Fear part 3

The cloaked figure pulled back his dagger and jumped backwards, a slight tinge of blood running along its blade. Lucaria blasted forward, and got in range of her adversary. In a flash, her fist collided into the ribs of her enemy. Blood started rushing up from their gut. Just as they were about to let it out, they remembered a man whispering 2 words at them. "No evidence….."

The spectre swallowed back in disgust, only for Lucaria to punch into their gut again. They slammed against the wall, and the hood covering their facial features fell, revealing them to be a man. He tightened the grip on his knife, before diving towards Gao and Roshi. Lucaria immediately turned and came down for a massive axe kick, but as her foot descended, the figure's eyes developed burning red circles, and their form shifted. Lucaria's foot hit something that squelched around her feet and as her foot reached the ground, she felt an acidic burning feeling.

Gao saw this slimy atrocity, grabbed Roshi by the scruff of his neck, and jumped backwards.

Lucaria tried to attack again, but her fist only came back with pain. She squinted hard.

Relaxing music floated around inside the elevator, as Natasha, Katlyn and Yue ascended to the next floor. Yue looked at Katlyn, and after looking at her notepad, said "I have a question for you. How exactly does soul burn work?"

Katlyn swung a key card laced with string on her thinking, remaining silent for a moment.

"If you want the answer, you should join the chemical research team. The way you dictate notes already shows your intellectual mind. Join us first, and then I might be able to give you a satisfactory answer."

Natasha smiled at her sister and giggled, saying

"You finally learned to start promoting our lab!"

"It's necessary considering we have practically no one except Juan."

"Shouldn't you give me a snippet of what to expect before asking me to join?"

Katlyn looked at Yue with respect, before rummaging through her lab coat, and consequently through three pills at Yue.

"That should achieve the effect you're looking for, one for you and the others for your two friends.. In Chemical research you get access to the top of the range equipment and materials. We can even create artificial elements in our facilities. We focus on making substances that will help with getting stronger, temporary buffs, or ways to transfer resonance. You learned Chemistry up to now in school right?"

"Yes."

"You'll be fine. That's what we mainly do."

Natasha quickly popped in and whispered "You forgot explosions."

Katlyn rolled her eyes as she lifted up her hands and said "Explosion!" with Jazz hands.

Yue chuckled as she walked through the opening door.

Roshi's eyes slowly opened. He turned, only to see an oozy monstrosity diving towards him with a glowing dagger.

Gao saw Roshi's eyes open and swiftly shouted

"I'm about to throw you. Hope you remember your agility practice."

"Wait wha!"

Gao lifted Roshi by the scruff of his neck and lobbed him back in the direction where the once cloaked figure had run from.

Lucaria smiled. She dashed forward towards the acidic being, and as she ran, a ring of bright flames started to appear in her eyes. Wind started to coalesce around her fist, air twisted and twirled as her arm stretched forwards, and her fist collided with the figure.

As Yue stepped out the elevator, she heard a fierce cry pierce through the air. She ran as fast as she could forward, Natasha and Katlyn following close behind.

They turned the corner to see a figure turn from ooze to human again, with a great tear in their stomach, excessively bleeding out.

Natasha and Katlyn immediately spotted Lucaria, nodded in her direction, and got into battle positions.

The man once more tried to attack Gao and Roshi, throwing a dagger and increasing its momentum with telekinesis. Katlyn immediately whipped her hand out, and a shield like visage appeared in front of the two of them, blocking the blade.

The man grunted, and flicked his wrist, making the blade rocket towards him, before grabbing him and disappearing from his spot.

Yue observed this corridor, only to see Roshi passed out on the floor, Gao visibly shaken, and Lucaria fuming with rage.

Cloaked figure. Male. Wields a shining dagger.

Serves Hussein?

Power of resonance is over Spark?

Soul burn: Slime transformation