Isabella Brandt Vs. Minerva Darque -Through Fire and Shadows (Apex Qualifier Match)

[Devastated]

Isabella licked her lips, she was clearly enjoying herself right now as she tortured her Goth rival. Stretching out her core and working her over, trying to weaken Minerva throughout. Slowly but surely, Isabella was doing her part in breaking down Minerva. It would take a while no doubt, at this rate though she figured that she could make sure that Minerva's core had little resistance to offer in this match.

Though as she was busy stretching out Minerva's core, the fellow blonde decided to fight her way out of the hold! Isabella hissed out as Minerva drove her fist down into the thigh of Isabella! Hammering down hard and then even threw her elbow back a couple of times! The violent struggles was enough to force Isabella to release the hold, hissing out in pain as she untangled herself from Minerva and would try and then shove the Goth girl away.

[ADarlingDucky]

Wrapped up by Isabella, Minerva could practically feel the lust for her destruction coming from her opponent, and the pompous blonde would continue to twist her in the hold while Minerva was getting more and more desperate to figure out a way to free herself! And finally, one would come in the form of some not so graceful striking at Isabella's legs, as the goth woman would ball her fists up and begin throwing a quick series of punches to her thighs, forcing Isabella to eventually break the hold and push her away!

"Uuugh... you bitch..." Minerva groaned out, taking a few steps away and holding onto her sides, trying to ease the pain in her core muscles that Isabella had inflicted upon her, though she wasn't able to do much! She'd have to wait for her opponent to come to her now, and so she'd turn and try and look as pathetic as possible, hoping that she could goad Isabella into a reckless charge!

[Devastated]

The brutish punches of Minerva served her well, as it forced Isabella to abandon her hold and shove the fellow blonde away, bringing her hand down to rub at her thighs as she hissed out under her breath. She directed her gaze towards Minerva, those eyes narrowed at the insult, and a smirk crept back up onto the face of the ojou. She would begin to walk towards Minerva, her stride increasing in pace with each step, until she broke into a charge!

Isabella sought to reach Minerva and in the process jump up, seeking to drive her boots straight into the chest of the goth girl, as the ojou aimed to nail her with a running dropkick, she was unaware of Minerva playing possum though so it may turn out to be a rather grave mistake of The Knight!

[ADarlingDucky]

While Isabella had managed to put quite a hurt on Minerva, the goth girl had eventually managed to get away from her foe, quite pained but still managing to get some time to recover for herself, while Isabella was stalking her nearby, Minerva looking weaker than she perhaps truly was! And it seemed that the plan to draw her blonde opponent in would work out, as Isabella would suddenly begin a swift charge towards the goth woman before she leaped into the air, and swung her feet out in an attempt to deliver a devastating drop kick! Only, while Isabella soared through the air, Minerva would throw herself to the side as quickly as she could, letting her foe just barely miss her and come crashing down hard on the mat!

"Aahahahahahahahah! You stupid bitch!" Minerva cackled, her first successful act during this match so far, and she would try to make sure that her gloating would not be in vain! She would quickly move over to where the blonde would have landed, before jumping up and attempting to come down, swinging her elbow as she did in order to slam her arm into her foe with a big strike!

[Devastated]

Isabella saw the fellow blonde on the back foot and she had but one intention, and that was to keep up the aggression and strike while the iron was hot! She needed to keep hammering away at Minerva until she had defeated the Goth. The Ojou charged in with great speed towards her opponent, and at the final moment leapt up to sail through the air feet first. She sought to collide with her boots right into the large chest of Minerva, but as she continued to fly past her foe after she side-stepped out of the way of Isabella's attack, the eyes of Isabella widened...then her body was given to the forces of gravity! Crashing down onto her side on the canvas, Isabella grunted out and rolled over to her front!

She glared up at Minerva as the Goth girl cackled out then descended right down! Her elbow making contact square with Isabella's chest as that big elbow drop forced the air out of the lungs of Isabella. " Gwuuh!" She gasped out, and with it she brought her arms up to try and wrap them around her chest as she attempted to roll over to the side and shield herself from further assault, with Minerva now having managed to finally wrestle control of the match away from Isabella!

[ADarlingDucky]

While it could have led to disaster if her plan had backfired, Minerva's trick would manage to work on Isabella, and the ojou would launch herself at the seemingly defenseless goth woman, only to have Minerva dodge out of the way and let her foe crash to the mat! A follow up elbow drop would ensure that Isabella wasn't going to go anywhere too quickly, and now that she was down on the mat and at Minerva's mercy for the first time so far in this encounter, the goth woman wanted to make sure she capitalized! So she'd grab hold of one of Isabella's legs, pushing her over onto her stomach before wrapping her own legs around Isabella's trapped limb, bending it as she lay down across her blonde foe!

"Tell me if this hurts little fly..." Minerva hissed with a smirk on her face, before she would wrap her hands around Isabella's face and suddenly wrench back hard, intending to stretch her out in a painful STF! Minerva wanted to put her foe in a submission that would brutally stretch out her neck and back, and she did just that, intending to leave Isabella crying out in pain!

[Devastated]

Minerva's clever plan had worked like a charm and with it Isabella was down on her side trying to get back up, she rolled over onto her back just in time to see Minerva descend and drive her elbow right down into the chest of the Ojou! Air rushed out of Isabella's lungs as she was forced to wrap her her arms around her chest and roll over onto her side! The crowd erupted in a chorus of cheers and jeers, the ones who had been on Minerva's side were ecstatic to see the Goth finally claw her way back into the match.

Isabella felt as her leg was grabbed and then she was pushed down onto her stomach, she grunted out as the slightly bigger blonde trapped her leg with her own legs! Then came the arms of Minerva which wrapped around Isabella's head and pulled the Ojou up into a painful STF submission hold! The pain began to course through the neck and the back of Isabella, she hissed out as she would bring her hands up to try and grab at Minerva's arms in an attempt to pry those limbs off of her!

[ADarlingDucky]

Laying down atop Isabella's back, Minerva damn near cackled as she was finally able to get some manner of control over this match, having been battered and beaten up until now, but it was never to late to leave a mark, and that was exactly what she hoped to do! She had collected Isabella's leg and snagged it in the crook of her own knee, and once that was done, it was time for her to lace her fingers in front of Isabella's face, wrenching backwards as she locked in an STF, leaving her foe growling in pain! Quite quickly, the ojou's hands went up to pry at her limbs and try to pull them off, but the goth girl held tight to her opponent, continuing to pull back as she tried to shake her foe's attempts at resistance aside!

"Such a pain... just lie there... and take it!" Minerva hissed, before she'd suddenly pull back once more and really attempt to wrench hard on the hold, making it a nightmare for Isabella to endure! She might be pretty and proper, but Minerva wanted to hear her scream in pain, and everything she was doing was all in an effort to make her foe seem that much more in trouble in this match!

[Devastated]

Isabella's body was feeling sharp pain run through her back as she was being bent by Minerva's STF hold. Her face contorted in pain as she grabbed onto Minerva's hands and tried to pry them off of her. Isabella hissed and groaned in pain as she struggled, the sudden jerk back by the bigger blonde sent a shooting pain through Isabella's spine which forced the Knight to gasp out loudly. " Aaahgh!"

She grit her teeth, trying to bear with the pain for the moment. She was fighting through it, her fingers sliding in and trying to get around Minerva's fingers as she tried to pry them apart and break the conjoined hold of Minerva's hands! After which she sought to pull the arms of Minerva off her just enough to get a clear shot to shoot her elbow up and try to nail Minerva in her chin! Hoping to break free of the painful submission hold of the Goth babe.

[ADarlingDucky]

Laying down across Isabella's back and trapping her leg in between the goth girl's own, Minerva was able to reach around the front of her opponent and wrap her hands together in front of the haughty ojou's face, before wrenching back hard, locking in a tight STF! The scream of pain that came from Isabella would be greeted by a devious cackle from Minerva, the goth woman finally getting some measure of revenge for being dominated earlier in the match, and the further she strained Isabella, the better she felt about it! However, soon enough the woman underneath her would begin to struggle, slowly prying Minerva's hands away, and before the goth woman could re-adjust, she was suddenly slammed with an elbow!

"UUGH!" Minerva yelped as Isabella's elbow suddenly slammed into her head, and her hold all but evaporated, as her body went slack and she rolled to the side off of Isabella, freeing her from the STF! Minerva would roll over onto her back and bring a hand up to clutch her chin, rubbing it dizzily as she was caught off guard by the strike, her advantage quickly fading!