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Romeo stood back and watched as the new mutant fought with his friends. Franky was being as hotheaded as ever, and it seemed so was Christine, literally. He had seen her eat fire like that on a few rare occasions, but it still surprised him every time. He might be able to do it as well, but he wouldn't be walking around as easily as her afterwards. For the time being it seemed like it was an even match, up until the few face got away from Franky and...stung Christine? If Romeo had seen it right, the woman had produced stingers of some sort from her wrists and used them to inject what he assumed to be some kind of paralyzing venom into the girl's neck, causing her to fall to the ground, or almost.

With that done the woman said a few words and then took off. While the Compound was in danger, Romeo was more concerned with the immediate danger of the venom in Christine. He walks over and kneels beside her to get a better look at the stings and to see how she was doing. Aside from not being able to move she was alive. "Franky, stay here and watch Christine. When the coast is clear take her back inside so someone can look at her wounds." Romeo says, standing up, the remaining spikes on his arm slowly retracting back into him, the same chemical process that made them melting them back down inside of him. As a result of this chemical reaction his core body temperature would raise slightly for a moment, but then return back to normal.

By now the woman was making her way over to Felix, passing Jamison along the way. Thankfully the woman didn't touch her, but for her that might have been a mistake. Romeo knew what Jamison could do, and it wasn't always a pretty sight. What's more it seemed Christine was slowly making her way over as well, and there was a...snake? Shaking his head the leader of the Compound just sighs and reaches a hand into either side of his coat, placing his fingers against his ribs. Slowly blood soaks into his shirt, staining it crimson, and then two tears appear and widen a bit as he begins to pull out two long blades from his sides. When he was finished his shirt was ruined, but the wounds had healed and he was now wielding what looked like two katana without proper handles or guards, and they were just as sharp as the real thing.

Felix was down, Christine looked as if a a still wind could knock her over, and now Jamison was trying to use her powers on the woman. However, Romeo steps in between the two females, blocking them from making eye contact.

"Jamison, sorry but this is personal now." Romeo says quietly to the girl, a slight grin on his face. "If she gets past me again feel free to take her down, and you can start calling Hunter your boss." He had a policy that if anyone trying to enter the Compound without permission got past him twice he would relinquish his control to whoever was the next capable mutant. "And Christine, thank you for your bravery, you've got as strong a spirit as ever, but you need to rest a bit. I think I can handle this."

Walking away from the two of them his grin widens a bit and his pace picks up. Once he has some speed he runs and leaps at the woman, swords raised over his head, and he brings them down in an X slash, aiming for her chest. Even if the slash hit it would be shallow, just an attempt to knock her back and away from the Compound. Romeo wouldn't even attempt to kill without it being absolutely necessary.