>>9919331Skelly had just won her match, but she could not bring herself to celebrate. It was a tough fight, and Nika had shown great determination, managing to counter a Skelly Star Press, and to kick out of the Skelly Fire.
Skelly was troubled, however. Her eyes met Nika's for a moment, and what she saw brought back unpleasant memories... It wasn't a dark, sad stare like Kuro's... No, it was something different. A stare that Skelly had seen hundreds of times before... Not at the WWA... But in the desert, during her long years of training. A blank stare. Eyes that only someone who has been physically and psychologically broken could have.
An emptyness that could have been Skelly's, if she hadn't been lucky enough to have her best friend at her side for 7 years in the Dojo of Death. The last 2 years however, Rose was gone... Skelly was alone... 2 years of Hell she had to get through...
Was Skelly the same as Nika back then? And how did she manage to be able to smile again?
Skelly clenches her fist... Tears..? Nika was right there... In that very ring, and despite the fact that they didn't know each other well... She felt Nika needed help... But Skelly was powerless.
After a moment, Skelly humbly bows to the crowd, as if she had lost, before making her way to the backstage area.
