stepped to the side letting medic go to the sleeping recruit, he'll have a nice headache in the morning, good, he was a bit of an ass hole. I stood there watching the other fights continue, my jaw hurt like hell but I'll live. Once all the fights were done there were only about ten of us left, we all where a little happy that we'll be able to lead our own squad. "SO IT SEEMS YOU MAGGOTS MADE IT, YOU'LL ALL BE SQUAD LEADERS IN TRAINING, BUT..." Does he ever stop yelling? He stepped in front of me making me stand straight in attention. "YOU, EARTH PONY, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO JOIN THE NIGHT GUARD?" I just stood still in attention, I didn't know what to say and also I want to keep up my badassness (Trademark Sleepyted 2013). "HUH, YOU THINK YOUR TOO GOOD FOR THIS? LET'S SEE HOW YOU ACT AFTER ONE MORE FIGHT I HAVE PLANNED FOR YOU!" I heard whispers in the crowd behind the drill instructor, I don't like the sound of this. "DEEP CUT, FRONT AND CENTER!" Huh, it seems that I'm going to be fighting someone who is already in the guard, this should be fun. After a few moments a bat pony wearing the same armor the drill instructor is wear flew on stage. "Yes sir?" Deep Cut look pretty much like all the other bat pones, is it wrong to think that? "Deep, we are going to see what this pony is made of, grab two swords from the rack over there." Many thing popped into my head, why is Deep cut so special? Why are we using weapons? And also the fact that the asshole isn't yelling anymore. Deep Cut went to the rack and picked up two long swords, I just remembered something, they don't have steel so the weapons are going to be rather flimsy. Deep Cut pass over a sword to me, it's rather lighter than I expected. "OKAY THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, THE FIRST PONY TO DRAW BLOOD WINS!" And there's the asshole back.