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People were still talking, still not doing anything. The topic was still on the subject of the chibi as a group and how it was so horrible that they were recruited.

Hygiea didn't notice. A leopard had walked into the room. A talking leopard had walked into the room. Brain, it had exploded. Her orange eyes were wide and she let out a very gleeful little squawk. "Holy s**t, it talks." She squealed, her voice high pitched and just so amazed.

Goodbye attention. It was now taken by a giant talking cat.

“Oh yes… god forbid that the senshi set a good example. Always ‘someone else did it first. Why should I have expected any better from a fowl mouthed red neck hussy in a tiny skirt trying to prove she’s more than…. blond.” His eyes almost smiled but something of it died before they ever reached the icy gaze.

His gaze drifted to Hug-bell “I think it’s clear why you’re here, the problem is you still believe it’s right. You still follow people who are letting you fight FOR them well before you should ever have seen battle. That’s all I’m afraid there is to say for now Hug-bell. Kite flying had best be done alone this time.”

He glanced at Wolframite and then over the newly assembled and made a small ‘Hmph’ Sound. “I won’t be a moment.” He said and shifted his stance slightly. “I wouldn’t want to be rude when they’ve been so nice as to come to visit.”

He winked out of existence with a small rush of air to fill the sudden void he had just created. It was time to show the Senshi that they came prepared.

Luckily enough, a certain someone happened to be in town when his crystal had beckoned. The Captain was more than willing to take on Senshi of any age or size, and even more willing to lend a hand with any operation he could while he was still in Destiny City, which now-a-days was only from Friday until midnight Sunday. It left Bismuthite twitchy. Thirsting for a fight.

And here one was. Quite near where he'd been patrolling in fact. Small miracles did happen on occasion. He'd been just out of range to actually feel the strongest of the energy signatures, but still, very near. And he wasted no time in running, jumping, vaulting over fences, and the like to get there.

He passed through the first room, then he just barely peeked in the door when she could see a couple exchanging whispers. Whispers could be dangerous. Collaboration, preparing to attack, whatever it was they were doing, Bismuthite would surely go interrupt it.

"Oh, you have more to worry about than just one big bug~" came a velvety purr from behind Niflhel and Polaris as the Negaverse Captain teleported behind the two

For all that he looked like s**t these days, as Bismuthite he found that he could still muster up some of his innate assholish-ness. Enough for a villain-ish one-liner or two, anyway. And to put on that smug, confidant, facade. It perhaps made up for the tired, strained, look to his face, the disheveled silver hair, and sandy stubble. He was the ragged ghost of something once great, proud, and polished.

But he was here. He would have come anyway, but to hear that it was Wolframite's operation? Well, it was no wonder he spared little time arriving. Had he not communicated that he would be there should he need him? He fully intended to make good on his promise. Together or not.

"Christmas...?" Valhalla wondered out loud, glancing to the senshi standing around. It was painfully obvious that he wasn't as experienced as the rest of them, but he wasn't going to stand around and do nothing. "I don't know what Elysion is, either," he admitted as he focused back on the youma and the Negaverse officers before them. "I've only been in a couple of fights that involved more than just a few people... One at the camp..." The other was when he'd been held hostage for a brief moment before Europa was able to free him from a general's grip. It had been the closest he'd come to dying, he figured.

He looked up at Wolframite when he was pointed out by Maia, frowning and unsure whether he was really taking her warning to heart. Maybe he was too soft for fighting...? He didn't want people getting hurt, at least. And these people, all of them, had normal lives outside of this powered business, right...? Valhalla glanced over at Zinkenite as well when he was pointed out. "They look like they're just children," he said softly, not to anyone in particular. Neither of them could have been any older than he was... It just felt, well, wrong... fighting those who were younger than himself. Not that he was all that old! He'd only just turned nineteen, but still.

"Please be careful?" he asked Hug-Bellas the child senshi agreed on the name of the young boy with a dark presence of energy around him. He'd seen her before, at the camp, but that didn't make him feel any more confident in the fact that there were children running around, getting hurt and possibly being killed.

"What if we don't have an offensive magic attack?" Valhalla glanced over at Polaris, noting her energy level as well. He was surrounded by eternal senshi it seemed. Including the one who was cursing up a storm. He would have told her, himself, to watch her language around the children, but it looked like that was being taken care of by others. And he knew that, although he had no magic, he could at least physically attack it. He would just have to get in for close range.

"Valhalla... of Jupiter," he introduced himself to those around that cared to listen. He already knew Maia, so he could at least stay with her, but he liked the idea of being, well, not useless to the others as well.

He'd opened his mouth to say something else, but whatever it had been was quickly replaced with "L-Leopard!" His eyes widened in surprise, staring at the large cat, before glancing back to Maia in shock, "There's a le-- is he a guardian cat, too??" he sputtered, trying not to stare at the spotted cat. Or was it a Jaguar? He could never tell the difference... Maybe he shouldn't be surprised by things like this by now, but... jeez... What next? Lions and tigers? And bears??

His thoughts were interrupted when there were suddenly more with dark energy present, and nearly jumped when Maia grabbed onto his wrist. "Don't do anything without me," he warned her, not wanting her to run off and fight on her own, but allowing her to hold onto his wrist for however long she wanted. "Care to stay close as well?" he glanced down at the mass of fur by his ankles, surprise that Zirconia was there, too... Well, he probably shouldn't be surprised, should he.

"Do you guys think you can handle the smaller bugs while we cover you?" he asked, turning to Hug-Bell, Hypnos, Egeria, Hygiea, and Ixion, keeping his arm elevated for Maia to keep hold of as he squatted down to be on the Chibi Senshi's level. He hated, hated seeing that they were putting themselves in danger. Hated that a guardian cat had awoken them at such a young age... but what were they supposed to tell them? Sit on the sidelines and let the adults handle it? They all clearly wanted to fight, or at least do something to help. "I think if you guys all worked on taking out the smaller bugs, we can get out of here faster. Try and stay together? I can help when you need it."

He offered them all a smile and thumbs up, and stood back up to keep an eye on where the youma and multiplying Negaverse officers were. His stomach was tied in knots, but he was pretty sure that was because he was scared of what might happen to the children... He wished there was a way to end this peacefully, but even the senshi seemed ready for blood.

The call had come at a slightly inopportune time for Fluorite - she was in middle of an energy gathering session with a particularly wriggly drunk when the familiar voice of General Zinkenite came from her communicator crystal.

This wasn't a plan she had been involved in, but nonetheless... Nonetheless, the civilian was knocked out with a swift backhand and she abandoned him in the alley, taking to the roofs.

She had bigger fish to fry. Teleporting would have been faster, but unwise - so she ran her way through the few blocks that separated her hunting ground from the other's location, and jumped a neat jump off the last building, landing right next to Wolframite, blades taking form in her hands with practiced ease.

The children, through.... Damn the senshi. Damn them. "I don't think I can... hurt the kids, Wolf." It wasn't so long ago that Wolframite had been her direct superior, and her voice still carried all of that respect, in spite of their equal rank. but low enough so that none of the others could hear.

The older senshi did not need to know of her weakness. But the others... Well, with luck, she'd come home with a starseed. She could only hope not to break down... again. Not in front of her equals and superiors.

She stood on top of her 4'11" at last, straightening up from her landing. "To the youngest of you - go home ! There's no need for you to be involved ! There's no need for you to fight, no matter what your allies have told you !" She stood only slightly taller than some of the chibis, and the only thing that made it clear that she was older was the fact that... Well, she had a chest that her uniform made effort to hide. "To the rest of you... Are you really so unable to fight your own battles that you must hide behind children ? Their lost innocence will be paid in blood."

She'd fully expected that the others had said much the same thing.... But she still had to try.

They wouldn't listen.

Alunite knew that. He'd given up on having the senshi understand the wrongness of their actions a long time ago. He had no idea if the belief of their wrongness was so buried into their psyche that it was nearly impossible to uproot, or if there was outright mind-control involved.

All he could really do was be glad to have been saved from... from this.

He wasn't with the main group just yet - but the agents could feel him, clearly, from his perch. The senshi, perhaps not. It was always a tricky thing, figuring exactly how his aura reached.

He wasn't in the mood for theatrics today, not right now. Not... with the kids here. He loved to creep out the older ones, but then children ?

Had no place here.

So he waited, ready, for the battle to begin. Backup that the senshi would not expect, but that the agents knew would be coming,

There was a talking Leopard. With Hypnos. Ixion wondered if maybe that was that was her guardian cat, or the little kitty. Which made him want to know where it came from and how he could get one. Ixion spied Hypnos with a tinge of jealousy, however at the same time he was glad for her. The girl wasn’t exactly like himself or Hug-Bell or even Hygeia; she wasn’t struggling to prove her worth in a battle. She had been oddly quiet and sulky it seemed. Maybe Hypnos was just softer. So at least now she had a fierce leopard to protector her. Ixion didn’t need to look out for her then.

What he needed to do was concentrate on the large amount of Negas coming onto the scene. There were so many he had never seen before… and most of them were barely taller than himself it seemed. Was everyone in the Negaverse tiny? Surely as a super senshi he’d be able to take on some of these evil doers. So when Valhalla instructed them to stick to the small bugs, Ixion was just as defiant as Hug-Bell.

“Hell no. I won’t just hang around a squish little bugs. Been there, done that, won that fight already. “ Ixion stared at the page hard, his face was still red with bite marks from the pests.

“Too easy really. I can take care of myself. I have magic that can help, those things don’t like heat or fire, I have it. I can help! What can YOU do?” Ok, so Ixion’s fire power was literally only the size of his fist and only coal embers and not a flaming ball, but still. To him, Ixion was more useful as a super senshi with magic than a page with a… was that a compass? He gestured to the Negaversers "and as far as they go, they don't look so tough."

Ixion shifted his glare from Valhalla to Fluorite. The boy didn't say anything, only gave her a sharp glare. He was not going to leave, and he wasn't just a child.

Maia frowned, but she did not want to fight her allies. This was a prime example of what their side was lacking. They were broken apart and lacking coordination and understanding of one another. Her point wasn't to make them argue more, but to keep them from arguing.

Oh that was better, even if Ixi had cursed causing Maia to glare a bit even if she felt so so proud of her little friends. It showed in her eye, good job Ixi, good job and he was a super now too!

Her eyes slid back to Valhalla and she nodded, grinning when he spoke to Flourite. Argument evaded, she hoped. She was still going to kidnap him after the battle, Zirc too. It didn't really have anything to do with the battle. More Val needing an info session and now not being the time for that.

"I can slow them down, but it might be better ...." she looked up where Wolframite, Flourite and Alunite gathered.