14 Scuffle! (6)

That left hand had been glowing the entire time and a few moments later, Relovan was forced to relinquish his grip on the gun as it had been heated with the super-hot flames being emitted from the Knight's hand. As this happened, the Knight's right hand came back into the equation with it now being completely enveloped in the hard flames as well. The Personal Knight's right leg had shattered the ice around it and had taken a large step to the side, allowing him to open up his body, bend his arm at the elbow and swipe his hand up from the bottom. His unnaturally long fingers were curved, and despite Relovan's best efforts, he was caught as the flames scorched his uniform from his navel up to his collarbone. He managed to avoid getting hit directly in the face, however his torso felt like it had just been ripped open. The uniform held out as best it could, however it quickly melted away. It didn't burn, it melted, and his skin also suffered something of a nasty burn, however a large portion of the damage was negated by the police uniform. Relovan had no time to react to the pain however, as the Knight thrust his left hand towards him. The left hand was still enveloped in the flames, and Relovan quickly grabbed his cape in both hands and wrapped it around his body as rapidly as he could. The cape instantly hardened and was then hit by the open palm of the Knight. Yet another thing shattered, only this time, it was the hardened cape and Relovan was launched off of his feet and sent careening backwards. His cape had bits that were on fire and smoking, and as he bounced and tumbled along the ground, the fires were gradually extinguished. The Enforcer came to a rather painful looking halt, and he just lay there motionless for a second.

"How interesting you are, Human Policeman." The Personal Knight said with a genuine smile on his face. "Just how extensively have you trained that body of yours to be able to put up this much of a fight? Have you encountered more of my fellows before me? Be a good Human and just lay there quietly; you and I have a few things to disc—"

The wiry Knight was interrupted as a massive swell of water caught his attention. The other Personal Knight, who had seemingly been on the shelf while Relovan engaged with him, was standing there with Water Essence swirling around his fists and forearms. His eyes were glowing bright blue, and he let out a roar as he seemingly drew out more Essence. Water from plants, fountains and even underground burst out from swirled around him. It was quite the sight, and it looked as though he was readying himself to unleash quite the attack.

"Goodness me, would you look at that." The wiry Knight remarked. "You appear to be taking this rather seriously. Unfortunately, you and I will have to put our scuffle on hold while I finish up with the Human Policeman."

"Shut your odious mouth, you freak!" The other Personal Knight retorted. "I've had about enough of your nonsense. I hope you had your fun picking on a Human, because now you're about to get your ass kicked by somebody you shouldn't have given time to prepare!!"

The water swirling around the Knight's body formed into a kind of sea creature, and once the creature had formed above his body, it let a thunderous roar. Vox's Knight looked at the display with complete disinterest and raised his left hand, aiming it in the direction of Juxtae's one.

"Surely, you do not think that you are the only one who is allowed to get serious, do you?"

The instant the question was asked, poles of flame shot out from beneath the ground around Juxtae's Knight. They took the form of a giant bird cage around him, and he quickly recognised what was about to happen.

"Not good!" He boomed as he pulled all the water around him in to form a shield of sorts.

"Crushing Prison." Vox's Knight said in a surprisingly audible whisper.

The cage suddenly constricted, closing in on itself and crushing its victim within its bars. The flames were the same ones that had been used during the fight with Relovan, and they appeared to be attempting to crush the Knight completely.

"Hmph." Vox's Knight scoffed. "Weakling."

The Personal Knight's attention was suddenly caught again, as he noticed signs of life coming from Relovan. The Enforcer stirred, and as he did, Vox's Knight broke out into a massive smile and then started laughing. He even started clapping excitedly and did so for the entire time it took Relovan to get to his feet.

"You really do impress me, Human Policeman! I thought for sure you would have lost consciousness at the very least!"

Relovan stood to his full height as his breathing was heavy and ragged. His entire body was throbbing and felt like it was being burned, but his face did not show this. Instead, the look of wrath in his eyes only grew stronger and the Enforcer took a deep breath before bending his right knee slightly and leaning back slightly. His left leg was extended, and his foot slid across the floor while his right arm bent and raised to form a guard of sorts. His left hand stayed low though, and Relovan assumed a rather obvious fighting stance.

'No gun, that swipe took out my belt, so I have no flashbangs, cape shield is done, and to top it off, I definitely have some fractures. I need to find a way of incapacitating him, and the only way I can do that is by recovering my gun and using the final bullet on him.'

Relovan went over his current state in his head and strategised, all the while staring at the Knight who was still staring and smiling at him. His teeth were pitch black and appeared to be covered in some kind of black, tar like substance.

"Human Policeman, it looks as though you are trying to formulate some king of plan. Perhaps you wish to retrieve your firearm and shoot me again? Your initial attempt at subduing me was wonderfully impressive; realising that you couldn't shoot me from a distance, you closed the gap and stopped me from moving so I couldn't destroy the bullets like I had earlier. You adapted the game plan as new issues arose such as my blowing your grenades away and teasing that I was going to shoot flames so you tried to execute the plan even quicker. Those were all great moves! In fact, you've probably deduced that your best shot lies in the retrieval of this gun." The Knight said this as he raised the gun which was now back in his left hand. "You also have to time this retrieval impeccably otherwise; you lose the opportunity to shoot."

The Knight raised the gun and held it in front of his face. His hand then began to glow brightly as he drew out flames and moments later, the gun began to glow as well. Eventually, the heat was such that the gun began to melt, and Vox's Knight wrapped his fingers around the barrel and squeezed until the entire pistol became deformed and clearly no longer able to function as a pistol. As this happened, the smile on the Knight's face changed to a grin, and he stared at Relovan with unblinking eyes, waiting to see how he would despair or become dejected. Instead, what he saw was Relovan emitting some kind of energy, some kind of aura that was both familiar yet completely alien. Time to contemplate just what it was Relovan was producing was at a premium however as the Enforcer suddenly broke the deadlock and charged, moving towards the Knight at speed. Vox's Personal Knight simply smirked as he raised his right hand and aimed his palm squarely at Relovan. The hard flames from before gathered in the large palm, and a beam of dense flames flew directly at Relovan. As it zipped towards the Enforcer, the ground below showed signs of scorching from the intense heat. Relovan suddenly leapt up without breaking stride. He tucked his upper torso in as he went through the motion of a somersault. As Relovan was halfway through the somersault and the back of his head faced the ground and flames below, he extended his legs as the flip continued. His left leg was extending and moving through the motions a bit faster than his right leg, and as Relovan completed the arc and the somersault, he had completely closed the gap between himself and the Knight, and within the blink of an eye, the heel of his left foot absolutely smashed into the back of the Knight's head, before his right heel did the same. There was an immense weight behind the blows which had not been present before, and the Knight actually reacted – staggering just a bit and bending over from the waist down.