His entire body was on fire. Every one of Alex’s muscles seized up at once and he ground his teeth against the pain, letting out a low growl as he forced his body to move. He leapt away from the downed Saiyan, landing far enough away that he might possibly be able to react to an incoming attack. The ‘Overdrive’ technique might have been effective, letting him damage even an opponent as powerful as this with a single attack, but the cost of using it made it incredibly dangerous to use in practise; so dangerous that his master had told him never to use it against an opponent stronger than Alex was.

Not on the threat of any punishment or anything, just that he’d be an idiot to take such a huge risk against someone so strong.

It seemed to have been worth the gamble, but if the Saiyan managed to recover and launch a counter attack now then Alex had zero chance of avoiding it or trying to fight back; until the after effects subsided he was helpless. Luckily, Sam was there to finish the job with his own special move. When energy began swirling around the other man and his fist began to glow Alex had a pretty good idea what he was going to do. When Sam began counting down Alex was certain.

He’d seen Sam use this technique in a couple of tournaments. He’d even been on the receiving end of it once and that was not a fun experience. Already injured as he was the Saiyan had no hope of defending against the rapid fire barrage of punches, if he even thought it was necessary to do so. He could imagine the warrior’s confusion as he felt each punch land, each carrying barely enough force to be felt at all; unless you’d seen the technique before you wouldn’t know what to expect and even then it didn’t really prepare you for what it felt like to be hit by it. By the time you realised what was going on it was far too late to reverse the fact that all the punches had already landed.

Sam ended the count down, calling out the name of his technique, and that should have been the end of the fight. At the same time however Sam fell backwards away from the Saiyan, face slack and eyes lifeless, to crash onto his back before his opponent.

[color=aba000]“What happened? Did he use too much strength?”[/color] Flaring his ki Alex found that he could move again, the pain of his technique having faded for the most part, and he jumped back towards the pair to land next to Sam. Lifting his eyes from the still body, Alex scanned the area until his gaze landed on the old man who ran the dojo here; he’d only met the other master once or twice but he knew from his own masters griping that the old guy always seemed to have a few Senzu beans on hand to help with his students recovery. [color=aba000]“Hey old man, get a Senzu bean quick!”[/color]

[@CaptainSully][@Weird Tales]