Jack felt a slight surge of elation as the demon hurtled backwards into the wall before sprawling out on the dust strewn floor.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">IIII am the Chaaaampion and yooou are a looooser!</span><br/><br/>[sub] Yooou are a nuuuut-caaase[/sub]<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Moment Killer</span>The brief surge of elation subsided as the beast rose casually, even brushing dust off of his expensive suit. The time tossed mage listened half-mindedly to the demon's blathering.<br/><br/>"Break my spine, tear my head off, but for the love of all things holy and otherwise, don't compare me to those damn red-shirts out there. I'm at least....two or three times less expendable than them...And possibly a little more important to the canon...." He let the beast prattle on for a while longer about his plans and how insignificant a 'full' human was.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Well well Mr. Sparklie retinas, I have a---uh-oh</span>As a massive force smashed and broke around him, his head hung limp for a moment before snapping back up. He was lying on the floor several feet from where he had been, a throbbing headache and bits and pieces of the armor shredded and smashed.<br/><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Awww crap. Oxygen filtration compromised....More pheromones in the air than at a WhiteSnake concert....And me, in my shattered and disorientated state of mind...</span><br/><br/>[sub]yyeeeeah. We're up that creak without a paddle now.[/sub]<br/><br/>[spoiler]I'm not so sure. We've been in tougher scrapes before.[/spoiler]<br/><br/>[sub]Such as?[/sub]<br/><br/>[spoiler]you know. That time....With that thing....[/spoiler]<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Would you two mind shutting the hell up for a moment? All I can hear is myself think and its starting to irritate me. By the way, when the hell did annoying bug in my ear number 2 show up and why am I hearing two voices now?</span><br/><br/>[sub]What self-respecting crazy person says that they hear voice?[/sub]<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Point taken, but shut up and let the new voice speak.</span><br/><br/>[spoiler]Well, I'm the tiny man on your other shoulder.[/spoiler]<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Fantastic. I've got Jiminy Cricket and Bob Dole arguing in my skull</span><br/><br/>[sub]What, like you were mentally stable before we came along[/sub]<br/><br/>[spoiler]FOCUS! ANGRY DEMON! STABBY STABBY!! BAD![/spoiler]<br/><br/>Struggling back to his feet, Jack shook his head to try and clear it of the murky bluriness.<br/><br/>"Y'know.....You...hit...like...a...bitch." Grunting, he struggled back to his feet and dug into his pocket, retrieving a lighter. He stalked slowly towards the demon, hand sparking the lighter until a flame roared and erupted, swirling around the mage's fist and intertwining with the powerful magic at work. With a frenzied roar, Jack bounded forward, flames crackling and spitting as they whirled faster and faster. Surging magic into his legs, he leapt forward, landing just in front of the beast before twisting and launching himself upward with monstrous force, hurling his fiery hand at the monstrosity's chin with all his might.<br/><br/>"SHIN-RYU-KEN"