Slice looked up from his instrument in slight surprise. 'Well, that was fast. I expected to have a few more minutes at least." He said as he turned around and faced his two opponents. "Haven't run into you two before, to be fair though, if you've killed as many meta-humans and traveled to as many alternate dimensions as I have the faces kind of tend to blur together." He smiled from beneath his mask and couldn't help but think he had encountered at least one of them once. He pulled one of the heavily modified Valkorian blaster pistols from his belt and pulled his sword from his back with the other. "Tell you what, you find a way out of here and I'll make it quick."
"I'm sure you haven't...." The taller individual spoke as he began to draw his blade slowly, the full length of the weapon fully visible to his enemy and ally. "I promise you....this will be your last stop." He spoke, solidifying his stance, making it very clear he wasn't going anywhere. The short male had also armed himself with his own blade, taking stance in front of the taller on, crouching. It would look as if the two were well adapted to fighting as one solidied unit. "Tell you what, no." The slightly shorter male spoe out in defiance, letting him know he wasn't going to do anything without going through them both. "Hescrel...." Spoke the other man in an audible tone, making it clear he was knowledgable, that pistol of his wasn't any ordinary weapon and he knew that. "...Shen." He spoke next.
Slice looked at the taller of the two with an expression that could only be bewildered surprise. "How the fu-?!" He didn't get a chance to finish the question before both the Valkorian blaster he held in his hand blew up along with the one on his belt. Slice hit the ground with a thud and looked at his mangled hand as it slowly began to heal. He narrowed his eyes at the two opponents with a newfound respect and a sense of caution. "Good news you two. You are now at the top of my "people I intend brutually murder" list. He said with a snarl as he got to his feet and pulled his energy sword from his back with his good hand. "I don't know how you knew those words but I'm going to beat the information out of you." Slice smiled a somewhat savage smile as he crouched and took a closer look at his foes.
Weird...I think I might have fought a different version of the short one...but that taller one...the fighting style is unfamiliar. Should be fun. He thought as he brought the blade down in front of him in a defensive posture and charged the shorter one of the two.
The two watched as the stranger's weapons were reduced to smoldering circuitry and metal, though as they were charged, the two quickly sprung into action. The shorter male, dashed forward, closing the gap he had with Slice, his blade pointed behind him, orienting the end toward his ally as he suddenly came forward with the weapon's pommel, his intent had been to strike it into his opponent's chest. The older male soon made his movments, blade poised and ready as he moved forth, decisively attack the dimensional maniac's wounded hand, wanting to take it off at the wrist.
Slice was able to dodge the weapon's pommel with a small amount of effort but saw that he had almost fallen into a deadly snare as he quickly pulled his damaged hand away from the taller of the two and brought the sharp end of his sword up and slammed it into the shorter one's hand. Much to his surprise, the blade didn't go all the way through his hand. It looked as if some sort of armor had absorbed most of the hit.
Damaged his armor a little bit. "Nice armor." He commented as he ducked under the shorter one's sword and launched a series of quick slices at the taller one. "You guys dimension jumpers as well? Or did you find that whevever the hell this place is? I might have to invest in some of whatever that armor is made of."
"Defend yourself boy!" The taller male commanded his pupil as the hit conncected, thankful to see it did no damage apparently. The taller individual seamlessly evaded the being's attacks, treating them as if they were playful swats from a cat. Though with this new discovery, the hand of the other's apprentice gripped the energy blade tightly, causing it to crackle and spark. The pupil now was between his enemy and his master, who would use the opportunity to take his direct attack, slashing at the being's leg this time, to removing it at just above his patella.
Slice stared at the smaller one grabbed his energy blade as the taller one managed to avoid his every attack and for some reason didn't electrocute himself. "What the hell are you two?" He growled. "I know I killed a few different versions of you." He said to the smaller one quietly as sparks continued to erupt from the sword. "You don't look familiar but the fighting style is...But your friend there...Very different fighting style. Something I've never seen before. Slice stared at them as his eyes widened from beneath his helmet as he felt the sword connect with his leg. He was able to pull his leg away before it cut all the way through but it still hurt like hell. "That's it!" Slice snarled. "Haven't had a challenge like you two since I killed the Defenders a few universes back but I went all out on them. You get to see what that's like!" Slice slammed his armored hand gauntlet against the smaller one's head which caused him to stagger for a moment and caused him to release his grip. Slice grinned from beneath his helmet as he turned to stare at the taller one. "You first. Then the little guy." He said in a low angry voice. The taller of the two simply stared at him from beneath his own mask as Slice shot past the shorter one and unleashed a flurry of strikes at the tall figure only to have him duck and dodge each of them with ease.
"Oh come on! You could humor me and let one hit!" Slice shouted as the taller figure easily continued avoiding everything Slice could throw at him as his opponent brought the sword down in an offensive stance. "If I had my blasters I'd have ended both of you by now! Now hold sti-." Slice heard a thud as he looked down as his energy blade and his hand hit the ground with a thud followed by a large amount of blood. Slice stared at his foe in shock. He had barely seen his enemy move. "What the hell are you?" He whispered as his opponent's blade flashed again and his entire left arm hit the ground with a thud. Slice dropped to his knees next to his severed body parts and stared up at his foe as the shorter one stood next to the taller one.
"You...You can try to kill me...but you won't be able to." Slice muttered as he started to go into shock from blood loss.
"No. Killing you isn't the goal. I only seek to open your eyes..." Slice stared up at him in disbelief as he passed out, the blood loss finally taking it's toll.
From behind the view of darkness, two figures watched the battle without speaking. The two looked at each other. "They are dangerous opponents. Should we take the chance to eliminate them?"
"No." The larger of the two said."For all we know, they could one day prove useful against the Titans. For now, they live." The two turned away from the battle and vanished into the mist. "The four horseman are our first priority. If in the end they choose to stand against us, they will die."
Gotham City
Ironsight stared at Dragonbane, his raw ability to hide the level of pain he was in was a testament to his phenominal training, though it could have been easily noticed ashe had been bleeding badly prior. The wound had slowed to a trickle, the archer had no healing factor like some heroes but his cells were working hard to clot the open area. He knew that if Dragonbane capitalized on his injury, he would be the first one to either die or be beaten down. Ironsight looked back at the Titans for a brief moment, he could barely recognize this as the team Fracture had once led so long ago. But he knew that if Dragonbane were to attack, they would be able to stop him. He seemed to have indeed gotten stronger through the years but in the face of so many heroes, victory was a goal that had been all but attainable. "You wanna go, murderer? Then let's go!" Ironsight spoke as he soon let his emotions take control of the situation, quickly readying a broadhead arrow and driving downward at Daniel's neck from an angle, aiming for his carotid artery from the side of his neck. In midst of this he turned back to look at Mina, focused on her eyes for a moment. "He's the one who killed him!" He shouted in her direction, trying to make her understand that this 'hero' was the man that ripped her truest love from her arms.
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