Cassandra HP: 42

Virus roll: 1 (finally infection!)
Roll to hit Taki: 16 (so close to a crit)
Damage to Taki: 5+4=9

Cassandra smirked in satisfaction as Nemesis roared in pain and toppled to the ground like some enormous undead oak. He slammed a huge fist down at her, but she was able to scoot backwards in time, her bare ass sliding against the floor. She hardly felt any pain at all, her injuries almost forgotten. In fact, she felt better than ever, her exposed guts notwithstanding. Maybe seeing the monster finally fall, finally be hurt, was energizing her!

Or perhaps it was something else...

Cassandra blinked.

"Alright, time for your punishment!" she said, grinning. She stabbed her sword into her opponent's leg, pinning it to the ground, then, spotting her shield nearby, picked it up and slammed it into her target's head. She thought she felt some bone crack. She yanked her sword out, and prepared to stab again.

Cassandra blinked again.

She saw Taki, twisted and prone in front of her, her head lolling, her leg bleeding from a gaping stab wound, a huge bruise beginning to form over one eye.

Red blood coated Cassandra's sword. As the virus retreated, pain flared again in her severed ankle and her midsection and Cassandra stifled a scream.

"This must be some sort of mistake...!" she managed, her eyes wide with shock and horror, darting between her bloodstained sword and the semi-conscious kunoichi.