[Hell-Bound Train Match] Astrid Arvidsson (c) vs Piper Sherwood for the LAW World Openweight Championship

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It seemed that nothing would protect the contender from the righteous wrath of the Golden Dragon. Astrid's fingers closed around her opponent's throat and a moment later she lifted Piper off the floor. While the American woman's legs were dangling in the air, the champion turned to the side and prepared to throw Piper to the floor. However... she didn't know that her opponent had an ace up her sleeve, or rather behind her back.

Piper waved her hand like lightning, and then the sound of glass shattering reverberated through the car. Astrid's reaction was enough to see an empty bottle in the other blonde's hand, the same bottle that the descendant of the great Vikings had emptied not so long ago. But her reaction wasn't enough to prevent the contender from smashing that bottle over her head.

“AAAAAAHHHH!!!!”

Astrid let go of Piper's throat and staggered. It wasn't just painful, it literally caused a white haze in front of her eyes. In the movies, after such shit the character usually loses consciousness and, unfortunately, it wasn't a joke. The Golden Dragon used all her strength to stay conscious, but she still fell to one knee.

“Fuck...” she muttered with pain in her voice.

She felt something strange. Something on the right side of her head. Something warm. Something slowly flowing down. Astrid raised her shaking right hand and touched her right cheek. When she looked at her fingers, even blurred vision did not prevent her from seeing a distinct red color. Her fingers were covered in blood flowing from the wound on her head.

“You fucking bitc...” she croaked.

But she didn't have time to finish because Piper kicked her somewhere in the chest area, causing the Golden Dragon to fall to the floor. Breathing heavily, the Norwegian woman heard fast retreating footsteps, it seems the contender decided to escape again. Damn. At that moment, Astrid had no desire to get to her feet, but her instincts told her that she had to do it because giving Piper time to prepare was an unacceptable luxury for her.

“Ggguummm...”

Gritting her teeth, Astrid put her palms on the floor and pushed off, thereby getting to her feet. As if drunk, she was staggering from side to side, which forced her to press her shoulder against the bar counter. She closed her eyes for a second and forced herself to take a deep breath. It didn't improve her condition in any way, but it helped her collect her thoughts. Still staggering from side to side, she followed her rival into the next car, leaving behind drops of blood that continued to flow down her face.

[Bare]

Piper was hustling as fast and as far as she could in her less than spectacular state at the hands of Astrid's beat down just moments ago. Even if she had taken less overall hits over the course of this bout she had almost as much, if not more damage from the sheer difference in power between herself and Astrid. Something the smaller blonde was painfully aware of and desperate to try and do something to enable her to damage Astrid enough to keep her down once the train made its stop.

Thankfully she managed to enter the next compartment before Astrid could give a proper chase, giving the challenger precious moments to consider her next move. Looking around this seemed to be a more basic seating car but with a theme to it since rather than full lights there were instead black lights, casting an ominous purple hue over the train car with various neon decorations strung and hung up around it.

Looking around desperately Piper would smile as she looked up and noticed a long metal pole above the main walk way where the other support rails were connected too. Reaching up and unhooking one of her two hair extension braids Piper would then leap up onto one of the seats before jumping onto the top rail. Looping her braid over it while also bringing her legs up and hooking them over it as well to keep herself up and hidden, thanks partially to the dark colored car.

Now all that was left was to wait... Because the moment Astrid came in and passed underneath the challenger, Piper would descend down, using her braid looped over the rail to hang steadily while snapping her legs shut around Astrid's head for a figure four head scissor, trying to use her make shift rope to keep the two in place as she squeezed on the Champions skull! "Trick or treat bitch!" Piper would yell if successful with her ambush!

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If Astrid remembered the order of the carriages correctly, then the restaurant carriage should be next. An enclosed space, most of which consists of wooden tables and chairs, as well as countless porcelain dishes. In her current state, this was the last place the Golden Dragon wanted to be, but unfortunately, she simply had no choice.

Trying not to lose her concentration due to the wound on her head and severe dizziness, the descendant of the great Vikings entered the next carriage. Oh, it wasn't a restaurant car. At first, Astrid didn't even realize where exactly she was, she even had to blink a few times to make sure that the darkness in front of her eyes was the fault of the poor lighting, and not the fault of her head injury.

She seemed to have made a mistake with the order of the carriages after all, but that was the last thing she had to worry about. The Golden Dragon hadn't seen her opponent anywhere, which clearly hinted that she should be waiting for another trick. The champion took a cautious step forward, and then another, but before she could take a third step, two pythons wrapped around her neck.

“GUACK!!" She made a strangled cry of surprise when she heard her rival's voice.

It took her a moment to realize that those pythons were Piper's legs. In another situation, Astrid probably wondered how this bitch managed to do this, but now she didn't have time for that. The champion could barely breathe because of the pressure on her neck, so she did the only thing that seemed logical to her in this situation. Sparing no effort, she began pounding Piper's legs with her fists, trying to inflict as much damage as possible on her thighs in the hope that the contender would not be able to withstand this pain and this would force her to let go of the Golden Dragon.

[Bare]

Piper's ambush was as successful as could be. The lighter blonde's legs snapping shut around Astrid's head in a tight and vicious suspended head scissors that would keep Astrid stuck as she choked and squeezed the woman's skull and neck between her thighs!

Smirking as she squeezed and choked the champion Piper felt as if she had the ultimate advantage at this point with the potential to choke the woman out between her legs! Unfortunately however Astrid was more than a bit prepared to try and start fighting back against the smaller blonde, punching and smacking her thighs!

"Ngh! Agh!" Piper cried out loudly in pain from each hit and impact, her thighs aching and throbbing from each blow! 'Dammit!' Piper thought to herself, knowing that this position would be difficult to maintain for much longer.

Gritting her teeth together Piper would let go of the brain and throw herself backwards, trying to take Astrid off her feet and down to the floor with a poison Rana!

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Time was not on her side, Astrid was well aware of this. She still hasn't recovered from that nasty bottle blow to the head, and now she's lost the ability to breathe. Considering these circumstances, the Golden Dragon had no doubt that she had no more than a minute before she would lose consciousness, so she definitely had to hurry.

Sparing no effort, the descendant of the great Vikings unleashed a flurry of blows on Piper's legs. And although the contender's legs were strong enough, the American woman screamed painfully every time Astrid's fists came into contact with her skin. This gave the champion a reason to redouble her efforts. Even if she has to break her opponent's bones, she will do it.

The grip on her neck began to weaken, and after a dozen of blows Astrid was even able to take a breath. And her first thought was that she was on the right track. A few more strikes and Piper would have no other choice. She would let go of the Golden Dragon and then she would have to start praying because Astrid intended to literally grind her rival to powder. But…

“What the... wwwaaaahhhh!!!”

Suddenly, Astrid felt the ground give way beneath her feet. The whole world turned upside down for her at that moment, because despite the pain in her legs Piper gathered her strength and took advantage of Astrid's weakened state. Leaning back sharply, she forced the champion to flip in the air, and then…

BAM!!!

The blonde's head crashed into the floor with such force that her body did another flip. Astrid's back pressed against the door between the carriages, as a result of which she involuntarily found herself in a sitting position. However, she didn't know about it because after Piper's move Astrid was somewhere between the real world and the world of dreams. The wound on her head opened with renewed vigor and due to the fact that her head was slightly tilted to the side, large drops of blood were dripping onto the floor.