Landing on the ground on my left foot, I look ahead of me and hold the sword like a baseball player. With one hand I gesture for her to 'come and get some, bitch' and she runs at me the next instant, her face contorting into a skull.
I've got her where I want her. I can do this. The angle is just right, the speed is just right, she's let her guard down, I have my guard up, and just a little bit more, one step more, and I can make a clean slice through her neck.
And that is exactly what I was about to do. When a rose lands between the two of us, causing the running demon to stop, look up, and duck as another half dozen roses lands onto the pavement.
I wanted to scream. I wanted to scream at the injustice of it all! I had her! I totally had her, and someone interrupts our match.
I look up, my furious eyes alight with fire, at the figure who supposedly saved me and see….Batman?
"I've come to your aid, fellow defender of truth and justice." Truth and what now? "Do not lose hope, for with our combined forces, we shall prevail." The figure opens his cape to reveal a tall man wearing half an opera mask, a black tuxedo with a large top-hot (I am not making this part up), and a pimp cane. "For I am a Tuxedo Mask, enemy of evil, and friend to all who oppose the darkness."
…yeah, I'm sort of speechless too.