Cafe Catastrophe: Into The Spider's Web

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Through a combination of happenstance, resourcefulness, and Aurora's desire to find a diplomatic solution, The Galaxy Cat once again beseeched Evil Miss Spyder. A small, sincere smile formed on Estrella's face when she heard Arachne's voice crack. The Chromatic Cat's posture perked up further when she heard her determined aggressor begin to break into song! Aurora thought that this may have very well been it! That her determination would be awarded with a mutual understanding between the two of them. A peaceful solution and a civil discussion! Perhaps even friendship, depending on how things played out.

But the silly tone emanating from Arachne's rhymes and tone of voice was silly in delivery and delivery alone! Aurora's bubble burst when Arachne doubled down on things not playing out peacefully. She reached for her afro puff with both hands and tried to touch it up when Arachne made a reference to her hair in song. Funnily enough, Aurora would begin to move her head to and fro as Arachne's tune continued. Many of the fans watching the ordeal play out would clap or express their approval for The Spider's impressive singing talents!

But Arachne would ruin the moment as she transitioned from singing to ranting! Over and over again, she'd downplay Aurora's most notable achievements through her LAW career! Aurora's fingers would curl as she rested her hands on the table. The champion's eyes would narrow. Though, she kept her composure and her wits about her. She didn't come here to argue. And despite Arachne's very public slander getting slightly underneath her skin, Aurora didn't snap back at her or wish her ill. Instead, a familiar voice from the crowd would race to The Galaxy Cat's defense.

"Handful? Isn't the little lady closing in on ten wins in a row?" Apollo questioned, out loud. LAW fans and curious folks in the audience soon chimed in.

"And none of them are against any of those dime-a-dozen jobbers, I think."

"Mom, do you think Miss Aurora will have time for autographs after she beats the bad bug girl?" In tandem with the whispers and the murmurs from the crowd, Arachne once again twisted the metaphorical knife and demanded that Estrella prove her worth and prove the villainess wrong in combat, right then and there!

Aurora would close her eyes and let out a resigned, slightly annoyed sigh before opening her eyes again, balling her fist, and responding.

"As you wish....wait, what?!" The Galaxy Cat would remark at the sudden appearance of the small orbs that Miss Spyder pulled from seemingly nowhere.

The girl's dexterity and propensity for chaos were notable, to say the in least. Arachne juggled and dispensed the orbs with great ease! Aurora would react by standing up from her feet and covering her nose and mouth! As the gas filled the cafe, her eyes darted over to the crowd to make sure no one's breathing was compromised! As the smoke accumulated, Aurora took a few steps back.

"I can....see? I see....this isn't smoke....and somehow....it doesn't hurt my eyes or hurt to breathe....a type of vapor, then, perhaps?" Estrella thought to herself out loud as she began to step further away in an effort to warn the bystanders. Some of them reacted with concern. The last thing anyone needed right now was mass panic!

"Please remain calm, everyone! It seems to be safe whatever Arachne used is- ACK!" Estrella had deduced that the gas was safe, and she intended to relay this fact to everyone else. But that in no way, shape, or form meant that The Galaxy Cat herself was also safe!

Aurora inadvertently succumbed to the very same circumstances that Arachne engineered! In her efforts to restore order where Spyder had brought chaos, Arachne was able to capitalize! Aurora didn't make it more than two or three steps from the table before Arachne caught her with a Handstand Headscissor hold! The girl arched her back and pressed her palms against the floor to give herself all the leverage she needed to flip forward into a handstand and clamp the power thighs of her petite frame around the luchadora's head! After crossing her ankles and applying pressure, she put Aurora in a difficult situation!

"Ngh!" Aurora had gripped Arachne's thighs with her gloved hands! She tried to turn her head to and fro to find some sort of leverage or escape. But no dice!

Arachne had capitalized on this surprise in expert fashion! By the time the smoke cleared fully, the crowd was shocked to see Arachne in firm control! Aurora would sink down to one knee as Arachne continued squeezing her! And the crowd would begin to rally behind their beloved Galaxy Cat to try and will her back into the fight!

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Despite Arachne's assertion that actions speak louder than words, she much rather would've liked to hear Aurora defend her wrestling prestige herself, instead of her fans chiming in. Everything the fans said to rightfully poke some holes in Arachne's downplaying rant, the spider knew was true already. This was merely just a means to provoke Aurora, who much to the provocative heel's disappointment, kept her cool and only showed slight signs of being offended. "I wasn't talking to ya'll...." Arachne had grumbled in response. While Widow secretly appreciated that these people seemed to enjoy her singing at least, she was annoyed they spoke for Aurora. Because doing so took away much of the sting from Arachne's provocations, likely making it even easier for Aurora to maintain her composure.

But Arachne could still continue this brawl, furthering increasing the diel of mayhem by yeeting smoke bombs at the Galaxy Cat! Given the nature of gaseous states of matter, the substance was quick to fill up most of the café. Many of the bystanders understandably reacted with great concern, much to Arachne's amusement. But as distracting and vision-impairing as the gas was, to a bit of decency of Arachne, it was otherwise completely harmless. The clever girl she was, Aurora seemed to be the first one to figure this out.

But the Galaxy Cat selflessly choose trying to inform the crowd of this, over trying to prepare for Arachne's next attack! Even amongst the smoke, all eight of the spider's eyes could easily make out the feline's silhouette. In particular, that afro puff was a prime indictor of Aurora's exact location, even as she tried to move a little! As such, Arachne made quick work of pursing her prey, and trapping the space kitten in a handstand, headscissors hold! Widow giggled mischievously, as Aurora struggled to try and escape from her latest predicament. But it wasn't working! Soon the gas cleared up, leaving the shocked and concerned crowd to view the Galaxy Cat in quite the pickle!

"Well, well, well....How do ya like Arachne's latest web, you nerdy space kitten? Of course it's impossible to escape from. How else are we spiders suppose to catch our prey?" Arachne taunted, as Aurora proceeded to fall to one knee. "The overly diplomatic cat without her head in the game, has now fallen victim to a headscissors, and may be left without her head! Poetic, isn't it?" The bug girl squeezed tighter to empathize her point. "Yes, the gas is safe. Arachne did promise not to harm anyone else, after all. Maybe if these fans weren't such DING DONGS, they'd remember that and not panic and swarm like a bunch of tasty flies." Ms. Spyder creepily licked her lips. "Their stupidity is not your problem. I'M YOUR PROBLEM. So focus!"

In her own antagonistic way, it almost felt like Arachne (much like the crowd), was also trying to will Aurora back into the fight. She indeed wasn't satisfied by Aurora only playing defensively, while still making attempts at peacefully diplomacy. Despite her pervious threat, Arachne would willingly abandon the possibility of choking out Aurora here. But rather than simply move her legs away, she'd aim to use said legs to throw Aurora by the neck, away from the table, and in a more centered position on the café floor. Aurora would likely need to take some time to recover. So while walking on her hands to show off, Arachne would approach one of Aurora's defending fans. It was the child who wanted Aurora's autograph, when this was all said and done! She wouldn't get too close of course. Simply sporting an evil smile and getting the child to hide behind her mother was more than enough.

"Oh I'm sooooo sorry, kiddo. But it seems Aurora will not be left in a good position for autographs, after I beat HER. NAAAAYAHHH!" Arachne childishly taunted, sticking her tongue at the kid and pulling one of her eyelids down, skillfully standing on one hand while doing so! If Arachne had come here JUST to beat Aurora, she had nothing to gain from giving the Galaxy Cat a little break. But Arachne would then her attention back to the prime object of her mischief. "Since you insist on disappointing them, Arachne guesses all your fans are wrong to believe in you huh? Hehehe...Hahaha! AAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!" Arachne had switched tactics to downplaying Aurora's prestige, to antagonizing the Galaxy Cat's fans as well! And for the final touch of her amped up villain game, Arachne would spring off her hands, flip in the air, and attempt to come crashing down on Aurora's body with a wicked double stomp!

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The scene of Arachne monologuing while having Aurora trapped in a submission hold like this gave off all the vibes a supervillainess could ever hope to! Aurora continued to struggle in the Evil Miss Spyder's grasp! Though she listened intently and picked up on all the pertinent info Arachne was choosing to voice and share, Estrella grit her teeth as she continued kneeling on one knee! Her hands gripped Arachne's petite, yet strong thighs!

"Gah!" Aurora would grunt in pain as Arachne continued to choke her and wear her down! the luchadora grunted with physical pain from the hold, of course, but she tried not to let on that the torrent of puns elicited a groan from her as well! After all, now was hardly the time for them!

"Got it! Acknowledged! Focusing now!" Aurora complied with Arachne's demands.

It was a comedic display, seeing the villainess work so hard to make sure Aurora kept her eye on the ball. Maybe looking back on this scene later might make it more wholesome in a way. Estrella even managed to begin pushing herself up to her feet! But before she could rise fully, Arachne used her hold over Aurora to throw her a few feet, to the more open area of the cafe, away from tables!

Aurora would roll onto her side and push herself up to a crouching position. The Galaxy Cat rubbed her neck. It was clear that Arachne meant business. And contrary to the arachnid's silly nature and mannerisms, she was bent on a showdown, a genuine clash of wills! Everything else was just a sideshow! Arachne's fixation was Aurora! And she was going to fixate on her until Aurora had no choice but to get fired up!

Aurora began to push herself up to her feet and as she did, she observed as a very confident Arachne continue to show off many talents by handstand walking over to one of the kids in the crowd! A kid!

The child hid behind his mother. But that didn't stop Arachne from taunting him! Spyder once again publicly attacked Aurora's reputation! She continued going out of her what to sully The Galaxy Cat's image! By now, it all became clear to Aurora. The luchadora would nod in anticipation of what she knew was coming next: an attack from Miss Spyder!

"Huff!" With an audible exhale that bordered on grunting, Aurora dashed to the side and narrowly evaded Arachne's Foot Stomp! Aurora spun around as she did, stopping such that her back was to Arachne!

Right away, the fan-favorite luchadora pushed up off the ground and jumped! She swung her foot overhead in an arc in an attempt to punish Arachne with a Pele Kick to the head! Regardless of whether it landed or not, Estrella would catch herself and push up off the ground once more to assume a standing position to face her foe!

"This is what you wanted, right? I promised I'd abide by your terms and you promised you'd abide by mine!" Aurora stated with a tone of authority!

"So Fight Me! Arachne Spyder!" As Aurora got fired up, so did the crowd! It seemed that the villainess's efforts paid off! She finally drew the fire out of Aurora! She finally got the fight she was looking for!

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Arachne's handstand headscissors was quite a dangerous maneuver. But rather than try and finish Aurora off with it, the spider used it as a means to show the Galaxy Cat she couldn't afford to get distracted here! Along with the crowd's encouragement, Widow's assertions seem to work, prompting her fellow lightweight to try and get back on both feet. However, Arachne still didn't plan on making things easy for her target, so she was quick to use her legs to throw Aurora's body in a follow up move! While the feline was down, the arachnid took some time to approach and taunt one of Aurora's child fans. Adding to the lengthy list of things the villainess had done, to try to really lite a fire within the Galaxy Cat! And after she was done, she'd approach Aurora again, attempting to drill her on the hard, café floor with a brutal double stomp!

But Aurora dodged! It was a perfect dodge. Done at the last second, but with grace and skill! And it was this skillfulness that allowed Aurora to immediately transition into a counterattack! "Hmm?" Arachne puzzled, realizing her attacked had missed. She turned her head to face Aurora, just in time for the Galaxy Cat to nail her with a well-timed Pele Kick! "Gaah!" Arachne yelped. The kick smacked the spider in the noggin, leaving the heel knocked on her plump butt. In sharp contrast, Aurora stood tall and addressed the villainess with conviction. Not only had the space-themed feline finally accepted the fight Arachne had forced on her, but she asserted herself that Arachne fight her!

Among her cat-themed stable, Arachne knew Aurora was known for being particularly level-headed. Even so, the spider didn't expect it to take this long to light a match under the Galaxy Cat. But after stealing Aurora's credit card, downplaying her wrestling prestige, antagonizing her fans, and forcing Aurora to battle her under the threat of even more chaos and discord to her favored café joint, all of Arachne's provoking had finally paid off! This was reassuring to Arachne, as she had to make sure her villain game was always on point.

This would of course make her goal of beating Aurora more challenging. Though it would also be more meaningful, if the Galaxy Cat was focused and at her best! To try and accomplish this, challenging Ms. Estrella to an official match seemed more favorable. Heck, it was most definitely what Aurora would've preferred. But Arachne had an entire scheme in store, that more so suited things happening in this matter!

Unlike a typical bully, Arachne didn't show the slightest sign of cowardice or uneasiness to her victim fighting back. With sparkles in her eyes, Arachne instead looked up at Aurora and grinned from ear to ear. Her mischief wasn't as fun, if no one made a real effort to try and stop her. Widow ADORED it whenever people stood up to her, it happening quite literally in this case. Despite all of her antagonistic behavior, in this way, Arachne didn't quite fit the definition of a bully. But she was still a villain! Realizing she had maintained her goofy grin and shining eyes a tad too long, Arachne quickly shook her head and returned to a sinister look about her.

"Finally....Mwahahahaha. Now you shall know what true terror really is!" Arachne snickered, while prepping up a tad. She was on her feet in a squat-like position, though one of her knee's was visibly pulled back. But knowing that Aurora was focused now, Arachne would opt to try and deceive her! "Now prepare to be shattered by Arachne's KNEE STRIKE-SYKE!" Arachne sprung up for what looked like a knee strike towards the gut, but it was just a feint! If all went her way, while Aurora was responding to a potential knee strike, Arachne would swiftly spin behind her fellow lightweight! And from there, Ms. Spyder would attempt to lock her prey in a painful Abdominal Stretch!

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At every opportunity and every juncture so far, Aurora did her best to handle things in a civil manner. She wanted to find a mutual understanding between herself and Arachne. And each time she made an attempt, Arachne found a way to choose violence and chaos! Sure enough, through all her persistence and pestering, through all of her verbal attacks on Aurora's character and her fans, through all her efforts, Arachne got exactly what she was asking for this entire time! A Galaxy Cat that was ready and willing to throw down with her!

Aurora stood tall after flooring Arachne! The crowd spurred the luchadora on! But as Aurora asserted herself here, she could sense that something was amiss. It bothered her that Arachne was enjoying all this. But it wasn't just that. Silently, to herself, she worried that this, too, was a part of the evil villainess's diabolical plans! As the Evil Spyder grinned and got up off her tuckus, Aurora doubled up her fists and took a fighting stance!

"I know you enjoy your aimless chaos and destruction and all that, but even so, you're enjoying all this just a bit too much, don't you think?" Estrella would ask half-jokingly as she readied herself to re-engage!

Arachne took a stance of her own! The villainess was crouched down low to the ground, with one of her legs pulled back, it seemed to be a runner's stance! Aurora anticipated an attack from the front! Fans in the crowd that formed in the cafe gasped as Arachne darted forward and closed the gap in between herself and The Galaxy Cat in no time at all! The girl sprang up off the ground and touted about the intensity of her next move: a Knee Strike! Aurora brought her hands forward to try and grab the knee, but it soon became clear that it was a bluff!

"Oh?!" The tag champ's eyes and focus snapped to her side as Arachne spun around her!

With remarkable speed and technique, Miss Spyder twirled behind Aurora, and true to her spider gimmick, she ensnared Aurora's limbs in an Abdominal Stretch hold, severely restricting The Galaxy Cat's mobility!

"Ngh! I must say....I am impressed!" Estrella would comment through clenched teeth as she grit her teeth and struggled!

Being of similar size and in the same weight class as Arachne allowed the villainess to use a hold like this to its full effect! She seemed to tie Aurora down quickly, forcing the Chromatic Cat to lean toward her side and suffer the body lock as her core was worked here!

For several seconds, Aurora would grit her teeth and hang tough! Her torso was twisted! Arachne bore down on Aurora with her slight advantage in height and weight! But even while she was caught in the chaotic lightweight's submission hold, Aurora would still look to make use of perhaps the greatest asset in her combat sports career! Her resourcefulness!

There was no doubt in Aurora's mind that Arachne would take time to gloat while she had the upper hand! It was textbook villain behavior! And while Arachne did so, Aurora would use her lower hand to grab hold of the leg that Arachne had hooked over her own! If Aurora got her way, she'd steady herself by leaning her hand on Arachne's knee and sliding one of Arachne's legs to the side! If Aurora succeeded, she'd free her own leg and look to counter by planting both her feet and throwing Arachne overhead with a simple Hip Toss!

"Grah!" Aurora would grunt with visible effort!

If The Galaxy Cat managed to free herself and throw Arachne, she'd press the attack! Before Arachne could rise up, Aurora would seek some karmic retribution and run at a seated or kneeling Arachne to look for a Running Knee of her own! And hers would very much not be a feint!

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With Aurora finally accepting that she'd have to throw down with Arachne, the true fight had only just begun! After knocking the spider down with a Pele Kick, it didn't take very long for Arachne to spring back into the fray with a knee strike feint. The heel's true attack was to swiftly maneuver behind Aurora, before successfully trapping the Galaxy Cat in an Abdominal Stretch!

As Ms. Estrella predicted, Arachne would indeed take this time to gloat, starting by addressing what Aurora had said prior. "Aimless?" Arachne snickered. In a basic sense, the aim of Arachne's chaos was always for the naughty lightweight to have fun. And her idea of fun often came at the inconvenience of others. However, given how much work and time had gone into stalking and tracking Aurora down, the spider had more complex motives included this time around. Though of course Arachne would refrain from elaborating on that.

"Heh. Isn't it normal for wrestlers to enjoy brawling?" The black widow argued. "Ahh. I see. You only like to scrap with the comfort of preparation, a referee, a set of rules, and a wrestling ring. All orderly and whatnot. Well...too bad! Ain't no rules! Ain't no ref! Ain't no ring! Ain't no prep! You are trapped! Trapped in my chaos! Trapped in Ms. Spyder's web! Trapped in Arachne's submission hold, which IS quite impressive isn't it? Mwahahahaha."

Arachne was doing a number on Aurora's core. But while the villainess was boasting, the Galaxy Cat was finding a clever way out of her current predicament! Arachne was already forcing Aurora's body to bend painfully in the hold. But the tag champion could work with that, leaning down even more, grabbing one of Arachne's legs, and sliding it to the slide. This gave Aurora all the leverage she needed to slip free of the Abdominal Stretch, before counterattacking with a Hip Toss throw!

"Hmm? What are you-?! Ahh!" Arachne yelped, as she was slammed back-first onto the hard, café floor! Aurora had caught the villain off guard. Not just because she was monologuing, but also because Arachne had never anticipated such a clever counter! And driving home that Aurora was now fully engaged in the brawl, the masked cat followed-up with a knee strike of her own! But a sincere one! The bug girl was just pushing herself up into a seated position, only to be knocked back down, after Aurora's kneecap smacked her in the face! "Nggh!" Arachne grunted, as she slid aback, prompting cheers from the surrounding crowd.

"Haha. Very karmic." Arachne said in a half-grumble, half-chuckle. One of the spider's hands held her sore nose, while the other pushed the lightweight back up to be sitting on the floor. However, the spider would be quick to shake it off and get to her feet. She was just getting started! "Let's kick it up a notch!" With her trademark wicked grin and child-like excitement returning full force, Arachne quickly raced at Aurora head on! She'd aim to use both of her hands to grab onto the space kitten's arm, before throwing her in an Irish Whip! Widow would specially aim to throw her target back towards the café tables, already having an idea on how she could use those to her advantage!

After sending Aurora in a position to be surrounded by tables, the speedy spider would also zoom to this arena of the battlefield. Arachne would jump on one table, before quickly jumping to another, than another! Laughing evilly all the while, constantly pouncing over and around Aurora, leaping from table to table. The mischievous arachnid was attempting to make Aurora loose track of her, before suddenly attacking again! Soon enough, Arachne would spring up from a table behind Aurora! She'd flip before coming down hands-first, to attempt to roughly tackle the Galaxy Cat to the floor!

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Only Arachne could manage to squeeze in a full-on monologue while trying down a wrestler like Aurora in a submission hold! But ever the resourceful wrestler, The Galaxy Cat was able to find a clever way out of Miss Spyder's web! Aurora managed to flip Arachne onto the ground beneath them and follow up with a Running Knee!

Arachne had spent all this time carefully crafting and engineering the circumstances through which she could get a genuine fight out of The Galaxy Cat! Even now, she correctly deduced the facts. She had Aurora pegged. Estrella did indeed prefer competition with formal rules. The ring, the referee, a well-defined set of enforceable rules, and so on- those were all integral aspects of what Aurora considered to be a true wrestling match! The chance to do her homework on her opponents and prepare beforehand was the lynchpin to Aurora's success! And Arachne's denial of that opened the door for her to work Aurora's core over well, but not without reprisal!

"Karmic enough for you to call off this little spat?" Estrella would smile as she found her footing after her strike. She rubbed her side and turned to face the treacherous arachnid. The luchadora fully expected Arachne to rebuff her rhetorical remark.

Aurora pushed past the pain in her core and side to refocus on Arachne. Indeed her counter was clever, but she realized it wouldn't work a second time. Arachne was too keen to fall for the same trick twice, no matter how loudly the crowd was cheering for her! For the briefest moment, Aurora breathed a sigh of relief in the hopes that they could de-escalate the situation. And the moment the thought crossed her mind, Arachne demanded that things be kicked up a notch!

"Let's not! Really, we don't have to!" Estrella would protest with her hands in front of her to show her disapproval!

But it was for naught! Aurora's protest only allowed Arachne easier access to her arms! The villainess overcame her own pains and rushed at Aurora! She grabbed The Galaxy Cat by the arm and violently throw The SWAT Cat towards the cafe tables!

"Hup!" Aurora would grunt and jump just before making contact with the table! She slid on her surprisingly plump bum to glide from one edge of the table to the other before catching herself in a standing position on the floor!

Right away, Aurora would turn and place both hands on the edge of the table! And the moment she did, Arachne was already in motion!

"Hmmm..." Aurora would growl as Arachne skirted from table to table, picking up speed as she did!

Noises of anticipation could be heard from the crowd as Arachne continued picking up speed! The villainess's vexing movements would confound the fans as she continued accelerating while looking for an opening! Aurora's beautiful, heterochromatic eyes would dart from left to right as she tried to keep track of the spider gal! Arachne's laughs filled the halls of the cafe as she kept this up!

"Uuf!"

Finally, after much setup, Arachne would make her move! She suddenly pounded on Estrella! She came down on the lightweight luchadora with her full weight! Aurora let out an audible groan on impact! But once again, her so-called "space kitten" rival was not without recourse!

"Ngh!" Aurora would grunt as she tried to get her legs up and flip Arachne backward a fair distance! Up and over the cashier's counter if she could!

If Aurora managed to pull off this counter, she'd slowly rise to her feet and approach the counter before grabbing onto it for support to keep herself up! Between the heavy breaths, she'd try and voice yet another rhetorical question, this time to the tune of many chuckles from those in attendance.

"I....I don't suppose.... you'd be willing...to take my order?"

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The café brawl continued! After finding some resolve, Aurora racked up some offense against her villainous adversary. But Arachne was soon back up and ready to go at it again! "Never!" Arachne had snickered stubbornly, indeed rebuffing Aurora's rhetorical question. In fact, the troublemaking heel made it clear she was keen on things escalating further! Aurora of course disapproved. Just because she had "accepted" the fight Arachne had forced onto her, it didn't mean she wanted the chaos to amp up. Sadly for her, Arachne had a simple and selfish response to the Galaxy Cat vocalizing this. "Arachne wants to!" And with that, the spider grabbed one of the feline's raised hands, in order to throw them towards the cafe's tables!

Impressively, Aurora was able to recover from Arachne's Irish Whip, by sliding across one of the tables, before standing tall on her feet. But the black widow had already set her next move into motion! She rapidly approached the table area, before jumping from table to table, trying to bewilder the Galaxy Cat! While Aurora seemed to keep her cool, it didn't mean at all that Arachne's movements were easy to keep track off. Quite the opposite in fact! The villainess was successful in hitting Aurora with a jumping tackle, coming from behind to slam her fellow masked wrestler onto the hard floor!

Being grounded when facing a submission specialist like Arachne was never a good thing. Thoughts of the numerous ways she could try and tie up Aurora again were already racing through the dastardly bug's mind. Whether Aurora realized this, or whether it was simply her fighting instincts, she was quick to counterattack. Despite just being tackled, Aurora found both the physical and inner strength to throw Arachne off, even flipping her clean over the cafe's counter! "Whoaaaaa!" Arachne exclaimed. She landed on her feet, but just barely. That throw had taken the spider by surprise. Impressed, she blinked twice in awe, and even conceded a compliment to the SWAT Cat. "Tch. Not bad."

But their latest exchange had tired Ms. Estrella out a bit, judging by her labored breathing and slowness in rising back up, using the counter for support. When Aurora rhetorically asked if Arachne would take her order, the villainess played along in a way that wouldn't slow down the action at all. A nefarious grin graced her mug, as she reached back into her Thorax Backpack. This time she'd pull out the same loudspeaker she had used to gather such a large crowd here in the first place! "OF COURSE! MAY I RECOMMEND THE BANANA SPLIT SPECIAL, MA'AM?!" Arachne yelled in the loudspeaker, directed at Aurora's face! This would no doubt rattle the Galaxy Cat's eardrums, giving Arachne an even greater opening to attack the tag champion!

If all went her way, Arachne would first put her loudspeaker up. Then she would reach over with both her hands, to grab a good hold on her intended target! Arachne would then lift her fellow lightweight over the desk, to slam her back-first onto the floor behind the counter! "Oh wait. Arachne's sorry, but it looks like we're sold out of banana splits this evening." Arachne snickered, before going down to tussle Aurora into her next move. "But we've got another type of split we're giving away free of charge!" Widow would use her hands to grab hold of Aurora's left leg, and use her legs to ensnare the cat's right one. If she was able to lock in this submission hold, she would painfully stretch the Galaxy Cat's legs apart! "One Leg Split coming right up! AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"

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With much reluctance on Aurora's part, the cafe brawl did indeed continue! Come heck or high water, Arachne seemed bent on fighting it out! A sinking feeling grew in the back of Aurora's mind.

Why do this? If it was simple chaos, she could have jumped me anywhere. Why here? What's her bigger, overarching plan? And why, oh why must she continue to refer to herself in the third person?!

All these questions and more plagued Estrella's mind as she fought to scrape by, barely evading Spyder's high-risk and over-the-top attacks that followed her vexing and erratic, yet somehow calculated movements!

The brawl would find both women on either side of the cashier's counter! Needing a quick breather, Aurora tried once again to attempt some banter, to connect with Arachne, to speak with her. The fans and passersby recording these events on their phones and such would chuckle and react with curiosity and even some adoration at Aurora's continued attempts at diplomacy. As Aurora leaned against the counter and playfully asked about making an order, for just a fraction of a second, the evil Widow actually seemed willing to indulge The Galaxy Cat!

But Aurora knew better than that. If the mischievous grin on Arachne's face didn't give it away, her reaching into her Thorax Backpack certainly did! Aurora had learned by now that nothing good came out of that thing!

"Wait wait wait, please don't!" The tired luchadora would plead with her rival as Arachne pulled out that loudspeaker of all things! Estrella knew exactly where this was going! She covered her ears preemptively despite knowing that at point-blank range, it would do little to save her from what was about to come!

"Mmmmnnnggg!" Aurora would grunt out in pain the moment Arachne roared into the megaphone!

Aurora's eyes dilated! She grit her teeth! Even much of the audience covered their ears when Arachne projected her voice into the megaphone! Standing right in front of Arachne the way Aurora had been left The Galaxy Cat without a hope or a prayer!

The hairs on Aurora's head stood on end as she stood there practically frozen and stunned! Arachne's plan worked to perfection! By the time she had set aside the device, Aurora was wobbly on her feet! The tag team champion was easy pickings for Arachne to grab hold of! And grab home of Aurora she did!

"Guh!" Aurora offered no resistance and no pushback! Arachne pulled her over the counter and slammed her down with ease! Even after the slam, Aurora kept a hand over one of her ears! Her eardrums were still ringing! She could barely make out any sounds!

Left susceptible and largely unawares, Arachne once again found no difficulty tying up a downed Estrella into a Leg Split/Leg Spread hold! The evil villainess scissored one of Aurora's legs while hooking Aurora's other leg over her own neck! Arachne would part Aurora's thighs and open up her hips, stressing them past the points of comfortable flexibility and subjecting Aurora to an excruciating hold!

"AHHHHH!" Aurora would cry out in pain as Arachne continued stretching her out and testing the limits of her flexibility behind the cash register!

Aurora would continue bellowing out with cries of pain each time Arachne stretched her! Still robbed of some of her hearing and still stunned, Aurora was in no shape to fight back this time! Arachne had all the opportunity in the world to work her over good and well while she was unable to escape! Aurora would protest when some of her hearing came back!

"This split! Why does it come with a side of pain?! Can I send it back to the kitchen?!" Estrella would protest as she tried desperately to hang in there!

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Ignoring Aurora's frantic pleads, Arachne yelled into her loudspeaker, practically paralyzing the Galaxy Cat! The sound wave rattled Aurora's senses, letting Arachne grab hold of her, before lifting her over the counter with ease. And with Aurora floored and totally stunned, the spider had no trouble ensnaring her in a sinister submission hold. This time it would be a skillful Leg Spilt! Arachne cackled, as she split her adversary's lower limbs apart from each other, substantially further than they were naturally suppose to go.

Even while in this excruciatingly painful submission hold, Aurora eventually managed to continue her banter. This certainly impressed Arachne, who was all too happy to continue joking around as well, especially since she was currently in the driver's seat! "We-We don't do that here." Arachne memed, in response to Aurora requesting to take this "meal" back to the kitchen.

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"The pain is obviously the main course, ya ding dong! We can't send anything back. But we CAN get you a side of torture, a drink of torment, and a dessert of treacherous turmoil to boot! All generously on the house of course. Mmmhmhmhmhmm!"

Arachne knew quick wit was perhaps Aurora's greatest strength. So throughout most of this brawl, she'd been aiming to keep her adversary's mind as distracted as possible. Whether it was blinding her with smoke bombs, leaping around her from table to table, or most recently, stunning her with a loudspeaker. Arachne had used a combination of mischievous tricks and impressive combative skill to keep Aurora on her toes! The spider prioritized to show off the latter more in most of her official matches, many of which saw the use of her Thorax Backpack to be surprisingly infrequent. But in this outside-of-the-ring encounter, Arachne had dubbed there were no rules. And given how much she had planned, if things went her way here, Arachne had no problem getting the better of Aurora however she saw fit!

That being said, the bug girl eventually released Aurora from the submission hold. Only to stand over the Galaxy Cat's aching body, before reaching into her Thorax Backpack yet again! "Let's see what my bag's gonna pull out for ya THIS time!" Arachne snickered ominously, slowly pulling out yet another villainous device. "IT'S TIME FOR MY MOST EEEEEVIIIIIIL DEVICE OF ALL TIME! MWAHAHAHAHAAAAA!" The spider intentionally made the moment more ominous than warranted, as she simply opted to reach for and pull out her tickle feather this time.

"Coochy coo! Coochy, coochy, coo!" Arachne teased, as used the feather to tickle exposed parts of Aurora's body. Such as her star-shaped boob window, her underarms, and her legs. "Aye, you're looking quite silly in front of everyone, ya big baby!" But as silly as this moment was, it still very much put Arachne in a dangerous position of control. It was only a matter of time until the villainess got bored with one thing and went to another. If Aurora couldn't find a way outta this, she'd be susceptible to much more painful tricks and traps that the chaotic heel had in her arsenal!