[center][h2]Tournament Aftermath, Planet Earth[/h2][h3]Sunday, July 17th, 2500 [/h3][/center] The assassins were caught off guard when their targets decided to switch things up. The two who were supposed to be holding off Wan were now fending off a surprise attack from Niko, and the four that were going to attack Niko now had to get through Wan to do so. Niko's attack did well to catch his opponent's off guard, but it wasn't ass successful as he would have hoped. They both managed to avoid any direct hits, just as Niko's previous targets did. Again, this was thanks to their research prior to this battle. Meanwhile, Wan had his hands full. The four assassins had to get through his defenses if they wanted to damage Niko. The first two barely managed to slip past him, thanks to the help of the other two. Target still being Niko, they charged to Niko, catching him off guard from behind, still recovering from using his special attack. Unfortunately, they didn't have much energy left, and their attacks didn't do much damage. [hider=Results] Niko takes 14 damage from two assassins that got through Wan's defenses and looses 22 stamina to exhaustion. He has 22 health left and a remaining power level of 46. Wan takes 0 damage from the four assassins trying to get past him and looses 11 stamina to exhaustion. He still has 86 health and a remaining power level of 45.[hr] Assassin #1 takes 0 damage and looses 8 stamina to exhaustion. He has 34 health left and a remaining power level of 19. Assassin #2 takes 17 damage and looses 6 stamina to exhaustion. He has 24 health left and a remaining power level of 25. Assassin #3 takes 0 damage and looses 8 stamina to exhaustion. He has 23 health left and a remaining power level of 21. Assassin #4 takes 0 damage and looses 8 stamina to exhaustion. He has 2 health left and a remaining power level of 19. Assassin #5 takes 18 damage and looses 6 stamina to exhaustion. He has 24 health left and a remaining power level of 22. Assassin #6 takes 0 damage and looses 9 stamina to exhaustion. He has 42 health left and a remaining power level of 22. [/hider] With their targets still alive, the six assassins jumped back one more time. They began circling once more, just as they had before. Only this time, they were moving a lot slower. And just when Wan and Niko thought they would attack, they split off in different directions. Apparently, they decided to end the battle here, with everyone alive, but with Niko's and Wan's quest for information successfully ended.