[center][h2]Iron Fist[/h2][/center]

He had to admit, this battle with Sickle and the chicks had him entertained. They were actually fairly impressive in their own way, redirecting his attacks and attempting to overpower him, almost succeeding. He knew they still didn't have a chance at beating him. Even Manny wasn't certain he could beat Sickle without an exceeding amount of prep time and great caution. But if they tired Sickle out enough, or provide an opening for him... 

As the battle raged, he slipped further down the alleyway, and traversed towards the west, climbing over dumpsters and fences with monkey-like ease in order to get closer to the battle. He even had to slide through a puddle under a freight truck, narrowly avoiding a bit of Dragonfire as he did so. But this was all business to him. He'd gotten out of many things far worse. All that was on his mind was the job. 

Skidding to the closest alleyway he could find, at least for the time allotted to him, he pressed his back against the brick of one of the buildings that had remained relatively intact, and waited. Luckily, he didn't need to wait long at all, because they had begun...talking. Creasing his brow, he peeked out and saw Sickle land in front of the warrior woman, opening himself up and mocking her. 

Almost on instinct, while she spoke to him, he concentrated. His skin shimmered and reshaped itself into living titanium. Even his eyes were near indestructible, along with his body being much more dense and far more powerful with his momentum. He tensed for a moment, before bending his legs and waiting. 
 
[i]“Why don’t you stop hiding behind the title of ‘hero’, and actually earn it?” Sickle moved his hands out to either side, making a cross formation, and dropped the staff. “After all, I am the antithesis to everything you believe in, right? And there’s a kill order on my head to boot.”

“So prove you have what it takes to keep this city safe. Or prove me right.”[/i]

With a concealed running start, Manny burst out of the alleyway in full titanium form. Years of martial arts discipline and underhanded assassinations giving him speed and precision as he sprinted the dozen odd feet at Sickle's flank with his long legs. His punch, a purely disciplined and forceful attack that could burst through a man's torso, was aimed straight for Sickle's kidney. Manny theorized Sickle wouldn't conceivably see him coming unless he got lucky (or the Knight and her companion reacted) within 5 feet, and by then, would it be too late? 

Manny let out a Kiai as his fist was launched. 
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