Exiting the building they find themselves in a large, open yard. Directly across from them is a courthouse, the building wrapped in chains and locks.
The assassin is inspecting the chains and can't see Kezia hidden around the corner watching him. Once she spots Raz and Lili approaching she steps out.
"Looking for something?"
The man glances at her from the corner of his eye. He must be of Japanese descent, because he favors it highly. He has slightly wild eyes and lets out an eerie laugh.
"Hello Ms. Kezia! I'm here to kill you, I hope you don't mind."
"What makes you think I'll let you kill me?"
"Well the others couldn't stop me, so I doubt you can!"
He opens his mouth and breathes out a yellow cloud. Kezia throws up her shield, blocking out the confusion gas with ease. Lili wonders how Kezia and Raz could make their shields that powerful.
Using pyrokinesis Raz ignites the gas. As the smoke clears Kezia is still standing in her shield, but the man is gone.
A loud, resounding clunk draws their attention to the chains.
"What a surprise! I thought I put the two of you down in the physical world!"
Kezia lunges for him, knocking him off of the side of the building. He sneers at her as a small amount of insanity leaks into his voice.
"It's too late~"
A loud bang startles them. Another resounds from inside the building, causing the rest of the chains to fall to the ground as a muffled voice chants inside. Slowly the doors squeal open to reveal what was closed off behind them.
"PENANCE! PENANCE! PENANCE!"
It's a massive woman, the Lady Justice statue. Her eyes are covered in a blindfold and she's holding the scale, easily standing at three stories tall. Kezia's eyes grow wide and the man use the distraction to throw her off.
"Oh no you don't!"
Lili grabs him with her telekinesis, throwing him on the ground. He just keeps laughing as he stands and breathes out more gas.
"Hang on!"
Raz sweeps Lili up in his arms, covering them both in his shield to keep the gas out. It's filling the area and making it nearly impossible to see. A bead of sweat rolls down Raz's face.
"This guy is powerful. I don't think I can fight and sustain the shield, and Kezia may be having the same problem."
"I don't know of any confusion specialists that are this powerful…"
"I hope he's the only one they have…"
Raz begins running, trying to locate Kezia. He can hear what sounded like a fight, but has no idea where.
"Lili, can you use your telekinesis to throw us up on the roof of the courthouse? We need to get above the gas."
She nods, launching them upwards. On the roof they find Kezia looking around frantically.
"Oh good, you two are alright!"
"Where is that creature?"
"PENANCE! PENANCE! PENANCE!"
It rises up above the gas, swinging its scales at them. They barely manage to jump out of the way in time but can't retaliate before it sinks out of sight again. Raz scratches his stubble thoughtfully.
"This isn't going to be easy…"
"If we could find the assassin and take him out then the gas would stop, right?"
"Yes, but how to find him…"
Kezia is breathing hard. She doesn't look well and Lili, who is closest to her, catches her elbow to steady her.
"Hey, are you ok?"
"No…I see what he's doing. He's going in and releasing the things people have hidden deep inside their minds in hopes it will drive them mad. His other targets where all dead from self-inflicted injuries due to this method and using confusion on them."
"What bothers you most is guilt, isn't it?"
"Yes and if this goes on for too long-"
"PENANCE! PENANCE! PENANCE!"
They leap out of the way of another attack, once again failing to strike before it slithers back out of sight. Kezia moves sluggishly.
"Damn…The gas is starting to affect me mentally. It's making me numb."
Raz calls out to them as it falls below the gas again.
"I have an idea! Follow my lead!"
"PENANCE! PENANCE! PENANCE!"
The thing comes back up, but this time Raz is ready. He spins with surprising speed and hits the side of its head with a PSI-blast, knocking the blindfold off. It screams and collapses below the gas again.
Lili shudders.
"Ok that thing is really creepy!"
"I got it!"
They both go to Kezia's side. She's slumped on her knees, unblinking.
"Clairvoyance, that's brilliant!"
"Five o'clock!"
Raz shoots a PSI blast and Lili stricks out with her telekinesis in a kind of psychic punch. They both make contact with Lady Justice, sending her tumbling backwards flat on her back. Her fall pushes just enough gas away for Raz to spot the assassin, who he snatches up with his own telekinesis causing the man to stop drooling out the substance. Kezia rises to her feet slowly, regaining some of her senses as a bit of the gas clears.
The man scowls.
"You can't stop the inevitable!"
He inhales, ready to produce more, when Kezia uses her levitation to get to him. She places a shield around him, trapping him and the gas inside it.
"It's all yours guys!"
Raz and Lili turn as Lady Justice begins to stand, snarling the same thing at them over and over again.
"PENANCE! YOU DESERVE PUNISHMENT! TERMINATION!"
The word sticks Lili. Termination…that's what happens to dangerous psychics who lose control of their abilities, like poor Dogen. Once the higher ups decide someone is too dangerous and out of control to rehabilitate they are were "terminated". She doesn't know what happens to people that are terminated, and something tells her she doesn't want to. All she knows is that they always disappeared without a trace.
But if that was the case with Kezia, then why was she still here?
Another attack silences her thoughts. Jumping out of the way of the scales she slaps the thing sideways with her telekinesis while Raz continues to blast her, pushing her back around to the front of the courthouse. Raz slides to a stop in front of her as she finally steps before the open doors.
"Kezia has already buried her demons, now get back in there!"
With that he releases a massive PSI blast, sending Lady Justice flying back into her prison. Lili uses her powers to wind the chains back around it and snap the locks into their rightful places. Kezia lets out a sigh of relief.
"Thank you…now everyone out!"
Raz, Lili, and the assassin are ejected from her mind, though she shoves the man out with enough force to make him stumble backwards physically. Raz is on him in seconds, knocking him out with a single well-placed blow.
