Vega
He took a final, haggard step back and heaved heavily. Only when he noticed she had stopped, did Vega gasp.
Death.
The force that welled up before his eyes, faster than he could twitch, was shooting towards him without mercy. The trees surrounding him, the clouds in the sky, the rain pouring down on him. He could see none of it. His body, crushed by pain, felt like it was floating in space. The only thing that felt real in this world was the girl coming to him with her fist clenched. How? He couldn't move, she was too fast. Even faster than before, it was like she was becoming light! Her instrument of destruction came closer, closer, he tried to move away, but before he could do anything-
He slipped. His foot tried to move back, but the slightest twitch pushed the mud under him, and he lost his balance. Now, he was falling backwards, in a world that seemed to have slowed down to a crawl. The only sound the ear shattering beating of his own heart, rushing like gunfire. His mask was sent flying by the blow, and one could see a rictus on his face, half enraged, half terrified, and half overjoyed.
His back was falling closer and closer to the earth, while hers was rising higher and higher to the sky, like a sun. Her fist almost seemed to glow, mock him.
"Ahh... I see. You are truly magnificent..." Now that his mask was ripped And with every ounce of strength he had, before she could fall back down to him and finish him, his hand moved. Slowly, haphazardly, but it managed to sweep forward. All he needed to do was toss his cloth a the girl, just a little longer. Just a little bit more...