Scourge was the first to launch himself with claws extended, heading straight at Elise with a laugh. Water flew and crashed straight into the side of Scourge, a force strong enough to send him spiraling away. Across the ground he skid, looking ahead with a growl. Callie stepped forward with a scowl of her own with words flying, “Lesson one, never mess with my team. Lesson two-”
Scourge flew up with a yowl many meters into the air, his back crashing against a branch as water slammed into his gut propelling him. Callie continued, “Never underestimate our kind!”
Lightning flew from the tops of Callie’s fingers and crashed into the water in front of her, the surge of electricity quickly hitting Scourge through the water.
A scream of pain left Scourge immediately to which point Adam and Jazz charged in with sharp eyes glowing. Sora quickly moved ahead with dust moving around him tight. At once the dust flew forward and exploded in volume unleashing a wave of sand that quickly closed in on the two. Both dug their feet down and yelled as the sand swept into them like an ocean wave.
Atop the sand Anna and Chelsea ran, mud surrounding Anna as the nearby trees began to groan. Vines shot down and flew alongside Chelsea while still attached to the trees, diving down into the sand as the mud took on humanoid shapes and ran at the swept away enemy. Vines broke from the sand and quickly wrapped around both Adam and Jazz, both gagging as the vines slapped around their throats.
Winston chuckled looking ahead, “You intend to run me down? Child are you mad?”
Elise had begun charging straight at Winston with her sword unsheathed, right arm shooting forward unleashing another bullet of Light Energy. Winston’s right fist flew forward and slammed clear into the attack. White light flew everywhere with a burst from the impact, a cloud of smoke quick to appear which Winston shot through. His feet stopped as did his laugh.
Before him stood only Holly without a sign of Elise, Holly simply staring back at him. Winston looked to her took sight to the air to the air. A yell escaped him to the sound of ripping fabric and liquid flying. Forward he stumbled with a crash to his knees, blood oozing from a large cut all the way down his back as behind him landed Elise with a sword bloodied at the edge. With a swift glance back she smirked, eyes locking with those of Winston.
“Energy, like magic, is not to be underestimated, which you and your friends clearly have done Winston,” Holly called out.
“Ooof, well you might be onto something there but we aren’t called the best of the best for no reason,” Winston chuckled.
Elise blinked, her eyes opening wide. Before her stood a humanoid figure completely devoid of color. Murmurs of surprise could be heard from the others. All of them had become pure black, all slowly melting away. On the horizon to the North stood four individuals in various stances, all casually chuckling.
“Dark Style Clone Replacements,” Holly murmured.
“We have experience with hunting your kind Miss Bell. Take my word for it that we’ve studied a lot,” Winston called back.
“You filthy creatures thinking yourselves superior, we’ve found trinkets to let us mirror your power to let us fight you as equals. Now, we’re going to kick your faces in,” Adam laughed “We don’t even need Captain Vein for this one.”
“So what will you show us next?” Scourge questioned aloud.
“I’ll show you death,” came a comment from the distance.
All eyes shifted upwards quickly above the heads of the four, a single man visible launching down with a broadsword the size of a man, shaped like a cleaver, in hand. The ground exploded upon the impact, rock sent flying. Winston and his cohorts had quickly launched left and right prior to impact. The man stepped down with only one hand on the sword, his head darting left and then right where Winston had gone.
“Kurayami?” Winston yelled out shocked.
The man’s right arm quickly heaved up, the sword rising out of the ground at which point he took charge with it resting on his back. The man jumped through the air and swung wide with aim set on Winston. Again Winston jumped with Scourge close behind him, the sword slamming clean through the trunk of a tree as the two landed on the branches. Down it began to fall, the two jumping once again to a tree behind them without taking their eyes off of their attacker.
“{There!}” Elise thought to herself, observing Winston.
At once Elise flung her right arm out and unloaded another blast of Light Energy, aimed directly at Winston’s feet. At that point she flung her left forward with the katana in hand yet, firing off another round a bit lower. Winston blinked at the first shot struck the branch, breaking it beneath his feet. Ahead he looked, face in shock, “Oh no!” he yelled as the second shot slammed into his torso and exploded.
White light flew everywhere as the bullet burst, Scourge flipping back looking at the blast in shock, “Winston!”
Winston shot backwards with his left hand over his right shoulder, his shirt torn more than it had been with a bit of blood flowing, “I blocked it with my arm, I’m fine! Just focus on the rats in front of us.”
“Winston!” Scourge shouted again with his voice crackling.
Elise flew at Winston with her sword in hand, water propelling her from her feet like rocket shoes. Behind her Callie held her right arm out with her hand flexed, eyes shut. Winston looked as Elise flew by, the blade ripping through his side as another blast went off, both he and her grunting. Winston flew back, crashing into the trunk of a tree with a large gash in his right side spraying blood like a cut fire hose. Not far off Elise flipped away with some minor cuts and tears to her clothes, landing atop a branch looking ahead now to Winston.
“Dammit, I hadn’t planned for Kurayami’s interference. Scourge, Adam, Jazz, regroup!”
“Right!” they all shouted, quickly leaping up through the air and across the branches, moving to a waiting Winston, “We’ve done our part. Now we retreat.”
Dark mist quickly erupted from their sleeves, wrapping around each other them like a vortex. Seconds after, the vortexes exploded, all of them now gone.457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOzNFEcfQq
