We both wish this were true

Alec had just left a party and was heading to his car, when he heard a voice say
"Hey, guy! Yeah, you! I remember you. Get over here." The guy didn't look happy. He was alot taller than most people, and while he did look persistently asian, one wouldn't be too far off to say he was part polish.

"Yeah? Who are you? What do you want?" Alec replied, hoping this was just some misunderstanding.

"The name's Kyle. You're the one who bad mouthed the war, and how we didn't need all those gears."

If he was looking for a fight, this wouldn't be his first this night. It was very visible on Kyle that he had been in many scuffles tonight, as apparent from his torn sleeves, lack of shoes and messy vest. Not to mention he had no jacket.

"Yeah, so what? I had many valid arguments." The conversation came back to him. "Its not my fault you cant see truth." But he wouldn't be able to talk his way out of this one. Kyle summoned an energy ball in his right hand, showing it off, letting him know what was bound to happen. With a sigh, Alec loosened his tie, took off his jacket, unbuttoned his collar button, and was off in a flash.

He dashed towards Kyle, letting his right foot swing for his head. Kyle was prepared, and immediatly ducked, letting Alec go over and past him a few feet. Not wanting to lose his slight advantage, he sent a blast towards Kyle, who had a shield up for it just in time. After the blast disentigrated on the shield, he pushed the shield out, letting it become a projectile. Not wanting to get caught in this deadly game, Alec dived out of the way, getting to his feet and making a run towards his foe. He sent two punches Kyle's way, a left and a right. The first was dodged by Kyle leaning back, and the other parried with his left hand. He used his strength advantage to over power Alec's punch with his left hand, and sent his right careening for his face. Alec ducked as fast as he could, and saw an opening. He uppercutted Kyle in the stomach while his arm was still out, making him grasp for breathe. In a quick decision, Kyle sent his elbow right into Alec's back. Trying not to buckle under the immense force, lest he be vulnerable and soon defeated. He sent a shockwave of energy from his body, which was very risky. It drained him for a few seconds, leaving him open to attack, but it pushed his enemy a few feet away, giving him time to recover physically.

Kyle, not wanting to go back into the tango they just performed, jumped high into the air. He let his hands summon energy, and threw three charged ones towards his opponent below. Alec kicked off against the ground, jumping out of the way of the first two, but catching the third with his left hand, spinning around, putting his right hand over it while spinning, and putting his wrists together, palms out, sending it right back towards Kyle, along with his own energy added in. The resulting beam rocketed towards Kyle, who barely knew what to do. All he could think to do was move out of the way, and as it barely streaked by him, the immense power of it still drained him a little. Before he knew what happened, Alec was on the move again, flying at high speed towards him. He threw a punch his way, but Kyle caught it, and sent his foot into Alec's face.

As he fell towards the earth, streaks of light passed by him, as Kyle tried to shoot his target even further. Alec caught himself right before he hit the ground, but the huge figure hurdling towards him gave little time to think. He swept himself to the side right before Kyle struck, and with his energy, shoved kyle into the ground, giving him no ability to slow himself down before he struck the earth.

Alec leapt backwards, staying clear of the crash site, lest Kyle have some trick up his sleeve. He expected a blast to come from under him, or a shockwave of the ground to barrel his way, but nothing. He knew he hadn't won, so he stayed there, waiting.

"You're fast, kid. But that means nothing. I'll crush you like the little bug you are." The huge figure rose from the crater, this time hands glowing. Alec prepared himself.

A barrage of missles came his way, and he had a choice between dodging or returning fire. He chose both. As he jumped and rolled his way through wave after wave of energy balls, he caught some and threw them back, while nullifying and blocking others, all while attempting to get closer. When he finally got to his opponent, they traded kicks and punches, blocking and parrying each other, all the while still letting energy burst from their hand in the vain attempt it would strike its target.

Alec let a swing go with his right arm, but when it was dodged, he decided to attempt to ram Kyle with his shoulder instead. Kyle blocked them both with the same hand, and when Alec finally lost momentum from his thrust, Kyle pushed him back and let both his hands send out a blast. Alec put both his arms in front of his face, blocking the blast the best he could, not seeing the knee coming right for him. He took it straight in the face, his entire body bending and flying backwards. He slipt in and out of consciencesness in a split second, and when he came to, he realized he was still in the air, semi flipping. He put his arms out, catching the ground with his hands, and pushed himself in the air, landing the flip upright. His face hurt, and his back was aching, but he wasn't going to lose. Not like this.

Kyle was already upon him, letting his fist hit the ground as Alec moved out of the way. Alec swung his right arm backhanded as kyle ducked it, but Alec's body continued to spin, and he put his foot out, catching kyle and tripping him. He spun back around just in time to hit kyle square in the chest with a heavy blast, sending him flying backwards.

"Paybacks a bitch, ass."

He wasn't going to allow Kyle the time to recover that he had so foolishly given him. He dashed towards his flying opponent, and as kyle caught himself and tried to go backupright, Alec punched him at full speed right in the gut. Kyle's breathe was punched out of him, but his incredible charisma wouldn't let him give up. He grabbed Alec's body with two hands and spun over, slamming him into the ground.

Both fighters, laying on the ground in agony, slowly tried to get up. They sent blasts at each other, though the opposite would always put up a shield and block it.

"What the hell are you two doing?!" A small girl came up angerly, unimpressed by the battle that took place. "I'm appalled at both of you. Kyle, you really need to calm down. You can't ALWAYS be right. And Alec, you should know better then to provoke him. Let alone actually let this fight get out of hand so fast."

Alec seemed confused "I barely know this guy...."

"Well either way, I'm ashamed of you. Just go home. Both of you go home."

As she stood inbetween them both, they walked off in shame. Neither had won. Not really. But both were sure that they could have kicked the other's ass.