"Stukov!"

Adrianne shouted once more after the armsman as he ran off at an astonishing speed, even for a trained arsman! Yet before he disappeared behind the corner, Adrianne would notice the mysterious, blue glint in the armsman's eyes, far from being any of his natural features. It was in that moment Adrianne felt another psychic presence, unlike that of any of the enroaching daemons, and it emanated from none other than Stukov!

[i]"That can't be right... !" [/i]

"Understood. Good luck, Inquisitor!" Adrianne acknowledged Zhevon's command, before the Psyker would drag Aviza with her as the two pursued Stukov! 
They raced through the corridor with all haste, passing through numerous other rooms in their chase which looked rather similar to the first ritual chamber. It seemed like they were in some kind of larger, underground cult complex. The naked concrete floors were covered with luscious and colorful carpets, as were the concrete walls and pillars adorned with paintings and drapery. Luxurious furniture were frequently placed alongside the walls, and scrolls, texts and daemonic drawings could be seen painted into the very walls or on parchment hanging from the roof.

Yet as they entered the third chamber, Adrianne managed to get a glimpse of Stukov's back disappearing out of the room in a sprint! But between her and the exit stood two daemonettes. They had been watching Stukov disappear as well, but the moment Adrianne's metal boot hit the concrete floor of the chamber, they would immediately turn around and look back at her, both of them grinning wickedly as they studied the psyker. Without a word, they readied themselves and begun to leap towards her!

Wearing black silken scraps or loincloths, their bodies were smooth and curvacious, with the exception of a black exoskeleton right claw instead of arm on the closest one! They moved at an astonishing speed, combining both grace and mobility despite almost standing over seven feet tall! Black and white hair flowed from their heads in a wave as they moved, and their eyes shone with yellow or purple light as they centered on Adrianne and Aviza!

With the daemons blocking the way, Adrianne would stop; hold her staff horizontally in front of her before grabbing it on each end.

"Bad idea, sisters!" Adrianne muttered behind her skeletal helmet as the claw-armed daemonette came closer! She'd gently pull the staff apart with a click, revealing a metallic interior glinting with a pink light between the upper shaft and lower base of the staff.

Then, as the daemonette raised her claw to strike, Adrianne's right hand holding the upper shaft of the staff would move outwards in a lightning fast motion, drawing a long, curved power sword out of the base of the staff which seemingly had functioned as a scabbard for the weapon! Within a split second, the curved power sword, crackling with purple energy would have traveled past the daemonette's waist as it had been propelled by Adrianne's own power, effectively slicing the daemon in half from top to bottom in an instant!

The parts of the daemonette flew past Adrianne to land next to Aviza, consisting of a severed torso and legs. 

Bringing her power sword up into a guard position, Adrianne wasted no time after having felled the first daemonette in the surprise attack before turning her attention towards the second one, which had paused its attack. The daemonette looked at her with a look of surprise on its pale face, its deep yellow eyes shifting from the decapitated parts of the other daemonette and back at the psyker, before a wicked smile formed on the daemonette's face!

This daemonette, unlike the first one, had no apparent weapon mutations or eldritch limbs. Her body had a very human appearance, as human as a daemon could really look. But in her hands she held a long twinbladed weapon, made out of a razor sharp, gleaming silver metal with chaotic runes inscribed alongside the blades!

Adrianne said nothing, she simply stared intently at the daemonette from behind her mask.

The daemonette stepped to the side, careful to avoid entering Aviza's line of fire as it used the Psyker herself to obstruct the sister's aim. Adrianne would take a step forward with her boot, holding her power sword at the ready with both hands; while the pale haired daemonette would take a step back, lowering her posture as she glided a pair of fingers across the lower blade of her weapon.

Then, without a second of hesitation, the two foes launched themselves at each other!

Adrianne tilted her power sword to the side, before bringing it down in a cutting motion towards her foe. The daemonette responded by meeting the strike with her twinblade, before immediately bringing the other blade of her weapon in an upwards cutting motion against Adrianne's left side! The psyker swiftly stepped back while pulling her body away from the blade as it passed mere inches over her mask! Readying her power sword again, she held it out to her side before attacking in a sweeping motion. The daemonette moved her twinblade to parry the blow, but the moment before their two weapons would make contact, Adrianne would suddenly vanish out of thin air right in front of her!

The daemonette's eyes widened at the strange occurance, before Adrianne would appear the next moment right behind her, the psyker already swinging her weapon!

The daemonette barely noticed her before the power sword cut across her lower back, leaving a black, singing wound across her back! The daemon would let out a scream of pain, immediately spinning around to strike at Adrianne with her twinblade. Adrianne would be there to meet the strike, parrying it with her sword, yet while the weapons were connected, the daemonette would spin around yet again; this time bringing her foot out in a wide kick! Unable to release her blade in time, Adrianne would be hit by the shin of the daemonette's foot at the side of her helmet, knocking the Psyker sideways and sending her rolling to the ground.

As Adrianne hit the ground, the daemonette would immediately follow, raising her twinblade in a stabbing motion! 

But as she launched it down towards her fallen foe, Adrianne would disappear into thin air yet again; the bottom of the daemonic twinblade simply hitting the hard concrete on which the Psyker had lain a split second ago!

With yellow eyes rapidly scanning her surroundings and ears twitching, the Daemonette would suddenly throw herself to the side as a loud gunshot could be heard from behind her! A 44. Caliber bullet flew past the daemonette, grazing her right shoulder before exploding into one of the concrete pillars of the chamber, throwing dust and minor pebbles everywhere!

Standing ten feet behind the daemonette in a kneeling posture would be Adrianne, the psyker holding her power sword at her side while aiming towards her with Scylla, her handgun!

Without hesitation, Adrianne fired off another powerful shot with her handgun, but the daemonette would already have leapt to the side, jumping up against a wall before kicking off and launching herself towards the psyker. Letting go of her gun, which seemed to glide mystically back into its holster on its own, Adrianne grasped around the handle of her power sword with both hands while sidestepping! As the daemonette was almost upon her, she would swing her sword to the side, parrying the incoming twinblade of the daemonette as the daemon flew past her and landed gracefully on the ground in a crouching posture four feet away, its yellow eyes still fixed on Adrianne and the smile on its purple lips now bigger than ever before!

Standing on her feet, Adrianne would ready her power sword once more as she focused on the daemonette.

But approaching the chamber, she could hear footsteps. Appearing out of a draped doorway would be two more daemonettes! Barely affording them a quick glance, Adrianne would speak into her coms.

"Deal with the reinforcements, Aviza! I'll finish this one!" Adrianne spoke through her helmet, directing her message at Aviza. She knew the Sisters of Battle were formidable warriors, but so too were daemons formidable foes as well! Hopefully she would be able to finish them off before they could be overrun!