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A figure imposed itself between her eyes and the vision of Alois's bloody body, but it didn't register until the figure grabbed her by the shoulders and called her name. Glassy brown eyes focused, some life returning to them, but the lost look of desperation remaining.

"He's Alois... Bischofite is Alois..." Ida found herself babbling in a tortured voice, still disbelieving as she stared into Shang's familiar face. Her hands flew to fist in his vest as a sob shook her and tears began to pour unnoticed down her face. "I didn't know! This whole time, I didn't know." He was like a soothing balm to frayed nerves, the comforting hold when she was frightened, and she clung desperately to him right now as a stable rock in her confusion.

Everything was wrong, everything. If Alois was Bischofite, then who knew what else was a treachery waiting to be discovered? No one could be trusted now, not unless she had seen their order uniform with her own eyes. She had let him into her home, near her family, and told him things she had never told anyone, shared things with him she never would have if she had only known. She had kissed him, the same person who had shoved his hand into her chest and who had turned a class mate into a youma right before her eyes.

"I didn't know!" Ida sobbed as her eyes slid to the side and she caught sight of the youma bending over the fallen body, touching it... somehow sliding into it. She didn't understand what was happening, but her mind was too lost right now to process it anyway. The senshi saw someone take the twisted new form away before she met Shang's eyes again with her own desperate ones, begging him silently to do something to end the turmoil inside of her, as though he really could.

No part of her cared about Benitoite. He wasn't a threat. The only reason she noted his aborted attack upon her was the way Kerberos stepped behind her. She saw the spear and gave Kerberos a tight nod of appreciation. If she'd had any doubt about him, it was gone then. "Do what you must," she said, giving her arm another ineffectual tug--Valhalla was going to punch her, someone was shouting, there was a hand on her wrist--and then, and then, that blinding flash of golden light. Avalon was flung back and away, landing hard on her back. The impact dazed her, the flash of light ached--did she have a ******** sunburn?--but Avalon got to her feet, fast as she could, swayed a bit on her feet but caught her balance.

She bent to recover her sword, the black hilt a welcome weight in her hand. "What's wrong with you, girly," she said, straightening up, shoulders back. Maybe one of the General-Queens would know. Apatite, or Laurelite. They were more widely-traveled than Zinkenite, might have information he did not. And either way, they ought to be told. If senshi were developing ways to protect their starseeds, it was something that had to be counteracted. Immediately.

Either way, she had a problem again. "Benitoite," she said, tiredly, "You couldn't take me on your best day. Unless you want to end up on the floor, just go home."

Exit Shang

Shang was relieved as Ida moved, he kept hold of both her and his weapon, for if someone tried to stop them they would receive a face full of metal snake. He followed Ida trying to keep close to her especially as they made it pass the second floor which was on fire. He briefly looked back before continuing on.

Make it out, everyone. Please make it out. He couldn't go back, not know, he wouldn't anyway. He looked to Ida as they made their way outing hoping for a better tomorrow for her. Better tomorrows. He wanted everything to be alright, but at the moment he couldn't bring himself to say it. Sure eventually things would get better and while normally he wouldn't mind, right now it didn't seem appropriate. Not when you just watched someone die.

"Benioite.. I get it. Believe me I do." Did she? Did she really? She had never been in a situation like this before. She hadn't been on the side of losing someone like this. She had tried to kill Lance, her brother. But that was different. Wasn't it?

Lellouch didn't resist when Beni tugged himself from her. She realized there was no point to resisting. He wouldn't listen to her anyway. The blonde senshi bit her lip as she looked from Avalon to the blonde senshi and to the knight that guarded her. Until finally, her gaze landed on the blonde General in front of her. Lellouch sighed. He would not be happy with her. But then again, he wouldn't be the first person to be.

"I'm sorry Beni." She mumbled before springing into action and aiming a quick and sharp blow to the back of Beni's skull. She had told him that she wasn't following his earlier order. She had told him that while he didn't have to accept his help, he had it regardless. This was her way of helping him. And she hoped he would realize that deep down somewhere.

Leto is on the third floor

The Eternal Senshi of Camoflage could hear Bischofite yelling after her as she sauntered away. Soon enough, his dying for his cause would come to fruition, Leto was sure. Whether it was tonight, tomorrow, weeks or months or years from now... Leto knew that Bischofite's demise was inevitable, he practically asked for it.

Ignoring the continued yelling coming from what sounded like Bischofite and the people that were furious with him, Leto pushed through the various pallets of crap that were stacked high in the warehouse. Finally. She let out a breath when she saw the familiar symbol that indicated the bathroom, when suddenly screams of horror, pain and complete and utter sadness filled the warehouse, echoing off of it's walls. Leto froze and her heart began racing a mile a minute.

When a voice cut through the palpable agony of the room, Leto spun on her heel to face Gunn. Of coure it was Gunn, who the ******** else would it be? Leto's fisted clenched at her sides as she stared the other girl down. "Not for me," she said quietly. "I have people I need to get out. You may want to consider that the White Moon will need an exit as well when this building comes crashing to the ground." Her eyebrows raised in a challenging, but matter-of-fact sort of way. Suddenly her eyes widened and she turned her head in the direction of the group that was in the most open area of the warehouse. That screaming- that voice. <******** you, Gunn. I hope you burn alive in this building. It would be fitting." As much as she wanted to stay and beat the ever living s**t out of the Senshi of Wildfire, she had more important matters to attend to. She turned and ran as fast as she could to where Persephone was screaming and sobbing- and apparently punching a very muscly man. She violently pushed through the crowd of people, oblivious to whether or not Gunn followed; if she had, Leto would deal with that when the time came. For now, Leto needed to focus all of her efforts on protecting Persephone.

She slid in the blood of someone as she approached the group. Glaring at Virgo and Neso, Leto stepped in between Persephone and the two White Moon Senshi.

Virgo had said that she wanted to kill Persephone, and on one level she did. But on a much deeper, more personal level, she wanted… she wanted her Princess back. She wanted her Court back. And she knew, she knew that Aly had died forever, permanently, and they had all come back. Maybe that's what she had to do. For Sagittarius and Aries, for Cancer, for all the Zodiacs who were dead or gone. Make the Cauldron give them back.

Would it work twice?

So she didn't move to dodge the punch or even to block it, just waited for it to land. When it didn't, the sound that ripped from her throat was not human, was not angry, was--scared. She wanted to act out, to destroy herself, not to destroy Neso. There was a bruise on him, he had been hurt, and she had not protected him. Given his druthers, a chance to ignore her and her pain, he'd instead come to keep her safe, and that made her want to hope. She'd only just found Bifrost, and Pharos, and Neso again. She knew where she could find Serenade. She didn't have to be alone anymore. She couldn't stand it. The problem was, they could leave again, and leave her more alone than ever.

She had a choice: disengage, take Neso and Bifrost and Babylon, and leave. Virgo could admit how ******** up this death wish was, ask Neso to be around her if nothing else, and leave. He was a Zodiac. His presence soothed that gaping hole in her heart where her Court was meant to be in a way that Bifrost and Pharos never would. Some of the wounds from those missing senshi were scabbed over, some nearly forgotten except when she remembered them. But some of them weren't. Zue, Chronos, Leo. She could leave, and try to find them again. But leaving. Living? That would--that would dishonor everything that had ever made Virgo a member of the Zodiac. The Zodiac had never been meant to do anything but die.

Virgo hugged Neso briefly, fiercely, as the Eternal Dark Mirror senshi stepped between Virgo and Persephone. She patted his face, and said, "Thank you, Neso." And then she said: "Virgo Immaculate Reflection." The pale spring-green glow spread over Neso like sunlight, and it warmed her even as she let go of it and turned towards the two Chaos-twisted Eternals. "Your problem isn't with him, it's with me. And if you touch him again, I will ******** gut you." She'd thrown herself into the cold vacuum of space to destroy the General who had killed her Court all those years ago.

Now, she attempted to shove Leto out of the way so she could throw another punch at Persephone's awful, lying face.

[[ I apologize in advance if I've missed you or an action in your post. I'm a little lost as to where everyone is.

ALSO I will not be able to post until tomorrow night as I'm at Fanime. Just a heads up, feel free to drag my characters with you. :3]]

Jarosite is on the second floor by the stairs

He couldn't do anything but take the blows she gave him. He crumpled further to the floor and grunted. The b***h walked over him and down the stairs. All he wanted was the pain to stop. The burning to stop. Hells all he wanted was peace. Jarosite stayed curled on the floor for a long, long while. He may have blacked out, he may have just closed his eyes. He just wanted the pain to end.

Then it stopped, eons later.

Finally able to breath, Jarosite snapped his eyes open and jumped up. The Mars b***h and her page friend were no where to be found. He made it half way down the stairs before realizing that it was hard to breath. He stumbled down a few more steps and into the wall. Grey eyes stared at the crazy mass below him, and at the youma'd general. His vision swam for a moment and he decided he was going to back out of this one.

He vanished without a second thought, trying to not pass out.

Captain Jarosite has teleported out.

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Andronicus is on the third floor

Andronicus stumbled out of the lift, thankful for the burst to her energy. Her ankle didn't hurt, her arm felt wonderful, and holy s**t was that a lot of people. She noticed a princess or two, she notice a bunch of Negaverse all beating on one who...

Was that a youma.

Was that youma melding with that---

The hell was going on!?

A voice creeped up over the cacophoney, calling her name. Acubens. She needed to find Acubens. She needed to find her, and possibly Loke if he was here, and Leto and help get people out. The Page of Uranus turned towards the voice and started waving her mace in the air, shouting back.

"Acubens! Acubens!"




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Bifrost is on the third floor

Suddenly things were happening and oh dear there went her court. She rushed after them as Babylon shouted something to Neso about grabbing... Virgo? The corrupts? She really didn't know. But Bifrost was not going to let her court get disembowled because of grudges.

"Bifrost Bridge Defense! Ms. Virgo, now is not the time! Get her out of here, Neso, Mr. Babylon! I'll guard our behinds!" She snapped the rope chain out in front of her and a rainbow iridescent shield billowed out in front of her. It would last long enough to get everyone out and to safety, though if people started wailing on it, she'd be hard pressed to keep it up.