Amelia's chest was on fire. She was out of breath and exhausted, yet had somehow managed to track Vector down and keep up with him. She was amazed, considering the fact she still had the shotgun in her hands.
Up in the air, Vector glanced back. Something washed over him. A wave of guilt, he realized. But why was he feeling guilty about this? It wasn't like him. Then he realized something. His Rei senses were taking over. Rei would feel guilty about this, and the two senses were colliding with one another. Vector slowed down a bit, but he dared not stop.
The pink-haired girl beneath the Barian soon joined him in the air. Her Crest was glowing, allowing Amelia to fly right behind him. "Okay you freak. Let my brother go, and I won't have to shoot this." Amelia let out her threat in a growl. Vector turned with a smirk and stopped suddenly, causing his pursuer to do the same.
"You do realize that if you shoot, you'll only injure Trey?"
"How would I do that?"
"Damage would be done to him and his body. I could leave at any time, causing him to suffer before death. Think about it." And with that he was flying away again. For a few seconds, Amelia simply floated there, but after snapping herself out of her trance, she began the chase again. The pinkette snarled and picked up speed.
Man, how am I gonna catch him? If I shoot or attack, I'll only injure Trey... this is bad, really really bad. Amelia thought to herself as she flew over a tree limb. Vector took a sharp right and disappeared into a clearing before stopping. As soon as Amelia found him he took a shot at her.
"Damn, I missed." Vector growled and took another shot at her. Amelia dodged it and began to load the shotgun. She stopped suddenly upon remembering Vector's warning. The pinkette dropped to the ground and put the shotgun on it. Vector smirked. He knew he had her beaten. As he took aim at her, something stopped him. Another wave of guilt that pinned him down.
How come my senses keep battling each other? It's cutting into my sweet destruction of the Arclight twins. Vector tried to shake it off, but no matter what he did, he couldn't do it. Amelia raised an eyebrow.
"Well this isn't like you. How come you aren't shooting at me?"
"I don't know!"
"Get out of my twin brother's body. Last warning."
"Never."
"Fine. Have it your way." Amelia, deciding her brother could take a few scrapes, lunged at Vector and began wrestling with him. Quattro, Quinton and Vetrix, who had all followed on foot, gasped when they saw the duo in the air fist-fighting.
Amelia threw a punch. Vector grabbed her wrist, swung her around a few times, then threw her down to the ground with a great force. The pink-haired girl stood up, dizzy and disoriented, but continued to fight anyway. She instantly flew back up, striking a successful dropkick and knocking her Barian-invaded twin to the area she'd just submerged from. Vector fired a beam directly at Amelia.
"Oh my god..." Quinton whispered it, not taking his eyes off his little sister.
"She'll never be able to dodge this!" Vetrix put in, shaking in fear.
"Yeah, she's too dizzy! Amelia will certainly take a blow," Quattro said, transfixed in his spot.
The Arclights had been correct. Vector's beam successfully struck Amelia in the chest, causing her to gasp for air and choke up blood as she fell from the sky. Quattro gasped and ran to catch his sister, but he was too late. The pinkette landed with a crash just outside the clearing. Vector flew over, ready to shoot again, but like recent events, he stopped and stared. Something was telling him this was going to end badly for him, and that he should just stop right now.
Nonsense. What I'm doing is perfectly fine. But it wasn't. Vector's Rei side had just about taken him over, and he realized that killing Amelia wasn't going to get him anywhere. This was the sweet little eight-year-old girl that wanted her brother back, and he was going to harm her.
Of course he was. Vector got a hold of himself and fired another beam at Amelia. What happened next frightened him greatly.
"I don't think so..." Amelia deflected it with her Crest, causing the beam to shatter and stop all together. Vector was stunned. Even though she had a Crest, he never knew a human could have such power as to deflect a Barian attack like that. It was unnerving for him.
"H-How did you do that?!" Vector stammered, staggering backwards a bit. Amelia, clutching her right arm, got up and joined him in the sky. The other Arclights were watching intently.
"No one... messes with my twin brother... and gets away with it..." Amelia panted out her answer. "No one messes with my Trey-chan." She growled and swung a punch with her good arm, causing Vector to fall down to the ground. He sat up, pain going throughout his whole body, and he couldn't be sure whether it was because he was still in Trey's body or if Amelia's attack had actually hit him instead. Whatever it was, it hurt, that was certain.
"Go Amelia!" Vetrix cheered from the sidelines, as did Quattro and Quinton. They were glad to see the girl back on her feet, and she was glad they were cheering her on. As the two exchanged blows to one another, they did some pretty serious damage. Amelia had tumbled out of the sky a few more times, and once lost a tooth, while she'd given Trey's body a broken arm. It had been totally on accident. When Amelia had hit another drop-kick, she sent Trey and Vector flying into a tree. The impact had been so hard that it snapped the bone on Trey's right arm. Vector had let out a shocked yelp, and just for a moment in his groaning, Amelia could've sworn she heard Trey's voice mixed in with it. This gave her hope that something could be done.
Now Vector was smirking. That's right, break your brother's body. That'll get you somewhere. While the Barian had been thinking, Amelia had stayed frozen in her spot, a smirk of confidence on her face.
"Let's finish this," Amelia growled. Vector smirked.
"Finish it? How can we finish what's only just begun?"
And with that, the true fight began. The battle of the twins.