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He pocketed the glimmering starseed he had taken as well.

"I never intended to," Bismuthite replied, then turned to face the poor unfortunate soul that would become his next opponent, "Next contestant."

Lurching in to battle the Captain level Nega continued to knock out and maim senshi and pages to the best of his ability. Some fights were more fun than others - those who actually knew how to fight. Others were just too easy - poor little newbies with not a notch to their belt.

There was a good long while while the melee got underway, Lina coughing on the smoke that was rising out of the hole in the roof she was perched up against, that she debated turning around and getting the hell out of there. There was absolutely nothing she could do while adamantly refusing to fight the Negaverse, even though they were trying very hard to kill a good amount of the senshi.

Senshi who had made her furious earlier for wanting to talk and play nicey-nice with the Negaverse agents who couldn't see past the blinders Chaos had put on them. Did they deserve for her to stick her neck out for them? To potentially get herself put in a terribly difficult situation to talk her way out of with several people she was trying to make intellectual headway with?

But there were children inside. Child senshi to be sure but children. "Oh hell." Deciding that if she was going to go in, she was going to go big, the Knight of Mercury dropped down into the fray to target Zinkenite. Using the magical infrared of her scouter it was not hard to zero in on him, one finger tapping him lightly on the shoulder from behind.

"Soooo, what are you going to do with me Number One?"

[CHAOS roll]

Zinkenite turned sharply at the sound of her voice, even with the mask the flicker of emotions was, for a moment obvious in his eyes. Even as deeply entrenched in Chaos as he was, she was the one who had trained him; she was one of the missing staples in his life, she represented so much, even now when she had been taken in by the other side. She represented a concrete victory for Order, if nothing else.

He took a breath as though to answer but his eyes lifted towards something else, someone else approaching fast.

Albali had, for many reasons, a similar dilemma as Lina Knight. Hers was a bit more pressing however because the Senshi of Echoes relied on several things. The most dire and pressing of those was that Ares not think she had turned traitor to the oath she'd made, that Princess Ares knew how very badly her former partner wanted to continue to serve out her oath. If she antagonized the Dark Mirror Senshi or the Negaverse officers they were going to work against her, try to kill her even!

But if she refused to fight she declared herself a traitor to the senshi and a sympathizer of the 'enemy'. How in the name of science was anyone supposed to solve that conundrum?! Except if she did not go on the offensive and just looked like she was battle-ready, perhaps someone stupid and weak might attack her.

Then she would not be causing damage of her own will but defending her life against someone who was trying to take it. At least long enough that it seemed like she'd done all that a super senshi could be asked for, especially a super senshi who had no magical powers to speak of unless someone were to hit her with one first. Princess Ares' power did not count as a valid one for her to use as it was far, far stronger than anything she could have managed.

No, Albali was going to have to get in the way of something else and it wasn't going to be pretty. It was going to hurt like hell. If there was such a place, that is.

Whatever had happened to Sailor Remarque meant nothing to Tsui when she saw the blood that stained Benitoite's spear. Kallichore's blood. Her friend's blood! He, who had claimed innocence and had fed her nothing but lies. Oh, how he would PAY!

Or would, if Kallichore's grip did not pull her along. Tsui immediately argued, wanting to chase after the general but after seeing the wound on Kallichore's back, she knew she couldn't leave her, not when she was hurt trying to protect her. "I can fight, Kalli! I swear I can! Just... just tell me what I can do to help?"

Kallichore had brought her close to Pasiphae, and Tsui, hearing Kallichore's pained cough, gave up in trying to break away and instead helped her rejoin her fellow Jovians. She tried to keep a cool head, wanted to rush out and fight, but she had no idea where to start! Benitoite had disappeared behind the smoke and Remarque was likely running around as well, but neither of them mattered.

"Who's Nyx? Maybe I can help?"

Order Roll

And just like that the s**t hit the fan. Acubens was frozen in place for what seemed like forever once the attack happened. What knocked her out of her stupor was the feeling of something choking her. Like when you tried to breathe into a fan and your lungs got too full of air and you couldn't breathe at all. Jett would have been proud of the right hook she threw at the b***h. When she turned there was a dark mirror senshi, draining her. Well, if that wasn't just adding injury to insult. And beyond that... across from her... God, she'd recognize him anywhere. And now he was here... attacking... But... Again, Acubens felt herself fall subject to her emotions.

She took her stance, like a runner at the starting line. Holding that position, Acubens growled her attack, "Velociraptor Agility..." Wait... no... that wasn't it at all. Her attack was Velociraptor Dash... Why had she said...

And then she was off, the three second charge having expired. Having never actually tried this attack before this moment, Acubens was a little caught off guard by the speed she took off with. In any other situation, she'd be thrilled. Alright, new costume and a new attack... But she was far too devastated.

I trusted you. I trusted you. I trusted you. I. Trusted. You!

Acubens slammed into Remarque with all the momentum she'd saved up, nearly knocking the wind out of her own lungs. She did, however, have the presence of mind to grab a hold of his gossamer coat as she did so, clinging to him and baring her teeth.

"I trusted you," she growled as they both hit the floor. "I <********> trusted you." She didn't realize she'd raised her fist at Remarque until it connected with his jaw. "I trusted you!" This time louder, she screamed it like a battle cry as she went in for another blow.

Super Sailor Scout Attack:
Velociraptor Agility
Type Offensive
Duration and Timing The charge lasts five seconds. She can use this attack once every three minutes, and can only attack twice, with just enough energy left over for a Velociraptor Dash after a five minute charging period.
Uses A power up of her first attack, Micah now is able to get up to cheetah speed. Besides that, however, he is also a great deal more agile. She can now turn, for instance, and while it may not be on a dime, at least she can change direction. She can also stop sooner and without having to run into things.
Drawbacks Because the turns are still pretty sloppy, it's still pretty easy to dodge Micah's attack. It's still also pretty hard to stop, so Micah might actually end up running into something while she is trying to do so.

"********.. off, Iris." Were the first words Kailash managed to get out when the coughing began to subside. He could still feel the lingering effects of the smoke in his lungs, but the haze itself was slowly and finally beginning to lift and clear. Well, not totally but better than before it seemed. Be it natural or because of all the attacking, it was still easier to breathe now... kind of.

With one nice clearing of his throat, the green haired page pushed himself to his knees and pried an eye open to a small sliver to figure out exactly what was going on around him. Well, a cluster ******** was the best description but beside him was Nysa and apparently that purple senshi girl had been deposited along with them. Oh goodie. Were they out? He couldn't tell. Oh god, was he supposed to protect them now? God dammit, Iris!

Where the hell was she, he mentally grumbled to himself as he staggered to his feet. So.. many people, were there really this many powered people fighting each other? "the ********..." he wheezed out, yellow eyes twitching as they looked around for that familiar blonde.

Knowing his luck she was in that coffin - - why the hell was there a coffin?!