26 - Intensive Care

Though she was briefly stunned, Felicia chose to attempt to fortify her position rather than willfully retreat any further to give her opponent even more ring control. As Jessica advanced, Felicia raised her gloves and tucked her chin in response, sending out a warding jab as she did so. It seemed her blurred vision betrayed her however, as the jab failed to make contact with either one of the two Jessicas that glided past it. The nurse’s answer back was decidedly more accurate, a quick double left jab jostling Felicia’s chin back out of the guard she tried to nestle it into.

“…Hnph!”

Felicia grunted sharply, leaning back into the ropes as she ate the jabs. Following those, Jessica sought to maintain the pressure with a hard hook from the same hand yet again, but the small fraction of time it took for the transition from jab to hook was just enough for Felicia to reform her high block and absorb it. Still, Jessica’s steadily accumulating momentum proved quite difficult for Felicia to subvert in her somewhat disoriented state, the left hook from the Nova Striker cracking Felicia’s guard open as the red glove pushed Felicia’s own left arm aside. Jessica was swift to make use of the opening, stepping into point-blank range before dealing further punishment to the disciplinarian with a cutting right uppercut. Felicia’s head was flung back over the top rope, her sweat and blood tossed into the air. With a growl, Jessica flashed her emerald mouthguard as she flung a fierce left upperhook that brutally snapped her opponent’s head to the side.

“Guhhk…”  

With that hit, the Iron Mountain tumbled to the canvas, her back sliding against the ropes as she fell. She landed on her side with a heavy thump as Jessica looked on intently, arms already lowered. Uttering a barely audible “hmph” under her breath, the nurse turned away, taking one extra moment to look back and observe the handiwork she left upon her fallen adversary as she started to walk back to the far neutral corner. As she did so, the announcer began the count on the overhead speakers.

“One…two…”