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Jen had to hulk out, the rush of students as they tried to escape were pushing her back. Suddenly whoever were pushing were suddenly faced with a wall of green sexy.

"What kind of heroes are you guys?" Jen shouted. "C'mon, she's calling for back up or casting a spell!"

Teddy had been sitting a a row behind Billy. At first, he had wanted to sit beside him, but he realized that it probably wouldn't have been appropriate. You know, given that they weren't together anymore. Even though it might look like they were since they came in together. But, well, you know, if their relationship were to be broadcasted on facebook, it would simply be stated as "it's complicated".

Teddy applauded politely when Hartley got his reward, and then his eyes widened in shock when Billy was called to the stage...and when it was announced that he would be leaving to be a Priest at New Salem. What the heck was New Salem? Wasn't that a brand of cigarettes? Teddy looked around confused, his brain hurtling back to recall his lessons about history. Salem...the cat on Sabrina the Teenage Witch? Nope. Salem...Salem...witch trials? Teddy frowned, watching his ex-boyfriend go to the podium to speak.

"That's not English," he muttered, an astute observation. Teddy leaned forward in his chair as the smoke began to pour from around Billy. He felt himself shifting, and yet this time he realized that he had some control over it. He was doing it because he wanted to protect someone. Maybe it was just habit -- like the time he'd stopped those kids who were beating up Billy in the hallway. He had to protect Billy. Even if Billy was being a terrible turd to him, and Billy was not his boyfriend. Even if Billy was being rude to their friends, and he had never really made Teddy feel valued enough, he wasn't going to just let him be possessed and screwed over.

Teddy's body shifted, and some of the students who weren't familiar with it shied away, giving him looks of horror and mild disgust. Even Hartley seemed to cringe. He felt the sting of that dull ache, and he shoved a chair aside, striding slowly down the aisle, watching as that Sananananananana b***h poured out of his ex-boyfriend, leaving him as an empty corpse on the ground, all the remnants of a once and future weirdo.

Maybe that was what had drawn him to Billy. Being a misfit, not because he was gay, but because he was this average looking kid who sometimes turned into a large green freak with scales on his skin and an exoskeleton of sorts on his shoulders. Billy was a nerd and a spaz. That was more than enough to stop him from fitting in.

As the fireball lifted in the air and every single other kid who wanted to be a hero ran towards the stage (not to actually help Billy because they cared, but to look cool), Teddy decided that this was going to be his particular fight right now because he was a big green monster, and he could do that sort of thing if he felt like it. Whether he'd talk to Billy after remained to be seen, but someone had to stick up for a spaz when he was down. And right now, Billy was his spaz. Well, not technically, but nobody else would claim him.

Without a thought for the consequences, Teddy lifted a metal folding chair and sent it hurtling square into Sananananana's lower back, watching as she lurched forward. It wasn't really going to help much given that she was some sort of powerful demon hooker beast, but he'd seen it on RAW, so it had seemed like a good idea at the time.

Charging towards the stage, he grabbed Billy's body and threw him over his shoulder, quickly running behind the curtain.

After a great make-out fest with Scandal and her weird friends showing up, Dani was a little ticked that this damn assembly interrupted her fun. Worse then that she hurt Billy and was attacking her friends. Withcbalde took over form this point and Dani let it.

Santana may be centuries old, but so was Witchblade with hundreds of generations of woman's talent and knowledge of the blade behind her. Coupled with it's own mystical and scientific abilities as well.

Arming her Witchblade she formed a massive sword, erupting on stage and swung her mystical weapon at the demon woman's body. There was not witty banter, no warriors cry for blood. There was one thing on her mind. Vengeance.

And the Wichblade wanted blood. For once Dani wouldn't hesitate to comply with it' needs. Her strikes here precise and accurate, like and with a dancer's deadly grace.

This b%^$h was going down!

Thanks, Jen.

*Chris looked around as kids ran everywhere. He didn't want to sound too much like Lois Lane, but where was Superboy when you needed him?*

We need to clear the room to give the magic club, Thor, and Dani some room. They're best equipped to deal with her.

Despite the setback of the kids mustering up the courage to fight back against Satanna, the goal had been accomplished by "Satan's Daughter". The school's protective wards against the dark arts had been grossly weakened.

Although the five New Salem leaders outside of the gates could not enter the grounds -- yet -- some spells could.

So much the better to help weaken the defenses and clear the field for the Nexus to be taken, by force if necessary. The witches cast their arms upwards and dark clouds of fog emanated forth and passed through the gates...

INSIDE OF THE ASSEMBLY HALL...

Jennifer Kale and Klarion were fighting their hardest against Satanna who was now feeling the effects of the struggle against these super empowered teenagers. She was more experienced, and more powerful, but the numbers were most assuredly not in her favor! As one member of the magic club fired a spell at her and Satanna was able to deflect it, another member was already summoning their magic and sending it at her again!

Not even Jennifer or Klarion could fully finish her off, but they were providing the necessary distraction for the others to end this and get this she-demon out of their school grounds...

Meanwhile, toward the back of the assembly hall, Karen Starr and a few others had taken charge of the evacuation of the kids with lesser powers or no active powers at all, in order to get them to safety.

Several kids escaped the hall and ran out onto the grounds only to stop fast in their tracks!

Lisa and Len Snart stopped fast and found themselves staring down a pack of hell hounds! Great canine beasts that resembled a Doberman turned inside out, and snarling with flames dancing along it's flesh!

Other dark, twisted shapes rose up from the ground, readying to take the fight to these children... among them, the New Salem witches' prized pet...

The dart cloud swirled and on the ground was a smile, reptillian creature. It slowly stood and spread it's bite sized wings.. and it started gowing larger, and larger!

The kids looked up until the beast finished its rise, and they found themselves being stared at by an honest to god adult dragon! The monster, the size of two city buses, reared on its hind legs with wings spread and it bellowed a challenge!

From inside the assembly hall, the kids still inside could hear the roar, and the screams that followed!

In the midst of the chaos inside of the assembly, Achilles remained steadfast at his sister's side, unwilling to risk that harm might come to her. Sifing with her and their friends in combat... it was a release. One much needed.

He chanced a glance at the retreating kids when *it* caught his eye, forcing him to do a double take.

Was that ... could it be!? A ... dragon!?

Achilles almost resembled a child on Christmas morning with the twinkle in his eye as his clothes morphed into his Greek armor. He slowly pulled his sword from its scabbard and he said to Cassie...

"Sister, do me a favor. Have someone fetch Mysia for me, would you?"

And he started pushing his way through the crowd of kids running in all directions as he made for the outside and the roaring reptillian beast!

Clark Kent:

::Where was Superboy when you needed him? Well, Headmistress Prince had asked him to patrol Midvale while all the teachers were in the assembly. She knew Clark wasn't one for awards so this was a way all of the teachers could be at the ceremony.

Lois Lane had, naturally, become jealous that Linda got to talk to Kid Flash so she demanded (another)interview with Superboy. This is why both Clark and Lois missed the assembly, he took Lois on his patrol.

When the roof of the auditorium exploded, Clark banked back towards the school with Lois in his arms. They spotted the New Salem witches at the outskirts of the school and Clark landed in the woods, setting Lois down.::

Let me handle this, Lois. Stay here.

::He stepped out of the tree line and approached the New Salemites from behind.::

Excuse me, is there a problem?