''I'll kill you for touching what's mine!''

......Celty fell back against the wall, her hand over the wound. Blood gushed between her fingers, running down her stomach and dripping down her leg. Every breath hurt, her muscles burning. Mandarin stalked closer, her blood coating the onyx metal of his robotic arm, the long razor bladed fingers twitching in excitement.

He chuckled at the sight of her trembling with fatigue before him. "I might not be able to kill you, my little Snowflake, but I can make you suffer." he chortled. The skeletal monkey breathed deeply, inhaling the coppery smell that hung in the air. "Ah, the scent of your blood mixed with your fear is intoxicating! A shame that you're white, my dear, I hate to ruin such lovely fur." His chuckled with a broad smirk. "But then again, I can't wait to see you drenched in it!"

The white simian pressed back against the wall, her knees shaking in fear and exhaustion. She was going to die. If Mandarin didn't stop his tormenting the blood loss would end her, if he did, then he'd either kill her himself later....or make her wish for death. The former Hyper Force member raised his jagged claws, his grin revealing his inner insanity.

Unable to continue her struggle, Celty's eyes slid closed weakly. Mandarin cackled at the sight of his quarry submitting. He lowered his hand and cupped her chin tenderly. "Such a good little female you are," he teased, his thumb running over her bottom lip. "Unlike Nova, you know your place. It shall serve you well."

A loud snarl tore through the air, followed by Mandarin's shreik of pain. Celty forced her heavy eyelids open, her vision blurred, but even so she could just make out a black figure standing between her and the skull simian. Mandarin clutched at the slash marks on his chest, blood too dark to be natural dripping onto the floor.

Fang bared his teeth, his incisors longer than usual. He flexed his black-tipped red claws as he growled threateningly at the other male. The black and red simian felt a boiling rage burning his insides, he'd recognize the face of his long time tormentor from the fighting pits in the bone palace anywhere. "You murderous bloody rat!" he roared, his fur standing on end in his wild fury. "I'll kill you for touching what's mine!"