The Lupine yelped as the claws pierced through her fur and into her shoulder but she didnt care. She still slashed at the side of Isabel's face, she didnt care if she connected or not as she leapt off the girl snarling ferally, about three of the needle like nail's stuck in her shoulder, comming out hte other side.

"RRRRRRRRAWR!" She snarled, looking as she was preparing to attack again.

Daria was concerned about how out of control Emerald was getting, and she hissed in an animalistic warning, knowing if Emerald was beyond words she would at least get the picture.

She let Emerald attack again though, standing close by, ready to pounce.

Both girls waved their new entorauge quiet as they continued to listen carefully.

There! The only reason Amp heard Fade is because there so many sounds to sort through; as a matter of fact she was only two-thirds of the way through when a faint crash reached her senses. She smiled devilishly.

"Gotcha." Concentrating for a moment, she sent a set of low pulses through the ground, aimed at her sister, morse code for, "Found her." There was a pause, then Amp felt her sister's reply, much fainter than made her comfortable. >Got it. Come on.<

Amp jumped down from her perch and motioned to the Abyss clone that had followed her. "This way. C'mon!" She led the way to the stairwell. Behind the door she found another red clone, and Vibe standing by the stairs, both hands on the wall. She grinned, partially in relief, partially in anticipation. Amp placed her own hand on the wall, and relocated their quarry.

>All right boys. Let's play hide and seek. She'll hide...<

"And we'll seek and destroy."

They made their way upward, pausing at each floor to listen carefully.

Isabel managed to protect her face from any more damage by bringing her arm up in front of it, allowing that to take the brunt of the attack instead though the claws didn't sink in any further than her teeth had, white bits of bone showing vibrantly through the tears in her skin and the shallow flow of blood. At least her own attack had hit, though it had been a bit off the mark. She kept an eye on the feline as the woman hissed again, wary that the woman might attack as well, though it seemed like she'd hold off for the moment at least.

Isabel's muscles tensed as she watched the still growling wolf who seemed as if she was ready to lunge in order to bite or scratch again at any second. She didn't want to give the lupine a chance to do so, she wanted to put her out of commission for this battle and focus on the feline opponent who had showed up. Using the tension her muscles had built up, she lunged at the lupine, another sword growing from the palm of her right hand as she moved. Striking out with the weapon, she slashed downward, trying to strike the wolf's neck or spine, wanting to finally end her fight with the girl.

Emerald snarled, not wanting to be take out so easily. She growled in defiance at Daria before She jumped out of the way but still stumbled about. This caused the Sword to go right through her back paw, causing her to howl in pain. She growled at the girl, fang's showing.

She was stuck and she knew it, she was loosing blood too, but she was glad she had drawn blood from the other girl. That alone made her satisfied. Her front paw swipped out in defense, growling furiosiosly at her opponent.

Deathstar sat quietly behind the crushed van awaiting for Kaz's attack, she wasn't afraid him but she was giving herself time to heal and think. Deathstar pulls her dagger from between her teeth and held it downward ready strike anything that moves in her direction. She heard huge footsteps coming toward, What the hell!, she says in her mind. Thinking it was kaz coming toward, she jumped to her feet about to strike when she was instantly grabbed by the red beast clones once again and moved behind him so he can take on kaz's whip. She didn't fight back this time but thought to herself, "I don't know, but something just feels right about him",

After the clone blocks Kaz whip attack, the clone takes her to face the original, Deathstar yanked herself from the arms of one the clones while still facing the red beast."Who are you, why the hell are you helping me?" she asks through the midst of battle.

Isabel scowled as her attack once again missed her intended target and instead the weapon sunk into the wolf's hind leg. How was she supposed to keep her attacks on target if the wolf kept wriggling about like she was doing? At least with her weapon pining down the girl's foot it should be easier to keep her still. It was simple enough to avoid the defensive swipe of the lupine's paw, simply swiveling her weapon a little, which couldn't have felt very pleasant to the wolf, and taking a small sidestep in order to fall out of range of the attack.

Isabel was starting to get irritated now. She was bored with her current opponent, and where the wolf had certainly presented her with a good fight, it was drawing out a bit longer than she would have liked. Taking a half step forward, she dug the tip of her weapon a little deeper into the wolf's paw to ensure that she'd be kept still before Isabel aimed a kick at the lupine's already bleeding muzzle.

To quick to come from anywhere but the void, an Abyss clone appeared next to Kaz on top of the overturned van. Apparently he knew exactly what to do, though probably what the results would be. It's arm sprang up knocking the whips off of their original course. Instead of heading toward Deathstar, the teeth gripped into Saturn's arm spinning the four whip tentacles around it instantly, as well as each bladed end pierced directly into the arm. With the force of Kaz's swing and Saturn's arm swinging to bat the whips away, began the process of the whip pulling back biting into Saturn's flesh, cutting deep and quick. Kaz was also pulling his arm back instinctively, which only furthered the cutting of Saturn's arms.

All of this seemed to move in slow motion for Kaz. He saw a second clone appear next to Deathstar then leap away towards Abyss. By the time Kaz looked back at Saturn, rage was full blown in his eyes. Pain smashed through Kaz's head as the arm with the gauntlet gripped his head. His face contorted from the pain, a tell-tale sign something was wrong. The whip had nearly finished cutting down its length. A deep rumbling growl irrupted from Kaz's throat as he verbally lashed out at Saturn and at Abyss via their connection. "Don't EVER interfere!" With a flick of his wrist and his hand moving to manipulate the four whips, Kaz brought his hand forward releasing all the slack, making it latch back onto Saturn's arm. Kaz crouched lower, bringing one of his large arms across his chest before swinging it back ferociously, the back hand punch hit Saturn square in the jaw and upper torso sending the clone flying. As soon as it's feet had left the van, Kaz pulled back on the whip delivering the final lash. The wrist, middle of the forearm, right above the elbow and right below the shoulder were severed at the exact same time.

Each of the whips held on to one of the severed pieces of flesh as it snapped back behind Kaz, throwing the four parts of Saturn's arm in Isabel, Emerald, and Bast's direction. He didn't bother to watch where Saturn flew or landed, he just followed the other clone to Abyss. He glared at Abyss, knowing the man had heard Kaz. Turning around fully, he saw Isabel being ganged up on by the wolf and the teleporting panther woman. Though it seemed like Isabel had mostly taken care of the wolf, Kaz decided to even the odds.

Shifting into his normal form, Kaz dashed off the top of the van headed straight for Bast. If the woman moved he would attack Emerald. If she defended he would slice her to ribbons.

"Good day, little girl," cooed Dorian as Fade skidded to a halt in front of him. "You appear to be a little... lost."
As Dorian empasized the last word, his iris began to glow a deep shade of purple and a slight grin crossed his face.

Fade looked at the man as his eyes turned to purple. Oh, great. More surprises... With his mocking tone, she felt that it was now her time to show herself mentally capable of being an X-Man by making some form of a retort. Nothing really came to mind within the first second, but she thought of something and the pause wasn't that long...according to her.

"Yes, slightly, could you point me in the right direction of Jack? I think visiting hours are still in operation." It was a horrible retort but it was all that she had. She could have turned invisible right at that moment, but she didn't want to seem like a coward, so she held her ground, stayed visible, and returned his smirk with one of her own.

((sorry Kaz, didn't see ur post))



Daria, however, couldn't take it much longer. Emerald was going to get into big trouble for not heeding Daria's warning, she didn't want to play ranks but she was second in command.

Isabel, Daria imagined, would be stunned when her weapin suddenly disentigrated in a glitter of gold sparks and appeared feet away, as did Emerald's body. Having teleported the wolf girl out of harm's way, Daria teleported in front of Isabel. Holding her arms up in the style of a basic tae kwon do defense to deflect the kick.

Daria was aware of the fast opponent heade for her and, with Emerald out of the way, she dodged so that, unless he stopped, he would hit only Isabel.

"The only visiting thats going to take place shall be the reaper coming to you at your final breath..."

Dorian slowly walked towards the X-Man.

"But how could I harm a pretty thing like you? Maybe you prefer to join your comrades who currently reside within these walls..."

Deathstar remained uncertain of the red beast plans but once again she stood in combat, until he mentioned his name. "How do you about my brother?, did kaz tell you that too", she prepared to strike him with her elbow, but when he ached in pain she let down her guard , still wondering what he was saying was true, she didn't have time sit around and think so she ran off off the steps wanting to helping her teamates.

She notice Syn and Tricity going at each other on the ground, This is the perfect time for Deathstar and her little sister to have a family reunion. She charged toward the two , using her superstrength ability she absorbed from a clone, Syn was over top of Tricity when she grabs Syn by the neck throwing her a 20 feet behind her. "B#tch this was long overdue", she says as she charges Syn again.

Isabel looked away from the wolf at the sudden thump of several objects as they landed near her and her two opponents after hearing a shout from both Kaz and Abyss. Startled, she took a step or two away from the objects on the ground, which appeared to be pieces of what was once a red arm, meaning that the appendage had once belonged to Abyss or one of his clones. "Kaz! What the hell is wrong with you?!" she yelled at him when she saw him approaching before her attention was diverted to the wolf, or rather where the wolf had once been standing and gold sparks only remained. Nearly half of her sword had been taken as well, leaving only the dull stump in her hand, which she allowed to slide back into her arm with an irritated grumble. Apparently the cat woman could teleport others as well.

Speaking of the feline and seeing as the wolf was finally out of the way for the moment, Isabel looked back over to where Bast had been, only mildly surprised to find that she'd closed the distance between them at a rapid pace, most likely by teleporting herself right after moving the wolf, her kick to connecting with the woman's arms. She was only slightly confused as to why the woman hadn't attacked back before seeing that Kaz was still heading in her direction. She needed to move to avoid him if he didn't stop, but she also knew he was much faster than she was. As Daria made her dodge, Isabel grabbed a pair of spines that had grown from her shoulders, making sure they were much harder than the needles had been. Taking aim at the woman, she threw the spines at her before moving to give Kaz room.

The sudden yells from their large, red companions didn't exactly startle the Twins, but they did turn in surprise. The clones didn't appear to be hurt, but both were clutching at their arms. The girls exchanged a confused, and slightly annoyed, look.

"What's wrong with you two?" Their bellowing would tip off Miss Invisible that they were nearby, and the girls had hoped for the element of surprise.

By that time they'd reached the top floor, where Fade had landed. Suddenly Vibe paused, and frowned. She closed her eyes and concentrated.

>Hey, Sis. Do you feel that?<

Amp placed both hands on the wall and 'listened', blocking out the clones' bellowing. Soon an identical frown crept onto her face. "There's someone else with her...." She paused. "Can you hear what they're saying?"

>Not yet. We need to get closer.< Vibe glanced over her shoulder. >But not with these screamin' demons. We'll never be able to sneak up on them with those two competing for holler of the year.<

"You guys, stay here," Amp repeated aloud. "If we need you, you'll hear it, believe me."

With that the red heads quietly opened the door and slipped into the hallway. As they did, Vibe began sending her sister a steady stream of sound pulses. Amp took the vibrations, altered them slightly, and played them back again, forming a dome around the pair. The vibrations were just slightly out of phase with the sounds around them, resulting in 'sound masking'. In a nutshell, the Sonic Sisters had just become invisible in their own way. No one, not even an animal with sensitive hearing, or a mutant with supersensitive hearing, would hear them coming. Their footsteps no longer existed, nor did any other noise they would make.

Carefully they crept down the hall, headed for Miss Invisible and her Mystery Guest.