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He crouched, looking down and watching as lights flashed and weapons were thrown and swiped. It was a mess of color, from the dark tones of Negaverse uniforms, to the bright rainbow array of senshi uniforms. To be honest, it was rather hard to make out who was who, and he found himself preforming a different form of Where’s Waldo (Where’s Leto) in the mix of it.

Europa’s eagerness to find Leto and end her made him smile. “Not really smart on relying on the one-eyed guy to find anything.” He said, one of the few times he would ever joke about his handicap. Looking down, he rose up and started to walk along the scaffolding as he looked below, trying to pick apart fights and different signatures to find one that spoke to him. One DMC signature stood out, but it wasn’t Leto. “Seems Remaque is occupied.” He commented, gesturing at the man below. It was the perfect time if any to find Leto while the other officer was distracted.

And as if to answer this thought, he spotted her. “There she is.” He said, pointing down to where Leto was among her own. He moved closer to Europa. Placing a hand at her, he smiled. “Be ready to fight.”
To which he teleported her and him down in front of Leto.

He already spotted a page beside her, but paid that officer no mind. He was here for Leto alone, and moved in, hoping the Page had enough sense to back off.

Moving in, he went for a swift kick at her side. "Surprise again!" He said, using Buddingtonite's little call from before.

Leto's eyes narrowed suspiciously as the masked man continued to speak.Does it sound familiar? She swallowed as he continued, and suddenly Leto realized that she could hardly feel the energy signatures that should be emanating from Lellouch, Alkaid and what she assumed were Negaverse Agents. Cats, there had to be cats. She looked around the factory, trying to keep her cool as he spoke.

And then he whistled and Leto was pretty sure she was going to vomit. How the hell could she have been so stupid?

This could not be happening. She took an instinctive step backwards and looked at Damocles, horror-struck and suddenly the word 'surprise' was being yelled and enemies were dropping down around them. As a Page (Andronicus) stepped up to her and offered her help, Leto cringed but nodded with a quick "Thank you" before she pressed her way through the quickly growing chaos.

She needed to find that son of a b***h that was clearly the ring-leader in all of this. She stopped when she heard a familiar voice call out -- to the Negaverse -- and her heart practically lept out of her chest. Zirconia was asking for DMC starseeds. Which means... Did someone get killed? Leto looked around the large expanse frantically for a dropped body, but it was impossible to see anything clearly in the midst of battle and saw dust being dropped upon them. She would have to go back and find people later.

What mattered right now was the masked man that started this. Leto continued to push through the ever-growing crowd, practically deaf to the yelling of Senshi attacks and battle cries around her. Little did she know that he was hunting her as well. When he dropped down next to her and immediately kicked her side, She stumbled slightly, completely unexpecting the surprise attack. Quickly getting her footing, she hurled her entire body weight at the man, her shoulder dropped in an attempt to ram him in the gut.

Remarque's defense was hardly anything to brag about. Above the belt, his years of boxing had prepared him to take and give a blow. Anything below the belt? Kicking wasn't fair game in the ring; even if he'd known what Thraen was doing, the only way to dodge it would have been to jump and Remarque just didn't have that in him.

As soon as contact was made, he realized he was going down; he just wasn't going to do it alone. He gripped the front of the senshi's uniform as gravity pulled him down. Either he was taking Thraen with him, or he was going to ******** up his uniform trying. And just in case? He threw a punch at the senshi's general direction, anyway. Now or later, it didn't matter; he was going to pay him back for that kick.

In the flurry of movement, he noticed a familiar face--Acubens--though in his current predicament he wasn't in much of a position to talk to her. He made a mental note to check up on her soon, though; he didn't want her getting hurt like in the last ambush.

Europa had never teleported before, and she had to admit she was a little jealous. This was far more convenient than any power she had at her disposal, never mind that the surge of chaotic energy that made her head spin. Upon landing, she was glad that WP made the first move - she needed a second to get her bearings, and as Leto moved to counter the general with a powerful body slam, Europa sidestepped them both, raising her fists. Her attacks would give them a definite advantage over Leto, but she didn't want to risk WP getting caught in the crossfire - that would turn things very bad, very quickly.

"Surprise, b***h," she said, gritting her teeth and lunging forward, grabbing the wings at the small of Leto's back and pulling, trying to haul her away from WP. It had been a long time since she'd stared Leto down in their old apartment. She'd been too scared to make a move then - but now she was ready to fight back. They'd come a long way.

But this was going to end here and it was going to end tonight and it was going to end by her hand. Just how it should have always been done.

Europa swung her fist back, her sights set on Leto's face. She'd made a vow about what she was going to do when she got her hands on her, and she meant to keep it.

The wings came off in her hands, and Europa tossed them quickly aside. She'd only need these as a trophy if she couldn't take Leto's heart - and in that case, then this wouldn't really be a fight worth taking trophies from. Failure was not an option, she thought. Failure was not-

Leto's fist caught her across the jaw, and Europa staggered back from the other senshi for a moment, her head spinning. She pressed her tongue against her teeth for a moment, felt nothing loose or broken, and pressed forward again, only to be caught in the stomach by Leto's jab. Europa winced, and tried to push through the hit. Tantalus had already caught her in the same spot, but you didn't make it to Eternal without learning how to take a hit.

"Try both," she snarled at Leto, aiming to return the gut punch with one of her own with her right hand. "I can't bring her back, but I can sure as hell take you down, you face-stealing c**t."

Europa had dreamed of this moment for years, and she wasn't about to waste it. Bravado had its place, certainly, but words alone weren't going to destroy Leto. Europa followed her right fist with her left, hoping to knock Leto back with two hits in quick succession.

The girl in Acubens' arms trashed a little and Acubens almost laughed. Calm down little fighter, just relax. She almost didn't hear the girl's response over the sound of the Dark Mirror girl's attack. Almost. When it did register in her mind the blood shunted from Acubens' extremities to her core. Her face paled and her knees went a little gooey. So this is what her court had resorted to? They were teaming up with absolute evil to exterminate neutral?

In the next moment, Acubens' foot was stomped on, causing her to shriek in the senshi's ear, what with her mouth being so close and all. She tightened her grip again, leaning in close as she ignored the ringing in her ears and the pain in her foot.

"Well in that case," Acubens muttered darkly, nuzzling her nose along the shell of her victim's ear, "you have to go."

She let go of the senshi after that. But only for a moment before she slammed both of her fists into either of her ears. It had happened to Acubens once, a long time ago. She couldn't hear for the rest of the night and her balance was shoddy at best. She wasn't sure how hard she was hitting back this time, but with any luck at least it disabled her opponent a little.

She nodded at Acubens and looked around for the ones she described. Well she found the madi gra one (Remarque), but so had Acubens. The senshi she'd been talking to before was surrounded but those power signatures. Andronicus winced and turned back to the colorful one who was fighting with a.... walking nymph? She honestly couldn't tell but she jogged up behind them and went to smack Thraen in the back of the head with her mace.

"HEY. Leave the party senshi alone!" It was only after she was there did she realize the power level different.

... Ah crap...

Penthesilea swore again when Acubens shrieked in her ear - she had hoped that stomping on her foot would make Acubens let go, but no, apparently not. And damn it all, she'd found someone who was not only dedicated to the Dark Mirror but determined and willing to hurt Order senshi to defend them.

Acubens's nose against her ear was far, far too intimate for her to be anything like comfortable, and she stomped backwards again, aiming for the same foot.

"You're the one pickin' sides with freaky mirror zombies," she snapped.

The fists against the sides of her head were unexpected and the sudden loss of anything even resembling equilibrium, combined with Chariklo's leg against the back of her calves, meant that she was already going down. The only thing keeping her from collapsing was Chariklo's hand in her hair.

Vaguely, she considered that she would have to remember that move, and that perhaps she might want to cut her hair at some point, because it was far, far too much of a vulnerability.



Persephone smiled. Well, she could give this Lieutenant credit for his dramatics, certainly, and dramatics were something she would always be fond of. So, in the end, was dying for what you believed - so when she withdrew her boot, it was to reach a hand out to catch him, and cradle his body.

"It's too bad that you won't have time to learn the truth, little Lieutenant. It really is. You could've grown into a proper soldier someday, with all that enthusiasm. But you're wrong. Your darling, precious White Phoenix has made a mistake, and it is one he will be punished for. You, unfortunately,m are paying for his poor decisions with your life."

Her hand snaked out, sinking into his chest and gripping his starseed. She held it for a few brief seconds before she jerked it out, and lowered his body to the ground. Before she stood, she closed his eyes - as she had once seen her past image do to another person who had been given a merciful end.

She took a moment to examine the starseed. "Maybe next time around, hmm, Lieutenant?" She asked the tiny glowing gem. For a moment, she considered crushing it - but no, to end his life not only now but forever would be far too cruel. So she slipped it into the layers of her sashes, where it should sit comfortably until she could get it home.