Queens Squad vs Famine, Part 2

Famine smirks as she watches the dozens of attacks charge towards her. "You should know that dozens of small attacks are useless against an opponent with versatility such as mine," Famine taunts. "Aren't you four supposed to be demon-slaying pros?"

"Captain, what's Famine's next move?!" Ralph cries.

"I'm not sure!" Renzu answers. "I've poured all of my Cursed Power into my Psychic Photography attack, so I can't use my Cameraman until our attack has finished!"

"Oh, so I should strike while the iron's hot?" Famine asks herself as she drops to the ground on all fours and morphs into a mighty griffin form. "Chimera: Griffon!" With a mighty flap of her wings -which sends shockwaves of air and dust flying across the ground- Famine takes to the air, staring down upon the four Pro Slayers.

"Crap, she dodged our attack!" Ivy cries.

"Don't worry, our Super Stampede has ways around that!" Ralph smirks. "Morale Arrow: Homing Shot!" Ralph's volley of golden Cursed Power arrows then shift trajectory, and begin flying towards Famine in the air.

"Thanks to my Cameraman, even my attacks can predict the future!" Renzu proudly boasts as her Cursed Power emissions shift trajectory as well, just like Ralph's arrows. "Cameraman: Psychic Photography!"

"And my animals can fly!" Ivy adds as her various medium-green Cursed Power constructed birds begin soaring into the air towards Famine.

As for Lycan, he leaps on top of the remaining members of Ivy's animal army, leaping off of them in order to leap into the air, soaring towards Famine as well. As he flies, Lycan then opens his mouth up wide and breathes out a fireball upon Famine. Lycan's fireball then grows hotter and hotter, and darker, as it condenses itself into a dark red laser beam. "Zoo Keeper: Hell Hound's Fireball, Laser Beam Style!" Ivy exclaims.

"Dammit, these kids are crafty," Famine grunts.

Famine is then swarmed by the dozens of attacks fired off from the four Pro Slayers beneath her. Famine is pierced by Ralph's arrows, pecked and claws by Ivy's Cursed Power birds, blasted by Renzu's Cursed Power emissions, and finally; scorched up by Lycan's fire breath.

"SLAYER RENZU SQUAD SUPER STAMPEDE, TAKE FLIGHT!"

After tanking the dozens of attacks for a brief moment, Famine booms: "WINGS OF THE MIGHTY BEAST," and -with a mighty flap of her wings- knocks all of the attacks away from her, as well as Lycan; who crashes to the ground in a cloud of dust.

"Yes, we got her!" Ralph cries.

"No, Ivy replies. "That was too easy."

"Ivy's correct, Ralph," Renzu replies. "You three need to move, Famine is about to transform into a mighty dragon and breathe out a giant fireball attack upon you three."

And just as Renzu had said, after falling through the air for a while; Famine recollects herself mid air and booms; "Chimera: Dragon," changing into the form of a towering red dragon. Also just as Renzu had said; Famine then opens her fanged dragon snout up wide and exhales, breathing out a giant fireball towards the three Pro Slayers, causing Ralph and Ivy's eyes to widen.

"HOW THE HELL DO WE DODGE THIS, CAPTAIN?!" Ralph cries as he turns to face his Squad Captain, who's silent in response.

 "SLAYER RENZU?!" Ralph barks, louder this time.

"I…um…ah…" Slayer Renuz stammers, at a loss for words.

"Spit it out, captain!" Ralph snaps.

"YOU DON'T!" Renzu desperately cries.

Ralph then turns around again, seeing that Famine's mighty fireball is almost upon them, the white-hot flames licking at their heels. "RUN!" Ralph orders, as he and Ivy spin around and frantically begin running away from Famine's fireball, in a desperate attempt to get out of the radius of the white- hot blaze. Lycan runs alongside Ralph and Ivy, until he nudges his two comrades with his snout.

"Lycan, what is it now?!" Ralph cries as he continues frantically running away from Famine's attack.

"Lycan's telling us to get on his back!" Ivy answers. "As a wolf; Lycan's much faster than we are!"

Without another word, Ralph and Ivy hop on top of Lycan's back, who sprints away from Famine's mighty fireball, design towards the side in an attempt to exit the radius of the attack. But just when Lycan is almost out of the range of Famine's attack, Famine's fireball collides into the ground in a mighty explosion, causing the three Junior Slayers to howl in pain as they're scorched up by the rush of flames.

"RALPH! IVY! LYCAN!" Renzu desperately cries as she watches the blood-soaked and charred-black bodies of her three Junior Slayers limply fall to the ground.

With a mighty flap of her wings, Famine's towering dragon form lands onto the ground. Famine begins approaching Lycan as she reverts back into her human form. "Is that all you've got?" Famine mocks once she's fully in her human form again. "I'm disappointed in you, my prized research subject."

Lycan doesn't answer. He doesn't have the strength left to reply. Instead, Lycan stares at Famine in anger, sucking in rapid, ragged gasps of air. Lycan then puts all of his strength into pushing himself off of the ground, and manages to succeed just a couple of feet off of the ground, but before he can take so much as a single step, Lycan crashes back to the floor, not having the strength to move. "Damn…it…" Lycan weakly grunts.

"Pathetic," Famine replies as she peers down at Lycan's pitiful display and sighs. "I wish I could say that this cat-and-mouse game of ours was fun while it lasted, but…it wasn't. So… goodbye." Famine then raises her right hand, which morphs into a meaty, red kraken tentacle. Famine then aims her kraken tentacle at Lycan, which then fires towards the wolf-boy.

Slowly, Lycan closes his eyes in agony, accepting defeat.

"Mother…father…brother…to everyone I killed…I'm sorry…" Lycan softly says. "It looks like nothing will come from the life that I slaughtered you all to earn…"

But before Lycan can get pierced by Famine's tentacle, he hears a grunt of pain, before feeling a warm, sticky substance trickling down onto his chest, followed by a thud. Slowly, Lycan opens his eyes to see…

Ivy lying on top of his chest in a pool of blood, Famine's kraken tentacle piercing through her chest.

"NO!" Ralph cries.

"Ivy…no…it can't be…" Renzu sobs as she covers her mouth with her hands.

"I…Ivy…?" Lycan stammers, his eyes wide as he stares at his bleeding comrade.

"Get your head in the game…Lycan…" Ivy croaks with a weak smile as her eyes weakly flicker up to meet Lycan's. "We're facing…a strong opponent here, so don't you go spacing out on me…"

"Why…Ivy…" Lycan sobs. "I dragged you four into this mess for the sake of my own anger. I even went berserk and attacked you, so why…why would you save me…?"

"Because, you're an idiot," Ivy weakly answers, causing Lycan's eyes to widen. "Whether you're a murderous wolf or a depressed boy, I love you, you idiot. And no matter what I've said or done, it didn't matter, cause you'd never notice! But maybe now …after I've saved your life…you finally will…"

"I did notice, and I love you too, Ivy," Lycan whimpers as he clutches the woman's body close to his chest. "I just…thought you deserve to be with someone better. Someone…who isn't a monster, like me."

"You aren't a monster," Ivy replies as she flashes Lycan a sweet smile. "You're Lycan Beowulf, the man I love." And then…Ivy's limp body slips out of Lycan's hands.

Ivy Birch…has died.

"Ivy…?" Lycan softly asks as he cradles the corpse in his arms.

"Ivy?" Lycan asks again, louder this time as he shakes Ivy's body in a frantic attempt to get her to wake up.

"IIIVVVVYYYYY!!!!!!"

"Oops, I killed the wrong one," Famine apathetically says as she retracts her bloody tentacle out of the late Ivy's back, causing even more blood to burst out of her.

"You…" Lycan growls as he eyes flicker up to meet Famine's. "You killed Ivy… I'LL KILL YOU!"

"I killed Ivy?" Famine replies as she points to herself. "No no no, you've got this all wrong," Famine continues as she frantically shakes her head. "You killed Ivy!" Famine finishes as she points towards Lycan instead. "If you had fought harder instead of accepting defeat, your friend wouldn't have jumped in to save you. I was trying to kill her, not you."

"Even after all these years, you still kill everyone that you come in contact with, Lycan Beowulf."

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Lycan roars as he softly places Ivy's body onto the floor, before dropping to the ground on all fours.

"Alright, little puppy dog," Famine laughs. "Whatever you say!"

"Lycan, no!" Ralph cries. "In this state…you'll lose all control if you enter your wolf form!"

"If it's to slaughter Famine…then so be it…" Lycan growls as he resumes his wolf form. But then…something strange begins to happen; Lycan's white fur begins to turn dark-gray as he grows larger. Lycan's nails morph into lethal black claws, as his fangs extend as well. Jagged, demonic horns jut out of the sides of Lycan's wolf head as his eyes turn bright red. Two more identical necks and heads sprout from Lycan's muscular chest, as well.

"Lycan…what the Hell is happening?!" Ralph cries.

"Oh my!" Famine exclaims as she peers up at Lycan's mighty form. "What an interesting turn of events! Your Cursed Ability turley is similar to mine after all, Lycan Beowulf. I'd just love to dissect you!"

"WILD SIDE…"

"CERBERUS!"

Lycan then charges Famine, faster than the demon can react, causing Famine's eyes to widen. "What…he's fast!" Famine says to herself. Lycan then sinks his mighty Hellhound fangs deep into Famine's shoulder as he shreds at Famine's chest with his Hellhound claws, causing the demon to howl in pain. "Chimera…Dragon…" Famine grunts as maroon red scales spread across her entire body, defending against Lycan's claws and fangs, and knocking Lycan off of her. But this doesn't deter Lycan, who pounces upon Famine again, doing whatever he can to maim the demon.

"Snake…dragon…griffon…kraken…wyvern…centaur…kappa…" Famine rambles to herself as her body takes on aspects of all of these creatures, desperate to find something that can withstand Lycan's ruthless attacks. That is, until Famine loses control, and all of her monster forms explode out of Famine, and Famine grows larger and larger, taking on a huge, monstrous form, mimicking thousands of different creatures.