Elimination Chamber: Neske Alapo Vs. Gabbie Desjardin Vs. Etzlicoatl Vs. Serina Kashibara Vs. Akiha Kosha Vs. Belinda Northman

The phrase "between a rock and a hard place" didn't really adequately describe Neske's predicament as she landed on top of Serina, violently shoved off and onto her back. Rocks, and most hard places, don't really move, they don't attack, and they're not actively out to hurt you. A more appropriate analogy here might have been something like, "between a tiger and a stick of dynamite." Which girl was which, however, was a matter entirely up for debate.

Serina's angry pushing and kicking stung, but for the most part it wasn't particularly damaging. She didn't have much space to work with, and so not a lot of force was put into the kick that made it's way towards Neske. Still, a boot to her face still did hurt, and if nothing else it distracted her from Gabbie's much more meticulous attack. Without warning, the blonde's foot shot down like a missile directly into Neske's glistening abdomen, forcing the air out of her lungs and sending a quivering pain through her entire body. For a moment she simply lie there, trying to turn over and curl up around her belly as she choked and gagged in a desperate attempt to start breathing properly again. All she could hope at this point was that Gabbie was about done with her, and that Serina didn't take her unexpected aerial assault personally. Given how things were going, though, neither of those seemed super likely.

Watching Neske get hammered by Gabbie's boot definitely made Serina a bit relieved she still wasn't stuck under her, while the dirty blonde quickly scrambled to her feet. While Neske had pissed her off, she couldn't exactly prioritize an annoyance like her over a legitimate threat like the blonde kickboxer.

Hoping to try and catch Gabbie unprepared, Serina flung herself haphazardly at the girl, aiming to tackle her down to the mat where she could straddle her and pin her down.

Gabbie pulled her foot away from the remains of Neske's stomach and was just turning to survey Serina when the dirty blonde crashed into her. She was annoyed that she couldn't get any sort of one on one time against any of these girls was superseded by being crashed to the ground. She hit with a thud and her hands instantly came up into a guard position. Though she wasn't the grappler her sister was, she knew the basics and she was ready for Serina when she tried something, though she wasn't sure what that might be. So far she hadn't known Serina to do anything aside from scream and go for the crotch.

Her lower body turned and her thighs closed tightly together. Better safe than sorry.

Managing to get atop Gabbie's stomach, Serina was able to stabilize her position. The blonde already had her guard up, but she would just start throwing punches around it, aiming for the kickboxer's face and chest wherever she could spot an opening.

"God... fucking... dammit...!" Serina panted out as she continued to swing. Her primary target here was pretty much Belinda, but she was being forced to deal with all these other bitches that were in the way!

Akiha had been watching the entire match. It had been pretty chaotic with no one having a clear advantage. Her own track record wasn't good when it came to multiple girl matches like this one. Still she was in a good position as most of the other girls were worn out. The biggest threat at this point was her arch rival, Belinda who was still in a pod. That being said, she currently had her eyes set on beating someone else in this match.

The lights would suddenly turn off before the lights within the chamber began to turn on and off. It was now switching between Akiha pod and Belinda pod. In all honesty, Akiha wanted to get pick first even if that was a worse position of the two possible outcomes. The lights would then start to slow down before finally stopping at the Japanese wrestler pod. A smile would appear on her face as her pod door was then opened. She would then charge forward, making her way towards Serina and Gabbie.

Most would assume that she would go for Gabbie, who was fresher target and had a bit of a feud with Akiha. In addition, both Serina and Akiha had a feud with Belinda, so the two of them working together was not out of the question, at least that is what the audience thought. As Akiha quickly approach she would attempt her classic opener, a spinning heel kick aimed right towards Serina temple, much to the audience surprise. She knew that Serina had taken a hit there before so she was hoping this attack would take her down for a bit.

If her attack connected she would then spout the following words to Gabbie. "You mind taking care of the other two wrestlers while I focus on her. I do have a bit of personal business with her. We can settle our differences once the rest are taken care of." stated Akiha hoping she could get some one on one time with Serina, someone who she hated for several reasons, all of them involving her rival and lover Belinda. Usually, she would not get involve in such a feud but the opportunity had presented itself and it was to good to pass up.

Serina continued to rain down punches upon Gabbie, only to get blindsided for... well she lost count of how many times it was already tonight. As Akiha's foot slammed into her forehead the dirty blonde flew right off of the kickboxer and crumpled down on her side, groaning as she held her skull.

Her head was spinning, but she clearly made out the part about Akiha stated it was personal. What? Who even was this bitch? She didn't even know any of them beforehand, sans Belinda, but it felt like they all were really out to get her! She knew she wasn't exactly a friendly person, but what the fuck? The dirty blonde had only really come here after Belinda, but if this Japanese girl was gonna be like that, she just shot to the top of her priority meter.

Serina was gonna pound some answers out of her. As soon as her head stopped spinning, at least...

Gabbie had her hands up to guard. She could at least do that while on her back. While she looked for a good opening to dismount Serina, she was still taking punches, though most of them were driven into her chest, causing her to hiss in pain. She really didn't LIKE getting punched in the boobs, but it was way better than the crotch or head. She'd recover from a chest punch.

Just when she was about to spring, she watched Akiha kick Serina in the head. She had seen the signal for another pod opening up, but she was a little preoccupied. Gabbie quickly rolled away and crwled to a position where she could quickly hop up and get in a partial guard, with one hand clutching her sore chest. She glanced behind her, to see where the other two were as Akiha spoke. This wasn't good. There was no place in the ring she could keep her back safe.

"There's nothing to settle." Gabbie stated finally as she continued to try and watch all sides.

However, if Akiha wanted to fight Serina, she could maybe clear the other two out of the ring before one of the two got pinned. Gabbie then backed away from Akiha and looked at the other two. With Eztlicoatl looking fairly down for the count, Gabbie went over to her and jumped up, hoping to drop a cross body splash on the girl and scopp her up into a pin while she was still trying to recover.

Etzlicoatl had regained consciousness almost a full two minutes prior, and was currently playing possum and hoping not to be noticed.

As Gabbie moved over towards her, it was obvious that the reprieve was now up and she'd need to be on alert, but the luchadora held perfectly still, waiting for just the right moment.  If she played her cards right, a Most Righteous Hoax might turn the tide of the match in her favor here.  All she had to do was wait for Gabbie to get closer....closer...

The other girl leapt for her, and Etzli saw her chance!  She popped both knees up, letting the crossbody splash down onto them, and then effortlessly spun in place and transitioned into a Lebell Lock.  Her fingers interlaced over Gabbie's forehead, pulling back as forcefully as she could manage.

"Aha!  Your grave hubris has led you down a shameful path!" crowed the Sanguine Serpent.  "Little did you know that, in the vision quests where I walked with the mighty god-kings of yesteryear, fueled by the sacred ayahuasca, the secrets of entering into a state close to death itself were revealed to me, so that my enemies would fall victim to GLORIOUS ILLUSIONS--"

Despite appearances, Gabbie was not in much danger.  The Lebell Lock was a strength-based hold, and comparing Etzli's strength against the savateur's was, well, pretty laughable.  Really, it mostly seemed like she was immobilizing the other girl so she had an opportunity to monologue, more than doing any actual damage.

The fact that Neske was promptly ignored each time she was dealt some damage would have got the blood of a prouder woman boiling, but the young Dutch girl knew to count her blessings, especially after the constant havoc that was her last multi-girl match. While it only took a few seconds to regain autonomous movement, being able to get her wind back and crawl up to her knees was a welcome break. By the time Etzlicoatl and Gabbie were in their own tussle, Neske could even quietly climb back to her feet, largely unnoticed until it was too late.

But, the struggle of the two nearest girls didn't really have her attention this time, anyway. For all the damage both of them had done to Neske, recent developments really changed things for her. While she was getting her composure back, Akiha had entered the ring, and so Neske was caught in a crazy match with her psudeo-manager figure. Again. The number of times these two had fought would almost qualify for a rivalry, if it wasn't so horridly one-sided. But Neske was fed up with it. Using her sudden element of surprise once more, she marched up behind Akiha and latched on to her shoulders with both hands, pulling back and curling her knees up to her still hurting tummy to bring Akiha's spine down onto her as they hit the mat. Neske was done nibbling, and now, she was done being ignored.

Akiha had charged forward and managed to hit Serina right in the head.  It sent the dirty wrestler right down to the ground, though it looked like she wasn't totally down as she was holding her head.  Gabbie seemed to have agreed to Akiha plan though she stated there was nothing for the two of them to settle.  Well as long as she stayed out of the Japanese wrestler way then that was fine... for now.

Keeping her attention on Serina, she would start to pull her hair with one hand and the other hand would grab her pants as she would try to get her on her feet.  Once she Serina on her feet she would then attempt to throw her over the top ropes and outside of the ring where the steel panels were located, trying to do as much damage as possible to her opponent while enjoying every single moment of it.  Her opponent probably had no idea why Akiha was targeting her but that didn't matter.  All that matter was that she would get the beat the crap out of her.

Yet just as Akiha was about to follow up, she suddenly felt a sudden weight on her shoulders causing her to fall backwards and right into her attacker's knee.  “AHH!” yelled Akiha as she would then bounce off and fall to the canvas before seeing her attacker.