I'm so sorry for that 2 month pause! I recently got a new job, and its been stressing me out, so any day I don't work I tend to just rest. Anyway, I'm gonna get back into the groove of things...or at least try! Thank you for your patients!

Chapter 11: Round 3!

Feng got knocked far back, nearly hitting the wall, but using her acrobatics she spun in the air and pressed her feet against it and jumped off, spinning in the air and kicking the armless mannequin like Instrument, Muse, that was under the full control of one Taliesin, whom was nowhere to be seen currently. Which didn't do much to ease the Acrobat, she taking the time to summon her spectral birds, Muse jumping forward however to distract her.

Muse swung her feet twice before Peacock jumped in front of Feng with her gun, however instead of fireing a bullet, or a billiard, instead a large knife came out, knocking Muse back as Peacock spouted a toothy grin. Leaving Feng confused.

"Wait... I thought you wanted me dead, or captured? Now you're helping me?" Feng asked the much younger girl, confused about the intruders motives.

Peacock pulled out her cigar and took a long drag, the smoke coming out her eye sockets. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. And if you're enemy's with that creepy pervert, and the rest of the freak show, you probably can't be that bad." She flicked her cigar at Muse who jumped up, she giving another toothy metal grin. "At least Mr. Perverts a scaredy cat who fights with puppets. The two of us can take him, but just to be safe, you stand back, I'll call you in when I need assistance or wanna tag you in"

Feng was standing up and raising an eyebrow. "What...why don't we both-" But it was too late, Peacock was already in the fray. Feng rolled her eyes and started stretching, enjoying the short break in fighting as she already started to feel healthier and more energetic. If she was given some sort of construct, like a healthbar of sorts, it would slowly be ticking upwards while she was on the sidelines, not fully, but just enough to heal a couple of minor scrapes and wounds from the last attack she was hit with.

Peacock meanwhile, seemed to have her hands full with Muse. Knowing Taliesin is somewhere in the shadows waiting to strike. She fired her canon straight at the puppet lute, she using her weird foot work to just jump over it, and sending a flying kick towards peacock.

Peacock countered by pulling out her stop sign and blocking it, Muse doing a flurry of strong kicks that Peacock was having trouble blocking, giving a good mix of ariel jumps and low kicks, Peacock was finally able to push her back a little, and then summoned a construct of her own. Whistling as a shadow started to form under Muse. She however jumped back as the shadow grew bigger, just narrowly escaping.

Peacock cracked her robotic knuckles and used this distance for her advantage, using the avery system built inside her to warp realty, summoning figments of her warped imagination. She pointed and sent several of her bomb summons to Muse. After they all jumped and reached her at once, they exploded and caused a large amount of smoke. Peacock squinted and leaned forward, shading her eyes of the blast. Suddenly, a silhouette could be made in the smoke as it ran through.

Taliesin jumped out of the smoke cloud, Peacock reaching to react, trying to pull out her gun, but Taliesin was too close. He kicked her square in the face, knocking her back. Feng jumped in to try and help, summoning her spectral birds to distract him, throwing several in his direction, then Muse jumped in front of him and took all the hits.

Feng braced herself as Muse threw a couple kicks, the acrobat able to block them but unable to block the arial grab that was preformed by her prior boss. He throwing her against the wall and pinning her there.

"Now now, such a feisty young girl you are, too bad you never put this energy in your work, otherwise you would have made an amazing subordinate, maybe even a promotion. But, I find women who don't obey my every word less then appealing to be honest, and if we're honest, you could have used more in the chest area" He said gripping her neck, slowly choking her while he sent off Muse too distract Peacock.

Muse was acting much more aggressive now, sending flying kicks and jumping off walls, knocking Patrica into the wall hard. She tried to get up but was then beat down by a baragge of kicks, headbutts, body slams, in what seemed like a never ending combo that preventing Peacock from even attacking. After the barrage was over, Peacock jumping up and knocking her slightly back with her rocket boot.

Patrica was getting tired, seeing Muse run towards her she tried to brace herself. However, then she turned her attention over to see Taliesin strangling Feng, taunting her while he slowly took the girls life with his rough wooden hands. Peacock felt her own life flash before her, memories bubbled up of what the slavers did her her, the horrors and near death experiences she had. She grit her teeth and knew she needed to take both of them out. She planted her feet firmly into the ground. "ARGUS...AGONY!"

Her robot eyes all pointed towards Taliesin from afar, her hat opening up with Avery assisting in the barrage of lasers that fired at both Muse and Taliesin. Firing at powerful intervals that would knock them back, stop them from whatever they were doing. Muse flying back a bit while Taliesin was forced to let Feng go and jump out of the way, rolling on the ground and using Muse as his shield.

Peacock panted, her vision out for about 2 seconds because of the attack, only to find in those two seconds she felt wooden hands grapple her, and throw her against a metal door. She started to be able too see again, only to see the horrid masked man holding her by her arms. The twisted Misogysnist laughing

"Now now little girl, don't you know its rude to interrupt when other people are talking. I guess I'll just have to take away your toys" He said, planting a foot against Peacock, she only now realizing what he was doing, horrid PTSD coming back to her as she felt her arms rip out of her sockets. Her vision going out as she felt blind. The Elevator made a ding sound, as it slowly opened, however, Patrica remembered that the Elevator was out, meaning as she was being kicked into the opened door, armless, sightless, it was no surprise when she continued to fall.

Taliesin turning his head, expecting Muse to have finished off Feng, However, Muse had a few kick marks against her, apparently disoriented. With the acrobat nowhere to be seen, the masked man shook his head. "Muse, darling, you are a terrible living parasite. I swear to the trinity if you don't shape up i'm going to make you into wooden dinner wear, now, FIND HER!" He said stomping. Muse nodding and going off to track Feng.

The young acrobat was at the stair well, panting and looking down. Hating herself more and more with each passing second. Wanting to just leave. Having just watched the girl who saved her life get murdered in front of her, she wanted more then anything to just leave and never come back. She took a single step on the first stair down, before looking up. Remembering Cerebella, and knowing that there are people here that want her dead. She winced and started to run up. Wanting to save her friend. Hoping she can at least save one person that she holds dear tonight. And despite the previous strife she had with the girl she only knew as Peacock, the memory of her life being saved by her stayed in her skull as she acceded up the stairs.