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[i][url=https://youtu.be/28w4S2XWJcg]The snake tilted its head. [/url] A low purr came between its jagged teeth, its ear-wings pricked at the static amidst the downpour. Temujin extended both his blades. He slinked out of the shadows, his armour wet and glossy from the water, his jet black eyes staring down the serpent for their final confrontation.[/i]

[i]Smoke coiled from the sides of the snake’s maw. A red glow pierced through the scales, building in its throat. It opened its mouth…[/i]

An explosion of white vapor hit the monster in the face. In an instant the ninja and snake were covered by a hissing cloud. The hiss cut off - with a solid thud, something cylindrical and red dropped from the sky and rolled past Temujin. A rush of air followed after it. Tendrils of smoke cut through by a flaring pink jacket.

Umbri’s red eyes pierced through the smoke. She moved to grip something in two hands. She launched herself in two steps and swung.

The snake reared back with a screech. Dark smoke escaped through the gash Umbri had slashed through its cheek. Its thrashing parted the white clouds. Umbri stood beneath it holding the fire axe. She hadn’t changed. The only thing different about her were the bandages wrapped around her left ankle, which she stood on, in her clear heels, without folding. She switched the axe to her left hand and shot her right up.

It was wrapped in the same sports tape as her ankle. Talcum powder dusted her palms.

The calculating was over, the plan was in action, pure adrenaline and no thoughts rushed her head as she shouted, [i]commanded,[/i]

[color=#A4303F][b]“TEM!”[/b][/color]

Temujin flew past the snake and over the rafters. He shot the wire from his palm, landed on the side of the beam, and pulled - with Umbri clutching the end of the cable. He stepped back, further and further, atop the beam, towards the edge, and jumped. She flew up spinning, her pink jacket flaring out like a dancer’s skirt. The momentum of his dive yanked Umbri higher and faster than before, in time and out of reach of the snake's snapping jaws, until she stopped, dangling from stretched wire… with Temujin ahead of her, their positions balanced between the serpent like weights on a scale.

With the wire in one hand and a blade above the other, Temujin swung. Green light staked behind the ear-wing and scorched a glowing scar into the skin. The serpent's tail lashed out - but Temujin was already on the other side, swinging past its head, sparks cast from his palm as he stretched the cable to its limit.

Umbri’s heels skipped across the wall. Her eyes tracked the deadly tail as she ran. She almost slipped as she lost momentum but launched herself off, bringing her legs up over her head, putting her entire weight into the swing. The axe swung at the back of the beast’s head, this time harmlessly bouncing off the scales. She danced through the air past its retaliation, every movement designed to keep this pendulum swinging. [color=#A4303F][b]“Pin it!”[/b][/color] She shouted.

Temujin grunted. He did not savour taking orders. Words and lines flashed in his vision whilst he took in their surroundings. As he reached the apex of his swing, the cyber ninja slashed a beam above him - twice -, planted his feet against a nearby wall, stabbed the length of metal, and wire-slung right back into the fray with a mighty kick, ripping a chunk of the beam in the process. The new weight had Umbri jerking back with a stomach-dropping severity and flying up. Wind rushed past Temujin at near-blinding speeds. He flew over the fins, jumped over the curve of black coils, and - with his eyes on the target - chucked the steel beam as a javelin. The rectangular slab spun through the air, between its coils, arcing high until-

A clean hit. Metal lanced into flesh and pinned the tail against concrete. The serpent’s rattling wail drowned Temujin’s vision in static and sent Umbri’s ears ringing. She let go of the wire. It whipped out of her grasp over the rafters and dropped after a falling Temujin. Her hand slammed onto the beam in its place.

[color=DC091C][b]“!” [/b][/color]The ninja flailed, dropping twelve feet back-first onto the ground. His wire slithered through the air, snapped back inside his palm and tucked beneath a clenched fist. He looked up. She’d pulled herself up to crawl along the rafters. It was all on her now. [color=#A4303F][b][i]“Go for him,”[/i][/b][/color] she whispered. Watching the thresher twist, its head turning to the fallen ninja. [color=#A4303F][b][i]“Go. Go get him.”[/i][/b][/color]

Temujin rolled to a knee. He ignited one arm blade, with a glow and hum that the serpent associated with its quarry. He rolled, dived, and struck, lobbing scrap and detritus to agitate the beast, with a veil of aggression over evasive actions.

With a gasp she fell.

Both hands grasped the axe as she twisted through the air. Heels found purchase on scales and skidded down to ground safely. With legs far apart, she hauled the axe up.

Glowing blood splattered her face as the weapon crunched down. Then a second time. With a third frenzied swing the stinger finally separated. Her hand plunged down to seize the prize and thrust it above her head.