Giant vs Tyrant
When Aconite approached the door while Leon and Ashley stayed back near the wood storage, she gave them one final look before she reached to open the door.
But when the door opened, Aconite found her neck grabbed by Mendez's paw of a hand as he dragged her into the warehouse, tossing her onto the ground with a thud making her bones rattle from the impact.
"Puta (whore), you will suffer for your actions."
Mendez taunted as she coughed, greedily sucking in lungfuls of air while she rubbed her bruising throat.
"Awe, did I hit you a bit too hard, Mendy? Lo siento por favor perdoname (I'm sorry, please forgive me)." She cooed with a mocking grin as she clicked her claws, the dim light reflecting off them.
"I will tear you to pieces before I throw your mangled corpse before the American's feet." Mendez roared as he charged her, clearing the thirty-foot distance in an instant.
Aconite waited until the last second to launch herself into the air above the charging giant and slashed at his back as he tried to free himself from the wall he lodged his fist into.
"Want to know the best part of dealing with tontos (dumbasses) like you? I don't have to try to piss you off; you do it yourselves!" Aconite laughed as she licked the blood off her claws while Mendez turned to her.
"Watch your boca engañosa (deceitful mouth), puta. I will not be so easily defeated." Mendez roared as he threw a crate at her.
Slicing the crate with her claw, Aconite hissed as Mendez once again grabbed her by the throat and lifted her into the air.
"I will enjoy watching the life leave your eyes." Mendez proclaimed as he began to squeeze her neck.
"I...will not...die here!" She hissed as she struggled against Mendez, letting him think he had her cornered as she kicked at his chest.
Faining weakness Aconite internally smirked as Mendez's grip began to slack, her right arm changing into sword form instantly and cutting through the man's abdomen.
Landing on her feet, Aconite looked down at the bisected Mendez with a smirk.
"So, it appears that a giant is no match for a tyrant." She said dismissively as she sighed, moving to collect his fake eye.
Just as she was about to kneel and collect the eye, Mendez sprung to life, leg-like claws coming out of his back and carrying him to the rafters like a spider monkey.
"Oh, that is so gross." Aconite shivered as she watched the man's severed spine swing beneath him, idly dodging the man's attacks with ease.
'So, I'm faster than him even now. But his claws and hands seem stronger now. Perhaps by sacrificing his lower body, the strength was transferred?'
Aconite analyzed as the fire consumed more of the warehouse. She could faintly hear Ashley screaming at Leon to help her over the roar of the fire.
'Need to finish this, either in here or outside.' Aconite decided as she used her whip-fist to knock Mendez to the ground before landing a hammer-fist enhanced left hook to the former giant.
Mendez coughed up blood as her fist dug into his solar plexus with a groan before spearing her with one of his claws through her stomach.
"Shit!" Aconite barked as she stared at the claw running her through, quickly using her claws to cut the limb off of Mendez and rip the man's heart out of his chest before she backed away while the man wheezed.
"You...may have defeated me puta," Mendez choked as he stared at his heart, still beating in the woman's grasp, "but you will not stop us. You will die, along with your partner." Mendez swore as his heart stopped beating in Aconite's hand, his head falling back with a thud.
"It will take more than this to kill me, bastardo." Aconite spits as she carefully removed the spike from her body.
'Damn, it's a good this I was going to consume him anyway; this wound won't heal otherwise.' Aconite huffed as she covered the corpsed with tendrils to consume him.
Once she consumed the body Aconite watched in disinterest as her stomach stitched itself together, her internal injuries healing as well.
"Leon's going to freak," Aconite muttered to herself as she stared at the hole in her shirt in both the front and back. 'I'll cut away the extra cloth and save it for bandages.' she decided as she jumped out of the burning building to rejoin Leon and Ashley.
When Leon heard her approach, he looked up to see a massive hole in her shirt, and she rebraided her bloodstained hair.
"What the hell happened!" Leon demanded as he rushed to her.
"Don't worry, I'm okay."
"Nite, your stomach..."
"Is fine, Mendez is dead, and I have his eye," Aconite promised as she kissed him.
"Just tell me what happened." Leon pleaded, ignoring Ashley, who was trying to get their attention.
"Mendez had spider-leg like claws coming from his shoulders and used one to spear me. I'm fine." Aconite said as she endured his examination.
"Now, let's get back to the task at hand. We need to cure Ms. Graham and fast." Aconite ordered as she headed back to the gondola.