[b]BEACHWOOD PLACE MALL, JUNE 22, 2018, 9:23 AM, EDT[/b]

There.

Two girls fighting the clones below had stumbled onto Uprising Prime, without even realizing it, and the Phoenix saw it. The tell was slight, but it was there nonetheless. Upon being blown back into the sports store, rather than simply getting back up again and continuing with the fight despite his injuries, the young man groaned with pain, and stood with the aid of the countertop. His eyesight was directed towards the two girls, and suddenly, she saw that more clones began to turn their attention to the two. This one, who showed weakness, and independent thought, must be the original. Phoenix dove in.

Her wings were too large to fit through the shop window, so she landed outside of the store. Folding her wings in front of her as a shield, she walked forward. The Prime saw her, and sent several clones to attack her. Three jumped onto her wings, and another one latched onto her leg. Throwing open her wings to their full span, she threw off the three weighing her down, into the crowd behind her. Reaching down, she grabbed the one on her leg by the arm, and ripped it out of its socket as she pulled him up to eye level. As the clone did not seem to have a reaction, Phoenix rammed her head onto his forehead. The force of her steel helmet knocked him out, cracking his skull. Dropping the limp body, she closed her wings again, and walked into the store, into which the Prime was cornered.

As her sword had not been unsheathed yet, she was so far unbloodied, clean. Her steel armor still looked dull beneath the fluorescent lights of the store. Proud and tall, the Phoenix approached Uprising Prime, and stopped a few feet before him, and spoke. Her accent was strange, and memorable. If he had ever heard her speak before, he would know who she was, what she was- that is, if he did not already know by her Valkyrie appearance, what with the wings, and the armor, and the sword sheathed at her hip.

"You are one of the escaped convicts, from the Ohio Penitentiary, am I correct?"

She stepped forward, and offered him one hand- her right hand.

"Please, stop this madness, and come with me. I will take you to a facility where you will be safe, and treated with respect. No harm will come to you if you comply. You can trust me."