"Damn right!"  Joy grinned at her friend's challenge to the thugs.  Didn't these guys know that they were outclassed?  Apparently not, as the guy who'd blown by her on the last exchange hopped towards her and surprised her by wrapping his arms around her, mashing her chest against his, and lifting her off the ground, "Whoa, watch the ha-ufff!"  He squeezed and she felt the breath rushing out of her, her body straining under the pressure.  She struggled and then growled to tip her head back and then slam her forehead into his nose in a textbook classic headbutt.<br/><br/>He staggered and let her go, wavering on his feet for a moment before he fell down with a heavy thud.  "Son of a bitch...almost cracked my ribs."  Her health was down another pip.  It might be time for some healing.<br/><br/>The remaining tong fighter was still focused on Aika and rushed at her with a shoulder tackle.  The lovely Tennin grimaced and stood her ground, crossing her arms in front of her in a strong block.  The man hit but her block held firm, almost fully nullifying the force of the attack but still drawing a grunt as she took another pip of damage herself.<br/><br/>"Damn bastards are nickeling and diming us to death.  Enough of that!"  Joy felt that golden righteous fury building in her and leaped into the air, higher than she should have been able to, before shooting down like a rocket at the tong fighter who had just slammed Aika.  She was wreathed in gold light with flickers of red, orange, and other colors of the dawn as she threw a punch and crushed him down into the ground, the asphalt cracking under him, "FALLING METEOR ATEMI!"  She rose standing over him as he blurred to pixelation and then looked over at Aika, "How are you doing, beautiful?  I'm...okay.  Feeling a little beat down."