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It was another one of these mornings where Sully felt she had the right amount of energy to do some shit today with Pandora. She woke up, and got dressed in her normal black and red hoodie, black pants, and boots. She entered the dining room and was greeted by the sight of her mother, Cynthia, preparing breakfast and having hugs and kisses from her.
Sully took a seat and saw her father, Krimson, walking in and rubbing his eyes. He looked tired, an unusual sight knowing how energetic and sometimes hot-headed he could be. Cynthia met her husband with hugs and kisses to help wake him up. A nice sight to start the morning.
After a delicious meal, Sully headed straight toward the forest area with her big black bag. As she got in, she immediately started searching for a pack of Grimm in the area. It took like 10 minutes for the Tomboy to find her targets. She lifted her black bag and smacked its side for it to suddenly shift into what seemed like a rocket launcher.
She pulled down the red goggles and sent the rocket right toward the small pack of Grimm. Poor Grimm, before they could turn to see the rocket, they got blasted for it, turning them into ashes right away.
Sully smiled lightly as she stepped forward and looked for more Grimm to blast but those evil creatures were sweet enough to bring themselves to the red-haired girl. Sully turned to what seemed like more Beowulves that wanted to avenge their fallen friends, baring their teeth and raising their claws to cut her. Sully had a rocket launcher and she used that to send another rocket to try blasting them off again.
Unfortunately, most of them jumped away to dodge the rocket except one that was simply sent flying away for a few seconds before exploding onto some Grimm that were behind.
“There are a few more Grimm than usual today.” She commented as she watched a Beowulf trying to tackle her. A quick reaction from Sully using her weapon to stop the Grimm and send it toward its friend and away. Sully turned to the growling sound from behind her ducked beneath the claw slash and countered it with a kick to the chest followed by a rocket toward Beowulf and its friends. It was successful.
To spice things up, Sully split her rocket launcher into two and did what she liked, blasting the Grimm off the face of Remnant. As she did that, she would turn toward another Grimm who tried to attack her from behind. The Beowulf opened its mouth, ready to bite a limb off her body….before it found itself getting hit by a flying Grimm.
Sully blinked for a moment and looked at the source of the flying Grimm to see a man with prosthetic limbs fighting off the Grimm ever so casually. For the next few moments, it was just silent. Both looked at each other, analyzing their looks before Sully crushed Beowulf's head with the dual rocket launchers.
The silence was still present in this small staring contest until the black-haired dude finally spoke up.
“You’re strong. How about we do a small duel?”
And with these words came the next big thing for Sully Reigns.
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“Excuse me…what?” She was confused by that question.
“You heard me right. I just saw you using that sick weapon and having little fun with those so I'm sure you're a good opponent.” He replied, placing his hands on his hips and confidently about his request.
“...Dude…I don't know who the hell are you.” She combined Pandora back to normal. “But I have other things in life. Don't hurt yourself by fighting me or some random Mafia boss.”
“Oh come on! Have some, will ya? I just landed here after a long trip from Atlas and can't help but ask for a warm-up.” He stated, simply trying to convince the red-haired woman to fight. “Also the name is Otto Voron. So at least you will save that name inside your memory.”
Sully rolled her eyes and turned around to start walking away…until she had an idea. “Then try to defeat me, Mr. Otto ‘I challenge people with cool weapons’ Voron.”
Otto grinned and rushed forward. He didn't care about the sarcasm in the girl's tone. He wanted to see what she could do. As he closed the distance, he jumped up and went for a foot dive to her back.
“My name is Sully Reigns…”
Suddenly, Sully simply turned to him faster than he could react. “And I will make you remember it.” Her red eyes gave a little glow.
Anime-esque type of serious glow.
Perhaps Otto chose badly. And badly it was as she raised her forearm and delivered a Clothesline while avoiding the kick. Otto didn't expect the amount of force she gave to that simple clothesline. He felt all of the breath in his chest gone before he was sent tumbling toward a tree back-first and upside down.
“Ow.” He groaned lightly and returned to his feet and dusted off his shirt. “Guess I will give some ef-
He was interrupted by a fist landing on his chest to send him back toward the same tree. With Otto knocked to the tree, Sully followed it up with a flurry of punches quick enough to prevent him from using any attack or counter against her through the pummeling. She then grabbed him by the face before throwing him onto the ground.
“What? Never had someone surprising you?” She mocked him with an arm on her waist.
Otto coughed lightly and got back to his feet. He began running around and pulled small rocks, flicking them to Sully's face. The Tomboy felt the rocks land and be annoying but not much effect was done as she simply charged forward to try and grab the man.
Otto grinned as he bent his back from her grab, using his flexible legs to bend to difficult degrees before he smacked his hands on his thighs. Sully didn't expect to see the attack that was coming to her as she was hit by a double shotgun blast right to her.
That guy had shotgun knees. Smart.
Otto used this opportunity to try and hit her with a fiery of kicks but Sully was fast enough to regain her footing. She sidestepped his first strike, countering with a swift kick aimed at Otto's legs. Otto managed to evade her attack with a nimble backflip, showcasing his agility.
Sully's eyes narrowed as she continued to analyze Otto's movements. She held her rocket launcher for a moment, waiting for the right moment to attack and spice things up.
To spice things up on his side, Otto turned his hands into blade mode and charged forward like a Beyblade. Sully knew she would have a hard time keeping up with his coming attacks so she activated Pandora’s shield mode. Amid its transformation, Otto closed the distance to try getting a hit on the red-haired girl but the shield was wide enough to block the attacks.
Not only that, but she gracefully shifted her position to use the shield in a way to lift him and slam him so hard on the other side. The mad lad didn't expect the sudden move from Sully and how swiftly things turned upside down as he was slammed so hard with the heavy shield, causing a ground pile perfectly shaped of his body.
Do you think that was it? Nope!
Sully lifted her shield off Otto a few centimeters apart before stomping her heavy shield on him just as hard as she slammed him, causing the ground to cracked. The black-haired dude didn't expect it at all, funnily enough from an unexpected guy himself sometimes.
He didn't expect how fucking heavy that shield with it on his body and he certainly didn't expect her to suddenly remove it and simply kick him so hard it caused him to spin like a big wood before getting stopped by a tree.
The same tree as well.
Otto coughed in pain and got back on his feet. “I will admit, you're much stronger than what you look but sheesh, that's a little too much, don't you think?.”
“You asked for it. Now you got it!” She exclaimed and charged forward for a big shield bash.
Otto immediately rolled out of the way, letting the red-haired opponent hit the tree instead, causing half of it to fall.
The distance between them was small enough for him to begin paying back some of the hits received, starting with a dropkick to the face that essentially separated her from Pandora.
Otto's grin widened, knowing that this would be more than enough to showcase his strengths. He began using a combination of Taekwondo kicks and some Muay Thai kicks into the mix.
Sully struggled to keep up with it. She wasn't an expert in dealing with either style so she was simply outmatched but that wasn't going to let her lose. Sully remained composed, waiting patiently for an opening to try defeating him. And her patience was rewarded as Otto decided to end his kick with a powerful jump kick to her face.
Sully just took the hit. A powerful kick for sure but she kept her foot on the ground as it landed. With a swift motion, Sully grabbed his leg with her left hand while her red eyes stared at Otto's heterochromatic eyes before she proceeded to turn around and slam him down on his back very hard.
Seizing the opportunity, Sully pinned him down and grabbed Otto's right prosthetic hand before she began smacking Otto's face mercilessly.
With his hand.
“Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself! STOP HITTING YOURSELF!” Sully took the sentence way too literally as she barraged her opponent without any hesitation or sign of stopping. The black-haired male tried his best to fight back or at least not get hit but his opponent wasn't letting him have any chance to breathe.
It was simply way too much than most things he ever faced before.
“Okay! Okay! I yield! I yield!” He tapped out. Sully stopped and panted lightly before getting up and dropping Otto's hand down
“What an idiot.” She muttered and went to get Pandora.
As Otto lay on the ground, catching his breath, he began running through his memories and thoughts. He realized how lucky he was compared to the much easier people he dealt with in Mantle. He couldn't recall a moment where he got his ass handed to him like that but he did.
He sat up to see Sully grabbing Pandora, turning it into its bag mode, and placing it on her back before turning to him. She was a little annoyed but it quickly turned into a stoic and chill look.
“Get up.” She demanded as she walked toward him. Otto simply did what she wanted while placing his hand back in its place. “You said you're from Atlas, right? Do you have a place to live or you will just sit in nature?”
“The latter. I will try to find a good way to get money and rent an apartment until I decide where I could go next.” Otto replied with his cheerful spirit that remained unbroken even after the beating.
“No need to. Follow me to my house.” She gestured to him to follow her as she began walking. “You might be stupid but I can see that you have good intentions and I'm not that heartless to leave you bruised.”
Otto blinked for a moment, surprised by her sudden generosity to him after what happened. He didn't know if he was lucky or knocked out from the beating he had and now he is in a dream but he decided to follow her.
At least that's better than being left in the open to the Grimm.
“Sully, wasn't it?” He was now behind her. “Thanks for the generosity.”
“Don't have your hopes too high.” She replied with the same tone.
There's that at least.
From running away from Mantle and a continent of Snow to getting beaten by a strong woman in a warmer continent. He didn't know what to expect next. Some form of scientists doing crazy shit? Secret underground group? Who knows what the future will hold?