Alterator: Alexia Asterio

--Alexia's Perspective--

[Alterator Engaged]

Activating our SIMs at the same time, Boo and I closed the distance between Illya and Belle almost immediately.

I used my SIM to expand Illya's arms, and we were able to secure Belle far away, leaving her with Mitra.

"Mitra, if we're going to be holding off Illya on our own, you need to create more illusions we can play off of! Or, just use your SIM as well!" Boo yelled out to Mitra.

"I know! I already am using my SIM. I'm revealing all hidden things in the vicinity, that's why you're able to see strands that Illya's throwing at you." Mitra revealed.

…What?

Wait a minute, that's genius!

I looked back at Illya and ran in again, enlarging my weapon.

Boo followed right behind me and her appearance finally changed, just as both Belle and mine did when we first entered SIM.

Boo's appearance was more... extravagant than anybody else's. She was built like Illya, with wings on her back that emitted flames around the ends. They were outlined in strands to mimic feathers that coated the wings. On top of that, she had two katanas on each hip, totaling four. Her hair was brown on her bangs and down by her hips, and one of her eyes was blue... almost like Mitra's...

On Mitra's end, his eyes were pink and his hair was black, just like Boo's...

Boo could see the strands being used as a form of direct attack from Illya and she countered them, twisted them, and pulled Illya in close.

I used my ability to enlarge Boo's katana as it was passing through Illya's body, and all that was left was a red mist from where her body used to be.

Illya vanished into thin air and reappeared above us with her golden eyes.

It stunned me, but Boo replicated Illya's ability and appeared above her.

Illya smiled and went to swing her saber, but thanks to my ability, I shrunk it in her hands, which led Boo to come down with her wings folded behind her back, and her katana splitting Illya's chest wide open.

From there, Boo used her ability again. However, this time around it was different.

This was obviously Boo's SIM, in which her path was outlined with strands that ignited from the speed. With both Boo and my SIMs going off at the same time, Illya was beginning to be trapped.

I jumped in after Boo again and shrunk Illya's joints, meaning that her body collapsed to the ground. Afterward, Boo came in with a kick that ignited Illya's clothing and caused her to stop to put out the fire.

I nodded at Boo, focusing again to use my SIM.

I learned my ability at a young age through an accident with a toy. I accidentally turned one of my doll's limbs into a smaller version of itself, and I would often have nightmares about shrinking the limbs off of people in fights... so I never did it.

It was scary, and it required too much out of me... however, that wasn't my SIM.

My SIM is much more dangerous than that...

I held out my hand as Boo got close to Illya, and changed the size of the atoms in the air.

That's right, I can manipulate the size of things at a molecular level.

And that's why I'll win.

I turned up the heat all around us, defrosting Belle, causing Illya to sweat even more, and increasing the humidity to grant us better chances of beating her.

The ice still around the field was beginning to melt as the temperature around me started to change.

Blood started to drip from my nose, but the concentration I had right now was unbreakable. There was no chance in hell that this doesn't severely damage Illya.

After increasing the temperature for a bit, standing back while Boo used her ability to its absolute limit to defuse Illya's strikes and powers, I completely flipped it.

I turned the tides of the fight and the temperature itself down as far as possible by shrinking the atoms in the air... but I didn't anticipate the level of oxygen to drop because of the shrinking of the atoms.

Illya took a sharp breath in and the flaming wheel of katana strikes from Boo cut her throat open and sprayed blood everywhere... which froze it as it hit the ground.

The flames around Boo were the only thing keeping her hot enough to stay in the fight.

[1:01 Remaining...]

Shit... I didn't have much longer...

Boo ran across the ground and ignited it. I briefly learned this in science class, but when the hot air and cold air intertwine, it creates clouds... which it was doing right now.

The clouds were blowing away from the speed of Boo and Illya... even if she was changing the scene of the complete battlefield, Boo was... evenly matched.

Illya started using her wings and her indomitable speed to catch up to Boo, intercept her, and defuse her attacks, however... Boo didn't stop there.

The flaming wings on her back struck Illya in the chest and singed her clothing, which caused her to stagger.

At that moment, the force from Boo's swing down onto Illya's head should've killed her, as it cracked the ground underneath them, but Illya must've used an ability like Shike's to push Boo back.

Boo bounced off of the floor and my time limit had almost reached.

[0:19 Remaining...]

Now or never... Alexia!

Again, holding my hands together, I summoned a huge dome around us, which took about five seconds to complete.

[0:14 Remaining...]

Boo intercepted Illya's strikes at me and saved me. Afterward, I shrunk the limbs off of Illya completely, which left her wasting time regenerating them.

[0:10 Remaining...]

The dome, in its finished product, started to swirl clouds around it.

[0:07 Remaining...]

The clouds started to combine and create grey clouds, just as storms naturally formed.

[0:04 Remaining...]

The rain started to fall and I changed the size of the droplets to their maximum size.

[0:02 Remaining...]

I looked Illya in the eye and squeezed my hands so tight that my fingers broke... along with other bones in my hands.

And her eyes blew out of her head.

[0:01 Remaining...]

The dome completely shrunk in the single instant I had left my SIM.

Around Illya's head, it clasped and tightened as much as it could.

[Alterator: Disengaged]

I immediately fell backward on the ground and felt my muscles spasm while I struggled to breathe.

I began to choke on my blood, and without being able to move my muscles, I couldn't push myself over.

I was lucky enough to have Mitra tilt my body over and lean my head against his body.

"Illya's done for... Boo's pissed now." He said with a smile.