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Kat was happy to see that her team waste no time in getting to work. Tamagachi quickly suggested that they bring in all the environmental elements they could, before returning to his reading. She was pleased to note that his book of choice was the Hounds of Baskerville. Beasts hidden in mists, what a lovely idea.

From there Morigan and Garet bounced ideas back and forth, the first jotting details and ideas as they came to an agreement. Already they had several field operatives in the works, one especially made for communication, one for stealth and one for front line bull dosing. They also had several side ideas they wanted to throw by the strategists before going into more detailed production. Like diversion specialists, and doppelgangers.

Kat watched as papers flew, words became heated before settling on a concept, and papers pinned up with details of the creations they were going to propose. She was impressed with their speed and glad they were taking the time crunch so seriously.

Then she looked to the side and saw Nemo, absorbed in his thoughts, a frown forcing his brows low over his eyes. She wanted to go to him and speak words of encouragement, but they all had their jobs to do. His was to get himself prepared to make copies of the strike teams. She didn't want to get in the way of whatever prep work such a challenge might require. So she silently sent him her prayers for success and made sure to stay near the middle of their base camp. If anything should go wrong, it was up to her to keep them safe. Shielding was her specialty after all.

Suddenly, there was no time left. Head shooting up, Nemo watched a kids scattered or else gathered in groups. Someone had made an error. Their little ragtag group of Hex students were up against professional bad guys. In all their planning, they had not anticipated the enemy to make the first move, let alone before they were ready to counter it. He sighed as he heard the first signs of battle, knowing their element of surprise had been lost.

"Well, a good strategist has a backup plan when the main route is blocked," he murmured as he pushed to his feet. Walking quickly to the table, he put his palms on its surface, leaning into the huddle of hushed voices.

"Stop with the brainstorming. Get what you got into play now, or scrap it," he ground out, trying to stay calm. The agitation had caused Palian to lift a metaphysical ear and the response caused Nemo to groan softly. But the notion gave him an idea. Stepping back, he waited for their little creations to take form.

Instinct overrode caution as Kat stood in the center of the makeshift camp. Those of her group that were not part of the front line attack were soon enveloped in a large red colored dome. Her power flared magnificently as she raised her protective barrier. She had never done a barrier quite as big as this before, nearly twenty feet in diameter and ten feet high, and the effort shown in her furrowed brow.

"Pre-production meeting over. Better get it on stage before the audience starts getting reckless," she said, her voice strained with concentration.

As a unit, her team set about creating their pieces. The most widely accepted and easily adapted were the hounds. They were large and bulky and easily produced in packs. Their teeth were large and their eyes red. Easily the size of bears, they made for good intimidation. In less than a minute the team created a pack of more than twenty and sent them on their way to follow the wolf, giving him aid when needed. Not used to the effort of mass production, they had to take a moment to gather their strength before tackling another of the creations they had concocted.

Reaching a hill top Ryo jumped in the air and morphed back shooting more of them down while dodging their own more deadly weapons. He heard his newly created pack in the distance and quickly morphing back into his wolf form to join them. Howling to get the attention of a large group the vicious beasts attacked. Doing his best to even get the attention of the guards Fyte was entertaining. As much as Ryo hated this he bit and ripped anything he could sink his teeth into.

This is why he and Tsukiko hated fighting. What good was going to come out of this. Them saving Tsukiko sure, but what costs. He would have a hard time convincing her that saving her was worth it. All he need to know was the she was loved. If his was to die in this fight, he had to make sure someone would take care of her. Jumping to a high point he morphed back and began shooting charges at the army. He didn't aim to hurt or graze, his shots had become deadly as he began to pick these bastards off one by one.

This battle was long since coming. Ever since they had sentenced them all the that prison tension had silently risen. A sanctuary was still a prison when you are forced there against your will. This fight was more than Tsukiko, it was to prove they weren't just children. They were a force to be reckoned with.

"FOR HEXES!" He called into the air raising his gun that turned into a scythe in a quick flash of light. His voice echoed around him and with out noticed he heard the battle cry chanted through out the forest. Taking a moment to look at the mansion he nodded. "Tsukiko I'll be there soon hold on." With that he jumped back into the fight slicing his way through with out remorse.

Nemo pulled Tamagachi to the side, whispering a few words into his ear. After a few quiet exchanges and a nod from the asian, Nemo managed a plan at last. It was only going to work in theory, but at this point it was all he had to grasp. Their time was pressingly short.

Then he heard the combined shout of many voices and knew that now was the time to put theory to action. Before the last of the hounds left to aid Ryo, Nemo laid his hands on its massive shoulder. The beast was still under his hands, patiently awaiting its orders.

"Come on Palian. We need you now. She needs you," he said under his breath as he felt within for the demon that lay poisoned in the recesses of his mind. The demon was too weak, but since he was not looking at him from the outside, it hardly mattered that his eyes didn't open. Nemo could feel his awareness.

It had always frightened him, knowing that something of his own creation had the capacity for self awareness. He wasn't about to admit that Palian didn't frighten him anymore, but he knew that without his demon, Tsukiko would surely die. Or worse.

"Come out demon. Your duty is to serve and protect. Do it now," Nemo murmured with force. He was too awake to bring Palian to the physical realm himself, but with the aid of his fellow animators, Nemo had thought of a way around that.

The hound that stood poised for battle trembled under his hands. Then abruptly it started bubbling, as if its composition were unstable. With a furious roar, the hound made a loud pop sound and what stood before him was a great white tiger. It's eyes looked intelligently at Nemo.

'Thank you,' he said mind to mind. They stood face to face, both knowing they had done something seemingly impossible. Then the moment ended, time continued onward, and he darted out of the safety of Kat's barrier, knocking aside the men who tried to puncture it with their guns. He had a mission, and by the word of his master, Palian was bound to carry it out.

Ace looks at his counter part and can tell he was previously in a firefight, better yet he sustained damage enough to place Ace in a very serious advantage. "You know you could just quit now.. I mean you look like s**t." Ace says using his time magic to form a clock hanging above both his head and his opponent. "Counterclock" He says as the hands start to slowly tick backwards. This didn't do anything in particular unless time magic was used. As the hands further went back in minutes so did the persons power. There were no gauges or bars to represent your power, there was just the continual tick of the hands second by second.

Ace laughs as his opponent mocks him and even uses Counterclock. "I wont let you win this way... I knew I was going to lose before I even fought you, hell I even fought with the Fyte who had come here from my timeline only to lose. How pathetic is that? Well don't worry I plan on making it so we both lose." Ace ran at his opponent and slashes a couple times only to be blocked, but after the block he drops his blades and grabs ahold of the original Ace's wrists. The original Ace used this opportunity to push forward and stab him in the chest, but it was too late. Rusty gold glittered chains started to appear around both of their hands and the clock above them disappeared. "We both lose." With that the second Ace falls and disappears fading into a glittery dust.

Ace's eyes widen as the second Ace used his last attack and faded to nothing. Ace hadn't killed him... no, the last attack did. It was called "Time Null" Anything caught in it by contact started from the user "Example as First Ace touching the other" both are erased from the time stream. Usually a last ditch effort used between two time users (Even though this is the only case ever to happen) it is hard to pull off and achieve as close proximity and time is needed.

Ace falls to his knees as the Time Lock ends and time flows again around the area. Ace drops his weapons and a steam of tears begin to form. he looked down and his feet and legs start to glow showing he is starting to fade away. Picking up his phone he calls Alessa knowing his time is coming again and unfortunately the Ace replacing him will have lived his life as though he had never talked to Alessa and barely the rest of the others if that. He would have the memories of that up to the dance as though he never met them and had never been captured. Once the phone was answered Ace couldn't help but cry "Hey.. Hey Alessa, sorry about not meeting up with you again.. I... I am kinda in trouble and I wanted you to know to take care of the new Ace that appears alright.... He.. He isn't going to know a lot as he hasn't met you yet, but take care of him. I got into a fight with the new Ace that came before.. I told you about him right? Well we fought and I won, but.. The b*****d used a time ability to take me out aswell... GOD I JUST LOST MY LEGS!" Ace cries out as he legs disappear and the rest of his body starts to glow.

((New Ace coming, but he will remember certain events. Poor Alessa She now has to kick his a**, also the second Fyte is still around if you guys don't remember, just no one noticed yet.))

As the scream pierced through the air, a chill ran through Fyte's body. No…they couldn't have…

"TSUKIKO!!" Fyte screamed, and the air surrounding her seemed to explode. Anyone within five feet of the girl was instantly hurled backwards by the pulse of air, caused by the sheer terror and anger filling her. Taking advantage of her boost in power, she literally blasted her way to the entrance, sending pressurized balls of air at anyone who dared to come close to her. Charging straightforward, she slammed her shoulder into the heavy wooden doors. If she had to take apart the building brick by brick with her bare hands, Fyte was determined to do so.

[[Again, not the best from Fyte OTL I do have an idea for a slight plot twist/more s**t happening, but I'm not too sure how to work it in…what with everything that's going on (and not happening quite yet)]]

The moment the tiger fled the scene, Nemo felt completely drained. He collapsed into the nearest chair that had survived the chaos before Kat erected her barrier. Even now, he saw the billowing dome quiver with each shot that rang against it. They may be strong, but he was not so heartened as to believe that she could keep it up forever. The effort was clear on her furrowed brow and lightly shaking hands.

Although the men in the area had parted or been knocked aside during Palian's release, none of them were put down for good or for long. In fact it seemed that more of them had come to swell their numbers and surround the barrier. Several poked and prodded the shield, all repelled rather violently. But they knew all they would have to do was wait. The others were out there trying to save their friend, while these ones were essentially bait. And bait often got eaten, or taken.

"How much time do we have?" he asked directly, his eyes half lidded with exhaustion. How long had it been since he last slept again? It seemed like forever. It was odd to think that it was not falling asleep that he was now scared of, but that if he did he might not live to awaken.

"Give us ten minutes and we'll have the second volley ready to push back," Tamagachi said at the same time that Kat murmured, "five." With his thumb stuck between his teeth, Nemo tried to think of a way to end this before that barrier came down.

The white tiger streamed through the misted night, roaring as he passed the various fighters and pushing the men they fought that happened to be in his way. He saw the hounds, running in swift packs with Ryo, pushing back those that he would have otherwise been unable to if alone. Right before he angled to meet them, his pale blue eyes caught sight of a lone girl, running headlong into the front doors. With a smile, he changed direction to meet her.

Barreling through the crowds of fighters, Palian slammed through the front doors on Fyte's tail. His large muzzle was parted as he panted from the running, exposing his massive fangs as he scanned the open entrance.