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A rose so sweet

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Pennywise stood outside the place where she had to fight her next opponent, Black Velvet. Behind her stood several old houses crafted from clay bricks and old traditions. All around her people were walking down as food venders peddled their stalls, singing of their treats they would sell. In front of her was a huge clock tower that chimed nine in the morning. She sighed as she took out her photo of her would be opponent, a man in black and neon clothing with a gas mask. She thought that someone like him would stick out, but instead he was nowhere. Her stomach growled as she looked down. "Where is he?" She asked out loud when there was a voice speaking behind her.

"Buenos días señora" Pennywise turned around, her hand flying to her dagger in case she needed to fight when she stopped. The man in front of her wasn't who she was waiting for. He was slightly taller than she was with a caramel tanned skin and shaggy brown hair, a welcoming light in his eyes and an easy going smile. He wore causal white trousers and a white jacket and smelled strangely of roses. "Pardon me for interrupting your train of thought señora, but I couldn't help but over hear your stomach growling. Perhaps I can be of some sort of help?" the man spoke in a soft velvet voice. Pennywise was cautious of the stranger thinking why would he want to help her. But in the end her hunger won out, so she smiled and nodded. "Thanks I would appreciate that. Oh my name is Pennywise, what's yours?"

The man gave another soft smile. "Hector Soto at your humble service señora." He said as he gave a slight bow, his hand reaching into his pocket. "Then señora is there anything particular you would want to eat?" Hector said as he led her to the stalls that sold treats freshly made that morning. Pennywise looked around, seeing all manners of food: tamales, flan, honeyed bread, kabobs, and many more that rose in a chorus of delicate smells. "Hmm... I think I would like to try one of these" she said tapping at a vendor that sold Empanadas, the baked good filled with meat. Hector nodded and took out a couple of pesos, handing to the vendor before handing her the treat. "There you go señora, please enjoy" he said with a small charming smile.

Pennywise smiled as well before she took a bite out of her gift, the savory taste enticing her. "Oh wow this is great. What is it?" She asked as Hector who gave a good nature chuckle. "An Empanda señora, a delicacy of my homeland. Meat cooked and baked into soft bread, a treat that is as savory as you are beautiful" he winked at her, Pennywise blushing a bit and shaking her head. "Heh stop it, your embarrassing me" she said. "Besides I have someone special to me"

Hector nodded as he took out a small pack of cigerrets and a lighter, lighting himself one. He took a small breath before breathing out a breath of smoke. However the smoke smelled different, unlike normal gagging smoke it smelled of roses and... lavender Pennywise thought. A soothing scent that seemed to relax her. "So Soto was it?" Pennywise asked when the Spaniard nodded. "That's an interesting name. I think I heard it before." Hector gave her a smile and a wink. "Oh señora that is no doubt you might've been to one of my families shops." Hector said as he took another drag of his cigarette. "You see the Soto family runs a flower shop, or rather a chain of flower shops, both here in Spain and across the globe" he said with an easy going smile. "we hold the... esteem reputation of growing some of the most beautiful and resilient rosas"

As he spoke from his hand, as if by conjuration, a rose appeared red as blood and fragment as a meadow of them. Hector took a small sniff before handing it to Pennywise. She took a sniff too, intoxicated by the fragment flower, a sense of calmness coming over her. "Oh wow this is beautiful" She said with a smile. "I wouldn't doubt your claim Hector" she said when Hector took a step closer, slowly grabbing her hand. "Though despite this rosa's scent and form, it pales in comparison to your lovely eyes" he said as he gently kissed her hand. Pennywise blushed a bit deeper but shook her head.

"Enough Hector" Pennywise said as she pushed him off. "I'm thankful for the gift I'm really am, but I already told you I have someone else." Hector took a step back but never let his charming smile go. "As you wish señora, I wouldn't dream of stealing you away from anyone" he said with an honest tone. "Though please allow me to do something to show my regret and my earnest apologizes" Pennywise thought it over and nodded. "Alright but no more of this romance stuff." She said as Hector led her down the street, her head feeling a bit lighter.

Hector lead her down the street into an wide open area where street performers acted their trade, juggling, making chalk muros on the walls, playing  guitars, a cabaret of art. "Where are we?" she asked when Hector smiled. "Here we are at the center of the square where we have our fun, a time to break between from our lives at the grindstone. And today señora is a very special day indeed." He said as he puffed another smoke cloud from his cigarette, the sweet smell of roses and lavender filling the air. "Oh? What is today?" she asked, shaking her head that seemed to get a little cloudy. "Oh you shall know soon, but let us have fun before we must... run off" he said, leading her around to show the sites.

Pennywise looked around as Hector lead her, having her likeness chalked into a wall, becoming a part of an acrobatic troop with a few payasos tumbling around, and being the subject of a song being sung by Hector himself playing the guitar, a soft song of romance and friendship which only made her blush deepen. As the day went on she slowly found herself becoming more attracted to the Spanish Casanova as he head felt lighter and lighter. Slowly he led her down an alleyway. While there he spoke gently. "So señora you said you were waiting for someone?" She nodded her head dizzy. "Yea... someone called Black Velvet, I had to fight him." Hector nodded as he held her close. Pennywise felt her heart skip a beat as the ground rumbled slightly, but she didn't paid attention. All in her mind she thought in her cloudy haze about him and Zappa, as if unsure what was happening. Hector leaned forward, whispering in her ear softly. "Pennywise... I am Black Velvet"

Pennywise widen her eyes and took a step back, her head dizzy in a haze as she tried to piece together. "What... huh..." she said as the rumbling got bigger. She took out her dagger and tried to strike but her arm felt heavy, as if a weight was pushing down on her. She gave a small growl. "What... what did you do?"
Hector gave an easy going smile that didn't match his now cold eyes. He took out a rose and sniffed it. "Being charming comes second nature to me. What also comes second nature is my talent for crafting drugs. A special drug I made, just for you my little Pennywise. A mix of Amore Lace and a few other all natural herbs lightly sprinkled on the rose I gave you, and incased in my cigarette smoke. All day you have been slowly taking it in, and now its effects take their toll. Your limbs grow weary, your mind clouded in a haze of affection and sluggishness, and your reflexes dulled." He gave a chilling laugh as the rumbling got louder and the ground shook. "Oh and it's almost time"

"Time...time for what?" she asked as she slowly took off her bandage around her hand. "Why for one of the things that helps made Spain famous. El encierro! The running of the bulls" Hector laughed as a few men ran from behind a corner passed them. "Better start running" he said as he turned on his heel and started to walk away when Pennywise took the bandage off and raised her hand. The eyeball in her palm slowly opened as the iris zeroed in on Hector. For a moment it blinked before releasing a blast of energy. The blast zoomed into the air and blasted against Hector's back, forcing the Spaniard down in surprise. He got up as turned as Pennywise groggily leapt at him, trying to stab him with her dagger when he kicked her off. "Seems like you still got some energy left in you señora." Pennywise glared, getting up and starting to run. "You should start running."

Hector got up and ran after her as around the corner a herd of stampeding bulls came about, charging down the street. Hector raced down, pulling out a pistol he had hidden and shot at Pennywise, aiming just to the left of her so the bullet would hit a wall and startle her. Pennywise looked as Hector came behind her, racing alongside. "So it seems señora we'll be having out match anyways" he said as he punched her in the gut, Pennywise coughing as she stabbed him in the shoulder, making Hector wince in pain. "I hope you get run over" Pennywise said as she tripped Hector, causing Hector to tumble as the bulls came upon him.

He scowled and turned into smoke, rising from the herd and shaping his smoke into one of a bull himself. With a snort of haze he charged forward faster than the bulls, his smoky form covering Pennywise forcing her to cough and stumble from the thick haze. Hector reformed as Pennywise stumbled slightly, the bulls drawing closer to her. A bull was upon her when she flipped back, landing on the running bull and holding onto the horns for dear life. She slowly got up and opens her palm eye again, firing a blast above Hector, shattering a pole and causing a wooden sign to fall.

The sign clunked Hector on the head, making him rubbed it and slowing down enough to get hit in the back by a bull. He growled as he swung on the bull neck and got on, holding tight when ahead of them the gates to an arena approached, opening to let the bulls into the stadium for the final show. Hector drew his pistol and got a bead on Pennywise as herself got her eye palm charging, aiming it at Hector. Hector gave another charming smile at her, Pennywise only smiling back as both of them fired, the bulls meeting into the arena with a thunderous applause of Ole and pounding hooves.
This is my entry for GGGC, Hector Soto aka Black Velvet vs Pennywise.

We've seen how he fights against Robopool and Death Priest with guns ablazing and throwing smoke, but before he gotten his powers he was still an assassin using his charms and sauvity to get things done. and for this fight i wanted to show that side of him, a cassanova side.

RH I hope i got Pennywise right

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Pennywise(C) ReailtyHelix
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Eeeee! That's cool!