The red rays of a rising sun began to creep up from the horizon, as Bernard, Eva, Daguerre and Setuh made their way onto the quarry. There, they was Monster Red, standing behind a sword, which was stuck in the rocks, while she held her right hand hidden under her left arm. Why, they couldn't know for sure, but the fact that she was transformed, pleased Bernard.
"I knew she'd make the right decision." he said.
Daguerre shook his head: "This isn't like her."
"So?" Bernard said, "People can change."
"Over night?" Daguerre questioned.
Eva smiled: "Knowing her, she'll have her reasons to do what she does."

As they spoke, there was movement coming from the other side of the quarry. They all looked, and saw two more individuals coming. One that looked like a caveman, and one that looked like a bee. The Lowlander and Noyhe. They could not hear what they were talking about, but judging from the gestures they made, and the fact that Noyhe stayed behind while the Lowlander marched up to Monster Red, it told them that Noyhe was told to stay there and watch. As the Lowlander marched, something flew by. If he noticed it, he didn't look. Whatever it was, it flew toward Monster Red. Seeing it coming toward her, Monster Red raised her right arm. Bernard couldn't be certain, but it looked like there was something missing. The closer he looked, the more he realized that there was a stump where her hand should be. But as soon as the flying thing they saw got closer, it clung itself to the stump, and changed into her hand.
"Best way to deliver a message, I'll say." the Lowlander spoke.
Monster Red didn't reply. Instead, she turned the dial on her Ranger-machine, deactivating her suit. Bernard was shocked, but the other three grinned as they saw this. Now that Monster Red was Lea again, she loosened up the cape around her neck, dropped it on her right, then took off her Ranger-machine, which she placed onto the cape.
"Just you and me." Lea said, "And our swords. Nothing and no one else."
"Wouldn't have it any other way." the Lowlander smiled.
Lea drew her sword from the rocks, while the Lowlander drew his from his own skins. Both raised their swords as they looked each other in the eyes. They remembered the last time they were in this situation. She had a more smug expression on her face at the time, while he was almost insecure, seeing as he never fought a vampire before. And here they now stood, the roles completely reversed. But neither want to let that stop them. Lea started running toward him, screaming the air out of her lungs, while the Lowlander just ran, but other than his footsteps on the rocks, didn't make any sound. Everyone who could, held their breath as they saw the two swords clash for the first time in centuries. Sparks flew, but before even one of them had hit the ground, the two fighters had swung their swords for another attack. Lea aimed for his shoulder, but the Lowlander stopped her, pushed her sword away, making room so he could swing his sword toward her neck. Lea ducked, spinning around her own axis, trying to hit his side, but the Lowlander saw that attack coming, so he blocked it. As soon as that attack stopped, he kicked her hard, causing her to almost fly away from him. She landed back-first onto the hard rocks, feet in the air.

As Bernard looked, he noticed something which he had pointed out to her before. She was still wearing those five-inch heels.
"Why does she insist at wearing those?" he wondered, "Doesn't she see how unpractical they are?"
Nobody reacted, as they were more interested in what the Lowlander was about to do.

The Lowlander ran toward Lea, who quickly got up from her fall. He made his sword drop on her, but she stepped aside, raising her sword up to his chest. But as she did so, the Lowlander quickly turned his sword and swung it to his left, cutting her arm. Lea screams in agony, but she wasn't planning on giving up. She thrust her sword forward, but the Lowlander pushed it down, which left him too distracted to see her raising her fist to punch him in the face. Though he felt that, he didn't falter. He lunged forward, grabbed her by her hair, so he could allow himself to hit her head with his. It was a hard hit, which disoriented them both. But the Lowlander was the quickest to recover. He picked up a rock, which he held tightly in his hand as he punched Lea, first in the stomach, then her face.

Blood could be seen leaving her through her arm, belly, and mouth. More than before, Bernard was worried. And this time, he saw the worry on the looks of his friends too.
"He's killing her!" he said.
"We are not amused by this either." Setuh admitted.
"Well then?"
"As long as there is still no clear winner, we can't do anything." Daguerre reminded him.
Bernard still couldn't believe how passive they were about this.
"Do not worry." Eva said, "If she loses, that thing will get what he deserves."

Lea fell to the ground, coughing up blood. She looked at her sword, which she dropped about two meters away from herself. She stretched out her arm, reaching for it, only to see it completely covered in blood, making her wonder where the sleeve of her shirt had gone to.
The Lowlander walked around her: "If you give up now, nobody will hold it against you. They will all say that you took the easiest way out of this fight."
Lea snarled, pushed herself onto her feet and jumped him. This surprised even the Lowlander, as he too dropped his sword. Lea punched his face as much as she could, as strongly as she could. But no matter what she did to him, he didn't seem to feel any of it. After letting her do this for a half a minute, he simply pushed himself up, forcing her off, and to fall hard on her back again. As he stood over her, he stomped her on her stomach, incapacitating her even more.

Before her friends' eyes, Lea's opponent picked up his sword. As he raised it above his head, about ready to slash it down, Eva looked away, as she couldn't bear to see her friend being killed like this. Normally, Daguerre would tell her to watch, but he too was too shocked about the outcome. Setuh, inside his own head, tried to remember if there was any spell in his Necrobiblos that would allow him to resurrect a vampire. Bernard's thoughts were overly emotional, as he knew that they could have done more, but everyone kept advising against it. He knew they were monsters, but why should that mean that they shouldn't help their friends out when necessary?

The Lowlander took one last look at Lea, who stared back at him, her spite evident in her eyes, the Lowlander couldn't help but snicker at the sight of that. Allowing all his strength to build up in his arms, he savored this moment, only to then let his sword strike down. From his point of view, it looked like time was slowing down, almost like he subconsciously wanted this moment to last longer than it really did. Midway his strike, it even felt like time stood still for a brief moment. Until he realized something was wrong. Time didn't just stand still, he did. A pain burrowed itself in his belly. What was going on? He looked, and saw Lea's leg. Somehow, she found the strength in her leg to kick him right there. Before he realized it, she kicked his head with her other leg. But this kick didn't feel like any other. It was like she had something sharp attached to her foot, which stabbed its way into his cheek. Lea retracted her legs while the Lowlander spun around, holding his hands to his cheek and his belly.

Lea's friends were more cheerful this time, as Lea had managed to turn the tables. Bernard particularly looked as Lea got back on her feet. Speaking of which, he noticed how her heels were covered in blood. While he couldn't be sure, something told him that blood wasn't hers.

Lea picked up the Lowlander's sword, with which she sliced his back. The Lowlander turned around, only for his face to meet with the flat of his own sword, and for Lea to cut the hole in his belly more widely open. Trying to keep his belly in one piece, Lea proceeded to cut his knees, giving him almost literally no leg to stand on. As he knelt down, Lea dropped his sword, only to pick up her own. With her own sword tightly in her hands, she stood herself before him, her eyes locking onto his.
"There can be no other..." she whispered, as she raised her sword, and made one final attack.

Her friends watched, as the Lowlander's body grew limp. His arms fell down next to his body, as his brains was no longer giving it any orders to move. A thud could be heard, before the large body fell forward, and moved no longer. All of them looked at Lea, who had lowered her sword, its tip now smeared with blood. Lea's mouth tried to form a smile, but her attempt drained her body from what little energy it had left. She was starting to get unsteady on her own feet. Bernard couldn't stand watching this any more. He hovered his way down to her, activated his Ranger-machine, but only to allow himself to have a corporeal body, so he could pick up Lea's cape and machine, and ran to her as fast as he could, catching her just in time before she hit the ground.
"I got you!" he said, as he helped her sit down, then covered her with her own cape.
"You succeeded in killing your nemesis." Daguerre said as he joined the party.
"You had Bernard worried there for a time." Eva said.
"And you weren't?" Bernard snapped back.
"Not as much as you were." Eva laughed.
Lea had stopped listening to either of them, as she noticed movement at the distance. That bee that accompanied the Lowlander the whole time, he was still there. Even though she killed the man who almost killed her, she felt this wasn't over yet. She put her Ranger-machine around her wrist again.
"It's not over yet." she whispered.