Gold Ace vs. Desdemona Belti - Teenage Wasteland

[BlackAkuma]

Gold Ace kicked out fast because…of course he did. The guy might not have looked like much, but she wasn’t so full on herself to think that would be enough to beat him.

The moment he was up, she moved in and took him with a headlock, clinching it tight to keep him locked down. ”Yeah, yeah, I know. Mom said I should get in a lot of pins, though.” She wrenched the hold hard to the side, really grinding him down. ”’Pin early, pin often’, she says. Keeping the pressure up.”

Indeed, that was the strategy, and Angela was overjoyed to see her daughter executing it. This was already looking better than Dizzy’s first match - she just hoped the difference wasn’t simply because she was fighting a boy.

[The_Soul_of_Kia]

The moment Gold was on his knees, Dizzy was upon him, wrapping her arm around his head and squeezing tightly around his neck, getting him wince and grumble a little as he grabbed at her hand while she went on about pin attempts.

Luckily, her arms...weren't that large or powerful, even compared to his lithe body, the squeeze wasn't that powerful, though the way she *wrenched* his neck to the side didn't feel to great...

"Well...pin me all you want...Gold Ace...always kicks out!"

Slowly, grunting with each inch he gained, he pushed himself up, getting his feet under him, rising from his kneeling position until he was on his feet, head still down, trying to shift his position so he could try and throw an elbow into Dizzy's side!

[BlackAkuma]

Angela made her way around the ring, keeping a close eye on Dizzy as she locked in the hold. As near as she could tell, everything was looking good - solid grip, proper placement of the feet, making sure to twist it in the right way for the best torque. She was getting better at applying these kinds of holds, but she could get too carried away in the action sometimes and forget the particular. Never hurt to make sure.

There wasn’t much she could do like this to keep him down, but the headlock was serving its purpose, draining him of strength, even as he rose up under Dizzy’s grip. A good start…but only that, as her foe still had plenty to work with, and the presence of mind to use.

”Yeah, we’ll see about-”

Dizzy was cut off by a sharp elbow in her stomach, one that sunk deep and knocked the air clean out of her. She stumbled back and dropped her hold, as her arms attended to the far more important task of soothing her stomach.

[The_Soul_of_Kia]

Success! That...was admittedly easier than he thought it would be to escape from. Then again, neither he nor Dizzy were particularly big, it probably made sense she didn't have the strongest headlock.

Still, he wanted to take advantage of her momentary distraction, so he charged away from Dizzy towards the ropes, rebounding off of them to charge back towards Dizzy, leaping upwards and backwards, letting his momentum carry him the rest of the distance between the two of them while kicking both legs out to try and slam into her chest with a Shotgun Dropkick!

[BlackAkuma]

Ooof, that one had hurt a lot more than Dizzy had expected. Gold Ace was no super heavyweight, but she had to remember that it wasn’t like she was any better. In more of a straight up fight, she couldn't come close to taking this guy, he’d always have the advantage over her in just about every category. She had to be smart, pick her opportunities, and strike at the right times.

It was a good philosophy, and one that served Gold Ace well, too. She had only just gotten her bearings back when he came roaring at her, full speed, and leaped toward her with a massive dropkick. The blow knocked her clean off her feet, and when she came down her back, she got through two rolls before she came flopping down on her back, left in an unmoving heap.

”Dizzy!” Her mother called out from ringside and grabbed the bottom rope, as she fought with her instinct to charge in. ”Dizzy, are you okay?”

[The_Soul_of_Kia]

Hot damn. Ace knew that dropkick was going to be a good one, but when he sat up after hitting the mat, he actually winced to see the skinny Dizzy hit the mat and actually *roll* before flopping onto the mat, her mother, whom Ace had called "Hot" in a faux pax, calling her name out in concern.

"Oh man...I didn't think I was overdoing it with that..."

Ace said softly, before rolling backwards to get back onto his feet and moving over towards the fallen Dizzy, looking over cautiously at her concerned mother, just in case the woman was the type to interfere in the match personally, and nudged her with his shoe. "Hey uh...you good?" He asked, waiting a moment for a response before he'd shrug and look at her mom.

"Well...according to her, you always say to pin often, sooooo..." with that comment, the golden haired teen would drop to his knees, draping his body across hers for a pin attempt!

[BlackAkuma]

Dizzy’s world was rocked.

But it wasn’t quite as rocked as she was letting on.

There was no denying that getting dropkicked like that had hurt a lot, and it knocked the wind out of her, and it made her glad to be flat-chested for the first time in her life, but it wasn’t like she’d been hit with a Mexican Destroyer or whatever they called. When she hit the floor, she made the decision to stay down, acting like she’d been utterly wrecked instead of only half wrecked.

Waiting. Waiting. Like a cobra, about to strike. If only her Mom would be quiet about it, peppering her with Italian from ringside. ”[Baby! Baby, are you okay?]”

Dizzy had a long sigh as Gold Ace came over and nudged her, then rolled her over for the pin. She came to life as soon as he rolled her over, snagged him with a facelock, ducked her arm under his shoulder, snagged his leg and rolled over, trying to pin him with a small package.

[The_Soul_of_Kia]

Gold Ace felt a little disappointed about this, the felt like getting too easy of a win. Did he really knock the girl out with just a dropki-"WOAHHH!"

His inner thoughts were cut off, interrupted as the moment he turned Dizzy over and got onto his knees for a pin attempt, the girl shot up like a spring and pulled him down over her, rolling them over and locking his legs under hers in an extremely tight small package hold, Gold Ace's golden eyes wide with utter shock as he heard the referee's drop to the mat and slap her hand on the mat with a call of:

"ONE!"

"TWO!"

"THR-"

It was an extremely close call, but, with Gold Ace's legs straining to free themselves for a couple of seconds, Gold Ace was able to barely, just BARELY manage to buck his hips as hard as he could, breaking the pin attempt when the referee's hand was just a bare quarter of a second from hitting the mat, breaking the pin and immediately sitting up with a big gasp of air, looking up at the referee with a mix of shock and utter relief as he saw the girl hold up two fingers, showing he had broken the pin in time to avoid a loss.

"HOLY CRAP!" He exclaimed, heart pounding hard in his chest, pounding in his ears, as he tried to take in what just happened. "She...nearly got me again!?" He exclaimed, truly shaken by just how close the girl had come to getting a pin on him, when she seemed all but KOed just moments earlier!

"...Geezus girl...your beautiful as hell, but your sneaky as the dickens!"

[BlackAkuma]

Was this going to work? Really?

Dizzy didn’t have the most faith in herself and her abilities, so when she sprung the trap on Gold Ace, she wasn’t sure if it would even get a one count, if that much. So, when she got him down and heard the second count, she actually believed there was a chance, small as it was, that she could squeeze out a quick win.

Close, so close, but this time it just wasn’t to be. He got up at the last, just avoiding the count, and Dizzy rolled away while her mother cheered. ”Great work, Dizzy! Great work! Keep up the pressure!”

Dizzy did, indeed, see the need to stay on offense, even as Gold Ace rose and gave her props. She dove back in from behind and tried to wrap her arms around his neck, attempting to lock him down with a sleeperhold before he could get back up again. ”Uh…thanks?” She shrugged and powered down even harder, getting the most out of her spindly arms. ”Appreciate the flirting, dude, but…”

[The_Soul_of_Kia]

Gold Ace stayed sitting for a moment before starting to get up, his heart still pounding in his chest and his breathing still coming in fast pants as he recovered from the shock of nearly being pinned. This girl definitely wasn't as strong as he was, but damnit she was clever. He had been having fun so far, but that was a good reminder that if he didn't take this more seriously, this girl really COULD end up beating him!

As he got up to all fours, Dizzy seemed intent on doing just that, getting a comical yelp out of Ace as she leaped onto his back, wrapping her skinny arms around his neck and locking in a TIGHT sleeper hold, constricting them around his neck and cutting his air flow, causing his golden eyes to widen as he shook his body, trying in vain to dislodge her!

"H-Hey! Get off! I'll stop flirting but I'm not getting put to sleep!"