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Since Morrigan had first brought out her spears with intent, Quint's expression had vanished, but during a small breath from his nose, it returned, he smugly showing a fanged tooth in his grin. It was true that he was mid-cast, but it didn't mean the spell had to finish, his ice would just be weaker as a result. However, he had thought out the spears. If there was an overall thesis of their first battle, it would be that Morrigan's spears were very rigid, and therefore brittle. Quint was able to snap them back then with his strength alone.

Imagine what would happen if the javelins were made very cold, then hit with a wall-like object? Throwing his hands out in front, an antarctic blast of frozen air dug deep within the spears' very core, chilling each projectile well below negative thirty Celsius. The next parts of his equation were already prepared, Quint now bringing them close to his sides, fists clenched and thumbs facing the chest.

There were a number of spears, but there was no misdirection, so easily each shattered as stony gloves impacted hard, remainders of shafts avoided by sidling left as his arms methodically cracked each projectile.

No time at all..What's the deal?! Quint pleaded qucikly, YOU didn't even know where you were, so what? Pissed I broke a couple trophies to save the house?! Get off it!

Ryukyn looked at the fight between the two and shook his head, he wasn't sure what had happened, but it looked like Quint was severly outmatching Morrigan for the moment, from what he heard, Morrigan had a lot more power than she was showing right now. Still, it was a fun fight to watch, and maybe he could make it a bit more fun. "Hey Quint, do a barrel roll!" Ryukyn yelled, trying to distract him so this would be a bit more exciting.

In the last few seconds before Morrigan came into contact with Quint, her headwings slid down from her forehead to her fists and feet, creating long, single blades that curved from her knuckles to her elbow and from her toes, up her legs and ending at her knees. As soon as she caught up to him, she unleashed a series of punches and kicks, surprisingly skilled considering her normal reliance on other forms of attack, and mostly aimed at cutting his arms and legs.

As Morrigan was being thrown, she managed to slice Quint's back before Quint forced her airborne. As soon as this happened, she stretched her wings to fly... only to realize too late that they had become unusable frozen spikes. What made it even more unfortunate was that she had landed on her back, pushing the icicles straight though her torso. For a moment, she lay there, staring in shock as the holes in her chest and stomach produced a tar-like blood before she succumbed to the pain of her wounds.

"... You... how could you... how..."

Lilith had been watching the whole scene unfold from behind some low clouds hanging in the sky. As soon as she had seen what had happened, she rushed down to Morrigan's side, pushing Quint out of the way. However...

Something was wrong. Not the gaping wounds, but something else. It was obvious both to the naked eye and to the aura she was (or rather, wasn't) radiating. Lilith bent down beside her and poked her a few times.

"Ummm... this isn't Morrigan."

"Well," Lilith started, "First of all, her blood is black. We have red blood, like you." She kept poking her, not taking her eyes off her as she spoke. "And I can't seem to fuse with her. This definitely isn't Morrigan; it's just some cheap copy." With that, she wrapped a wing around her leg, forming a long, large blade around her calf, heel and foot, raised it up and brought it down on "Morrigan's" neck, decapitating her.

"It wasn't even a very good copy. I wouldn't waste your sister's time."

"I'm just wondering where this thing came from." Lilith thought aloud. "And why did it look like Morri?"

Suddenly, Lilith had an idea. "Hey, um, Quintie, you're good with chemicals and, well, alchemicals maybe? Can you find out what this is and where it came from. It obviously knew about Morri, so maybe we can use it to find her!"

"Well, actually, I don't think these are even real minions that she had,"Lilith said, taking a closer look at the protruding icicles coming from the copy's torso. "If they were real, they wouldn't be frozen solid like this, see?" She was still poking it in random spots that were close to her. "Whatever this is, it's completely new. I... I think that maybe Morri's minions messed up and summoned the wrong person..."

Now even Lilith was getting frustrated. "Who would do such a thing? Who would disguise themselves as my sister and try to attack you? You didn't actually kill any of her bats, because it looks like the ones you used were all fake... so why would it ignore everyone else to try to kill just you?"