[center][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/pShjyoq.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/11gAoSU.png[/img][hr][hr][hr][/center] [color=e77fbf]"[i][b]Ahhhhh![/b][/i]"[/color] Ella screamed as she fell from the balcony, arm outstretched to try and reach Lisa before she disappeared. Her back crashed against the table, muscles spasming as intense pain spread across her back and into her shoulder. She groaned, eyes squeezing shut for a moment. But she didn’t have time to wallow in the pain. She was left alone in a room full of enemies. With another groan, Ella quickly rolled to the side and off the table, clumsily landing on her feet and into a crouching position. She held her Sailor Moon Wand in a tight grip, completely defensively, while her eyes darted around. “Ooooooh, Sheer’Khan!” The woman with the long black hair who stood with the Society laughed, turning her head towards the morbidly obese man. “Her friends abandoned her!” “Contain yourself, Shala,” Sheer’Khan shook his head, and yawned. “Think you can kill her? Ah, I miss Mala’Boolaan already.” He shook his head with another yawn. “I thought you had this place secure,” The tall man on the side of Dollhouse said. “We do, Luis,” Sheer’Khan said with another yawn. “Shala, Dr. Cross, just kill her already so we can get this over with. It’s bad enough that Ignatius dragged us all out here.” Shala laughed as she stood up and exploded into a cloud of pink mist, and when it faded, [url=https://i.imgur.com/dUP6riJ.jpg]she was a massive wolf-like creature with wings.[/url] She laughed as she lunged forward with a claw cocked back, and slammed it over onto Ella. Ella jumped to the side, wincing as the claw caught the side of her arm and raked down it. The bright colours of her bracelets (which she was rapidly running out of at the hostel) pooled down into her arms, making her fists a mishmash of bright pinks, purples and blues. She swung a fist, as hard as steel, towards Shala, impacting her chest and breaking a bone. Shala stumbled back for a moment, before roaring, and charging at her with both hands outstretched - briefly coughing up blood. While this was going on, Dr. Cross pulled out the pike and held it with both hands, as she ran up. Ella crossed her hands in front of her to block any claws that got near her. She used her prismatic enhanced legs to jump up onto the table - she was outnumbered but maybe being a bit higher could help! She swept out one leg, trying to catch and break the pike. However, upon contact with it… it did nothing. Not even so much as move Dr. Cross, and on impact, Ella felt her abstraction getting weaker. “... I’ll eat you alive!” Shala shouted as she lunged at Ella, mouth agape, still with a trickle of blood dripping down the side of her lip. [color=e77fbf]"No thank you!"[/color] Ella pulled back her leg, trying not to panic at how noticeably weaker her abstraction was. Her hands and lower arms were duller, and the light on her legs was flickering. She rolled to the side, shoulder hitting the table and smashing a plate, and she flipped off the other side with a wince. She immediately picked up one of the chairs and threw it at Shala, bashing her in the face with it. Shala growled in anger, before she grabbed the table and lifted it up over her head. [h3][i]“... GO TO HELL, WHORE!”[/i][/h3] Shala screamed as she threw the giant table at Ella. “... We were using that, Shala,” Ignatius sighed from the balcony above. He was leaning up against it, watching the fight. Not only that, Shayton and the mysterious woman were also leaning against it. [color=e77fbf]”I’m not a whore, I’m a magical girl!"[/color] Ella shouted. She quickly crouched, arms in front of her face and legs in front of her stomach - the table smacked right into her, her more vulnerable body parts covered by enhanced arms and legs… But it still hurt like hell! Fuck! Fight through it! She was knocked back and winded… But she had the table for a bit of cover. Ella popped her head over the table, brandishing her channeler to shoot a burning light right towards Shala’s eye… and seared it shut. She loudly screamed and thrashed around as she clutched her face, before she fell onto her back. This left Ella and Dr. Cross, who simply strafed a circle around Ella, holding that pike, not breaking line of sight. “Sheer’Khan! Do something!” Dr. Cross shouted, as she continued to walk circles around Ella. Sheer’Khan yawned. “... I’m perfectly fine watching, thank you very much.” “... You’re stronger than Mala’Boolaan!” Dr. Cross seethed. “Just flatten her real quick before the rest of those idiots come back!” Sheer’Khan yawned. “Who made you the boss?” he replied. “Last I checked, only Ignatius was above us. The rest of the Endless Seven stand on the same level.” Ella was still peering over the table, from below her nose hidden behind it. She hadn’t expected Shala to go down so easily… maybe winning this was possible! If she ignored how much pain she was in! [color=e77fbf]”You know, you really shouldn’t boss people around if you’re not in charge! If he doesn’t want to fight, he doesn’t want to fight!"[/color] Ella shouted. She moved her hand just a bit above the table, shooting another burning light—this time towards one of Dr. Cross’s hands. It hit her hand, and she winced, keeping her hand on the pike. She fell to one knee and closed her eyes. “... Shut up and fight!” Dr. Cross screamed as she rushed Ella, and swung at her with the pike. One that would weaken her abstraction. Shala climbed back to her feet, and sniffed the air for a few moments… [color=e77fbf]”I don’t want to fight either!"[/color] Ella said, weaving and dodging the pike. She didn’t want it to hit her again, but her main attacks required kicking or punching! Instead she just used her still enhanced limbs to more easily dart from side to side. “... [i]Then you shouldn’t have come here![/i]” Dr. Cross shouted as she took another swing with the pike. [color=e77fbf]”Well…"[/color] Ella didn’t really have anything to say in response to that. She leapt back to avoid the swing, before stepping in and sweeping out a leg in an attempt to kick Dr. Cross’ ankle, making her fall to the side… yet, Dr. Cross held onto the pike tightly. Ella quickly moved around to kick Dr. Cross in the back of the knee, hard. Which made her seethe as she rolled over a few times. However, Shala charged at Ella like a berserk animal, kicking Dr. Cross away as she slashed her with a wild barrage. One of the slashes hit Ella’s shoulder, claws digging into her flesh and sending blood spilling down her leotard and staining the white with a bright red. She pulled back before they could hit again, punching away the other hand and constantly backing away. [color=e77fbf]”Hey, you shouldn’t kick your friend!"[/color] she shouted as she dodged. “... [b][i]DIE![/i][/b]” Shala continued the relentless assault, before throwing herself at Ella with her jaws outstretched, aiming for her neck. [color=e77fbf]”Not again!"[/color] Ella shouted. She threw up her arm to protect her neck, biting down on her lip as Shala’s jaws clamped down on it. Shala then thrashed Ella around like a wild dog, before she slipped from her grasp and went flying across the room. She then roared into the sky. “... That was a great display,” Ignatius said with a flat expression on his face. “Now kill her.” Ella slammed into a wall, falling to the floor with a crash. She clenched down her jaw to keep in pained screams, clutching her nearly destroyed arm to her chest and trying to get back onto her feet. Her legs absolutely refused to work. She was screwed. Grimacing, she closed her eyes and held up her hands, a blinding flash emitting from them - all she could do to buy herself time. “... That won’t do anything to save you!” Shala screamed as she charged Ella. … However, a glowing coral-pink orb appeared in the middle of the dining room… much larger than the one created before. It exploded in a flash of pink, and it revealed the group of Kimberly, Jordan, Saskia, and Lisa. Not only that, Lisa had created three giant black widow spiders (one of which she was mounted on), equipped with dragonfly wings, [i]and[/i]. She had a legion of flying spiders with her. Her eyes turned towards Shala. [color=764820]”... [i][b]GET AWAY FROM HER![/b][/i]”[/color] Lisa screamed as she commanded one of the flying black widows to fly towards Shala. She could only glance over her shoulder as the spider wrapped itself around Shala… before she applied the Acid-Burst spell to it. It exploded into a massive blast of acid and chitin shrapnel… which splashed on her. It hit her in the cheek, and completely dissolved it, revealing her teeth on one side of her face. She screamed as it dripped down onto her chest and arm… dissolving flesh in a painful display. As for Shala? She was absolutely [i]obliterated[/i]. Most of the flesh on her body was dissolved while she was still standing, and she hit the ground with a thud… what was left of her. The toxic mixture of dissolved flesh and acid sizzled against the ground as everyone looked on in horror. “... [i]Hmph,[/i]” Ignatius said, “She had no place in not only the Endless Seven, but the Society itself….” [color=e77fbf]”Lisa, Saskia!"[/color] Ella groaned, pushing herself onto her knees. Blood dripped down her arm from where it had been mauled, and she could barely move. [color=e77fbf]”I’m so… glad to see you…"[/color] [color=DC143C]"Shit, Lisa, can you use some healing spiders on her?"[/color] Saskia asked. Her whole body was covered in a thin layer of blood, bone spear jutting out of her fist. She pulled it back in, running over to Ella to try and help her stand. [color=DC143C]"C’mon, we’ve got to go."[/color] [color=764820]”... Don’t whine this time!”[/color] Lisa shouted, as she flicked some healing spiders onto Ella with both hands. [color=e77fbf]”You said that about Mala’Boolaan too!”[/color] Ella said woozily, pointing a finger up at Ignatius. At least, someone had shit talked Mala’Boolaan when he died. [color=e77fbf]”They both put up a good fight!"[/color] “Thank you for the show!” Luis shouted as he held the door open to leave. Shayton, Shaquita, we’re out of here.” With a stoic expression on their faces, the two Dollhouse goons left. Shayton vanished in a burst of speed, and Shaquita, the mysterious woman, hopped off the banister and landed without so much as flinching. She calmly followed behind Luis, Natalie, and Heinrich, as the door closed behind them. Ignatius shook his head, as he narrowed. “You five are going to leave now before we can catch you, right?” The spiders bunched up around Lisa, as a Coral-Pink sphere formed around them. And Ignatius flicked his hand, “... Just go already.” [color=e77fbf]"Send someone stronger next time!"[/color] Ella shouted as she limped into the sphere, leaning heavily on Saskia. Lisa flipped off Ignatius… … Before they were all gone. [hr] They appeared back in Kimberly and Jordan’s hotel room, and immediately Kimberly shook her head. “Well…” She walked over to her bottle of scotch and poured herself a glass. “... That was a [i]disaster.[/i]” [color=764820]”Hey!”[/color] Lisa said, [color=764820]”We took out a member of the Endless Seven!”[/color] “... When the plan was to bug them,” Jordan shook her head as she sat down on the nearby computer chair. “It won’t matter how many of the Endless Seven we kill when they just get replaced.” She shrugged. [color=DC143C]"We also ruined their meeting,"[/color] Saskia pointed out. [color=e77fbf]”And any replacements will be weaker!”[/color] Ella flopped down on the couch, still feeling exhausted even though she’d been healed. She flexed her wrist and created a small ball of colour using a bit from the couch. She frowned as she compared the ball, clearly duller than the sofa’s colour (with a missing white patch). [color=e77fbf]”One of them can weaken abstractions… I dunno how long this’ll last.”[/color] [color=764820]”I mean…”[/color] Lisa twiddled her thumbs, awkwardly looking up at Kimberly then to Jordan. [color=764820]”We [i]did[/i] bug them. Well, not in the annoy kind of way, but my spiders got bugs on each of the Endless Seven.”[/color] “... Wait, you did?!” Jordan said. “Sweet!” Kimberly threw a fist into the air. “That means we can figure out what Morningstar’s plan is so we can stop them!” [color=764820]”... Do we have to lay low again?”[/color] “Yes,” Kimberly laughed, “Yes, you do.” [color=764820]”Aw.”[/color] [color=e77fbf]”More time to catch up on anime!”[/color] Ella cheered. Honestly, she was all right with a few days of laying low after that fight. Saskia frowned, looking Kimberley dead in the eye. [color=DC143C]"Can I move into your room?"[/color] Kimberly smiled. “... [b][i]No.[/i][/b]”