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[center][color=MediumSpringGreen]Somehow, I knew it was going to come to this…[/color]
[color=888888]-Ashley Avenir[/color][/center]

Ashley’s heart sank when Estelle predictably announced that she had no intention of making any move against Amanda, even as a pair of shadowy beings rose up from the floor and lunged for the two agents. Thankfully, the Witch Hunter seemed to have no qualms about swiftly dealing with this new threat, and neither did the Pink Pounder. As the Knight of Tomorrow backed away from the shadowy assailants, allowing her melee-oriented allies to dispatch them, Estelle shouted that a hostile esper was responsible for the sudden attack. A quick look out the window confirmed as much, with a horned girl shouting for Amanda to run, along with a literal, golden-scaled [i]dragon[/i] that seemed to have appeared from out of nowhere. And run Amanda did. By the time Ashley had reached the window, both Amanda and the mystery esper (along with some sort of shadowy… [i]thing[/i]) were atop the massive creature, who was poised to take flight at any moment.

Time was of the essence, her window of opportunity rapidly closing shut, yet in those precious few seconds, the Knight of Tomorrow’s mind raced with frantic speed. There were three options available to her. She could simply do nothing and allow the trio (quartet?) to escape, she could ask MDP to try and put them all to sleep, or she could employ all her remaining mana in an attempt to neutralize Amanda and her apparent allies in one shot. Although she didn't have definitive proof, it was almost a certainty that the esper who had attacked them was a Maverick terrorist at the very least, if not a depraved esper working for The Hand. Either way, letting either organization have access to someone of Amanda’s abilities and motivation to use them against G.E.M.I.N.I. was something the high-tech heroine simply couldn’t allow. As for MDP, The Pounder himself had said that she was too pure a soul to comprehend the threat posed by the truly evil, something a glance at the whimsical girl's unmoving, seemingly shell-shocked form more than attested too. Indeed, even if she had been capable of sending the fleeing group to dreamland, they would eventually wake up. Dr. Moller herself had already made clear that G.E.M.I.N.I. possessed no facility in the city capable of holding Amanda, and how much more would that be the case for an actual dragon? No, there was really only one course of action to take here, the one Ashley had been dreading, yet still grimly preparing herself for.

[color=MediumSpringGreen][i]Damn it…[/i][/color]

She didn’t want to do this, but she was left with no other choice. Aiming her techno-wand at Amanda, the Knight of Tomorrow charged the glowing weapon with every last ounce of transcendent power she had left. There was a rising hum, which quickly gave way to an ear-piercing screech as neon green particles of techno mystic power rapidly coalesced around the gleaming sphere at the techno-wand’s tip and arcs of emerald energy crackled from its twin, glowing prongs. 

Behind her visor, Ashley’s steely gaze locked with that of the weeping teen’s.

[color=MediumSpringGreen]“I’m sorry,”[/color] the Knight of Tomorrow whispered.

An instant later, the pent up power was released in a baleful cylinder of pure annihilation, one which homed in on Amanda regardless of any obstructions, or even the laws of physics. Upon striking her, it would burst apart in a spectacular emerald detonation. It would take several seconds for the blindingly bright glow of the stupendous blast to fade, and thus allow Ashley to see the results of her all-out attack, but even so, the high-tech heroine found herself hoping that her target had perished instantly, and without pain. Because if she hadn’t, if [i]any[/i] of them had survived and were in any condition to retaliate, she doubted that she or her allies would be in any condition to withstand it… 

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[center]18 | Female | GEMINI | Vision of Tomorrow
Implements of Tomorrow | Wand, Shield | Arcane | Tune of Tomorrow
Raiment of Tomorrow | Stride of Tomorrow 
Light of Tomorrow | Light | Power of Tomorrow
PRO-TEK 4000 Defensive Surgery Implement | Kevlar Coat, Kevlar Padding, Medical Supplies, Tazer, Clip Light
[Reveal (2), Purity (4)], Damage (2), Damage X (6), Shield (4), Reflect (4), Heal (6), Major Heal (18), AoE (2), Powerful (0), Piercing (2), Purify (6), Homing (2), Avoid (2)

DAMAGE: B | SPEED: E | SENTINEL: C | 1000

[Gold Beam][Piercing][Powerful][Charge][Homing][Avoid][Damage X][AoE] = -504 mana  

PHYSICAL: E | ARCANE: C | CHAOS: B | 118[/center]