Tori - Auditorium

"Would you rather we run in without any form of a plan? Sounds foolish to me."

Tori made an audible 'Tsk' noise at that. "Do you know what sounds foolish to me? Your belief that whatever is attacking the academy right now, will follow your plans so naturally." Glancing over at Crash as the boy also replied to her, she just shrugged; what she said fitted him as well. Beginning to walk off, the girl threw a careless wave of her hand in their way, turning with a smugly grin on her face as she bowed mockingly. "Either way, while you bunch of cowards plan the best course of action, I'm going ahead and take action." Without a care about whatever one might've said to her in response, she began to make her way towards the school's entrance. Gah, demons. I hate them- not as much as I hate angels. To say she wasn't at least a bit nervous was a lie, but Tori was exceptional when it came to showing a fake courage just to simply understimate the others and make them feel lesser than she, herself- not that it always worked, anyway.

Stepping outside, her eyes searched for the demons. The only reason she disliked them was because they killed angels- angels which should die by her hands, not theirs. It was basically her pride; that's it, really. Raising her left hand, a dark sphere materialized in her palm before forming onto a powerful gun. Though... She couldn't exactly move. Not alone. Damn, was this fear? Obviously not- Tori could never fear; it was just... that... one particular demon. The way his skin... Eugh. She hoped the woman who was apparently challenging him could handle it- it was a grotesque demon, to say the least.

– Leroy

“No… My emotions are my own, I’d rather not change them.” Hearing those words and seeing the girl (Little Feather) hang her head as though in guilt, Leroy let out a laugh. “Don’t worry, I didn’t actually expect you to say yes. That’s the common opinion people have.” Then smiling to himself he thought, ‘Which is why if I want more people to test it on, I need to keep my ability a secret for as long as possible.’

Then looking down at the boy (Zivon) he realized that his ability seemed to be more effective than he had thought it would be under such a short period of time. He didn’t know if it was because the boy’s mind was weak from the panic or because he was more susceptible to these sort of abilities but… Leroy smiled. It was always interesting to see how people reacted to his power. “Good, stay like that until everything’s back to normal. No more crying.” Put into a thoroughly better mood himself now that he was no longer panicking, he looked around to see what the other students were doing. The ‘army crew’ were gathered around Matt, others were scattered all over the place, and then there were people like themselves in smaller groups without doing anything too important.

Relieved that the dragonfly was going to stay around, he said to the girl (Little Feather), “Thanks. That helps quite a bit.” After giving her a slight wave as she left, he looked down at his ink-covered hand. He was probably not going to be able to get to washroom to wash it off anytime soon. Shrugging, Leroy just wiped the ink off on a few of random students nearby with the feeling of ‘joy’ still imprinted in it.

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– Kathy

Despite the fact they were just a group made last-minute starting with only vague ideas on what was even happening, the ideas kept coming one after another and Kathy was beginning to feel quite assured that they would be able to succeed against whatever was out there. She frowned as she watched the dark-haired girl (Tori) leave. By her confident words it seemed like she could have been a great asset to the fight, but perhaps it was better this way. She didn't seem like one to work well in teams.

Having listened carefully to everyone’s inputs Kathy said, “That automatically puts me in Team B then.” She smiled at Little Feather, knowing they were on the same team. “I should get going, there’s no point in going out to scout if they get there before I do.” She still had a smile on her face, but was undoubtedly nervous about going ahead on her own. There was also the problem that there wouldn’t be a light source out in the hallway anymore. ‘My eyes will adjust,’ She thought, trying to reassure herself. ‘And that’ll probably mean the enemies won’t be able to see me properly either. Hopefully.’ Making up her mind, she began to move away from the group. She added, "If I don't think it's safe for you guys to open the door to let me back in, I'll just bang really loudly on the door to let you know so please keep an ear out?"

Stopping once in front of Crash, she wiped away some of the sweat on his face with the bandages wrapped around her hand. “… See you.” Then adding with a faint smile on her face Kathy told him, “Just don’t trip and you’ll be fine.” Giving a wave to everyone, she disappeared through the crowd and went to the nearest exit. Taking a deep breath in, she first took a peak out to make sure the hallway was still empty. ‘Good.’ Satisfied for now, she left through the door and closed it behind her. Then quickly she scaled up the wall and got up onto the ceiling. 'Hopefully these demons or whatever also lack the tendency to look up when entering.' Slowly, keeping her steps as quiet as possible, she left the auditorium behind and began to walk down the halls on the ceiling.

Zivon
This feeling he was having wasn't quite...right. Wasn't he supposed to be crying his eyes out but yet he didn't. “Good, stay like that until everything’s back to normal. No more crying.” The guy who probably put that paint mark on his shoulder told him. Zivon gave a nod smiled, “O-kay! Artochokey!” This was defiantly weird…He looked round, still some quite panic but it hadn’t fazed him at all now. He stood up and looked at his clothes. “Hey! I am still wearing this!” He noticed that he still had his apron on so he laughed a bit more. He spun around somewhat like a drunk.

He accidentally stepped on one loose shoe lace and fell down. He laughed at himself, “Haha…hahaha!” Zivon was really... he was somewhat a drunk at that moment.

Seven
He looked at a fairly big group, one of them was a girl (tori) who walked of, and he was curious why the girl would do that. Danger was going here fast. He decided to follow the girl, he knew that well curiosity killed the cat but he was bakeneko was that rule wouldn’t apply…right? He quietly followed the girl until he had reached the entrance of the school as he stared at the girl. He looked at the creatures, scary individuals who looked like demons... “Or they are…” He hid at the shadows, he had hope thing would just pass by but yet…it seemed things were getting worst…

~Skirmish~

Apophis nodded. His eyes stopped opening and closing, leaving them to shine brilliantly without letting him even notice it. Lily? Was that her name? Lily... Frightendale? She sure did seem like someone who would be frightened "by the likes of him."

Maria Ann Cross was certainly an interesting individual. She had correctly predicted his intentions, though he had a feeling that she would have seen through him. However, what these true intentions were would be things that never should be revealed. For he not only had plans with both Lily and his lord, Lucifer, but also for some things he needed to clean up.

"............."

The man blinked. He then crossed his arms, simply staring at the woman in front of him.

Suddenly, his smile grew widely. He, however, did not add in the signature laughter he always boomed out.

"...You will regret it if you hear my reasons."

The hollow deity suddenly burst out laughing, his brother's eye seemingly popping out of one of his face's fake eyesockets. He laughed, laughed, and laughed. And laughed.

"Oh, it is an HONOR to meet you, missus," Apophis said. "As for me, I am simply here to analyze this girl! Both for my lord and my own database located in my skull. If I even had a skull in the first place..."

The hollow man twitched, letting a jolt of energy fly through his veins for a split second. He really wanted to just stop the starvation he was experiencing. Patience, however, would reward him with a whole village's worth of souls.

"...It is an honor to meet you as well, Apophis. And..." She paused, giving him a serious glare, her eyes clear and purposeful. "If you are done, you can leave, can you not? There she is and you won't see much of her. Maybe... some other time?" She spoke, tilting her head slightly, a bright smile on her face. She wasn't about to let this mad man even make a move to touch the angel. She was tasked with protecting her and she'd do so with her life. Whatever that meant for this being... As Maria was yet ready to die today.

She crossed her arms and smiled at the man, unaffected by his ploys. "Well then?" She asked, raising her brows at him.

Apophis moved his arms away from each other, letting a little more of his energy flow freely through his body.

"Done?" He asked, as if he were confused by what the woman had just said. "My approach in analytical research involves three things. To delve into their emotions, to become one with them, no matter how painful it is..."

He closed his eyes, as if to treasure moments of courageous bravery.

But there were none that actually saved anyone. His eyes opened again, the very thought of getting his hands on the angel corrupting his mind.

"...And maybe a physical check-up would do as well. Painfully! Not in any other way. I'm no ravager- I simply do the tasks my lord permits me to do."

More and more energy began to crackle from his body, particularly around his hands.

"Oh, can't I just touch her for a second?" Apophis asked, his grin becoming as wide as a beast in the dark.

Her eyes grew wide at his words, her anger rising even more. "No, you may not." Electricity cackled around her, forming in the air. Maria Cross glared at the man wearing the skin of others.

"And what if I do?" Apophis asked, finally using the energy he had been generating. In fact, he had just summoned his halberd with the energy. It had once belonged to his family and kin... and with it, he slayed them all. Like the worthless rats they were. No, they were not even rats. They were as dirty as c-

The hollow man decided not to think about it.

"Then, you shall find your fight occuring a lot sooner than you anticipated, sir." She explained. It took all of her will power to keep her voice calm and collected, trying not to raise her voice. She stood in front of Lily, as if forming her own small barrier between the small child and this beastly man, the electricity still sparked around her, gathering slowly as they spoke.

Apophis smiled.

Suddenly, a tremendous amount of energy gathered around his left arm. Violent pulses of demonic aura surrounded him, and his glorious halberd had begun to change its shape. The glory and honor it once had, stored for centuries for the sake of justice, began to melt away, only to become an old myth. It took the shape of a more demented weapon: one that Apophis favored. Retaining its blade, the halberd had turned into what appeared to be a dangerously sharp lance.

He then raised his other hand, letting a burst of corrupted energy barely contain itself from exploding out of pressure. Then, with full intention, the energy took the form of what appeared to be a hand axe made of his own energy.

The hollow man laughed insanely, his eyes burning with competition, as he threw the axe straight towards Maria Cross's head.

With a simple string of words, a shield appeared before Maria, bearing the Cross family seal. The axe rebounded off of it with a loud, resounding 'Klang!' She snorted, a smirk on her face. "Old Cross family magic. As much as I'd rather deny it's existance, it does come in handy." She spoke, a hand on her hip now, as if this man were simply an annoying bug in her home.

Apophis grinned. As he expected, she apparently had strong defensive abilities, which he learned from the barrier Maria cast upon the angelic girl. He caught the axe from its plight, absorbing its power and making it vanish. With a crooked, smug grin, Apophis tilted his head at Maria.

The hollow man suddenly began to rain down a barrage of energy blasts. One by one, each spell was disintegrated by the shield. Apophis began to walk toward Maria as he cast this ability, his halberd beginning to glow.

She raised a brow at the mans attempts. What was he trying to do? All of his attacks were useless. Even the might of Lucifer couldn't get past the barriers of the Cross family. Still, she glared at him, wary of what he was planning. She didn't trust him and didn't think he didn't have some ridiculous plan.

Apophis felt somewhat surprised that she did not move her ground. After all, he knew that she was aware of his unpredictable nature. With that taken into note, that was exactly what he was going to do: something unpredictable. The man raised his halberd as he approached the woman, whose barrier protected her from the barrage of spells he was casting.

With a single strike, Apophis smashed the halberd in front of her, causing the ground beneath them to falter. This would also reach Lily's barrier, though this particular action was not meant for her. Utilizing the now strangely-shaped ground they stood on, Apophis chanted a forbidden melody that had been long forgotten by mankind, as well as the gods that had forsaken him.

Apophis began to absorb the air around him...

With a speed one wouldn't know a human could possess, Maria spun a spell, a spell of speed. In the next second, she had Lily, with the barrier in her arms and then she was gone, Lily a safe distance away, away from the dangerous man. Within the next second she was back, standing on the rough terrain around the man. With a glare, she slowly spoke, spinning more words into a spell. She gave the demon a small smirk as a small bubble glint over her mouth.

"My spell index is rather electic, if you must know." She spoke, her voice thick like syrup. She grinned widely and within the next second she was right in front of him, her smile gone. "Test me. Fool." She taunted, glaring at him intensely. With that, she shot back a few feet from him, back behind the shield yet again. She stood simply, with her hands on her hips yet again.

Apophis smiled deviously.

"You intrigue me, human," he said, his voice grown deeper, though his attitude did not change. "You bear confidence, yet you do not strike me..."

The demon suddenly snapped his fingers.

And out of nowhere, from the ground beneath the academy, something shot out straight out of the main building.

It was the energy Apophis had sent into the ground. And there was bound to be people in it. Everyone inside of it were blown away, though none of them would die. So technically, Apophis had not broken the rules yet.

Yet.

"Will you be able to defend your students from this?"

A funnel of black energy flowed up to the skies. And right before it was sent plummeting toward the ground, it stopped abruptly in the middle of its drop.

Suddenly, four figures fell from the darkness that had been created. One of them came out of a fiery portal, roaring a deathly scream that seeked vengeance. In fact, this scream came from his burning heart, genuinely wishing that he claimed his revenge as soon as possible. It echoed throughout the entire academy.

Thane, and the three soldiers, were sent directly into the decimated building. There, they would quickly pack up before directly searching for students they can face.

"Thane is not a nice person, you know," Apophis taunted, his eyes no longer glowing, making him seem like a hollow shell of what he really was. "With that said, you going to that academy means that I can start analyzing your students. Or maybe even that beautiful, precious, preciouspreciousprecious virgin of an angel."

Maria watched with cold yellow eyes as the demons poured towards the school. A smirk appeared on her lips as she turned back to Apophis. "I think they can handle themselves." She told him. She took in a deep breath, legitimately tired of this whole thing.

She turned her head to face Apophis directly, her eyes narrow. The smirk on her face disappeared as she walked closer to him. "Touch that girl and it'll be the last thing you do." She told him, glaring intently. She wasn't going to attack him, no. She would only do what it took to protect. She didn't want to give him any reason to attack them anymore than he already did. And... She took another breath. She knew she probably didn't have what it took to kill the demon. She could only hope that he left and sooner rather than later.

In truth, she wished she could go to Brako and the students and protect them, but she couldn't very well lead Apophis to them. Two strong demons were two too much. She'd have to hope Brako could deal with the other while she stayed, protecting the girl. She swallowed. What was so important about this girl? Was it really just Lucifer's pride doing this? It was just a small girl. Maria honestly couldn't see why they had such a grand interest in her.

Oddly enough... She had to admit, she almost liked Apophis. He was a sharp individual and knew what he was doing despite his unpredictable nature.

Apophis stopped grinning. Did she just... threaten him?

She threatened him. That threat made him remember something, though he was unable to tell what it exactly was.

It did sort of anger him though. With that said, the demonic pulses began to grow once more.

Except Apophis looked quite aggravated at this point.

"Why am... I even standing here in the first place?" He growled, his brother's skin beginning to vanish. "Why the fuck am I the one being mocked again...?"

It aggravated him. No, it angered him. It boiled his blood. It enraged him. He hated her. No, he loved her. He loved this woman for making him hate her. Something about what she said ticked him off. Something about how easily she trusted the students... Something about how arrogantly she was in splitting him apart from the girl he desired to analyze. He just wanted to touch, observe, analyze, riptearkill-

Kill.

With a huge burst of energy, Apophis roared with a maniacal laughter as his halberd suddenly grew twice in its size. Lifting it up, he brought the weapon down upon Maria Ann Cross as he screamed,

"TO HELL WITH YOU!!!!!"

A spear blasted through Apophis' skull, instantly silencing him.

The demon twitched erratically, cursing violently before his movements ceased to be. The chaotic deity of disorder's words grew silent...

...before he went unconscious.

"That's one way to shut him up..." Maria spoke softly, watching with mild curiosity.

A portal of fire suddenly grew out of the ground behind Apophis, the man's eyes blank and lifeless. He was far from dead, but it surely felt far more painful than what most demons could do to him. In fact, the very idea of Apophis being ambushed was out of the ordinary. After all, he was a mastermind when it came to devising strategies.

Needless to say, masterminds made mistakes as well. Especially when they lost their composure.

The spear connected to the rope literally dragged the limp demon's body into the portal, a fiery, malicious roar screaming through and within Athalia Academy,

"TO HELL WITH YOU!!!!"

Apophis flew into the portal, vanishing from the face of the Earth... for now.

Thane had always wanted to do that.

"Uhm... Thanks?" She said, a bit unsure of what had even transpired there. She blinked, looking around her. There was nothing save for the remains of what Apophis had left. She chuckled and shrugged her shoulders. Without another thought, she walked over to where she'd stashed Lily. She was surprised to fine the Angel just waking, looking around at the ruined earth around her, nevermind the barrier encasing her.

"Wh-what's going on?" Lily asked, looking up at Maria.

"There will be time enough for that. Come, we need to help the others. And you... Stay out of harms way?" She pleaded with the angel. The barrier fell and Maria let out a small sigh of relief, glad that the demon was gone. Though, she hadn't the foggiest of who had saved her.

Dendus and Isse
Frightened by the manner Darwin Rainbows held the knife, Dendus ran quickly and tried to grab hold of the sharp, stainless steel object and put it away in the cabinet, but not before they heard something outside, a devilish-sounding person and a protective woman making shouts at each other. The words were incoherent, but they could at least tell there was a fight going on.

They could tell at least some magical powers were used in the conflict by the strange noises in the distance. Whoosh, whoop, swoosh, some of these they heard. They got the strange sensation, however, that it seemed more powerful than what their ears have to say. Because the window faced away from the fight, however, they couldn't get a sight of it. Just sounds and... sounds. Which came to a stop moments later.

They remained silent for the duration of the situation.

Darwin
Darwin sat on his laptop laughing his ass off, not noticing his knife being taken. "Lol cats are the best!" He said with a chuckle. Still, Darwin had no idea there was any danger going on at all. "Wait.....what was that?" He suddenly felt some denomination energy hit the school. "Must've just been Bael" he laughed again and git back to his laptop. By now he was out of chicken wings. He turned to Dendus and Isse with a well meaning creepy grin. "I'm gonna get some more chicken wings, you guys want some?" He stood up and went towards the door.

– Kathy

Ironically, it ended up being a good thing that the energy sent through the building made Kathy lose her footing just a split second before the building was decimated. She had been making her way down the hallway when the entire building shook and cracked from the impact, making her trip and lose contact with the ceiling. Blown up by the force of the blast, she momentarily floated up back towards the ceiling as most of it was blown away. She fell down at the same time as the rubble did, gasping in pain as she landed on her side. Because she had begun to fall first, the blast actually helped cushion the impact a bit by keeping her from plummeting straight down. If she had been walking along the ground, the rubble would’ve fallen on her head or something instead of landing with her on the ground. That didn’t mean she wasn’t hit by any of the pieces, but it was far better than getting a direct headshot from above. She had been lucky.

Remaining fairly still on the ground for a moment, she made a quick check by gently moved her limbs. ‘Okay, it all hurts but nothing is broken. I can still move everything.’ Trying to ignore the pain she felt in various parts of her body, she gritted her teeth and rolled onto her back to get a view of the now-visible sky above her. She looked up in time to see a strange portal open up, and 4 figures came out from there with a horrible scream and headed towards the building. From where she lay, she could also see that the other buildings seemed rather untouched. It took her a while to realize why she even cared about such a thing. ‘Was this building the only one affected by that just now?’ “......!” Her eyes opened wide and Kathy quickly sprang back to her feet. ‘It’s just here! Whatever happened just now only happened here!’ She ran as fast as she could back towards the auditorium, and pretty much slammed into the door as she swung it open.

For a moment she blanked out. Quite a few students were on the ground, moaning out in pain and there was a huge mess in the building from fallen stage lights and debris. The scene made her think of a field hospital full of wounded. Shaking herself out of it, Kathy yelled out, “They’ll be here soon..! No point going outside! Stay here!” After that she had to stop to catch her breath. Even though it wasn’t very far, she had the wind knocked out of her with that blast and still ran all the way back at full speed. Her lungs were desperate for oxygen, and she was just glad she was able to yell the most important bit out first. Still busy trying to breathe normally, she went over to the group that had been split up into 2 teams. Stopping in front of Crash she desperately gasped, “… Okay, I’m not actually… 100% sure but… Pretty sure. That attack or whatever it was… It was only here… Other buildings, seemed fine… Saw in windows..! 4 things, flying towards this building!”

Perhaps relieved that she managed to tell them what she saw, her legs gave out and she ended up falling onto her knees. Taking deep breaths, she finally took a better look at herself. She was covered in scrapes and bruises, but it was nothing serious. Taking in deep breaths, she continued, “You guys could also see the 4 figures come out right? If the numbers are that small, I think we should stay here to meet them head-on instead of blindly searching for them. Once they come, Team A can focus on fighting and luring them away from here. Team B can support the fight until they’re lured away, then help tend to everyone once the enemies leave.”

Drow infarmny

Drow finally woke up after being for the most part charged with electricity. She sat right up and gazed around seeing nothing more then pure darkness. She blinked a few times but it was still not getting any better. She stood up out of the bed and touched her ears that hurted a lot. Moving around in the room made her notice that she was not wearing her own clothes but hospital clothes instead of them. After some walking around she could finally see where she was and stood in fear in the infirmary. 'K-k-kiwi' she tried to find the exit as quick as possible but it was to dark to see. The infirmary lights were mostly on only in emergencies they would go off but even then a backup generator should just power it all up again. She could feel her clothes lying on the table. She didn't care less at the moment where she would need to change because nobody could see her right? After sneaking out of the infirmary she cautiously walked through the hallways step by step. She moved her scarf higher placing it over her nose. and moved both her arms to her chest as she slowly walked further. Suddenly she heard a noise coming from the hall right in front of her. She moved to one of the walls as she was scared as hell. Somebody walked on the ceiling. Kathy barely walked past her as she started to run and cry like she had seen a ghost to one of the storage rooms where a small generator was placed. She closed the door behind her with a loud bang as screams came from the roof "TO HELL WITH YOU." Drow could feel a lot of energy coming from the roof and could directly tell that this was no fun matter. She grabbed a hold of the small but heavy generator and dragged it out of the storage room with all the strength she could master. As she wanted to drag it along a second time it wasn't getting of it's place. She tried again and slipped on the floor getting herself a nose bleed

Matt - Matt Life 2
"Which team would you prefer me on?" Matt asked politely. He wanted to help. He had already ditched one school to the demons, he wasn't going to do it again.
Suddenly, beams of light shot from the sky and blew the roof off the place, knocking everyone back. Matt was launched, strangely enough, out a window. Thankfully, he landed in some branches of an oak tree. It hurt a bit, but nothing was broken or sprained. Just a bit sore.
Matt frowned. The demons were coming faster than he thought. He climbed down the tree to see four figures enter the school from a portal.
That must be them! Matt attempted to run back to the school, but his ankle was hurt when he was hurled through the window. He ended up just limping instead.

Dani - Drunk Zivon is never a good sign
As soon as Zivon looked at the yellow hand print, he started acting really, really strangely. He was happier than Dani had ever seen him, but it creeped Dani out.
"What is that?" he asked Leroy, confused. However, before the other boy could answer, something shot down from the sky. Dani automatically dematerialized, and everything just went right through him, including other students. He looked up, and gasped. The entire ceiling was gone, and some not-very-friendly-looking people entered.
They're here! Dani thought in horror, then determination.
"I have to help in any way I can!" he said to himself. He had never fought before, but he knew how. He could posses objects and become them, surely that would help the war.

Crash

Crash rolled his eyes at what was said by the dark haired girl, he didn't seem phased by her accusations of cowardice however. How does rushing into something prove strength...even the dauntless need a plan He felt a little hypocritical as he thought on his own cowardice, his inability to accept what he was and to hide from his problems. He shook his head as Tori left, he felt guilty for having no wish to help her...but he pushed it to the back of his mind. He shifted his gaze to Kathy as she spoke, chewing his lip as he felt a flare of anxiety pulse through his chest. Come on positive feelings! He looked down at her catching her gaze for a moment as she reached up to wipe his face, at her words he gave her a reassuring smile coupled with a thumbs up. "Soon" He added, raising an eyebrow at her advice. Crash grinned at her lifting a hand to the back of his neck nodding at her before she disappeared into the crowd, ignoring his discomfort as she left. He turned to the others looking around for whoever was supposed to be joining him. "As soon as she gets back we'll make our move, we can't delay any longer" Crash said matter of factually.

Crash amazingly kept his balance as the entire building shook, he waved his arms keeping him upright barely his head snapping back as he heard the ceiling splinter and crumble overhead. "Look out!" He growled, if anyone was near him he shoved them clear as a stage light dropped from the ceiling with an metallic groan, flattening Crash like a pancake, he pulled his arms up to protect his face as the rest of the debris fell luckily the stage light took the brunt of the damage as the rest of the roof collapsed in on itself in places where as the rest of it seemed to be ripped away.

Crash didn't stay still very long as soon as the rumbling ceased he pushed the excess rubble off of himself, disappearing in a pouf of purple smoke a small red panda pulled itself free of the fallen stage lighting shifting back into the red-haired boy from before. Crash wiped himself down as he looked back at the bent light, that had been a close call...he thought as he held an arm across his bruised stomach.he stumbled over the rubble looking around for the groups that had gathered before the destruction, his head was thumping as he moved over the rubble he lifted a hand to the side of his face grimacing as a warm wetness stuck to his fingers, blood streaked down the side of his face, running from a cut in his hairline. He growled in annoyance, wiping his face on his torn sleeves smearing it across his face, his t-shirt was ripped across the belly and had dirty stains across it, his black shirt was scuffed and torn around the shoulders. He lifted his head as he heard someone yelling he moved towards the noise, looking up at the hole that had once been the ceiling as he moved he grit his teeth as he took in the extent of the carnage.

Crash tried to focus on Kathy as she breathlessly approached him, his now glowing red eyes darting from her face to skim her body checking for any signs of obvious damage out of instinct as he took in what she had said tried to. "Just here?" He repeated instantly swooping down in an attempt to catch her as she fell to her knees, he ended up holding his arms unhelpfully in front of her. He lowered one of his knees to the floor, concern etching onto his dirt streaked face as he listened to the rest of what she said, trying very hard to quell the sudden rush of rage that laced through his mind causing purple smoke to rise from his shoulders. "I didn't see them...but I believe you" Crash murmured, looking at anyone else that was standing close by. He caught sight of Little Feather raising a hand, he called out to her beckoning her other. "Heal her" He asked without consulting Kathy, he moved out of Little Feathers way as she nodded and crouched in front of Kathy his attention swayed as he readied himself for the impeding battle all thoughts of strategy had strayed from his mind...as had his rational mind.

-78%-

Little Feather

Little Feather looked up at Kathy for a moment seeing her returned smile, she was glad Kathy was on the same team. She listened to everyone converse slowly drifting away from the group, looking up at Dragonfly she held her flute tightly allowing herself to feel the joy she had suppressed before at the sight of her old friend...he'd returned to her. She twirled her flute through her fingers wondering whether any of the other spirits would return to her...maybe if she made herself stronger...Just as that thought happened she was thrown violently from her feet as the entire building seemed to shake, as she connected with the hard floor her headdress flew from her head, she barely managed to keep her flute within her grasp as her eyes flicked up at the ceiling, she lifted her hands in front of her as the roof came down on top of the crowd closest to her the debris seemed to swallow everyone.

Lion got to his feet with a low whine pushing a small amount of debris off of himself, he shook his pelt out blue eyes flickering rapidly around the debris covered auditorium. Stage lights had crumpled to the ground, pinning unsuspecting students to the floor, large and small pieces of debris littered around in mounds...Lion spun on the spot his blue eyes falling to rest on the pile of rubble where he knew Little Feather had fallen a few moments before he released a low bestial cry before jumping at the mound pawing at it erratically, his ears back as his panicked whines echoed around the silence. He jumped back after a moment ears pricked towards the rubble as it begun to shift and move as if being lifted, his ears pricked at a hissing growl that erupted from the moving rubble before a light green dome broke through the dusty debris, lifting enough that the rubble slid off of it pooling around its base.

At its center stood Little Feather and Panther, along with a small assortment of wounded students. "Lion! Help us move them" Little Feather called to Lion, she had various cuts along her arms and a rather large one across her cheek but seemed for the most part unscathed. Lion bounded over the rubble to help as between the pair of them they guided the students out of Panther's protective bubble to safety. Once they were clear Panther leapt from the hole releasing his barrier, landing elegantly next to Little Feather as the rubble caved in on itself. "Lion see if you can't help get people out of the rubble, Panther we need to get the injured people over here keep them together protect them as best as you can. I'll attend to severe injuries first..." Little Feather instructed the big cats, sending them off with a flick of her hand. She heard someone call her name and turned to see Kathy knelt in front of Crash she jogged over to them, worry entering her expression as her eyes fell on Kathy.

"Heal her"

She looked at Crash for a moment before nodding and holding her hands up towards Kathy, a light green light filtered onto Little Feathers palms, she held them out to Kathy. "Just touch them, I promise it won't hurt it'll help" Little Feather smiled reassuringly...her normal naivety seemed to have escaped her in this dire moment she knew exactly what to do, in life she had tended gruesome wounds within her tribe. There was nothing uncertain in what she was doing...She held her hands out long enough for Kathy to heal if she accepted it. The green light residing in Little Feathers palms, swirled in a circle shining weakly, if Kathy touched it a warm tingling feeling would have shot up her arms flooding across her as it sought out injuries, easing any pain or discomfort and reviving weary muscles, the final kick being a sudden rush of revitalizing energy. Little Feather retracted her hands after a moment even if Kathy hadn't accepted the heal she smiled at her friend, getting back to her feet and looking around for more people to assist running over to help Lion.

Ryuu cringed when he saw the roof fall.

"Oh, for f-ck's sake, I JUST GOT HE- ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

The otaku felt some parts of the roof fall on him. In fact, one of them fell on his injured leg, much to his unfortunate surprise. He lay still for a while, much of the debris on top of him.

The sunglasses-wearing student created an incredibly brief explosion of his more dangerous plasma, frying the debris to nothingness. He, however, did not want to get up. His leg's wound had opened even more. There were several healers tending other people's wounds, and he wanted to be treated as soon as possible.

The man, however, wanted to man up. With that said, he groggily got up from the floor. The blood that came out of his leg was soaked up by his pants. While it was not as dangerous to be within the auditorium compared to staying outside, where energy bolts could magically fly around, he realized that the woman who had ranted on about cowardice left.

Outside.

"Sh-t..."

Ryuu muttered a spree of curse words, deactivating the light orb he had. He then took out his inactive lightsaber handle, activating it. A brilliant red light emitted from it.

He could tell that this was definitely not normal. Even for an academy filled with supernatural creatures.

The otaku went outside. He noticed that the atmosphere was a little clearer now, though something about the air was still fishy. With that said, he went over to the woman who carried a... gun.

A gun.

Well, swords are getting to the point where they're considered as "overrated," Ryuu thought grumpily.

"Hey!" He called out to her. "So, uh, it ain't safe to just go out alone. I might as well-"

The sunglasses-wearing man's eyes widened. Suddenly, his hand generated a large amount of fiery plasma. He dashed over to Tori before leaping over her, before blindly slicing the air with this burning, gloved hand. What he did seemed unreasonable.

It was until seven burnt arrows fell on the ground, clattering like broken, wooden toys.

Ryuu landed on the ground, desperately looking around the place. Unfortunately, he was no sharpshooter, and preferred to fight things placed directly in front of him.

A demon soldier with a bow loaded seven more arrows. Standing directly behind- and slightly above- a nearby water fountain, he had a whole stash of arrows ready for the test. Lifting his bow up again, he pointed directly at Ryuu, though he preferred not to hit the head. Pace O. Shazt did not like the idea of having arrows that acted differently from bullets being pointed at craniums. The arrows did not even go through the human body completely, which sounded very awkward and disgusting to him.

"GG no re, dude."

With that said, he still did not hesitate to fire the arrows at the otaku. Ryuu is still searching for the source of the attack...

Zivon

Something had happen, the ceiling that had fallen in. Yet Zivon did't seemed to be faced by it. He just copied some people who had protected themselves from the fallen roof. Luckily that not much rubble had covered and on his body. As things die down he stood up and clean off the rubble, "Look! Things are going fun!" He laughed like an idiot as he fell back down on the floor. "Lalalala~" He hummed to himself, it wasn"t a good time to be like that, a drunken happy idiot yet he could't be. With also an attention span of a child he didn't really bother to listen to anyone else.

He laid down on yhe ground and looked around the nearly destroyed auditorium. He could see some 'funny' looking people or person...who knows what with him, getting a bit close. Zivon gave out a little laugh, "Crazy thing, it looks funny! Funny thing!" He clapped both of his hands togetheraa he had shouted that hilariously.

Garden

She had felt something unatural underneath, she wasn"t far from the academy entrance yet she could see it bit of it. The rook began to tirn to rumble from a loud blast or something strong. It had nearly blwon her off from the dematerialized roof but in time she created a big sundlower to catch her. "Thank...you" She said to the flora that cathed her. From there she opened her dussel bag, it was filled with seeds and saplings. She pulled out one seed and used her power to re grow it.

"Excuse me Sir Lilac but...can you explain me this?" She had made the flora look at the danger that was happening. The seeds and saplings she had brought with her were some folks from home, the lilac was one of the elders of the kingdom who gladly joined her. "Oh my... Becareful princess these are demons eventhough just foot soldiers they can do much worst..." Sir lilac said, she gave out. A sigh of fear, she didn't know what to so next. Probably help in the battle yet she canly protect others and herself ao she sisn't know what to do.

Tori - Lady in Distress, take one.

Tori heard a loud noise- followed by a plethora of different sounds coming from the Auditorium. Just as she left, something happened- damn, bothersome, but she didn't wish to go back and check on that bunch of fools. The real danger was laying outside, and she'd embrace it herself. Taking a few steps forward, she couldn't see a single creature- she was expecting a horde of them outside, but all she saw was some glowy and destructive beams, orbs and things like that coming from somewhere- that, she couldn't check herself. Not alone. Not with two or three people. Not even with an army- it was... too dangerous. She wasn't looking to die for a third time, really.

She overheard a boy- claiming that it wasn't safe to go outside alone. She was about to turn with a snarky remark before she caught a glimpse of something coming in her direction, the dark-angel quickly turning her head to look at it. It seems danger found her, anyway; there was a barrage of arrows came flying towards her direction and damn, she could barely think of what to do before they were too close. Still- all of sudden, the imbecile from early had leaped forward- his hand was on fire and he used it to slash the air in a rather... amusing speed- the arrows felt all broken on the ground. Tori widened her eyes, but only for a moment before she regained her composture.

"You must be an imbecile." She claimed, coldly. It was better than a thank-you, in her opinion. "... A very unusual one, though." Whatever the reasoning was behind that, was unknown. Either way, she tried to find the source of the arrows- and there it was, the demonic archer, saying something incomprehensible to the angel. She pointed towards the water fountain, nodding her head. "He's shooting from there. Getting close will be difficult," She scanned the area for something to take cover, trying to at least formulate any kind of action against a ranged attacker like that. She could use her gun, but well- unlike a bow, her range was limited- and so was her ability with it.

Dendus and Isse
"Wait a goddamn second there, did he just fucking say "lol" instead of actually bursting out in laughter?" In disbelief, cringe and slight surprise, Dendus whispered quietly to the dark-haired, solar boy by his side, hoping again that the flamboyant boy wouldn't notice their talk.

"He sure suits that Ryuu guy back there. Although to note that he heard us mention Ryuu and got excited for a moment, i'm sure he is by now."

"Who's Ryuu, even?"

"Twice stranger than this guy. Although he did seem nice to one of the little maidlike students here at Athalia, but still there are occasions he would hurt you out of..." Isse shrugged, emphasizing the next thing he would say. "pure accident."

Both of them turned to Darwin Rainbows Guy after he had asked something regarding... chicken wings. Wait, nothing's wrong with chicken wings. Yep, just some food most people eat. Maybe the flamboyant flamboy wasn't much of a ridiculous person after all... or maybe so.

((Ipad post srry))

"Touche," Ryuu simply said, turning around to face the archer who stood across him. He simply retorted right before he began charging in,

"You're quite the tsundere, woman!"

With that said, Ryuu was more focused on disarming the archer instead of talking to a moe tsundere girl (he wondered why so many girls looked so beautiful). Leaping at a surprisingly long distance, Ryuu spun around in the air, heading directly toward the archer. He always wanted to go Levi on a titan, except there were no titans present right at the moment.

But Pace O. Shazt was awesome. The archer suddenly took out ten arrows, loading and stretching the arrows as far as he could, before firing a package of arrows toward the otaku. His eyes widening, the sunglasses-wearing man stopped his spin attack, barely blocking the arrows with his plasma blade. The force of the arrows caused the man to stumble back, though he began to charge again.

Suddenly, a sword was flung toward his face.

"WHAT THE F-"

Ryuu blocked the sudden melee strike, backing several steps away from the newcomer. He practically came out of nowhere, and he sure was fast.

"Wow," Reggie said, his eyes focused on Ryuu and Tori, as he asked Pace, "You're a pain in the ass even on Earth?"

Pace O. Shazt simply exclaimed with a positive smile,

"I take pride in my ass!"

"YOU BETTER NOT HAVE SAID THAT SERIOUSLY!!!!!"

Right before Pace was able to retort, Reggie dashed toward Ryuu. Pace, on the other hand, began firing arrows toward Tori. The demon soldiers just had to stall time for Cain's arrival at the scene, or even better, their current squad captain...

Meanwhile, Cain went out of a nearly decimated restroom. He felt better.

Criston - Now Outside

After motioning for the students willing to follow him to do so, he went outside and just as they exited, it happened. Criston's eyes grew wide as he watched the roof cave in. He swallowed, clearly nervous and then turned to look toward the garden. He then turned to the students around him. He grit his teeth, clearly angry. With a loud frustrated sigh he motioned for the students to follow him as he went back inside.

As much as I want to go out there and look around, I feel that we need to stay here.

He felt his stomach whirling, nausea coming over him. He tried not to show it, but his face was slightly drained, showing his discontent. With darting eyes, he surveyed the rubble. He found his glance stopped at where Brako more than likely stood.

Are you really still just standing there? You could have helped them!

Criston closed his eyes, trying to push the thought away. After a few seconds he beckoned the students following him to move and help the others. "Find someone to help." He spoke curtly, trying to use few words. He, himself, rushed over to a student still under the rumble and began to move pieces of metal off of them.

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Eric - Still Outside

He'd stayed outside despite Criston telling them to go back inside. He ran over to a small dirt patch and began to draw, rather furiously. He drew several guns, though not all of them looked quite right.

"Damnit!" He shouted, angry with himself.

I need to study pictures of weapons.. I never thought I'd have to...

He shook his head, stopping the train of thought. With a worried look on his face, uncertainty held there, he began drawing again. A line here, a curve there, a triforce here. Soon, he held the master sword in his hand. He blinked at it, shaking his head at himself.

I play too many videogames.

Still, he picked up the weapon and then went inside with it. It was exactly as the master sword was in the game and it held all of it's properties from... Twilight Princess. Though, Eric was really unsure as to whether or not he'd be able to use it as Link had or whether he'd only be able to wildly flail it around.

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Maria and Lily - Garden

They walked toward the school, two females with purpose in their step... er... steps and wings. Lily fluttered next to Ms. Cross, looking around at the school grounds. She spotted a fight going on nearby. A female and a male fighting another male and... shots coming from somewhere else? Blinking, she fluttered up to where she'd seen the shots coming from. There, stood a armored man with a bow.

"Hi!" Lily spoke, a wide smile on her face as she got up close and personal with the archer.

Maria's eyes grew wide as she watched Lily. She let out a frustrated groan and lifted her hands in the air, only to swing them back down in a motion of pure annoyance. She let out a puff of air through her nose, trying to calm herself down. She wasn't happy with these developments. Now that she was visible, she couldn't very well leave the students on their own. She eyed Ryuu with the swordsman, her eyes narrow.

Ryuu is more than strong enough to handle that man... I'm sure.

Her eyes flitted to the Dark Angel, Tori standing very near the other two males. Maria simply smiled at her, a proud smirk, as if gloating. Then, her eyes moved up to the angel and the archer. With a string of words, a shield formed around the angel, one the angel wouldn't be able to see. Any projectiles fired at her would rebound. Content, Maria returned to look at Ryuu, Tori, and the swordsman. She smiled and sat down on the ground, her legs crossed.

I'm here if they need me.

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Brako - Auditorium

DAMNIT.

He stood in the shadows, anger evident on his face. Angry more at himself for not doing anything. It was a split second decision. Help them or let them deal with it on their own? When was the right time? He was simply getting to old for this. Still... He stood in the darkness, simply watching. He knew that now wasn't quite the right time nor the right place. He might not even be needed at all during this little fray.

Though... He looked up at the roof...

That's going to take a few weeks to fix...

He let out a small sigh and returned his gaze to the students. If anyone were close enough or listening well enough, they could have heard him.

Darwin grinned at the two boys with a creepy gleam in his eyes. He was loving having a guest and a room mate. It was the best! He could hear them whispering, they were quite brooding...maybe they were batmen! He chuckled under his breath and smirked at them. "Hey! I've got some of my chicken right here! Darwin Rainbows world famous ulticoloured chicken wings!" he held up the bucket with gleee when suddenly the grin was gone. His excted expression was gone. The flamboyant, colourful, ever happy unicorn boy had stopped smiling.

His eyes twicthed. He could hear the fighting outside. Idiots, asshole bullies pikcing on his best friend.... Darwin couldn't sit by and listen to his best friend be pushed around by some thick headed bullies who should be expelled from the school. He took one step towards the wall of the dorm signalling for Dendus and Isse to move away. His eyes were glowing purple. A multicoloured aura was surrounding him and sudenly....he took off leaving a trail of rainbows behind him. He soared through the air screaming, "RYUUUUUUUUUU SAAAAAAAAAN" Before arriving at the scene to find these weren't students at all.....

Tori - The fun begun!

Tsundere?

If she had more time, she'd question him about whatever the hell that meant- and if it was an insult of sorts, oh he'd dearly pay for it. But right now, Tori was more worried about the archer barraging them with arrows- that... Strange tall dude with the sunglasses. He was skilled, much more than Tori originally thought. If only there was an-... Her eyes focused on the angel. Damn, if she could get close to her and kill draw her blood with her sword, she'd far stronger and capable of holding the archer-- and the sudden swordsman who attacked the imbecile- with ease. But alas, there was no way of getting close- or well, if there was, Tori wasn't risking it. Instead, she decided to go for something more... explosive. A smirk even appeared on her lips when she thought about it. Raising the Acerbus above her head, the weapon twisted into a sphere of dark materia before suddenly materializing into something far bigger.

THE MIGHTY DEC (Demon Eradication Cannon) - even though it was just an average gun, which shot powerful explosive bullets. She held it forward, using both of her hands as she took aim at him, a hand moving up to pull the lever at the top of the gun- but, before actually shooting, she noticed someone close to the archer. "Gah this pest." Honestly, Tori's hatred towards angels and the fact that they were in the way was more than enough for her to shoot, anyway, not caring whenever the angel would be hit or not- after all...

Smoke started to escape the weapon as it headed up considerably... And then the loud noise of the projectile being fired. It traveled quickly towards the water fountain, likely causing a small sized explosion once it came in contact with anything. An average explosion, by the way; fire, smoke and all.

Dani - Why Spectres Shouldn't Fight Demons
Dani started running towards the door into the academy. He hadn't seen the principle or the vice principle, so he assumed they hadn't noticed. He thought that since he couldn't fight, he could just get others to help, right? To get to the office faster, he went incorporeal and ran strait through debris, students, classrooms, and walls. He even passes through the girl's bathroom, not paying attention. He stopped when he got to the other side. His eyes widened.
THERE'S A DEMON IN THE SCHOOL!!! Dani thought. He began stepping slowly backwards in hoping that he (Cain) wouldn't see him.

Matt - Phoenix Power Rangers!
Because Matt couldn't walk very well, he transformed into his bird form and decided to fly. He shot into the sky and flew towards the now roofless school. However, before he got there he saw fighting out of the corner of his eye. He changed direction and began flying towards the battle. From the sky there seemed to be one girl, one beast of a boy, and two demons. (He didn't notice Lily or the principle) He darted downward and transformed back, landing smoothly on the ground. Or he would have, if he hadn't hurt his ankle.
"Ouch!" he yelped, toppling over. He sighed, and got back up again.

– Leroy

One minute Leroy was looking for a plausible excuse to tell Dani about the handprint, and the next he completely lost track of what was happening. Blinking, he realized he was down on his back and unable to move. “..?” There was a dull, and uncomfortable feeling throughout his body that he barely registered as ‘pain’.

“Is something… Broken?” He was having trouble speaking too. And it was no wonder, some very heavy debris had fallen on top of him and was crushing his chest. With excellent timing, someone took the heavy weights off of him. “Oh, thanks.” Looking a little too nonchalant for someone that had just been crushed from pieces of the ceiling, he thanked the white-haired guy (Criston) and got up onto his feet. With a hint of mild relief, he noted that he seemed to be standing just fine. That probably meant his legs were more or less fine. His right shoulder, however, was a different story. Blood was quickly staining his clothes from there, and his right arm hung uselessly by his side. It was probably dislocated, or even fractured. He was probably hurt in quite a few other places, but he couldn’t tell how badly the damage was. He never could, due to his dull senses, so he didn’t bother trying to figure it out anymore.

He looked around for familiar faces, wondering how they had managed in all the chaos. Not having any fighting experience or abilities meant for battle, Leroy intended on staying on the sidelines. “Hey,” Turning back to the guy (Criston) he asked, “Is there a place we can evacuate to or something? Not fit for anything else, but I can let people know where they should go.”

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– Kathy

Kathy sighed in relief when Crash told her he believed her. But taking a better look at him, anxiety rose up inside of her. “Heal her” He said, and Little Feather crouched down before her with a greenish light on her palms. “Just touch them, I promise it won’t hurt it’ll help” Looking into Little Feather’s eyes she started, “But, I’m just-” Not finishing her sentence, she was staring Crash. All she had were cuts and bruises, it was nothing compared to the injuries she could see on the red-haired shapeshifter. In fact, she was probably better off than most of the students still in the auditorium. However, she bit down on her lower lip and nodded as she touched Little Feather’s offering hands. ‘I’m not the best at fighting and I can’t heal anyone.’ She thought, feeling warmth spreading through her body and healing all her injuries. Even the older wound on her right hand healed up. ‘I should at least be in my best shape and do what I can. Like I can afford to have any more disadvantages.’ “Thank you.” Murmuring a small thanks to Little Feather, she watched as Little Feather left to help others out.

Getting up on her feet, she quickly joined the efforts of other students to look after the injured ones. Taking off the now-useless bandage wrapped around her right hand, she pushed rubble off unconscious students and wrapped the bandage around someone that was bleeding on their arm. Continuing this, she saw Little Feather again. Taking the chance she asked her, “That boy with the red-hair from before, his name’s Crash and I think he actually needs help.” Her hands were balled into fists as she swallowed her feelings of frustration. “When you get the chance, can you please heal him for me? I… Don’t think I’m much help.” She waited for a response with pleading eyes, then continued further into the auditorium.

“Zivon?” Seeing the familiar face, Kathy quickly went over to him. Her eyes opened wide as she listened to his laughter. Thinking he had hit his head or something, she put her hands on his cheeks and made him face her as she looked for signs of external injuries. “Zivon, can you recognize me? Tell me where it hurts.”