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Atra watched, standing in between the group and Corvin, unintentionally. He was just watching them fight and moved to the side a bit.

Abdiel took the chance to summon his red sword from the invisible energy string it had been. The blade appeared in his cold hand, with symbols in another language all over it. "I really hate red haired immortals." He lunged at Des and Cheeva, very quickly.

The monsters and creatures began rampaging the grounds, and swarming over to the group that was still battling.

Atra watched them walk past him, "I am a b***h to something, but not boredom... what that is, I'll never tell you so don't bother to ask." He shouted to Angela.

The clash of metal rang just above her head. Cheeva dropped to her knees, slashing across the knes of their attacker. She lashed out with the other knife as she stood, stabbing deep into the man's stomach. She twisted the knife deep and slashed up and out, the blade scraping against the attacker's rib bones. Cheeva kicked him hard in the knees as she slipped behind him.

Ky made a barrier using her staff again, to protect Inu and Toshi. She had hoped Abdiel would've gone by now, but he seemed intent on eating somebody.

Abdiel yanked the knife out of himself, before whipping around to find Cheeva. He made an attempt to bit her arm while holding the knife dripping his black blood.

Atra walked over to Corvin, gotten bored enough to do so.

Angela gasped in surprise with Aku unexpectedly touched her back, flinching away from the feeling of his fingers against her skin and then the feeling of his energy pouring through her.

"T--Tell me before you do something like that," she told him. "Don't just touch my back like that." She gave him a look that was half angry and half sheepish. "Please." But she could feel that her powers had been restored. At least for now. She grinned slightly and then looked at Corvin. "But thank you. If you'll excuse me."

With her powers back, the poison that Abdiel had injected into her was quickly neutralized. She was feeling much better. And in three rapid steps, she was standing next to Corvin. Her fist connected with his face in a shower of white sparks that left the air heavy with the smell of ozone.

She glanced at Aetra. "Sorry if I'm interrupting but I believe I still owe him one."

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When Abdiel spun around to attack Cheeva, Des stabbed his sword into the man's back and then ripped it out, quickly darting around him to knock Cheeva away.

He didn't think the sword would do much damage--the man was clearly not a normal enemy and Des doubted he would have turned his back to an armed enemy were Des capable of actually damaging him that way. He just wanted to possibly cause enough pain to distract him momentarily. At least long enough to get Cheeva out of the way.

Abdiel missed his chance at the cat girl, and blasted her off of him with a surge of dark energy. His wounds didn't bleed, and were regenerating slowly.
He went for the red headed immortal, slashing with his long sword. He then took a chance to toss the knife in his hand at him.
"Where are you from? I'll be going there next to deliver your head."

Atra stepped aside, letting Angela smack Corvin all she wanted to. It was kind of funny to watch.

Des deflected the blow from Abdiel's sword but the knife coated in his blood caught the red head in the shoulder. He bit back a cry as the iron weapon embedded into him and immediately ripped it out, feeling a burning sensation spread from the wound. He assumed that was from the blood--it must be some sort of poison. The iron itself was also contaminating his blood. He cursed under his breath and swayed slightly as his vision blurred.

Not yet. Just a few more moments of fighting was all he needed.

"Arborea," he answered. "I'd like to see you visit there. You'd be dead in about five seconds. If the Ghaele's didn't get to you first, the Tulani would rip you apart before you even realized where you were."

He lunged for Abdiel one last time, knowing this would be his last strike. Fire ignited between his feet and began to twist around him, rapidly gaining speed and intensity before Des flung his hands forward, sending a spiraling vortex of flame straight at Abdiel.

He felt darkness begin to overwhelm him as whatever poison was in Abdiel's blood took effect. To avoid feeling those effects, Des shed his humanoid skin and shifted into the form of a fiery ball that hovered over the spot he'd been standing moments before.

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Corvin leaped back to his feet, hand to his cheek as he glowered at the girl. "Stubborn fool."

She smiled. "More or less."

He flung an arch of blue magic toward her but Angela knew this was coming and had already dodged, heading toward Atra, who'd moved aside, and the magic streaked past her and disappeared in a shower of impotent sparks.

"So, I pretty much can't defeat this guy in my current state. I just wanted to hit him," she said. "Can't you like...go beat him up for me or something?"

She held her hand out toward Corvin, muttered something under her breath and released an arch of lightning that shot toward him. He deflected it into the sky, taking no damage.

Suddenly, Toshi didn't feel very safe. The stampeding noises were only getting louder. He doubted he'd be able to outrun whatever they were. Not like he'd be able to see where he was going, anyway. Not knowing Ky had placed a barrier around them, Toshi did the only thing he could think of doing. Closing his eyes, he let out a breath. He hadn't really been flying in quite a long while.

Within a moment or two, gray feathered wings poured out of his back fluidly. They had various brown and white stripes, as well as a few darker grays, but were mostly a slate gray. With a burst of movement, he took off into the sky, passing through Ky's barrier soundlessly. Toshi really hated to do this, but... he had no choice. He had to protect Inutai, at all costs, and this was the only way. He hated that.

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Akutenshi watched as the fights drew on, intrigued. However, the most interesting thing happened to be the moment where someone, Des, had turned into a fireball. He blinked, staring for a few moments, when he heard a flapping of wings. He glanced overhead to see Toshi hovering above the scene. Akutenshi grinned. He knew it.