Clover's eerie Orphanage (Job/Killua and Riana)

Clover, a town where figures of legendary status retired and now filled the night sky with light as the tiny people went about their free time after the day had passed. Why tiny? Well, Kil found himself flying high above it in the experimental flight suit, his helmet held under his arm as he felt the cool breeze of the night ruffle his white hair, above the bustling engines of his jetpack that kept him high in the air. He continued to look at the town for a few more moments. It was the first job he had taken that didn't directly involve a town and someone inside them, thus why the young mage took a moment to take in the sights, reminiscent of the past where he used to protect such places, it felt good that he had no obligations towards the people in Fiore, it wasn't his 'job' and if it didn't have anything for him he would let them burn.

And yet here he was doing a job for the mayor of the said town. While he did pay well, it wasn't the reason Kil had taken on this job, he would much rather take up something to increase his infamy around Fiore and the rest of the world. It was to investigate an orphanage, the mayor suspects that something is happening there. There was something the ex-operative didn't want to happen and that was for children to be twisted into things that in another life may have never been their goals. Though this may not be the case here and just false assumptions but still Kil wanted to look into this.

He looked to the side and at the mechanical marvel that Ri adorned as she had flown with him from Mount Hakobe. It had been some time since the last time they took on something together and he was glad that she had accepted to come here with him, he enjoyed her company even though they hadn't spent much time together, they did click together quite well, was it due to them both using advanced technology or something else, frankly, he didn't care, he was just glad to have found something like that in the guild.

He shot her an apologetic smile as a sorry for taking to long looking at the town below them, their job location was a little outside of it. He looked to the side towards where the orphanage was located, you could barely see the lights from the little open area where the orphanage was surrounded by trees, he also noticed that a few darker clouds were coming towards them, it was most likely going to rain soon, it would be best if they didn't take so much time checking something that may be a total waste of time.

Looking back at Ri, he nodded up and towards the side to indicate that it was time to touch down, if that was not evident then him putting his helmet back on and flying towards the ground would be. The burning orange light from the engines illuminated the ground before his feet touched it, the engines dying down in the process, he opted to stay in the flight suit as he turned a flashlight that was mounted into his helmet to illuminate the road between the trees for them.

" I think it would be best to land here, rather than directly on top in order to not make them hide anything if something was happening inside there. This road should also take us there. " He said once Ri had landed.

Taking out the Void Saber from his requip storage, he attached it to his hip, it was going to be easier access for him if something was needed and the way it looked, it may not raise that many concerns. " Let's hope we didn't waste our time coming here, or I'll owe you one for pulling you so far from Hakobe. " He joked a bit as he took the road first looking around the eerie forest covered in darkness, almost no moonlight was passing through the trees so the most prominent light source, for now, was his flashlight, that is if Ri didn't pull out something brighter.  " I would really like for this to be just a hoax and false suspicion I really dislike such things when children are involved... "

WC: 710
TWC: 710/14000
@Riana Maren

" Maybe I can give you some of my equipment when we get back to the guild. You'll examine it as much as you like there. " The white-haired mage offered, as he got back to scanning the surrounding forest with the head-mounted flashlight. " I can't see anything from this darkness, even with the flashlight.. " He remarked, the coming thunder clouds were slowly obscuring the moon and whatever little light was coming through the trees was now even less. The only good thing is that they are closing in on the orphanage and when he looked at it while they were flying it's in a little open space surrounded by the woods.

He pondered a little at Riana's question, if they were in Bosco and this was a facility where there were other soldiers like him, he would have told her to use anything that she had, but now? He was unsure of what to expect. " I doubt that we will need much, best be on standby, what I've learned is that Fiore has some weird things that can prove to be quite a hassle to deal with, so even rumors are something to be wary of.. " Fiore had surprised him quite a bit, and he was enjoying it, especially the freedom that he had.

The god slayer stopped the head-mounted flashlight as they reached the clearing close to the orphanage, the light of said building illuminating some part of the clearing. " Looks like they aren't sleeping so let's invite ourselves in, shall we. " It wasn't much of a suggestion as he strolled towards one of the doors of the building, which when he got a better look, was a medium-sized two-story orphanage it could house a number of children with no issue.

Somewhere along the way, Kil had requipped into a different set of clothing, opting into just more casual wear of a simple white T-shirt and blue shorts. The jetpack was only going to hinder him inside if a fight broke out, but he kept the void saber close.

Grabbing the handle of the door he noticed that the door was unlocked, pushing it down the door opened without any issues or creeks. The place was being maintained, and once inside he noted that they were now in quite a bit lit open space, there were multiple doors, some open some closed, a stairway towards the second floor that overlooked the first one.

Kil wondered which way to take open a door or go towards one of the hallways that led to different parts of the orphanage. He sniffed the air a few times, " This place smells weird and it feels weird, if it was this lit and yet I can't hear anything? " For a place that there were supposedly children, there were awfully quiet.

He focused, using his enhanced hearing to get a sense of direction for them to go to, before his head snapped towards the second floor as he heard footsteps coming to the edge of it. Soon a woman that was no older than thirty was overlooking them, she was dressed quite well, an elegant long white dress with a black corset that extended along her dress, with long black hair that was tied into a ponytail.

" My, my, are you looking for a home little one? " The woman asked with a silky voice.

The young mage felt on edge, through that beauty and silky voice, there was such a weird and strange aura around her, it almost felt sinister. Ha, a dark mage calling someone else's energy sinister.

" We're mages sent to investigate this place, there are some strange rumors surrounding this orphanage, do you mind if we looked around? " He deliberately left the part out that they were dark mages to avoid any unwanted engagements. He also wanted to strangle himself, he sounded like some authority, and yet he didn't want to put any kids in harm's way.

" Oh, I have heard the rumors. Children! Come here and show these people.. " She paused slightly and children strolled into the main room, making weird irregular motions, looking from side to side. Gripping the hilt of the blade he was prepared to unleash it any moment. Those kids looked so mindless, so devoid of normal emotions, they weren't even looking at them.

" -That those rumores were quite true, make sure to not leave any traces of them, my children! " The woman said, not dropping that sweet touch from her voice as she left them, going somewhere further into the orphanage. In front of the two mages were about 6-7 kids that all made irregular motions. Suddenly one of the kids screeched as they rushed forward towards the two dark mages..

WC: 802
Total WC: 2046
@Riana Maren

Solemn blue eyes looked past the two kids that were currently charging towards them, he examined the other three that weren't even looking at them, instead, doing irregular movements, one was even scratching at itself. It was a sad sight for the child soldier, it was clear that something had been done to these kids and what saddened Killua was that whatever sanity they had was gone. At least he and the rest like him were able to retain their sanity and this ultimately led to the rebellion and them freeing themselves, well most of them at least. He hasn't had contact with any people he knew to confirm this but he sincerely hoped that no one returned to that hell hole.

The young mage felt the mechanical being behind him charge up and didn't even flinch when she moved to the side and fired blasts of energy that collided with one of the children straight in the chest. The child was now laying down on his back as smoke rose from his chest, the other child not even caring for what had happened next to him, no, he didn't even look back for one moment, continuing his charge towards Killua. Something that saddened the mage even more.

Gripping the void blade tighter, the blade emitted a small hum as it materialized to life. Killua wasted no time as he brought the blade above him and swung it down in an arc. Sending out a blade of dark energy in the shape of a crescent at the child that was still rushing forward. It almost made no effort to dodge, the attack engulfed the child and pushed him back, void energy now stuck to him as patches of dark purple were present on his body like a plague.

It wasn't long before the child that Ri had brought down, stood up as well and let out an ear-piercing scream. The kid that Kil had attacked regained his composure as well. Not letting them take the charge this time, the god slayer decided to test out the abilities of the void blade further. Taking up a stance with the blade slightly raised, void energy started to surround the wielder. Within a moment Kil disappeared in a burst of void energy and appeared in front of the one that he had attacked, leaving no time for him to react he slashed horizontally across his chest, leaving a few nasty burst marks and burning the clothing around where he cut. It stood for a few seconds before it fell to the ground, either dead or unconscious. While he wasn't a cold-hearted killer when it came to kids, there was a chance that they would never return to normal.

What he didn't expect was for the other 4 children that were dormant to scream and start to rush towards him. It seems like the distance had triggered them to engage. This time however the group had closed in the distance quite fast and Kil was put on the defensive, for the first time, he felt how strong they were as he blocked one of them that tried to claw his face with their elongated nails. His palm pressed against the energy blade down as he began to push the void blade close to Kil's own face.

Kil pushed the blade to the side, letting his weight carry the momentum, spinning to deliver a powerful kick into one of the maddened children's abdomen sending him sliding. Using this opportunity, Kil jumped back and landed close to Ri. " They are quite tough so don't let your guard down. Use anything you want to put them down. " He didn't care if Ri wasn't as careful as him to let them live, he wasn't going to lecture her on how she decided to do things and what was correct. They were dark mages, of course, killing was part of the things they did, however would attempt to at least spare as many as he could, should his life or hers be in danger, he wouldn't care if they made it out alive.

" Here they come.. " Raising his sword in front of him, Kil prepared for their assault as the remaining five came towards them altogether. Dark lightning started to build up around him, with a quick spin and dragging his foot on the floor, he released a wave of electricity towards them. Two of them took the brunt of his attack, getting paralyzed in the process as they fell down. Easy picking for Ri to finish them off if she had a ranged attack. In the meantime, Kil prepared for the rest of the group that was still coming hot towards them.

WC: 788
TWC: 3914/14000
@Riana Maren

The soldier watched as the magitech mech flew above the children, powering up just as fast as it had risen to the air. It was truly a scientific marvel to look at and at the same time menacing for anyone that would have a staredown with it. The suit soon glowing in a hellish orange as she was about to release her technique. She would have had an amazing career in Bosco, they valued technological advancements and it was one of their main strengths, yet if she was there they would now be standing as enemies rather than allies.

Bearing down on her targets that stood in their way, the beams had quickly killed off two abominations. Yes, abominations, there was nothing else Kil would call these things that protected their so-called caretaker. The usually composed god slayer was getting angrier by the minute, the thought that even in this country there were people that would do horrible things to anything that would give them power in any way. Even if he had to kill these poor creatures, Kil was now determined, determined to avenge them by beheading their 'caretaker' and giving peace to their souls. A wicked smile crept onto his face as the thunder boomed even louder, a storm was coming, a storm that would benefit him.

Kil was brought out of his musings when Riana called out to him. She was unable to locate the woman they saw on the second floor, and this was somewhat concerning to the young mage. "The house is probably laced with her magic, and it's hiding her presence." He commented, the young mage's mind racing on how to deal with the current situation. The orphanage wasn't big but there were many rooms from what he could see on the first floor. While they had a way to get to the second floor, both mages possessing the ability of flight, it was no guarantee that they would find her there, there was no way of asking the children as well..

Dark lightning began to dance around the god slayer's mouth when the remaining three deranged children charged him, seeing as they had no way of reaching the flying mech. The lightning slayer concentrated, making the lightning course through him and his magicuels. Soon an his signature dark lightning aura was around him as he finished powering up. He had no time to play the headmistress of the orphanage's games. Kil opened his mouth to show that the black lightning from before was now fully concentrated and with a single bellow, he released the signature technique of most slayers. A dark destructive lightning blast engulfed the charging children. Once the lightning died down, the three bodies of the children lay on the floor as smoke rose from them, black lightning sparkling from time to time. Kil made no attempt to check their condition, if the woman's magic was that strong they may have survived that, he didn't know if that was better and if they would ever return to normal.

Kil looked to the second floor again like he was searching for something. The moment he had released his attack he saw something strange, something that he now questioned himself if it was there, and what put him off was the immense magical energy that he felt from its direction. Was it due to them that Ri can't pinpoint the mistress's location? Or is he beginning to imagine things, no, if there was something he trusted it was his eyes, they were trained every day since he was abducted into that hellish training program.

With no enemies left, the white-haired boy ran up the stairs to the second floor and stood from the place where the woman had addressed them. Turning towards his partner. "I don't know if you felt it, but there was something else here with us, watching, I can't really explain it but it just felt 'vile', and it wasn't like that woman's presence." Kil said in a serious tone. Whatever it was, he wanted to make sure that Ri was going to be careful and keep an eye out for herself and him, as he would do for her. Their relationship was strange and yet it looked like both of them liked the presence of the other, they were different, yet they had found some kind of connection that was developing further and further the more they interacted with each other. In all honesty, he was glad that he had found such a person in the guild so quickly, even if she wasn't the biggest social butterfly, he had decided that he would spend more time with her, terrorize her in her lab while she tried to accomplish another scientific feat.

"Keep trying to pinpoint her, if you find anything take the lead, and let's find that wicked bitch." He said, inspecting the second floor more clearly, there were different rooms but from the position she was in, the only option was the door that was right next to him. Carefully opening the door to avoid any unwanted traps, he noted that it led to a corridor that had a few rooms on each side and at the end of it, it split into two separate ones on the left and right.

Again the orphanage was quiet, Kil lightly ran along the corridor, listening for any sounds that may direct them towards their target. When he went to pass by the first room on the right, the wooden door exploded in splinters and one more of those deranged children emerged, grappling and pushing him into the wall. Kil put his guard up to defend with his free arm that was not wielding the energy weapon, however to his surprise the child opened its mouth and chomped down on the pinned mage's arm. Kil grit his teeth from the pain that coursed through him, his lightning aura not bothering the child that was trying to eat his arm. The kid bit down further, making him recoil in pain further as he threw his head back against the wall.

Bringing the void blade up with his free arm, the butt of the weapon brought down on the child's head hard in an attempt to make him release him. The child not even bulging as he continued to attempt to tear a portion of Kil's arm off with its teeth. The young mage continued to hit the abomination as on the third hit it finally let out, Kil pushing him quickly with a strong right kick to throw him to the ground.

Looking at his arm he noticed the big bite mark that was oozing out his blood. While it hurt like hell, it wasn't something to be instantly afraid of. He could leave it for the moment and deal with the current situation.

The child was already on its feet as it screeched at him. A moment later three more kids burst out from the other doors, breaking them completely. "Great, there's more of them.." Kil said, obviously irritated. They were like ghouls, nothing more than a shambling mess that had no sanity. Bringing up the void blade he prepared for another showdown.

WC: 1202
TWC: 6126/14000
Spells used: Bellow of the Thunder God(Offensive), Thunder God's Overcharge(Buff, 6 posts remaining, +65% Spell Power).
@Riana Maren

Blue eyes looked between each of the 4 children that now shambled towards him. Prepared for the moment they would dash. From their previous clash, he knew that they were tough and were relatively fast. This time they didn't have the distance or Ri was able to hover high out of reach and pick them off one by one. He hadn't looked behind him so he didn't know if she had entered behind him or was still hovering above the first floor trying to pinpoint the headmistress. He didn't have to think about that now.

The children in front of him shambled and grunted as if they were ghouls. Killua brought the void blade up, gripping it with both hands, the hilt now stained in his own blood due to the bite mark wound that he received courtesy of one of the children. He didn't have to worry about it now, first, the enemies in front of him had to be disposed of before he could treat them. Kil steeled himself, getting ready for his next engagement with the abominations as they screamed and charged forward.

'Run' 'Phase' 'Cover' 'Phase' 'Phase' 'Phase' Distorted yet familiar voices rang in his head like alarms, warning him of impending danger. The same voices that had saved him so many times on his missions and warned him of any imminent danger. He had stopped questioning where they had come from a long time ago, and if he had to guess that they had connected to him once he had 'Phased' for the first time.

But he had only a moment to realize what was happening as he suddenly heard Ri scream out to him from behind, the amount of magical energy rising fast behind him. Once he looked behind he could only see the mech holding what looked like to be a massive weapon. It was only a few moments that he got to look at it, as his partner had pulled the trigger, releasing a wide beam that destroyed anything in its path.

Darkish blue particles appeared all around Killua's body as the blast closed in on him. Seeing as he had no way out of this without getting singed, he pulled one of his own trump cards and Kil disappeared from the place he was previously standing.

Kil found himself in the familiar to him, white and black mixed reality world. The blast that Riana had unleashed had completely passed through him and he turned around to see how it evaporated anything in its way, including the children that were in the hallway. It was hard to see if they were being completely obliterated from the color that this world gave. In the meantime he looked to the side, looking at different versions of himself and how they fared in the current moment that he entered this reality, some were caught in the blast, some dodged it. It was strange to see a different version of himself in some instances in the past he had even seen his death, and it had haunted him for some time.

Kil looked back towards Riana after the blast died down, it was time to get out of this world, it looked like she was searching for him, it was hard to tell, he couldn't hear anything from that real-world once he was here. They usually used special signals for when to get out and ambush at the perfect moments, but there was no way Ri would know this, nobody in the guild knew of this ability, though in part it was because he recently acquired them back.

Back in the real world, small dark blue particles formed in the shape of a circle, and soon Killua jumped out of the mixed reality that he was in, completely unharmed of the magical cannon and Kil was finally able to fully see the damage that it had made. The end of the corridor was completely blown and could see the now illuminated rain that was heavily pouring. Looks like the clouds had finally reached them, good. The other part of the hallway didn't fair up well either, Kil finding himself standing on one of the few spots left in semi-good condition to support him without braking completely.

Giving out a long whistle, Killua turned towards Riana. "You really had enough of them, didn't you. Remind me not to mess with you all that much." Before he could joke anymore and comment on the destructive capabilities she had, his head snapped towards the end of the blown hallway. There at the end of the corridor, the witch stood in the same clothing that they saw her previously. Her eyes were shadowed by her long hair, head hung down slightly.

Kil steeled himself as the witch rose her head, glowing purple eyes looking towards the two mages of Errings Rising. A manic expression adorned her features.

"How dare you do this to my little children, I'll enjoy breaking that machine of yours." She said before she looked and rose a finger at Killua. "And you, I'll be making you one of my children."

At this point, Kil's blood was boiling, an image of a larger man with short brown hair stood next to her like he was looking right at him with a creepy smile. Tainted lightning exploded around the young god slayer, void blade activating at his side. Wasting no time he moved, the floor where he stood bending and breaking from the force exerted by the young dark mage.

Within moments he appeared before the headmistress, both hands on the void blade, the blade itself exerting its own void aura as Kil pumped more and more magic power into the energy blade. Swinging down, Kil attempted to deliver a full force overhead slash.

Suprised-filled eyes looked at the young mage, it was evident that she didn't expect him to move so quickly. However, as his own slash came closer and closer a gateway appeared on the side, and from it, a skeletal arm came out of it and in front of the witch, protecting her from the initial hit of the attack.

The force of the attack pushed the skeletal hand against its owner with great force, breaking it in the process and sending its summoner through the hole that Riana had made with her devastating cannon and into the heavy rain that was pouring outside the orphanage.

Kil stood in the hole, cold blue stared into blood-crazed purple ones, the witch getting up from the little hole that she had in the mud. "I changed my mind, I'll take you apart part by part, until nothing is left of you." The witch hissed out.

The thunder god slayer jumped down, splashing water everywhere upon landing, with lightning flying everything as it moved between the water. "When I'm done with you, no one is going to even recognize your corpse." The slayer coldly stated. The void blade that was in his hand disappeared, in its place his Scorpion SMG appeared, as he loaded in a magazine of mixed ammunition in it.

Both of them stood still, a silent staredown in the rain, each waiting for the other to move first. Decided that he wouldn't let her get the jump on him, Kil was the first to move, employing his speed, he dashed to the side, lightning jumped between the pools of water made from the rain with each step. Kil fired a few rounds from his SMG as another skeletal hand appeared to block them, this time standing strong, evident that the basic rounds of the gun would need to be sustained if he wanted to destroy it.

As he continued to move he noticed multiple small gateways opening up, with skeletal arms sprouting in an attempt to grapple him, she was beginning to predict where he would appear. So Kil changed his movement pattern as he began to circle her. Firing a few rounds from his weapon ever so often that were being blocked by a skeletal arm that rotated around her.

Flipping a switch on his gun, Killua fired at her, this time a single bullet that's blue color was slightly illuminated in the light of the orphanage. The witch's eyes widened slightly as the singular hole made it through the skeletal hand that was protecting her, hitting her in her right shoulder. Her purple eyes glowed while she screeched in pain from the bullet that lodged itself in her skin.

'Danger. Front. Duck, slide, duck' Kil looked forward as the voices in his head appeared again, before him a gateway had appeared and from it, a strange apparition stepped out of it and attempted to behead the young mage with its dark-ghostly arm. Quickly breaking his movement into a slide Kil was able to dodge the attack, however, due to the mud formed from the rain he soon found himself rolling on the ground until he hit the trunk of a tree. Pushing himself off the ground with a grunt of pain, mud falling from him. This was going to be a lot tougher than he expected.

WC: 1523
TWC: 8963/14000
@Riana Maren

The mud-covered teen patiently waited for his opponent to make the next move, quickly requipping another magazine for his weapon of choice, the previously falling to the ground and into the mud. At the same time, the headmistress closed her eyes and brought her hands into a prayer-like position. "You'll make a wonderful new toy, you may even survive the experiments that I'll do on your little body." The witch commented as in the next moment gateways upon gateways appeared around the young mage, skeletal hands and what looked like to be blades made of sharpened bones came out of the portals and towards him.

Instinct wasn't going to save him, so he resorted to his magic to bring as much reflex and movement to his body in the tight space he had to maneuver between the sea of skeletal objects. Sending jolts of lightning to his muscle to make them move faster than he could ever possibly be able to without the magic he wielded. Spinning, taking singular steps backward, and even blocking with the body of his SMG, Kil made his best effort to block and dodge as many as possible of the skeletal arms that were slowly overwhelming him.

Still, no matter how much effort he put into it, cuts, bruises, and scratches began to appear everywhere on his body. He attempted to count the gateways that had appeared, but with every movement, it felt like more and more were appearing, and yet the witch hadn't even opened her eyes one time. Maybe this was part of her magic? The young boy thought as at this point her back was facing him and the barrage didn't even slow down.

Seeing as there was no way out without battling the skeletal armada, Kil reequipped the void blade back, discarding the SMG and quickly activating the energy weapon in its place. Jolt, slash, jolt, slash. This was the repeated pattern as the thunder slayer continued to enhance his own reflex to cut down as many hands as possible. Yet again there was no end to them as Kil continued to take more and more hits, in turn slowing him down.

"Enough!" The ex-soldier yelled as a thin layer of lightning appeared slightly above his skin and clothes, a small ball appearing in his free hand as well, chucking the ball forward a led light glowed a single time and exploded almost instantly, engulfing the young mage and the skeletal arms that assaulted him. The shockwave sent the young mage tumbling across the mud until his back made contact with the trunk of a tree, stopping him from sliding any further.

Looking back up towards his previous spot as the smoke cleared he noticed that he had gotten a significant distance from the arms and a lot of them were missing, if he had to guess they were destroyed. So many had been destroyed until now and he doubted that this was going to stop the sea of bones. His attention shifted towards the orphanage again as an explosion went off inside, it seems that Riana had her own problems. He had wondered where she had gone too and it looked like there was a valid reason for her disappearance. There was no way for him to help her, so the only thing he could do is have faith that she would deal with whatever was holding her up in the orphanage.

And he would do the same and deal with the witch, that had now turned towards him, no longer were her eyes closed and back turned towards him. Kil sighed, he was better than this and here he was getting beaten up by some skeletal hands. Pathetic.

Pushing himself up once again, cold blue eyes met piercing purple ones as both. Kil decided that he would take on the offensive again, if he got swarmed again he may take serious damage. Gathering tainted lightning in his mouth he released in a destructive bellow towards the witch, which in turn summoned a giant skeletal hand between them. The lightning struck hard and broke through the hand however it was successful in moving the lightning blast in a different direction, keeping the witch completely safe from his attack.

"It looks like I won't be able to do much against you with my current power." Kil remarked, to which the witch smirked.

"You might as well surrender now, so I don't have to repair your body once I'm done breaking you." The witch replied snarkily.

"Like you broke those kids? Made them into those disgusting things that you can't even call human anymore?" Cold blue eyes narrowed down as he gripped the void blade tighter, he was buying time for himself to think of a battle plan and how to land a few hits on her.

"Just failed test subjects that couldn't endure my magic. You on the other side, I feel like you will be able to become the perfect little weapon for me." The witch giggled, her eyes glowing once more as another portal opened up behind her, albeit slower than the last one.

Kil took a deep breath as he closed his eyes, moments later he opened them again, dark blue particles surrounded his body as his magical pressure increased, not soon after dark lightning exploded around him before concentrating around his body increased his pressure even further.

"You said that to the wrong person." Kil simply said before he charged forward with even more speed than before. Getting closer to his target, the young slayer saw that the portal was fully opened and from it several long elastic and distorted arms shot towards him. Using his void blade in an attempt to slice through it, he was surprised as he was stopped in place, the arm was tough even with all the moment he had he was unable to pierce it.

Instead, however, he smiled, disabling the energy blade, he let the momentum carry him, the giant arm sailing past him. By this point the creature that had attacked him was in full view, towering above her was this monstrosity of pure darkness that shifted its ever-changing body of unidentified and undefined substance, the only feature that it kept was his three arms at each side of its body, that would sway in every direction like it had no control over them.

It did, however, as two of its arms went flying towards the dark mage. Kil slid under the first one, the second coming in quick to swipe him from underneath, using his momentum he flipped over the second, a lightning whip appeared in his right free hand, he had gotten closer to the witch. While still in the air he struck towards the witch, the whip tangling around her leg, electrifying her, letting out an ear-piercing scream as the volts of electricity coursed through her body. "Rraah." The young mage roared as he twisted his body and pulled on the whip, dragging her through the mud and sending her into the orphanage's stone wall.

'Above'

The warning again, this time however the operative didn't have time to react and move, as he looked up and saw the shadow of one of the creature's arms as it slammed him into the ground with its full weight.

Coughing blood, the lightning shield he had completely dissipated absorbing as much as it could, Kil found himself pushing against the weight of the creature, as it pushed more and more of its weight onto him. He found himself in quite the bind...

WC: 1,263
TWC: 11,527
@Riana Maren

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The young mage pushed against the overwhelming arm that was crushing him into the ground,  blood pouring down his face from the impact. His head snapped to the side to where he had thrown the witch into the wall of the orphanage, trying to get a better look at the damage he had caused with his one eye that wasn't covered in blood and obscuring his vision. It was hard to discern from all the rain, but seeing her slowly walking out of the debris with a limp, made him smile, it looks like he did a number on her.

His attention was quickly brought back to his current predicament as the beast pushed down further and Killua fought with his tiny arms to push its oversized one further away from his body. The mind of the young soldier racing at what his options were, maybe he could Phase, but in his current situation it could be dangerous, especially when he was pinned down. His body glowed in dark lightning for a second as he released another technique, sending electricity all around him and up towards the arm that was pinning him down, however, the only response he got was the shaking of the said arm as before the dark lightning wore off.


Before he could try something else, a white light caught his attention. A white light that was coming from the witch was yet again in a prayer-like stance, mumbling something that the young slayer couldn't understand. She looked concentrated, and whatever she was doing Kil knew he had to somehow stop it, he was an easy target at the moment to be hit with something slower that would take him out.

Kil grit his teeth as he took one arm out that was resisting the weight above him, as pain shot through his whole system with only one hand between his body being crushed. He focused as he aimed, his hand mimicking a gun as tainted lightning gathered at the tip of his index finger. Shakingly he aimed towards the witch before releasing the fast traveling bolt of lightning that pierced her through the shoulder, whatever she was doing was stopped as the light died down.

He was aiming for somewhere more lethal, but that would do... He grit his teeth as the beast pushed down on his lone arm, he could swear he heard something crack. And the next moment the pain was gone, he felt the arm being lifted, and he turned his head as he heard something crashing loudly, to see that it was Riana and with her the monster that had pinned him down.

She took some damage, evident from the exposed arm that wasn't covered in her armor. The usual stoic, emotionless scientist looked enraged as she called out to him, as he got up from the ground now free from the monster.

"You bet I have and I'm ready to finish this as fast as possible." He said, requiping his Flight Suit without the helmet, and quickly gripped the joysticks pressing the big red buttons as the missile salvos aligned and spat the Hailstorm missiles at both the witch and eldritch being. It was mostly a diversion, as some of the missiles missed their target due to the fast release and not taking the time to correctly aim it, but some still hit their target.

"Buy me some time, if you don't finish them before I prepare and be ready to take cover." He said, the thrusters of the jetpack whirling to life as he shot up high towards the rainy clouds, and slowly began to generate high amounts of tainted lightning.

WC: 611
TWC: 13476
@Riana Maren

The young mage pushed the damp hair that was covering portions of his eyes as he looked up towards the rainy clouds, hovering high above the earth, the rain's sound almost dampened by the sound of his jet engines that roared on his back. He could hear the fighting continue below him as Riana unleashed her attacks, but at this point, he was high up in the air so he could be undisturbed, he would need a few moments nothing more the witch and the monster would be gone, or at least he hoped so, Riana had the ability to fly so he wasn't worried about her getting away safely.

Looking down he could see the Errings Rising member battling the two, her mechanical creations attacking instead of her. He couldn't exactly make out the fight as the distance was making it hard for him, but as soon as he noticed that the witch was sent flying and crashing, and the painful roar of the creature, Kil took this as his que.

Extending his right hand, a bow made of pure dark lightning appeared in his hand, while in the left, a singular arrow of the same type of lightning crackled violently, with all the magic that was being poured into it. This was his current ultimate technique, and this would be the second time he would get to use it, he refrained usually as it drew too much attention, but he couldn't limit himself, not in fights like these ones.

Straining the arrow against the string of lightning he pulled and aimed in-between the two enemies. With one swift motion, he released the arrow, flying down as it illuminated the rain around it, lightning jumping between the raindrops. A singular wire trailed behind the lightning that was wrapped around Kil's left arm, the one used to hold the arrow. When the arrow reached it's close enough between the two, Kil violently pulled on the wire, said wire cutting in half and forcing the arrow to detonate mid-air, unleashing a storm of lightning in a circle. The lightning storm devastated anything in its path, the sheer loud sound muffling everything else as it boomed like a thunder strike that just landed next to you.

The young slayer smiled, examining his handy work from above, as the storm settled down he flew down, running slightly forward before stopping once he had landed. The beast was nowhere in sight, if he had to guess it returned to whatever plane of existence it. However, the prone form of the witch was in front of him, laying down on the cold muddy ground, he walked up to her carefully, ready to jump back at a moment's notice if anything strange occurred.

Kneeling down, he placed a hand on her neck to feel for her pulse, after a few moments, he noted that he wasn't able to find one... good their job was done. Turning around he walked back towards the last place he saw Riana, unknown to him a portal had opened under the witch's body and swallowed her whole.

"Riana you okay?" He called out, attempting to find her, the faster he found her the faster they could leave this place.

WC:539
TWC: 14,872
@Riana Maren

Kil sighed in relief as Riana appeared before him, letting out a dry laugh at her comment. "You know this is the first time something tried to squish me to death, surprisingly." Throughout all of his missions, not one time did they try to squish him under something, or even tried to bury him alive under rock and rubble. "Sorry about your little robots, I hope you'll be able to patch them up, I couldn't really aim to not hit them." He rubbed the back of his head, he really didn't want to him them, but they just got in the crossfire of his attack.

He decided to follow her example, a small glass canister appeared in his hand, the green like nanites flowing like liquid inside of it. Putting over his damaged arm, he applied a small amount of force on top of it and the green liquid began to release like gas, slowly enveloping him as they began to heal him.

He perked up when Riana called to him. "Yea, I'm pretty much ready, so let's go back." The engines on the jetpack whirled to life again as he requiped his helmet back on. Taking one last look at the orphanage that used to glow like a Christmas tree, now was just a pile of rubble, there was something intact and maybe some rooms at the back, however, the major portion of it was destroyed. Whatever twisted experiments happened here were put to an end, and it put a decent paycheck into both mage's pockets, deep inside he was glad that he was the one that got to kill the headmistress. Hot air and flames were expelled through the jetpack and he soon found himself high into the air, both of them making their journey back towards Mt. Hakobe.

@Riana Maren