Queen of the Mountain Match

Risako's attention was still switching between Mimi and Laura, and quickly saw Laura running for the top of the hill. At the same time, Mimi came rushing at her, no doubt fancying that she had a score to settle. Giving an irritated "Tch," Risako said under her breath, spinning to meet Risako...just as she smaller girl swung around behind her, wrapping her arms around her waist.

"My my, you're eager today, Mimi-chan," she said with a grin, knowing precisely what Mimi was going to try next. She would instantly hammer an elbow back into Mimi's face, before dropping low, aiming to grab Mimi by the hair and execute a simple but effective flip to the mat! As much as Mimi was the biggest threat right now, she also wanted to deal with Laura before it was too late...

Eka's long legs churned, and her hair whipped in the wind. She had used all of her might to bring Artemis down, and with great success. Her old wrestling coach had always taught her that size was not nearly as important as knowing where and how to hit someone, and never had that been more true than it was right here. The Georgian girl had bowled Artemis over, and quickly tried to get up. She recognized that Artemis was getting up too, and was forced to make a very quick decision.

In her estimation, Artemis was going to be the most serious and the most consistent threat. But there were more wrestlers there than just Artemis, and Eka would have to make sure that she was the only one in the ring when the time finally came. Two other women were now tangled up with each other, but Eka could not be sure that one of them would rise and be able to stop this woman from getting to the top of the hill.

So Eka turned, and raced after Laura. She did not worry about exposing her back to the woman who she had just taken down, but she could not really put a finger on why. Her only concern was winning, and in her youthful naivete, wanted to bring Laura right back down the hill where the rest of them were. Eka tore after her, showing her youth, vitality, and burning desire to win.

Welp. This was just fucking brilliant.

Artemis pictured herself being the first one to make it to the top. Sure, she had a lot of muscle to carry, but her frame was balanced. She had the legs and core to carry her the whole way. Someone like Laura looked a bit more top-heavy, more suited for a stationary game like discus than cross-country. The rest looked pretty slim, but she could deal with them on the way to the top if they really became an issue.

Not this time. Eka was two steps ahead of her and gave herself the head start she needed. Well, the muscular blonde wasn’t just going to take this lying down. Of course, she wasn’t going to reach the ring first. That much was clear. The adrenaline from getting knocked down would only take her so far, and it looked like one of the Angels was ready to make a break for it, and Ms. Olympics had made some decent headway. And Eka...

...god damn this chick was fast. She tore her way up that hill as if she knew it like the back of her hand. Not one misstep, not one stumble, not one foot off balance. If they had all gone at the same time, there was no doubt in the former actress’s mind that Eka would have been the first to reach the summit.

Well, Artemis sure as hell wasn’t going to be the last. She stood up as quickly as she could and hurried up the hill with only a passing glance at the warring Angels to her right. Whatever scrum they were working out was between them. As big as a danger they may have been, she’d just have to cross that bridge when she came to it. For now, her sights were set on the ring and the ring alone.

Hell, maybe she could send one or two tumbling down on the way up.

Laura was a terrible runner. She had tried track in high school, hated it, quit it, and now she regretted it because that sort of training would have come in handy right now. Instead, despite her head start, Eka was coming up on her tail with some speed. The former medalist knew she'd never reach the top without her opponent catching up to her. So the iron woman did what she should've tried from the start...a full out assault.

Turning around suddenly, Laura would look down at her oncoming opponent, and run at her. There was no way she'd be stopping if she started to run down the hill...but stopping wasn't in the plan. Instead, when she closed in on Eka, Laura would jump up and try to preform a cross body on the woman as she flew down the hill!

Such a move wouldn't have been as effective for her inside of a ring, but with the momentum she had thanks to the hill, and the angle her foe was running up, the former medalist just knew she'd be able to floor anyone in her way. Laura would also probably be rolling straight down to the bottom of the hill, but if she took out one woman, and possibly another depending on where Artemis was during all of this, the former olympian thought it'd be worth all of the trouble! (And all of the dizziness for that matter...)

Mimi knew that her biggest threat in this match was Risako! Her long time arch-rival was someone who Mimi had always had a difficult time with in the ring and so far only managed to bear once or twice in her whole career. The fact that she could count her victories over Panther Risako on one hand whereas Risako could probably count her wins against Mimi Yoshihara on two during their long careers as wrestlers, was something that annoyed Mimi fiercely.

She had moved in and took a hold of Risako, but before she could do anything else. The purple haired beauty took a hold of Mimi by her short hair and then thrown onto her back on the ground. " Huugnh!" Mimi grunted out, but the quick green clad wrestler would turn around and move up to her feet!

" Not bad old timer...let's see how you like this!" Mimi let out as she would step in and try and throw a slicing kick straight to Risako's hip.

As always, Risako could count on Mimi to never disappoint in the ring. Whenever they tussled, the smaller girl was always out to prove herself, and so always fought just that much harder. It always led to interesting matches, and as much as Risako always riled Mimi up, she did so knowing that, every time they fought, Mimi got better and better, and always found new and interesting ways to challenge her.

Already, Mimi was rolling up to her feet, launching herself at her with a kick that hammered home into Risako's thigh. The blow elicited a brief hiss of pain from Risako, but otherwise she kept standing. "Hmm, not bad, but you can do better,
Mimi-chan!" Risako retorted, dropping low for a spinning kick-- and then rotating her legs up for a kick up at Mimi's face just in case Mimi decided instead to jump over the attack. If either one managed to down Mimi, then Risako would waste no more time spinning to her feet...just in time to see the pile that Laura had initiated rolling towards Artemis...

Out of everyone here, Mimi might be the one at the biggest disadvantage, she was shorter and less heavy than the rest of the fighters in this match and her wrestling style focused mostly on submissions holds, in this match she was going to have to focus more on general grappling and most likely have to bring back her old martial arts tricks from before she went into wrestling.

Now that she was tussling with Panther Risako again though, she couldn't rely too much on any one specific thing. She would have to keep Risako guessing so that she could stay ahead of her rival. Unfortunately for her, Mimi soon found Risako firing back!

Sending that kick down low which Mimi managed to jump over but Risako went in for a longer rotation and spun around, smacking her boot right into the pretty head of Mimi! Sending the Green clad wrestler tumbling down onto her back and rolling a slight bit on the hill.

Eka was running fast. She was more of a stamina than speed sort of girl, but once she had a little bit of a tail wind, the Georgian girl could fly. The long slow chug up the hillside was working now, and she felt that she had Laura nearly within her grasp now. It was only a scant few feet, and the Georgian girl had long arms. If she could just inch a little bit closer, she could grab this large woman and bring her down to size.

Just as she was imagining all of the things she could do to Laura when she grabbed her, something miraculous happened. The woman stopped, all on her own. She wheeled around in a hurry, and then went flying directly at Eka. Eka was too flabbergasted to do anything but open her eyes wide with shock. The Georgian girl did not even manage to get her arms up in time to even slightly stop the massive force of the blow.

The cross body slammed into her, and immediately Eka was on her back. Then she was on her front, and then her back again, and then on her front once more. The Georgian girl rolled down the hill, and found the entire trip down to be incredibly disorienting. Her blue eyes saw the grass of the hill fade into the blue of the sky, and then back again, about a hundred times it felt like.

Then she came to a stop. She quickly recognized that the only reason she came to a stop was because she was at the bottom of the hill, and all of her progress was for naught. She groaned, and tried to get up. The Georgian girl was far too dizzy, and in far too much pain to fully manage it. She fell back down, and lay on her belly. It was going to be a little bit before she fully recovered.

Come on come on come on come on come on come on.

Artemis wasn’t going to reach the ring first. She knew that much. Laura had a decent head start and Eka was just way too goddamn fast. Not to mention the Georgian had managed to knock a bit of wind out of her from that surprise attack. Should probably thank her for that at some point in this match.

No, the real reason for her haste was to make sure Between the two Wrestle Angels dealing with one another at the foot, and the two more specialized fighters headed toward the peak, Artemis would have her work cut out for her once these two groups collided with each other. She had to make sure she was in a good position when that happened. Preferable in the ring, on some nice and even ground, even if it was a bit small.

She wasn’t too far behind Eka when she saw the woman suddenly stop a bit of a way up. Or, that’s what she assumed, until a certain Olympian’s figure eclipsed the sun. Artemis could hardly believe what she was seeing. She was making a suicide dive, and once she caught Eka, the two came hurling right towards her chest. More out of reaction than anything, Artemis held out her arms and ‘caught’ the both of them in her arms. One could hardly call it that, though, since there wasn’t much a grip to be seen. The instant they collided, the air slapped out of her body as she left her feet. She was falling back. Hard.

Oh, like hell she was going down because of two bumbling lightweights. As Artemis fell backward, cradling the two women in her arms, she summoned all the strength dormant in her upper body. Working with their momentum, she’d throw them over and past her as she fell, sending the two down the hill. Armstrongs didn’t go down that easy.

It didn’t entirely save her from the crossbody, of course. Artemis still fell back and hit the ground hard, her legs reaching up to the sky as she took a bit of a tumble. Still, sending the two along ahead had kept her from the bottom of the hill. That was good enough. The most that suicide dive amounted to for the muscular blonde was a couple rolls backward before she got her footing again. And some nausea. Lots of it actually.

Alright, as bad as that hurt. She couldn’t stay down for long. Once more, albeit a bit slower, the former actress made her way back on the charge up the hill and...went back to her knees. Okay. She’d take five. Then she’d move back up the hill.

Laura felt like an eagle at first. One that was flying high at her weak and feeble prey. But it wasn't like she could just say 'suck it Newton' and stay this way forever. No, instead gravity acted like the bitch it was and brought her crashing onto the two women further down the hill. The first of these women, Eka, was floored completely and sent rolling down the hill at high speeds...just like Laura was. Both of the woman were beyond dizzy, the former olympian herself was seeing stars as the worlds shot and raced around her.

The second woman, however, had managed to throw the two women up somewhat so that they'd roll over her down the hill. Artemis still rolled a bit, but not as badly as Laura and Eka had. So with the world not showing any signs of slowing down very soon, the former medalist would simply lay spread eagle as she tried to recover.

Hopefully the other two involved would need some time, as well. The problem was that there were two other ladies unaccounted for. Those being Mimi and Risako, who had been fighting each other last time Laura check. Maybe they were still fighting, that would give the three women some time to catch their breath. Of course, Artemis was in a lot better shape than Laura and Eka, so that meant the olympic grappler would need to come up with her recovery in a fraction of the time she needed.