Oh yeah, that was a good explosion. Arson smiled under her helmet for a moment, but then she spotted it. A gargantuan monster of a vehicle heading right for them, calling it a tank would be a disservice this thing was a mobile fortress! After gawking at the metal beast that was headed their way Arson looked down. All she could see was the van on its head and Jackalope on the ground.
Where the hell is Manifold?... Ana thought as she started to descend. Arson braced for impact and crashed into the ground, with a grunt she stood up and looked around, sparing the Jackalope a glance.
"Hey you This fight isn't over we've got a few thousand tons of mobile fortress coming our way. You going to be able to Help?"Arson waited for Jackalopes response before speaking up again.
"Also do you have any clue where Manifold is? Tall. Mean-looking. Mute." Arson looked over her shoulder and called out
"Yo Mastar you alright! We've got more trouble coming so get your ass back here!" With that said Ana found her sniper in the mud and checked to see if the scope was cracked. Unfortunately, it was so she wasn't going to be getting a good look at moving fortress until she got closer.
Edith recoiled as another new combatant entered the fray. Another massive scale-covered behemoth, luckily this one was again seemingly on her side. The brute even managed to rip a tendril off of Transcendent, though it was obvious Transcendents powers were affecting the reptilian brute. But even after that Transcendent was still fixated on getting Edith, it was clear this guy wasn't going to leave her alone until he was taken out.
Edith gritted her teeth and got ready, she was going to have to kick things up a notch if she wanted to get this maniac off her case, and so far flame throwers haven't been able to hit him. So Edith was going to have to try something else. Transcendent is at his best when in close-quarters combat, fortunately so was Edith. Suddenly a pair of glowing hot blades erupted from Edith's forearms and Edith lunged forward bringing slashing downward. But Transcendent easily flowed around her strike and retaliated with a few whips from his tongues.
Edith hissed as she felt the pressure of gravity increase, she couldn't let him strike her again like that but if he was fast enough to evade her strikes before there was no doubt he'd be able to do it again. Fuck this guy, he wasn't going to take her back to that horrible place. Nobody was! Edith's clothes burst into flames, quickly turning to ash as her powers ramped up. Edith now stood in her cape costume, the heat around her being so intense that her feet were slowly melting away the concrete underneath her.
Transcendent wasn't at all deterred by this display and again went for her, though this time he was noticeably more focused on evasion. And his strikes were lightning fast. Edith managed to sidestep one of the lashes but his onslaught of attacks landed him a few more strikes on Edith. Edith fell to one knee the weight of Transcendents power was making standing difficult, Edith hissed and lowered one of her glowing blades into the concrete in front of her. The sudden change in heat caused steam to rise from the ground, making a faint cloud of steam.
Edith's little trick worked, for now, Transcendent hadn't gone in for another attack. The glowing hot blades retracted back into Edith's forearms as she let out a tiny sigh of relief, she needed a moment to think, how the heck was she going to nail this guy?