"Heh heh heh" Lana chuckled as the two best friends paired up to fight her. She shook her head and smirked.

"Well, if you two wish to die together, I suppose I can't help but grant your wish. Prepare yourselves!"

Both girls braced themselves for a fight, and Lana launched herself at them.

Somehow, as if their thoughts were linked, Rae and Sara were a perfect team. They leaned against each other, back to back, and then took off in opposite directions when Lana came close.

"Die, little Sara!" Lana cried as she raced after the said girl. Shooting a claw at her, Sara ducked and grappled onto the floor.

As Lana aimed another attack at her, Sara used the floor to boost her up and into the air. Lana aimed another claw at her, and this time, it connected.

"Aaaagh!" Sara said, landing on the ground and gripping her arm. As Lana threw a kick at her, Sara scrambled up and ran to the left.

"Now, Rae!" she cried, and the said girl hurled a Spirit Bomb at Lana. But Lana merely swayed to the right, turned, and shot a white blast at Rae, who was instantly knocked into the wall.

Three more claws at Sara and she was down for the count. Lana then stepped over to Rae, who was just getting up.

A punch to the face left Rae on her knees. Hannah screamed.

"Oh, don't worry, I'll be with you in just a moment" Lana said, and Hannah gasped.

"No!"

Lana turned back to Rae, who was slowly getting back up.

"You just don't give up, do you?" Lana said as she whacked her knee into Rae's stomach. But this time, she didn't let Rae fall. Catching her by the hair, Lana began to kick Rae.

"Blurgh!" Rae said as a bit of blood came out of her mouth. She tried to resist, but Lana's grip on her hair was too tight.

And so it continued, Rae losing energy by the second, Hannah watching, helpless, and Sara laying on the ground about ten feet away, unconscious.

"You see, human?" Lana said as she delivered a punch to Rae's face. "There's no way any of you could ever stand up to me! And now, for being so stubborn, you will die!"

But just as Lana was about to deliver the final blow to Rae's life, a pair of shuriken flew over towards them. But it hit not Lana, but Rae's hair, cutting it instantly. Lana's grip on Rae fell, and the latter collapsed to the ground, completely sapped of all her energy. The throwing stars fell to the ground.

Lana turned around, fury written across her face, to see Sara back up, pulsating with yellow energy. Sara was gripping her arm and breathing heavily.

"I guess you haven't learned your lesson yet, Sara" Lana said, clicking her tongue. "Well, some lessons have to be learned the hard way, I suppose!"

Lana took off towards Sara, who didn't bother to move. Instead, she took the punch and let her head fall.

"Who's about to learn their lesson, then, Mao?" Sara said as she looked up, her eyes golden.

"So you aren't human after all, are you?"

"No I'm human, just born under an Attendant" Sara said as her yellow energy was suddenly being pushed to her arms.

"Goodbye, Mao" she said as she raised her arms to her face. They opened and Sara snapped them down.

"SPIRIT CANNON!" she cried, and an enormous yellow beam came flying out of her open palms. It hit Lana directly in the face.

Lana screamed as she went flying across the room. She landed in a heap twenty feet away.

"Ugh" Rae said, swinging herself up to see what had happened to Lana. Hannah instantly went to help the detective, putting her arm over her shoulder and helping her limp along.

After seeing the damage, Rae turned to Sara, who was just standing there.

"I didn't know you could do that, Sara" she said, and Sara shook her head.

"Neither did I" she said, and smiled as she finally fell to the ground.

"Oh, Sara!" Hannah cried as she and Rae hobbled over. She put Hannah over the other shoulder, and the three walked over to Lana.

"Is she dead?" Rae asked, and Hannah shook her head.

"No" she said, "Just knocked out"

Kneeling down, Hannah picked up the bag Lana had stolen.

"What were we trying to keep her from stealing?" Rae asked, and Hannah shook her head once more.

"That" she said, "Must remain a secret"