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Chibi stood in the hall and turned back to a Creator. She walked quickly towards the Guild Control Room. I wonder if the controls will obey me. Lack's the only one who should be able to manipulate them. She looked at the glove she still had from Lack. Unless… She touched the door to the control room with her right hand. Lack's glove resonated with the machinery inside to open the door.
"Lack!" An ethereal Sniper ran to her before skidding to a stop. "You're not Lack."
"I'm not," Chibi replied holding up her right hand. "But I am representing him at the present time."
The sniper drew her bow and pointed it at Chibi. "Who are you?"
Chibi drew out her insignia from the Alchemist Society and took off Lack's glove to reveal her Fight Club tattoo. The movement caused the Sniper to release an Immaterial Arrow at Chibi, burying itself into her shoulder and disintegrating to seep into her skin. Chibi tensed in pain and focused on getting her task done. "Recognise me now?"
"Chibi…" The Sniper lowered her bow, with another Immaterial Arrow in her free hand. "I can feel Lack within the guild. Why can't he come himself?"
"Because Contra and Hel are where he is," She pulled Lack's glove back on and tucked her insignia away. "I can't be there unless I'm in cat-form because Kashy is also there."
"So he sent you," The Sniper continued still not completely convinced.
Chibi sighed and leaned against the wall with mock confidence. She knew she hadn't given Lack her complete idea. "You could go ask him. But once he flattens you in response it'll probably be too late to do anything."
The Sniper put her bow away and asked, "What did he want me to do?"
"Create two jail cells that can hold a god. One inside the other," Chibi replied looking directly at the Sniper. "Make the bars only just big enough for a small cat to get through but not a human body."
"That will take some time," The Sniper replied realizing why Chibi had told her there wouldn't be enough time to do anything if she went and asked. She looked at Chibi carefully. "There's something else you need to do as well isn't there?"
Chibi nodded. "In my Lab… I'll be back here when I'm done and we'll implement it this plan." She stepped out of the room, only looking back briefly. "Thankyou… Etami."
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Lack felt his left glove burn briefly. Ignoring it, he came in close and punched Contra hard with his left hand. The glove leaving a burn mark across his cheek. I didn't know my gloves could do that… Jumping back, he forced his magic into both gloves and punched at Contra again leaving burn marks where his fist connected.
Novus handed a purely metal sword to MikeRex. A silent message passed between them. MikeRex drove the sword deep into Contra's chest and moved back letting Novus cast Lord of Vermillion directly at the sword. Fire melted the sword forming a tight ring around Contra's body. The lightning dancing over the metal, biting and sparking over Contra's skin.
Contra growled angrily and lashed back at them. The metal right tight against his chest. He grabbed a hold of Lack and threw him. Moving faster than possible, he took a hold of MikeRex's armor and threw him in the same direction as he had thrown Lack.
Kashy threw golden chains to bind Contra's arms and legs. Lack landed on his feet and skidded, bringing his hands to the floor in an attempt to stop himself from hitting the wall. MikeRex flew towards him and planted his spear to prevent crashing into Lack.
Contra screamed and broke the chains. He looked around the room wildly. Tiredness slowly seeping into him. From the corner of his eye, he could see a blue figure running towards him, turning into a cat, and leaping at him with both claws bared.
"Chibi!" Lack yelled in fury watching the floor open up and both Contra and cat fall through it. "What the hell?!" Feeling claws up his back he jumped. "What did you do?"
"I morphed a part of Kiseki to act like me," Chibi mewed in his ear. "Etami created two cells that can hold a god beneath this room. Contra is in the inner cell, with the second cell around the one he's in. So if he breaks out of that one, he has the other to get through. Should buy Kashy time to work out what to do with him." She gave him a small kiss on the cheek.
"Etami listened to you?" Lack asked surprised feeling Chibi's power flow into him again. He darted towards the rest of the Fight Club guildsmen to help them with Hel. "I thought she would of come down to ask me."
"She wanted to," Chibi mewed swiping her claw at Hel when Lack was close enough. "But after I told her that you'd flatten her because she was wasting time she complied. I still have your other glove too so I guess that helped. Although I need you do heal me properly later… Her Immaterial Arrows still hurt even though she is ethereal."
Phenomenon, Tadakono and Syaoran came close to Lack. "How are we going to take her down?" Phenomenon asked breathing hard. "I've tried calling Tyr but he's not interested."
"Leave the God calling to me," Chibi mewed at him. "Hel hates Holy magic. So use things that are holy in nature. Poison, and other offensive style magic skills aren't going to work well on her." While Chibi continued to explain she asked Eir if she could get Forseti and Thor. Hearing an almost instant reply, she tapped her tail against Lack's back happily.
Lack nodded feeling her tail against his back. "Alright!" Waving his hand to his right, "Phen, take the Assassins and assault from that side." After preparing Asura, he pointed off to his left and added "Syao, take our Knights and attack from that side." MikeRex joined Lack. JohnFlora darted behind them and became their support. Caya moved to join Phenomenon. Minna moved to become Syao and the Knights support. Lack looked at Tadakono and nodded with a silent command.
Tadakono moved out of the room with the rest of the guildsmen and moved quickly through the hallways and came back into the first room through the doorway behind Hel. "No where to go now Hel!" Chibi stopped tapping her tail and smiled. Tadakono noticed and smiled back. Unless she goes back to hell.
With one sweep of his hand, Lack directed the entire guild to attack Hel. From the corner of his eye, he watched Kashy and the Hidden Gods deep in conversation about Contra. "How long will it take for them to get here?" he murmured quietly to himself.
"Them as in Forseti and Thor?" Chibi mewed picking up his murmur. Lack nodded slightly. "Eir says it'll take a while but they'll be here soon… But they're coming from a great distance."
"How great a distance are we talking?" Lack asked. The weight on his shoulders felt heavier. "Chibi?" Chibi didn't reply. Her claws held onto his shirt tightly. As long as she doesn't fall off it should be alright. Feeling a cold presence heal him, he looked back to see an ethereal High Priest.
"Chibi's not here?" The Priest asked not noticing the cat around Lack's neck. "I thought she'd be here supporting you." He cast every supportive spell in his knowledge on Lack.
"She's supporting me in another way," Lack replied feeling one of Chibi's ears tickle his cheek. "I thought you couldn't leave the Infirmary…"
"I can't if Chibi's here," The Priest replied looking around the room. "If she's within the grounds of the Guild then I can't leave the Infirmary." Noticing Lack's confused expression, he added "It's the condition on me being a spirit."
"And you can't sense her within the grounds," Lack confirmed slowly touching the cat on his shoulders to make sure it is there. The Priest nodded his head and watched Lack carefully. Chibi twitched her ears and Lack took her off his shoulders and held her in front of him. "How low is your Spiritual Power at the moment?"
"Low…" Chibi replied extending her claws at him. "You're holding me in the most uncomfortable and undignified way." She leapt out of his hands and sat on the ground next to the Priest. "L can't sense me because my Spiritual Power is low. I've been just supplying you the bare minimum just now." She licked her paw then rubbed her ear. "I can't turn back for a while but that's alright. You're able to defeat Hel without my help. Especially with L here to help you."
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An ethereal Lord Knight stood in the outer cell with Etami. "Think he'll get out?" he asked her quietly watching Contra punch the wall of his cell repeatedly. "He's not to bright though."
"You doubting my ability to morph this building, Seyria?" Etami asked angrily. "Lack gave me the order and I did the best job of it possible."
"You mean Chibi gave you the order," Seyria said with a smile. "Chibi didn't tell Lack what she had planned until after it was done. She only told Lack that she was going to go to see you to help her with her plan." Etami shook with anger over being tricked by Chibi. "Don't worry. Lack would of still flattened you if you went to ask him. He just would of flattened her as well afterwards."
"I wanted to ask you something tho," Etami said quietly. "How did you… pass on?"
"I died in the same battle as you did," he replied not looking at her. His hand touching his neck unconsciously. "Lack, L and I were attacking Kashy and, I don't remember much, but I protected Lack and Kashy's sword came down across my neck, killing me instantly."
"I see," Etami sighed and watched the wall break away a little from Contra's fist. "And is that how L died also?"
"No…" Seyria blinked and listened carefully. "L died after that. I don't know the circumstances surrounding his death. But like you, Chibi bound him to his designation with Eir's help."
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Hel sat tiredly on the floor. Her arms bound by Forseti's golden rope. Thor stood with Mjolnir in hand ready to attack her if she appeared to attack again. Lack dismissed a very tired guild. L and Chibi watched him carefully. They both knew the length of the battle would of taken it's toll on him.
"He'll collapse soon," L said quietly to Chibi. "What do you want me to do with him when he does?"
"Strap him to a bed in the infirmary until he's 100%," she replied flicking her tail from side to side. "Not much else we can do." Looking around, she noticed Etami coming up to them. "I'm not here." She scratched her ear and stretched like any other cat before curling up.
Etami glanced at Chibi then looked at L. "Seen Chibi?" L shook his head and gave her a smile. "Then maybe you can answer this question. How did you die?"
L froze and restrained himself from glancing at Chibi. Feeling her tail hit his leg hard, he took it as a warning. "I don't really remember. All I remember is that I was with Chibi and Lack, then I'm a spirit looking down at my body with a sword through my heart." He gave Etami a small smile. Both Chibi and Lack will murder me for telling how I died. Tho… He glanced down at Chibi before looking back at Etami. I guess I need to be more worried about what Chibi will do to me. Since she's the one I'm keeping the secret for.
"Just curious," Etami asked pressing Chibi gently with her foot. "Who's the cat? I've seen Lack carrying it from time to time but I've never gotten the chance to ask him about it." Chibi extended a claw at Etami forcing her to withdraw her foot.
"You'll need to ask Lack that," L replied once again feeling Chibi's tail against his leg. "This cat abuses me too much. So I can't really answer you. You're better off asking Lack." Etami gave him a confused expression. Chibi stood and left to bring Lack. "She's gone to get him."
Chibi returned with Lack following her. "What's going on?" he asked feeling Chibi climb up him to perch on his shoulder, her tail curled around his neck.
L gave him a small 'Help Me' expression. "Etami wanted to know who the cat is and where Chibi is."
Lack gave Chibi a little pat on the head. "This is Black," Giving a little wink, he added "She's kind of a little mascot character for the guild lately. She acts like a human from time to time." Glancing at L, he added "She also likes being mean to L. I'm not sure why that is but when she feels like it she can stop him from talking." Pausing for a second, he answered L's second point. "Chibi isn't within Fight Club at the moment. She went to the Alchemist Guild with a request from me. How else are you able to leave the Guild Control Room? If she's here neither you nor L can leave your posts."
Etami gave this information some thought before asking. "So then maybe you can answer this question with her sitting there." Lack looked at her confused. "L told me he doesn't remember how he died." Lack gave her an even more confused look. "He said you and Chibi know how it happened and Chibi isn't here at the moment to ask so…"
"I actually don't know either," Lack gave a sigh and felt Chibi's tail brush up and down his neck. "Chibi is truly the only person who knows exactly what happened. I was there but I didn't see it." He laughed and added "Good luck trying to get it out of her. I've tried to the point of almost being driven to beating it out of her." Lack's vision blurred slightly and he leaned forward, putting out his hand in time to stop himself from falling. "Huh? I was alright just a second ago."
"Come," L extended his arm out to Lack. "I'll take you somewhere to rest." Chibi jumped from Lack's shoulders and sat in Lack's field of vision with a worried expression. "You're worrying Black." L ducked under Lack's arm to support him with Etami under Lack's other arm. "You should know by now battles that drag on that long have this outcome when they're finally finished."
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