Akagi drew her bow back and an arrow of light formed in response. She loosed the string and the arrow sailed through like a bolt of light. The projectile then morphed and turned into a plane that was on a collision course for Hecate's face. The Siren warrior quickly moved to her left side then turned around and fired at it.

Kaga, seeing this was stunned at the sudden increase in power her sister had. Additionally, her new fighting style seemingly drew inspiration from Enterprise.

"Kaga," said Akagi, drawing another arrow and maintaining a close watch on Hecate. Without saying a word, Kaga instantly understood what Akagi planned.

She released an arrow and the projectile bolted to the target. Meanwhile Kaga also made a beeline, causing Hecate to divide her attention between the two. This resulted in the arrow grazing her shoulder while Kaga came in close and punched her in the chest.

Hecate staggered back then shot a furious gaze to Kaga. It was the first time the pair had seen a break in the otherwise serene Siren. Perhaps realizing what she was doing, Hecate's expression immediately returned to normal as she eyed the pair with greater caution than before.

It fired at the two, causing them both leap to their sides and avoid the attack. However, when they did, they were both surprised to see Hecate was no longer standing in the same place.

Akagi was the first to feel it. A sudden force followed by a terrible heat as she was sent flying forward by an unknown attack. Kaga turned and was greeted by a volley that hit multiple parts of her body before she too was sent crashing to the ground.

"What the hell?" shouted Akagi, using her bow as a crutch to help herself up "how can someone move so fast?"

"Guess that means she's being serious now," commented Kaga

Hecate assumed the position of a runner about to start. The two grew wary in response, but neither of them reacted in time to the speed behind that dash.

Hecate took off and Akagi felt a gust of wind coming at her. It was impossible to move, let alone mount a counter. Hence, it was easy for Hecate to fire a barrage right into Akagi's chest, sending her skidding back.

Kaga, seeing this, fired several planes but Hecate effortlessly stopped them. She expected Kaga to attack but her opponent used this time to help Akagi up.

"Even with my newfound power, I'm still unable to get a bead on her," said Akagi, wincing as she noticed the wound on her side.

"We knew this would be an uphill battle from the start," said Kaga "nothing else for it."

Hecate now dashed to their left side. By the time they could turn to see her, she vanished and appeared before them. Then, she vanished and appeared on their right side. The two struggled to keep track of her thanks to how quickly she was moving.

When the attack finally came, Kaga noticed how Hecate stopped moving around and fired. She ducked but saw that Akagi did not see the attack coming. Thinking on her feet, she grabbed Akagi's foot and brought her down before the attack hit.

Kaga then explained to Akagi what she noticed and at first, the latter did not understand how that was important.

"We thought we could win because of our number advantage but she's levelled that with her speed," said Kaga "its time we stop thinking with our fists and start using our heads."

Akagi understood it was time to do a course correct. After all, nothing they had done so far managed to work. They had to switch up their approach. With a nod of agreement, she and Kaga started thinking of their next move.

Kaga moved behind Akagi so that she stood exactly behind her sister. The purpose would reveal itself soon enough.

Once in position, Akagi came forward charging at Hecate with Kaga in lock step. Hecate meanwhile prepared for the inevitable assault but what form that took was not known to her. When she was close enough, Akagi fired multiple arrows at Hecate who promptly dodged them one after another. The arrows then transformed into planes, turned around and aimed at Hecate from behind. Once again, Hecate's on board rigging made quick work of the planes, shredding them to bits.

As she turned around, she saw Akagi coming at her with a raised fist. If she reacted a second later then Akagi would have landed the attack. However that was not the case and Hecate calmly leapt to one side and avoided it. As punishment for trying something like that, Hecate also shot Akagi with a well-aimed barrage.

Hecate landed and was greeted by several bombers swirling around her. She did not react quickly enough and the bombers littered the area around her in several explosions, landing some damage. Despite tanking several hits, Hecate broke free of the encirclement and got away from the planes. This move landed her right in Kaga's range who wasted no time in delivering a kick to Hecate's side.

The wind came forcibly out of the Siren warrior's mouth as she was flung back from the force of the attack. Akagi recovered in time to see her coming and fired several arrows into her back. With a flick of her wrist, the arrows detonated and covered the Siren in a large cloud of smoke.

The two looked at each other and were equally worried. Both sustained damage. Kaga had the worst of it but Akagi wasn't far behind. Despite the retrofit, Hecate's early attacks did plenty of damage to her. Neither of them would last a prolonged battle.

They saw a break in the smoke and knew she was coming. The question was to who?

The answer came when Akagi saw Hecate coming to her at blinding speeds. Akagi readied her bow and pointed but Hecate darted from left to right at impossible speeds. Rather than try and fail, Akagi waited till she was too close to escape with her speed.

That moment arrived as Hecate descended on Akagi from above. Akagi pulled her bow back and readied the arrow. To her surprise though, she noticed how Hecate was not looking at her. Instead, her attention was fixed entirely on Kaga.

Realizing this too late, Akagi called out to her sister but Hecate was faster. The cannons on her side roared and Kaga was swallowed whole by a large explosion. An enraged Akagi loosed her arrow yet the projectile did not land. Despite being in the air, Hecate gracefully turned her body enough to dodge the attack. To make matters worse, her rigging turned and fired on the arrow to prevent it from changing into a plane.

Akagi was not done as she now resorted to swinging her large bow at Hecate. The latter did not see this and paid for it when the weapon hit her in the chest and flung her to the ground. Akagi was not done however as he leapt up and fired a barrage of arrows to encircle and trap her opponent.

Hecate rose and wiped some blood off her face before leaping in the air to attack Akagi. Akagi once again swung her bow but Hecate dodged the attack and fired. Akagi crossed her arms to mitigate the damage then retaliated by firing several arrows at her. Though none of the arrows landed a critical blow, a few did scratch Hecate on her shoulders and left leg.

Meanwhile, Kaga woke up and was greeted by a wave of pain coursing through her body. She checked and saw the wounds on her chest, side, arms, legs, and head. Her vision was blurry and she had trouble standing up. She saw Akagi engaging Hecate in a pitched battle with no side getting a significant advantage over the other.

But, looking at the accumulated damage, it was clear that Hecate held the upper hand. Time was on her side and if required, she could easily keep them at a distance for as long as required.

Kaga had to think of something, an idea or plan that enabled her and Akagi to get a momentary advantage over her. But nothing came to her. Try as she might, she couldn't think of a plan as good as Amagi.

'Wait a second,' thought Kaga, realizing something. Just because she didn't think as deeply as Amagi did, doesn't mean that was the end. After all, Kaga knew someone not as smart as her older sister yet time and again got the job done.

"Forget smart, go crazy," she said quietly and thought what she would do, if she were James.

The idea came to her almost instantly and she formed her rigging to get ready. She saw Hecate and Akagi fighting with neither of them paying attention to her. This was the chance she needed. She moved slowly and carefully, not to give herself away and positioned herself behind Akagi once again. Then, she waited till Hecate was standing directly ahead of Akagi and made her move.

Without warning, Kaga bolted forward to Akagi. She didn't want to call out to Akagi as that would alert Hecate and give her time to counter. No, for this to work, Akagi had to remain in the dark.

As she neared, she leapt forward and landed on Akagi's back. The latter was caught completely unawares by this but Kaga did not waste any time. She leapt off Akagi's back and into the air where she had a clear view of Hecate. Just as she was noticing what had happened, Kaga pointed her runway to her and fired a barrage of planes.

A momentarily confused and baffled Akagi saw what Kaga was doing and the idea clicked. It was a crazy plan but they had no other options. With that understood, she planted her bow firmly on the ground and started firing arrow after arrow.

Hecate divided her rigging between the two and fired at both. At first, her guns were enough to cut down the dual combination of arrows and planes. But, what she did not notice was how several of Akagi's arrows went past her.

Kaga meanwhile intensified her attack and was slowly but steadily pushing back Hecate's barrage. Akagi turned some of her arrows into planes and had them fly to her. She didn't intend to use them to bomb Hecate, instead she had something else in mind. She did her best to ensure the planes made less sound but Hecate still saw them coming and started firing.

Unfortunately for Hecate, fending off attacks from three sides was an impossible feat. Despite her best efforts, one of the planes did manage to break through her attack and hit her right in the gut. That moment was enough to stop her attack and leave her wide open to Akagi and Kaga.

"NOW," the sisters yelled as they unleashed a wild torrent of planes and arrows at Hecate. Several planes hit her, bombers rained destruction over her and Akagi perforated her with several arrows.

Just was Kaga was about to touch the ground, Akagi gave Hecate one last look and snapped her fingers. The result caused the two dozen arrows in Hecate's body to detonate all at once and definitively put an end to the fight.

The two fell to their knees struggling to breathe then collapsed on the ground.

"Akagi," shouted Kaga.

"Still alive," she replied."

"Good," said Kaga, panting in relief "how did… what's with the costume change?"

"Long… story."

"I got time. Not like we're in any shape to help the others out."

Akagi couldn't argue with that. After all, despite how much she wanted to move forward and help, the two sustained several injuries in their last fight. Currently, they'd be no help to anyone.

"Alright," said Akagi "remember when the Amagi clone knocked me out?"

"Which time?" asked Kaga and the two let out a wry laugh.