Stephanie "Baroness" Renaud vs Clara Gaster - Hell on Apex

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”Don’t…aaaagh…you dare order her around!”, Clara hissed at the Baroness, with one hand on her spine, and another one grasping at Baroness’s hands, as she desperately tried to fight out of her grip…only for Stephanie to Irish Whip the Brit into the corner, her hitting the turnbuckles back-first!

”MMMMGGGHHH!”

Baroness would launch herself at Clara right afterwards. Though painful, Clara was far from out of the fight. She forced her body to roll forward, in spite of how painful it would be, dropping to the mat for Baroness to ram her shoulder straight into the corner!

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It was not much...

But it was a damn start!

The Baroness clashed against the corner hard, her own momentum driving her back to her feet. The silver haired Vixen grasped at her shoulder, a look of clear displeasure forming as she began to roll her arm. Given the toughness of the Middleweight, no doubt this small humiliation was nothing but a drop in the ocean when it came to defeating her... but whilst Baroness was licking the small scratch, the damage that was done was not so much physical... but mentally.

To be certain the Baroness was barely fazed... she hurt her shoulder a little. As she rubbed out the knots of tension from the impact, it had barely been a second or two before she was fighting fit, as good as she was when this whole match started. That was not the damage, nor was it anything mental for the Baroness herself...

It was the crowd.

Such a minor mishap felt like nothing, but the crowd’s attitude shifted in an instant. No longer were jeers and rage filling the air of the arena, but instead an explosion of ovation for Clara! She had done so little, merely dropping down, inflicting barely any damage even as the Baroness missed her mark, but the rise from the crowd was like nothing Clara had heard. The Baroness had no love for the audience, and felt its presence held no merit... but for the likes of Clara, it was a powerful weapon, one that could destroy the soul and will of a wrestler... or fortify and strengthen it!

"Infernal racket..." The Baroness whispered, glaring at the sudden riot of support Clara had garnered in an instant. Even Kay herself could not help but near squeal in joy when she witnessed Clara make a simple move to evade more hurt. She could feel the energy herself, a crowd that were all begind Clara, looking to help her rally and fight against the insurmountable odds against her.

"Enough with this... Once I silence you, I will silence the plebs." The Baroness whispered in malice, approaching Clara as she reached down to try and grasp her by her neck! It was clear she looked to lift her up off her feet.. but no doubt by now... Clara had other plans in mind!

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The crowd exploded in cheers at the counter, giving a bit of energy and motivation to Clara to try and force herself to get back up to her feet, greeting her teeth as one arm was on the ropes, and the other was on the small of her hurting back.

Baroness, angry at the roar of the crowd, would quickly approach Clara, grabbing her by her neck...only for Clara to explode upwards, as she leaped to her feet with an uppercut to Baroness's jaw and a hard Knife Edge Chop to her chest for a follow-up! The crowd would go wild, happy to see their hometown heroine starting to beat the odds!

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The Baroness was left stumbling backwards when Clara came at her like a woman possessed. No doubt the adrenaline fuelled her as she was able to shrug off the worst of her ailments all in exchange for a good offensive. Clara took every advantage of it though, as she caught Stephanie with a good combination, first managing to break the grasp upon her own neck with a great uppercut akin to a strike that would make Drifter proud, before following up with a hard Knife Edge Chop that clapped loud enough it left the crowd gasping in shock and discomfort, feeling the echo of the clash ring through the arena.

The result left the Baroness on the backfoot, but it was only for a moment.
“Mignonne…” The Baroness whispered in her native language…
She found her footing quickly, as the bangs of her silver hair fell over her eyes, giving her a darkened look. Her lip twitched, her expression or at least what was visible of it looking agitated. The Baroness rolled one of her shoulders, her entire form tensing up to indicate that retribution was upon her mind. With a big step forwards, the Baroness looked to try and stop dead any momentum from Clara with a massive clothesline attempt upon her, looking to throw her powerful arm into her chest and send her spinning in the air.

Such a blow would certainly do that if Clara was not quick enough to evade what was coming, as Baroness looked to take Clara's head off her shoulders with an alarmingly powerful strike from the deceptively strong Baroness!

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Clara could tell from Baroness's look that the Frenchwoman wanted to bring hell to Clara for fighting back. Stephanie would shoot out of the corner with an outstretched arm, trying ram it straight through Clara's head!

...only for Clara to duck at the last moment, and get right behind the Baroness, wrapping her arms around the Frenchwoman's waist...before swiftly popping her hips, trying to drive her rival neck and shoulder first with a German Suplex!

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!", Clara let out a battle cry as she beat the Baroness down!

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The Baroness cursed mentally when her heavy strike was telegraphed by the smaller bikini clad beauty, making her hit naught but air. The momentum carried her forwards, allowing Clara to slide around her, wrapping her arms around her waist. With movement, momentum and the crowd all on her side, Clara was able to build up enough strength to suddenly lift the taller Middleweight wrestler before Clara arched into a perfect C like shape, bringing the Baroness with her to land an excellent German Suplex!

Baroness hit the surface head and shoulders first with devastating impact, causing the crowd to pop loudly as Kay gasped out, losing sight of the two wrestlers below her. Judging from the reaction of the crowd it could only mean good things as she crouched low. By now she had stripped herself from the Maid-esque items of her clothing the Baroness had put her in, having taken off the small head dress and apron, leaving her in a sports bra like top and gym like pants. She walked around the cage she was contained in, trying to get a view of the fight, but the two were directly below her.

The Baroness grimaced, managing to roll away before clambering up to her feet. Her movements were slower than usual and her motions a little sluggish. Despite trying to give the impression that the suplex did nothing, it was clear as day Clara had hurt the Baroness when she clutched the back of her head and neck. The crowd began to chant in support, and where the Baroness might have been known to get angry and careless... she instead smiled a dark smirk.

"Wonderful... You've grown a lot stronger. It will not be enough for you... but it will certainly give me the thrill of a better hunt!" The Baroness whispered, drinking in Clara's slightly glistening form before she licked her lips.
"How about you show me a little more of how you've grown?" The Baroness teased, trying to lure Clara towards her, playing her mind games as always.

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As Clara stood up after the suplex she could hear the rattling of the cage above her...and looking up, she realized it's because herself and Baroness were exactly below the cage. Clara couldn't help but giggle slightly at Kay's situation. One would think that being above the ring would be the best place in the house to watch a match...

Baroness tried to goad Clara towards her, for more attack...and in a way, it was working.

Growling, Clara would quickly step forward towards her rival, trying to drive her foot right under her chin for a Superkick!

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Clara would launch herself forwards, looking to put the Baroness in her place with a well executed Superkick. The issue however, was that such a move was driven by anger rather than focus, and as such, the Baroness knew such a strike was coming. In an expert and impressive manner, the Baroness was able to arch and twist her form, letting Clara's bare heel slice into nothing but air. The Baroness then grasped at her ankle, before kicking at Clara's standing leg to try and bring her down. Holding onto her other ankle still, the Baroness pulled Clara towards the centre of the ring, biting on her lower lip as she could not help but give a good look over the bikini clad form of her rival.

She was as stunning as she remembered... in fact she was more beautiful, having trained harder, conditioning her body just that little more. Sliding her own legs amongst Clara's, she would enjoy the skin contact... but she would enjoy the cries of Clara all the more when she managed to twist her leg up, entwine her own amongst the black haired beauty's, before falling back, locking in an expert Figure Four Leg Lock upon Clara! Given the strength of her own legs, Baroness' lock was firm and tight, as she began to stretch her own body and lift against the palms of her hands to begin applying deadly pressure.

This would not be a match ending move... Baroness was certain of that, but it was good to watch Clara squirm, and she knew the longer she locked such a deadly leg hold, the more taxing it would be on Clara, reducing the danger of her kicks!

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As Clara's super kick missed, she tried to quickly pull her leg back...only for Baroness to snatch it from mid-air, pulling on the limb and dropping the Brit onto her back!

"Aaaagh!"

This wouldn't be the end of the Shadow Lord's troubles, as the Baroness dragged the Brit on the canvas, Clara feeling her rival's perverted gaze on her, before she wrapped Clara's trapped leg around her's in a 4 shape, pressing her own leg into her's for a Figure 4 Leglock!

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! D-DAMNIT!"

As Baroness wanted, Clara would toss around, screaming in pain. Quickly, she tried to change the situation around, flipping on her stomach to reverse the hold. She hoped her plan was solid...but there was always fear of the Baroness figuring out what she wanted to do!

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The Baroness smiled in a dark manner as Clara went to work. For certain, the Brit was an expert wrestler with great knowledge and technique behind her. Even now, locked in the Figure Four as she was, their bare legs entangled in a way that stretched her own beyond the limitations of their design, Clara was working to get free. However, the Baroness was no fool. One of the more obvious ways to escape such a debilitating submission was to twist the applier, if Clara was able to roll over, she would switch the pressure and momentum, reversing the situation and as a result she would have Baroness in a submission as well.

"Do not start becoming predictable now my dear." The Baroness warned, watching as Clara looked to try and build leverage to twist the two. Proving just how deadly her own legs were, the Baroness anchored down, her toes curling almost to grip the mat as those legs of hers seemed to grow and tense, locking down the hold further. It stopped dead Clara's intent to twist the two, before the Baroness lifted herself upwards upon the palms of her own hands, adding intense pressure and leverage to the leg lock.

"Come now... do not disappoint me. This is not how I want to end this match.. but I will if you prove to be unworthy.. the notion of having you and your lover as a Maid is much more appealing to me right now than allowing my desires to crush that body of yours to get in the way of such ambition." The Baroness warned in a dark manner. She was fooling herself of course... This match would end with Baroness squeezing Clara until she was dry of all signs of life. She would release Clara before letting her tap, but she wanted to see if the lightweight beauty could escape on her own first.