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Alexis knew the moment her swing came down that she missed Claudia, that much was obvious when she struck the floor. The silver wood didn't even take a scratch. Alexis then looked up and through her flowing blonde bangs she saw Claudia dodging away - realising that she couldn't dodge Alexis' back-up attack. With a grin she watched Claudia get sent soaring across the deck, but it didn't last long. Claudia was conjuring a giant black arrow - the work of Declasia's teachings no doubt - it was all still a mystery to her, shadowmancy was a difficult subject to understand if you're one of the arcane.

Reluctantly Nyru commanded his weapon to re-gather itself, this way of fighting an elemental-fae wasn't going to work. Laxion had all the air up here to bend at his command. Laxion stood up, taking in a deep breath now that he wasn't straining so hard to defend himself. That was when Claudia went flying past, and in slow motion Nyru's stomach twisted, but Claudia had a back-up. Alexis and Laxion both watched the two great arrows of darkness coming straight at them, and Nyru watched in awe as their aim was deadly accurate. Laxion knew that all the air he conjured wouldn't protect him from the power of this shot, and he saw by Nyru's posture in the corner of his vision that he would follow through with a combo to finish him off. Alexis meanwhile had a split second to react - all of this happened in a split second, when you were in danger everything would move like a dream, reality moving slower and slower, giving you time to think.

Suddenly Laxion raised his spear, and in an instant the sound of metal rang out, the vibrations searing through his wrists when the dark arrow collided and the energy spread to his hands. He couldn't hold on and the spear went flying off between him and Nyru. Alexis however had a fraction of a second longer being just that bit further away. She pulled her scythe back, the blade straightened into staff form and with a heave she pushed forwards releasing a beam of arcane energy that glowed purple and blue, the black arrow soared through it - the concentrated shadow being too strong. In a last effort she let the arrow hit her spear and once it's body was locked into the various patterns of her spear tip she managed to use all her strength to deflect it aside. It hit the deck with a shuddering blow, leaving her dazed for some seconds. When she looked up she could see Nyru charging towards Laxion, and even further behind that something more frightful caught her eye. Claudia.

Her stomach tightened, Claudia was reaching out and even from here Alexis could see that cry of help suddenly over Claudia's face. She looked to the side - everything moved slowly again, she saw Lucas. He had noticed too, but judging by the way that he was grasping a hold of the railing behind him as he turned she knew he didn't have anything fast enough to catch her. Alexis could have gasped.

Laxion was only just able to bring up his hand quick enough to defend himself from Nyru's blade. His palm hit the sword's side, and with a glow of green and a small gust of wind he guided the blade down and around to his right, but Nyru saw an opening even if he couldn't use his sword. Letting going of the blade with one hand he brought his forearm across Laxion's chest and dived down, pinning Laxion to the floor with a mighty grin on his face. "The submissive one ag-" he tried to tease, but before he could finish a shimmer of blue dust whipped by them, and a chill rushed through their spines. Laxion could see it all over Nyru's shoulders, well - he thought he saw clones, all over the place in one singular second that looked just like Alexis - but they were all made entirely of arcane magic. And in a second they were gone.

What they didn't see what teh world as Alexis could see it. When she saw Lucas' reaction it was only a reflex action now to give up the fight and do her best to save Claudia. From all her years hunting down the servants of Zoltan in the past, and growing as old as a middle-aged woman mentally, she had learned all the small things. Like what someone's face is trying to say. Claudia's, hope and fear. Lucas', realisation of a fate already sealed. Small bodily gestures ina fight that would predict the enemies next move. Alexis had pulled her eyes from Lucas and dropped her staff, it fell and fell towards the floor, until its tip 'chinked' on the deck. Alexis' foot left the ground as she turned and in her open palm came the blue crystal from the staff. This was when the flash of blue happened. Alexis caught the crystal like her palm was a magnet to metal, she felt the crystal's power rush through her. She felt the connection with the Sapphire Jewel, through this crystal she channeled it all, all the way from the new Jewel Tower. As time moved slowly for her, her body vanished, and her soul searched every single parallel dimension, ever past present and future within the past and next few seconds where she could save Claudia from falling off the edge. Each one appeared as if flicking through the pages of a book. For a milisecond she appeared near Lucas, and then near Laxion, and the process repeated over and over and over each milisecond until she found that one plausible moment that she could safe her. That was when she used the jewels power to pull it into this reality. And in that moment she appeared over the ledge and with an extended hand grabbed Claudia in her spare hand.

Laxion looked to his left and saw Alexis leaning over, her blue crystal in hand, no weapon,a nd her other reaching for something. "Where's Claudia?" Laxion asked, "Nyru!". They both shot up faster than they thought they could to see Lucas then by Alexis' side. Alexis' face was tight as she held tightly onto Claudia's hand, Lucas was then leaning over, grabbing Claudia's other hand to heave her up and over. When she was, Alexis leaned back on the railing and slid down until her bum touched the floor, breathing heavily she could barely speak. "Claudia..." she began, realising her mistake, "I'm sorry - I didn't... mean to knock you off"

Nyru rushed to Claudia's side, putting a hand on her shoulder as his helm collapsed into a circlet. Laxion similarly rushed to Alexis - after having seen what she did just as Claudia did. Before anything else was said however Claudia was nudging into Alexis, saying she was sorry instead. Lucas stood over them, like a beacon of light with the sun behind him. Alexis looked surprised, then she gazed down at Claudia beside her, "It's not your fault, Claudia. I got carried away and underestimated the power of my Crystal Link" Alexis looked down at the glowing crystal in her hand. It was dim now, it was spent after channeling so much energy from the Sapphire Jewel half-way across the world. "I'll learn from this - anyway. You're fine, right?"
"She's right" Lucas chimed in, his sword's tip balanced against the ground, his hands crossed over the edge of the hilt at his waist. With a small smile he spoke to Claudia, "You mustn't blame yourself for failing, only for choosing not to act. In this circumstance you could not act - and thus you are not to blame. But what really matters is the teamwork to get you back. On another note - good match. But it was a draw" Lucas turned around and began walking away.