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❝Sometimes I wonder about the dreams I have when I'm awake.❞
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#007F03 ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #B20070】
|| Need you Now || Lady Antebellum ||
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#007F03 ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #B20070】
|| Need you Now || Lady Antebellum ||
Flames licked the air. The mages were locked in battle as spells were flung to and fro. While Julian and Cookie were out of their league here, Erika was a magical prodigy. Not only that, but she had miles of experience at this justice thing by now. Ever since facing off against Alistair, she learned the basics of magical dueling. She knew more about distance, about spell ranges, about when to attack and when to back off. She wasn't perfect and she wasn't yet enough to take on the Watchman, but the Balloon Bomber was very one-dimensional in his attacks. To the background of this, reporter Elsbeth's frantic words could be heard as she relayed the fight to the many watchers of this program, almost everyone clammering for the downfall of the Balloon Bomber. The wealthy hated him for endangering Erika and Eamon, the poor despised him for desiring revenge against them.
"Y'know, for someone without magic, isn't trying to be a hero kind of dumb?" Cookie asked, relaxing because he knew he wasn't going to be able to help anymore. He smoothed out his skirt and nursed his poor singed tail, hoping it would still be okay afterwards. The light in Julian's eyes didn't go out. "But Blue Lotus and Tiger Lily are so cool!" He exclaimed, looking like someone with a front seat to see their celebrity in action. "They're heroes! I want to be a hero too!" The ferret crossed his arms, sighing. "You mean make me a hero. I was the one actually fighting!" Not that he put up much of a fight by the end. It was easy for elemental casters to defeat distortion anyways, so this should have been expected, really. "Can we just leave the heroics to the heroes, please?" Julian seemed almost sad by this request. "Really, I'm far better at being cute than I am at serving justice." The young Master held his familiar's hand as they sat together at the docks. "But wasn't it fun? This was such a cool adventure!" Whatever happened, the crossdressing youth wanted to never wash the hand that got to hold hands with the Tiger Lily.
Finally the battle was winding down. He was running out of balloons, there wasn't much left now. But Erika knew she needed to do something. If she let it be like this, there was a very real chance that Alistair turned this against her by proposing to team up with the Bomber. That couldn't be allowed to happen. Tiger Lily was back, ready after rescuing Julian and Cookie. "Take out the Watchman, Tiger Lily!" Alistair sudden twisted his body to position himself defensively. "And here I thought we were making such a good team." He sneered, two magical swords appearing before him, ready to cut into the flower duo at any moment. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
The Blue Lotus flicked her finger and a spike of darkness extended from her wrist, forming a short blade made of shadows she could use to fight with. "Admit it! This was going to happen eventually! We both want the Bomber for different reasons, don't we?" Shadow swords clashed with magic swords. Erika parried, she lunged, she ducked under an attack and thrusted, melting into shadows to reappear behind with another attack at the Watchman's back. He was very used to fighting and he held back any finishing moves, threatening to make his own with slashes to the neck, to the ankles, even aiming for her mask. As the fought, the forgot one thing.
The Bomber wasn't yet defeated.
With a burst of air he lifted into the air and went straight for the two skirted boys. "Hey, get away from my-" Cookie lunged with claws and teeth but he was blasted into the water by a wind spell and a whip of fire wrapped around Julia's neck, lifting him up before he could so much as struggle. "Don't follow me!" The Bomber yelled in a very tired, very hoarse voice. "Or she dies!" The Balloon Bomber retreated into the night. As much as Erika wanted to give chase, the sun was rising now. They had to get back before anyone realized she and Clover were gone. "Tiger Lily, we have to back off for today." The Watchman tried to stop them but she dodged the arrow and melted into shadows, nabbing her partner.
Yet again, all because of this damn Watchman, this hunt ended in failure, and a ferret was crying uselessly on the ground as he failed to protect his Master.