by ChristianC » Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:52 am
Gene gave a surprised yelp as the woman backhanded their glorious and infallible leader and lifted the boy-wonder up by his shoulder, crushing it in effect. A large part of his mind was telling him, repeatedly, that this hurt like hell, but another, smarter part, informed him that functions of the left arm had been severely damaged and power was being redirected in an effort to prevent a potential shortcircuiting and further damage.
With his mind and body so occupied, it took everything he had to remain standing, and his eyes turned in wide-eyed wonder, and perhaps a hint of fear, towards the enormous, clawed appendage of the significantly smaller woman.
However, she was trespassing on their ship.
"Draw?" Gene's emotions bounced around in his tiny frame like crazy neutrons, "Draw!? I don't think so, not until you leave this ship!" He twirled the knife in his hand, his face a look of... concentration, the smirk washed away as he seemed much more relaxed, his fighting pose more subtle. This, his mind told him rather convincingly, was an opponent he most likely couldn't beat. And that was awesome.
Without a sound he dashed towards her again, his movement unpredictable, fast, mad. He wasn't going to let some bug-alien-woman ruin his first real fight as a wunderkind. He. Was. Going. To. Win.
The fact that one of his arms was dangling uselessly on his side, making his chances of winning even slimmer, didn't even seem to occur to the red and yellow boy.