Dead-end Marble Boy

"What happened to Ash?" Nova asked.

Sighing, Yenn stood back up. "Nevermind. He'll call for help if he's in trouble. And if he's in real trouble then... I'll freaking kill him if he dies!"

But seeing as she could still feel a connection to him, it meant she wouldn't have to end him anytime now.

Picking up her flaming red whip, she waved it in the air and swung it to the side, bursting more clone monsters into splat. "Let's get back to work."

Nova nodded, not able to push the worry in her mind completely into a secluded corner.

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"What are you doing, Pitoni?!" Devotio yelled from within endless darkness.

"Hmh? Oh? This? I'll do whatever I need. I'll get back at those pesky bastard brats... They don't know what I can do, do they? Mhhahahahahaha!"