Welcome to Gaia! ::

She clenched her hands as the senshi rushed towards the Negaverse. The amount of dark power the blonde corrupted senshi emitted threw off, but she'd encountered another twice. Seeing Alkaid was not as horrifying as it might have been.

Especially since right after that senshi emerged, so did one of Gunn's most hated opponents. Public enemy number one, and a more arrogant little ******** she'd never seen. This was an opportunity--a chance for Gunn to completely overwhelm the little b*****d and grind his face into the ground with her heel. Maybe she'd even just pulp him--no, no, Ares wouldn't like that.

Anyway, it was safe for her to focus on Bismuthite. Tanzanite would go for Ares, and if she had to, well... she'd switch targets.

For now, though, she threw herself away from Uranophane, towards the pink Negaverser. The redheaded senshi impacted with his abdomen in a completely unnecessary tackle, and kept them rolling until she came out on top. Disorientation was hard to fight off, leaving him a huge opening. "I'm so glad you're here," she said, pulling back a hand for a punch, despite her dizziness. "I've been so excited to tear you to pieces."

Tanzanite had strength in abundance, but she lacked Ares' flexibility and agility. The super senshi kicked off and slid across the faded asphalt, and before Tanzanite could get to her feet the smoke enveloped her. It was not wispy or thin, but a thick, choking cloud that brought the General to her knees even when she tried to strand. Her would-have-been words were cut off as the burning smoke filled her throat and lungs, choking away her voice.

What came out instead was only a wordless, angry snarl.

It was the power of teleportation that kept the General from choking into unconsciousness within the smoke, and she appeared behind Ares. Her fist came out in a hard punch to the super senshi's spine, trying to knock her forward.

Teleportation was a b***h.

Ares let out an involuntarily gasp as a General-strength punch hit her squarely in the spine. She tumbled forward, tried to roll out of it, only half-succeeded. It put the girl on her knees and wincing against the knives stabbing into her lower back. She had to keep moving. Staying in one place meant dying.

Forcing herself to her feet, Ares did immediately turn to attack Tanzanite, but instead, led her toward the outer ring, away from Alkaid and the entourage of lieutenants and captains. She stumbled, maybe overtly so, and then turned to face her attacker, one fist already flying forward.

Gunn was tall, but not exactly a heavy girl. When he bucked his hips, she went over--unfortunately for Bismuthite, it was with her chest in his face. Fortunately for the Lieutenant, she was bowled the rest of the way over too, so it wasn't like he had to suffer for very long.

Her recovery was swift, pushing herself up on her palms to shift her torso, directing a sharp kick towards the silver-haired Negaverser's head. Whatever plan she might have had going in was completely forgotten in the rush to take Bismuthite out. For Rota. For revenge. Whether the kick hit or missed, she was getting back up, hands at the ready. It was as good a time as any to teach herself ambitexterity.

Or something.

Birhan laughed as the kick connected, bright and joyful. It was a promising start to a battle, even if the corrupted senshi was quick to recover. No matter what the blonde said, or how she sneered at Birhan (and her fuku), Birhan had made the first strike and that was a point in her books.

When the blonde didn't bother to return any attack, just gestured, Birhan raised her eyebrows. A quick shrug followed, then the redhead darted in. She threw a basic combo punch to sound the senshi out - left, left, right hard punch. Exactly the way she'd once taught a blonde civilian. But that was a standard move, so knowing it or the correct counter didn't mean anything, right?

Bones? No. Pride? Yes; but Gaia bounced up with a grin on her face that did not seem to falter even as she brushed asphalt off the side of her cheek. It was scraped all to hell, and stung like a b***h, but damn, things were looking up.

"Oh god, Harpy? Aren't those those... things. Clawy, bitey, lady things," Gaia scratched her head, ignoring the voice inside her that was yelling at her to stop with the stupid pantomimes, "gosh, I just didn't pay attention in History class, did I?"

Gaia spread her legs, giving herself firmer purchase on the ground, and bounced on the balls of her feet. Raising her fists, she brushed some more grit off her bloody cheek.

"Shucks, all I paid attention to in school was gym. Oh well."

She lunged for Wolframite, aiming a fist straight for his solar plexus. Which would have been a crotch shot for others. Small (get it?) blessings.

A set of rapid footsteps alerted Uranophane before she caught sight of the senshi attacking her. Whipping around in the direction of the sound, she was met with a fist smacking with full force into her jaw -- the captain's head whipped backward from the impact, and she hopped back a couple of steps to avoid taking more hits while she sized up her opponent. It was some random super senshi, with red hair.

Not much to go by. She maliciously hoped that this one would at least have a realistic amount of nerve endings, and her glove shot forward, intent on yanking down a lock of Lyra's hair.