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"Out there and face the two of them?" one of the agents asks in disbelief. "It took nearly five minutes to kill the last one, and now you want us to fight two of these things together?" You do your best to try and persuade them to your point of view, that if they're defeated, you can just leave on the van with less worries about another attack, but the only ones you manage to convince are your teammates. Sighing, you walk over to them and quickly discuss what you'll do in order to at least take out one of the Beasts, preferably the one that isn't attacking the van right now.

After discussing what you should do with Ami and Jax, you decide that it's probably best for the three of you to step out at once, fighting it at the same time in order to divide its attention and disorient it with a three-way attack. That should make it harder for it to defend itself. Ami looks at you and asks, "You want me to take the lead in this dance?" You think on it for a moment before deciding that she should; it'll make it easier for yourself and Jax to strike at the Fiend later on. "All right…" she says with a grin and leads the two of you out of the warehouse, shouting at the Beast as she does so.

The fight hasn't really changed since you last looked at it: one Beast is busy tearing at the van while the other is standing by, watching its companion. Four men have stepped out of the vehicle, armed with knives and batons, ready to do battle with the first Beast. The second one turns to look at you as Ami gestures at it, challenging it to a fight. It snarls angrily and charges at you, clearing the distance within a matter of seconds before pouncing at Ami. She ducks to the side and slashes at it, forcing it to dodge her attack.

You hang back for a while, hurling a bolt of power at the Beast. It barely manages to dodge your attack but doesn't notice Jax stepping in from the side, and it howls in pain as he cuts it with his knife. As it turns to face him, you step forward and slice at its back, cutting it again. Together the three of you move in and out, cutting it slowly while you pelt it with bolts of power, and the Beast howls, trying to attack you only to be attacked when its back is turned. But finally, you deliver a blow to its throat, sending it falling to the ground after a three-minute long fight.

The three of you step back, panting heavily. "Pretty sure…that it's still alive, though," Ami says, staring hard at the fallen Fiend. You glance at it as well and step back as it slowly gets up, its injuries still regenerating, albeit slowly. You click your tongue in annoyance and frustration. Half of you was expecting this, seeing how long it took to defeat the Fiend before this one.

Now you're going to have to come up with something else in order to fight this thing.

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