The trio got rid of Margareth's clutches once and for all, at least temporarily, since Ford nevertheless found a way to still run into all of them, standing right in front of the witches, being seventeen this time, of those fifteen are witches, two are humans with firearms, two of the witches are newbies with magic and the rest already have a good accustomed to magic, With a good base, being four of those the most powerful and adult, with an experience of decades, against a single brown haired witch known to be the most powerful of the world, with 119 years of age and experience, without fear of facing an army of witches in front of her own, she even smiles.
The stares were rolling between one side and the other, but before long, Morgana and Saori cut the whole mood with pistol shots at Ford's forehead who even ends up turning her head back, also taking a few steps which ends up leaving everyone in shock at the sudden action.
" No more of this bullshit, go fuck yourself, take advantage of the fact that this bitch is vulnerable " said Morgana.
" This isn't anime here, we're dealing with someone dangerous for real," said Saori, who was reloading the cartridge just like her wife.
" You're right you really are " Said Benson who then stood up and had picked up the bullets that were fired at herself throwing everything on the floor with an even scarier smile.
" What? We unloaded the comb on your forehead, you were supposed to drop dead on the floor! " Takahashi said in astonishment.
" Firearms are useless against me, I think it's time to play a little heh " Said Margareth opening her arms until she felt the advance of Chariot and Laura going up with everything.
They hit a punch together that catches Ford's hand well which simply cancels out the whole impact even causing a strong wave of noise through the basement, in this one they go forcing more only Benson holds on too long, without waiting Marianne throws Hellene who hits a volley right in the Englishwoman's face which simply gave nothing, only her head gave a slight lift.
" Hellene! Don't get in the middle of this serious business, get out of here! " said the furious mother.
" You were immobilized by this curse when you went to save us, now I owe you this one " Said the youngest daughter, until Ford gives a concentration to the magic pushing the three backwards that end up trying to give a mortal while the Englishwoman continued in the same place.
" You can come as many times as you like and I still won't feel anything, that was just a tickle," said the brown girl teasingly.
At this Croix and Bernadette cast spells towards the witch who simply makes a barrier that goes on passing, the spells as if it were nothing, then disperses and simply gets a smile as it all comes out, still keeping in the same place while the surroundings were already even creating a hole.
" Go! Get out of here! We'll hold Margaret you stay " said the older Cavendish.
" Let's go! Come with us " said Morgana.
" We're not leaving here! Until you are seven feet under the ground Margareth " Said Diana who took the staff from Akko's hand.
" Woah! Sounds like someone's mad, it won't be much different from me if you kill me " Ford said as Cavendish went aiming her staff.
" I don't care if it makes me equal to you or not, I'll never be a bastard! You raped me you bastard! Noctu Orfei Aude Fraetor! " Said the Scottish woman who turned her staff into a bow and arrow.
At that hour a whole silence takes over around the place, with Benson simply shrugging off what the girl had said, but then a shock hit Laura. Bernadette and Hellene, they started to get more furious, they went on top of the girl that simply was moving her fingers as if she was a master making invisible attacks that defended from any hit that was made, kind of throwing the three of them away, what was making the only Cavendish get a little pressed from throwing the arrow, until Akko's hand also joins with hers making the arrow even increase a little size.
" I am with you Diana! " Atsuko said.
At this time the two shoot the arrow that goes with everything, but when getting close to Ford, she simply uses a spell that causes the arrow to change course hitting against the ceiling, where it ended up frustrating the duo a little, who went to try again.
" It's no use trying, you're no match for my magic," Benson said.
" But what about mine? " Said Hellene who held the staff together.
" And mine " Amanda said joining in.
Soon after came the others who were also gathering in a bigger pile, Sucy, Lotte, Constanze, Jasminka and Marianne all the young women were together picking up the staff which ended up forming a huge ballista right in front of Benson.
" Noctu Orfei Aude Fraetor! " Say all the girls shooting towards Margareth.
Ford herself dodged the arrow, finally leaving the place in an almost instantaneous way, but the giant arrow was practically disappearing, to the point that it reappeared right behind the girls exactly where Ford was and with that she was kind of giving impulse to run away from the arrow until she launched a spell that caused a huge explosion all over the place raising a huge flash.
" I'm not going to surrender you imbeciles " Benson said getting thrown with everything as well as the others everywhere.
Explosions were incessantly rolling debris that flew, everything turned to dust, which Margaret took the opportunity to try to roll some attacks blindly feeling for the presence of the witches, but was being intercepted by the older ones that were avoiding the surprise blows that would be given, until rolling a meeting of the four adults with a kick that caught in the defense of the arms of Ford that was dragging a little backwards then made the smoke dissipate.
" That's enough! " Said the brown one.
By this time they were all kind of thrown, still after the impact of that collision, the English girl was still somewhat intact, the others were showing some superficial injuries, kind of panting being on the other side, which made her open a smile and even laugh at the situation.
" You guys are pathetic, in a little fight like that and you're already like this? " said the green"eyed one.
" Let's see if you talk when you fill your mouth with arrow! " Amanda said, picking up her staff again.
" Back to the top side now! " Say the six adult women.
" We're not going until that woman surrenders! " Said Diana who also joined in.
The eleven teenagers this time joined with the staff, this time also came Rita and Abigail, who had just been watching in fear and were about to leave, but decide to join in, which increases the size of the ballista, which they aim that thing in front of Margareth who already gets more in a serious expression.
" Let's just take this arrow and then we'll leave, let's do our part, this witch can't escape " Diana said.
" You're not going to achieve anything! " Ford said.
"Lassies now! " Said Laura who used a magic chain spell as then Chariot, Croix and Bernadette did the same.
This way Ford was trying to force as much as possible, the huge arrow was launched with power towards the tied witch that at the same moment got free from those chains, then came a huge flash, that in this case was followed by an explosion, something powerful that threw them all a little far away, with a strong wind current, together with a strong tremor that shook some of the Luna Nova's structure.
The girls took advantage of the gap and followed near the exit staircase that was next to it, Saori and Morgana
left with them, but still Laura, Bernadette, Chariot and Croix stayed there.
" Mothers! " Said Diana giving her arm to the inside.
" Come on Diana! " said Hellene.
The older sister takes a deep breath, but then she gives in, she goes with her friends, going up the stairs, where soon all of them noticed the trio coming back after that whole shaking in Luna Nova that was felt in the upper floors, they kept walking, having even a clapping reception.
Meanwhile down there, things were still going on, Laura, Chariot, Croix and Bernadette were in the front line, facing Margareth that is still standing, after all that explosion the witch had evident wounds all over her face, besides the torn clothes.
" Did they think I would die? Or that they were going to finish me off? " Said Benson all intimidating, still showing a high confidence as she walked, half limping.
" Now we will not be so merciful, Margaret Ford, from now on you will meet your end, I will change my destiny, Diana's destiny, Luna Nova's destiny," said Laura, who was already starting to walk towards the English woman.
She went about concentrating a spell, but right on cue Ford simply uses the magic to heal herself and so goes towards the Irishwoman as well, who then disappears, with Chariot reappearing behind Benson who was hit by a powerful flying kick, which didn't have much effect already as she still didn't feel the impact, until McLaren's spell was cast hitting her right in the back of Ford.
" Take that one, let's see if you're still strong enough " Said McLaren who then feels the browning fade.
With that she is not intimidated, she also does the same thing to the other four witches as well, they are trying somehow to be faster, but they are not equal to the simple punches that the one with green eyes throws when throwing them against the walls, hurting them a lot with the impact, and on top of that landing lightly.
" You four made a terrible mistake by letting your little friends run away from here, you four are going to die and you won't even be able to teach these girls what real magic is," said Benson as they stood up with visible injuries, panting with fatigue.
" I never thought it would come to this, but I think we'd better give it our all here, we can't hold out against this bitch, she'll only leave here dead, bitch! You had no business to lay a finger on my daughter," McLaren said, wiping the blood from her nose.
" It wasn't just one, like it was two, three, I even used my magic to stick something else in, seeing all that bleeding, hahahaha " Ford said laughing until he took a spell with everything and just didn't feel anything.
Then she comes across the furious redhead arriving hitting her head on, then Chariot with a two feet fly that this time even hits with a little impact, then a spell thrown by Bernadette that stuns, that comes with the tanks that were left, using the guns shooting against Margareth that was making a barrier, but at the time the four put together a ball of magic that ends up breaking that huge shield of magic, that ends up catching Ford being thrown backwards.
" We're doing it! She's already getting weak! " Du Nord said in celebration.
McLaren isn't distracted by the conversation carrying herself to stay right on top of the Englishwoman, but is surprised by a kick to the stomach by the brownish woman who wasn't so affected by the spell hit then she disappears, hitting an elbow that throws the Irishwoman hard to the floor.
It eventually gets a reaction from the Frenchwoman who counters with the same two foot volley which is defended by Benson's arms, then a wave of spells cast by Croix and Bernadette, kind of creating a wave.
" You're fighting four! Remember that Margareth! " Cavendish said.
" Oh and I remember a lot, you're just wasting yourselves," said the witch, who then disappeared, standing right in front of the red"haired one.
With a single kick she throws Du Nord against the floor making her crawl all the way to the wall, then she disappears, reappearing right in front of Meridies, where she hits her stomach with a powerful punch, until she disappears to be in front of Bernadette where she gives a smile and almost goes to wring her neck if it wasn't for the coming of the desperate wife who ends up taking an elbow on the face falling backwards.
" Your friends here are almost dying, no point resisting Cavendish, for now I don't want to kill you, you have something interesting, your daughter was very helpful in giving me her DNA, you must have genetics even closer to what I want to get at, so it's your lucky day today Bernadette Cavendish " Ford said until she was shot in the back.
" Your lucky day is when you go to the base you wretched witch! " Said McLaren, who then fired another shot causing the Brit to turn around and let go of the Scot.
" You didn't do that... " Said the furious brown"haired woman, after she takes yet another shot that catches in her chest.
" Yeah, I did. Problem? You lay one finger on my wife and I'll put a bullet in your body! " Said Laura half sitting on the floor as the gun went up in smoke, having a little trouble getting up.
" You chose death " Benson said pointing the palm of her hand towards the seated Irish woman who was with a smile on her face.
" I'll die now but I'll take you with me," McLaren said, firing, only this time the shot just bounced off the wall.
" The same con doesn't work on the same witch " The Englishwoman said smiling, until she feels a shot being fired in her head.
" But if you get distracted yes " Croix said after firing and with that the brownish one simply falls to the ground.
The freckled woman gets up after this shocking scene, a little hurt, but relieved, then walks to where the group was, where Bernadette was using a healing spell on each one, then went to use it on her wife, giving her a kiss that gave in a much better and also romantic healing, while she was still with Margaret's body on the floor.
" And now what? " asks the Irish woman.
" Shall we call the police? " asks Du Nord.
" No! " said the three of them.
" We can't afford to call the police, we could go to jail, we have to find a way out of this," Laura said.
" We have to hide the body somewhere here, nobody would ever risk touching their fingers in this place, then we buy a plastic vat, plastic, remember that, we put the body in hydrochloric acid and it dissolves, we leave it for a long time and the rest we throw away " said Croix.
" So let's do that " McLaren said.
The four of them took Margareth's dumped body to one of the rooms of the dungeon and laid it on the floor, then took off the coats they were wearing, leaving them on the body, where they then took a deep relieved breath.
" Now let's go, she's already dead " Chariot said.
" Are you sure? Shouldn't we take another shot just to be sure? " said the Irish woman.
" No! Baby, that's cruel enough, let's just get out of here and then we'll fix the body," said her wife, giving her a scolding.
" Cruelty is what this monster did to our daughter and the lassies, shooting her once more in the head is just to check if the creature really died " Said the redhead still angry.
" Just go, then we'll be able to actually check the putting inside the acid " Meridies said.
After this dialogue they go back, leaving relieved, a little tired, still with some blood stains and bruised, all the girls of Luna Nova, are giving apprehensive and worried looks with the situation of the older ones, who just keep walking until they reach the room where the girls were getting together.
" Diana, did you get a haircut? I didn't even notice " McLaren mother said as she noticed the change in her daughter.
" It was Margaret who did that, she pulled my hair for the creature of Luna Nova, creature no... Diana, she has Diana III's body in hand, brought even her back to life, in the beginning her body was all thin and scary, I had my blood taken, my hair cut by the boundless obsession of that cursed one " Cavendish said.
" How nice that at least you're back, isn't it Laura, you didn't have to talk about our daughter's hair right off the bat " Said the platinum haired mother giving the woman a telling off.
" It's ok mum Bern, I can imagine her concern, but it happens, hair soon grows back, it was no worse than losing your dignity being out there " Said the eldest daughter getting more melancholic.
Then came a wave of hugs to calm the short haired Cavendish, to ease the moment, things were getting better, the suffering was over at least.
Nothing expected that Margareth there the underground had not died for the shots, she bled and a lot, but she managed with magic to protect herself of worse damage with the bullets and with that she got up from the floor, where she simply healed herself with magic, taking off her clothes, then setting fire on her own, where she was walking through the corridors of that dungeon until another place where they had boxes with clothes and a cellular, that she got to dress and soon she was calling her contact where she was going to give out in a totally mysterious way, for the surprise of all.
Margaret had been kind of defeated, but it wasn't expected that she would actually survive the shot she took, which was a fool's errand for the four adult women, after an extremely complicated fight against the battle"experienced witch and yet still made short shrift of multiple witches against her.
See you, evil witch...