"You want to fight her? How come?" asked Quint.
"Because she acts as if I'm not here! That means she doesn't see me as competition and I intend on teaching her a hard lesson," said Shay.
"I didn't notice you there until just before your kick was about to land. Who are you? Why do you interfere in a fight between two great warriors?" questioned Joan as she relaxes her body.
Shay angrily says, "I'm Shay, the one that's going to end your life."
"Well, Shay, your power isn't recognized here! Stay out of our way!" demanded Joan.
Joan raised the shield and an invisible force pushed Shay away from her.
Richter was knocked back from Simone's punch. He grabbed his jaw to check to see if it was broken.
"That's a nice punch," thought Richter while still checking his jaw.
Simone used her telekinesis to lift him up into the sky. She levitated high into the sky while bringing him along.
"You don't seem like the type that can fly. I wonder what a drop from here would do to you," said Simone as she tapped her finger on her chin as if she was actually pondering on her statement.
"Please! Please! Don't drop me!" cried out Richter as he looked down, seeing how far off a drop he'll have.
"If you give me information, then you won't have to be dropped," stated Simone as she rose higher into the sky.
"Ok! Ok! I'll tell you what you want to know!" yelled Richter.
"Well that was easy. I'll be seeing you," replied Simone as he facial expression began to morph.
Richter looked confused by the change in her demeanor. Simone's psychic energy turned light purple, the Being had taken over.
"Yes…. We have a lot…to talk about," said the Being. She then raised Richter's right arm and completely bent it backwards. Richter screamed in agony.
"That was your warning…. Now, don't lie to me. Tell me about the Four Imperials," demanded the Being.
As Lucas got into his fighting stance, he looked over to where his mother was.
"Got you," said Lance as he appeared in front of Lucas with his foot already connecting to Lucas's face. The kick cause Lucas to twist in the air and hit the ground. Lucas sprung up and quickly looked for Lance, but didn't see him.
"Why are you looking over there?" asked Lance from behind Lucas. He then attempted to knee Lucas in the back, but Lucas turned around and blocked the attack. Right after, Lucas was punched in the back of the head. Lance had immediately pivoted his foot and got behind Lucas before he could see it.
"Fuck! Why is this guy getting the better of me?! I got to attack him before he can get to me. But what about mom?! I don't have much time left." thought Lucas.
Lucas then jumped backwards and put some space between him and Lance. "Ok, I should be able to react to his attacks now," thought Lucas.
"Hey didn't you say that you were going to make this quick?! Running away doesn't make this quick!" yelled Lance.
Lucas became visibly annoyed while staring at Lance. For a split second, Lucas looked over to check on his mother, but in doing so, he created an opening for Lance to attack. Lance appeared behind him fired hit him with a blast of energy. Lucas was propelled forward through a tree and then hit the ground. Lucas placed his hand on the ground and spikes of stone raised from the ground under Lance, but Lance was able to jump into the air to avoid most of the attack. A spike did hit his leg, doing little damage. Lucas stood up and stomped the ground causing a large boulder to raise up. He then struck the boulder sending it flying at Lance. Lance noticed the attack and bashed the boulder to smithereens! Lucas was shocked from Lance's ability to counter his attack. Lucas then looked at his mother and then Lance appeared above him and let out a flurry of punches on Lucas. Lucas was pummeled into the ground.
"What's going on here? I was told that you were strong, but all I see before me is a weakling. Miko spoke of a glorious warrior that was worth fighting, even dying against in battle. But you, you are not him. You look like him and have the same power as him, but the person before me is not him," said Lance.
He then looked over at where Lucas's mother is at. He pointed at her and said, "Is she the reason why you can't fight properly? Is she the reason why you're distracted?" asked Lance.
Lucas felt as if his heart had fallen into his stomach and hurriedly said, "No! No!"
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Quint turned to Ariel and asked, "Can you make sure that there isn't any people around?"
"Sure, I can do that," answered Ariel as she does into the air left the scene.
"Shay! I'll let you know when the area is free from people!" said Quint.
Shay nodded at Quint. Joan looked over at Ariel and said, "That woman wreaks of Celestial!" She then jumped in the air in front of Ariel and attempted to grab her, but Shay had already leapt up after her and grabbed Joan's leg and yanked her down back to the ground. Joan landed on her hands and back flipped to break her fall. Shay then landed on the ground and ran towards Joan. They both traded blows as Ariel flew away.
"Stop interfering! You are not my opponent!" yelled Joan.
"Oh yes I am!" said Shay as she rushed Joan.
Joan closed her eyes, relaxed her body, and said, "Then so be it!"
Joan raised the shield, effectively blocking Shay with it. The shield repelled Shay again. Shay landed on her feet and backed away from Joan.
"Is that the best you got?! Ha! I'm going to defeat you easily and then I'm going to fight the Shrimp!" stated Joan.
Shay fired a watery energy blast at Joan. Joan raised her shield again and the attack hit the shield and was reverted back to Shay. Quint watched the attack closely and fired a fiery blast to block Shay's attack. The two attacks collided in front of Shay, bringing forth steam surrounding the area. Shay turned and looked at Quint with disgust!
"I don't need your help!" yelled Shay while leering at Quint.
Quint then realized what Shay was fighting for. "Pride, she's fighting for her pride," thought Quint. He then thought about a time when he had fought for his pride. He then smiled and backed down.
Ariel then flew over and yelled to Quint and Shay, "Everyone has left!"
Shay turned to Joan, smiled, and said, "Now I can fight you seriously!"
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Lance pointed over at the structure that Lucas kept his mother in and let loose a volley of energy blasts. Lucas rushed over at full speed and blocked some of the energy blasts, but was hit by most of them.
"Aahhhh!" screamed out Lucas as the blasts connected with his body. The attack left Lucas a bloody mess.
"This woman must mean a great deal to you. If she was out of the picture, I'm sure you would give me the fight I'm looking for," said Lance.
Lucas then raised his spirit power level to its max. "I won't let you harm her!" yelled Lucas as his power raised.