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Post by Faith on Jun 19, 2006 11:43:22 GMT -5
She braced herself for his attack.
"Sorry, old habits die hard." She had to agree, that was a cheap shot.
His swift parrying forced her back onto the stairs, and as their blades locked again, he moved over her, pressing his weight down on top. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her coffee cup sat on a step, steam rising from it. She bent her leg, bringing her foot up between the two of them, and pushed him off her. Springing back up, Faith put her empty hand up, her forefinger pointing upwards guesturing for Angel to pause. Which he did, in mid strike. His sword arm raised above his head.
Silently, Faith turned back to the steps, picked up her coffee and took a few sips. She placed it back down on the step and casually returned to the exact stance she had been in before she put Angel on pause.
"Right then, where were we?"
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Post by Angel on Jun 19, 2006 13:40:03 GMT -5
He nodded and lowered his sword, he threw it down and grabbed the combat knives from the wall "Come on, been a while since I've had agood knife fight" he threw it to Faith and raised his own knife next to his head, he held the blade downward and beckoned to the slayer "Come on"
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Post by Faith on Jun 19, 2006 16:26:55 GMT -5
"Come on, been a while since I've had agood knife fight"
"Ha ha, now we're talking." She beamed. Knives were her favourite. She tossed aside her sword and held her knife so the blade was parallel with her forearm.
"Come on"
"Ooo... so eager for more holes in your clothes." She teased. They both struck out at the same time, the knives clashing over and over. Angel swung high and Faith had to duck under it, spinning sideways, cutting a nice long gash across his vest.
"See I told you."
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Post by Angel on Jun 19, 2006 16:32:35 GMT -5
Looking down he was impressed and nodded "Nice" he stabbed toward Faith and cut up before the blade connected with her stomach, it lightly grazed her cheek and he span the blade in his hand "Well, this is getting interesting"
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Post by Faith on Jun 19, 2006 16:43:22 GMT -5
"Well, this is getting interesting"
"Yeah, " she said, their blades sparking off each other, "you're doing okay with just the one hand." She ran at him once more, but at the last second dropped to her knees and slid behind him, spanking him with the flat edge of the knife.
"But can you clap?"
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Post by Angel on Jun 19, 2006 16:53:52 GMT -5
Shrugging turned to face her, his blade raised, he attacked her witha flurry of quick stabs, each of them blocked, he hadn't figured she'd be so quick. He frowned, there had to be some way of tagging her, then he just ran forward and thrust his knife forward, it grazed her shoulder and he ended up leaving himself open.
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Post by Faith on Jun 19, 2006 17:30:46 GMT -5
Everything became a blur of action as Faith countered Angel's blows. Her brain was thinking three moves ahead and she almost went into autopilot, repeating moves she had done over and over again in the dark of her prison. As he lunged at her, she quickly tossed the blade from her right to her left hand. Her right hand grabbed Angel's wrist as he followed through his move, deflecting his knife. She spun into him, her back to his face, swinging low and back with her left hand. She almost realised too late that she was about to stab him in the kidney.
She felt the tip of the knife sink into his flesh an inch or two before she stopped herself. Angel let out a small cry of pain. She turned to face him, seeing the blood on the end of the blade.
"Oh god!" She looked at him in horror.
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Post by Angel on Jun 19, 2006 17:33:34 GMT -5
Getting to his feet, he looked down at the wound "Damn, should have thought that last move through a little better" he touched it and winced, he looked at the bloodon his hands and looked up at Faith smiling, his smile soon faded when he saw the look in her eyes "Faith, it's okay" he pointed to the bloody spot on his vest "Just a flesh wound, not exactly a stake through the heart"
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Post by Faith on Jun 19, 2006 17:42:53 GMT -5
"Faith, it's okay"
She looked up from the knife to the wound, then to Angel's eyes. What the hell was I thinking? Can't I control myself?
"Just a flesh wound, not exactly a stake through the heart"
"Oh god, I'm sorry." She put her hand gently over where she had stabbed him. "I...I..." she couldn't get the words out.
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Post by Angel on Jun 19, 2006 17:45:37 GMT -5
Shaking his head he took her hand "Hey, don't worry about, you just got a little excited, it'shappened before" he smiled and rubed his jaw "I think we're done for today" he started walking to the stairs "Come on, let's get cleaned up"
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Post by Faith on Jun 19, 2006 17:54:11 GMT -5
"I think we're done for today"
She tried a half hearted smile and nodded in agreement.
"Yeah...I think it's probably a good idea." She followed him back up to the lobby, leaving the knife behind. If we'd have kept going I might have killed you again, she thought.
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