12 Scuffle! (4)

"This is Police Enforcer Relovan." He boomed as he started running towards the Knights.

As he got closer, it became apparent that the two either hadn't heard Relovan or simply disregarded his presence as well as his announcing his presence. This prompted the Enforcer to toss both of the things in his hand into the space between them. Suddenly, and after a rather large explosion, smoke rapidly blanketed them. That certainly got their attention – well, that and Relovan almost immediately bursting out from within the cloud, in midair with his cape fluttering behind him. He flew towards the Knight serving under Vox and before the brute could react, Relovan cupped the back of his head with his empty left hand and forcefully pulled it forward while simultaneously driving his right knee up towards the incoming face. They armoured knee smashed into the unarmoured face with as much force as it could muster. The Enforcer then pulled himself using his left arm and vaulted over his opponent. As he flipped over to face the Knight's back, the moment he landed raised his right arm to his left, pivoted his hips and absolutely smashed the butt of his pistol into the side of the Knight's head as hard as he could – so much so that something of a mini shockwave pulsed out from where they were standing. A hand suddenly reached up and grabbed Relovan's gun, causing the Enforcer's eyes to balk for just a second. He had no time to just stand there looking dazed however as he was hoisted over the Knight's shoulder with such speed and force, that Relovan felt as though he was going to throw up. He quickly corrected himself in the air, aiming his pistol as best he could from memory and firing off a shot. The Stun round zipped past the Knight's head, just missing as it as he managed to dodge. This however resulted in him relinquishing his grip on Relovan's gun and the moment that happened, the sound of something being cuffed onto his large wrist was heard. The Knight threw a punch but missed horribly as the Enforcer disappeared into the smoke. As Relovan tried to move into what would have been the brute's blind spot armed with another shackle, a sudden surge of multiple lightning bolts burst out from beneath the ground just in front of him, now forcing him to leap back. Relovan then turned around, only to be forced to duck as quickly as he could and just barely managing to avoid the blazing palm that flew past him. The residual heat that emanated from the hand actually singed Relovan's hat a touch, however upon realising that it was a left hand that was flying past him, he quickly reached up and attempted to cuff the wrist of said hand. The attempt was just barely successful, however before he could do anything else, a powerful twister ripped through the smoke and hit both Relovan and the brute, resulting in the Enforcer being launched off of his feet and hurtling out of the smoke cloud, twisting this way and that.

"Fuck!" He exclaimed before crashing into a nearby advertising screen which had been outside of the range of the dome.

He grimaced and groaned in pain as he landed on the ground below, appearing to writhe just a tad. He willed himself out of it however by absolutely pounding the ground with his right fist.

"Get up!" He roared to himself, which was exactly what he did, focusing on the cloud and seemingly ignoring the pain.

He absolutely sprinted towards the cloud – which appeared to be dissipating with each passing second, and upon realising that he had lost his gun, Relovan reached down and the utility belt deposited yet another grenade into his left hand.

"Using cowardly tricks like these are more befitting of cowards like you, weakling!" Vox's Knight boomed. "What are these strange cuffs?!"

"What are you even talking about?!" Juxtae's Knight responded. "Did you think I would use my Essence Powers to blast the smoke away, so you could go on about how I'm not qualified to fight in a way you think is only suitable for men, you oaf!"

"BUT THAT'S TRUE!!!" Vox's subordinate absolutely boomed. "NOW REMOVE THESE THINGS!"

As Juxtae's Knight was about to retort, the sound of a flapping cape suddenly caught her attention. She noticed it too late however, as Relovan's gloved hand appeared in front of her and suddenly opened, revealing a bright light that grew ever bright and ever larger as the flashbang exploded. The Knight let out an immense scream and covered her eyes, however it was too late and she was already blinded. The moment her hands came up to cover her eyes, cuffs were shackled onto her wrists, and after pressing something on his belt, the energy tendrils from before snaked out from both pairs of cuffs. Due to the wrists of both Personal Knights being in close proximity to one another, the energy tendrils didn't have to do much work to bring the cuffs together. The two struggled against the might of the cuffs, although Vox's Knight put up more of a fight than his counterpart. Unlike in the previous instance, Relovan didn't shoot the Knights, so the stun effect of the cuffs while still effective, was not as powerful as it had been previously. The lightning clearly showed their locations within the smoke, however the accelerated dwindling of the cloud coupled with the lightning blew the remaining smoke away to reveal the two. Relovan moved to stand between the two. Once he did, he held his right hand out, and after a few moments, his service pistol appeared from somewhere and actually flew into his hand, with Relovan catching it without even looking at it before holstering it and tucking his arms beneath his cape.

"So do I have your attention now?" Relovan asked as they dropped to their knees. "Has my existence finally registered within your respective consciousnesses? In that case, allow me to start from the beginning. I am Police Enforcer Relovan, and you two are under arrest for contravening the…"

As he quoted the Constitution once more, Relovan stood between the two Knights and just eyed them. At the end of essentially reading them their rights, he looked at the Knight serving under Vox.

"You idiots need to decide which it is – should they fight like men, or shouldn't they?" He then looked at the other one, who was still blind. "And you! …eat more roughage."

Relovan shrugged before gingerly reaching up and pressing on the tape beneath his ear.

"This is Relovan. I have arrested two more of these Personal Knights. If one fights intelligently, they can be bested. Anyway, it appears that local Enforcers have evacuated the inhabitants of this planet's city, so that might be one less thing to worry about. Anyway, I shall be proceeding to the Hotel. If anybody gets there before me, call out to me on this frequency, and we will take it from there."

Relovan walked off as he finished speaking, not even glancing back at the two on the ground He searched for and eventually found his bike – which was still in one piece – and opened a compartment hidden beneath the seat. He pulled out a mini First Aid kit, and within there were a series of pain killers and other over-the-counter medication. There was also a bottle of water and a hand towel, and those were actually what Relovan went for; first dousing the towel in some water and wiping the blood from his face and nose, then using some water to wash the blood out from his mouth. Once that was done, he popped a few pills, pulled the bike off of its side and onto its wheels, and with almost no effort, started it and rode off.

The Essence Domes that the Knights produced wreaked absolute havoc on everything in sight, however along with the tremours that they caused, they seemed to have become less frequent. Relovan had to ride with a bit more caution than before, however he still blasted his way towards the Hotel. His head was throbbing quite badly now from where he had been hit, however the Enforcer was able to ignore it by and large thanks to the pain killers. They were also helping him shrug off the after effects of crashing into the advertising screen, however that wasn't quite as bad.

"Why is everything so quiet?" Relovan asked himself as he eyed the map before taking a turn. "No radio contact, no updates, not even an acknowledgment of having heard me."