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HP: 40

She ran as fast as she could.

Palatine had no idea what she would find waiting for them, but her instincts told her this was it. Tonight they would end this. The further west she ran the more things became clear to her. The fairgrounds grew in size the closer she approached. She knew she'd found it. This was where they were being kept prisoner.

It made sense. It offered them a lot of land and plenty of places for them to hide their captives. It offered privacy. Out here, no one would hear the screaming. Furthermore, no one would think to look here. Had they not been out searching, had they not been fortunate enough to come by clues, Palatine doubted they would have figured it out at all.

There was a youma on the prowl just outside the fairgrounds.

Palatine jumped from rooftop to rooftop, treading closer by the minute. She jumped upon arrival and headed straight for the youma in her way, aiming a powerful kick to his gut.

“Get out of my way!” she said.

Palatine does 10 damage!

HP: 40

Sailor Chibi Perdita made a mad dash toward the fairgrounds, following some ways behind Oberon and Palatine. She'd stayed behind with the fallen Chibi Senshi just long enough to make sure she was okay before heading off before she could fall too far behind.

The fairgrounds loomed before them. She saw the youma out front and heaved an exasperated sigh. Obviously they'd have to get through him first. Perdita was encouraged by the fact that it shouldn't be too difficult with the amount of Senshi and Knights on their way.

Even so, she was without much with which to defend herself. Hastily she looked around the immediate area for something that might make an able weapon. She found a metal rod of a good length and thickness but didn't immediately pick it up. She was aware enough of the situation to plan ahead.

“Touch of Plenty!” she said.

Her hands glowed golden. Perdita touched the metal rod and watched as it duplicated. She picked up the clone and tossed it toward Oberon.

“You have a minute to use it before it goes away!” she announced.

Then she took the real rod and charged for the youma, taking a wild swing at the youma's legs.

Perdita does 5 damage!

He cartwheeled about, chanting, "Lets have fun. Let have fun. So much fun, just like the fun you all left me to have all week. Left me for dead. Let's have fun, lets play lets."

She rolled forward and pressed his hands to the ground pushing downing and causing sharp hot blasts of air to burst up out the ground. "Surprise," he shouted. "Surprise, surprise. Wasn't that fun. Oh how exciting. Welcome to my nightmare. Welcome to my house of horrors. What fun what fun!"

Megrez's HP: 40

This was it. This was west. It had to be, and it seemed that Sadachbia wasn't the only one on this mission, judging from the presence of a lady in pink with a different but still friendly-feeling aura (that's what they called them, right?), along with at least one senshi that felt like Cruithne. There was also at least one aura that gave her an unsettled feeling, but the number of friendly-feeling auras outnumbered those, so she figured she would be okay.

When she saw the creature that everyone seemed to be attacking, she did a double take. The creature looked like a senshi but felt different from all the other auras, and she knew for sure this aura was not a friendly one. "What the...?" she said, gaping at the former senshi. He (it?) seemed to be one of the youma she had heard about, and yet he looked human. Humanoid. Like he had once been human. "Uh, hey, guys? Are you sure we should be attacking this guy? He looks like a senshi!"

Sadachbia jumped as a voice came from behind her: "That's... that's a youma. If he was a senshi, it's too late for him now. The Negaverse must have corrupted him improperly, or done something else horrible to completely change his nature. God..."

Megrez put one hand on the blue and gold and bandaged senshi's shoulder. "We have to give him peace. There's no way to save him. God damn them..." This girl was a basic senshi that she had not seen around before, and potentially an inexperienced one. "If you're not up to taking him down, stand back. Watch and learn." She was in a serious mode, mostly in an attempt to suppress any boiling rage she felt. She was here, and this was the night that she would rescue Penthe and all the others.

Determined to put an end to the twisted, broken creature as soon as possible, Megrez called up a Super level ostrich egg and chucked it right at him. It hit dead on, though it was a torso shot, not the head shot she had hoped for. And when a hot blast of air erupted from the ground, Megrez dodged it with ease. Not bad, really.

Megrez deals 17 damage! The youma misses!

Metis' HP: 40

Following the Order signatures was incredibly easy. Though she'd clearly arrived late to a gathering, she'd moved quickly as she could after receiving the text. Though she was unsure what the Black Watch was, as soon as she was able to henshin she'd headed out. The aura of a youma, joined by so many Order signatures, at least helped to pin-point where she was going.

Of course, as she'd arrived on the scene she expected the mass of human copper figures. And presumably a rather inhuman one for her to direct her magic and any other attack at.

Such was not the case.

Though she could feel the youma presence, none of the figures she saw... looked like one, or at least not how she'd come to expect them. Not to say she didn't realize what figure was getting attacked by those who'd arrived on the scene earlier, but the Super Senshi hung back, unsure what to do or where to aim. After a moment, she began to move in closer, see if she could pin-point the figure that way--only to realize the ground split open and a hot blast of air jutted out from where she'd just been. Lucky move, that, but not terribly helpful in taking the creature down.

Yet it... had brought her closer. She looked for something to use as a weapon, finding parts of an old... bench? Something made of cement, she figured from the texture under her hand. Well it was something, she figured. Looking back to what she hoped was the youma, she sent pieces flying, all the while keeping up a prayer that she wasn't hitting anyone else with the projectiles.

Metis hit the youma for 16 points!

Sarras Squire - 40 HP

Sarras wasn't sure what to make of the youma that graced him, but he certainly didn't like it. The past half an hour was a blur to him, and the attire that he loathed so much was already caked with blood, though none of it his own. It didn't even belong to his enemy, but instead it came from a Chibi senshi... one that he regretted having lost track of despite pulling her into his arms and vacating the rooftop after their impromptu session. The lieutenant was gone, suspected taken by a General while everyone was distracted by the arrows, but at least they had managed to weasel out enough information out of him before their scattered departure.

So to the fairgrounds he found himself, fighting back the haze of previous fights, previous events that weren't meant to end in bloodshed but had quickly evolved into that at the drop of a hat. This time, he was going into the fairgrounds, knowing full well that there would be a fight, and thus far, he wasn't disappointed.

No, only mildly horrified when he locked eyes on the youma. At first, he didn't think it was a youma simply due to the appearance, but the aura that the creature gave off and its mannerisms were definitely bonafide youma. He had unknowningly come to the same conclusion that others in the fairgrounds had, and his stomach sank deep into his bowels at the thought of just exactly what those captured had to have endured in the past week. He watched as others attacked, and there was no use in lingering behind on this one, he told himself. Whoever this youma once was, senshi or not, it was presently clear as day that it was beyond help, and with no one immediately jumping to its defense, what was Sarras to do but offer his help. When even the Dark Mirror senshi that pleaded with the lieutenant bull rushed the youma with a broken post sign, there was no doubt in his mind that they were doing the right thing.

He scooped up a rock and hurled it at the youma, hoping to get a good shot in to end this fight quickly, but the sudden rush of air that erupted from the ground forced him to move in mid throw. It would no doubt affect his aim and the effectiveness of his strike, but that was hardly something he felt he needed to worry about. With the amount of senshi, knights and Dark Mirrors descending down upon this youma, its fate was inevitable… it was only a matter of time, and a matter of who would get the final blow in.

Then, once this was over, they could save their captured allies...

Sarras is attacking for 8 damage.

Themiscyra's HP: 40

So there'd been a little... delay getting back into the search, since she got back from Mars. Conducting searches on her own time, but never managing to make the large centers of auras, she'd been all the more anxious to get there in time for this one.

There was... a sort of triumph in her eyes as she got to the outskirts of the fairgrounds. One step closer, maybe? Hopefully? Her hand briefly skimmed the golden chain wrapped around part of her belt before she darted into the fray.

She'd already ran from battle before. She wasn't going to start flaking out now.

Picking up a large rock, she tried to get near enough to really hit the creature--only to balk when she realized how... human they looked. A senshi?! Her feet faltered, and by the time she finally threw the rock, most of her momentum was gone--and she also had to move her a** as the ground cracked and splintered, and she ran to get away from the hot air that gushed out.

Themiscyra hit for 3 damage!