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There was something of an odd look on Minkowski's face as she realized what Gwen was trying to do. Attempting to contain a youma in a trashcan seemed like it could only end in disaster, but then she didn't have any better ideas herself, nor did she have any clue as to if Athene did, either. In any case, at the moment, there was a very angry youma, the barrier Athene had created was gone, and they were all in danger either which way.

I hope this works, she wanted to say, but Minkowski didn't want to jinx things, and so she didn't; hesitating at first, she finally joined Gwen in trying to hold the bin down on the struggling youma.

"What now...?" Minkowski couldn't help but ask.

With their powers combined, the youma had no chance but to yield. With two senshi and even a civilian holding the trashcan down, there was no oxygen left to fuel its flames, and with one last sputter, the trashcan wriggled for a brief moment, before going deathly still. There was no more crackles, no more sizzles or pops. The youma was thoroughly, undeniably dead, and all that remained was a pile of black dust, not that Gwen was willing to let go of the can to double check this.

After the ordeal the three of them went through, it had BEST be dead! Only after a few moments of awkward silence had passed did Gwen think to move off of the can, and no sooner did she do that did she feel strength completely leave her body and flopped onto the ground. Adrenaline was a weird thing, when one tried to think about it, but Gwen couldn't think about it.

Instead, she looked up at the two that had helped her and for all of her courage and bravado from earlier, she found herself speechless in their wake, now that there was no youma trying to eat them, or whatever it planned on doing. Finally, she was able to mutter softly, before getting back to her wobbling feet and walking away, back towards St. Mag's. "I... chose the wrong day to skip class..."

Her mind had completely shut down, and she had gotten a few steps away before turning back around and moving towards the two senshi. Again, she muttered, before turning away and leaving. "Minkowski. Athene. Thanks!"

With that, she more or less stumbled away, wondering exactly what had just happened but not wanting to pursue it. No, just had to make it back to school- so distraught and tired was she that she completely forgot the other two students that she was accompanying to school with. No, all Gwen wanted to do was go back to her own school and accept detention... detention was nothing compared to the attempt on her life this day, but at least she had two Senshi to save her.

Whatever the hell THAT was.