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Faceoff! 2

"Yer the boss," Annamarie said, turning to run.

< Wait, wait! > the embers exclaimed. < The pair of bats, there on the wall! Use them! >

"A pair of wooden bats against a claymore, are yeh bleedin' cracked?!" Annamarie exclaimed. Seeing that the Other Nogard had drawn a second sword, she added, "A pair of bats against TWO claymores?"

< Do it it or she'll kill you where you stand! > the embers shouted.

With a frustrated shout, Annamarie ran for the case that held the two wooden bats. Punching her fists through the glass, Annamarie grabbed the bats and spun around just in time to deflect the lethal downward stroke of the Other Nogard's blades. Pushing upwards, Annamarie spun around twirled the bats.

Feeling the powers of the bats [1] flow through her, Annamarie grinned. "Well a'ight then. Bring it, Fluffytail." [2]

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Rest Then Fight

After Rose told her and Broden where her room is, n** led the way to the elevator that would take them to the level her room was on. Once in the elevator, n** said, "Look, Broden. I know you're not happy with Queen Rose's orders."

"I--" Broden started to say.

"I'm not done," n** interrupted. "And I know that when Dragon and Xangord, respectively, are not around, I am to follow your orders as per my Dragoon training. However, I ask as a friend that you do not follow us right away. There are going to be people that we will come across that I do not think you can cope with well."

Reaching up and gently touching the scars on Broden's face, n** said, "With what I expect to be there, I think the experience may kill you if forced to do so again. Though older than any of your sisters and far tougher in many areas--I think that forcing you to kill one to save the other will destroy you."

"Can't you just tell me?" Broden asked, grabbing n**'s hand and pulling it away from his scars. "You tell me you're my friend yet you're hiding things."

The elevator door opened.

"Once this is over, I'll explain," n** said, leaving Broden to stare after her in confusion.

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After six hours, n** was woken up by Rose's call to the transporter room. After referencing the computer's data banks in her bedroom to find out where the transporter room was, n** glanced in on Broden who was asleep on the couch in the living room to make sure he was still asleep.

Entering the transporter room, n** said, "We should probably layer our spells, milady. I have an antiuv spell that mixed with my tiger form should be passable, but I'd like you to add your barrier spell to that just in case. Also I can track Nogard in tiger form."

"Indeed," Rose said. "Whenever you're ready. Where's Broden? I thought he'd see us off."

"I gave him a sedative as a precaution," n** said. "If he's anything like his sisters, he'd come along hell or high water."

Taking a calming breath, n** tapped her wand on the crown of her head and cast a silent incantation that would protect her against normal UV rays and then transformed herself into her white tiger form. Sitting calmly on her haunches, n** indicated that Rose should go ahead and cast a barrier spell to further protect her from any other of the near by sun's rays.

"Let's go," Rose said to n** and Taran while stepping onto the transporter.

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The Elephant Graveyard

"Xangord's just under the drop," Se'Rox said. "Shall we?"

"We shall," Dai said, leading the way.

To herself, Flan thought, This seems far too easy. Especially when he had been here a few moments ago. I don't like this at all.

Once they had reached the drop just before the elephant graveyard, they lined on the edge and looked down to see a large gray mass of smoke.

"Oi!" Dai called cheerfully. "Doin' all right there, Xangy?"

< My name is Xangord, > the mass of smoke grumbled. Only Flan could hear it however.

Flan chuckled and broadcast for the others, < She's fine. >