Alice's body trembled with fear. It was a type of pressure she never felt from anything or anyone else before. The lady with pink hair looked over to them while wiping blood off her face.
"I'm a member of Yerlen." The woman said coldly. "You may refer to me as rook. Were you sent by Skyfall Dance? They usually send soldiers, not students."
The 3 grabbed their weapons. The lady looked at them with a confused expression.
"Derozues doesn't usually operate in areas like this." said Yoshi. "Why were they here?"
"Why would I tell you that?" Rook, aka Rose, looked over at Alice. "Oh, you're the one Star was talking of."
"Me?" Alice asked in confusion.
"Yes. Star told me there was a keeper that couldn't transform back. I guess you're her."
"Who's Star?"
"He's the strongest. He and sensei are 2 of the only 3 zenith classes in the country."
"He's also pure evil." Yoshi added.
"You seem just like him, boy. You have a certain aura to you."
"Shut up!"
Yoshi ran in to face Rose.
"Yoshi!" yelled Alice.
Yoshi ignored her shout. He turned into his dragon keeper form and swiped his claws at Rose, but his hand was parried and he was kicked in the chest, knocking the wind out of him.
Rose then transformed herself. She turned into a gorgeous anthropomorphic goat with faded bubblegum pink fur, curved-forward horns, long red hair, pink eyes, and had hooves. She wore a golden neck collar. She has V-shaped bridal gauntlets and a lilac-furred dress.
With a wave of her hand, she sends Yoshi flying into the wall with a wave of gravity. He tried to rush back in, but Alice stopped him. "Yoshi, calm down!" she shouted. Yoshi managed to be brought back to his senses.
"S-Sorry." he said regretfully.
"Worry about apologies later."
"Right. She has the gravity active skill. Belle, support me and Alice with your pistols."
"Ay-ye, captain!"
Yoshi and Alice's claws extended as Rose taunted them to come forth. As Yoshi and Alice ran forward, Belle supported them with her pistols from behind. As they closed the distance, Rose sighed. She forced one of her hands forward and the gravity around Alice and Yoshi intensified, pulling their bodies down, slowing their movements. Yoshi grits his teeth, muscles straining against the force, while Alice, though slowed, uses her raw power to push through, each step leaving a small crater in the ground. Eventually, she broke through the gravity, to Rose's amazement.
She fired off a sphere of death mist at Rose. Rose swung her head, cutting the death ball in half with her horns.
"Guess that's not gonna work." said Alice.
Belle fired from several meters away. Rose was forced to use the gravity around her to redirect the bullets. She couldn't exert force on that many people at once. When she did, the bonds would weaken on those who she suppressed earlier. Meaning, Yoshi was able to break out of gravity.
Alice jumped over to Rose, but was quickly backhanded away by another wave of gravity. Yoshi reached Rose first, his claws swiping at her again. This time, he connected and she went tumbling back.
As she tried to get back up, Alice and Yoshi nodded to each other. They rushed back in unison. They released a flurry of punches and kicks, making it hard for Rose to counter. The jumping got so bad, she had to release a massive torrent of gravity to get them off of her. However, the blast ended up bringing down half of the entire warehouse. Thankfully, there were no people around.
Belle rushed over and transformed into her minotaur form. She manage to shield both Yoshi and Alice with her bigger and taller body. Thanks to her physical endurance as well, it didn't hurt her that much.
But soon, Yoshi fell to his knees and transformed back. It had already been 2 minutes and Yoshi started spewing blood that was caught by his mask. Before Alice could even have a chance to worry, Rose lifted up the remaining warehouse with her gravity and hit Alice with it.
Belle rushed to attack her, but Rose was faster. She sidestepped Belle's attack, which was so powerful, that it sent out a shockwave that would have sent Rose flying if not for her gravity manipulation. Rose followed up immediately, her own claws slashing through the air toward Belle's midsection.
Alice got back up, holding her spine, which was now shattered. She looked up and saw Belle being pummeled by Rose. Every time she tried to attack, Rose would evade or counter just as lethally. She was beaten so badly, that she was forced to detransform, as her minotaur body could take all the damage.
Rose raised her claw in the air and was about to take Belle's life. But then, Alice rushed back in, trucking Rose with her elbow and sending her back several meters. However, it looked like the attack had no physical or internal damage on Rose. She didn't even look phased.
"I must say, I'm disappointed," said Rose. "I thought you would have been way stronger considering how special you are."
"Look. I don't care who you are or what your organization stands for. I don't care that you killed these terrorists or that you know about me. But... the second you touch my friends..."
Alice began to form a ball of black and purple energy in her hand. Rose was stunned by what she saw.
"That's... null!" shouted Rose.
Alice fired the ball at Rose. She managed to dodge and the ball destroyed several houses behind her. However, destroyed is an inaccurate term. The houses weren't just destroyed. They, along with everything else in the ball's path were reduced to nothing. Not even atoms or energy remained. It was just a void of nothingness, though even calling it a void would be inaccurate.
Rose looked back in horror at the sheer destruction of the attack.
" U-Unbelievable..."
Suddenly, Taiyo showed up. It was like she teleported between the two. She yawned and stretched casually. "Alright, you three-fifths of citizens. Who's ready to get railed like a D 1 porn star?"
"T-Taiyo..."
Alice fainted before her again. Taiyo looked back at her.
"Dang, why do you keep passing out around me? Am I Bill Cosby or something?... Oh, hi, Rose."
"You refer to me as Rook."
"I'll refer to you however I want, bitch. Anyways..."
Taiyo raised her eyelids and suddenly, Rose was forcefully detransformed. In the next instant, Taiyo was in Rose's face and was choking her out. Rose didn't even have time to react to process her move.
"If you hurt my students again, I will find you and slaughter your family in front of you. And don't try to go crying to Star. If we battled, your family, and the whole world would be fucked like an entanglement with Jada Pinkett Smith. So, respectfully, fuck off. And never let me see you around my kids again. This is your first and only warning."