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Oh god. It hurt. It hurt like a unicorn tackling him with it's horn. Possibly worse-- Euterpe's hands cupped his chin, the shock still resonating through his face. His cheek was bleeding and he felt like Alkaid knocked out half his teeth.

Ok. Sorry Pegasus. He wasn't coming. True love or not-- He was busy. Enemies didn't wait. He couldn't afford to either. Alkaid's punch sent him flying upwards in the air, falling back on the ground once more against his back.

He scrambled to his feet to tackle the senshi's legs, aiming to take out her balance, both arms hugging her knees. He almsot hoped she'd hit her head hard enough to knock her out but that was too unreasonable to expect. He didn't care if this position made him look like the uncoolest or lamest hero ever-- He was getting this female. Obviously, she understood nothing of the mechanics of love.

He had no weapon. No time to use magic. What did he have? Besides a what-felt-like-a-broken-chin?

The joyride had ended far too soon. Poor Princess Chronos would finally find relief from what was bound to be extreme dizziness as her shield-orb was finally jolted to a stop by none other than a very unlucky Sailor Orion. And, unfortunately for the two Negaversers riding atop it -- they were sent flying a ways from their perch on top of it, Uranophane commemorating this event with an enraged and frustrated "FUUUUUCK!"

She managed to twist around in such a way that allowed her to catch Captain Zinkenite in midair before he could get crushed or slam into the ground. He'd already sustained enough injuries for one day, and she was determined to see to it that he didn't take any more on her watch! As they reoriented themselves, Uranophane set him back on the ground and they trotted towards the obstruction.

"Sure thing, we'll get you out," she replied to Sailor Orion. "Your body might still stay stuck..."

Then her boot lifted off the ground, and slammed hard into the senshi's hand.

"...but your star seed won't have any trouble moving!"

Bellatrix shook her head, "I'll just bleed more if you do. Leave them them we can get to a hospital or something," It hurt, and the arrowhead in her hip she could feel scraping against bone each time she moved, but she didn't feel like passing out due to blood loss - which was something she was clearly worried Themis would do.

"Congrats on your promotion," She said with a weak smile, trying to lighten the mood, as always.

No need to worry Orion! Sailor Neso was there!

With a trapped senshi, two Negas, and an encapsulated Princess, Neso was beginning to feel many kinds of overwhelmed. His hands felt for the dirt, coming up with a rock. "LET'S GO, OVER HERE!" he shouted.

And then he threw a rock at Uranophane.

***


"Well played, Merc," Ares said, sliding up beside Scylla. "Now lets rip her throat out." Albali was dangling above them. "ALBALI. I need your support!" There was no more explanation than that. This was a tactical strike, and it was time for the second round. Scylla was a warrior; that much was plainly clear.

Tanzanite might have been thrown into the crowd, but Ares jumped willingly, throwing an elbow before rolling to her feet. She reached a hand out, gripping for Tanzanite's hair and attempted to wrench her backward to deliver a punch to her face.

To her joy, it looked like Tanz was already primed for the kill. She punched once, and then lifted her torch above her head. "I will dance on your ******** grave," she hissed, spitting onto Tanzanite's face. Then she brought the wrought-iron pole down as hard as she could, aiming for the soft windpipe of the Negaverse general.

It was a kill shot.


***

Sailor Taranis wasn't even supposed to be there. He wasn't even supposed to have gone to warehouse by himself. He was supposed to meet Magellan for patrols. And yet, here he was -- his curiosity overwhelming him. Was this his reward for that? An all-out battle, a battle that could very well take his life?

When the Negas had appeared, Taranis was toward the back of the crowd. He took a punch to the chin, the side, the back before the Nega was ripped off of him by another senshi. It was an all-out brawl, and it was all he could do to slowly pick his way across the room, one fist at a time.

By the time he got within range of Castor, the Senshi of Sand was bleeding from a wound on the back of his head, his left eye looked swelled shut, and his lip was split. For all intents and purposes though, he looked otherwise fine. Castor, however, looked a bit worse off.

No sooner had Taranis looked at his once-close-friend that he noticed Linarite. He noted Castor beginning a charge. She's mine. He gave chase as well, leaning forward and attempting to tackle Linarite full-force to the ground.

Tears were filling her eyes as the feeling of despair was growing and taking control of her mind. She couldn't be dead. She just couldn't. Her little senshi couldn't be dead. But where was she then? Cora could not see even a glimpse of the tiny senshi of sleep. Still, she couldn't give up.

"Chibi Sailor Hypnos!!" she shouted out, louder than ever. She was closer now the place where she had been dropped but could she still hear her guardian's voice?

"Kind of wish it hadn't happened this way." No, he wasn't going to tell Bellatrix that he had almost died. No way.

Truth to be told, he was feeling a little woozy by now. He definitively wasn't going back up to fight if he could help it.

"Let me get those cuts, at least. And bandage the arrows so they don't fall out." He remained still a little longer, however, until Hypnos was done with her bandaging. "That's a nice one, Hypnos." Where had the child even learned how to do this. "Thank you."

But then, he stopped, hearing Cora's voice. "I think someone is looking for you, kiddo..." And sounded mighty worried at that.

Europa didn't smile back, but it was probably mostly because she couldn't even see straight at this point. Facial expressions were totally irrelevant when all your energy was going towards trying not to barf. Instead, she took hold of Regulus by the arm that wasn't skewered and tried her best to direct him. This was hard when you couldn't walk in a straight line.

"Um," she said, "Where are Themis and Bellatrix?"

This seemed like a good plan. It was the most coherent thought she had at the moment, at least. She waited for Regulus to tell her, and then set off shakily towards their teammates. She did her best to get them there without going off course too many times, but, again, it was sort of hard.

They finally reached the small gathering away from the fighting. Europa managed a weak smile for the pair. Then she frowned, turned away from the group, bent over, and quietly vomited. "Sorry," she whimpered. "Sorry, sorry, I'm just - so dizzy - sorry."