White out {Tournament Semi-finals}

Forcewave had made it to the semifinals of the tournament. His first two opponents had fought with completely different styles from each other and he had prevailed on both occasions. His next opponent would probably have a different one entirely. Whatever it was he was going to have to adjust to and attempt to counter in order to give him a good chance of winning and advancing to the finals. His opponent had made it to the semifinals in a tournament like this so they must be quite formidable. He had been checked up on at the medical bay to make sure he was ready for the fight. After being cleared for the next round he was off to the battlefield. The teleportation device activated and soon afterwards he had arrived.

The very first thing he was made aware of upon arriving was the feeling of the cold. The next thing was seeing that it was snowing. This battlefield was a lot different than the previous two. The environment would definitely play a factor. They were located in a forest clearing. Nearby was a frozen lake. Forcewave had no idea whatsoever where they could be in terms of geography. His best guess was somewhere up north based on the weather. His opponent was a young brunette woman. She was holding a staff ready and was clearly prepared to fight.

Forcewave studied the area extensively. The basics were easily gathered. It was cold, snowing heavily, there were trees all around the area and a frozen lake. No telling what may be beyond those trees. Besides even more trees. Maybe a cave where a bear lies hibernating or something. Definitely should not enter a bear cave. That would not end well. He took a few steps around his immediate vicinity to try and get used to moving around in the snow seeing as he would probably need to be doing a lot of that. Hopefully there wasn't something nearby that would trip him up. That would be very costly. As he prepared himself the robotic referee could be seen in the distance approaching them to start the match.

The referee robot signaled the start of the match. The semifinal bout in the snow was officially underway. The signal could barely be heard over the howling winds. Forcewave did not think of this place as the best of sites for this. Still, it could prove advantageous under the right circumstances. He kicked up the snow around his feet and sent it in her direction as merely a ridiculous ploy. It did not come anywhere near actually reaching her. Not that he had expected such a thing to work. It was mainly a distraction for the other thing he was attempting to do. That and it had freed up his feet in order to ensure he would be able to propel himself a bit if he needed to move. In all honestly he was hoping to end this quickly. Quite unusual of him since in his previous battles he had spent a lot of time just stalling while waiting for an opponent. The difference here obvious. He was freezing. It was a really, really poor choice of a battlefield.

Forcewave channeled forth some energy that passed through him and down to his feet and into the ground beneath him. He had the chain of power split into 8 parts and fire in different directions slowly along the ground. The eight shots went in a pretty standard formation. One was shot directly at his opponent and moving beneath the snow. In the meantime he would have to deal with the roaring flames coming his way that emerged from the staff she held. They were coming towards him and they were certainly hot. He could feel the heat from here and see the nearby snow slowly melting from the heat. This battle had some crazy temperature fluctuations. He sent that one energy beam at his opponent really quickly and sidestepped the flames to his right towards the frozen lake. He had a plan involving that lake. One that may come to fruition.

And so the real action was underway in this cold barren wasteland. Forcewave dodged the mighty stream of flames procured by that staff, only the snow that lay between them had been affected by the intense heat. What's left was ice. Just something for somebody to slip on. That might actually help. His own little hidden strike trick did not work as well as he would have hoped. His opponent managed to block it with some sort of barrier made out of what appeared to be light. Light powerful enough to block his attack. This woman had two means of attacks of a formidable nature. How intriguing. This was definitely starting to shape out to be a much tougher fight than the previous two. Perhaps even one of the toughest he had ever been apart of.

Since he had already revealed what he could do to some extent there was no point in hiding it anymore. The remaining seven beams were still just mulling about without much guidance. Forcewave changed that and sent three of them swirling towards her in preparation for something. As he did just that he was met with a sneak attack of her own. A large surge of light came out from the ground and right at him. Forcewave readied himself for it and quickly blasted the light apart and then twisted the remaining power around and directly towards her. The blast then split in two with one continuing on its path and the other suddenly shooting skyward. After doing that he kicked up some snow and shot some energy into it in order to fire a scattershot attack at her to follow up the one blast heading towards her.

Forcewave launched a powerful and quite unusual combination of attacks at his foe. It was so unusual even he found it that way. It had been kind of a spur of the moment move that he had figured might yield some success and as it turned out did just that. The two attacks that had actually been directed at her managed to break through her light barrier. Now he knew how powerful her light controlling power was. That was one vital bit of information now registered. Her power was extremely high. Forcewave could not tell if there was even a tiny bit of difference between the two of there overall energy output levels. This was quite possibly the toughest individual he had ever encountered. "This is going to be rough."

Though he had managed to break through her barrier no real damage had been done. It was only a minor success that his coordinated strike presented him to work with. Within seconds she was back on the attack again. Through the heavy falling snow he could see several lights flickering and fall to the ground beneath her. "Probably more of that last thing she did. As if one wasn't annoying enough." At the very least he still had those seven remaining bolts travelling around. Three of them were located in the general vicinity of his opponent's current location. As he did that there was a small impact explosion between them just off to side of the path of ice. A couple of their attacks had collided while mulling through the snow. There was no time to focus on this though. He formed a powerful barrier around him as another attack was launched at him. That attack quickly became four as more of those light spheres suddenly came at him. They formed together a massive explosion that his barrier was only able to withstand enough to prevent him from getting hurt. He did get knocked down to one knee however but used this to his advantage to quickly send some more energy into the ground itself. That burst of energy combined with two of the other streams from earlier and were heading directly towards her. They came out of the ground right in front of her, shattering the frozen water that lay there in the process and went right for her.

Both of the combatants of this semifinals tournament matchup seemed to be using rather similar strategies to combat the other. The blizzard was proving a neutral force. Both of them were using it as part of their various attacks and as a result it was helping them both equally. At this rate this fight could go on for a very long time. Neither one of them was making any progress due to these conditions and their attack patterns being so similar that it was easy for both of them to prepare for what was to come. Forcewave knew something different would have to be done. This was just not going to work out. Figuring out what though would be difficult. He would first have to find time to think. That would be extraneous considering the constant back and forth onslaught that was occurring. It would involve him getting to a place where his opponent would not be able to hide her light based energy underneath the snow. Where though? "We got dropped off in the blizzard. There's probably snow all around for miles." Travelling for miles was just not a good option. That would just exhaust him.

Forcewave got back to his feet and steadied himself. His opponent had quickly recovered from his last attack. Just like with the previous occasions. This battle was certainly seeming monotonous. She brought forth another attack but this one was different but the same simultaneously. Once again all the snow was used to hide the attack but this time it was the airborne snow. Tiny balls of light blending in with all the snow. This was a very good idea. Forcewave had to admit to its ingenuity. He brought down the energy bolt that he had sent down earlier and merged it with an energy current he had going to form another barrier and scatter some of the snow all around him. He now had a greater area of footing to work with. He then pulled out his clawshot and fired it at his opponent. A surge of the psionic electricity was chained to it as it coursed straight for her.

A successful defense against the latest onslaught. Forcewave was still holding steady in this back and forth contest. Still, something new would have to be done. This was just too strenuous of a situation to leave as such. He had finally brought forth a new means of attack into this. He pulled out his clawshot and chained some energy to it as he fired it at her. This course of action did not go very far before he found himself in a bit of a tough spot. She had unleashed a blinding flash produced by her mastery over light and it left him unable to keep track of her movements. He swung the clawshot in 360 degrees to create a 25 foot radius in order to attempt to further protect himself from any attack that came during this. When it was gone he could still see her standing right where she had been surprisingly enough. Forcewave pulled back his clawshot and launched it at her again. It coursed straight at her and then right through her. It was not actually his opponent that had been standing there. Just a doppelganger made most likely from her own light power. An interesting tactic.

Forcewave was expecting a surprise attack but saw nothing around him. He pulled back the clawshot once again and unleashed a blast that cleared away the snow around him and gave him more room to maneuver. He could not see her anywhere in the clearing so it was most likely she had gone to take cover in the forest. Well at least something different was happening now. No more of the back and forth usage of similar tricks. It was hard to see anything with this blizzard about and he was starting to feel a bit colder than before. This slowdown to the action was now causing him to feel it more than before. He just wished he could get his body warm again. That thought gave him an idea. He activated the thermal sensors and scanned the area for any sign of a temperature fluctuation that would possibly inform him of her location. He looked all about until he saw a humanoid figure immersed in the forest. That was sure to be her so long as they had not been transported to a place where others were locating themselves. Forcewave dashed into the trees in a spot about thirty feet from where he thought her to be and prepared to sneak up on her in order to attempt to win this.

A mad dash towards the trees and into the forest itself he entered. Forcewave had believed he had seen his opponent hiding in the forest and gone in after her but not at the exact same place. It would have been too easy for her to attack him from her hiding place if he had. Plus there was the fact that he needed to make sure it was actually her. Hopefully it was. The figure he had seen through the thermal goggles was certainly humanoid in its shape so unless there were other people roaming about the area then he was good to go. Now he silently moved from tree to tree closer to the place where he had originally seen her. He steadily drew ever so closer, keeping watch through the thermal goggles for her heat signature. He could see it through the trees standing there as if she were waiting for him. Suddenly the amount of heat in her area increased massively and soon his vision was nearly engulfed in it. Forcewave had to pull up the goggles to see what had just happened. He felt it as he saw it. A raging flame was overtaking the forest. It seems she had found out that he had come in after her and was trying to flush him out of his own hiding spot. That or just burn the whole forest down and him along with it.

He felt the irony of the situation seeing how he felt he was starting to complain about how cold he was and now things were heating up for him in an unpleasant way. These roaring flames drew closer as they licked one tree after another with intense heat. With it clouds of smoke coursed through the air. The air was like salt and pepper mixed together with both snow and smoke flying about. Forcewave looked from side to side to see the extent of the forest fire. The clearing from before was closer but he would be out in the open once again with her in hiding and able to attack while he was trying to get away from the flames. Instead he opted for the riskier but ultimately better option. He took off to his right, away from the starting area and tried to dash around the fire. He dashed ever so fast until he reached what he thought was the edge of it only to see that she had started this thing in all directions. An interesting ploy. In order to even get to her he would have to travel through these flames. Forcewave stepped back and charged his energy. He had an idea. He would blast straight through these flames. This would clear away the fire and present him a path right to where she was located. He was sure she was still there since he doubted she could safely travel through the fire either. A massive amount of energy coursed through him. Possibly more than he had ever used before. After a moment's wait he unleashed this power and a large wave of psionically charged lightning blasted its way through the flames while generally leaving the forest relatively okay even though most of the trees were still damaged and continued on its way right towards Elena.