Downtown Fighting Marathon - 06 by Scoopey

DAZ|Studio • Comics/Cartoons • posted on Nov 09, 2017

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Having just arrived in his Meteor armour, Dwaine had not seen how most of the battle had progressed but worked out pretty quickly that Powerslide was ‘out of his tree’ and needed to be stopped one way or another. With two heroes in trouble, throwing the van had been a slightly desperate move on his part but the ploy had worked because Powerslide was now focussed on him. This could get interesting thought Dwaine as he sized up his opponent Powerslide. Both had armour and though his opponent carried a huge sword, Dwaine felt sure his Meteor armour was far stronger which evened the odds in his opinion. Dwaine moved into attack but instead of acknowledging the challenge. Powerslide seemed content to swinging his sword in a completely haphazard way. It was like watching a kid playing a video game where they have no idea what they are doing so they just keep mashing buttons at random and hope they get lucky. Dwaine knew the guaranteed way to deal with an armoured opponent was to try and get in close and turn it into a physical contest. However there seemed to be no way to get past the whirlwind of metal. “Activate blasters” muttered Dwaine and his armour responded by firing bursts of energy from his wrists. Both shots where deflected, by the swinging sword, an outcome he pretty much guessed would happen. He did not even think the blasts would hurt Powerslide but now that he knew for sure that meant he had no choice but to get in close. Waiting for the right moment Dwaine, made a mad charge in an attempt to sprint past the blade. Rather than heading right at Powerslide he took a slightly wider course in order to allow the armour to build up his running speed. The blade caught him and sent him flying. It caused some minor damage to the exterior and a few bruises on the inside and to his pride but nothing to worry about. This was getting frustrating. Try as he might, it seemed every tactic he could come up with would be thwarted by Powerslide and his random sword swinging Dwaine though was stubborn and would not be outdone. He rethought his options and concluded that since the sword was the problem the logical solution was to take it out of the equation. A direct intercept was out of the question, so he decided that a better option would be an indirect approach to the problem. A distraction perhaps? Certainly if his opponent was not “thinking” tactically then it would probably work. Now with a plan in place Dwaine backed away. Powerslide started to give chase. This was intended and so as soon as Dwaine gained enough of a lead, he grabbed hold of the nearest streetlamp and wrenched it out of the ground. Dwaine pretended he was going to swing his weapon like a club. Powerslide manoeuvred his sword to block the attack. Seeing this Dwaine threw the lamppost up in the air over the top of his swinging sword. The villain tracked the incoming object and stopped briefly. Dwaine did not wait for another moment and made a headlong charge. The goal was to make it inside the sword’s swinging arc. The ruse had worked because when Powerslide next hit him with the sword the momentum was greatly reduced, not that it mattered because a second later he was face to face with the villain. Now up close and personal, Dwaine turned the sword fight into a boxing match. He now got a couple of punches into Powerslide’s upper torso. Dwaine expected to get a punch in the face but no attack came. That’s when he noticed Powerslide hopelessly trying to hold onto his weapon instead of letting it go and defending himself. Capitalising on the tactical error, Dwaine slammed in a couple of quick body blows. He was not looking a gift horse in the mouth. The force staggered Powerslide who presented no counter move. This is ending now, thought Dwaine.