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[color=magenta]”Thanks guys…”[/color]

[color=888888]— Regina Bates[/color][/center]

[@Ponn][@Majoraa][@Vertigo][@The World][@Nakushita][@TaintedMushroom][@Kero] 

With the arrival of Tony, a lot of attention shifted over to the giant orange monster. 

Ashley gave a few orders before charging her wand up. While green techno energy gathered at its tip, Tony was already starting to sprint away. For someone of such large stature, he was pretty quick. His comparatively tiny legs were more than enough to help the hulking feline find refuge. Before he could get too far, Marrie fell beside him. 

?

With Tony being so tall, Marrie had to hop in order to cast her melody on Regina. The wound on the back of her head started to heal, and her eyes fluttered closed once the “stabilize” part of her melody took effect. The brightest fires burn the shortest, and it shouldn’t have been a surprise that Regina was a glass cannon, nearly done in by a single attack. 

Though freeing Regina from Tony’s grasp would be more difficult. She needed to plant her feet on Tony’s back and pull. All the while his fist, which was closed around Regina’s legs, refused to let go. He ran for the back alley while thrashing about, but Marrie wouldn’t let go. 

!

As impressive as Tony’s size was, his unusually thick back muscle made it difficult for him to reach around and snatch Marrie. Normally the feline would run on all fours and [i]nobody[/i] would be able to hang onto him, but he was carrying cargo that needed to be delivered. The fur beneath Marrie’s feet shook when Tony roared, but she still held on for dear life. 

Tony thrashed, Marrie held on, and then her shadow [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3vYbF3_TAk&t=243s]turned into a bird[/url] and pulled on her. The bird pulled on Marrie’s legs, and her grip on Regina’s arm started to slip. She slid down her elbow onto her wrist, then her palm, and then…

The bird and Marrie fell backwards off of Tony. She landed on her back, which was pressed against the shadow creature. 

But Marrie could feel Regina’s hand in hers. But then why did she feel so light? And why did her own legs feel so warm? When Marrie propped herself up, she could see that she was holding Regina’s hand and little more. Behind her elbow was a stump that dripped crimson.

Regina couldn’t scream right away. The shock induced paralysis prevented her from doing anything, but she was wide awake now. Tony looked over his shoulder at Regina and noticed the wound, then shot Marrie a glare that could freeze water. But his eyes swiftly readjusted to the neon green glow from the back of Peace Train. He dove into the crevice as the beam whipped around the corner. While the cat had disappeared from sight, the blood thrown up on the wall had not. The cat howled before, presumably, limping out of sight. 

Things were no less chaotic on the train. Raphael and everyone who followed him hung on for dear life, but the train’s spinning stopped soon enough. The only visible opposition was a single esper. 

[b][color=silver]”Looks like we get a break.”[/color][/b] Raphael growled. His demonic wings were pushed over to the side due to the spinning, but as the train slowed, they started to even out. [b][color=silver]”I’ll take this one, you-”[/color][/b]

But after a furious blast of light, Raphael’s position exploded. His silhouette, minus one wing, was sent flying off the train in a trail of smoke. He fell from the train like a meteor, but the coast was clear. 

[color=CCBFFF]"What the…"[/color] Trixy flew up beside the train on Boteg’s back. She sighed when she realized there was no trace of Himiko. [color=CCBFFF]"Isn’t that just like my suitors to up and disappear."[/color] She leveled the rocket launcher at Noah. [color=CCBFFF]"Well, I can make you disappear too!"[/color] 

Noah could feel Crazy train curve upwards. With so few people on its back, it seemed like it felt content to vanish into the sky. But what was Noah going to do? 

Meanwhile back on the ground, while Tony had fled proper, Penumbra lingered for a bit longer. The blue-haired bleeding heart [i]did[/i] only focus on retrieving Regina, so she figured she hadn’t seen [i]her[/i] yet. Though as she had watched the two beams shot out towards her co-worker, the assassin was curious. The golden one. It felt a bit too overkill on an already weakened esper, but it did keep the Ruinous Meteor from recovering so soon. Kudos to whoever fired that. But the green one that managed to actually hit him, it seemed more…focused? Was that the term she was looking for? Eh, it didn't matter.

But Penumbra was [i]very[/i] curious. Especially when she watched the dear preacher get knocked off Crazy Train despite his devilish power up. 

She did warn the guy.

[b]”Hm. Heeeey, Ramona???”[/b]

The young devil appeared nearby soon as she called. She handed Elroy over to her. [b]”Make sure this one doesn’t lose an arm either, I’ll meet up with you both in a sec!”[/b] With that taken care of, Penumbra went off to catch up to the trains.

[b]”So, zombie face.”[/b] Bobo addressed Asher while trying to light a new cigar with her flamethrower. [b]”You blowing this popcorn stand?”[/b]

Mika's eyes bounced back and forth between the two before. [color=tomato]"Orion? Was that an explosion? Did Crazy train crash?"[/color] This was, of course, in response to Himiko's final melody.