Playing God (X-774)

[The Horsemen]

There was an eerie chill to this place, something that was built upon the lost souls that ran it perhaps. Three or four men dressed in lab suits trekked by to and fro as they went about their day, each one looking as dull eyed as the one before him. A hint of a smile coming forth from the face of Shu as he remembered back to when they had all been newly brought forward into this program. All bright eyed and livid with excitement, soon they lost all feeling as each test subject was put under extreme training.

Shu leaned back in his chair a taut glove covering each hand as he snapped his fingers in unison before sliding them across the table to reach for a tiny red button. The silent click had proven that this was Shu's favorite button having been used more often than the others fermenting its sides and making them since then impure.

Silently he'd wait for his obedient dog to enter.

"X, come closer." He'd say in a deep accented voice letting his gaze travel aside from her never making contact with her features nor the torturous ways he'd put her through.

"Yes my dear, theres something we need to do, and in order to do that I need you to show me your prowess."

Stepping up out of his chair Shu would take his time crossing before the desk and grabbing X around the throat putting a death grip of pressure on her before throttling her down into his kneecap roughly. Shu had plans in mind for today, but he needed that extra oomf to do it.

"X I want you to Kill me!"

Knowing clear well the order would force her to try following through. It was a test for himself as well, always needing to be on the edge of death for that very thought made you fight harder and stronger. There was no quota.

[Olivia Green]

X sat in the corner of her dark and damp cell. Her back was pressed to the jagged brick as her head was arched back looking up at the ceiling.. her eyes taking on more feeling than they normally were. Her finger tips would press to the ground in a pattern... as if pressing down on something. It wasn't sign language... but she also wasn't aware of what it meant nor was aware she was doing.

The door swung open... her eyes leaving the ceiling to watch as it was open all the way... her body not shifting until it was finished. Once it was she would slide onto her hands and knees and she began to crawl towards the exit... her knees scrapping against the uneven cement. She had been getting let out of her cell a lot more as of late... though still normally she would be put in a straight jacket until told to do Shu's bidding.

"X, come closer." without hesitation she would step forward, but as she did so he left the desk and came closer to her. She would stop walking and her eyes would glance over to the others that were watching.... She turned getting excited that she will get something to do.. a chance to make Shu proud... He never showed "proud" but when he beat her she knew she did something wrong.

"Yes my dear, theres something we need to do, and in order to do that I need you to show me your prowess." she stood there waiting for more clarity on what she should do... who she should attack..until he grabbed her by the throat and slammed her face to his knee. She flinched while going down so he would only slam his knee to her eyebrow... busting it open as blood trailed down her face.

What did I do?! I did something wrong....

She couldn't think of what she had done and it panicked her 'cause she wouldn't be able to correct it.

"X I want you to Kill me!"

Then she was given her order. Normally she would do it without hesitation... but what he was asking was.... not normal. Her eyes looked over to the other men... If she killed Shu then who would tell her what to do? Who would she please? How would she survive.

... but he told her to do so... so she would...

Her elbow would come up and slam down on the arm that had a grip around her neck so he would be forced to let go and if she did so.... her hand would be still against his as she would fluently grab his wrist and twist as her hole body parried... then she would be behind him and his arm would be behind his back in that arm hold. So unless he evaded it before she got him in the lock or he managed to get out.. she would give a forceful push up...putting pressure on his arm into a direction his arm couldn't bend and she would break his arm. She wasn't told to put him in a lock... she was told to kill him... so if she put him in a lock... she would make it more offensive rather than defensive.

[The Horsemen]

Shu smiled as almost immediately her training went into effect, good she was just the monster he'd been breeding, willing to kill her own monster and end her own purpose for the simplicity of an order. If only he had more of these beasts. A careening tremor in his chest would roar out without his own voice being acknowledged and the battle would begin.

Her fierce grip around his wrist was something that rivaled his own but he knew her abilities for one, and the monster he'd created had been left in the dark about his own. But he suspected she'd learn fast, it was in her design. Pulling his arm back defensively and jerking his shoulder forward if X hadn't let go her face would collide with his shoulder jerking outward. With his weight dropped swiftly into his hips to be under her weight having sole control of the ground as he did so.

Now she'd be behind him as her movements entailed but with or without the grip on his wrist he'd still have enough control to remain close and yet so far. Replying to her body movements his leg would sweep around using her position as a springboard enhancing the strength and speed of his sweep to take her off her feet. The action itself would level her and prevent his arm from breaking clear off.

Like a master he'd spin back up, a grace in which only a ballerina knew though Shu was anything but now towering over her had her movements and decisiveness not enacted enough she'd never met a foe such as Shu.

Pacing a step back so his base was wide Shu's right foot would be pointed towards her while his back would run perpendicular. At a downward slash his right arm would come across her neck enacting to hit a nerve and beat her down easily enough.

[Olivia Green]

She didn't break his arm like she wanted...He managed to just fall to a crouch catching her off guard and she would slam her face into his shoulder in which would stall her. Though now because of this move she was paying attention to what he was doing.. knowing full well he was going to recover. Shu was amazing and knew how to do such. Shu was more competition than she would ever have to deal with... so it was to be expected he would dodge her attacks... though.... It is time the master learned that his creation learned a respectable amount from him... she learned quick.. studied fighting moves...

Now his leg would be swung around... she saw the muscles in his leg that was supporting him to know just as much.... but instead she would let go of his wrist and just throw her weight into him...tackling him to the ground before he made it all the way around to trip her... so he should be now flat on his stomach and she would be straddling him.. she would send a right hook to the right side of his face and a left hook to the left... then after.... grab the hair of the back of his head and tug his head from the ground and force his face into the steal floor hopefully breaking his nose..... and if she got him into this position... she would keep slamming his face into the ground until he evaded her.

[The Horsemen]

Good just as he'd thought she was quick, at least as quick as he which made things increasingly fearful. Shu could feel the pitch and jostle in his bones as the stress of battle wore on him making him become far less humane as each strike was thrust and parried into the fray. The difference between their two styles however would determine the outcome. For one X had a style of sheer brutality which with most fighters would cripple them with intimidation alone but with a battle scarred veteran it held many holes.

With the force implied on his back Shu would go down but before falling his left knee would impact so his fall would be braced atop his knee. The small weight of X being all too easy to support there. With a jolt his head would jerk back right into the creature's nose. In a second Shu's right arm would extend past his hips and opening up a step for his right foot to emerge with his right hand he'd grab her wrist that was formerly going for the punch. With that he'd force X still despite the contact to her face and with his right leg extended he had extra force to apply into his neck strike.

Pulling with a sharp yank he'd throw X into the ground not releasing even as she'd hit it. With his left hand a sharp jab would be made at the mid-rib cage, a strong pressure point between the ribs that forced an opponent to cough sporadically and bleary vision for a short while. Shu liked to toy with his prey immobilizing them first. With his left leg, he'd bring it up first and plant it at X's throat now that she'd been pressed down.

[Olivia Green]

X had straightened up so he wouldn't have been able to hit her in the face with his head.. but he did manage to grab her wrist and threw her off. Now she was laying on her back and the grip around her arm was not let go until she was punched in the ribs. She cringed, but tried her best to hide it. She was too afraid to show pain around Shu... scared he would scold her for doing so. Next she saw his leg coming down. Her elbows would plant to the ground as she tried holding up his foot.. of course his leg had more strength than her arms so they gave in and she was now pinned there... barely able to breath.... that pain in her lungs again..... She would start to claw at his leg trying to break free.. only to see the opening she had...

X would twist in a way that would hopefully get him in the groin... and she wouldn't use just one leg... knowing full well he would catch it so she would use the momentum she had in throwing that one leg to throw the other shortly after like a scissor kick. Hopefully it would be enough to render him so she could get free from his foot against her throat. If it also connected then he probably would have somewhat keeled over so she would reach up and grab the collar of his shirt giving it a forceful tug to hopefully bring it down on her knee that was now sticking out as her foot was planted to the ground to give it a more stable placement.

[The Horsemen]

Shu wouldn't hesitate as she made the clawing motions, her untrimmed nails digging under his flesh letting the course skin peel off and reveal tremors filled with blood as they rained down soaking her face and chest. A grim smile lit his features enjoying watching her choke as his foot would ease off a moment to fill her lungs with air before she made her move. It was far more fun to watch his opponent flail out in pain rather than knocking them out in the first move.

As X made her move to scissor kick, Shu would tilt his features to the side angling himself to the side while all of his weight would buckle into his heel placed right on X's neck thus crushing the wind from her pipes. His right knee would come up to block the one leg while his hands would clasp together protecting the other.

Though the nature of this position would come with benefits and failures. While in prime position to crush her his faulty point relied entirely on balancing on X's neck.

[Olivia Green]

When she tried to get him it only made the pressure worse on her throat. Her chest would heave until she had nothing left..she felt the pressure in her temples build as she felt his blood from the cuts soak into the mask and trail up to her neck then off too the side to drip onto the floor. That's when when her eyes studied the damage her nails had done... She would then pinch her fingers over the tenden in the back of his foot.

The Akiles heel will bring forth his fall.

Sh would press her hardest....trying to puncture the skin with her thumb nail... and if she was able to... break the skin she would work at trying to dig her nail in further and further...until it was deep and she would tug and hopefully snap it like a string.