[Flashback] All this for Sugar? [Revy]

[Nathan Longstride]

Steel on concrete wasn't what you called a soothing sound to Ivor's ears, and even though his face was stone, his eyes flickered at the sharp clang as the merc dropped her shield on the floor. Out of the corner of his eye, Kadin smirked, as if the fight had been won. Shaking his head, Ivor gripped the hilt of his short sword tighter. He knew better than his brother. Blood was about to be spilt. The woman spoke with a puzzled tone at first, wondering why they would be there for just food, but then decided to herself that they were there for her armor. Ivor himself didn't know what they were here for, assigned only to retrieve expensive looking items. He figured that the armor could be considered expensive, and from the widening of Kadin's grin, he thought the same. Ducking down, the woman shoved her arm through the holders of her shield, lifting it back up. She was going to fight them. The woman continued speaking in her cold voice, telling them that she was happy they had brought a fight to her, and even warned them that they wouldn't make it out of the warehouse alive. Ivor watched the woman for any movement. He wasn't going to die before marrying his sweetheart, so being caught off guard wasn't going to keep his head attached to his neck. Ivor glanced over to Kadin, hoping to find his twin in the same predicament. Instead, he was hefting his short sword, walking slowly around around Revy's right side. He chuckled slightly, the same look in his eyes that was in the eye's of this woman. "You know lady, you truly talk a lot even when the noose is tight around your neck. When I kill you, it'll be somewhere on your torso, so my blade doesn't disrupt your beatiful face." One final chuckle escaped from the lips of Kadin before he took one step forward, swinging his blade horizantially, hoping to decapitate the woman. Growing up, the brothers made their own sword forms, naming them for fun. Without even straining, Ivor placed a name to this. Carress the whore's neck.

[Revy Hiroe]

Revy grinned widely as the guy on her right said that the noose was tight around her neck. She wondered why, because what she saw was two fairly inexperienced swordfighters trying to take her on. Inwardly sighing she thought: "Well, they can't say I didn't warn them. It's just the more fun for me. She blocked the strike aimed for her throat by putting her own sword in the way. Did they honestly think that such an amateur move was going to win it against her? This was going to be kids play if they were such novices. "What are you trying, you piece of shyke? Bore me to death with such lame moves?" She then swung back at the guy using a diagonal slash. It was fast for someone wearing armor, and the swordmove itself, though basic, placed accurate and deadly. If the guy wasn't quick enough to dodge or block the attack, he'd find himself ripped open across his chest. "I'll toy with you a bit, to make things fair.", she said arrogant during the slash. Revy's whole body language spoke of a trained swordfighter. Even during her strike at the guy from the right, she never stopped paying attention to the guy now behind her, for it was a deadly sin for any fighter to stop paying attention to possible threats from behind.

[Nathan Longstride]

Ivor watched the woman parry her brother's strike with ease, insulting them yet again. She was truly skilled with her sword, which only heightened Ivor's nerves. But Kadin didn't notice the woman's tone. He even smiled, though her blade was nearly scratching his nose. An offensive move from the woman followed, barely blocked by Kadin. Their swords were stuck in the same position as before, but the smile was gone from Kadin's face. Lunging back, Ivor's brother put a few feet in between him and the skilled swordswoman, glancing towards Ivor. Nodding, both men lunged into the offensive. Ivor and Kadin both swung their blades at Revy, Kadin aiming for the arm holding the shield, and Ivor aiming for the hip on her shield side. This way she couldn't block both strikes with her shield, and put her on the defensive. Or she could just take the hit, and let them leave for what they came for. It was her choice, but if she didn't watch herself, she would find herself wishing she hadn't made it fair.

[Revy Hiroe]

The mercenary smiled. This was a proper fight, both of them trying to take her down. She felt her blood boil with adrenalin. She now really felt she was alive. Her eyes got that crazy look to them and her smile was wide and sadistic. "That's the way. Come on.", she taunted them. She blocked the strike aimed at her shieldside hip using her shield, catching the blade between the teeth. The other strike aimed at her arm, she simply parried. It wasn't hard to fight two people at the same time, but she had to pay attention the whole time or she'd really be in a pinch. She then aimed a kick at the guy that she parried, hitting him in the groin if he didn't dodge it. *Come on guys. Try harder. I want to feel even more alive.*, she thought crazed. Following her kick, she then swung her sword towards the other guy at hips height, threatening to slice him in half.

[Nathan Longstride]

Ivor felt his blade halt mid-swing, caught in the merc's shield as she blocked his blow. Kadian had less luck, his blade also being parried, connecting the three by steel. The woman didn't falter though, swinging her boot up at Kadin's groin. Ivor could only wince as his brother dropped to the floor, clutching his private area. Ivor didn't have long to pity his brother's current state, as with the woman moving to strike at him, his short sword was ripped out of his hand by the teeth of her tower shield. Weaponless, Ivor could only jump backwards out of the way of her blade. Blood dripped onto the floor where his hilt ripped it open. And his luck only grew with the woman facing him, sword ready to strike him down. Oh, how was he going to explain to Ruth that he was killed?

[Revy Hiroe]

Revy sighed. These guys weren't a match at all. "Darn, and here I thought I could have some fun. Better kill one off and toy around with the other.", she thought to herself. Not wasting a moment, she said: "Pick your sword up while I finish off the other guy. You seem to be the smarter one, so I should be able to have a bit more fun with you." She turned around, but kept her senses peeled for that man behind her. She didn't want to get killed just yet as she finished off the guy on the ground. Standing above his brother, she raised her towershield above him and dropped it fast, squashing his head if he couldn't get away. Her cold stare never left her eyes. Once she had dealt with the man on the ground she turned around, waiting for the other guy to pick up his sword. "You guys really made a big mistake coming in here. Not that I care", she said as she shrugged. Her whole demeanor was saying that she was just gonna toy around with him for a while.

[Nathan Longstride]

Ivor could hear the boredom in the merc's voice as she told him to retrieve his sword. She then turned, and began a downward smash with her towershield, hoping to squash Kadin's head between steel and concrete. Letting out a sigh of relief when Kadin barely rolled out of the way, Ivor picked up his sword by the hilt as the woman turned back to him. Maybe she didn't know her blow was dodged, or maybe she didn't care. Either way, she was out for the kill. Rubbing the pouch of his wool shirt, where the ring for his soon-to-be wife was resting. He couldn't even remember what it looked like, knowing that it was pointless for a corpse to remember such useless things. Instead he imagined his times with his Ruth. Their walks on the shore. Their meals together. The love that they shared. Ivor eyes focused on Kadin, who was on his feet. With horror, Ivor watched his twin throw his entire defense away to lunge at Revy, hoping to impale her on his shortsword. If he missed, he would be defenseless, and Ivor couldn't move. He could only watch as his brother swung. With the jumble of thoughts running wild in his head, Ivor could easily pick out the strongest. Ivor was about to witness his brother die.

[Revy Hiroe]

The mercenary had noticed that the guy had rolled away and had purposely turned around to lure him into a reckless attack. That way she could deal much easier with him. She smirked sadistically as she noticed that her plan was successful. *He's really an idiot.*, she thought to herself. Revy simply turned on her left foot to turn out of the way of the blow while raising her longsword to punish the guy for his idiocy with death. She softly whispered juts before she let her longsword come down: "Goodbye." Her voice was cold and showed that she had no reservation at all when it came to killing. Her sword swung down and severed the man's upper torso from his lower body in an instant. Blood spattered around as the two parts of his body hit the floor. Revy was showered in blood, adding to the image of a ruthless mercenary. Turning around to the other guy, she said: "Now, where were we? Oh right, having my fun with you." Her smirk grew wider as her eyes went completely crazed.

[Nathan Longstride]

Ivor had witnessed death before; all citizens of Ravok had seen one form or another. He watched his grandfather die holding his mother's hand, the cancer finally catching up to him. He remembered the night the Ebonstryfe murdered his cousin who rebelled against the new law that Rhysol had laid down. But as the merc's longsword cleaved Kadin in half, Ivor felt as if everything that had happened up to that moment was nonexsistant. Ruth disappeared from his thoughts as the sharp clang on the shortsword landing on concrete sounded, followed by two seperate thumps as Kadin's body parts landed. Already a pool of blood was forming, but Ivor had eyes only for Kadin's lifeless face, the glaze already forming over the corpse's eyes. Ivor wanted to run, to get away from what happened, but the blood spattered woman stood between his way, a crazed look on her eyes. Ivor shook his head firmly. He couldn't even think of this person as a woman. A woman wanted to dance with the handsome man at festival. A girl wanted to flirt with every noble and peasant alike. A woman didn't murder just to murder. This woman in front of her was a monster, nothing more, nothing less. Squeezing the hilt of his shortsword tighter, Ivor placed his feet apart. To be free, he must vanquish the monster. "This is for you Ruth." Ivor stepped forward, swinging his sword straight at Revy sword arm, hoping to cleave it off. This was for Ruth. This was for love. This was for the miza he spent on the wedding ring in his pocket.

[Revy Hiroe]

Revy couldn't help but laugh at the pathetic attempt of the man across her to cleave off her arm. The strike was too obvious and slow to actually do anything against her. Her smirk shrinked, because she noticed that this man was pathetic with the sword. "Ahah. This isn't fun. He's no match at all. Guess I can't toy much with him, he'd probably break too fast.", she thought as she let out a sigh. Blocking the sword with her own, she then pushed them up and walked up to the guy with their swords crossed. The metal screeching from the friction. The way she handled her sword right now spoke of nothing but sheer disgust with the guy. "You're no fun. You're not good enough, so now you'll have to die. Any last prayers?", she said with feigned compassion. The mercenary then swung her left arm with the shield right for the man in front of her. Her aim was to knock the guy over so she could pin him to the floor with her own weapon. "I'll be nice to him and give him a quick death if he cooperates a little, otherwise.... well I'll just do it slowly.", she thought evilly.