05. bang bang

[worthy]

violinist • insomniac • paper aeroplane • dandelion seed • feather • she sings • a stolen ring • fairytale gone wrong • cliche • ribbon • cadence • 3:28am • icarus • hallucination • letters to the moon • silhouette • breathless • start running • astronomer • comet in a bottle • reincarnation • mirage • filigree • everyone was dancing but me • nameless • exhale • fortuna major • vices and virtues • gunpowder and gunshots • china teacups • pinkie promises • chrysalis • piercing • north star • kerosene • dark horse • vanilla • the cat meowed • blink • text message • smirking • firefly • daisy chain • doe eyes • "where are you?" • typo • no shoes in the rain • heterochromia • swallowing silver spoons • a spoonful of sugar • mistaken identity • twisted ankle • touching the clouds • i told you so • lump in the throat • shoulders • sunburn • ambulance • talking nonsense • perfect • bare branches • pale • everyone found out • not enough • i owe you • she won't say it • russian roulette • dried flowers • actress • tattered notebook • smell the roses • justice • all that glitters • the cat and the king • grudge • apathy • all dolled up • decadence • blush • too easy • healing • then, i changed • write to me • caffeine • rumpled sheets • close your eyes • message in a bottle • morphine • fahrenheit • fighter • i lit a candle for you • after all this time • newspaper • pendulum • soundproof • skeletons in the closet • nightingale • arms crossed • prologue • epilogue • bully • i dare you • arms outstretched • woken up early • we're all made of stardust • dancers • hero • blurry • aftermath • even you • whatever you want to believe • a dance with the devil • roses are red violets are blue • lantern • they kept their promises • live fast and die young • interlaced fingers • i wish i tried harder • don't blink • envelope • congratulations • just look down • wayward • when you say nothing • as you wish • runs in the family • fight like a girl • the bright side • skyscraper • sunshine • bye, beautiful • don't mess with me • fire at will • fire and water • peek-a-boo • don't die before i do • wanderlust

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[sizzles]

[ Yang bristles when she raises her arm to block, only to have its rigidity turned back on her. Every sense is under siege, every nerve blazing with the will to end this. To destroy it, put it in the ground, wipe it from memory so she can move past it. That is her idea of a path forward. Grunting, she anchors herself, intending to exert enough force to break the stalemate, to grind it down to dust. When nothing comes but the thunderous tremor of her own muscle as her grip starts to give, her eyes flash upwards, pupils pinning beneath the eerie glow that faces her. That split second is all it takes for his movement to uproot her, leaving her wide open.

His hit should produce more than it does. Yang feels her Semblance surge through her, but it's too late. Her Semblance flares as her Aura wanes, and all it leaves behind is a destructive ripple. Everything she's got fizzles out in a violent plume of color, her hair's glow dying out, steam pouring from her clenched limb as it reverts without the power necessary to maintain it.

Yang sinks to her knees in the rubble, breathing hard, flame extinguished. A flicker up show that her eyes have dulled to their pale purple color, though anger still creases them and darkens her brow. ]

Fine, show's over. [ Her knuckles touch the ground before her, between her knees. ] You've got your shot, so just take it already!

[ Granted, that's mostly talk. Her body is still wired to defend itself. She just has to muster up the strength... ]

[ryujin_no_ken]

[Or perhaps he hasn't. His final blow breaks through the defenses of her Aura, leaving it falling to pieces around her in a violent burst of energy and light. The cyborg shifts his stance when his foot comes back down. Low and poised, left hand stretched toward her while his right brings his blade back, point aimed at her and ready to deliver the final killing strike.

A strike that doesn't come. Her words echo off the broken streets and are met with an eerie silence and stillness from her opponent. With her fire out the only light besides the broken moon above their heads is the one that comes from him, casting everything in a ghostly green glow.

Finally, he moves, but not to strike. He straightens with an easy, fluid movement and sheathes the short blade across his back, sliding it into place with a light click.]

No. I did not come here to take your life, Yang Xiao Long. [He steps forward and stretches a hand out to her, whirring with the soft sounds of gears and servos.] Forgive me for attacking you. I did not think you would listen to what I have to say otherwise.

[sizzles]

[ Even with her Aura dulled to a chaotic whisper within her, her own energy is electric in her veins as she waits. Left virtually alone with just her own challenge to accompany her towards whatever will happen next. Not death, she thinks. Never that, not yet, no matter what. Just those short seconds seem impossibly long as her thoughts heave through her options, until — click. The noise of mercy is so loud in her ears that it actually physically jolts her.

Yang's eyes flicker upward, eyebrows raising in surprise, anger momentarily sucked away. It's the most honest reaction she's had yet to any of this as she searches the glow of his visor for answers. What she finds is an extended hand. Probably not human, and yet...

She huffs a rusty laugh, reaching up to rake her knuckles across her lips before anything. Everything tastes sharp and metallic. ]

That's sure a funny way of saying, hey, listen up...

[ Yang seems close to leaning forward on her knees, like a beast having to be coaxed out.

She doesn't take his hand just yet. ]

So I'm guessing it's pretty important, huh.