trans_9 | The Challenge From Beyond-Time for a Fight

Wanda stepped into action right away. She was still juiced up from her nightmare, flowing with Chthon's dark energy. "Spread out. I want each of you covering the others. Make sure nothing gets past you and press forward. If you see anyone who needs assistance and you can help without leaving the others open to attack, do it. If you can't call out for someone else to provide assistance. This will be hard but keep going." And with that she let go of her restraint, sending a blast of magic at the energy at the monsters.

Alessa didn't have the heart to tell Wanda that she had no intentions of really listening to anyone at this point. It was nothing personal: in fact, she liked Wanda, and thought her courageous for having to deal with that dark god. But after that nonsense back at the gathering, she had time to think about her position and what she was doing. She had been waiting, preparing for weeks, and now she was expected to kowtow to someone who was only just getting ready to fight these things? The logic itself wasn't sound, and was hardly sound, and a bit insulting.

More importantly, she saw the monsters. Wanda meant well, but she was not a demon like she was: she could feel the oozing, the feeling of WRONG coming from these things. Their essence was very much like the Nightmare King's but in corporeal form. Already Alessa could feel the urge to kill rising, could feel the pull in her to start directing where the next lunge would be. She was unafraid of these things in the dark: they were minions, much like the ones ion her own Silent Hill, but a deal deadlier, and certainly older. Not that it mattered: she was not new to the world, she only looked it. When she saw them, the ship, the people, everything passed away: she could only see the darkness all around them, the threat they posed, the malice in their intent.

Alessa smiled. They had no idea who they were dealing with.

She would show them.

The vines, which usually took at least thirty seconds to full extend, came out easily: she had already began the preliminary preparation for this. Now she could hear the roar of her own monsters, feel their anxiousness that their master was about to enter into the fray herself. Minions were like that: they wanted their own shot at going for these creatures too, and Alessa would let them, eventually: she knew she would have need of them. She knew in time she would even have to summon one of her greatest warriors Pyramid Head, and that would take a toll, but it would be needed. In any case, that time would come: these creatures did not know what she capable of.

She turned to Wanda and, having no time to talk, said this to her, I will try to manage your instruction, but likely I may have to come at these creatures in full force. I may not be able to assist anyone if I can help it.

Plus, it would be a distraction. There were far too many of these things.

She leapt into the fray, and now it was real: her vines no longer toying, they started to RIP at her enemies, and when they started to gather Alessa had fire shoot from the vines now. Daimon would have recognized hellfire when he saw it: it wasn't something Alessa liked using all that much, but when a situation called for it, she did not let her pride get in the way. The monsters screeched and fought back, and one could hear a low laughter from the demon girl as they dug their claws into her flesh. Good: they would feel the poison soon enough.

She added very quietly in the back of her mind that if she saw Shadow being attacked in this fray, she wouldn't hold back.

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This was it. All or nothing. Now or never.

"Alright, you freaks. Let's see what you can do when you're fighting on MY terms!" Shadow said, snarling. Jet shoes igniting again, Shadow raced into the fray, going airborne and perform a Sonic Spin Attack, the added power of the Chaos Spears tearing into those unfortunate to be in its path. Coming out of it, the hedgehog went into the offensive, cutting through the creatures with his Spears, launching them and creating more to replace them.

Wanda felt the chthonic power flowing through her. She felt it rise, the pressure built until she cast it all out of her body, directing it all out in one overpowering wave.

Alessa wasted no time with words. The creatures she did not take for granted: the air was thick with dark energy, and in order for her to cause damage she had to be at her best. The tentacles stopped grappling at this point then now it was meant for tearing.

And there was much to tear at.

The first came at one of the smaller monsters: it had teeth and fangs, but seemed to be composed of mostly sickly sticky skin. It tried to sink its fangs through her own tentacles, but Alessa was not an amateur at this, quite the opposite: she had made twisted monsters like this, she knew she had to match dark power with its own. She grasped at the center and tore, her eyes far from the usual impassive look. The blood sprayed freely, but she discarded the monster immediately: no telling who had poison blood in this mess.

But now a new monster took that others' place and got a hit on Alessa she had not been expecting this soulless face beast who's piercing yell actually pushed back like a wind into the outstretched arms of a slit nosed freak with no pupils. Alessa grimaced when it touched her and reacted accordingly: she vanished from the arms and the tentacles seized the creature and threw it at the creature. The yell pushed it back too, but Alessa was ready, and the tentacles cut deeply into it. The yells from the creatures were inhuman, but Alessa had no time to think about that: a few lizard like creatures were leaping at Shadow, and she was there a moment later, pulling one down into the ground sharply.

The face floating screecher, however, was moving toward the hedgehog.

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As the battle raged, Shadow continued his assault. As the Chaos Spears tear into the creatures, Shadow began to wish that he had another weapon to aid him. As he turned, he saw the screecher that encountered Alessa. Before he could act, the creature let out a powerful screech that sent the hedgehog flying away from the group and into the waiting arms of others far away.

"...great. More of them..." Shadow mused before starting to fight through them.

Eddie's skin is sizzling hot as he leaps into the fray, talons and horns gouging and burning whatever monstrosity was unlucky enough to cross him. Since Eon had aged him, Eddie's muscle mass had nearly tripled, and he used this to his advantage, ripping apart the creatures into pieces that burn away into ash.

Not only had Eddie gained strength, but even more firepower as well. His fire breath was even hotter, and he didn't even need to breath it seemed. Fire shot from his hands in great torrents, and he could heat the air around a creature just by looking at it.

Eddie was reveling in this newfound power. Was this what would happen once he lost his soul? he almost lost his mind to the chaos, but the little voice of his conscience nudged him, reminded him why he was fighting; to help the rest of the crew get into the Cathedral and fight the Nightmare King. Eddie focused his mind on the mission, and fought on with all his heart.

Alessa was happy that they were all fighting: these creatures were getting numerous, and she had to come at them with full fury, ignoring that she probably looked bloodthirsty and vicious. She would have been more than happy to continue fighting, but the truth was something was distracting her. She felt as if something was wrong on the ship, and that something was related to her. She didn't think about it at first, just hacking and cutting, but more and more she felt disturbed, and then it became clear.

Someone (http://community.livejournal.com/trans_ /306133.html?thread=23304661#t23304661) was trying to impersonate her.

"NO!" Alessa screeched, and was gone. She was for awhile, and then she came back, fake Alessa strangled at the throat, now resembling nothing like the facsimile she had been. Alessa, however, was taking ragged breaths: the jump from one place to another had displaced her power, and she couldn't concentrate.

And that was what they were waiting for as they swarmed the demon.

"What the-" Wanda didn't finish, instead leaping forward to blast several of the demons back. "Cover her!"

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"CHAOS...BLAST!"

That was all Shadow had to hear. Alessa was in trouble - and he pointed it out to her not to do something like that. Unleashing a massive burst of Chaos Energy, he cleared a path for him to reach Alessa, igniting more Chaos Spears as he fought to beat the beasts back.

"GET AWAY FROM HER! I WON'T LET YOU TOUCH HER AGAIN!" Shadow roared. Not again. Never again.

It was a good thing that Wanda and Shadow had reacted so quickly: the monsters had ripped at Alessa pretty well, and would probably have done worse damage had it not been for their interference. Still, Alessa was still limping and her hair was dotted with blood that fell freely down her face. The look on her face, however, was unmistakable: it was flat out loathing.

It was bad enough that the filthy King had a power similar to hers, and that he had attempted to give her nightmares. But to impersonate her and then sic his filthy minions on her too, to actually hurt her? That would not stand.

Alessa opened her mouth, and the air was filled with a dark, foreboding sound. It was Alessa's last resort, and she knew, at least, that this would by them time. A moment later, all of the monsters from the factory were now approaching to intercept the monsters, and Alessa fell against Shadow, breathing shallowly.

"Get the rest if you can," the demon girl said.

"How is she?" Wanda shouted. She didn't stop fighting against the monsters and blasted yet more back. "Get-" She didn't get a chance to finish her sentence as a monster came in while her back was turned and lunged.

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Oh, this was just Shadow's day. Alessa's injured, Wanda's down, the creatures are starting to get the best of them...

Turning around, he scooped Alessa in his arms and leaped over one of the creatures attacking.

"HANG ON!" Shadow shouted. Hopping off each of the creatures, he made his way over to where Wanda was, dropping down and lashing out with a Chaos Spear. Setting Alessa down, he moved to help Wanda up. "Are you okay? We can't give up now. Not when we're so clo-WOAH!" A few moments later, Shadow found himself being pulled up and away from the girls.

Alessa, despite her weakness, was still very protective of her man...or whatever the hell she and Shadow were to each other. Either way, she was not going to allow either Shadow or Wanda to be unnecessarily injured because they were trying to help her. Out of nowhere a scythe appeared in her hand that appeared to be powered by some kind of dark energy. She plunged it at the monster that had Shadow and cleaved it in two, then turned toward Wanda.

"Stick by me," she rasped. "It's a rather crude weapon, but it will get the job done."

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