[7] vs. Sebastian

[Ashe]

"This should be fun," the man hissed, extending another arm as a ball of ki appeared to hover above it. In a near echo, the counterpart also extended, charging its own ball of energy as he grinned wickedly at the trio of girls huddled against the ground. "Out of the frying pan and into the fire," he taunted them, glancing back at the fire pit nearby. "And yet, still not in the kitchen where you belong," he screamed, thrusting both arms forward, the beam exploding from him in a wide angle.

"Zen-"

"The cage drained my ener-" the girl began, grabbing Sage to hurl her out of the way at her own expense.

The world exploded in a wave of crystalline blue, washing over the trio in a near blinding light. As their eyes began to adjust and the world began to grow observable again, Sage was nearly paralyzed in Zena's grip as the blond woman's eyes took in the sight of Ashe at the forefront of the group, a massive edged bubble of blue energy around her wrist. She had dug her heels in and braced herself to absorb the impact from the others in the group, but she had done it without knowing that this would happen.

As the wave of energy dissipated, Ashe suddenly collapsed to her knees, purging her body of the alcoholic intake from before on the ground before her as her body tried to adjust to what had just happened. The man calmly stood before them and raised a brow. "Kai said you had power, regardless of what the cameras have seen until now. Yet here you are, proving to me just how ugly you are," he laughed, gesturing at the pool of vomit beneath the now sick student.

Sage ran forward to grab Ashe and help her to her feet, but Zena snatched her back with a thrust of her arm. "No, I'm about to crush that drag queen," she growled, clenching her fists.

Her sister looked at her in shock. "You said you were drained-" she began, quickly getting silenced by Sage.

"Get out of here, Sage," she snapped, a furious display of golden energy empowering the Saiyaness as her blond hair began to rise slowly. Midway through the slow transformation, however, she faltered as she took a step, her hair slowly dropping back down around her. Her breathing grew noticeably heavier as she passed Ashe's crumpled form to approach Sebastian.

Sage timidly took advantage of the moment to grab the pained teenage girl and help her to her feet, pulling her hoody off her body to return it to Ashe. "Here, use this to wipe yourself up," she soothed, trying to wipe her mouth with it despite her nose twitching at the smell of the girl's alcohol. Ashe had heard mental outbursts earlier regarding her opinion, but the girl seemed embarrassed enough by her thoughts frequently escaping he, so Ashe never brought it up.

"I'll be ok," she mumbled, taking the hoody from her while turning her face to avoid letting the girl wipe it onto her jacket. She pushed herself to her feet and watched Zena engage with Sebastian in a close distance, using her physical confrontation skills to try to balance out her body's need to replenish its energy silos.

She reached into her bag to remove the refilled bottle of water from it, pouring some into her hand to wipe her mouth with before taking a large amount of the liquid into her mouth, swishing it around to wash away the vomitous taste in her mouth. Her finger jabbed towards the man in the distance. "We've gotta escape out of here. We don't have to stand and fight anymore," she verbally thought. "How did..." she began, looking around at the other girl. "What did Zena do? I was going to see if I could just take the entire hit and keep you guys from getting hurt, but then she used her power or something to force it away. I thought I was screwed, but it seemed to explode away from me," she laughed weakly. "That was awesome," she added, giving the timid girl a smile.

Sage slowly shook her head, finding the words for the situation. "No, Ashe..." she trailed off, not sure how to continue.

Ashe grabbed the machine gun that she'd been using and thrust her bottled water back into her bag. "No, it wasn't awesome?" she questioned before breaking out in an exhausted chuckle, rushing off to help Zena out in her confrontation.

"No, Ashe... it was... you," the other girl whispered to herself before running forward with her own gun in hand.

The blond homosexual's eyes took in the pair as they approached, each holding their gun in a deadly aim with inexperienced hands. "Don't even try it. The only thing worse than your aim is likely your driving," he taunted, whirling around suddenly to catch Zena in the middle of a pounce by the throat, continuing his spin to throw her at the couple of girls that were approaching. The blond girl, however, landed like a cat from her tumble and rose, throwing her fists up once more as the other two girls held their guns up.

"You girls and your Charlie's Angels," Sebastian said, rolling his eyes as his hand found his hip once more while his other hand gestured dismissively towards the trio. Without warning, the extend hand suddenly flushed with color and a beam of distorted energy rushed at them with the flick of his wrist.

The three girls split, dodging the beam while rolling to their feet in different directions. "Sage!" the pink haired girl called, but the other girl had already picked up on the idea herself. Zena vanished just as the rippling energy from each of the two weapons rushed towards the man, reappearing directly behind him once more, forcing him to react.

Unfortunately, he reacted by catching her leg mid-kick and twisting around, using her as a shield of the weaponry. "Ugh!" she cried out as the bullets tore into her.

Sage's mouth dropped, her hand lowering quickly before she finally decided to thrust the weapon back into her holster. "No, I can't-" she began.

"Sage, don't give up!" Ashe encouraged, looking for a better shot as the man used the struggling girl as a shield.

"No!" she cried, waving her hands in the air. "I can't risk hitting her, I could have killed her!"

"Sage, trust yourself!"

Zena took the decision from them, twisting around so that her leg slipped underneath his own, forcing her weight into the back of his knee and grounding him forcefully before ripping herself free, kicking him directly in the face before her arm snatched him up by his lustrous blond hair. "You son of a bitch!" she cried, pulling him up by his hair and using her weight to somehow send him spiraling through the air into a nearby hut.

She was immediately charging into followup on the job as the other two girls suddenly cried out. Glancing back over her shoulder in irritation, she was grounded to a halt as a pair of soldiers had appeared behind them with guns to their backs. She was about to teleport back behind the man holding Sage when a heeled foot swept across her cheek from behind, a furious spin like a dervish taking her down for the kill.