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Reptilian Carnage - DEATH BATTLE!

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Arachnid: Alright, the combatants are set let's end this debate once and for all.

Scorpio: It's time for a Death Battle!

Arachnid: Let's get right in!


Gotham City Sewers, Midnight 



Life was tough for the spy known as Reptile, not only did he experience his race going to near-extinction, work for the now deceased ruler who then proceeded to kill his entire species and constantly get the crap beat out of him but he also had strict orders from the Outworld God known as Kotal Kahn to go on a secret mission to Earth Realm to look for crucial information.

"Earth Realm scum..." Hissed the reptilian fighter drooling as he spoke, "Not even I can be at peace.." it seemed he was in quite an agitated mood and did not want to be annoyed by any outside interference whilst trudging through the murky green waters that was the Earth Realm sewers of Gotham often sniffing the air for any trails left behind.

Whilst tracking Reptile couldn't help but wonder if someone, or something was watching him in the darkness of these twists and turns of tunnels but stuck to the objective at hand... claw.

Eventually, Reptile came to a near halt whilst halfway in a large sewer hallway as if something caught his attention, sniffing the air with his enhanced smell it was as if he picked up something out of the ordinary, "What is this? It's not mammal, nor reptilian." he perked glancing around with his glassy pupils scouring his surroundings.

Now cautious about the area he was in, the Saurian began a quick overview of the scenery around him, observing if there was any other detectable lifeforms in the sewers he was in, "It appears I'm not alone, but where are they?" he pondered slightly hunching over as if he was ready for an incoming attack.

What was oblivious to the Outworlder however, was that he didn't know where the attacker would appear, for when he readied himself ten or so meters behind the spy ripples began pacing towards the unaware assassin moving at quite a fast pace.

Suddenly, the ripples began revealing a shape slowly ascending above the water showing a mass purely of brawn, scales and muscle, soon the shape finally manifested itself into a large imposing figure right behind Reptile and with a quick pan to the large opponent's face it was revealed to be none other than the nefarious sewer murderer of Gotham Waylon Jones AKA, Killer Croc.

With Croc only meters behind the Saurian he took this element of surprise with a quick open of his pristine jaws with the stereotypical and going for a lunge at the combatant but unfortunately due to quick realisation and hearing Reptile glanced around at the incoming set of jaws and did a quick jump backwards causing the serrated fangs to cause a splash with the quiet water.

"It seems my hunch was right.." slurred Reptile slanting upright at his soon to be opponent whom gave a dead look back, with no reply reverberating all Croc in did in response was give an aggressive roar echoing across the hallway and go straight at the Outworlder jaws wide open.

As Reptile prepared himself for his incoming attacker he manned his claws in a palm motion afterwards remarking in a slick tone "You will be my latest victim!" his long whip-like tongue fitting back into his mouth before the two readied themselves teeth bared for mortal kombat.

Croc's only reply was "RDFPJWEOIFHIOOIAHAOAHAR!"





Croc brutishly went for a quick slam onto his competition but Reptile managed to evade and go for a quick slash to the giants chest; soon after reacting in a loud growl as Waylon swatted the Saurian to the side of a wall showing mild cracks from where Reptile was smashed.

Regaining balance, Reptile got up to immediately see Croc go back in for another wallop, fortunately Reptile quickly did a well placed sidestep before the fist connected with a inconveniently placed wall.

"Incomparable brute!" Reptile murmured at he quickly paced for two slashes followed for a high leg kick to Crocs gut causing him to step back a little but he wasn't done yet as Jones grabbed the combatant in his palms; struggling but restraining him, the stalker of Gotham decided to make this quick and opened his jaws trying to land a fatal blow onto his challenger.

Reptile however, was not planning on becoming a carcass and as Waylon tried going in for a well placed bite, within seconds the smaller foe reacted with his own countermeasure with a spit of his own acid to which he spewed out of his mouth right into Crocs eyes.

Howling with pain, Croc let go of his opponent tending to his eyes which were currently blinded with the corrosive chemical buying the Saurian enough time to regain access to the ground, eventually rubbing off the acid the goliath scoured around with a bitter look in his eyes.

But it seemed as if like magic, Reptile had disappeared from his sight.

Growling, Killer Croc looked around slowly walking around the supposed deserted cavern, making a quick glance if he spotted anything out of the ordinary, unbeknownst of the shadow of Reptile that loomed above him as if it was analysing him, when Croc was about to turn around it was already too late.

Within seconds, Reptile flung himself onto Croc with his sharp nails digging into his thick hide, "Raaaagh!" the Saurian screeched as he clawed at the back of the brutes neck repeatedly, in retaliation the larger fighter tried to reach for the pain on his back but before he could grab his opponent, they quickly kicked themselves off the giant.

Turning around, Croc was now determined to get his jaws on this little pest that was pestering him, quickly Waylon made his move with an unrhythmical lunge at the stockier challenger, fortunately Reptile was prepared as he too did his own lunge skimming at his larger enemy.

Croc started with a quick slash, however Reptile with enough stamina managed to spring himself onto the ceiling of the sewer before rocketing back down with a quick slice churning on Jones head, in that moment Reptile didn't land on the ground as through quick timing Croc managed to grab hold of the slim foe with his meaty paw.

In that moment Reptile knew this was going to be painful.

With strength to rival the strongest man, Waylon threw the Outworlder all around the cavern, thrashing him from wall to wall violently with visible signs of break before smashing him into the dark sewage water below with a loud splash.

Peering over to the spot where Reptile was thrown into, with no movement in the water Croc tended to his wounds but just as he thought the battle was over, a punch out of nowhere hooks the brute across the jaw causing him to stand up, unknown to what happened it wasn't long until he got a kick to his bare knee collapsing slightly.

Croc gazed up to see the perpetrator shifting before his eyes, it seemed Reptile was using his invisibility to outwit the goliath but before he could react he got a lizard-sized mouthful of punch to his jaw instead.

"It seems only brawn only fills your brain rather than brain!" Hissed the Saurian whom mocked the brutish giant, bad idea for it only really pissed Croc off even more, to which he bull-charged the small opponent across the hallway into an upcoming wall creating a small crater upon the impact.

Reptile struggled to get up as his attacker came back teeth bared ready to bite down, going for a swift gnaw, unfortunately instead of connecting with flesh he was mouth wide of rubble as it seemed he had disappeared once again from his sights.

Using his Ninja prowess, Reptile took this opportunity to rocket into the air and go for the giants hide while he was still unbeknownst of his sights but instead of expecting a connected strike, Croc instead turned around and grabbed hold the now visible combatant.

At this point with a slight gulp showing a sign of genuine fear, Reptile realised that he was in for a world of hurt.

Croc in a fit of anger, threw the Saurian across the hallway, however the stockier challenger managed to do an arial somersault and land neatly onto the flowing sewage below, glancing upward he foresaw his challenger approaching at breakneck speeds ready for a pounce onto the target below.

Using the force in his legs, Reptile sprung himself upwards evading himself just out of Waylon's reach; getting an extra boost by jumping on top of the giants scaly head ending up with the Croc getting a mouthful of water into his maw.

Getting up in a rush shaking off the blow, Croc tried going in for a vengeful thrust with his fist, however Reptile managed to evade and went for an overhead scratch followed with a jet lined spit of acid, although the brute took the pain head on, he did manage to pummel the small target with a backhand of scales.

Whilst in the air, Reptile managed to alter his direction managing to latch himself onto a wall in the nick of time, although his problems weren't over yet seeing that Croc was arms ready to crush him at any moment, in a matter of seconds he struck trying to smash the Spy on the wall like a tiny insect.

However, the Saurian tried dodging the incoming strikes that shook the area that they were in with rubble slightly tilting off into the waters below, just when the next strike was incoming Reptile tried changing tactics by opening his mouth to which came out a long silk like tongue.

Acting with a mind of its own, the tongue reached out and grabbed Waylon's beefy fist securing one of his main weapons in place, taking this chance Reptile still with his tongue restraining the palm propelled himself off the wall latching himself onto the cold-blooded killers face, digging his claws in deep into his face.

SHRITK-!



"RAAAAAORGHDRYSJAG!" came a bellowing shriek from Croc.

Roaring angrily, Croc threw himself back and forth trying to throw him off, while this was happening Reptile began cutting at his challengers face violently trying to inflict as much damage as he possibly could, meanwhile the larger more aggressive brawler was blindly ramming into walls of the cavern; creating small tremors in his efforts.

Due to the constant struggles on his end, Reptile knew he couldn't stay on any longer, attempting to hop off, unfortunately Waylon didn't seem to take kind this action as through the corner of his scratched face grabbed onto his opponent vigorously whilst they were still in mid-jump.

Croc decided in the limited space of his noggin that it was time to change action with the constant damage he was taking, with that still holding Reptile they took the battle underwater, quickly descending into the murky depths below with his foe still kicking for the surface with a loud splash.



Underneath the surface of the water, Reptile found himself in the dark surroundings of the underground river with no insight of where his target swam off to, staying ambient in the deeps although it seemed useless as out of nowhere a large dark shape began propelling itself towards the fray of the smaller scaled opponent, "Come out and show yourself, coward!" boldly Reptile boomed.

And so he did for in almost moments, Croc rammed straight through Reptile, causing the Outworlder to be sent spinning around water aimlessley until the larger foe tied around the area to ram into him again, once more sending him spinning into another location from the sheer impact.

However, during the next ram Reptile managed to position himself from where Croc was aiming for next and from the next charge, he latched onto the beefy giant with dear life as the two courageously went flying into the seemingly endless reservoir, Reptile grappled himself onto Waylon's front side in the thick current that his rival was swimming at.

Croc realising that his opponent was latched onto him decided to go for a counter attack, in retaliation he went for an iconic crocodile death roll, trying to shake his target off, but it seemed although Reptile wasn't getting off this ride anytime soon for he went for a slash onto Waylon's torso.

Countering from the hit, Croc in a fit of underwater garbled rage went for an aggressive set of strikes at Reptile constantly wanting to aim for a weak spot in this challengers hide, Reptile attempted to evade the incoming strikes but with little space to dodge he was inevitably slashed causing him to lash out in pain.

Reptile had no other choice but to move to a higher section of Croc's body, with a leap of faith he quickly grabbed onto the goliath's neck but unfortunately he got his placing off moving his arm straight into Waylon's open jaw, with a large crunch Reptile roared as his foe angrily bit down on his limb.

Following his Crocodilian instinct, Croc knew he should take this chance the way he could by trying to prize his opponent's arm off but Reptile insisted he didn't want to become frog legs just yet as he tried shaking Waylon side to side violently trying to remove his arm, but it seems he needed a little more persuasion for in a matter of moments Reptile sunk his teeth into Croc's neck.

Giving a gurgled roar full of sewage in exchange for letting go of Reptiles arm, Croc started going ballistic as he started ramming into the nearby walls, removing his jaws from the thick muscle Reptile jumped off of the brute and grabbed hold of his head, soon afterwards ramming it into the side of the brick structure.

CRUACK-!



Recovering from the blow, Croc turned to Reptile and tried jumping him with his obligatory superior strength alongside Reptile holding him off with his more lanky and low blow style of fighting with the two seemingly being in a sort of stalemate with one another not backing down from the fray.

SWIPE! CRUNCH! SLASH!

While they were in the deadly clash, little did either know that at the end of the sewer line, lead to a drop, in a seemingly inflicting stalemate with one another it wasn't long until they noticed they were at the end of the line with both roaring crazily at this realisation trying to back away, but inevitably as if in a matter of moments they were sent flying into the water below.

With a loud, defying splash only silence pondered a moment since the two made connection with the river below, eventually out of the depths underneath bubbles began emerging from the green reservoir soon showing a shadow bursting out from the water, it was Croc followed with Reptile underneath in a death lock pose before hitting the surface ready to combat once more.

"Raugh!" Screeched the Outworlder, moving with haste Reptile opened up his mouth to reveal his tongue to which he shot at Waylon; aiming for his neck, quickly reacting Croc grabbed the slippery limb like a rope and swung him around like a rag doll before slamming him onto the floor with a distant splash alongside.

Croc roaring pounced with a fist ready to strike down, but Reptile saw this coming and with quick instinct evaded his foe's meaty fist by using his invisibility and picked himself up, as which the fist momentarily shook the sewers once more from the strike with Croc raising himself once more to face his opponent who was visible once again.

Reptile made his way for a quick strike slashing at Croc once more following with a quick sweep, but Waylon kept his ground firmly and persisted with a onslaught of punches and vicious swipes, but fortunately Reptile went for a leap frog tactic by jumping over the less agile monster.

But Croc was prepared and managed to get in a slick backhand punting the less physical fighter into a wall, however Reptile took this to his advantage using this momentum as a spring forward propelling himself towards the now angered giant, Croc was ready for his incoming attacker but in that moment.

SPLASH!

Reptile spat his deadly acid onto his opponents face making Waylon scream out in pain as he clawed at his face trying to ease the seemingly unending pain on his face, "You'll think twice to mess with Kotal Kahn's greatest spies!" Reptile hissed as once more a vat of acid was spat onto the watery floor Croc stood on, slowly but surely he started sinking into the deadly chemical.

Now halfway into the pool of acidic green saliva Reptile made his move, by positioning himself he leapt up and perched himself onto Croc's chest, opening his mouth to once again reveal his drooling tongue, soon enough it wrapped itself around the brute's neck firmly and finally with a hauling tug, Croc's head was no longer a part of his body.

Jumping off to a safer area, Reptile watched as his opponent's body became nothing more than a twitching arm in the bubbling pond, for in the end Killer Croc was no more leaving making Gotham's worries a little less difficult.

"You were no more than a snack, mortal and that's what all you Earth Realmers are!" Reptile boasted before turning away from his previous challenger, he'll have some news for Kotal Kahn before he returned to Outworld for it seems this world houses a lot more than they were bargaining for, prowling away into the darkness he gives a slight burp in his victory.

Reptile in his time of this city known as Gotham could at least learn some table manners here while he was at it.


Gotham City Sewers, Midnight (Later on...)

Later, from the scene of where the mighty Killer Croc fell, a man clad in an armoured bat suit overlooked the scene and looked into a speaking device which depicted a middle age man who appeared to be a butler, "Alfred." the man spoke, "Yes Master Wayne?" replied the middle aged man.

"It seems Killer Croc took his last victim tonight, looks like someone else got to him." he responded to the butler known as Alfred, "Why it looks that way. Who do you expect the perpetrator could be?" Alfred spoke again, "I'm not sure, but whoever it is-" The man looked into view revealing himself to have a rather serious look on their face.

"They have my attention." Spoke this Dark Knight.





Scorpio: Never thought I'd see the day where a jobber wins against a jobber.

Arachnid: While both combatants showed inhuman to superhuman physicality with Croc outweighed Reptile in raw strength, power and his crocodile finesse let him keep up, Reptile surprisingly had this fight in the end due to his speed, skill, durability and surprisingly intellect against Gotham's own cold-blooded killer.

Scorpio: Both aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, with Reptile being "distracted" by a dragon dominatrix and getting his shit beat out of Johnny Cage and Croc being constantly out-powered and outwitted by a experienced Robin, Batman and Bane while both are questionable in wins, Reptile takes it a little higher due to his ninja prowess and spying skills giving him a leg up to trick and overload Croc's senses.

FYI: Millenia of Experience >>> High school dropout

Arachnid: Indeed, Reptile's slightly higher intellect and skill managed to outgo Waylon's brutal brawn, now we know what you're also thinking about the whole Croc being immune to what Reptile throws at him due to his scaly thick hide.

Scorpio: However, let us introduce you to Reptile's main trait which is his deadly acid, now we can assume Old Croc can tank bullets and all but believe it or not Reptile's acid can melt through MANMADE STEEL with little effort so the chances of Waylon shrugging off a few spits of this chemical are a bit on the low end even with that slow healing factor placed in, which believe me it's slow.

Arachnid: Finally, it came to who could outdo who, with both realistically being able to take one another out if not for the fact that Reptile's larger control over the environment due to living in more inhuman areas and his overall much larger set with almost generations worth of experience he had to take Croc down, that and Croc kind of has bigger issues with fighting those who outweigh him in his terms... like a janitor.

FYI: Superhuman Moviestar > Average Janitor

Scorpio: Killer Croc sure did melt from his loss, he really lost his head after that acidic experience.

Arachnid: The winner is Reptile!



Reptile (Winner)
+Agile
+More Experienced
+More Skill
+Craftier Opponent
+Acid can melt through Crocs defences 
=Questionable on overall intellect
=Just as durable
-Physically outmatched
-Is quite the easy target if not controlling the battlefield
-No Healing Factor



Killer Croc (Loser)
+Physically Superior
+Thick hide
+More Savage Nature
+Healing Factor
=Questionable on overall intellect
=Just as durable
-Slower
-Healing Factor takes time
-Less experienced
-Not the brightest


NEXT TIME ON DEATH BATTLE!

(If you know my next Death Battle, please don't spoil)

Guess all that procrastinating really payed off.
I'll be honest, I feel this was my weakest works so far due to all the angst and buildup.
But hey, if you enjoyed it then thanks for reading through!

Credit to :iconwater-frez: for the Reptile bio.
Credit to :icononeminutemeleeman: for the Killer Croc bio.
Another huge thanks to :iconbreloom-da-bassgod: for letting me have this battle, I love ya man!

Killer Croc, Batman (C) DC Comics, Warner Bros
Reptile, Mortal Kombat (C) Netherrealm Studios, Warner Bros

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WarpStar930's avatar
Looking back on it, I'm not completely sure I agree with this.