Adrian Kytes vs Big Barda - Battle of the Cosplayers

Oops.

Barda had exactly half a second to realize how bad it would be, as Adrian moved out of the way, leaving here with absolutely nothing to hit but a cold, unforgiving turnbuckle. She landed right on it, smacking her face dead on as her hair whirled about, her arms flailing about as she spun around from the hit.

Now it was her turn to lean on the not-really-comfortable-to-stand-against turnbuckle, falling to one knee as she laid her shoulder against it, rubbing her head and wondering where Adrian was pulling all this Eye of the Tiger resistance from - it was like the girl had a healing factor or something; she just wouldn't stay down.

Adrian was nothing if not stupidly resilient. Something most opponents of hers found out around about the time time of the second kick out at two. Even as she was, doubled over in pain and leaning against the middle rope for support, she was still proving very hard to actually keep down. Barda had done a serious number on her and probably racked up more damage in the 5 minutes than Adrian would normally pick up over a 20 minute slugfest, but Adrian Kytes still had her second, third and potentially fourth wind to go through before the giantess got that notch to her belt.

Pulling herself up straight, she tried to take stock of the situation. The amazon was on one knee and rubbing her head, that was good, it could be another attempt at playing possum, but she wasn't pressing the still sore former cosplayer so Adrian could take that as a small victory. But now, she had to muster some form of offense or this match was still going to be one-sided, just a lot longer than people predicted. Not really feeling like anything fancy, she just stepped up and tried to kick Barda's leg as hard as she could, get the big woman down to both knees so she could look her in the eye.

As annoying as this was, at least it was turning out to be a learning experience - her teachers had told her that matches would be the best way to really learn about wrestling, and this was proving to be painfully true. For instance, in the future, she wouldn't make the mistake of hopping with a splash like that - if she'd just ran at Adrian, maybe she could have stopped her momentum in time to avoid the crash.

With a little more experience she might have seen that kick coming, too, but as is, it caught her off guard and brought her down to both knees with a grunt, kneeling before Adrian, wobbly and swaying from side to side.

Adrian grunted with effort as she brought the Big Barda down to her knees, still about as tall as the former cosplayer was while kneeling down. Abandoning her original gameplan of solely focusing on the legs and back, the smaller wrestler was starting to come around to the idea that Barda's head was her weakest point. She'd been bounced around a bit already, from the collision with the corner and the drop kick earlier, that wasn't to say the amazon had a glass jaw or anything, it was just the only thing about her that wasn't covered in muscle.

Reaching up and around, she tried to loop her arm over the Giantess' neck, trying to get a firm grip before falling back, trying to pull the big woman into a snap DDT, the landing might sting and getting back up might be hard but if it kept Big Barda off her feet, that would be all she needed.

Barda opened her eyes just in time to see Adrian coming and scooping her head under her armpit - she started to push off and squirm away, but being smaller also gave Adrian the speed advantage, and Barda was too slow on the draw. All she could do was brace.

The DDT drilled her forehead into the canvas hard enough to make them bounce, and Barda spun around from the hit, flopping to her back while the pain raged in her skull, her entire world going white for instant as the ceiling lights poured down on her. Shaking her head, she reached for the ropes and slowly, but surely, tried to pull herself back up, groaning all the way.

"Wooo[size=85:113vsoxa]oooo..." Adrian let out after planting the giantess on her head. Rolling back onto her front to push herself back up to her feet. It still hurt, but she was rising without assistance from the ropes while the amazon had to reach them to get back together. Charging back in again as Barda hauled herself back to her feet, she again went low, this time diving in to clip the back of the amazon's leg with a shoulder tackle, a good old fashioned Chop Block in a good old fashioned David vs Goliath match up.

And the see-saw was swinging back in Adrian's favor again, not just showcasing her experience, but her resilience. Barda was sure she could take control again if she could just get back to her feet and plant them down, get a solid stance and force Adrian to take her head on and straight up, but it looked like that wasn't happening anytime soon.

Just to prove that point, Adrian's shoulder hit her thigh hard, bringing her back to the knee with a loud cry. She jerked around, reaching out to try and grab hold of the little high-flyer by the arm and drag her to the front - if she could catch her before she moved away.

Adrian didn't get the clean cut she wanted to off that chop block, every time she'd seen that attack been used on TV it usually ended with the reciever flat on his/her back, maybe she didn't have enough force behind it to topple Barda, or maybe it was because she was in the ropes and could hang on. Either way, Adrian was in a pretty bad spot after that attack "Meep!" she squeaked as the amazon reached down to grab her, pulling the former cosplayer right where she didn't want to be, down on one knee or not she did not want to be face to face with the Giantess for as long as she could help it, and was probably about to eat a fair bit of retribution for having the nerve to stay in this match.

So, slamming her around didn't work so well, it just gave Adrian the chance to regroup, and she risked counters and reversals - the more space Adrian had work with, the more dangerous she was.

Submissions? She was hardly a sub specialist, but for a simple hold, she didn't need to be, did she? After all, what could be simpler than hugging someone?

Pulling Adrian in, she'll try to wrap her up in a tight bear hug, squeezing her around the middle like a tube of toothpaste - not putting too much power into it, just enough to start cracking.

And this was exactly why Adrian didn't want to be face to face with the amazon, it made it all too easy for her to be snared up by the giant into a tight bear hug. "Ngghh..." the former cosplayer grunted, trying to make sure both her arms weren't trapped as well, it was bad enough that her already worked over back was about to be crushed in this vice, she didn't need her way of escape trapped as well.