Crash and BURN

Amber gaze widened slightly as Mercy moved away from the tree, her shoulder missed and her teeth merely grazing the white woman's left cheek. Which was far from what she had originally tried to do. Avalon would then abruptly turn her head to her left as she made the first split decision move to try and avoid the tree. Her claws dug into the ground, left paw holding her position as she pivoted to her left. Since her right paw had missed Mercy, she would quickly set it back on the ground. She wouldn't completely go unscathed, however. For with her pivot to the left, her rear end would make contact with the tree, leaving a mild bruise on the right side of her hip, but the adrenaline was pouring through her. A tree would not stop her momentum for more then a second, nor would it stop her from tearing into Mercy either.

With her new movement, she had managed to turn her position to face Mercy once again, the tree on her (Avalon's) right. She wanted to leave no time for Mercy to react more then she already had, so once again she would coil her hind legs and spring towards the woman in an attempt to keep their distance as close as possible. Avalon would quickly lift her front end up (also in preparation for her next attack), displacing Mercy's attempted bite from her shoulder to the left side of her chest, just off-center. Avalon would wince slightly as Mercy left behind moderate lacerations, and Mercy's attempt at smashing her paw would also miss due to Avalon's forepaws raising up and out of the way.

At this point, Avalon made sure her defenses remained intact. Her ears kept pinned to her head, eyes remained narrowed as her face scrunched up, bunching the skin around her face and eyes for better protection. Hackles remained raised along her spine, tail flagged out and aligned with her spine for balance. Her head lowered over her neck, chin tucking over her throat as her scruff bunched up. Her hind legs spread evenly apart for better balance, claws digging into the dirt and her toes spread.

In the few split seconds, Avalon aimed to wrap her forelegs around Mercy's neck; left foreleg aimed to wrap around the right side of Mercy's neck and her right foreleg aimed to wrap around the left side. She sought to hug the woman close to her chest, to try and restrict her movement, and should she be successful then hopefully Mercy would have even less room to move her head. During this movement, Avalon also attempted to shove her chest straight into Mercy's face. Hoping the force of her weight would cause discomfort as well as potentially bruise her opponents nose, if not give the woman a bloody nose. Simultaneously, she would attempt to put pressure on the left side of Mercy's neck with her right elbow, aiming to cause further discomfort as she sought to force the woman down to the ground.

Lastly, Avalon's jaws opened wide. Tilting her head downwards, she aimed to place a bite across Mercy's face. She aimed her top fangs at the top of Mercy's right brow; and bottom fangs aimed to bite just below Mercy's left eye. She didn't seek to blind the woman, but she wanted to cause as much damage as she possibly could. Perhaps even blind the woman with her own blood and cause pain to the flesh and facial muscles. She'd seek a solid grip upon her opponents face if not lacerate and leave the woman with new scars for the future, or any damage she could possibly do, really. She'd shove towards Mercy, making it harder for the other woman to try and knock her backwards, her hind knees remaining slightly bent while she used her weight to potentially place Mercy's neck at an awkward angle and/or cause discomfort and strain the muscles there.

She hated having to fight like this, but Mercy had pushed it, and obviously the alabaster woman had no intentions of going easy either.