Apex Ant-agonizing: Gail vs Antonia! (Apex Qualifier)

[SubtleRoar]

As her boots began to quiver from the extraordinary amount of vigor she needed to exude to drop Antonia at such an accelerated rate, Gail convinced herself that she had, at least momentarily, checkmated her tenacious foe- To both her shock and disbelief, that was not the case, and as soon as she became vulnerable the scarlet queen latched around her throat to squeeze the remaining life from her lungs!

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"GGGAAACK?!" *The bewildered tornado sputtered out in a blend of confusion and horror, all four of her limbs starting to brazenly tremble from the pressure being applied! "Nngghh...nice...catch..." Gail meekly forfeited a compliment, her previous skepticism towards Ant's fighting capabilities having been all but erased.

"I'm..n..not..fff..finished yet.." As defiant and stubborn as ever, the resilient whirlwind began to pull herself upward, digging her feet in while concocting a way out of this mess- Carefully elevating her right hand, Gail snatched the outside of the crimson matriarch's shorts, aggressively yanking them upward for a front facing wedgie! Unorthodox? Yes, but Gail was a virtuoso in the art of schoolyard hazing.

[dddybee]

Antonia was enjoying squeezing her adversary in the standing headscissors. She knew that by cutting off someone's air, you could do a bunch of damage to them in a short time frame. "Nice? My catch was perfect." Antonia replied, not taking Gail's compliment with humility. However, she would compliment the lightweight in turn. "You are not half bad yourself."

However, Gail wisely would not allow herself to stay in this position very long. Antonia puzzled, suddenly feeling the front of her shorts being grabbed, before realizing a second too late what Gail was about to do! "EEYAAH!" The ant yelped, as Ms. Whitaker preformed a frontal wedgie on her! This immediately caused the blonde to break the scissorhold, now stepping aback from Gail.

"Fortunately for you, I am not the type to blow up over what could be considered an underhanded tactic." Antonia grumbled, while undoing the wedgie. "No war in history has ever been won through fair means." The war general opted to focus on nursing her aching groin, until Gail would arise. Then the middleweight would square back up.

[SubtleRoar]

"Gguuhh...fucking...gross..." *Coughing and gagging from the repulsive spot she was previously in, Gail proceeded to pop her knuckles in the palm of her hands before turning towards the corner post for support. The audience was divided regarding who to support, but it seemed as though they were favoring Ant more than the miniature monsoon, which was something she had become accustomed to. However, she had a bone to pick after such a mortifying move, and Ant was about to feel the pain!*

*After regaining a sliver of her footing, Gail lunged straight towards the busty blonde's face, forearm extended outward to try and smash it through her skull as a means of reminding everyone in attendance of just how brutal she was capable of being!* "This ought to be a good reminder as to why nobody embarrasses me and gets away with it!" *She snarled, fangs flashing in the light to accentuate her point!*

[dddybee]

"Hmmph. You dare describe the condition of being in close, physical proximity to any part of my goddess-like body as 'gross'? Groin or otherwise?" Antonia grumbled. "You ought be thankful that such divine contact was made." However, the general wasn't fully prepared for the speed in which Gail came at her for revenge! "?!?" She managed to raise her arms defensively, attempting to block the lightweight's strike. However, Gail's strength ultimately overpowered the ant's defenses here. Though the blonde didn't take the full brunt of the blow, Antonia was still rammed straight in the canvas!

"Uggghh!" The middleweight grunted out in response. The ineffective block had caused her own forearms to smack roughly into her mask mug, leaving her a bit dazed. The insect made another note about Gail's surprising strength. Fighting threw her daze, Antonia would try to sit up and pound Gail in the liver, hitting a vulnerable part of the human body if successful!

[SubtleRoar]

"Rrgghh...Christ alive, you're so damn self-obsessed!" *Hearing the crimson-clad insect's incessant babbling was enough to exasperate her, the impact of her shot sending the irritant straight into the arena with a gratifying* "Whud!" *That coaxed out a tiny yet visible smirk across Gail's countenance.* "Tell me, how's it feel to get grounded by someone inferior to you?" *She teased, nonchalantly striding towards Ant while cherishing every second of this moment while slightly dropping her guard in the process. This would prove to be a colossal mistake, for as weakened as her opposition was, she was far from defeated!*

"WHAM!" *Upon immediate contact, Gail's knees bent inward and her body quaked- She had never endured such a sudden shock to her system before, almost as if Ant had unlocked an entirely new tier of pain, which eventually dropped her like a stone down to the ground along with her!* "Ggghhh...fffffuck...rrrrrhh..." *The anguished lingered for much longer than she was accustomed to, preventing the tenacious cyclone from moving a muscle without potentially risking further damage being done!*

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[dddybee]

Despite being smacked to the canvas, Antonia wasn't done yet! The general nailed a mean liver punch on Gail, causing the lightweight powerhouse to become incapacitated with pain. "This is what occurs, when your liver is struck by someone as skillful as I." Antonia boasted, while beginning to stand up. "Trouble breathing, agonizing pain, tense muscular tissue, and the main side-effect of course being: My inevitable victory!"

A now standing Antonia would raise her strong leg high over Gail's head. The middleweight's leg shot straight up with great flexibility. And what goes up, must come down. "HIIYAAA!" The martial artist of an insect, would sharply bring her previously raised limb down. Attempting to land a devastating kick on the back of a kneeling Gail's noggin!

[SubtleRoar]

*Too focused on addressing the irritating pain in her stomach to listen to her foe's inane prattling about how superior she was, Gail's perceptive ear did manage to catch something that sounded quite alarming- "Inevitable Victory" Which was something that hadn't been guaranteed from the beginning, and suddenly now this deluded prude parading around in a discount halloween costume was bloviating about beating her? What could she possibly be referring t-!*

"THUD!" *And then it hit her- While the contact sounded much worse than it actually was, given that Gail had survived and instigated her fair share of mosh pits and emerged relatively unharmed, the degree of force Ant put into her uncontested kick was enough to drop the tenacious menace, sending Gail into the ground while she writhed around!* "GGgrrrhh...can only...hit me when I can't hit back!" *She shouted, refusing to succumb to the pain engulfing her but realizing that pushing past it would be too risky of a move, deciding to settle on rubbing her skull to sooth the unpleasant feeling.*

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[dddybee]

The ant's downward kick hit its mark, smacking poor Gail roughly to the mat. On said mat, Antonia watched with a smug smile, seeing her adversary groan and roll around, it was all further confirmation of the superiority she believed she possessed! "It's simply logically efficient to strike you when you can't strike back." Antonia explained. "Kicking you while you're down so to speak, underhanded implication aside."

The General of the Anthill approached Gail, who had now rolled up into a seated position. The lightweight was rubbing the back of her head, where Antonia's boot had painfully connected. And following her last line, the army ant would raise her knee again. Only time, it was to preform a sharp side kick to Gail's face. She was doubling down on the idea of kicking Gail, when it appeared the Terrifying Tornado couldn't defend herself, block, counter, or strike back!

[SubtleRoar]

"Implied?!" *Hearing the egocentric woman continue to drone on and on, Gail finally latched onto a word she was certain she had some form of familiarity with.* "You LITERALLY did it! How can you imply when it's something you put into practice?!" *Somehow, that singular word riled her up to the point of snarling, the previous injury she had sustained a thing of the past as she pushed off of her knee to try and return to her feet and back into fighting form!*

*This, fortuitously enough, aided her in dodging an incoming blow that would have sent her tumbling across the length of the arena, only now managing to graze the side of her ribcage!* "GGrrrrhh!" *The shot was still potent enough to cause a mild discomfort to travel throughout her midsection, but the defiant rebel pressed through it, absorbing the blow while also conjuring up the strength to retaliate with a rising uppercut directed at the self-adulated ant's solar plexus!*

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[dddybee]

It seemed that Antonia's smart aleck taunting prompted Gail to try standing up sooner. So when the general went for another kick to Gail's face, it would only end up grazing the lightweight in the side of her chest. Antonia frowned at such a perfect kick being thwarted. Judging from Gail's groan, it still hurt the green-haired gal, but not enough to prevent her from striking back! And strike back she did, hitting the blonde middleweight with an uppercut to her solar plexus!

"AAAaaaahh!" Antonia gasped, staggering back and doubling over. Gail had punched a critical spot, disrupting the ant's breathing. This was something Antonia was use to doing to foes. Precise striking was what the army ant was all about. "My...gaspgasp...solar plexus. A lucky shot, I presume? I don't take you for being knowledgeable on....pantpant....body anatomy. That's MY area of striking expertise." Antonia grumbled. Not winded enough to remain silent, but winded enough not to effectively move!