Vanguard vs. Carmen Rodriguez - Beyond the Bounds

The crowd was surprised by Carmen’s reversal, and with good reason. Even though she hadn’t had a high profile match in a long while, the former champion’s style was well-known. She was a striker first and a grappler second, and even though she had long since evolved from one-note boxing she started out with in Tension, there was still a definite flow to the way she fought. Straightforward and simple, and she rarely, if ever brought a counter out.

Definitely nothing fancy. Definitely nothing like that.

Carmen wished she could say that she’d been practicing and working on that move in her hiatus, but that wasn’t even close to the truth. She just did it off the cuff, on a whim. She hadn’t done an Ace Cutter before. She was fairly sure she’d never even had an Ace Cutter done to her. On paper, attempting it was a bad idea, not likely to work, more likely to make her look like an idiot.

Shouldn’t have worked...but it did. Like a charm. So much so that Carmen made a mental note to go back and look at the footage when this was over, to figure out how exactly she’d pulled it off.

Granted, the landing wasn’t fun for her, either. Coming down on metal could never be, even with a move like the judo throw, which wasn’t supposed to hurt all that much by design. Carmen sat up, wincing hard, hissing as her back blazed from the impact, feeling as if she’d just come down on a patch of stinging nettles. But she was better than Glaive, that was what mattered. Now she just had to get up and figure out where Aegis was, and…

Was that whistling?

Carmen pried her eyes open in time to see a flash of movement, and then came the searing pain across her chest, a sharp lash that left a streak of reddened skin wherever it touched. Another strike followed right after, and she focused enough to see the source. It looked like Aegis was the first one to take advantage of the hardcore stipulation. Bad, bad news.

Recognizing the bad spot she was in, Carmen tried to get up quick, but the wily temptress was too quick for that, and she had the cord around her neck before that could come close to happen. Struggling now, she kicked up and thrashed about, pulling at the noose as Aegis dragged her along the stage, fighting for every breath. It was all she could do to try and push her foe further back towards the curtain, sticking to the plan of putting distance between her and Glaive. Not much, but all she could hope for - at the moment, she was at Aegis’ mercy.

Dragging Carmen along the stage wasn't exactly necessary. In reality, standing at the woman's feel and continually barraging her with cracks from her cable whips may have been the more efficient way to fight. Lexi however, wanted a bit of retribution for being shafted in their little make out season. It had t been a sweet kiss goodbye, but a splitting head cracking. For that, she was going to make Carmen pay…

Once she got gotten Carmen moving, it became easier to drag the woman to the point where her trudge became a jog, which then broke into a run. She wasn't headed towards the curtain as her opponent wanted, no, that was slowly fading away. She was heading to the far end of the stage. But why? There was nothing over there… and that was the point.

Lexi came charging to the edge of the stage, twisting to throw her weight into a spin, attempting to send Carmen flying off the raised stage into the various tables and stacked boxes of sound equipment below. The brunette would willingly surrender one of her two cables to do so, not looking to find herself dragged off as well, or heaven forbid, accidently hang her opponent somehow. No, tossing her out like a sack of trash would be enough for now.

Aegis was strong for her size, but she wasn’t just strong, a fact that Carmen has kindled to from the Full Nelson earlier and was only being reinforced now. She put up a fight, thrashing about, swinging hard, doing her best to fight as she was dragged further and further back, but it was all for nothing. Aegis countered her every twist, moved her about like a puppet on her strings, and there was no keeping the silent knight from taking her where she wanted to go.

Which begged an obvious question: Where did she want to go?

They were passing the curtain, so it seemed like Aegis had no interest in taking her to that back. They weren’t going to the ring, either. Definitely a good thing. But they were going near the edge of the stage, so why…

Carmen shook her head about and the crowd started to rise up as they both clued in on Aegis’ intentions. Her struggling came to nothing, as she was jerked about with a violent twist, brought hard in the wrong direction. ”No, damn it, don’t-“

For one horrifying moment, Carmen was sent flying into space, spiraling about, not sure when or how she’d land. That was the worst thing about it, like taking a punch blindfolded. She knew the pain was coming, but there was no way to steel herself. She could only wait and hope gravity was merciful.

It wasn’t.

Carmen crashed into the tables back-first, demolishing them on impact and sending equipment flying in every direction. Her spine lit on fire, burning all over her back, and she could do was roll about in agony as wood and metal and plastics littered her body, half burying her in the debris. It was one to the worst things here body had been through, leaving her utterly wrecked on the floor.

But the crowd loved it.

Mackenzie’s body slipped away to the floor as Carmen was dragged off kicking and gagging. Her forehead pressed to the grating as she groaned. She could safely say she hadn't expected something like that from anyone, let alone someone as seemingly punch oriented as Carmen.

Her fingers slipped through the empty space in the floor, grabbing firm as she pushed herself from the floor. She shook her head, almost immediately slowing the motion down when her neck protested the faster movement. “Owowow…” she glanced sidelong to the source of the banging moving away from her, quirking a brow at the display. It reminded her of trying to give her cat a walk when she was younger. The animal hated the harness almost much as it liked to be pulled along. It would inevitably drop onto its side and wait to be picked up or dragged… the cute memory ended abruptly as Lexi tossed their foe off the stage. “Oh… damn.”

As Lexi threw Carmen out over the void, she actually did whistle. Lips pursed, she provided an almost cartoonish sound effect for the falling body, abruptly stopping as the woman crashed through the various things left below. She raised a hand to her forehead as a visor, pantomiming looking into the distance to survey what became of the woman she threw to the chaos.

She wasn't worry. Carmen was a hearty woman. While other in the audience may have cried, screamed, and cringed, Lexi stood over one of the stage lights grinning. The former champion would survive. The blue clad knight lowered herself down onto the stage, sitting at the edge as she kicked her legs playfully. The brunette took a quick account of what was among the debris before slipping herself over the side to drop lightly onto a standing metal container. From there she hopped down to the floor and made her way around toppled equipment on her way back to Carmen. With a steady twirl of her wrist, her cable began to whistle again, a reminding of her approach.

This day was quickly turning into the best and worst day of Carmen’s life. She was guaranteed to have one of the best nights of her life, as, win or lose, she would spend it sandwiched between two of the hottest, most sensual women she’d met in wrestling. A night of playing, experimenting, learning and indulging in everything that Carmen wanted from sex.

But to get to heaven, she was going to have to go through a little hell. She was willing to play rough to own these two, and as Aegis so aptly demonstrated, they could give every bit as good as they got.

”HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!”

The crowd was, for the most part, eating it up. For a wrestling show, Tension was surprisingly low on people going through tables, and that went double when sex was involved. They were seeing something special here, and they were eager to get more of it, even if it was at a former champion’s expense. Carmen, for her part, understood that excitement, she just couldn’t share in it. Her only concern at the moment was rolling about on the floor, trying to do the simple act of sitting up.

She tried once, failed.

Tried again, got about half way up, then plopped down again. ”Okay,” She took a few quick breaths. ”You’re okay, you’re fine, just-”

That whistling again. Carmen lifted her head, and no surprise, Aegis was moving towards her again, twirling that cable about, looking like a cat who’d just found her favorite mouse. The former champion balled her fist, steeled herself, and managed to roll her way out of the wreckage, but that was about all she could do.

She wound up flopping over to her back, looking over to her side at the approaching Aegis. Despite all the pain the impending doom, she couldn’t resist a little smile. ”Let me guess.” She had a deep sigh. [color=#800000]”A little mad about the headbutt?”[/colro]

Aegis wasn't in any real rush, enjoying the slow stalking of Carmen as she sashayed around various toppled crates and bits of debris as she twirled her cable whip. The look on the woman's face was priceless. She couldn't hide the smirk on her face when the woman dropped down onto the floor and locked eyes with her. She tilted her head at the question, batting her eyelashes and giving Carmen an innocent look with her big beautiful eyes.

Lexi cracked her whip, slapping the ground at her feet as she approached her downed foe. She leaned in, closing the distance between them with a quick dash. The simple twirling changed to her painting figure eights in the air with her hand, lashing the caple out at Carman to thrash her body from her legs up to her chest with several sharp snaps of the cable.

Mackenzie had started to crawl towards the edge of the stage, but found the grating to not be great on her knees. She pushed herself up, making the journey on foot. She could hear the shifting of equipment and bodies and the crack of Lexi’s makeshift whip before she had actually reached the end of the stage.

The blond peered down from above, rubbing her face as she squinted down at the two. She needed to get down there was well eh? With a huff she turned her back to the empty air and lowered herself down off the stage. She missed Lexi’s way down, instead opting to just dangle and drop to the floor below in a crouch.

As captivating as Vanguard’s outfits were, Carmen had found them to be a little bit silly at first. She was never one for gimmicks in the first place, but the knight theme seemed to be an especially odd one, and she had a hard time wrapping her head around it. It didn’t seem to factor into their moves in anyway, and it was hard to know if Glaive spoke that way when she wasn’t dressed up. A bit overly elaborate. A bit clunky.

But she would be damned if it didn’t give Aegis an air of menace as she approached, with the lights cuting an impressive figure into the darkness, like some medieval torturess coming to break her prisoner. An enticing image, one that made her wonder how well set up Vanguard was set up in their home. How well was she set up, come to think of it. Most of her best stuff was in storage, but if she had enough time, getting it wouldn’t be too long…

The crack of the whip snapped her out of her momentary musings, and she had a moment to admire Aegis’ impressive form. Good roll of the wrist, nice balance, and she had a good understanding of the spacing. Anybody could crack a whip, but there was a difference between doing and doing it well. Aegis was firm in the second category. Carmen just wished she wasn’t the guinea pig.

She managed to bite her tongue when the first strike hit her leg, soldier through the second, but when Aegis hit her stomach, there was no hiding the pain, and her shrieks came out with every blow. ”Ah! No! Nnh!”

It wasn't serious damage she was taking, she knew that. In fact, if it was this or an actual wrestling move, she’d happily choose the former. But it stung. Stung a lot. To make matters worse, she could see Glaive coming over, and there was no telling what she would have in mind next. Knowing she needed to move, Carmen rolled over to her chest and crawled hard, heading towards the steps, pushing away any of the wreckage that got in her path.

Lexi’s delighted giggle was an incredibly sharp contract to the cable snapping itself across Carmen's back as the woman attempted to make her escape. Where did she think she was getting off to hm? The brunette picked up her pace, easily able to move up closer. With a rough stomp, she planted the heel of her boot between Carmen's shoulder blades in an attempt to pin her down.

The vengeful twirl of the cable came to an end as she held out the two ends, one in each of her hands. She gave it a small flick, attempting to loop it around the former champion's neck. If she managed, she crossed the cable between her hands to twist it tight, yanking back as she worked to hold the woman down while choking her. If Carmen proved unable to get free immediately, she would let the cable loosen to give her a few breaths before tugging it tight again.

Mackenzie made her way over at a jog. She lacked the grace of Lexi, bumping into things here and there. She was in a hurry after all. There was no telling what Carmen could do to her if left alone. The scene she happened on was, not what she expected. With a raised brow, she gave the two some room as she tried to walk herself around the other side of Carmen to hopping herself up onto the stairs, plopping down to not only watch but cut off her escape. “So you look like you are having fun. Don't let me stop you.”

...and Aegis didn’t wrap the whip, either. So many newer dominants made the mistake of wrapping with whip around the target, doing far more damage than was needed. Carmen was trying to consider what she’d use in retaliation, though. The bullwhip was an obvious choice, but didn’t want to leave too many red marks on Aegis’ skin, especially if they were going to be working for a while…

A fun thought. A happy thought. Just something to occupy her while Aegis tore her apart.

Carmen kept crawling forward, hissing with every blow. Her bandeau top meant that Aegis’s handiwork was on full display, leaving a litany of red streaks that even stood out on her darkened skin, and it hurt every bit as bad as it looked.

So she was thankful and relieved when the whipping stopped. Less so when it was replaced with more choking.

Carmen gasped and went back to her struggles Aegis cranked the makeshift garrote, cranking away on it while gagged. It must’ve been an amusing sight, but Glaive wasn’t the only spectator - nearby, some fans were zooming in with their phones, trying to get the best view of it with their phones, snapping away and getting multiple views that she would surely be seeing on the main website when this was over. "Come on in." She croaked a reply to Glaive. "The water's fine."

For now, Carmen did her best to push past it and focus on breathing, yanking at the rope with hands. With Aegis pressing down on her back, options were limited, and her only real recourse was to survive the moment. Stay alive while they ground her down and wait - hope - for an opening to present itself.

Mackenzie pressed her palms to the back of the stairs behind her, stretching her legs out to cross them as she admired Lexi's handiwork. The girl had a creative knack that the blond always admired. Had it been her, she wasn't sure she would have grabbed some cables over just a metal pipe. This was far better though, that she would freely admit. Crisp blue eyes seemed to shimmer in the low lighting as she smirked down at Carmen, who even now was finding time to slip in a bit of sass. She really like this woman, the reasons why didn't even have to do with her body, which was a rarity. It was hard to place, something about the way she carried herself. Was there a word for it?

"Is it? Let me dip my toes." The blond scooted herself down the steps, one at a time, tucking in one of her legs. Once she had gotten closer, she kicked out her boot to drive it directly into Carmen's face as hard as she could. She had plans for her, for them, and it would require her lovely victim to be compliant. It would have been a mistake to put herself at the mercy of Carmen's fists even if she was on the ground. She gave the woman a moment to see if she would attempt anything funny that would warrant another boot to her face. She was more than willing to bestow as many of them as she had to onto this woman if she wasn't willing to play along.

"Up." She tilted her chin to Lexi, who nodded to her in acknowledgement. The blue clad warrior stepped off of Carmen's back, slowly walking around the woman to stand at her feet. Pulling back hard on the cables, to attempted to lift the woman's upper body off the ground slightly in a backwards bend. Mackenzie would slide in closer on her backside, legs spread wide as she would try to roll the former champion onto her back to lay her head between them. With a gesture, she waved Lexi off, giving up her garrotte to allow Mackenzie to take it's place by wrapping her legs around the woman's head in a tight figure 4 headlock. The blond would attempt to collect Carmen's arms by the wrists and pull them to their limit to make resisting her harder while she squeezed.

Lexi was reluctant to surrender her cable, so rather than drop it completely, she let one end go, pulling it back hand over hand while her partner did her part. Once she had gathered the cable and set it at her side, she saw fit to contribute as well. Something Mackenzie had said gave her an idea, one that put a wide grin on her face. Lowering herself down to the ground, she grasped for Carmen's ankles to try to wrestle control of her legs. She would try to push them out, far enough to sit herself down between them as she tried to keep them pinned. Extending her own leg, she brought her boot heel down between the former champion's legs, slowly grinding her heel down into the woman's covered sex.