"OH MY GOD! WIIIITCH!" The voice called, followed by a screech and several others yelling and panicking.
"Damn!" Homura shouted, preparing her soulgem, "Here? Now?!"
The girls, save Madoka, grabbed their soulgems, rapidly transforming into their magical forms as they darted to the edge of the roof overlooking the courtyard, with Kyubee and Madoka following. All of them leaned over the railing, and scowled at the sight; a long, glowing, bright green serpentine creature screeched with its uncharacteristic hooked beak as it cackled lightning from its feathery white wings. The wings beat and flapped, as lightning struck about the courtyard, aiming for any unlucky sod who decided to have lunch there. The girls jumped down, landing perfectly on their feet, all except for Homura, who stayed and glared at Kyubee.
"What are you waiting for?!" She hissed harshly, "You have one, too!"
Kyubee lifted her soulgem slowly, staring into the lucid, white abyss contained within. Never actually used one myself, Kyubee thought, But I guess there's nothing else to it! Kyubee rubbed the gem, and invoked its power. An eye-hurting white abyss enveloped Kyubee, seemingly causing the hermaphrodite's clothing to fade away as well. Kyubee's hands went to her breasts and pelvis as she instinctively darted her head about, wondering if anybody could see, but there was nothing. Her hands moved away as energy appeared around her, shaping itself into frilly clothing. In an instant, Kyubee became dressed on a frilly white dress, with dark-red ribbons streaming behind her, and two golden rings propped up in her hair like a pair of hair-buns. In a flash, Kyubee was back in the real world, everything exactly as it was, as if no time had passed at all. Kyubee blinked strangely for a few seconds.
"Yeah...It throws you off the first few times," Homura stated, "But we need to move out, NOW!"
The two of them jumped down to where the battle had already commenced; Sayaka, Kyouko, and Mami leapt out of the way of yet another lightning blast as it synged the ground, leaving a big, black smoldering spot where it had struck. Mami clenched her teeth as she materialized two rifles, one in each hand, and prepared to open fire.
"Mami! Keep her distracted, while I move in!" Kyouko shouted as she strafed back and forth, zipping and zagging from place to place, closer to the quetzal-beast.
"Oh no! I'm not letting her smash you to bits!" Sayaka shouted, tailing after her.
BLAM! BOOM!
Mami's twin rifles practically shouted out bursts of noise as they spewed yellow beams of fluorescent light at the beast. The beams flashed and dazzled as they burst into sparks upon the creature, only for her to squawk loudly as her face received small dark burn marks. Unfortunately, the thrashing and slashing had caught Kyouko by surprise; The serpent's sharp beak slammed into Kyouko with a sickening CRACK! Kyouko screamed out as she was sent flying backwards towards the school wall.
"Kyouko!" Sayaka screeched out as she leapt in between Kyouko and the wall. The two collided with a SMACK! Kyouko grabbed her ribs, hissing in pain.
"Damn! That smarts!" Kyouko spat out.
"I'll say!" Sayaka moaned.
As the two got up, their eyes widened as the quetzal-creature began to angrily charge for Mami, squawking and snorting with fury as it clawed up the ground it moved across. Mami squinted, and trembled as she continued to blast more shots at the creature. The creature screeched in response, seemingly no longer caring about the burns as she charged forward even faster.
"Shit!" Homura grunted as she charged, blindly knocking the slightly paralyzed Mami down to the ground, narrowly getting grazed across her back by the quetzal-witch, who crashed into the wall, spraying bricks and dust every way. The creature thrashed and lashed about, cackling lightning like a bad storm, scorching and blasting everything about. Kyouko and Sayaka barely had enough time to jump back to their feet, and leap behind cover, while Homura and Mami just had to curl up and hope nothing struck them. Homura glared at the frozen Kyubee with a wide-eyed glare.
"Exu!" She screamed with desperation, "Fucking do something!"
Kyubee raised her hands, and something began to appear in them. Kyubee was nearly blinded, as a small, rod-like object shot out a bright flash in every direction, almost as if a second sun had appeared right into her hands. After the light died down, Kyubee looked into her hands, and her pupils shrunk.
"A slingshot? Really?!" She gasped with frustration, until a lightning bolt and several screams snapped Kyubee back into reality. Kyubee squinted her eyes as she desperately pulled back on the slingshot, a small ball of white energy appearing in the sling. Kyubee released the band, firing the white orb. the ball sailed through the air, leaving behind a streak of bright light as if it were a small comet. The pebble flew near the quetzal, then...missed it completely. Kyubee closed her eyes and frowned, shaking her head as the beast un-dug her beak from the wall, turning to the herm and screeching, before she started charging right for her.
"Well, I'm fucked." Kyubee whispered as she felt the creature's humid breath spewing all over herself. Kyubee heard a loud screech, and opened her eyes to see Kyouko riding the beast's head as she squirmed and flailed about.
"I can't hold her off forever!" Kyouko shouted, "So someone, finish her off!"
Homura took this as an opportunity to leap into the air, over the beast, and pointed twin berretas at the creature.
"I can't get a clear shot," Homura yelled, "I might hurt you, instead!"
"Just do it!" Kyouko screamed, wrapping her arms around the beast and restraining it as best as she could, which did barely anything since the beast could still thrash and flail.
BLAM!
BLAM!
BLAM!
Homura pulled the triggers shot after shot, the others covering their ears as best as they could to protect their eardrums from the earth-shattering noise. Kyubee watched as several holes appeared in the ground below the beast as soon as the shots rang out. Homura shook her head in frustration as she came back to the ground.
"I can't get a hit in, she's just too quick!" Homura cried out.
Sayaka leapt in next to the being, landing on her right foot as she looked up at Kyouko, her eyes shining and watery.
"Hold on!" Sayaka shouted, "I'll help you!" Sayaka pounced at the squirming creature, and shoved her blade deep into her eye, spraying dark blue fluid from the iris, and prompting an ear-piercing screech from her. she finally tossed Kyouko from her neck, slamming into Sayaka, and sending them both sprawling away. Mami and Homura had both gotten up, and started blasting away at the creature, each berretta and rifle blast practically shouting out thunder as each beam and bullet flew forth, searing and scarring the monster. The beast emitted one final squeal, before flopping to the ground with barely a twitch. All the girls, even Madoka, got up and approached the beast, now motionless on the ground. Kyouko hesitated, then thrust her spear into the witch's head. She did not move.
"Yeah...dead..." Sayaka pointed out.
Kyubee stared down at the glaze-eyed being. "Whew...I thought we were all dead for a second there!" She sighed with relief. None of the other girls paid attention to her, just continuing to stare at the witch's corpse.
"Damn...that's another poor girl who will never see her mother, father, or friends ever again." Mami muttered, cracking her quiet voice ever so slightly.
"And another victim of the incubators..." Homura solemnly added.
Kyubee stared down. She's dead...because of me...She thought.
