[center][h1][color=skyblue][b]Nigel Ballard[/b][/color][/h1][/center]
Just as Nigel had started charging up his magic cannon, Samir flew in, crashing right next to him, just like he had before. Apparently, one of Sage's Eagles had found their target on her as well. Fortunately, she wasn't hurt and got up pretty quickly. [b]"Wait a minute... Something ain't right. Where's Sage?"[/b]

[color=skyblue][i]"Seems like she noticed as well... Nevermi-"[/i][/color] Suddenly, Sage's partner, Stacy, started shouting at the two; [color=paleturquoise][b]"You don't have to worry about where Sage is! "I'm the most powerful one here!"[/b][/color] she said and assumed a stance from which Nigel could only guess she was going to unleash one of her techniques. [color=paleturquoise][b]"Ice Make: Raging Sea!"[/b][/color] Stacy shouted and a the ground beneath their feet started to freeze, turning it into solid and, quite unfortunately, slippery ice. And if that wasn't the case, tremors started rippling through the ground, making it even more difficult for the two Harpy members to stay on their feet. Nigel lost his balance, and consequently his aim, and all the pent up eternano charged in his cannon shot several dozen meters up in the sky in the form of a giant ball and exploded, resulting in a rather flashy, but nonetheless non-threatening to anyone in the audience, explosion.

[color=skyblue][i]"Shit, I let myself lose concentration for a moment there and look what happens. Fireworks everywhere...(Sigh)"[/i][/color] Nigel almost cut his face when he tried to facepalm with his right hand, forgetting he had morphed it into a eternano sword. [color=skyblue][i]"Oops, ha ha ha... No one saw that, right?..."[/i][/color] he thought, but was pretty sure everyone did indeed notice that little would-have-been accident. As expected, Stacy wasn't going to wait for them to adjust to the new battlefield. She immediately cast another Ice Make spell and a long whip formed on her hand which she promptly started attacking Nigel and Samir with. Nigel started fending off the attacks heading for him, his sword hand easily slicing through the icy whip, albeit it repairing itself almost instantly. [color=skyblue]"Ugh.. this icy ground isn't making things any easier... How about this?"[/color] Nigel thought and morphed the soles of his feet to have large metal treads, allowing his feet to have a better grip in the ice and thus, countering the slippery part of the issue.

[color=skyblue][b][i]"Samir? Can you hear me? I am speaking directly to you through the nanite in your brain. If you can hear me, respond. Just think of the words you want to say and concentrate on my image. If everything goes smoothly, they will reach me without any problem. Anyway, first thing we need to make sure is to protect the chain that binds us. Although beating our opponents will make it much easier, remember that in order to win, we must break their chain, otherwise the fight will continue until one of the chains is broken,"[/i][/b][/color] he told Samir telepathically.

[color=skyblue][b][i]"I have a plan, although I don't really know if it will work,"[/i][/b][/color] he said before Stacy's whip came down on him with force, bending and striking his back. [color=skyblue][i]"Ugh, concentrating on laying out the plan and blocking at the same time is quite difficult If i must say...."[/i][/color] Nigel thought but continued talking in Samir's mind. [color=skyblue][b][i]"As I was saying, both of us are more suited for long range combat. Ideally, I would stay at the back of a team and bombard the enemy with long range attacks, missiles etc, all the while searching for any weak spots. As it is, we cannot do that right now. One of us will have to engage Stacy in close combat so the other one can stay behind and rain destruction upon her. I don't really know where Sage went,"[/i][/b][/color] at that moment Nigel felt something tapping on his shoulder and he quickly spun around, trying to see if anyone was on his rear. [color=skyblue][b]"What the hell?"[/b][/color] he said confused before concentrating on Stacy once more.

[color=skyblue][i][b]"I don't know where Sage is and I don't really care much about it. For all we know, he could have gone inside one of those void portal things he pushed Stacy in a little earlier, bidding his time to strike on the opportune moment. What matters is that right now, it's two versus one and I for one, am not willing to let such an opportunity pass. If we are going to strike, we might as well do it now,"[/b][/i][/color] he told Samir and waited for her response.