In the mist of the still and silent air, a fist of solid rock came crashing into a large claw made of ice. Both broken pebbles and shattered shards of frozen water shot out, spraying across the ground and air.
"You wretched pigs!" Dion snapped, bringing the other Ursa paw made of ice around. It glided through the air like a bullet, smashing into a brick hand that gripped it tight. As Dion grinded his teeth together, he jumped and rammed the back feet of the ice Grimm into the rock monsters chest.
The three Varken brothers all flashed a grin at the same time, their bright white teeth gleaming. Prac brought jerked his arms upward, bringing the creature of ice up into the air. Still gripping the hands of the beast tight, the rock monster jumped up into the air, flipping a bit so Dion was below it. It shoved its feet downward onto the Ursa's chest, driving it into the ground with an eruption of power and force.
"Fid!" Prac shouted, moving the rocky hands to let go of the ice.
With one fist already starting to set into flames, Fid quickly responded. "Already on it!"
"Then here we go!" Fif grinned, watching as the fiery fist made of stone came crashing down into the chest of the Ursa.
"Hell... hot, hot, hot!" Dion shouted, his bright blue ice around him gaining a bright red glow. In a matter of seconds, the monster made of ice shattered, sending Dion scrambling on his feet away. As he stood up straight, he was breathing heavy. His hands balled up in tight fist as he looked up with narrowed eyes. He blew some of his messy purple hair from his eyes before held out his hands. His gloves immediately glowing blue. "You're going to pay for that."
The three twin brothers just smirked again as the giant made of rock stretched its arms. "Bring it." The three of them said in unison, watching as a much larger than life Beowolf started to form around Dion in ice.
As they started back up again, Elise grunted each time she slashed her baton through the air. "Come! On! Damn! It!" She brought the stick around, striking nothing but air as Crumpus casually stepped to the side to dodge.
The green haired double chuckled, her arms behind her back as she took a step back. She simply smiled at the baton which came less than an arms length from her face. "Missed again. You know, you're rather awful at fighting. You sure becoming a Huntress is such a good idea?" She chuckled a bit more, seeing the fury in the brunet's eyes.
Elise gave off a scream, bringing her baton down in another sideways slash. She only had time to blink once before a white boot smashed into her chin. She grunted heavily, her head snapping back. She went several feet back before being caught in Maya's arms.
"Don't you listen?" She asked, helping the farm girl regain her balance.
Reaching up, she rubbed her chin a little and moved her jaw around. She glared over in Crumpus' direction, watching the green haired demon stick her tongue out and mock her.
Maya took a deep breath, putting a hand on Elise's shoulder when the farm girl started to growl. "You can't let her get to you." She muttered. Her head then snapped up, her eyes locking with Crumpus as she spoke.
"You keep telling her that but wouldn't you think by now that she isn't listening to you?" She grinned, sticking her hands in her white hoodie pockets. "Then again, why would anyone listen to you?" She started to chuckle. "Nothing but a child who was given away. Forgotten. Abandoned. Unloved. Perhaps your parents just loved your sister more-" She stopped, a wicked smiled forming as she saw a flicker of anger in Maya's eyes.
Elise blinked once, taking a step away from Cheyenne's twin as the winds around her started to pick up and blow her hair all around. "I'm going to kill you." She faintly muttered, her eyes locking with the red ones Crumpus had. "I am going to rip your spine out!" She snapped, darting forward as high speed winds shot out towards Crumpus.
"Well," Elise blinked again. "So much for being a hypocrite." She ran after her, gripping her baton tight.
The hum of metal vibrating shot through the air as Kagami's sword made contact with the metal claws of Eri's gauntlets. Both weapons locked with each other, the muscles of both girls' arms flexing and tensing to keep them locked in place.
With soft breathing, Eri gave a half amused smile. "You know, you're really not that bad." She pushed harder with her arms, causing Kagami to take a small step back.
"And you..." Kagami flashed a smile back, panting a little as well. "I bet you would like nicer in a prison jumpsuit rather than the weird outfit you have on."
The short golden haired girl smirked, her apple red eyes glowing in the light. She couldn't lie, she was happy to be out of her prison uniform and in her regular clothes. In her hair was a red and black bow, the red on the right side and black on the left. It kept her short wavy hair somewhat in place along with a few red and black pins. Her nails were once again pointed and sharp, painted their bloody color they always were. Her skinny black bra straps were showing with ease in the black off the shoulder top she was wearing. On the chest was two arches ontop in red that slid down her sides and stopped at her waist. There, her bright red scuba shirt glimmered with the trim covered in gold and lined with golden apples that each had a bite taken out of them. All while she wore a pair of red high heels that made her much taller than she normally would be.
"What? Are you trying to redeem your poor red head friend for looking so rachat in her outfit?" She tilted her head, pressing harder with her arms. Though her arms were skinny as could be, they were solid as a rock from muscle.
"Maybe." Kagami gave a shrug back. "Isn't that what leaders are suppose to do?" She smirked, suddenly relieving the force she was exerting with her sword.
Eri's eyes went wide as she stumbled forward a bit. She growled, her head snapping up at her opponent before she grunted as a foot rammed into her side and sent her stumbled back. "Okay. You're a thorn in my side now."
Twirling her sword, Kagami readied herself. "And you're a little bug who harmed my friends." She held up her weapon, charging forward.
Eri snarled, slashing with her gauntlets. Each time she went to attack, Kagami blocked it with a heavy grunt with her sword. The metal clashed over and over, sending off small vibrations through both girls' arms. It came to a point a numbness started to take over.
Panting a little heavier this time, Kagami took a step back. She held her sword upside down, blocking the claws from the blonde menace's left gauntlet again. No sooner than she did, the blonde flashed a wicked smile. She twisted her left arm a bit, a ting sounding throughout the air. Gritting her teeth, the leader of MACE went to jerk her sword out only to find it stuck.
"It's time for this to end!" Eri snapped, bringing her right arm up and then down as quick as she could.
With wide eyes, Kagami released her grip on her hilt, taking a quick step away. As her blade fell to the ground and clattered, she inhaled as quick as she could and held her breath.
She may have been fast, but she wasn't fast enough. As Eri's brought her gauntlet down, it rammed into her right shoulder. To this, the young blonde smiled like the devil. She quickly took a step back, holding up her right hand. She then blinked, not seeing a spec of blood.
"What..." She muttered quietly before her head shot up with narrowed eyes. "What the hell!?" Her jaw tightened, eyes setting ablaze in fury.
"You know how your blades were made specially to cut through one's aura?" Kagami reached down, picking up her sword as she brushed off her right shoulder. "So was this hoodie. No matter what you stab or slice at it with, it's not going to cut." She stretched her right shoulder a bit. Though it did protect her, she still felt the force of the impact which wasn't very nice. "I would tell you why, but I don't think you'd believe me."
Growling deeply, Eri shot forward at her. "You're going to suffer slow and painfully!"
Kagami quickly brought her sword up, her shoulder out of wack at the moment. Because of this, when Eri struck down with both her gauntlets, she didn't have the strength at all too keep it up at all.
Her arms went down, her sword flying from her hands. As she looked up, her tea green eyes went wide before they quickly shut. She jerked her head back, the middle claw of Eri's weapon slicing into her cheek. She grimaced, quickly stumbling back as a hand reached up to cover the red line. It was burning like fire.
This time, a confident and wicked look filled Eri's eyes. Their red apple color quickly changed to a crimson red. "End of the line!" She shouted, holding up her arm to stab the claws into the ground.
Gritting her teeth, Kagami lunged forward. There was no way her friends could handle another double. She caught the blonde girl's arm, gripping it tight.
The blonde seemed rather surprised at this alone. And even more surprised when her opponent shook down the sleeve on her hoodie and gripped the blade with the blood on it. "Hey!" She snapped, jerking her arm away.
As she did so, Kagami let go of her wrist and let the claw slide away in her grip, cleaning the blood off it. She then quickly jumped back, breathing softly.
"Damn you..." Eri grumbled eyes locked with Kagami's.
The jade haired girl then blinked, the stinging pain from the mark on her cheek fading away. She blinked a little more, glancing over at Kris before over at Crumpus then back at Eri. She blinked again, a light bulb flicking on inside her head.
"Elise!" She shouted at the top of her lungs, looking over at her teammate. Her full attention was locked on the brunet who looked away from the double she was fighting. "You gotta kill whatever the hell that thing is before it kills Kris! That's why her wound isn't getting any better-umph!" She shut her eyes tight, the heel of Eri's shoes colliding with her gut. She hunhed over some before a fist rammed into her face and sent her back.
With a growl and claws retracted back into her gauntlets, Eri let out a hiss as she charged at Kagami again. "I'm going to kill you myself now!"
With half wide eyes, Cheyenne looked down at Kris with a faint gulp. The younger girl was starting to sweat now. "Hey, hey, Christmas." The deer Faunus muttered, nudging her softly.
The red head simply groaned back, leaning her head against the building. "Go help Kagami..." She mumbled, her chest rising and falling heavily. "And be careful..." She gave a faint smile. "I may hate Elise... but I have enough faith in her to not let me die..." She then raised an eyebrow. "Maybe."
Cheyenne quickly nodded, patting her teammate's shoulder gently before jumping up and darting towards Eri and Kagami.
Elise gulped some, gripping her baton tight as Maya was thrown back at her side. She gave a faint sigh, holding out her hand to help the other girl up. "Come on."
Giving a faint smile, Maya held on tight and grunted softly as she was pulled up. She theb looked over, staring at Crumpus with narrowed eyes. "She's going to be hard to beat."
"I know," The brunet glanced back at Kris before taking a deep breath. "But we're going to have to stop her."
"Have a plan?" Maya raised an eyebrow in her direction.
"Yeah." The adventurous girl grinned a bit before pushing Maya forward. "It's called winning."
Maya simply rolled her eyes, letting fists of wind form around her hands as she charged at Crunpus with a scream. While she threw punch after punch, the green haired double dodged again and again.
"Can't hit what you can't catch!" She mocked, chuckling softly as she reached up and caught both fist. Maya's breath hitched a little before she started to grimace at the painful grip Crumpus had on her hands. "What?" She tilted her head, dodging a blow for Elise's baton. "Too hard?"
Both Maya and Elise growled, Elise quickly putting her baton at her side and drawing her air compressed rifle. "Let go of her!" She fired off a plane dart, aiming for Crumpus' shoulder.
The double glanced back, her eyes going a bit wide. She quickly dropped Maya, jumping out of the way of the dart. Elise blinked once a that, flinging her rifle over her shoulder before she rushed over to help her up. Sue blinked a few tines, taking in Crumpus' reaction to being shot at. She then grinned, looking over in Maya's direction.
"What?" She raised an eyebrow back. "Is there something in my teeth?"
"No." The farm girl grinned more. "I know how to stop her."
"Really?" Her eyebrows both went up. "How?'
"There was a story mama told me once about these little trolls who would cause mischief. No one could stop them. And this girl who was getting blamed for everything they did tried her best to stop them. It took her a while, because she couldn't even touch them, but after a bit, she figured out how to stop them." She smirked.
"Annnnnd?" Maya narrowed her eyes a bit.
"One shot." She crossed her arms. "One hit. One blow. One whatever. All we have to do is strike that green grinch and it should be all over."
"And you're assuming this from a story you were told as a kid?" She shook her head with a sigh. She then tossed her arms up some, looking up. "You know what, okay. Let's try this. We have nothing to lose. What do you need me to do?"
"Distract her." Elise mumbled, already climbing up the side of a building.
Maya blinked a few times, watching her scale the building. "I... that is easier said than done!" She quickly shouted before she yelped. She dodged under a candy cane just in the nick of time.
"What? You're little friend ditch you finally?" Crumpus smirked, twirling her weapons around like tonfas. "She's smart to cut her loses and run."
Growling softly, Maya gritted her teeth and held up her hands. "Come at me you little twerp." She grumbled, air spinning around her arms and legs.
The two of them bolted towards each other, Maya literally blowing shots that were fired at her away with the swipe of her hand.
Seeing shooting was doing nothing, Crumpus let the blades come out of the ends of the weapons before letting the chains out stretch. With a grin, she started to swing them around like chain bladed whips. "Move faster if you know what is good for you!"
Maya gritted her teeth, jumping up higher than normal people, with the help of air pushing her up as well, to dodge the blades. She barely had time, each time they passed by her they were less than a foot away. "You know!" She shouted. "This would ne a greag time to help me, Elise!"
"Why don't you stand still!" Crumpus snapped, flinging her weapon around a lamp post. She tugged on it hard before pulling herself into the air.
Maya's eyes went wide as Crumpus collided with her. She grunted, hitting the ground as her winds died down. She shook her head some, looking up. Her eyes went wide again as she rolled over, a blade driving through the ground where her head once was.
"I said stay still!" The green haired double narrowed her red eyes, going to stab Maya again. Once again though, the Huntress in training barely had time to roll out of the way. This time, the blade cut a few strains of her hair.
"Damn it..." Maya let out, panting softly as she rolled out of the way again. She quickly pushed herself up to her feet, preparing herself. Her eyes quickly shot wide as Crumpus braced her fist against Maya's chest and sent her back into a wall. Maya let out a small gasp, moving her head upward as the blades of the candy canes pressed up against her neck in an x.
"Now," Crumpus narrowed her eyes, pressing a little harder. "It's time for you to die."
Maya's eyes went wide before she quickly shut them. "Elise! Elise! Elise! Elise! Elise!" She yelped out in a high pitched voice.
As Crumpus smiled, her body suddenly gave a faint flinch and went stiff. Maya slowky opened one eye, looking at the person seconds away from killing her. She took a few deep breaths, watching as the figure slowly turned grey. As a cool breeze came through, it did nothing but blow away like dust. When it did, a dart with several large claws fell onto the ground at her feet.
Maya gulped, blinking a few times before looking up at the top of the building. Up above, Elise was holding up a thumb with a bright smile. Maya blinked a bit before letting out s huff of air and slowly sliding down the wall to sit. "I'm done for today..." She muttered.
Once Crumpus was gone, Kris gave off a soft groan, glancing down at her arm. The green in the three marks was slowly fading away. She took a deep breath, leaning her head back. "Thanks..." She muttered.
Meanwhile, Cheyenne grunted as she was kicked back into a wall. She groaned softly, shaking her head a bit. She looled up, gripping her Atlas rifle tight. She gritted her teeth, glaring up at Eri.
"You know," Eri smirked a bit, checking out her nails. "The green haired one was definitely better than you."
The Faunus gulped a bit, raising her gun up. She glanced over at Kagami who was rubbing her head with a groan before locking eyes with Eri. "She's my leader. Of course she's better." She squeezed the trigger, sending a blast in her direction.
Eri calmly jumped over it before ducking down as another blast was fired over her head. She side stepped to the right and then the left, dodging two more rounds shot. "Why don't you actually shoot me?" She called out, looking up at a blast that was shot several meters above her head. "That one wasn't even close-!" She was cut off, grunting as a much larger blast struck her in the chest while she was distracted.
Cheyenne let out a sigh of relief, blowing on the smoking large barrel below the smaller barrel of her weapon. "I will have you know I was one of the best snipers in the White Fang at one point. I don't just fire one shot," She let her rifle go back into the single, smaller barrel form. "I fire multiple to distract smart little brats like you."
Growling, Eri brushed herself off and started walking towards her. She flicked her wrist, claws coming out. "I'll show you what a brat can do." Her eyes narrowed before she ran forward.
The Faunus raised her eyebrows, quickly holding up her gun in a way for close combat. That was never really her thing. She so much would rather prefer sitting in a tree and hitting her target.
She gave a soft grunt, blocking the bladed gauntlets with her weapon. She shoved the small girl back, taking steps away herself. She raised her arms up, aiming and then firing.
Snarling, Eri reflected each blast off her with her gauntlets. There was a bloody anger boiling in her eyes. She just kept coming close and closer.
Cheyenne gulped at that, taking small steps of her own away.
"Enough!" The blonde roared, launching herself up into the air. Coming downward, she had both her arms above her head to stab the Faunus in front of her.
Cheyenne's eyes went wide as she held up her rifle. She gulped, preparing to fire until a chain with a red and white striped piece of metal wrapped around Eri.
The blonde blinked once, her eyes going a bit wide as her eyebrows raised. She quickly looked over, spotting Kris.
"Don't forget about me!" Kris jerked on her weapon, still panting slightly. She sent Eri flying above the rooftops, smiling at her screams before they went silent. "You pissed me off!"
Cheyenne blinked several times before letting out a huff of air and falling to her knees. She leaned her head back, setting her rifle down as she went to rub her face. "I don't like that girl... she scares me..." She muttered as Kris stumbled over and popped down next to her.
"I'm really tired..." The red head muttered.
The Faunus gave a soft smile, putting an arm around her. "Don't worry... you can rest now..." She then flinched, her entire body tensing as the large rock mass with the three Varken brothers inside was thrown by a Beowolf the size of half a building. As the rock struck ground, it shattered into a million pieces.
"Damn..." Prac muttered, slowly pushing himself up to his hands and knees.
Fid rolled over onto his back, rubbing his head. "That hurt..."
"No duh..." Fif mumbled, rubbing his sides.
"Hell..." Elise mumbled quietly, sliding down the side of a drainage pipe.
Chuckling softly, Dion let the ice around him shattered. He started to walk forward, it raining down the shattered ice like snow. "Well, well, well, I guess we know the answer to the age old question. Ice DOES beat rock." He grinned a bit, striding up towards the three brothers. He then paused, taking a step back as a dart pierced the ground at his feet. He raised an eyebrow, looking over at the brunet charging at him. "Oh, looks like I got another date." He glanced over at the Varken brothers. "Sorry guys, looks like our four way pairing can't be a thing tonight." He chuckled a bit more, cracking his neck as he looked at Elise.
Elise narrowed her eyes, leanig her rifle over her shoulder. "You know," She tilted her head as her eyes narrowed. "It's not very nice for you to beat up my friends like that."
"Oh yeah?" He raised an eyebrow, running his fingers through his purple hair. He then smirked, flashing his bright white teeth. "And what is a little lady like yourself going to do anout it?"
She immediately took aim with her gun, one eye shut as she stuck her tongue out. She gave a faint smile, aiming straight at his crotch.
He blinked once, seeing her fire. He quickly jumped up, spreading his legs out wide. "Hell!" He yelped, just barely jumping over a dart that sparked with electricity.
"I'll do that!" Elise snapped, bolting towards the criminal.
Landing back down on his feet, Dion lifted his head up and glared. "Little brat..." He grumbled. He brought his hands up to his chest. He twisted the dial on his right glove before sighing. He reached down, pulling out an ice Dust crystal and putting it into the glove. He twisted the dial again before running straight at her. "Hope you're ready to kiss me!" He chuckled, holding out his right hand as a long staff made of ice formed.
Elise narrowed her eyes, throwing her rifle over her shoulder as she grabbed her baton from her waist. "Old men should learn not to play with little girls." She muttered. "It's very disrespectful."
He snarled at her, bringing the staff around. She brought up her baton, holding it with two hands to block. When she did, Dion brought his foot up, ramming it into her hip. She grimaced, stumbling back a bit before bringing her baton around. He calmly blocked it with his ice weapon, leaning forward and grinning.
"So who do you think you are? A little hunter pretending she can fight villains?" He chuckled softly before grunting as a fist rammed into his nose. He stumbled back, letting his ice staff shatter as he reached up to rub his nose. "Ow! Damn it! Damn!"
"Stop giving me that look!" Elise snapped. "Mama would pepper spray you and papa would skin you alive if they caught you looking at me like that! You're such a pervert!"
Dion shot his head up, eyes narrowing. "Hey!" He snapped. "No reason to get upset over those boys being more cute than you!"
The farm girl's eye twitched a little as a vein pounded out ontop of her head. "I am really, REALLY tired of you." She took a deeo breath, changing from her baton to her rifle in a matter of seconds. She held up her gun, aiming. "It's time you be quiet."
He blinked once, raising an eyebrow. He then sigh, holding up his hand as a shield formed, blocking several darts. "You were fun at first. But now you're just an angry ball of nothingness." As he heard her scream, he let his shield shatter. He quickly knelt down, putting his hand on the ground. He took a deep breath, spikes of ice shooting up through the ground in Elise's direction.
The farm girl's eyes went a bit wide. She quickly pivoted on her heels and bolted on the other direction. She only made it a few steps before ice incased her left foot. Her body immediately smacked into the ground with a thud, her rifle flying from her grip. She groaned a bit, slowly pushing herself up. She looked back, trying to move her left leg only to find it lodged in the ice.
"What's wrong, little girl?" Dion smiled, walking up beside her. "Are hou stuck?"
She gritted her teeth, glaring up at him as she jerked on her leg more and more. "That's cheep!"
"It's the name of the game out here on the streets, little lady." He smirked. "Cheep shots are what keeps your life!" He shouted, bringing his foot back.
Elise's eyes quickly shut as his foot made contact with her face. A bright white light flashed in her eyes as her head slammed back into the ground. She groaned deeply, opening one eye. She reached down, grabbing her baton.
"Not happening!" Dion snapped, kicking it from her hand before his heel rammed into her side. She softly cried out, clenching her eyes shut. "Come on, girly!" He kicked her side again. "Aren't you going to fight back? Huh!" His rammed his foot into her side over at over.
She grunted each time, Cheyenne gulping slightly as she held onto Kris whocwas almost unconscious. The Faunus then went to stand, only stopping as she saw Kagami walk past.
Kris blinked a little, glancing up at Kagami before over at the ground where her sword laid. "Doesn't... she need that?" She raised an eyebrow softly.
"I... don't know what she's doing..." Cheyenne muttered.
As Kagami walked forward, she reached up, brushing the blood from the cut on her cheek. "Hey!" She snapped, glaring at Dion.
Said criminal raised an eyebrow, looking back with a chuckle. "What? You want some of this now?" He turned to face her all the way.
The jade haired girl simply grinded her teeth together, her fingers playing at the black rings on her fingers. She paused several paces away from Dion before her head shot over towards the Varken brothers. "Fif!" She snapped, making siad brother look up.
Fif Varken blinked a few times, his muddy brown eyes filled with confusion. He tilted his head slightly, his actions saying he was completely lost.
The two of them locked eyes, each of them piercing into each other's pupils. Kagami quickly shut her eyes, looked away as her head moved in the direction of Dion. She took several slow and deep breaths, clearly focusing hard on something.
"Come on, kid! I don't have all day!" Dion called out. He held out his hand, forming a large hammer. "I'm sick of all of you!"
Kagami took another deep breath, sliding one foot back slowly. She then shot her hand forward. As she did so, melted ice gathered up from the ground and formed ito a spear of spinning water. It struck the ice that kept Elise still, shattering it like class.
Dion only had time to blink once before Kagami charged right at him. Her eyes shot open, now a deep dark muddy brown. She jumped up, holding her hands above her head. She flicked her black rings again before she took another deep breath. From the rings came a black mist which slowly formed into a large and solid metal pipe.
"The hell..." Dion mumbled, bring his ice hammer around to strike the black pipe. They both clashed. For a second, everything was still as possible. The next, both the ice and black shattered like glass.
Elise blinked a few times, watching each of Kagami's movement. Noticing her eyes. "...no...way..." Was all she could let out as she sat up.
Dion gritted his teeth, holding out his hands. Before anything could form though, a black fist rammed into his chest and sent him flying back.
Kagami took another deep breath, letting the black hand shatter. She looked around, gritting her teeth. On the outside, she was as calm and as collective as she could be. On the inside though, her heart was racing at at least two hundred beats per minute and a sharp and peiricig pain was coursing through her eyes. She turned around more, swiping her hands upward as water followed from Dion's melted ice. She picked it up, glaring over in the purple haired man's direction.
As Dion started to stand, he shook his head and looked up, only to fall back down onto the ground as water crashed into him. With her jaw clenched, Kagami landed on her feet near him. She raised her hands, her heartbeat going faster and faster as the pain in her eyes grew worse. As her hands went up, the water went up.
Now drenched in water, Dion growled softly. His hair was dripping wet. His head shot up as his arm went out. Rather then take the time go make something, he simply let a large chunk of ice form and fly out, striking Kagami in the chest.
That was it and Kagami knew it.
Her eyes went wide then quickly shut before she fell back and struck the ground. The water fell, splashing out over her and Dion. She immediately started to cough, rolling over onto her side. She wasn't getting up. Not at the moment. She kept her eyes clenched shut as she slowly curled up. Her breathing was rapid and all over the place. Hearing footsteps nearby, she looked up, her eyes back to their tea green. She gulped, panting heavily as she glared up at Dion.
"You..." He took several deep breaths, his shoulders rising and falling. "You're dead." His eyes narrowed as he raised his hand.
Kagami gulped, gritting her teeth before she quickly shut her eyes. There was then a loud thud that ran throughout the area. Slowly, she opened one eye, glancing up.
There, Dion's eye twitched as he went stiff. Between his leg was Elise's baton. He let out a small high pitched noise before falling over. Behind him, Elise was standing while breathing heavily. Her body was aching. She was pretty sure everyone else's was too.
Both Elise and Kagami stared at each other for a moment, silence filling the air. Finally, after what felt like forever, Elise put her baton on her waist and then reached down with a hand towards Kagami. "Come on."
Up above on the rooftops, Eri slowly rubbed her chin. "Hmmm..." Her eyes narrowed at the scene that just happened before she turned on her heels and walked off. "Valentine will be interested in this."
In an old warehouse, laying on a bed, Valentine slowly shifted from side to side like she was having a horrible dream. It became loud enough that Nihilus decided to go check on what the matter was. When he opened the doors to the room she was in, he blinked a few times and tilted his head.
On the bad, Valentine was laying there with her teeth clenched. Her blanket was kicked off and her body was sweating. As he went to speak, she suddenly sat up with a scream followed by heavy breathing.
She reached up, rubbing her eyes softly as Nihilus stepped inside. "Hey, Valentine, what's-" He stopped himself, blinking as she looked up. Rather than golden eyes, they were blue. A pale ocean blue. "Val...?" He muttered almost under his breath.
The pink haired girl shot her head up. Now, there was a much more innocent look in jer eyes and in her movements. She gulped, gripping the blanket tight. "Sh-She let that monster go... she just laughed as all of those people w-were killed a-and..."
"Val," Nihilus stepped forward, holding out his hands. For once, he had an actual soft and caring smile on his face. "Val, it's okay. It's okay, alright?" He tried to calm her down, seeing the panic in her eyes.
"But she just stood by and-!" She started shouting then was quickly cut off.
Nihilus took a deep breath, keeping hand over her mouth. "Val. Do not scream. If you scream, Thanaton will come in here and you know how she is when she realized Valentine isn't in control anymore."
Gulping, Val slowly nodded. Her bright blue eyes were full of fear.
After a moment, he slowly pulled his hand away and sigh. "Alright." He took a deep breath, glancing at the door. "You know you have to go back to sleep soon and let Valentine be the one to wake up this time."
"But I don't like her..." She spoke in a hushed voice. "She... she's a killer... and whe she is under my skin it feels awful... and I feel so cold when she is in control..." Her jaw clenched. "I want Salem to-" She was cut off, once again, Nihilus' hand over her mouth.
"You know we aren't suppose to say Her name. Thanaton will show you what real pain feels like." He tried to give another soft smile as he moved his hand down. "It will be alright. Valentine is doing what needs to be done. We have to purge this world."
"That's... it's not the right way to go though..." She muttered back.
Sighing, Nihilus rolled his eyes and slowly started to move his hand closer to Val's. "I know, I know, but you need to go back to sleep and let Valentine come back. It's too dangerous here for you." He grabbed her hand, slowly pushing her back down.
Gulping, Val went to speak but stopped herself. This boy, this young man, she knew secrets that would tear his life apart as well as his sister's. Both of them deserved to know. But instead, like always, she simply shut her eyes and gulped. She shivered a little, not wanting to.
"Just let Valentine come back." Nihilus muttered softly, putting a hand on her forehead.
"Easier said than done..." She mumbled. "How would you like a soul sucking murderer inside you all the time?"
He flashed a small smile, crossing his arms. "It would be better than my soul that I have right now." He took a step away.
Val gave a soft sigh, opening one eye to look up at him. "I don't want to go back to sleep..." She gulped, her blue eye filling with fear again. "What if she kills someone again...?"
Nihilus softly shook his head, opening the door. "Just remember, it isn't you. It's her." He started to step out. "Even if you are both in one body..." He muttered as the door shut.
Laying in her bed silently, Val quickly started to rub hef eyes. She was alone again. " I hate you... I hate you so gosh darn much! I HATE you!" She shouted as loud as she could. Isnide her head, all she heard was a simple voice whispering back at her. At the sound of the voice, Val cried out again before shoving her face into her pillow.
With rapid breathing and watery eyes, she quietly mumbled to herself over and over. "My name is Val N. Tina... I am not Valentine... my name is Val N. Tina... I am not Valentine... my name is Val N. Tina... I am not Valentine... my name is Val N. Tina... I am not Valentine... my name... is not... Valentine..." She whimpered out, curling up.