Black Cat roared out in pain as both of his arms plunged into the mass of Law magic. Eise screamed out as he felt his arms burn, for a moment displacing the cat spirit that possessed him. He couldn't pull back or change course because of the force he'd put into his lunge, his body was going to fly right through the hologram. Kuro took control again, ignoring the body's trivial pain. Black Cat blurred and disappeared, reappearing high above crouched on the ceiling. His black armored arms were burned and smoldering, bright blue blood illuminating rivers where the burns were deepest. For some reason, the anti-teleportation field was down. Kuro doubted it would have been harmed by the Law decoy's magic, but it had saved the body from unnecessary damage. Black Cat looked down at his arms, or rather up at them as he was on the ceiling. His glowing claws were still there and functional, but he would probably have trouble making the arms move as he wanted them too, and the destroyed armor on his arms would make it dangerous to take a direct hit. It would have been much worse if he hadn't been able to teleport away though. [i]Where the hell did he go![/i] The black cat flicked its tail in annoyance as Eise recovered from his momentary blackout. He was angry, though he had no reason to be in the spirit's eyes. The man was a powerful magician, it only made sense that he would protect himself with all of the magic at his disposal. Black Cat stared down as each of the other hired guns was involved in some form of combat or another. The struggle only made the kill that much more rewarding. Still, his target had proven that he was not to be underestimated. It would be folly to attack again after being damaged already. Black Cat was considering whether or not to just abandon the job and disappear for a while when something interesting happened below, a few somethings actually. Time stopped. Most everyone in the Convention Center just stopped, frozen in that instant of time. With the motion and chaos went the noise, or at least much of it. Black Cat scanned the room to see who had cast the Timespace magic, but his scan was interrupted by the second something. A gigantic metal spider burst into view, only to also be stopped by Timespace magic just as suddenly. Eise saw the caster this time, actually it was two individuals. He wondered if the initial time freeze was their doing as well. If so, they would be incredibly powerful magi, likely more so than the man he was after. Kuro wanted to kill them. With them occupied holding the magic, it was a perfect opportunity. But Black Cat's eyes shifted to the metallic monstrosity that the two magi were keeping at bay and thought better of it. The third something that happened was not only the least noteworthy thing that had happened in those seconds, but also the one that Black Cat chose to react to. Someone that Black Cat hadn't sensed a moment ago summoned a large multitude of spirits into the physical realm. It was as if a tar pit had poured its trapped contents still-living out on the showroom floor. Kuro, being a black cat, very strongly believed in luck both good and bad, and right then it considered itself the only lucky being in that room. For those lesser spirits rushing below, it would be their bad luck. Black Cat pushed off from the metal ceiling as if shot from a gun, the beams above bending and straining against the force. He hit the floor like a meteor, crushing a dog-like spirit creature below him. The spirit-hybrid tore into the black thing with its blade-like teeth, ripping a chunk from its body and eating it. Though burned, his blue-glowing claws still cut through the spirit inside the beast easily. He disappeared as another spirit creature rushed through the space he had been occupying, reappearing to behead two more of the things and consume their black bodies with the spirits inside. Eise was powerless to control his own body as Kuro became blinded by a mad rush of hunger. The cat wasn't mindless though, as it purposely skirted around the beasts' summoner to continue his feast for as long as possible. A mass of the things were converging in one place, though why they did so the predator in control of Black Cat couldn't have cared less. He appeared there, inside the thick of the beasts. The first beast he saw upon materializing was bisected by his teeth, a small beast that resembled a black cat. A wolf and a smaller dog were the next closest, and two glowing claws shot out two rip their heads from their bodies. The bodies continued forward for a moment more, until Black Cat bit into them as they passed and threw the remains aside. The euphoria of consumption made Kuro giddy, and Black Cat actually laughed in his butchery. Eise didn't even try to push Kuro out of the driver's seat. The spirit was in its own little zone right now, and nothing he said or did would reign it in. It was better to just wait until the craze ran its course or Kuro ran out of things to eat. Also, he didn't want to be in control of his body right then. Though Eise's body didn't actually eat what Black Cat consumed, he would still be able to taste it, and Eise wasn't too enthused about tasting things that had been dead for who knows how long. He would have liked to tell the cat to tone it down though. He would likely be unable to use his arms for a while after this. "Damn cat," Eise cursed unheard inside his head. "Time freezes over, a fuckin' mech crashes the party, and you're more focused on food."