Tension Elimination Chamber Match

Hm. He wanted to kick, then?

Felina had her arms up when Ryo landed his kick, using her guard to absorb most of it. The guy wasn’t half bad, really. Stronger than he looked, with surprising power and good speed. Better than most. Better than her, though? She was willing to test that. ”Come here, little boy.”

As Ryo staggered back, Felina dashed forward with feet that scarcely touched the ground, back into striking range, eager to keep this fight on a level that suited her. She lashed out with a swift shin kick, a low one swung at the side of his knee, before she pulled that same leg back again and swung higher in the next instant, aiming at his side.

Sweat flew from her body with every move, her wild hair threatened to come free with every jolt. This was her sort of match, and if Ryo wanted to dance, she’d be more than happy to accept.

Astolfo would start to get back onto his feet. It seemed that everyone was ignoring him which was good, this gave him time to act and come up with a plan. Getting back up to his feet, he would see his two other opponents close to each other. He would then charge forward, closing the distance between himself the two other wrestlers. He would then jump on top of the turnbuckle before jumping off it. “HEY!” yelled Astolfo as he would attempt to slam his body on both wrestlers, hoping to knock them both down to the ground.

Ryo was off balance a bit, but not helpless, quickly moving his leg back when he saw her swing her leg though, guessing she was going for some kind of kick to his leg. "Heh, not fast enou-SHIT!" he yelped, sucking in his stomach and leaning forward JUST enough to avoid her REAL kick attempt, the original having been a feint, her toes just brushing past his taut stomach!

"Whew...close on-" He was cut off, as a yell from behind him made him turn enough, realizing he had forgotten about his other opponent in the ring at the moment. Astolfo, the utterly adorable girl in a swimsuit, was in mid air, coming right at him with a cross body!

"SHI-!" His curse was cut short, the pink haired girls body landing on his, Ryo catching her in his arms and falling onto the mat on his back, legs kicking up...and going further back, the boy using the momentum in his favor to roll through the move, rolling back onto his feet and, in an impressive display of strength, lifted the girl up with him as he stood up.

It wasn't all that surprising, to be fair. Astolfo was by far the smallest and lightest fighter here, and Ryo, while hardly a power fighter, had enough strength to do at least one big move to bigger opponents, so a smaller one was much easier. He tightly gripped the cute girls butt, taking a second to pinch it. "Was hoping I'd have you in my arms, though maybe not this way..."

Turning towards Felina, he jerked his head her way. "Hey, take a knee!" he exclaimed, wanting Felina to bend a knee down, while he, hooking Astolfo's arm over his neck, and gripping her outfit for leverage, swung her body upwards, using his grip around her neck and outfit to transition the cutie up into a standing suplex position, actually holding her up, in the air, upside down, her long ponytail dangling down his bare chest, before he fell back, trying to suplex her back first right onto Felina's knee!

Felina and Ryo faced off, ready to lay into each other. Pro wrestler and kickboxer, male versus female, a real test for her time in Tension. This was the sort of thing she’d come for, that she craved in the Elimination Chamber, and she was pumped for the chance.

But that was when things got weird.

She heard the crowd start to get loud, rising in tenor, and she found out why a moment later. Astolfo came flying through the air in an impressive display of guts and agility, soaring towards them, putting it all on the line with a dazzling aerial maneuver…

...which made it all the sadder when it didn’t work. Ryo managed to catch the poor girl, lifting her up with relative ease. What was more, it seemed like he had an idea on getting an early elimination in the match, and Felina wasn’t about to disagree - another pod would open soon enough, and she didn’t want her chances to get worse than they currently were.

So down she went. And down Ryo went, right after, crashing down hard on the spike of her knee. Not a pretty sight.

Astolfo was flying through the air and he seemed to be going right towards his target. His attack hit head-on, taking Ryo down to the ground. Though he suddenly would be taken by surprise as his opponent not only rolled back up but also lifted him up into the air while grabbing his rear, causing his face to go red. Though he would then feel all the blood starting to rush towards his head, though this would not continue for long as he was then brought down on Felina knee.

The pink hair wrestler would arc his back as he gasped for air. He could not believe that his plan had backfired this badly. He was going to need a few more moments to get back into the fight and even then he would not be at a hundred percent. Though he doubted he would get the ability to rest at all.

Ouch. Ryo shared the crowds sentiments as they winced from seeing Astolfo, the little cutie, getting dropped right onto Felina's hard knee with a suplex. Ryo didn't know much about Felina, but he could easily see that the woman had tough legs, and given Astolfo's tiny body, he could only imagine what the poor girl was going through.

Picking up the pink haired cutie, Ryo grabbed her slim legs and dragged her to the middle of the ring, leaving her laying there as he looked over at Felina. "Tell you what, I wanna fight you, but let's take care of the kid first, alright?" He suggested, jerking his head towards one corner, taking a bit of a leadership role as he backed into the opposite of the turnbuckle he had motioned Felina towards. "Meet in the middle!"

Assuming she followed his lead, and understood what he meant, he'd bend down, watching and waiting for Astolfo to start to get up, and, once she did, he'd point at her with one hand, fingers outstretched in a finger gun motion, "shooting" at her, the "bang" motion acting as the signal for him and Felina to charge in, from opposite sides, with Ryo throwing out a running superkick to the side of Astolfo's head, trusting Felina to add in a strike of her own!

Felina felt a little bad for Astolfo. It was seeming more and more like she’d just gotten in over her head with this match, that she wasn’t cut out for it, and while Felina liked to win, she didn’t much care for beating on someone who was defenseless and helpless.

On the other hand, keeping Astolfo in this match was only going to end up with her getting hurt more and more. This wasn’t pretty, no, but what it be any better if, say, Dasher had been the first on out of the gate? Somehow, she doubted it.

So, when Ryo made his offer and she picked up on where he was going with it, she swallowed the pill and moved into position along with him. It’d be like getting a shot for Astolfo: one moment of intense pain, and then it would be all over.

She moved to the corner opposite of Ryo, waited for the signal in the pivotal moment, and then she was off in a dash, bolting straight towards their target. She raised her leg in tandem with Ryo, coming at Astolfo with a knee to the back of the head, sandwiching her between their blows. A move that was guaranteed to knock him clean out.

Astolfo was hurting at the moment but a bit to his surprised it seemed he was going to get that moment of rest. Perhaps the two other wrestlers were now fighting with each other. He would take a second to gather a bit of strength before attempting to slowly get back up. Hopefully, he could get a few blows in or perhaps he should find a place to hide but then again where could he hide? Perhaps he could climb one of the pods and hide up there for a bit once he got back on his feet.

Though once the pink hair wrestler got back to his feet, he would suddenly fall right back down to the ground, out cold, not even knowing what had happened.

That was it. Astolfo was done, it was absolutely academic. A shame really, Ryo had been hoping for a little one on one time with the adorable girl, who was far too cute to be in this kind of dangerous match, but it looked like it would not to be. Having your head crushed between a superkick and a knee to the back of the head was far more than just about anybody could handle, much less handle and stay conscious.

Using his boot, he rolled the pink haired girl over and shook his head, taking a step back and leaving Astolfo's limp body for Felina. "Be my guest, free pinfall for ya!"

And it was over for Astolfo, just like that.

Felina looked on with no small amount of sympathy, as the girl’s body seemed to go on autopilot, struggling to stay on two feet. It was a losing battle, sure enough, and down she went, out like a light. At this point, the pinfall was more of a formality than anything.

So, when Ryo offered it to her, she took the opportunity and kneeled, planting her knee on Astolfo’s shoulder for the pin. But she kept her eyes up the entire time. Never looked away from Ryo during the entire count. Not a blink.

When the referee was done with her count, Felina rose up and slipped into her stance once more, assuming a tight guard now that she could focus on Ryo uninterrupted. ”Just you and me…”

Until another pod opened, anyway. How long would that be?