Post by hawkeye on Apr 11, 2022 2:25:36 GMT
“Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for one fall with a twenty minute time limit. Introducing first, hailing from Hobbs End, New Hampshire she stands at five feet-eight inches tall and weighs in at one hundred and thirty-two pounds. She is the Soul Survivor and the only Hope of a Dark Tomorrow, I give to you ‘BAD’ PENNY TREMBLAY!”
The lights cut out in the span between heartbeats, darkness descending on the March to War throng before they could even start to jeer. With it came the low hum of a guitar and a repetition of vaguely ecclesiastical ‘oh’s’ that marked the beginning of ‘Walk on Water’.
WALK ON WATER:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA2w-PMKspo
Jeers did their level best to contend with the Orphan of Midnight's anthem, but the words rolled on heedless of the massed disdain, nor was it enough to halt the arrival of ghostly blue lights or a thin bank of dry ice fog. The Ill Omen appeared moments later, rising into view on a mechanical lift hidden within the dark so it looked as though she appeared from thin air. Taking up residence center stage, Penelope Tremblay gazed around the arena for several long seconds before she raised her left hand to her right shoulder and brushed off some invisible dust. Eyes locked on some point beyond the horizon, she repeated the sigil on her left shoulder, then started down the ramp to the squared circle.
PENNY TREMBLAY:
For tonight's battle against most dangerous prey, Tremblay wore a midnight blue two piece consisting of a sports-bra top and strappy briefs, both edged in copper trim. Pads at knee and elbow were matte gray while her boots matched her trunks. Ignoring the startled jeers of the poor lost sheep crowded against the guardrails, Tremblay made her way down the ramp, then hurried up the steel steps, climbed onto the empty corner and sprang from there to the center of the ring, where she dropped to her knees facing the hard camera A detail noted by those with particularly sharp vision, Penny wore copper-colored eye shadow, a sartorial detail that made every blink glint like the coins placed atop the eyes of the dearly departed. Standing after an appropriate stretch of genuflection, Tremblay stood up and turned her attention to the darkened stage. “Here I am, Dragon.” she called into the gloom. “Slay me, if you can.”
Such brazen challenges never went unanswered for long in the FAWN Arena and the Announcer did his part to hurry its acceptance. “And introducing her opponent, hailing from Tokyo Japan, she stands at one point seven meters tall and weighs in at fifty-nine point eight kilograms. She is the Gaijin Extraordinaire, the Joshi Kicking Machine, THIS IS… AUTUMN SAMMAIN!”
Her name served as a harbinger for ‘Clap for the Killers’ which in turn brought Autumn through the curtain shortly thereafter. Slowing to a stop at the top of the ramp, Sammain offered a slight nod to the assembled masses before launching into a lightning-fast array of punches, chops, elbows, knee strikes and finally kicks, all of which made dangerous little ’whicking’ sounds as they cut the air. Settling back to a zen-like stillness when the kata was finished, Sammain raised her left thumb to her throat and drew it across in a slow slash. With that the lights came up and she started toward the ring.
AUTUMN SAMMAIN:
Hands reached for her at every step and though Sammain made no particular effort to avoid their reach, it was clear her eyes were glued to the blonde waiting for her in the center of the squared circle. For tonight's battle she wore a green sports bra and matching bottoms which were only partially obscured by the half-length Joshi style ‘skirt’. This outer layer was a matching green, save for several inky black slashes running from north to south. The rest of her outfit consisted of black knee-pads, matching boots and fingerless green gloves that reached to just below her elbows.
Exploding into a flat out run as she drew closer to her destination, Sammain bypassed the steps in favor of reaching the apron in a single nimble leap. In the next instant she’d leapt to the corner and from there vaulted to a spot near the center of the squared circle. Then and only then did she raise her fist and rend the air with her war cry, a shrill, brutal sound that earned streamers from the FAWNatics from the front row to the upper deck. Lowering her sigil once the storm of black and green trailed off, Autumn maintained her spot at mid-ring to keep a cold eye on Penny Tremblay even as referee Craig Long went through the minutiae of final inspections.
The bell sounded and both ladies came out of their respective corners, not at the full speed stalk of longtime grudge-bearers but with none of the hesitancy of first-time rivals either. Slowing the pace as she closed in on the brunette, Tremblay settled into a loose, rangy sort of grappler's crouch and began to circle Sammain. As for the Dragon of Tokyo, she raised her hands in a martial arts stance and pivoted on her back foot to keep the other woman directly in her sites.
“Some of the suits in the Contracts Department told me you were quite insistent about landing this match.” Sammain said to Tremblay after the blonde had made a full rotation. “Care to tell me--” she was about to say 'why' when Penny dropped low and shot in fast for a Double-Leg Takedown that would've done exactly that if Autumn hadn't thrown her hips backward and cinched an arm around the younger wrestler's head in a Front Facelock! Hands locking in the blink of an eye, she craaaaaaaanked up to turn the Facelock into a Guillotine Choke that brought an immediate flush to Tremblay's cheeks. “As I was trying to say,” Sammain jostled the hold back and forth to put that much more strain on her opponent's neck, “care to tell me why you're so eager for this maHHHRRRGGHH!”
Penelope wrapped her arms around the veteran's waist, then dipped her knees and popped her hips to take Autumn up, over and DOWN onto her back with a gorgeous Northern Lights Suplex! Craig saw the throw connect and swooped in beside the action to count off the...
NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCbgeAAjfbY
ONE...
TWO...
Sammain brought a fist over and down for a hard punch to the blonde's tummy that broke Tremblay's bridge simultaneous with 'TWO!' Drawing both knees up to her chest the instant she was free of the Suplex, Autumn kipped up to boot-leather while Penelope rolled onto her stomach and scrambled upright half a heartbeat behind the Joshi Phenom. Now half a heartbeat wasn't much of a head-start but it proved more than enough for Sammain to pivot on her back foot and load a Super Kick aimed at her ch-- Tremblay snatched the brunette's ankle a few inches shy of impact, yanked it to one side and whipped it back in the opposite direction to twirl Autumn around in a full circle that should've left her exposed for Penny's counterattack but instead provided even more momentum for the Sweep she lashed out at Tremblay's ankNO!
The Last True Believer hopped up and back to avoid getting knocked on her ass. Dark eyes sparkling as the crowd applauded the neck and neck exchange, Penny made a minor adjustment to the waistband of her trunks and murmured, “My apologies for interrupting earlier. You wanted to ask me something?”
Not about to drop her hands against someone as quick as her opponent appeared to be, Sammain murmured, “You wanted this match. Why?”
“To test myself, of course.” Tremblay answered as she resumed circling the Dragon. “I have my heart set on a certain heiress and what better way to gauge my abilities than to battle the woman who has vexed her like no other?”
Autumn had suspected something along those lines so the revelation wasn't a surprise but she certainly didn't like the idea of being viewed as a warm-up for Susannah Burlingame. “I see. And if I kick you into a helpless stupor? What th--”
Penny stepped in and flicked out a hard kick that scraped off Sammain's shin only because the veteran raised her leg to absorb the brunt of the blow. Sammain grimaced and immediately answered with her own kick that Tremblay blocked in identical fashion.
“That's not how this works, Dragon.” Penny said quietly. “I'll answer your questions, but I want a one for one exchanRRRHHH!”
Autumn pounced on the blonde to catch her in a Collar & Elbow Tie-Up forceful enough to back her up several steps! “Ask away, Tremblay.” Sammain challenged even as she pressed the heel of one palm into the shelf of her foe's chin. “Just don't waste my timMMHHRRGGHHH!”
More than happy to roughhouse with the other bendy-back, Penelope slipped a thumb into the corner of Sammain's mouth and pushed out in an agonizing fishhook! “You're the one stalling for time, sweet dragon.” Tremblay snarled as she regained all the ground previously claimed by the veteran. “Now please do be so kind as to SHUT YOUR MOUTH while I'm asking my OOOWWWWW!”
Sticking a thumb (or any other body part for that matter) into a Dragon's mouth was hardly the wisest choice and Autumn made Penelope pay for this lapse by chomping down with furious anger! Penny yowled, yanked her hand away and ate a nasty European Uppercut from Sammain only to immediately rear back and CRACK her brunette across the face with a vicious Bitch Slap! Autumn's ears rang with the weight of Tremblay's shot, but her expression remained utterly neutral when the Angriest Acolyte hissed, “You still owe me an answer, Sammain.”
The Gaijin Extraordinaire worked her jaw to make sure nothing had been knocked out of alignment. Once she was satisfied in that regard, she honed in on Penelope and said, “Ask your question.”
“You had a chance to break Burlingame's arm at 'Mania years ago. More than that, you could've broken her spirit, made her beg in front of the whole world. She was at your mercy, yet you quit instead. Why?”
“I didn't want to be known in the locker room as the chick who broke her opponent's arm when she had the match won.” Sammain replied with a shrug. “And I had the match won, there's no denying that.”
“Record book says otherwise.” Tremblay countered. “It says you're a loser. Worse, a quitter.”
“Record book's just a document, it didn't witness anything. Just like all these people here tonight are going to witness me putting you through hell, Penelope Tremblay.”
“I've been through hell's far worse than any you can imagine, let alone unleash.” the blonde cooed. “But I do hope you'll try. I'm here for the woman that terrorized Juliet Bloodwind, the woman that spit in Anciline de Cyr's eye, the woman who gave Leah Montoya the beating of her career. I'm here for the Dragon of Tokyo and I mean to brave her wrath before I take her head.”
Sammain rolled her shoulders, settled back into her striker's stance. “That didn't sound like a question to me.”
“Because it's not. I'm kicking your ass as a warning to the Ace. Nothing more, nothing leNGH!”
Autumn hopped forward with a Pump Kick aimed for Tremblay's sternum and caught a hastily-raised guard instead. The block was certainly better than nothing but it couldn't prevent the blonde from backpedaling into the strands where Sammain rushed in to pwak-pwak-PWAK a trio of rough Forearm Smashes into her foe's chest. Wedging a shoulder against the same spot she'd just clubbed to ensure Tremblay couldn't slip out of trouble, Autumn snatched hold of a wrist, then stepped back and dropped a shoulder to send her adversary sprinting across the squared circle with an Irish Whip. The Joshi Phenom allowed her a few steps head-start before throwing herself into the strands to ensure she raced down the blonde's back-trail at a good clip. Picking up the pace as Penny began her return trip, Autumn abruptly planted on her left foot and whipped around in a smooth circle just to whip her right leg up at a sharp angle to THWHACK that heel offa her opponent's chin!
SPINNING HEEL KICK @ 00:24
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_XcylBQhSM
Tremblay went down flat on her back while Sammain dropped to her knees, though the latter fought to all fours before the latter could attempt a cover. This didn't bother or even delay the veteran in the slightest, she simply snatched hold of Penny at trunks and tresses to hold her steady for the Kneelift she gouged into opposing ribs. From there she returned to boot-leather, Autumn surveying the situation dispassionately before she kicked her right foot high overhead and brought it THWHUNKING down on the base of Penny's skull! Tremblay crumpled to her stomach with both arms wrapped around her noggin, a position she still occupied when Autumn knelt beside her and shot a Half Nelson.
AXE KICK:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCNPzSPlOz8
“Your plan's not bad, Tremblay.” Sammain admitted after she'd shoveled the blonde onto her back. “In fact, it's only got one flaw.” She hooked the far leg with one hand and pressed the bony ridge of her forearm against Penny's jawline to secure the pin. “You should've picked Burlingame as a warm-up for me.”
Craig Long heard none of this, he was too busy checking Tremblay's shoulders and counting the...
ONE...
TWO...
Penny shoved her away in time with 'TWO!', the Last True Believer far from finished despite Autumn's domineering start. “Actually, I understand why you're targeting Susan instead of me.” Sammain noted even as she filled her hands with the younger wrestler's long hair. “She's always been a showoff. Not only was she a showoff, she had to be the center of attention AND she had to let the whole world know she was the center of attention. Me? I've always preferred to let actions speak louder than words.”
The Dragon tugged her foe into a Front Facelock and slipped her right arm under the blonde's left bicep to secure the Single Underhook. Once that was done she dropped her hips and snapped backward to whip the other bendy-back off her feet with a THWHUMPING Half Hatch Suplex! Sammain somersaulted through the landing to end up seated astride Tremblay's waist but rather than catch her head in another Guillotine she set her palms to Penny's shoulders and pressed down to keep her glued to the canvas through...
HALF HATCH SUPLEX:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFpKVXC_LY
ONE...
TWO...
Penny slipped loose again, though she remained trapped by the mount. Staring a hole through her adversary, Autumn fired a few hard open palmed slaps which were mostly absorbed by the blonde's hasty guard. Knees dug into her foe's flanks, the Gaijin Extraordinaire noted, “Sue won't beat you half as bad as I will, but she'll talk it up twice as much. I'll just pin you and walk away so you can deal with the bruises on your--”
“The hell you will.” Tremblay grunted. “Burlingame's a trash human, but she's still a three time World Champion. You? You're a three time nothing, just a niche flavor for the nerdiest of the wrestling nerdsSSEERRRGGHHH!”
Not about to take that sort of sass from a chick on the bad side of a mount, Sammain caught hold of Tremblay's wrists in both hands so she could yank the blonde's defenses aside long enough to pound half a dozen hammer fists into the center of her forehead! It would've been more if Penelope hadn't wrenched her wrists free but this didn't bother Autumn in the slightest because all that flailing meant Tremblay didn't notice the Dragon scooting up a little higher. Didn't notice Sammain rising onto her knees. Didn't notice the trap being set until the veteran snatched hold of her left wrist in both hands and rolled onto her back, Autumn drawing the blonde's head and left arm between her legs to ensure oxygen became a precious commodity once she'd wedged her right shin into the pit of her left knee and began to squeeeeeeeeeeze.
TRIANGLE CHOKE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=usJdI845HtM
Triangle Choke, Autumn Sammain to Penny Tremblay in the center of the ring.
Focused on maintaining wrist control even as she poured more pressure through her sinewy stems, Autumn hunched forward and muttered, “You aren't ready for anything but a beating and a long soak in the ice bath. If a couple dozen of those don't break your spirit, maybe you'll be ready for Burlingammmeerrrrrrhhhhh!”
Tremblay's scrambling was quite energetic but she couldn't slip free of the Triangle so she did the next best thing and made it extremely painful for Sammain to maintain the hold. Right hand crooked into a spade, she set it against the brunette's flank and dragged it all the way down to her knee like she meant to draw blood. One pass didn't achieve that goal so Penny tried it a second time, then a third and a fourth. There would've been more if Autumn hadn't halved her handhold and bashed away at Penny's head with several more hammer fists! Craig, already close to check on Tremblay's efforts to resist the Triangle, chided Sammain for the rough treatment. “Watch those closed hands, Autumn! Penny, what do you--”
'SHUT UP!' the tangled bendy-back's growled as one.
The ref made a disapproving noise but held his ground as he dropped to one knee. “Know why he's so close?” Autumn grabbed hold of her right ankle and pulled on it to tighten the Triangle instead of drawing the ref's ire with more punches. “He knows your punk-ass is about to submit or lose consciousness and he wants to make sure I don't do any real damage once you're helpGGGRRHHHH—bitch, knock off that girly-girl shit or I'll--”
Tremblay scored her attacker's flank and thigh even harder than before, then grabbed hold of Sammain's waistband (carefully out of Long's view, it should be noted) and powered forward onto her knees which in turn stacked the brunette up on her shoulders for the...
ONE...
TWO...
“NNGGHH!” Autumn straightened her legs and popped her hips, the Joshi Phenom rolling back to her butt to reassert the Triangle Choke stern as ever! “Ask her.” she told Craig of her now red-faced adversary. “Punk's defenseless and she's about to pass ouFAAAAAHHHK!”
Tremblay was certainly feeling woozy, though she was far from defenseless as Sammain found out when she managed to twist her head and chomp down on the brunette's inner thigh! Seasoned though she was, Autumn couldn't just sit there and squeeze while Penny chewed on her so she relinquished the Scissors and planted a foot on the younger wrestler's shoulder to force her away with a rough kick. Scowling as she rubbed at the welts left by her foe's claws and teeth, Sammain hurried to her feet and waited for Penny to do the same before charging across the canvas with an Elbow SmasNO!
The Last True Believer saw her coming and went low, dipping around and behind Autumn with a half Waistlock she used to shove the Dragon toward the ropes. Sammain didn't have enough time or space to turn around so she went into the strands chest-first, not that she hit with enough force to do anything more than bounce her out with a slight wobble in her step. As for Penny, she hit those same ropes going much faster and with her right arm outstretched for what looked like a Clothesline. But instead of simply knocking her rival to the deck Tremblay whipped her right leg forward and swept it back like a scythe to cut Autumn's legs out from underneath, thus ensuring the startled brunette THWHAMMED down hard on the back of her head and shoulders!
RUNNING STO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOAUloDi-Yc
Penny landed on her knees beside the flattened fighter and immediately transitioned into a cover, the Angriest Acolyte crooking her right arm around the back of Sammain's neck while her left arm snaked around the veteran's right leg and drew it up tight. A heartbeat passed and then Craig was beside the action, his arm already coming down to count the...
ONE...
TWO...
Autumn might've been down but she wasn't done, as evidenced by the strong kick-out simultaneous with 'TWO!'
Of course she was still in the clutches of the Angriest Acolyte which meant there were steely fingers plunged into her hair mere heartbeats after that defiant escape. “This feel defenseless to you, bitch?” Tremblay wrenched the brunette's head back and forth even as she hauled her to verticality. “Actually, I don't give a shit. Tell me how THIS feels!” Positioned behind her adversary, Penny released the hair-hold so she could press her palms to the sides of the veteran's skull. In the same instant she crooked her fingers into hooks and goooooouuuuged into Sammain's eyes!
“AAAARRRRHHH BITCH!” Autumn shrieked aloud but rather than paw and scrabble at her attacker's wrists she crooked one arm into a 'V' and slammed that elbow into Tremblay's once, twice, three times! Would've been a lot more than that if the Last True Believer hadn't yanked Autumn backward and THUNKED a Headbutt into the base of her opponent's skull. Sammain stumbled in place without going down which only made it easier for Tremblay to hook on at one shoulder. Spinning the blinded battler around in a half circle, Penny stuck her head beneath Autumn's right arm and circled her own right arm around the other wrestler's waist. A controlling grip on the back of Sammain's right thigh completed Tremblay's preparations and provided more than enough leverage for the Last True Believer to hoist her burden into the air just to deposit her crotch-first atop one posted knee! Autumn went up on tiptoes in the wake of the nauseating maneuver only to find herself hauled completely off her feet! That second ride started the same but had a much different (albeit no less painful) ending because Penelope swung her burden forward and dropped to one knee to THWHUMP the small of her back with a huge Sideslam Backbreaker!
SIDESLAM BACKBREAKER:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAx2brtO6IY
Sammain bounced off and landed flat on the deck, an impact that did her aching spine no favors whatsoever. Her situation didn't improve when Tremblay threw herself down in a miniature Splash so she could hook the far leg for...
ONE...
TWO...
Another kick-out, though this one was markedly less energetic than its predecessor.
“Where's that fire now, Dragon?” Penny growled as she once again filled her hands with the veteran's dark hair. “Don't tell me you're already burning out.”
The Joshi Phenom knew better than to waste her breath on words, instead she focused on softening up the younger woman's midsection with more elbow strikes even as Tremblay hauled her to boot-leather. A few more seconds could've done wonders, alas Tremblay wasn't generous with anything save for scorn and the application of pain. She delivered both courtesy of a rough little Snapmare that dropped the stunned battler on her butt in the center of the ring. Running to the ropes ahead of her prey the instant Sammain touched down, Bad Penny raced back the way she'd came and gave Autumn a literal taste of her kick game by THWHACKING a vile Soccer Kick into her rival's chin!
SOCCER KICK:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_Fsxu3S98
Sammain was knocked flat by the blow, her return to the canvas in no way softened by the wave of sympathetic anguish raised by the FAWNatics. Still wouldn't stay down though, as Penny didn't even have time to drop to her knees before the Gaijin Extraordinaire rolled onto her stomach and clambered to all fours. But Tremblay didn't look angry. Indeed her expression was one approaching elation as she took a few steps back from her prone opposition. “Yeah, that's it. That's what I came to see. Just keep burning, Dragon. Burn as hot as you can.”
On that oddly motivational note she whipped around on her heel and sprinted into the strands on Sammain's right. Another swift return flowed into a beautifully effortless handstand which then gave way to something far uglier when the Angriest Acolyte brought her right knee THUNKING down on the nape of Autumn's neck! Sammain collapsed in a heap and Tremblay was quick to take advantage with a Half Nelson that rolled the brunette onto her back for a domineering...
HANDSTAND KNEE DROP:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGyzdVyNtRI
ONE...
TWO...
THRNOOOO!
Autumn kicked out with a half a second to spare, though the narrowness of her escape caused Penny to regard Craig with a baleful glare that caused the zebra to clear off in a hurry. Placated by that reaction, the willowy blonde helped herself to Sammain's hair so she could lead / drag her over to the ropes. “Stand.” Penny ordered as she pulled that much harder. “Unless you'd prefer to suffer on your knees.”
“Kiss my ass, punKUUGGGHH!”
Autumn's defiance ended with a quick Kneelift to the back of the skull, a blow that left her dully docile while Tremblay hauled her upright and stuffed her torso between the top and middle ropes. Rough grips on the brunette's biceps allowed Penny to straighten Sammain up and hook her arms over the top rope, an arrangement that earned much consternation from the FAWNatics and the official.
“What're you doing, Penny?” Long asked, a dumb question if ever there was one judging by the expression on the blonde's face. “You know you can't tie her up in the ro--” He hopped away when Tremblay drew back a hand as if to strike him, then cringed along with the rest of the audience when she CRACKED a Knife-Edge Chop between the brunette's shoulders instead.
“Are you sure you have the perception required to be a referee?” Penny spoke to Craig, but her attention was on Sammain as she raaaaaaaaaaked her nails down the other wrestler's back. “Because clearly I CAN tie her up in the ropes. Any idiot can see--”
“JUST START THE GODDAMNED COUNT, LONGEERRRRHHHH!” Sammain's good point came to an abrupt, rude, conclusion when Tremblay hooked two fingers of each hand into the corners of her mouth and pulled back like she meant to widen the brunette's smile by several inches!
“Scream.” Penny hissed in the flailing Phenom's ear. “Scream out a warning to that pompous little rich girl.”
Autumn let out a bellow that was far more war cry than shriek even if it was garbled by the Angriest Acolyte's encroaching fingers. This roar earned plenty of support from the crowd and must've brought Craig back to the task at hand (no pun intended) because he barked, “Ok Penny, get her out of the ropes! ONE! TWO! THREE! FO--”
Tremblay abandoned the fishhook so she could gouge Autumn's eyes one more time, thus ensuring the Dragon was partially blind when she peeled the brunette out of the strands and tugged her out into the center of the ring. “Will losing clean here in the middle make it go down easier?” Penelope asked as she slipped her left arm up under Autumn's left bicep so she could secure a Half Nelson. “I thought destroying you in the ropes would at least allow you the comfort of whining 'she cheated!' but if you're a no excuses kind of girl...” The Last True Believer reached around with her right hand, grabbed hold of her foe's left wrist and drew that arm across Sammain's throat at an aggressively sharp angle. “Submit to me.” Tremblay stuffed a few quick Kneelifts into the brunette's butt and lower back to make the Cobra Clutch more painful than it already was. “Submit and you can scramble back to the Madhouse, right back to that comfy trainer's job that lets you dish out all the punishment without taking anHRRGH!”
Sammain slammed a heel down on the blonde's right foot and ground like she meant to make some toe jam of a very different variety! “Yuh... you really think you're gonna talk me into submission?” she was smiling in spite of the obvious strain on her neck. “No wonder you've got such a mad-on for Burlingame. The two of you could be--”
Tremblay wrenched her foot out from under Sammain's heel, then yanked her backward and went down on one knee to THUMP Autumn's spine over her knee with a brutal Backbreaker! Releasing the hold on impact, she shoved the brunette to the deck and flopped down across her chest, Penelope hooking the far leg for a count of...
COBRA CLUTCH BACKBREAKER:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YzdeYVXKpk
ONE...
TWO...
THRNOOOO!
The Gaijin Extraordinaire lifted a shoulder off the canvas, much to Tremblay's disgust. “You mistake my intentions, Dragon.” Penny filled her hands with the brunette's long locks so she could tug her head from side to side even as she scraped her off the mat. “I'm not here to talk you out of anything. I'm here to beat you so badly that your screams will get the attention of that preening fuck-stick. Maybe watching you leave in an ambulance will prove to her I'm not playing around.”
Switching over to a Waistlock before Craig could get lippy about the hair-hold, Penelope gouged her knotted hands into the pit of Autumn's stomach, then dipped her knees and popped her hips to fling Autumn over and back with a violent German SupNO!
Tremblay released the Waistlock in the hopes of adding more impact to the landing but all she really did was give the Joshi Phenom the freedom she needed to somersault into a landing on one knee! Pushing to verticality while the oblivious blonde was still sitting on her butt, Sammain rushed forward and removed her feet from the mat so she could THWHACK them against the base of Penny's skull with a nasty Basement Dropkick!
Unprepared for the blow, Tremblay crumpled to the deck in a stunned heap where she would've stayed for the foreseeable future if Autumn hadn't clamped onto her ears and hauled the woozy bendy-back upright. “You're going to regret the sound of my name in your mouth.” Sammain murmured as she applied a Waistlock of her own. “The question is, will you live long enough to learn from this mistake? I'm not sure you will.”
“Buuuhhh...bitch.” Penny rasped, “You don't have what it takes to make me regret anyHHHHRRRGGHHH!”
The Gaijin Extraordinaire got low and treated Tremblay to a taste of her own medicine, but where the blonde had released her hold at the apex, Autumn held on all the way through to ensure that her foe THWHAMMED down hard on the back of her head and shoulders! Hands still locked when the German Suplex landed, Sammain popped up onto tiptoes to keep Penny glued in place for...
GERMAN SUPLEX:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nQ5jiKia4M
ONE...
TWO...
Tremblay twisted to a slumped seat to break the bridge, though she remained mired in the brunette's Waistlock. Infinitely aware of the Dragon's grinding grasp, Penny crooked an elbow in anticipation of jabbing it into her attacker's ribs only to hiss in disgust when Sammain abandoned the Waistlock in favor of snatching both blonde biceps! A single hard backward tug secured the Double Chickenwing which allowed Autumn to haul the both of 'em upright without any notable hassle from her captive. “Bitch.” Penny huffed. “Get your fucking hands off of--” Sammain dropped her hips and peeled off another bridge, the green-clad battler PLANTING Tremblay shoulders down ass-up with a textbook perfect Tiger Suplex.
TIGER SUPLEX @ 00:44
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvn8bYTWR3Y
No bridge followed though, instead she spun to one knee and rose to her full height with the clearly disheveled Acolyte hanging from her grasp. Switching from the Chickenwing to a Full Nelson in the span between heartbeats, Autumn made sure to force Penny's chin into the top of her own modest decolletage before turning to face the hard camera. “Hey Burlingame,” she called to her longtime rival, “don't say I never did anything for you.” The words were barely out of her mouth when Sammain peeled off her third bridge in little more than a minute, the lithesome brunette once again dumping Penny full force on the back of her head and shoulders. And now she did bridge, all the better to keep Tremblay folded in half while Craig and the rest of the FAWNatics counted off...
DRAGON SUPLEX:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ-FlnUuYck
ONE...
TWO...
THRNOOOO!
Penelope wrenched loose of the Dragon's clutches to finish in an inglorious face-down sprawl that still managed to preserve her participation for at least another three seconds. Autumn didn't seem particularly bothered by Penny walking away from the Suplex parade, rather she looked more contemplative than combative even as she filled her hands with the blonde's hair and scraped her off the deck. Eyes glancing toward a corner on the far side of the squared circle, Sammain switched over to a Wristlock, then took a step back and dropped a shoulder to send Penny on her way with an Irish Whip. Tremblay covered the distance quickly despite the rapidly accumulating punishment, alas she wasn't able to muster any offense unless you count twisting around to take the collision with the buckles back-first.
As for Autumn, she'd already paced to the opposite corner but rather than simply shoot across the ring on a diagonal she chose a looping route that took her along one whole side of ring. Doing so ensured the Joshi Phenom was perfectly aligned with her target when she whipped her right leg up and THWHACKED the sole of her boot across the blonde's arrogant cheek!
YAKUZA KICK:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F477ZVop0KI
The Yakuza Kick would've blown Tremblay off her feet if she wasn't braced against the corner and even that couldn't stop her legs from giving out in the wake wake of the concussive blow. Nodding once as Penelope crumpled to a seat, Autumn slipped the toe of her boot beneath the blonde's chin and tilted her head back to force a semblance of eye contact. “You're looking worn out, tuff girl.” she said without malice. “I don't think you're ready for the Ace. You sure as hell aren't ready for the Dra--”
A loud 'Oooohhhhh!' from the crowd when Bad Penny Tremblay smacked the veteran's boot aside and flipped her off in the same motion. “Say that again before the bell sounds and I'll spit in your fucking face.” she warned Sammain. “I mean it, Dragon. Don't test NNGGHHH!”
Autumn stomped on the blonde's belly, then whipped around on her heel and sprinted to the corner directly to Tremblay's left. Pulling off an about-face faster than seemed humanly possible, Sammain shot back the way she'd came and dropped into a near perfect split to THWHACK her right foot against the welt she'd so recently raised!
FACE WASH:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvHStTMJc7U
The crowd urged Autumn to go for a cover now that she'd washed the sass, taste and (more than likely) a few teeth out of Penny's mouth, but the Gaijin Extraordinaire dragged her opponent up rather than out. Scooping Tremblay up onto one shoulder as soon as she was vertical, Sammain trundled forward and wedged her prey against the buckles so she could nock the blonde's knees around the top rope in a Tree of Woe. “I admire your spirit, but that mouth is going to take years off your career if you're not careful.”
More than happy to teach by example, she reached down, grabbed a big handful of hair and hoisted Penny up so she was hanging almost level with the top rope. A position that was already awkward and unpleasant grew downright untenable when Sammain sidled off to the left and THWHAPPED a heavy kick up into the curve of her rival's back! “ROPES!” Tremblay snarled to the referee even as she soaked two more kicks from the Dragon of Tokyo. “Goddammit you incompetent fucker, get her off me, I'm in the ropesSNGH! NGH! NGH! NGH!”
Sammain's pace, never what anyone would call sluggish, grew downright manic as she smashed kick after kick after kick into the blonde's spine! Much has he didn't appreciate the assessment of his officiating talents, Craig had to admit that Penelope had a point so he cleared his throat and said, “Gotta get her down, Autumn. Do I have to count?”
Autumn paused, glanced in his direction and offered a faint smile. “Yes. Yes you do.”
Long did so without further comment and he wasn't surprised to find the brunette outpacing his count with kicks by a factor of two to one. Releasing her hold on Penny's hair just after 'THREE', Sammain spun on one heel and stomped to the opposite corner while poor kick-drunk Tremblay settled back into the Tree of Woe. “Guuuuhhh...get me down.” she grunted to the zebra. “Get me down before she comes BNNNNGGGHHH!”
Too late.
Sammain returned far faster than she left, the lissome battler taking to the skies from a couple yards out to ensure maximum momentum when she THWHUMPED both heels into Penny's midriff with a massive Dropkick! That nauseating impact delivered the Angriest Acolyte to the deck in a retching heap and now Autumn did show some urgency in how quickly she clamped onto the blonde's ankles and draaaaaaaagged her out into the middle of the ring. Dropping to her knees even as she forced Tremblay's feet over her head, the Joshi Phenom stuffed her shoulders into the pits of her foe's knees and pressed her tummy to Penny's upturned haunches to keep her plastered to the canvas for...
ONE...
TWO...
THRENOOOOOOOOO!
Tremblay pushed off and twisted to one side at the last possible second, much to the disgust of those assembled. Autumn didn't share this sentiment, save for a single appraising look to Craig who answered it with two dutifully raised fingers. That was all the assurance she needed, indeed Sammain's focus was fully devoted to Penny the moment her fingers hooked into the blonde's hair. Dragging the knock-kneed battler to her feet in a series of fits and starts, Autumn stuffed her head beneath Tremblay's right arm while simultaneously slipping her right hand between the other wrestler's thighs for a stern grip on her inner left thigh. No theatrics, signals or warnings from the Joshi Phenom, soon as her hooks were set she tightened down and muscled Penny up onto her shoulder for a skull-crushing deluge of Autumn RaiNOOOO!
Tremblay somersaulted loose of the veteran's grip to land on Autumn's six! Latching onto a shoulder for support, the Last True Believer crooked her other hand into a fist and THUMPED a vile shot into Sammain's left kidney! Autumn's knees buckled and she would've crumpled to the mat if Penny hadn't looped a steadying arm around her waist. Threading her head beneath Sammain's left arm immediately thereafter, she braced her right hand against Autumn's butt and hoisted the brunette onto her shoulder for the Spine TrembarNOOOO!
The Dragon escaped the trap with the same tactic Penny had used against her only moments prior! Tremblay cursed aloud but didn't turn to find her opponent, instead she tore off toward the ropes as fast as her legs could carry her. Behind her Autumn must've had a similar thought because she turned around and hit the strands on the far side of the squared circle. Each woman reached their destination within a whisper of the other and they started back with the other locked in their sights, the bendy-back's near identical statures ensuring they'd draw within reach at the dead center of--THW-THWHACK!
Neither Sammain or Tremblay would care to admit such a truth, but they shared similar mindsets as well as builds, as evidenced by a brutal exchange of Pump Kicks to the jaw! The impact froze them for a moment before nerve endings unlocked and they toppled into gasping, glassy-eyed sprawls. Craig didn't bother to waste breath asking if his charges were ok, he'd seen the way their heads snapped back from those kicks and knew they were anything but. Still, due diligence was always necessary so he stayed close and watched for a good five seconds to see if blonde or brunette would begin to stir. When they did not, he raised a finger to the rafters and called, “ONE... TWO... THREE... FOUR... FIVE... SIX... SEV--”
Penelope sat up with a jerky, broken-robot sort of movement so disquieting that it threw Craig from his tally.
Elsewhere Autumn abruptly rolled onto her stomach and pushed to all fours.
Technically neither of these recoveries was enough to stop the count, but Craig had no doubt both ladies were on their way back to full verticality so he simply stepped clear and let things play out as they may. This proved a sensible decision as only took a few more seconds for blonde and brunette to clamber to boot-leather and barely a whisper beyond that to hone in on her adversa--CRAAACK! Tremblay lashed out with a Bitch Slap that rocked Sammain up on her heels! “Tell her how that feels when she asks, Dragon.” Penny sneered over the 'oooohhhh' of the crowd.
“Tell the rich girl how it felt when I--” Autumn shoved her away, whipped around in a circle and came out the far side with her right arm fully extended to THWHAP a pitiless Uraken offa the blonde's mouth!
URAKEN:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQJuF4I8l4E
Penny swayed in place, stumbled forward and actually collapsed to one knee before hauling herself upright. That show of resilience told Sammain she was little more than a target so she took to her heels en route to the ropes but rather than return by ground the Gaijin Extraordinaire hopped onto the second strand and launched herself at Penny in a gorgeous Springboard Moonsa--THWHACK! The FAWNatics couldn't help themselves, they let out a roar of impressed incredulity when Tremblay pivoted on the spot and hopped forward off her back foot to kiss a perfect Super Kick off Autumn's chin while she was just beyond the apex of the Moonsault!
A THING OF TERRIBLE BEAUTY @ 00:04
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFoqo5Ogtg
Demoted from Dragon to dropped rock in the blink of an eye, Sammain hit the canvas with an awkward thud, but damned if she didn't fight to her feet immediately thereafter! Already on their feet to welcome her, those gathered for March to War voiced a raucous bellow as raised her hands and rounded on-- Penelope leapt, snagged the brunette's noggin in a Three Quarters Facelock and laid out flat on her back to THA-WHAM Sammain's face and chest into the mat with Sue Burlingame's very own Ace Crusher!
ACE CRUSHER:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOO6naUxeTA
The impact bounced Autumn by a few inches, though not enough to flop her onto her back. But that was OK, Penny already had her hands buried in the other woman's hair and was peeling her off the deck. Positioning herself so she was already on Sammain's six when the veteran reached her feet, Tremblay strapped her right arm across Autumn's chest, wedged her head beneath Autumn's left arm and braced her free hand against the sulking curves of Autumn's backside. From there she boosted the Phenom up onto her shoulder, then dropped backward and pulled both knees up tight to her chest so that malicious planning and oblivious gravity conspired to THAWHUMP Sammain's lower back atop the posted joints!
SPINE TREMBLAR:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtTG3CoWdH4
Launched off the blonde's knees like she was spring-loaded in the wake of the Spine Tremblar, Autumn turned over in midair and landed on her face,chest and tummy in a gobsmacked heap. Bad Penny Tremblay was right there beside her, she could've shoveled the brunette onto her back and gone for the pin so the fans were audibly disgusted when she latched onto Sammain's left wrist and ankle instead. Dragging the woozy wrestler around like she was little better than furniture, the Last True Believer some time to find the perfect spot before she dropped Autumn's limbs and stomped on the small of her back as she headed toward the nearest corner.
A single feline leap took Tremblay from the canvas to the top turnbuckle and earned a round of full-throated vitriol from the crowd, they knew all too well what Penny had planned from such a perch. Against lesser opposition she might've taken the time to torment the mass of idiots, but Sammain was too dangerous and the message was too important, so Penny just sank down into a deep crouch and leapt out into the void without so much as a word of warning! Seeming to draw in on herself before she crested the zenith, Tremblay stretched out full length so she was stretched taut as a drum when she brought every bit of her weight THWHAMMING down on Autumn's devastated back!
DYING BREATH:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzsnTKwEFSc
NOW Penny hooked the Half Nelson and rolled the brunette over, but rather than secure a standard pin she earned another round of scornful boos (and send a second undeniable message) by swinging a leg over and then sitting down with every bit of her weight on Sammain's insensate face! Laying claim to the veteran's wrists even as the jeers grew to dangerous levels, Penny forced Autumn's hands down tight against her sides and nodded along with the...
ONE...
TWO...
THREE!
The bell sounded so Tremblay tossed Sammain's hands away, but she didn't get to her feet. In truth the victorious blonde looked to be getting pretty comfortable as the Announcer confirmed, “Ladies and gentlemen, your winner via pin-fall... PENNY TREMBLAY!”
“C'mon, get up!” the Angriest Acolyte snapped down at her flattened, snuffling opposition. “At least push me off, dragon! You're not just gonna sit there and let me--” she reached down with one hand, affixed it between Sammain's thighs and squeezed without mercy! “--own your ass, are you? Aren't you tuff?Aren't you one of the baddest of the--”
“That's enough now Penny, you've proved your point.” Craig said as he returned to raise the winner's hand. “Get off her so you can take your lap and--”
Tremblay bore down a little harder and made a show of grinding her undercarriage along the terrain of Autumn's face. “I'll take my lap right here, thank you very much.” she growled. “So keep your eyes open and your mouth shut, I've got a point to--”
A loud cheer from the throng drew Penny's attention to the stage, where a certain Rainmaker had just stepped into view. Sue Burlingame wasn't dressed for battle but that didn't keep her from striding down the ramp with what could only be described as hostile intent.
SUE BURLINGAME:
This didn't seem to bother Penelope Tremblay in the slightest, indeed she took a moment to spread Sammain's legs into a galling 'V' before she resumed the Crotch Claw with both hands! Autumn groaned and mewled, her hands brushing weakly at the blonde's buns, alas it all amounted to nothing until Burlingame picked up her pace and Penny popped up to properly greet her guest. Sue stopped when the Last True Believer got to her feet, so Tremblay sank to one knee, grabbed a handful of Autumn's hair and lifted her head off the mat.
“Come to rescue your friend?” she asked. “Or are you here to pile on too?”
Burlingame shook her head 'no', then hopped onto the apron. “I don't accept rides from strangers. Especially not grandstanding little weirdos like... I'm sorry, what was your name again?”
Penny's dark eyes narrowed as a shadow of anger played across her face. “You know damned well who I am, Ace. Unless that mom life's got you so worn out from changing diapers and boiling bottles that you've lost your edge.”
Already buzzing, the crowd worked themselves up to a dull roar when the three time World Champion dipped through the ropes. “Listen close...whoever you are. If Mom Life's taught me one thing, it's how to deal with a crying baby. Sometimes they're hungry, sometimes they just need a nap. You don't look like you miss any meals.... does mama need to put you to bed?”
Tremblay bared her teeth in a vulpine grin, let go of Autumn's noggin and rose to her full height. “Oh, you arrogant old slut, I would LOVE to see you tr--”
Burlingame fired off a Super Kick, Penny dipped it, wheeled around and fired off one of her own just as the veteran turned to find-- Sue caught hold of the blonde's ankle, tossed her leg down and was ready to launch a high knee when Tremblay laid out and rolled under the bottom rope.
Quick to position herself between Autumn and the retreating brat, the Bankable Bombshell spread her arms wide and asked, “Where ya going, baby? Nap time's in here!”
“My terms, bitch.” Penny scoffed in the midst of retreating up the ramp. “We do this on MY terms.”
Sue smirked, clearly unimpressed by the other woman's tone. “Whenever you're ready, little girl. Whatever your terms, whatever your tricks, you'll learn the same thing everyone else already knows. Nothing tops an Ace.”
The lights cut out in the span between heartbeats, darkness descending on the March to War throng before they could even start to jeer. With it came the low hum of a guitar and a repetition of vaguely ecclesiastical ‘oh’s’ that marked the beginning of ‘Walk on Water’.
WALK ON WATER:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA2w-PMKspo
Jeers did their level best to contend with the Orphan of Midnight's anthem, but the words rolled on heedless of the massed disdain, nor was it enough to halt the arrival of ghostly blue lights or a thin bank of dry ice fog. The Ill Omen appeared moments later, rising into view on a mechanical lift hidden within the dark so it looked as though she appeared from thin air. Taking up residence center stage, Penelope Tremblay gazed around the arena for several long seconds before she raised her left hand to her right shoulder and brushed off some invisible dust. Eyes locked on some point beyond the horizon, she repeated the sigil on her left shoulder, then started down the ramp to the squared circle.
PENNY TREMBLAY:
For tonight's battle against most dangerous prey, Tremblay wore a midnight blue two piece consisting of a sports-bra top and strappy briefs, both edged in copper trim. Pads at knee and elbow were matte gray while her boots matched her trunks. Ignoring the startled jeers of the poor lost sheep crowded against the guardrails, Tremblay made her way down the ramp, then hurried up the steel steps, climbed onto the empty corner and sprang from there to the center of the ring, where she dropped to her knees facing the hard camera A detail noted by those with particularly sharp vision, Penny wore copper-colored eye shadow, a sartorial detail that made every blink glint like the coins placed atop the eyes of the dearly departed. Standing after an appropriate stretch of genuflection, Tremblay stood up and turned her attention to the darkened stage. “Here I am, Dragon.” she called into the gloom. “Slay me, if you can.”
Such brazen challenges never went unanswered for long in the FAWN Arena and the Announcer did his part to hurry its acceptance. “And introducing her opponent, hailing from Tokyo Japan, she stands at one point seven meters tall and weighs in at fifty-nine point eight kilograms. She is the Gaijin Extraordinaire, the Joshi Kicking Machine, THIS IS… AUTUMN SAMMAIN!”
Her name served as a harbinger for ‘Clap for the Killers’ which in turn brought Autumn through the curtain shortly thereafter. Slowing to a stop at the top of the ramp, Sammain offered a slight nod to the assembled masses before launching into a lightning-fast array of punches, chops, elbows, knee strikes and finally kicks, all of which made dangerous little ’whicking’ sounds as they cut the air. Settling back to a zen-like stillness when the kata was finished, Sammain raised her left thumb to her throat and drew it across in a slow slash. With that the lights came up and she started toward the ring.
AUTUMN SAMMAIN:
Hands reached for her at every step and though Sammain made no particular effort to avoid their reach, it was clear her eyes were glued to the blonde waiting for her in the center of the squared circle. For tonight's battle she wore a green sports bra and matching bottoms which were only partially obscured by the half-length Joshi style ‘skirt’. This outer layer was a matching green, save for several inky black slashes running from north to south. The rest of her outfit consisted of black knee-pads, matching boots and fingerless green gloves that reached to just below her elbows.
Exploding into a flat out run as she drew closer to her destination, Sammain bypassed the steps in favor of reaching the apron in a single nimble leap. In the next instant she’d leapt to the corner and from there vaulted to a spot near the center of the squared circle. Then and only then did she raise her fist and rend the air with her war cry, a shrill, brutal sound that earned streamers from the FAWNatics from the front row to the upper deck. Lowering her sigil once the storm of black and green trailed off, Autumn maintained her spot at mid-ring to keep a cold eye on Penny Tremblay even as referee Craig Long went through the minutiae of final inspections.
The bell sounded and both ladies came out of their respective corners, not at the full speed stalk of longtime grudge-bearers but with none of the hesitancy of first-time rivals either. Slowing the pace as she closed in on the brunette, Tremblay settled into a loose, rangy sort of grappler's crouch and began to circle Sammain. As for the Dragon of Tokyo, she raised her hands in a martial arts stance and pivoted on her back foot to keep the other woman directly in her sites.
“Some of the suits in the Contracts Department told me you were quite insistent about landing this match.” Sammain said to Tremblay after the blonde had made a full rotation. “Care to tell me--” she was about to say 'why' when Penny dropped low and shot in fast for a Double-Leg Takedown that would've done exactly that if Autumn hadn't thrown her hips backward and cinched an arm around the younger wrestler's head in a Front Facelock! Hands locking in the blink of an eye, she craaaaaaaanked up to turn the Facelock into a Guillotine Choke that brought an immediate flush to Tremblay's cheeks. “As I was trying to say,” Sammain jostled the hold back and forth to put that much more strain on her opponent's neck, “care to tell me why you're so eager for this maHHHRRRGGHH!”
Penelope wrapped her arms around the veteran's waist, then dipped her knees and popped her hips to take Autumn up, over and DOWN onto her back with a gorgeous Northern Lights Suplex! Craig saw the throw connect and swooped in beside the action to count off the...
NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCbgeAAjfbY
ONE...
TWO...
Sammain brought a fist over and down for a hard punch to the blonde's tummy that broke Tremblay's bridge simultaneous with 'TWO!' Drawing both knees up to her chest the instant she was free of the Suplex, Autumn kipped up to boot-leather while Penelope rolled onto her stomach and scrambled upright half a heartbeat behind the Joshi Phenom. Now half a heartbeat wasn't much of a head-start but it proved more than enough for Sammain to pivot on her back foot and load a Super Kick aimed at her ch-- Tremblay snatched the brunette's ankle a few inches shy of impact, yanked it to one side and whipped it back in the opposite direction to twirl Autumn around in a full circle that should've left her exposed for Penny's counterattack but instead provided even more momentum for the Sweep she lashed out at Tremblay's ankNO!
The Last True Believer hopped up and back to avoid getting knocked on her ass. Dark eyes sparkling as the crowd applauded the neck and neck exchange, Penny made a minor adjustment to the waistband of her trunks and murmured, “My apologies for interrupting earlier. You wanted to ask me something?”
Not about to drop her hands against someone as quick as her opponent appeared to be, Sammain murmured, “You wanted this match. Why?”
“To test myself, of course.” Tremblay answered as she resumed circling the Dragon. “I have my heart set on a certain heiress and what better way to gauge my abilities than to battle the woman who has vexed her like no other?”
Autumn had suspected something along those lines so the revelation wasn't a surprise but she certainly didn't like the idea of being viewed as a warm-up for Susannah Burlingame. “I see. And if I kick you into a helpless stupor? What th--”
Penny stepped in and flicked out a hard kick that scraped off Sammain's shin only because the veteran raised her leg to absorb the brunt of the blow. Sammain grimaced and immediately answered with her own kick that Tremblay blocked in identical fashion.
“That's not how this works, Dragon.” Penny said quietly. “I'll answer your questions, but I want a one for one exchanRRRHHH!”
Autumn pounced on the blonde to catch her in a Collar & Elbow Tie-Up forceful enough to back her up several steps! “Ask away, Tremblay.” Sammain challenged even as she pressed the heel of one palm into the shelf of her foe's chin. “Just don't waste my timMMHHRRGGHHH!”
More than happy to roughhouse with the other bendy-back, Penelope slipped a thumb into the corner of Sammain's mouth and pushed out in an agonizing fishhook! “You're the one stalling for time, sweet dragon.” Tremblay snarled as she regained all the ground previously claimed by the veteran. “Now please do be so kind as to SHUT YOUR MOUTH while I'm asking my OOOWWWWW!”
Sticking a thumb (or any other body part for that matter) into a Dragon's mouth was hardly the wisest choice and Autumn made Penelope pay for this lapse by chomping down with furious anger! Penny yowled, yanked her hand away and ate a nasty European Uppercut from Sammain only to immediately rear back and CRACK her brunette across the face with a vicious Bitch Slap! Autumn's ears rang with the weight of Tremblay's shot, but her expression remained utterly neutral when the Angriest Acolyte hissed, “You still owe me an answer, Sammain.”
The Gaijin Extraordinaire worked her jaw to make sure nothing had been knocked out of alignment. Once she was satisfied in that regard, she honed in on Penelope and said, “Ask your question.”
“You had a chance to break Burlingame's arm at 'Mania years ago. More than that, you could've broken her spirit, made her beg in front of the whole world. She was at your mercy, yet you quit instead. Why?”
“I didn't want to be known in the locker room as the chick who broke her opponent's arm when she had the match won.” Sammain replied with a shrug. “And I had the match won, there's no denying that.”
“Record book says otherwise.” Tremblay countered. “It says you're a loser. Worse, a quitter.”
“Record book's just a document, it didn't witness anything. Just like all these people here tonight are going to witness me putting you through hell, Penelope Tremblay.”
“I've been through hell's far worse than any you can imagine, let alone unleash.” the blonde cooed. “But I do hope you'll try. I'm here for the woman that terrorized Juliet Bloodwind, the woman that spit in Anciline de Cyr's eye, the woman who gave Leah Montoya the beating of her career. I'm here for the Dragon of Tokyo and I mean to brave her wrath before I take her head.”
Sammain rolled her shoulders, settled back into her striker's stance. “That didn't sound like a question to me.”
“Because it's not. I'm kicking your ass as a warning to the Ace. Nothing more, nothing leNGH!”
Autumn hopped forward with a Pump Kick aimed for Tremblay's sternum and caught a hastily-raised guard instead. The block was certainly better than nothing but it couldn't prevent the blonde from backpedaling into the strands where Sammain rushed in to pwak-pwak-PWAK a trio of rough Forearm Smashes into her foe's chest. Wedging a shoulder against the same spot she'd just clubbed to ensure Tremblay couldn't slip out of trouble, Autumn snatched hold of a wrist, then stepped back and dropped a shoulder to send her adversary sprinting across the squared circle with an Irish Whip. The Joshi Phenom allowed her a few steps head-start before throwing herself into the strands to ensure she raced down the blonde's back-trail at a good clip. Picking up the pace as Penny began her return trip, Autumn abruptly planted on her left foot and whipped around in a smooth circle just to whip her right leg up at a sharp angle to THWHACK that heel offa her opponent's chin!
SPINNING HEEL KICK @ 00:24
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_XcylBQhSM
Tremblay went down flat on her back while Sammain dropped to her knees, though the latter fought to all fours before the latter could attempt a cover. This didn't bother or even delay the veteran in the slightest, she simply snatched hold of Penny at trunks and tresses to hold her steady for the Kneelift she gouged into opposing ribs. From there she returned to boot-leather, Autumn surveying the situation dispassionately before she kicked her right foot high overhead and brought it THWHUNKING down on the base of Penny's skull! Tremblay crumpled to her stomach with both arms wrapped around her noggin, a position she still occupied when Autumn knelt beside her and shot a Half Nelson.
AXE KICK:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCNPzSPlOz8
“Your plan's not bad, Tremblay.” Sammain admitted after she'd shoveled the blonde onto her back. “In fact, it's only got one flaw.” She hooked the far leg with one hand and pressed the bony ridge of her forearm against Penny's jawline to secure the pin. “You should've picked Burlingame as a warm-up for me.”
Craig Long heard none of this, he was too busy checking Tremblay's shoulders and counting the...
ONE...
TWO...
Penny shoved her away in time with 'TWO!', the Last True Believer far from finished despite Autumn's domineering start. “Actually, I understand why you're targeting Susan instead of me.” Sammain noted even as she filled her hands with the younger wrestler's long hair. “She's always been a showoff. Not only was she a showoff, she had to be the center of attention AND she had to let the whole world know she was the center of attention. Me? I've always preferred to let actions speak louder than words.”
The Dragon tugged her foe into a Front Facelock and slipped her right arm under the blonde's left bicep to secure the Single Underhook. Once that was done she dropped her hips and snapped backward to whip the other bendy-back off her feet with a THWHUMPING Half Hatch Suplex! Sammain somersaulted through the landing to end up seated astride Tremblay's waist but rather than catch her head in another Guillotine she set her palms to Penny's shoulders and pressed down to keep her glued to the canvas through...
HALF HATCH SUPLEX:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFpKVXC_LY
ONE...
TWO...
Penny slipped loose again, though she remained trapped by the mount. Staring a hole through her adversary, Autumn fired a few hard open palmed slaps which were mostly absorbed by the blonde's hasty guard. Knees dug into her foe's flanks, the Gaijin Extraordinaire noted, “Sue won't beat you half as bad as I will, but she'll talk it up twice as much. I'll just pin you and walk away so you can deal with the bruises on your--”
“The hell you will.” Tremblay grunted. “Burlingame's a trash human, but she's still a three time World Champion. You? You're a three time nothing, just a niche flavor for the nerdiest of the wrestling nerdsSSEERRRGGHHH!”
Not about to take that sort of sass from a chick on the bad side of a mount, Sammain caught hold of Tremblay's wrists in both hands so she could yank the blonde's defenses aside long enough to pound half a dozen hammer fists into the center of her forehead! It would've been more if Penelope hadn't wrenched her wrists free but this didn't bother Autumn in the slightest because all that flailing meant Tremblay didn't notice the Dragon scooting up a little higher. Didn't notice Sammain rising onto her knees. Didn't notice the trap being set until the veteran snatched hold of her left wrist in both hands and rolled onto her back, Autumn drawing the blonde's head and left arm between her legs to ensure oxygen became a precious commodity once she'd wedged her right shin into the pit of her left knee and began to squeeeeeeeeeeze.
TRIANGLE CHOKE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=usJdI845HtM
Triangle Choke, Autumn Sammain to Penny Tremblay in the center of the ring.
Focused on maintaining wrist control even as she poured more pressure through her sinewy stems, Autumn hunched forward and muttered, “You aren't ready for anything but a beating and a long soak in the ice bath. If a couple dozen of those don't break your spirit, maybe you'll be ready for Burlingammmeerrrrrrhhhhh!”
Tremblay's scrambling was quite energetic but she couldn't slip free of the Triangle so she did the next best thing and made it extremely painful for Sammain to maintain the hold. Right hand crooked into a spade, she set it against the brunette's flank and dragged it all the way down to her knee like she meant to draw blood. One pass didn't achieve that goal so Penny tried it a second time, then a third and a fourth. There would've been more if Autumn hadn't halved her handhold and bashed away at Penny's head with several more hammer fists! Craig, already close to check on Tremblay's efforts to resist the Triangle, chided Sammain for the rough treatment. “Watch those closed hands, Autumn! Penny, what do you--”
'SHUT UP!' the tangled bendy-back's growled as one.
The ref made a disapproving noise but held his ground as he dropped to one knee. “Know why he's so close?” Autumn grabbed hold of her right ankle and pulled on it to tighten the Triangle instead of drawing the ref's ire with more punches. “He knows your punk-ass is about to submit or lose consciousness and he wants to make sure I don't do any real damage once you're helpGGGRRHHHH—bitch, knock off that girly-girl shit or I'll--”
Tremblay scored her attacker's flank and thigh even harder than before, then grabbed hold of Sammain's waistband (carefully out of Long's view, it should be noted) and powered forward onto her knees which in turn stacked the brunette up on her shoulders for the...
ONE...
TWO...
“NNGGHH!” Autumn straightened her legs and popped her hips, the Joshi Phenom rolling back to her butt to reassert the Triangle Choke stern as ever! “Ask her.” she told Craig of her now red-faced adversary. “Punk's defenseless and she's about to pass ouFAAAAAHHHK!”
Tremblay was certainly feeling woozy, though she was far from defenseless as Sammain found out when she managed to twist her head and chomp down on the brunette's inner thigh! Seasoned though she was, Autumn couldn't just sit there and squeeze while Penny chewed on her so she relinquished the Scissors and planted a foot on the younger wrestler's shoulder to force her away with a rough kick. Scowling as she rubbed at the welts left by her foe's claws and teeth, Sammain hurried to her feet and waited for Penny to do the same before charging across the canvas with an Elbow SmasNO!
The Last True Believer saw her coming and went low, dipping around and behind Autumn with a half Waistlock she used to shove the Dragon toward the ropes. Sammain didn't have enough time or space to turn around so she went into the strands chest-first, not that she hit with enough force to do anything more than bounce her out with a slight wobble in her step. As for Penny, she hit those same ropes going much faster and with her right arm outstretched for what looked like a Clothesline. But instead of simply knocking her rival to the deck Tremblay whipped her right leg forward and swept it back like a scythe to cut Autumn's legs out from underneath, thus ensuring the startled brunette THWHAMMED down hard on the back of her head and shoulders!
RUNNING STO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOAUloDi-Yc
Penny landed on her knees beside the flattened fighter and immediately transitioned into a cover, the Angriest Acolyte crooking her right arm around the back of Sammain's neck while her left arm snaked around the veteran's right leg and drew it up tight. A heartbeat passed and then Craig was beside the action, his arm already coming down to count the...
ONE...
TWO...
Autumn might've been down but she wasn't done, as evidenced by the strong kick-out simultaneous with 'TWO!'
Of course she was still in the clutches of the Angriest Acolyte which meant there were steely fingers plunged into her hair mere heartbeats after that defiant escape. “This feel defenseless to you, bitch?” Tremblay wrenched the brunette's head back and forth even as she hauled her to verticality. “Actually, I don't give a shit. Tell me how THIS feels!” Positioned behind her adversary, Penny released the hair-hold so she could press her palms to the sides of the veteran's skull. In the same instant she crooked her fingers into hooks and goooooouuuuged into Sammain's eyes!
“AAAARRRRHHH BITCH!” Autumn shrieked aloud but rather than paw and scrabble at her attacker's wrists she crooked one arm into a 'V' and slammed that elbow into Tremblay's once, twice, three times! Would've been a lot more than that if the Last True Believer hadn't yanked Autumn backward and THUNKED a Headbutt into the base of her opponent's skull. Sammain stumbled in place without going down which only made it easier for Tremblay to hook on at one shoulder. Spinning the blinded battler around in a half circle, Penny stuck her head beneath Autumn's right arm and circled her own right arm around the other wrestler's waist. A controlling grip on the back of Sammain's right thigh completed Tremblay's preparations and provided more than enough leverage for the Last True Believer to hoist her burden into the air just to deposit her crotch-first atop one posted knee! Autumn went up on tiptoes in the wake of the nauseating maneuver only to find herself hauled completely off her feet! That second ride started the same but had a much different (albeit no less painful) ending because Penelope swung her burden forward and dropped to one knee to THWHUMP the small of her back with a huge Sideslam Backbreaker!
SIDESLAM BACKBREAKER:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAx2brtO6IY
Sammain bounced off and landed flat on the deck, an impact that did her aching spine no favors whatsoever. Her situation didn't improve when Tremblay threw herself down in a miniature Splash so she could hook the far leg for...
ONE...
TWO...
Another kick-out, though this one was markedly less energetic than its predecessor.
“Where's that fire now, Dragon?” Penny growled as she once again filled her hands with the veteran's dark hair. “Don't tell me you're already burning out.”
The Joshi Phenom knew better than to waste her breath on words, instead she focused on softening up the younger woman's midsection with more elbow strikes even as Tremblay hauled her to boot-leather. A few more seconds could've done wonders, alas Tremblay wasn't generous with anything save for scorn and the application of pain. She delivered both courtesy of a rough little Snapmare that dropped the stunned battler on her butt in the center of the ring. Running to the ropes ahead of her prey the instant Sammain touched down, Bad Penny raced back the way she'd came and gave Autumn a literal taste of her kick game by THWHACKING a vile Soccer Kick into her rival's chin!
SOCCER KICK:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_Fsxu3S98
Sammain was knocked flat by the blow, her return to the canvas in no way softened by the wave of sympathetic anguish raised by the FAWNatics. Still wouldn't stay down though, as Penny didn't even have time to drop to her knees before the Gaijin Extraordinaire rolled onto her stomach and clambered to all fours. But Tremblay didn't look angry. Indeed her expression was one approaching elation as she took a few steps back from her prone opposition. “Yeah, that's it. That's what I came to see. Just keep burning, Dragon. Burn as hot as you can.”
On that oddly motivational note she whipped around on her heel and sprinted into the strands on Sammain's right. Another swift return flowed into a beautifully effortless handstand which then gave way to something far uglier when the Angriest Acolyte brought her right knee THUNKING down on the nape of Autumn's neck! Sammain collapsed in a heap and Tremblay was quick to take advantage with a Half Nelson that rolled the brunette onto her back for a domineering...
HANDSTAND KNEE DROP:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGyzdVyNtRI
ONE...
TWO...
THRNOOOO!
Autumn kicked out with a half a second to spare, though the narrowness of her escape caused Penny to regard Craig with a baleful glare that caused the zebra to clear off in a hurry. Placated by that reaction, the willowy blonde helped herself to Sammain's hair so she could lead / drag her over to the ropes. “Stand.” Penny ordered as she pulled that much harder. “Unless you'd prefer to suffer on your knees.”
“Kiss my ass, punKUUGGGHH!”
Autumn's defiance ended with a quick Kneelift to the back of the skull, a blow that left her dully docile while Tremblay hauled her upright and stuffed her torso between the top and middle ropes. Rough grips on the brunette's biceps allowed Penny to straighten Sammain up and hook her arms over the top rope, an arrangement that earned much consternation from the FAWNatics and the official.
“What're you doing, Penny?” Long asked, a dumb question if ever there was one judging by the expression on the blonde's face. “You know you can't tie her up in the ro--” He hopped away when Tremblay drew back a hand as if to strike him, then cringed along with the rest of the audience when she CRACKED a Knife-Edge Chop between the brunette's shoulders instead.
“Are you sure you have the perception required to be a referee?” Penny spoke to Craig, but her attention was on Sammain as she raaaaaaaaaaked her nails down the other wrestler's back. “Because clearly I CAN tie her up in the ropes. Any idiot can see--”
“JUST START THE GODDAMNED COUNT, LONGEERRRRHHHH!” Sammain's good point came to an abrupt, rude, conclusion when Tremblay hooked two fingers of each hand into the corners of her mouth and pulled back like she meant to widen the brunette's smile by several inches!
“Scream.” Penny hissed in the flailing Phenom's ear. “Scream out a warning to that pompous little rich girl.”
Autumn let out a bellow that was far more war cry than shriek even if it was garbled by the Angriest Acolyte's encroaching fingers. This roar earned plenty of support from the crowd and must've brought Craig back to the task at hand (no pun intended) because he barked, “Ok Penny, get her out of the ropes! ONE! TWO! THREE! FO--”
Tremblay abandoned the fishhook so she could gouge Autumn's eyes one more time, thus ensuring the Dragon was partially blind when she peeled the brunette out of the strands and tugged her out into the center of the ring. “Will losing clean here in the middle make it go down easier?” Penelope asked as she slipped her left arm up under Autumn's left bicep so she could secure a Half Nelson. “I thought destroying you in the ropes would at least allow you the comfort of whining 'she cheated!' but if you're a no excuses kind of girl...” The Last True Believer reached around with her right hand, grabbed hold of her foe's left wrist and drew that arm across Sammain's throat at an aggressively sharp angle. “Submit to me.” Tremblay stuffed a few quick Kneelifts into the brunette's butt and lower back to make the Cobra Clutch more painful than it already was. “Submit and you can scramble back to the Madhouse, right back to that comfy trainer's job that lets you dish out all the punishment without taking anHRRGH!”
Sammain slammed a heel down on the blonde's right foot and ground like she meant to make some toe jam of a very different variety! “Yuh... you really think you're gonna talk me into submission?” she was smiling in spite of the obvious strain on her neck. “No wonder you've got such a mad-on for Burlingame. The two of you could be--”
Tremblay wrenched her foot out from under Sammain's heel, then yanked her backward and went down on one knee to THUMP Autumn's spine over her knee with a brutal Backbreaker! Releasing the hold on impact, she shoved the brunette to the deck and flopped down across her chest, Penelope hooking the far leg for a count of...
COBRA CLUTCH BACKBREAKER:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YzdeYVXKpk
ONE...
TWO...
THRNOOOO!
The Gaijin Extraordinaire lifted a shoulder off the canvas, much to Tremblay's disgust. “You mistake my intentions, Dragon.” Penny filled her hands with the brunette's long locks so she could tug her head from side to side even as she scraped her off the mat. “I'm not here to talk you out of anything. I'm here to beat you so badly that your screams will get the attention of that preening fuck-stick. Maybe watching you leave in an ambulance will prove to her I'm not playing around.”
Switching over to a Waistlock before Craig could get lippy about the hair-hold, Penelope gouged her knotted hands into the pit of Autumn's stomach, then dipped her knees and popped her hips to fling Autumn over and back with a violent German SupNO!
Tremblay released the Waistlock in the hopes of adding more impact to the landing but all she really did was give the Joshi Phenom the freedom she needed to somersault into a landing on one knee! Pushing to verticality while the oblivious blonde was still sitting on her butt, Sammain rushed forward and removed her feet from the mat so she could THWHACK them against the base of Penny's skull with a nasty Basement Dropkick!
Unprepared for the blow, Tremblay crumpled to the deck in a stunned heap where she would've stayed for the foreseeable future if Autumn hadn't clamped onto her ears and hauled the woozy bendy-back upright. “You're going to regret the sound of my name in your mouth.” Sammain murmured as she applied a Waistlock of her own. “The question is, will you live long enough to learn from this mistake? I'm not sure you will.”
“Buuuhhh...bitch.” Penny rasped, “You don't have what it takes to make me regret anyHHHHRRRGGHHH!”
The Gaijin Extraordinaire got low and treated Tremblay to a taste of her own medicine, but where the blonde had released her hold at the apex, Autumn held on all the way through to ensure that her foe THWHAMMED down hard on the back of her head and shoulders! Hands still locked when the German Suplex landed, Sammain popped up onto tiptoes to keep Penny glued in place for...
GERMAN SUPLEX:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nQ5jiKia4M
ONE...
TWO...
Tremblay twisted to a slumped seat to break the bridge, though she remained mired in the brunette's Waistlock. Infinitely aware of the Dragon's grinding grasp, Penny crooked an elbow in anticipation of jabbing it into her attacker's ribs only to hiss in disgust when Sammain abandoned the Waistlock in favor of snatching both blonde biceps! A single hard backward tug secured the Double Chickenwing which allowed Autumn to haul the both of 'em upright without any notable hassle from her captive. “Bitch.” Penny huffed. “Get your fucking hands off of--” Sammain dropped her hips and peeled off another bridge, the green-clad battler PLANTING Tremblay shoulders down ass-up with a textbook perfect Tiger Suplex.
TIGER SUPLEX @ 00:44
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvn8bYTWR3Y
No bridge followed though, instead she spun to one knee and rose to her full height with the clearly disheveled Acolyte hanging from her grasp. Switching from the Chickenwing to a Full Nelson in the span between heartbeats, Autumn made sure to force Penny's chin into the top of her own modest decolletage before turning to face the hard camera. “Hey Burlingame,” she called to her longtime rival, “don't say I never did anything for you.” The words were barely out of her mouth when Sammain peeled off her third bridge in little more than a minute, the lithesome brunette once again dumping Penny full force on the back of her head and shoulders. And now she did bridge, all the better to keep Tremblay folded in half while Craig and the rest of the FAWNatics counted off...
DRAGON SUPLEX:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ-FlnUuYck
ONE...
TWO...
THRNOOOO!
Penelope wrenched loose of the Dragon's clutches to finish in an inglorious face-down sprawl that still managed to preserve her participation for at least another three seconds. Autumn didn't seem particularly bothered by Penny walking away from the Suplex parade, rather she looked more contemplative than combative even as she filled her hands with the blonde's hair and scraped her off the deck. Eyes glancing toward a corner on the far side of the squared circle, Sammain switched over to a Wristlock, then took a step back and dropped a shoulder to send Penny on her way with an Irish Whip. Tremblay covered the distance quickly despite the rapidly accumulating punishment, alas she wasn't able to muster any offense unless you count twisting around to take the collision with the buckles back-first.
As for Autumn, she'd already paced to the opposite corner but rather than simply shoot across the ring on a diagonal she chose a looping route that took her along one whole side of ring. Doing so ensured the Joshi Phenom was perfectly aligned with her target when she whipped her right leg up and THWHACKED the sole of her boot across the blonde's arrogant cheek!
YAKUZA KICK:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F477ZVop0KI
The Yakuza Kick would've blown Tremblay off her feet if she wasn't braced against the corner and even that couldn't stop her legs from giving out in the wake wake of the concussive blow. Nodding once as Penelope crumpled to a seat, Autumn slipped the toe of her boot beneath the blonde's chin and tilted her head back to force a semblance of eye contact. “You're looking worn out, tuff girl.” she said without malice. “I don't think you're ready for the Ace. You sure as hell aren't ready for the Dra--”
A loud 'Oooohhhhh!' from the crowd when Bad Penny Tremblay smacked the veteran's boot aside and flipped her off in the same motion. “Say that again before the bell sounds and I'll spit in your fucking face.” she warned Sammain. “I mean it, Dragon. Don't test NNGGHHH!”
Autumn stomped on the blonde's belly, then whipped around on her heel and sprinted to the corner directly to Tremblay's left. Pulling off an about-face faster than seemed humanly possible, Sammain shot back the way she'd came and dropped into a near perfect split to THWHACK her right foot against the welt she'd so recently raised!
FACE WASH:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvHStTMJc7U
The crowd urged Autumn to go for a cover now that she'd washed the sass, taste and (more than likely) a few teeth out of Penny's mouth, but the Gaijin Extraordinaire dragged her opponent up rather than out. Scooping Tremblay up onto one shoulder as soon as she was vertical, Sammain trundled forward and wedged her prey against the buckles so she could nock the blonde's knees around the top rope in a Tree of Woe. “I admire your spirit, but that mouth is going to take years off your career if you're not careful.”
More than happy to teach by example, she reached down, grabbed a big handful of hair and hoisted Penny up so she was hanging almost level with the top rope. A position that was already awkward and unpleasant grew downright untenable when Sammain sidled off to the left and THWHAPPED a heavy kick up into the curve of her rival's back! “ROPES!” Tremblay snarled to the referee even as she soaked two more kicks from the Dragon of Tokyo. “Goddammit you incompetent fucker, get her off me, I'm in the ropesSNGH! NGH! NGH! NGH!”
Sammain's pace, never what anyone would call sluggish, grew downright manic as she smashed kick after kick after kick into the blonde's spine! Much has he didn't appreciate the assessment of his officiating talents, Craig had to admit that Penelope had a point so he cleared his throat and said, “Gotta get her down, Autumn. Do I have to count?”
Autumn paused, glanced in his direction and offered a faint smile. “Yes. Yes you do.”
Long did so without further comment and he wasn't surprised to find the brunette outpacing his count with kicks by a factor of two to one. Releasing her hold on Penny's hair just after 'THREE', Sammain spun on one heel and stomped to the opposite corner while poor kick-drunk Tremblay settled back into the Tree of Woe. “Guuuuhhh...get me down.” she grunted to the zebra. “Get me down before she comes BNNNNGGGHHH!”
Too late.
Sammain returned far faster than she left, the lissome battler taking to the skies from a couple yards out to ensure maximum momentum when she THWHUMPED both heels into Penny's midriff with a massive Dropkick! That nauseating impact delivered the Angriest Acolyte to the deck in a retching heap and now Autumn did show some urgency in how quickly she clamped onto the blonde's ankles and draaaaaaaagged her out into the middle of the ring. Dropping to her knees even as she forced Tremblay's feet over her head, the Joshi Phenom stuffed her shoulders into the pits of her foe's knees and pressed her tummy to Penny's upturned haunches to keep her plastered to the canvas for...
ONE...
TWO...
THRENOOOOOOOOO!
Tremblay pushed off and twisted to one side at the last possible second, much to the disgust of those assembled. Autumn didn't share this sentiment, save for a single appraising look to Craig who answered it with two dutifully raised fingers. That was all the assurance she needed, indeed Sammain's focus was fully devoted to Penny the moment her fingers hooked into the blonde's hair. Dragging the knock-kneed battler to her feet in a series of fits and starts, Autumn stuffed her head beneath Tremblay's right arm while simultaneously slipping her right hand between the other wrestler's thighs for a stern grip on her inner left thigh. No theatrics, signals or warnings from the Joshi Phenom, soon as her hooks were set she tightened down and muscled Penny up onto her shoulder for a skull-crushing deluge of Autumn RaiNOOOO!
Tremblay somersaulted loose of the veteran's grip to land on Autumn's six! Latching onto a shoulder for support, the Last True Believer crooked her other hand into a fist and THUMPED a vile shot into Sammain's left kidney! Autumn's knees buckled and she would've crumpled to the mat if Penny hadn't looped a steadying arm around her waist. Threading her head beneath Sammain's left arm immediately thereafter, she braced her right hand against Autumn's butt and hoisted the brunette onto her shoulder for the Spine TrembarNOOOO!
The Dragon escaped the trap with the same tactic Penny had used against her only moments prior! Tremblay cursed aloud but didn't turn to find her opponent, instead she tore off toward the ropes as fast as her legs could carry her. Behind her Autumn must've had a similar thought because she turned around and hit the strands on the far side of the squared circle. Each woman reached their destination within a whisper of the other and they started back with the other locked in their sights, the bendy-back's near identical statures ensuring they'd draw within reach at the dead center of--THW-THWHACK!
Neither Sammain or Tremblay would care to admit such a truth, but they shared similar mindsets as well as builds, as evidenced by a brutal exchange of Pump Kicks to the jaw! The impact froze them for a moment before nerve endings unlocked and they toppled into gasping, glassy-eyed sprawls. Craig didn't bother to waste breath asking if his charges were ok, he'd seen the way their heads snapped back from those kicks and knew they were anything but. Still, due diligence was always necessary so he stayed close and watched for a good five seconds to see if blonde or brunette would begin to stir. When they did not, he raised a finger to the rafters and called, “ONE... TWO... THREE... FOUR... FIVE... SIX... SEV--”
Penelope sat up with a jerky, broken-robot sort of movement so disquieting that it threw Craig from his tally.
Elsewhere Autumn abruptly rolled onto her stomach and pushed to all fours.
Technically neither of these recoveries was enough to stop the count, but Craig had no doubt both ladies were on their way back to full verticality so he simply stepped clear and let things play out as they may. This proved a sensible decision as only took a few more seconds for blonde and brunette to clamber to boot-leather and barely a whisper beyond that to hone in on her adversa--CRAAACK! Tremblay lashed out with a Bitch Slap that rocked Sammain up on her heels! “Tell her how that feels when she asks, Dragon.” Penny sneered over the 'oooohhhh' of the crowd.
“Tell the rich girl how it felt when I--” Autumn shoved her away, whipped around in a circle and came out the far side with her right arm fully extended to THWHAP a pitiless Uraken offa the blonde's mouth!
URAKEN:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQJuF4I8l4E
Penny swayed in place, stumbled forward and actually collapsed to one knee before hauling herself upright. That show of resilience told Sammain she was little more than a target so she took to her heels en route to the ropes but rather than return by ground the Gaijin Extraordinaire hopped onto the second strand and launched herself at Penny in a gorgeous Springboard Moonsa--THWHACK! The FAWNatics couldn't help themselves, they let out a roar of impressed incredulity when Tremblay pivoted on the spot and hopped forward off her back foot to kiss a perfect Super Kick off Autumn's chin while she was just beyond the apex of the Moonsault!
A THING OF TERRIBLE BEAUTY @ 00:04
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFoqo5Ogtg
Demoted from Dragon to dropped rock in the blink of an eye, Sammain hit the canvas with an awkward thud, but damned if she didn't fight to her feet immediately thereafter! Already on their feet to welcome her, those gathered for March to War voiced a raucous bellow as raised her hands and rounded on-- Penelope leapt, snagged the brunette's noggin in a Three Quarters Facelock and laid out flat on her back to THA-WHAM Sammain's face and chest into the mat with Sue Burlingame's very own Ace Crusher!
ACE CRUSHER:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOO6naUxeTA
The impact bounced Autumn by a few inches, though not enough to flop her onto her back. But that was OK, Penny already had her hands buried in the other woman's hair and was peeling her off the deck. Positioning herself so she was already on Sammain's six when the veteran reached her feet, Tremblay strapped her right arm across Autumn's chest, wedged her head beneath Autumn's left arm and braced her free hand against the sulking curves of Autumn's backside. From there she boosted the Phenom up onto her shoulder, then dropped backward and pulled both knees up tight to her chest so that malicious planning and oblivious gravity conspired to THAWHUMP Sammain's lower back atop the posted joints!
SPINE TREMBLAR:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtTG3CoWdH4
Launched off the blonde's knees like she was spring-loaded in the wake of the Spine Tremblar, Autumn turned over in midair and landed on her face,chest and tummy in a gobsmacked heap. Bad Penny Tremblay was right there beside her, she could've shoveled the brunette onto her back and gone for the pin so the fans were audibly disgusted when she latched onto Sammain's left wrist and ankle instead. Dragging the woozy wrestler around like she was little better than furniture, the Last True Believer some time to find the perfect spot before she dropped Autumn's limbs and stomped on the small of her back as she headed toward the nearest corner.
A single feline leap took Tremblay from the canvas to the top turnbuckle and earned a round of full-throated vitriol from the crowd, they knew all too well what Penny had planned from such a perch. Against lesser opposition she might've taken the time to torment the mass of idiots, but Sammain was too dangerous and the message was too important, so Penny just sank down into a deep crouch and leapt out into the void without so much as a word of warning! Seeming to draw in on herself before she crested the zenith, Tremblay stretched out full length so she was stretched taut as a drum when she brought every bit of her weight THWHAMMING down on Autumn's devastated back!
DYING BREATH:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzsnTKwEFSc
NOW Penny hooked the Half Nelson and rolled the brunette over, but rather than secure a standard pin she earned another round of scornful boos (and send a second undeniable message) by swinging a leg over and then sitting down with every bit of her weight on Sammain's insensate face! Laying claim to the veteran's wrists even as the jeers grew to dangerous levels, Penny forced Autumn's hands down tight against her sides and nodded along with the...
ONE...
TWO...
THREE!
The bell sounded so Tremblay tossed Sammain's hands away, but she didn't get to her feet. In truth the victorious blonde looked to be getting pretty comfortable as the Announcer confirmed, “Ladies and gentlemen, your winner via pin-fall... PENNY TREMBLAY!”
“C'mon, get up!” the Angriest Acolyte snapped down at her flattened, snuffling opposition. “At least push me off, dragon! You're not just gonna sit there and let me--” she reached down with one hand, affixed it between Sammain's thighs and squeezed without mercy! “--own your ass, are you? Aren't you tuff?Aren't you one of the baddest of the--”
“That's enough now Penny, you've proved your point.” Craig said as he returned to raise the winner's hand. “Get off her so you can take your lap and--”
Tremblay bore down a little harder and made a show of grinding her undercarriage along the terrain of Autumn's face. “I'll take my lap right here, thank you very much.” she growled. “So keep your eyes open and your mouth shut, I've got a point to--”
A loud cheer from the throng drew Penny's attention to the stage, where a certain Rainmaker had just stepped into view. Sue Burlingame wasn't dressed for battle but that didn't keep her from striding down the ramp with what could only be described as hostile intent.
SUE BURLINGAME:
This didn't seem to bother Penelope Tremblay in the slightest, indeed she took a moment to spread Sammain's legs into a galling 'V' before she resumed the Crotch Claw with both hands! Autumn groaned and mewled, her hands brushing weakly at the blonde's buns, alas it all amounted to nothing until Burlingame picked up her pace and Penny popped up to properly greet her guest. Sue stopped when the Last True Believer got to her feet, so Tremblay sank to one knee, grabbed a handful of Autumn's hair and lifted her head off the mat.
“Come to rescue your friend?” she asked. “Or are you here to pile on too?”
Burlingame shook her head 'no', then hopped onto the apron. “I don't accept rides from strangers. Especially not grandstanding little weirdos like... I'm sorry, what was your name again?”
Penny's dark eyes narrowed as a shadow of anger played across her face. “You know damned well who I am, Ace. Unless that mom life's got you so worn out from changing diapers and boiling bottles that you've lost your edge.”
Already buzzing, the crowd worked themselves up to a dull roar when the three time World Champion dipped through the ropes. “Listen close...whoever you are. If Mom Life's taught me one thing, it's how to deal with a crying baby. Sometimes they're hungry, sometimes they just need a nap. You don't look like you miss any meals.... does mama need to put you to bed?”
Tremblay bared her teeth in a vulpine grin, let go of Autumn's noggin and rose to her full height. “Oh, you arrogant old slut, I would LOVE to see you tr--”
Burlingame fired off a Super Kick, Penny dipped it, wheeled around and fired off one of her own just as the veteran turned to find-- Sue caught hold of the blonde's ankle, tossed her leg down and was ready to launch a high knee when Tremblay laid out and rolled under the bottom rope.
Quick to position herself between Autumn and the retreating brat, the Bankable Bombshell spread her arms wide and asked, “Where ya going, baby? Nap time's in here!”
“My terms, bitch.” Penny scoffed in the midst of retreating up the ramp. “We do this on MY terms.”
Sue smirked, clearly unimpressed by the other woman's tone. “Whenever you're ready, little girl. Whatever your terms, whatever your tricks, you'll learn the same thing everyone else already knows. Nothing tops an Ace.”