[h2]Ruby's extraction squad, part 1[/h2]

[b][color=orange]"When's Sefia coming over?"[/color][/b] Sal asked, rapidly mashing buttons on her controller.

[b]"I texted her to come as soon as possible,"[/b] Alto replied, [b]"I do need to reattach this arm."[/b] He looked down from the screen at the robot arm in his lap. He'd made it for Sefia about a year ago, when he'd accidentally cut off her arm. [b]"She's probably still mad at me."[/b]

When she'd first woken up after getting her arm cut off all that time ago, she'd tried to kill him a few times. It was sort of understandable, her having been an assassin and all, but she was still always trying to kill him a year later as well.

[b]"Hey Theo can you make some coffee? I know she's a sucker for coffee."[/b]

Theo nodded and went off to prepare some coffee. Con sat in front of Alto, also rapidly mashing buttons on her controller, but somewhat slower and more controlled than Sal was. Regardless, she was losing against Sal. Sal's button mashing was giving her the advantage, and soon enough, the Con lost.

"K! O!" The announcer voice said.

[b][color=yellowgreen]"..."[/color][/b] Con put her controller down quietly, and passed it along to Alto.

[b][color=orange]"Yeah!"[/color][/b] Sal said excitedly, [b][color=orange]"I finally get to beat you!"[/color][/b]

[b]"You can try."[/b] He leaned forward into a ready position and selected his character, when suddenly...

[b][color=yellowgreen]"Master,"[/color][/b] Con said, [b][color=yellowgreen]"Mistress Sefia has arrived."[/color][/b]

Alto barely had time to register that before he saw a blade rushing towards his face.

"FIGHT!" The announcer voice called as he caught the blade with his left hand, one of the fingers on his right hand jammed on the block button.

[b]"Sefia!"[/b] Alto said. The blade struggled to plunge forward in the air, though there was no hand to propel it. [b]"I'm in the middle of something here!"[/b]

On the tv screen in front of him, he could see his guard was running out. He let go of the blade and ducked as it sliced off a bit of his sofa. He quickly mashed out a combo which made his character grab Sal's character out of the air and slam them into the ground before having to put his finger back onto the block button and parrying another blade as it threatened to skewer him.

He quickly tapped out another combo to trip Sal's character and shoot a fireball as they fell, dealing a decent chunk of damage, but he was cut off as three blades converged and threatened to decapitate him. He quickly ducked as they clanged off each other. He ducked backwards into a roll as Sefia herself teleported to one of the flying swords, and brought it down towards Alto's exposed neck.

He raised his left arm with uncanny speed and caught the blade easily. With his right hand, he tapped out a final combo which sent his character uppercutting into the air, and finishing off Sal's health.

"K! O!" The announcer voice said.

He put down the controller and reached out with his right arm and slowly pushed the blade up, getting up as he did so.

[b]"Sefia, what is it now?"[/b]

[b][color=orangered]"You know what."[/color][/b] She growled.