Lil Tanith/Ezra fight scene just because. Set during the Maleficent Seven (Spoilers my dudes), when Wilhelm betrays them, Dexter calls Ezra in, because he likes the number seven.

The black veins were what really put Ezra on edge. As well as the black lips. And the very long, very sharp sword. As well as the manic smile and wild, black eyes. To be frank, all of Tanith Low put Ezra on edge and it was a struggle. A really big struggle. Ezra unsnapped her arnis, lighting it up. The glow reflected in Tanith's black irises.

"Ooh, pretty." She said, staring at the burning gold magic.

"We don't have to do this. Please, I really don't want to do this..." Ezra said, taking a step back. Tanith smirked and stepped forward. Ezra took another step back, the back of her thighs hitting the coffee table. Her eyes widened a fraction, just as Tanith said

"Come and have a go... If you think you're hard enough."

Ezra swallowed, shaking her head. "No, no. I don't think i'm hard enough-" Ezra was cut off as Tanith's sword came whizzing down. Ezra jolted out of the way, only just, the sharp blade slicing the table top. Tanith swung again, but this time Ezra whipped her arnis in front of her, the two weapons clashing together, jarring Ezra's wrist. Tanith lazily danced a few steps back, shifting left to right. Ezra lunged, aiming for the side of Tanith's head. Tanith blocked the blow with her sword, quickly sliding it back. It caught Ezra's forearm and left a long slash. Ezra cried out, lurching back, nearly dropping her arnis. She gritter her teeth, and whirled around to get momentum, but when she turned to face Tanith, she was gone. Ezra inhaled lightly, looking around. Then she heard a chuckle from above. Just Ezra looked up, Tanith dropped, falling on Ezra's back. Tanith grabbed Ezra's arnis and launched it across the room, then she grabbed her arm and wrenched it behind her back, holding it there.

"Where are the Godkillers?!" Tanith sneered. Ezra gasped but said nothing. Tanith bent her arm back until it popped out of place with a sickeningly loud noise, and Ezra screamed. Ezra closed her eyes and focused, sending heat into her arm until it burned Tanith and she lurched back. Ezra jumped up, cradling her injured arm. She was breathing heavily, swaying. Fighting was never really Ezra's area of expertise. She scanned the discarded living-room for her arnis, but didn't have time before Tanith was there again, her burns already healed.

"That was sneaky, Ezra. Didn't know you had it in you." Tanith said. Ezra had half a mind to run. In the near future she would reflect on this exact moment and decide running would have been the best course of action, because Billy-Ray Sanguine broke through the surface of the living-room floor, holding a very pale, very unimpressive looking teenager.

"Grab her!" Tanith yelled as a greeting. Billy-Ray launched himself at Ezra, who tried to swerve out of the way but didn't get far enough away to. Billy-Ray grabbed her dislocated arm and Ezra screeched.

"Sorry darlin', I just can't let the fiance down you know what I mean?" Billy-Ray drawled.

"Could you loosen your grip on my arm please?" Ezra slurred, and surprisingly Billy-Ray did. Tanith was holding her sword again, sneering.

"I know your little boyfriend has two, at least. And I know that he called you for back up once Wilhelm here decided to betray him. Tell me." Tanith said, a little less Tanith and a little more remnant. Ezra shook her head.

"I honestly, truly, don't know. He didn't tell me where he was keeping them. I don't even know which two he has, honest." Tanith sighed then nodded her head to Billy-Ray. He slashed Ezra's belly with his straight razor. Ezra wasn't expecting company, so her mortal-made top split in two, blood already spilling out. She swallowed heavily but said nothing.

"Maybe she really doesn't know." Wilhelm whined. He hated the sight of blood. Tanith moved so quickly, Ezra didn't even register what had happened until the skin on her collar bone split opened. Ezra let out a choked noise.

"She must. They tell each other everything!" Tanith insisted. She was getting flustered. Ezra tried to summon magic into her arm again, for Billy-Ray to let go, but stupid Wilhelm noticed.

"Her arm is glowing!" He said, more in awe than anything else. Ezra cursed as Billy-Ray threw her to the ground. Tanith growled and hit Ezra with the butt of her sword. The room tilted and Ezra saw stars as she groaned.

"Three sorcerers against one? That's hardly fair, don't you think?" Said a very low, very commanding voice. Tanith muttered a distasteful word as she turned to see Frightening Jones in the door way. She smiled a dazzling smile.

"Hello, handsome." She said pleasantly. Frightening's face did not change. Aurora Jane stepped out from behind Frightening. She looked as unimpressed as Frightening. The Monster hunters slipped in from the kitchen, obviously using the back door. Then Saracen and Dexter rather disgracefully jumped in through the window. It was very messy, and not very well executed.

"Seven on three doesn't seem fair either." Tanith pointed out. Dexter shrugged.

"You started it." He said simply, summoning energy in his hands, but Billy-Ray had already grabbed Wilhelm and Tanith and the three were seeping into the floor.

"I swear to god," Ezra slurred from the ground, "You are forbidden from hiding big, scary weapons in our house." Dexter grinned as he helped her sit up.

"Are they still here?" He asked, giving her some leaves. She nodded.

"Still under the bed, yes."