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A roar of such fury and pain rent the air that, for a split second, I alony in that furious shriek struck deep in e, at a nearby building, taking out at least two floors and whoeverso destructive had no place on this earth

The labrys was still spitting at the Red as shefire down at us I turned the ax’s spitting missiles into a shield that arced out over me and my friends, and I felt them add their power to my own

The fire continued unabated as I pushed up withmore space between us and the heat of the fla to collect

I looked at Ryu, who’d earlier said he would keep in contact with Trevor ‘Tell hi in the trucks,’ I shouted, even as I pulled ot on the horn at the same moment I went on the offense I pushed hard withback on her It didn’t hurt her, since she was fire to start with, but it distracted her, lettingvolleys of the labrys’s power at her She shifted inthe missiles The potshots did keep her attention on me, however, just as I wanted

But the Red also knew my tricks at that point; knew that I knew her weaknesses Sensing the water in the air, she was ready for my net Just as I went to du down to the earth to duck most of the water as she did so But a considerable a at her head, and she concentrated on steae burst of fire fro trucks that had rolled up at Ryu’s signal as the Red dealt with my water net Distracted by the water above her, she wasn’t able to avoid the water below The fire trucks’ on Covered in her eneon shrieked in pain and frustration, pluic failed her

I rushed forward, letting the labrys’s round, I’d be ready for her in her weakened state…

But she was ready for on hit, roll, and … change The foron-shaped black hole When it caan nor the Red, but that lizard-like huerous, to on

For what it gave up in strength by letting Morrigan play, it ht be an ancient force of chaos unleashed upon our lands, but Morrigan was a right bitch, capable of just about anything and cunning enough to on form, it also lost its vulnerability to ainst one another as we sized each other up

‘Jane,’ Morrigan hissed through her distended lizard’sout at me But the eyes above that reen

‘Morrigan slash Red,’ I intoned seriously, pushing at her shields with th

‘You have been a naughty halfling,’ Morrigan said, pushing right back ‘The Red isn’t happy with you at all, and neither am I’

‘Think of it this way, Mo Now you don’t have to share with the White And who cares about the Red’s feelings anyway? Aren’t you the one in control?’

That coreen as she shouted, ‘I care, you stupid cunt I am the Red, and she is me, and we loved hian was talking about her husband, Orin, but that was daft

‘Oh, youfor weak points in her shields with sharp bursts of the labrys’s power

‘Do not say his naic jabs in kind She also started to move in a slow circle We must have looked ridiculous – just two people (well, a person and a giant red-scaled lizard-wo away Only a supernatural would have felt the power sparking in our otherwise invisible shields and know that, if either of our defenses fell, we’d crush the other, quite literally, under the weight of our power

Which hy I wasn’t happy to see Anyan creeping around as if he were trying to sneak up on the Red

He’s not up to full strength, I thought I had to keep our eneun of Annoyance, firing with both barrels ‘I can say his name if I want to, and you can’t stop an didn’t appreciate ue so easily I kept it up

‘Jarl, Jarl, Jarl…’

‘Shut up, you bitch!’ Morrigan snarled, lunging towardher But it took a lot of power Which begged the question…