Scattered Light

Levin looked strained. Not tired, just annoyed that the act of killing everyone took this long. he tried to focus, with the only thing breaking it being the sound of Julian's voice. He couldn't explain it. It was a little too similar to some guy Manuel hung out with that just didn't seem dedicated to the Legion's aims. He snapped his head towards him, and he was making a call of some kind. It was one hundred percent to call in other people. So he aimed a beam of light at his hand, piercing the phone, as well as the hand.

Well, shit. Now he was screaming. He was looking at his hand, which had a fresh new hole in it. And right behind him was Cassandra, thrusting a spear forward. He quickly had a thin beam of light extend from the two fingers stuck out on his left hand to block it. He nudged his head back towards Ziwadi, who clapped and swapped him with Cassandra. he was about to extend the blade through her midsection until he was grabbed by another woman. The big hulking one in the green dress. He grunted in exasperation before noticing the woman approaching him with a summoned axe. His hands were by his sides because the dumbass thought that would stop anything. Adya froze her in place, and he simply let forth a beam of pure light from his hands, piercing her feet and having her clutch harder for a second before letting go entirely.

Luca looked at Gavin, who gave a knowing nod towards him. both of them looked towards Adya with their weapons drawn, with Luca trying to slash her and Gavin behind. Ziwadi swapped the three until Gavin was in front of Luca. he turned his head at the perfect moment to get slashed in the face. He fell back, the last thing he saw being Luca's horrified face. But before Luca could help, Zee came in, landing a punch directly to his face, causing him to go flying against the wall. Both were knocked out.

Zee turned around, and Fiorella tried blocking his oncoming attack with her axe. But it quickly dematerialized in her hands before she was sent flying. Capri tried to catch her and set her down while she could catch her breath. She faced Zee with tears in her eyes, looking over at Gam's lifeless body.

"Gam!" She screamed, her clown makeup running thanks to the tears. "We don't know what's happening to you, but try to break out of it! Look over at Gam! You gotta try to break out, come on!"

Ziwadi was about to clap his hands together, but Levin raised his hand and shook his head. He aimed for Capri, but Cassandra, Einer, and Caoimhe all leapt forward, with Caoimhe using her gauntlet to quickly deflect anything he threw. She covered her neck with the gauntlet, correctly guessing that's where Levin would aim. he quickly moved her hand towards the ceiling. Hearing a panicked noise a few steps away from where the blast landed, with Zee making a panicked expression towards it. Fiorella looked to the next room, quickly springing to her feet and getting her axe ready. When she entered the next room, Rakel was right there, looking like she was trying as hard as she could to accept her fate, but the shaking of her body meant it was clearly refusing. Fiorella turned her axe so the handle was facing Rakel, and then she aggressively poked her with it, getting more intense until she fell over.

Zee felt a ripple through his body, as control of himself came back to him in one euphoric burst. He watched the light return to Capri's eyes as she leapt for a hug. Ziwadi swapped them both, and Capri quickly dove right up to Ziwadi before her arms could register his weight, and Zee was quickly on his feet behind her. And before Ziwadi could clap his hands, Capri's own were caught between his. The second last thing Ziwadi saw was the smug look of a fighting clown. The last thing he saw was the fist of the other fighting clown.

Levin looked around to Ziwadi's fall, trying to conceal his anger, and just a little bit of fear.

"Adya!" He yelled out, in between blocked strikes from Cassandra and Caoimhe. "Help me out here!"

Adya charged up a sphere and chucked it forward, but Fiorella got in the way and took the attack. She was frozen in place, but that gave Einer and Hikaru a chance to jump in front. Einer cast a wall of ice in front of her while Hikaru charged another circle of electricity. And the second she appeared from the left, the shock was released. She looked up at the ceiling, right before she fell to her knees and her unconscious head hit the floor.

Levin saw everyone surrounding him, looking to be the one that takes him down. But this wasn't it. Chelic was so close to getting his goals accomplished, and if he had to die to make sure his enemies wouldn't get another chance to attack, so be it.

"Marcus! Get ready"

Marcus didn't respond.

Levin charged a small beam of light into each of his fingers, releasing them at random places in a scattered motion. he made sure to charge up one finger while another was firing. Nobody dared to touch him, but instead they were all dodging the beams. Einer put up an ice wall that was quickly riddled with holes, and Hikaru's attempts at drawing a circle were interrupted almost immediately.

"Guys, It's up to me now."

Cassandra readied her spear, running up to Levin. He aimed his left hand towards her, firing as many blasts as possible. Nearly all of them hit her. Some missed, some were deflected, but nearly everything was hitting her. Blood hit the floor in droplets, quickly multiplying the closer she got. But she never stumbled. Her body healed as quickly as it could. As she approached, Levin made a desperate blade out of his right hand. She deflected it, the speed of her impact making an audible crack to his arm. She readied her spear, and in one swift motion, it had pierced his left shoulder. She waited for her wounds to heal. It took a little longer than she thought it would, and the only noise was the irregular grunts and heavy breaths of Levin. After she felt the same as she did at the start, she removed the spear and kicked him to the ground.

"It's…over!" She yelled.

"So it's over?" Capri asked, looking around.

"Not yet." Fiorella replied. "Chelic is still out there."

Footsteps were heard running through the hallways, and a flash of panic hit everyone but Cassandra before Mia walked into the room. Roxanne, Xander, Cecilia, Willow, and the Lumps followed her. Mia looked around to see the destroyed castle, followed by Marcus casually walking past and leaving. He said a quick congratulations as he passed Mia, and then he was gone.

"Should we get him?" Willow asked, looking back at the remaining fighters.

"He didn't help them. We'll track him down later." Cassandra replied between frantic gasps for air, walking over to Julian. Still breathing, but the bleeding from his hand was getting worse.

"So is everyone dealt with?" Rodrick asked.

"Only one left is Chelic himself, we're pretty sure." Fiorella replied as she gathered up the unconscious bodies of their foes. "Rodrick, help me out with this, will you?"

"Just Chelic?" Xander asked, looking at Cecilia.

"So can you take care of it?" Rodrick asked, grabbing some wire to restrain the Legion members.

"Yeah, the two of us got it." Xander nodded, starting his walk upstairs.

After all, only one place an egotist like him would wait out an attempt on his life.