The old man answered the door, Beluga McGarden, and there was so much obvious delight on his face at seeing the staff, that Penny first wondered if these guy was mentally sound. When he reached for the staff, Penny waited until his hands clasped on it before moving, disliking what she sensed from him. In her flame form she angled downwards towards him, careful to avoid Nolan as she did so, and crashed downwards towards the staff. There was a cracking sound, but the staff didn't break. McGarden gave a blood curdling scream, and Penny caught her feet beneath her as she landed, kicking the staff away, seeing that the old man was cradling his hands against his chest.
"Whoops" She said, "Sorry. Looks like you won't be summoning up that malicious spirit. You shouldn't underestimate Phoenix Wing Members" She reached in one of the mans pockets, and took out a purse full of money, "Here Nolan. Your reward I take it" She passed it to Nolan, the hand that held it covered with blue flames while the rest of her body was her red-orange flames.
She then stalked towards the staff, and picked it up. "I really am sorry about the hands though. Sounds like they're painful" She swing the staff through the air and smashed it hard, with all her strength, against a tree, ,and there was another crack, and the staff shattered. Sasha could feel the power sink out of it, and she turned to McGardner "never think to hurt one of Phoenix Wing's Members in front of me again"
And then she walked away as if she had done nothing, her flames dying. "Come on Nolan"
Sasha reached the boys again just as Mithera headed off, and nodded, hearing about the being in the east. "Lets go then. Got lots off good food" She said brightly, smiling. "Mithera helped us, so its only right that we should give her a reward, right? She didn't have to come help us, and I think we would have been screwed without the extra help. That demon was stronger then the last ones. I was getting worried" She said truthfully, starting to walk in the direction of east. She chuckled at Angelo.
"I've never seen a Phoenix, although Penny probably comes close. You remember that small dragon Master came back with a few months ago? That was Mithera. She's a shapeshifter I'm not sure if she's human or not, but that doesn't matter. You should be more observant, but anyway, lets continue"