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Archive-name: Amazon/pit3.txt
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Archive-title: Pit Fighters - 3
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After Tanya had defeated Fergus the number of challenges to her
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supremacy had decreased in number, but the ability of the men
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who challenged her had increased. She found herself fighting
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only once per week, but the fights left her bruised and sore.
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She increased her training, building up her strength and
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endurance to nearly superhuman levels. Her weight increased
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from two hundred five to two hundred twenty pounds. Her height
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remained the same, six feet three inches. Since she measured
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herself daily, Tanya knew that her upper arms had gone from
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seventeen to eighteen and a half inches and her forearms from
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fifteen and three-quarter inches to over sixteen. Her thigh
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girth was now over twenty-nine inches (up from twenty seven and
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a half) and her calves were over twenty-one and a half inches.
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She could lift almost half again as much weight as when she had
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started.
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Tanya had also changed her attire both in and out of the pit.
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She wore a cloak made of lion skin, with the mane forming the
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hood. Her breechcloth in the pit was now made of snakeskin.
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She had found a tattoo artist who had added a large tattoo on
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her back. It depicted a large snake with a woman's head
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crushing a male lion to death. These added to her mystique, and
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helped intimidate her opponents.
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Tanya entered the building and walked up to her partner, Trask.
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He held the sheet of paper with the names of the entrants for
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the night's battles.
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"Are you up to fighting tonight, Tanya?" he asked. "It's been
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a week now, the people are getting anxious to see you in the pit
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again."
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Tanya moved even closer to Trask, towering over him. Alarmed,
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he stepped back a pace. "Careful, little man, one day you'll
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push me too far. I don't think you really want to make me
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angry," she said softly. Her pale eyes flashed fire, belying
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her mild words. "Do you?"
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"Er, no offense intended, Tanya," stammered Trask. "It's just
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that our profits go up whenever you enter the pit, especially if
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it's known in advance."
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"Is there a good challenge tonight?"
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"One man said he won't enter his fighter unless it's to fight
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you," Trask said. "Says he'll wait as long as it takes until
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you're ready."
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"Sounds like that one needs to learn a little respect. All
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right, I'll fight tonight." Tanya frowned thoughtfully. "I'd
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better go and start getting ready."
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Tanya went to her preparation room, where her servants rubbed
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healing potions into her muscles and massaged her to loosen her
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muscles. She then spent some time lifting light weights and
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shadowboxing to get herself ready. Finally her servants braided
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her long auburn hair and pinned it on top of her head. Then
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they covered her entire body with a thin coating of oil, to
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highlight her muscles. Finally they helped her into the
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snakeskin breechcloth and held the lion cloak out to her. Trask
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knocked at the door. "It's time," he said.
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Tanya rose and started the walk to the pit. In the pit, Trask
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was beginning the introductions.
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"The last fight of the evening, a fight without weapons, just
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body against body. Now entering the pit, the challenger,
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standing six feet eight inches tall and weighing two hundred and
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seventy pounds, Cador the Cruel!" Cador was a mountain of a
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man, with long black hair hanging in two braids to the small of
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his back. His body was heavily muscled, with almost no fat.
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Scars covered his arms and legs. There was a scar on his face
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that reached from his right temple to beneath his chin. He
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stalked to one side of the pit and waited.
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"Now, the Champion of the pit. She stands six feet three inches
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tall and weighs two hundred and twenty pounds. Undefeated in
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over one hundred fights at this pit, please welcome Tanya!"
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Tanya entered the pit to the roar of the crowd. She gazed at
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her opponent, looking for a weakness, but none was apparent.
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Seeing her look at him, Cador grinned cruelly and flexed his
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huge arms, trying to intimidate her, but Tanya ignored his show
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and turned her back to him, removing the lion skin as she did
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so, letting Cador see the tattoo on her back. She then flexed
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her own muscles for the crowd, basking in their approval of her
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physique. Tanya then turned back to face Cador, a slight smile
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on her lips, cold fire glinting from her eyes. Cador met her
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gaze for a while, then looked away. Tanya's smile broadened a
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bit, and she waited for the signal.
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Trask waited until the crowd had finished placing wagers on the
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two fighters, then rang the gong. Tanya and Cador began
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cautiously, circling the pit floor, each looking for weaknesses
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in the other. As they closed in, Tanya realized that Cador
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dwarfed her in every physical way. She hoped that her skills
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were up to this challenge.
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Cador closed the distance between in an instant, driving a big
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shoulder into Tanya's ribs. She felt herself lifted off her
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feet as Cador crushed her in a bear hug, then rushed across the
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pit to drive her back into the wall. Tanya gasped with the
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force of the blow. Much of the air had been driven from her
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lungs, and she found it difficult to breathe. Cador released
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his grip and stepped back, watching with satisfaction as Tanya
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slumped to the floor of the pit. He raised an enormous right
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foot, readying himself to stomp her into the sand.
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Tanya saw the foot descending and rolled away from it as quickly
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as she could. Tanya knew the blow to her back had damaged her,
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and she needed to get some room between herself and the
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dark-haired behemoth in the pit with her. She scrambled to her
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feet and tried to regain her breath, ignoring the stabbing pain
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in her back. Cador lunged toward her, determined to end the
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battle swiftly. Tanya saw him coming in time and leaped to the
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side. Cador's rush carried him beyond her, and Tanya saw her
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opportunity. She drove a hard kick into Cador's back, right at
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kidney level. He grunted in pain as her foot struck home.
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Cador rolled forward to evade any further blows and got to his
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feet, facing Tanya. Pain showed on both their faces as they
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stalked each other again.
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Tanya knew that Cador's plan was to get close, ignoring anything
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she might do, and crush her with his superior strength and
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weight. After feeling the power of those big arms, she knew
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Cador was stronger than she was. Her only chance lay in
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outmaneuvering him, and slowing him down with damaging punches
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and kicks, trying to weaken him so she could finish him off.
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Judging by the pain in her back she had at least one broken rib
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already, and she knew that she had to end the fight as soon as
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possible.
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Cador rushed in again, but this time Tanya was ready for his
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speed. She dropped to her back, driving both legs into his
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belly as he went over her, flipping him over half way across the
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pit to land hard on his back. The two battlers got to their
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feet at the same instant, ready to fight. Cador stayed low,
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moving in on Tanya relentlessly. Tanya waited for his rush,
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ready to react and strike. Cador moved to his left, and as
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Tanya leaped to her left to avoid him she ran into a cloud of
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sand thrown up by his right hand. The sand blinded her, and she
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tried to wipe the stinging grains from her eyes.
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The crowd booed at Cador's tactic. Though there were no real
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rules in the pit, certain things were frowned upon. Cador moved
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in on his apparently helpless opponent. He doubled one huge
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hand and punched Tanya in the belly. Tanya sensed the blow
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coming and tensed her abdominal muscles to take it. Cador's
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punch drove her back several feet, but did not penetrate the
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shield of her muscles. Tanya rolled over backwards, adding to
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the momentum given her by the punch, gaining distance. Finally
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she cleared most of the sand from her eyes and was able to see,
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though her vision was somewhat blurred. She realized that Cador
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had slipped behind her only when he locked his huge arms around
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her and squeezed.
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Cador lifted Tanya off her feet. The breath was crushed from
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her lungs by his arms. Tanya kept her head and looked for a way
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to free herself. Her arms were loose, and she grabbed Cador's
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wrists with her huge hands and struggled to break his hold.
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Mighty muscles rippled in her enormous arms as she fought to
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force Cador's hands apart. She knew that if she didn't free
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herself soon, she'd lose consciousness from lack of oxygen.
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Cador slowly realized that his bear hug was being broken.
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Tanya's unbelievable strength, added to her desperation, had
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broken the lock. When Tanya felt her feet touch the ground
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again she drove her head backward into Cador's face. Several of
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his teeth were loosened, and Tanya felt the blow shake her up as
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well. She was able to retain enough sense to drive her right
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elbow into Cador's belly. It didn't do much damage, but it
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created the space Tanya needed in order to maneuver.
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Driving punches into his belly and face like a madwoman, Tanya
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forced Cador backwards. Her fists opened several cuts on his
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face, and his muscular belly started to show bruises where her
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rock hard hands landed. Cador tried to fend her off, but Tanya
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drove a kick up into his groin. "That's for the sand in the
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eyes, bastard," she growled. Tanya watched with satisfaction as
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Cador doubled up in agony and fell to the ground. She continued
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a barrage of kicks to his unprotected back as he struggled to
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his feet again. Tanya was amazed by his ability to withstand
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pain.
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As Cador regained his feet, Tanya spun behind him and leaped on
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his back. She locked her hands under his chin and wrapped her
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big legs around his midsection. Cador felt his balance going,
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and he toppled sideways onto the sand. Tanya tightened the vise
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of her legs, trying to force the breath from Cador's body, and
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buying some more time to recover both her breath and her sight
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while causing him more suffering. Cador tried to break the
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scissorlock with his arms, but could not. He felt consciousness
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leaving him as he tried to breathe past her pythonesque legs.
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He then reached backward and grabbed her by the ears, then
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pulled her chin down onto his head. The blow rattled Tanya,
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causing her to release the headlock. Shaking her head, she
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began to get mad. Tanya grabbed Cador's braids and wrapped them
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around his throat, starting to choke him. Cador reached up
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desperately and clawed at her eyes with his hands. Blinded,
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Tanya released both the scissors and his hair. She rolled
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quickly away, and lay on the ground, blinking the tears from her
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eyes. Tanya dimly saw Cador lumbering toward her again, and was
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barely ready for him when he arrived.
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Using her athletic legs, Tanya drove up from the ground and
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smashed him in the midsection with her shoulder. Straightening
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up, she flipped Cador's enormous form over her shoulder to come
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crashing down on his back. Roaring in frustration, Cador
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regained his feet and rushed toward the burly redhead,
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determined to crush her into the ground.
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Cador raised his right arm and tried to smash Tanya's head by
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clubbing it with his fist. She got her left up with no time to
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spare and blocked the tremendous blow, saving her head but
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sacrificing her left arm. The forearms of both fighters snapped
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from the impact. Pain exploded in Tanya's arm and she was
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driven back down to the sand. Cador roared in agony as his
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right arm shattered, and he staggered backward, cradling his
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useless limb.
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Tanya knew that the fight would be won or lost in the next few
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moments. She forced herself to her feet and leaped at Cador.
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Desperation added to her strength, and she smashed her right
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fist into his already damaged belly. Cador was not prepared to
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take the punch, and Tanya felt her hand penetrate his muscle
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shield and drive into his vitals. Stepping back to give herself
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some room, she lunged at him feet first, delivering a tremendous
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kick to his jaw, shattering it. To Cador, it felt like a
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sledgehammer had hit him in the belly and then a horse had
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kicked him in the head. He was nearly unconscious when he hit
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the floor of the pit, flat on his back. Tanya stood over him
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and drove the heel of her right hand into his nose, using all
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the strength she could muster. Her hand destroyed his skull
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drove the shards into the brain beyond. Blood geysered upward,
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splattering her with gore. Breathing hard, Tanya stood slowly
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upright, blood dripping from her right hand. She lifted her arm
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in a gesture of victory, then slumped to the floor. Tanya knew
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it would be several months before she could fight again.
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