With both beyond reason, Maxine and Meredith stared each other down.
" Come on, Triclops," Maxine said." Let us see what you've learned, "
Meredith bent her knees and jumped several feet in the air, propelling herself toward Maxine. She punched her abdomen. Maxine caught Meredith's arm and swirled her viciously before slamming her back into the woodland.
Upon impact, Meredith made a large crater in the ground. Sam rushed to her side, fearing the worst.
" Hey M, are you ..." Sam said.
But the young agent quickly rose out of the crater, unharmed by her former mentor's attack.
" This is crazy," said Sam." Do you two have to do this now?"
" Stay out of the way," Meredith said with dark green energy surging around her body and her third eye growing an intense red.
" She's right, Sammy," Maxine said. She flew above them with her eyepatch moved to her neck. Her hidden eye had the same glowing intensity as Meredith's." This is a girl thing. "
Maxine navigated her wings and released a barrage of flaming feathers upon Meredith.
But Meredith rotated her body continued generating a twister that repelled Maxine's attack. Meredith retaliated by releasing the tornado toward Maxine. She hoped to suck the Valkyrie in its pull.
" Not going to let you off that easy," said Maxine.
She pulled out her sword and slashed it across the twister, causing it to disperse. Maxine landed on the ground and charged toward Meredith with dark gold energy surrounding her body. She slashed her sword against Meredith, but Meredith deflected every attack with her forearms.
The ongoing battle scattered through the forest, piercing the trees around them.
Sam generated a purple force field around himself to protect him from their dispute.
" What's gotten into you two?"
Meredith jumped in the air and attempted a roundhouse kick to take out Maxine. But Maxine ducked under her and kicked her.
Meredith was sent hurling through the air when Maxine planned the final blow. But as Maxine prepared to slam Meredith back to the ground, the young agent grabbed Maxine by her arms and punched her in the face. Maxine plummeted to the ground.
As Meredith landed back on the ground, she scowled intensely at the Valkyrie as Maxine picked herself up doing the same.
" You don't deserve that damn eye," Maxine said to Meredith." You never did."
" Then come and take it, bitch," Meredith said. "You have a lot of experience with that."
Each one began to run straight toward the other in what would be the final confrontation between them.
" I've had enough," Sam said. He reached for his pouch, pulling skeleton doll from it.
He slammed the doll into the ground, generating two giant skeletons and constructs that divided the witches and ending their conflict.
" Let us go," said Meredith.
" Not until you to calm down," Sam said." Kuon Doka kwa kukimbia mvutano mkali kutoka hizi mbili."
As Maxine and Meredith struggled to escape Sam's constructs, they felt the forces of their doomsday eyes weaken. They regained their composure.
" You... calmed down our Doomsday eyes," Maxine said.
" Have either of you forgotten that we have a mission to? ..., "
But before Sam finished the sentence, a large glowing purple eye slowly appeared in front of him.
" Solve," Sam said with his attention focused on this strange anomaly before him.
The dreadlocked voodooist was trapped, and the others were shocked by the strange gigantic eye appeared before him.
" What the hell is that?" Sam asked as his constructs faded, releasing Maxine and Meredith.
" Sam?" Meredith asked while she picked herself up.
The voodooist walked toward the glowing eye, but Meredith and Maxine remained unaffected by the strange anomaly.
" Cadet, stay back," Maxine ordered.
But Sam was helpless against the forces of the eye.
" He's not responding," said Meredith.
" Don't just stand there, Lust," Maxine ordered. They rushed to Sam's rescue. But while Sam continued to approach the eye, two purple lightning bolts emitted from the eye, paralyzed Maxine, and Meredith.
The purple lightning surged around the two folklore, binding them like chains.
" Dammit," Maxine complained as she struggled to move out of her electrical shackles.
Sam finally paused as he stood ten inches away from the large eye.
" SAM," Meredith yelled." Help us,"
" He can't," A chilling voice spoke from the eye.
Sam turned around. His eyes glowed purple.
" He's possessed," Maxine gasped.
" Sam, please," Maxine begged." You have to snap out of it."
But the figure of Dorian Priest appeared from the center of the eye.
" He is under the control of The Blessing."
" PRIEST," Maxine and Meredith yelled.
" We meet again, Valkyrie."
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The two agents prepared to face off against the giant jackal while more civilians fled to the streets.
" I don't like these monsters running around." said Olivia.
" What's wrong, Liv?" Scott said." Fido over there ruining your date?"
" Shut it, Nollax."
The jackal spewed fire on the two agents as the young enchantress waved her hands to deflect its attack.
Scott raced toward the jackal with superhuman speed and climbed on its arm to slash off its heads. But the jackal moved its second head to breathe a blue beam of fire that froze Scott's lower body, stopping him in his tracks. Scott fell to the ground while Olivia struggled to repel the monster's first attack.
" Why do these things always breath fire?" Olivia complained.
The jackal stomped its paw, releasing shock waves that knocked the two agents a few feet from it. Scott was thrown backward from shock waves. The ice that contained him shattered.
" Any ideas, Liv?" Scott asked.
" Distract him," I might have a spell that can handle our canine friend. But it will take a few minutes."
" You got it."
Scott raced around the jackal's body as it released beams of red and blue fire from its mouth to stop the vamp wolf while Olivia cast her hands beside her and conjured a massive spell.
" Parabolae uirtute, ad me vocavi mille electus veterem venti," Olivia chanted. Scott scaled the giant monster.
Unbeknownst to them, Lorna arrived to meet with Olivia.
" What the hell?" Lorna said when she observed the strange creature Scott battled.
Lorna took cover. She watched Olivia floating in the air across from the monster, harnessing a magical circle in front of her with her family's crest in the middle.
"Olivia?"
Olivia continued with her spell while the jackal struggled to grab Scott. Eventually, the massive beast captured Scott and slammed him into the ground.
" Liv, anytime now?" Scott said while he struggled to remove the massive paw from his body. The jackal began to conjure red and blue flames from its mouth, ready to dispose of the vamp wolf.
Olivia prepared her spell and chanted her mantra:
" Carnem suam reponere in vitro mundo,"
Olivia released a large spellbinding circle underneath the jackal as Scott lifted its paw from his body, allowing him to roll away from the circle. As the jackal pursued Scott, Olivia's spell unleashed a shining yellow ember from the circle and transformed the giant monster into a massive glass statue. Scott reeled back his fist and shattered the giant statue.
Lorna quietly left the crime scene, perplexed by the incredible event she witnessed.
Olivia ran to Scott after exhausting such energy on the giant creature.
" You okay, Scott?"
" I'm fine. You?"
" A little low on magic," Olivia said." Guess I'll be eating both those muffins before I see Lorna."
" I'll trace more leads about Dr. Willows. But first, we might want to clean up all this glass."
Olivia looked at the remains of the jackal while Scott helped her stand.
" Fine. But first, I need to eat."