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Lila fought back the urge to get up and run.  Every sense across every part of her body screamed out in pain, and she knew that it would continue being in pain until she managed to get herself scrubbed clean.  Yet she knew that if she tried to get up and run, she would more than likely get hit, fall to the ground, and then get dragged out and placed into cuffs.  She just needed to hold out a little longer, and she would avoid the taser, the fall, and skip right to the being dragged out and cuffed phase of the raid.  

And then, the fucking roof caught fire.

Lila could not see why it did, but all she knew was that the roof of their brand-new lair was on fire.  Her eyes darted around, looking for her quickest exit, before she saw Adora do the same thing.  The difference, Adora took off first and fast.  Lila watched as she tripped, smacking her head, and fell to the ground unconscious. [color=DA70D6]“Adora,”[/color] Lila shouted through the pain as she began to make her way towards her with a crawl.  Before she could get to her side, she saw the agent round the corner and grab her by the arm, pulling her towards the exit.   [color=DA70D6]“No, no, no, no,”[/color] Lila said as she smacked the agent's hand. [color=DA70D6]“Grab her first.”[/color]  As the agent pulled Lila outside, she hurled every insult she could think of towards the agent. [color=DA70D6]“Whoever is in charge of you fuckwits is nothing more than a limp-dick, worthless, waste of sp-”[/color] Her final insult was cut short as she seized in pain as a taser round slammed into her back right shoulder.

Meanwhile, after the feds have evacuated most of the remaining coven members, Lynn and Jasper still lay on the ground.  They had heard Bianca try and order them about, and that attempt at authority was nothing more than fuel for Jasper’s fire, and he pushed himself onto his knees and looked back towards Lynn.

[color=98FB98]“You good,”[/color] Jasper coughed out.

[color=F08080]“Mhmm,”[/color] Lynn did the same, [color=F08080]“you good to walk?”[/color]

[color=98FB98]“I think so,”[/color] Jasper said as he winced.  He stood up and located the painting that he had brought.  It was too detailed to leave behind in the coming inferno, and it meant too much to Jasper to leave behind.  He gave it a quick look.  It was a painting that he had spent the past week working on for the new coven.  It was the entire group before that faithful final fight with the snake, all dressed in their various robes.  He had spent much time getting the faces just right, including small details like Britney’s tongue sticking out, a crow on Lila’s shoulder, and Sully chugging at the beer chalice.  It was a fun piece.  It was meant to remind everyone of why they got together in the first place and to help maybe remind everyone why it was important that this time was different.  His eyes lingered on his face in the image, and it did not look like the chemicals had done too much damage, though he would need to do some restoration after he got it back.  He grabbed the painting by the frame with one hand, and with his other one, he reached back and grabbed Lynn’s hand. with a squeeze, he let her know it was time to go.

The two made their way into the main aisle before they found the center, and they turned towards the main door and began to run.  As they neared the exit, Jasper sped up, pulling the two back into the fresh air and away from the gas and fire that threatened to bring the building down on top of them.  While Jasper did this, Lynn suddenly was pulled into the possible future.  As they made their way further outside, Jasper was able to locate a patch of grass away from the commotion.  Without a second thought, Jasper tossed the painting in a way that only flew through the air for a second, but long enough that it got far away that when the inevitable fed came in to tackle him, it would be safe from that collision.  

And then it hit him.  Another taser round, this time slamming into his right shoulder.   As it hit, Lynn came back from the possible future and jerked her body to the side suddenly, narrowly avoiding a taser meant for her.  Yet, this jerk forced her away from Jasper, and Jasper fell forward again as his muscles seized.  

[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/lr2aPKL.jpeg[/img][h1]The PRA.[/h1][/center][right][b]Interactions:[/b] Anya/Luca [@FernStone] [/right][right][b][code]The (Burning) Coven Lair.[/code][/b][/right][hr][hr]


The PRA agents managed to get everyone out of the burning building, while the PRA simply let the building burn down and let the St. Portwell Fire Department handle it... after the PRA had left, however. Everyone was laid in front of the building, on some grass some distance away, so they didn't have to worry about smoke inhalation. They were slumped up in a sitting position, save for Luca. Maximilian knelt over him, and waved his hand, and said,

"... Trevor!" Maximilian shouted, "He needs help!"

"On it!" Trevor ran over to Luca, knelt, rubbed his hands together, and shouted, "[i]Clear![/i]" As he slammed his hands onto Luca's unconscious body and began healing him... then began [i]screaming[/i] in pain as Luca's abstraction decayed his hands. He raised his hands in the air, revealing the skin had been rotted off his hands (revealing flesh, tendons, etc), and Maximilian winched...

"Ouch," Trevor said. "Damn it, this is why we need Scarlet here!"

“... So what?” Leon said to Trevor as he walked up with Edict and threw him in the pile of Covenites. “You can Sweet Home Alabama her?”

“Oh, haha,” Trevor rolled his eyes.

[quote=Anya][color=9966CC]”For what reason did you raid our small gathering? I understand you’re not bound by certain laws, but what did we do to warrant this?”[/color][/quote]

“... I have a [i]better[/i] question,”

However, out of nowhere, a taser dart flew directly into the side of Linqian's neck, and then footsteps approached the gathering of cuffed Coven members. It was Meifeng Liao who aimed her Glock at the gathering of Jasper, Lila, and Lynn and let off three taser darts… with one missing as Meifeng narrowed her eyes at Lynn. She kept her pistol aimed at her as she said, 

“... Just get on the ground, sweetie, I have a taser dart for everyone,”

Lynn kept herself standing up for just a brief moment before she obeyed the command, getting on the ground without a fight.

“Now… where was I?” Meifeng said as she put her Glock in her holster and remained stony-faced as she gazed at each member of the Coven who had been disabled. She held her hands behind her back as she looked down at Anya…

“... Do you all think you can do [i]whatever[/i] you want?” Meifeng turned her nose upwards. “In less than two hours, you attack one of my agents, attempt to kidnap someone and spark an entire gang war. You all are so stupid you couldn’t keep it in your pants? You just had to blow your load that quickly…”

She tilted her head and bared teeth, “I expected your fellow Coven, the 8th Coven - or whatever they call themselves - to behave this way, but do you [i]really[/i] think you all can do whatever the hell you want to? In [i]my[/i] city? Because that narcissist Emily doesn’t run things, neither do those rich bastards, the treehuggers, the leftover Nazis, or even Dollhouse….”

Meifeng jammed a thumb into her chest, “... [i]I[/i] run this city, and the next time one of you decide to lay a hand on any of my Agents, come find [i]me[/i], and [i]try[/i] to lay your hands on [i]me![/i]” 

Meifeng began to shout as she said, “And just [i]see[/i] what happens to you! I won’t kill you! But I’ll [i]fucking[/i] make you [i]wish[/i] I did! Now, who here can tell me which one of you killed Agent Mahendra…” She let the words hang in the air as she gazed upon everyone.

“... He was found stabbed to death in a Dairy Queen parking lot within two hours of the chaos you all wrought on the city! It couldn’t have been anyone but one of you! Tell me why I shouldn’t haul you all to jail and throw away the key!?”

[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/YDYBuS0.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/2YLcVp4.png[/img][h1]Maya Choi & Phoebe Carmicheal.[/h1][/center][right][b]Interactions:[/b] None.[/right][right][b][code]The Water Treament Plant.[/code][/b][/right][hr][hr]

It took one Google search to find the nearest water treatment facility… to which Maya and Phoebe were spying on from the safety of Phoebe’s car (A Nissan Altima, naturally). Phoebe was looking through her binoculars; she lowered them and smiled at Maya as she spoke.

“I don’t think they’re gonna let us walk in there… maybe we can do like they do in the movies and beat someone up and take their clothes, heh.” Phoebe laughed.

"If you're doing all the beating," Maya side-eyed her. "I'd alert the whole place… I could just put sand in their shoes, then when they try to get it out, we knock them out and steal their clothes."

“Come on now! You’re way too reliant on magic, you know!” Phoebe laughed as she reached underneath the seat and pulled out a tire iron. She slapped it into her other hand and said, “You forgot about your good ol’ left and right, didn’t you!?” She then laughed.

"You think I could hurt anyone with these?" Maya held up her delicate hands and skinny arms that were best at sending out sound blasts or sand. She then eyed the tire iron. "But if you have something else like that… heh, it'll be easy."

“Take this then,” Phoebe handed Maya her tire iron as she eyed two guys coming out of their car and walking towards the building. Going off of the lunch boxes they had, their shift had not begun yet. Now will it ever, as Phoebe opened the door, saying to Maya, “Let’s go!”

Phoebe crept behind them with Maya at her side, and then once they made their approach, Phoebe transformed her hand into a block of solid eye. She let out a valiant screech as she lept through the air and slammed her fist on one of these generic faceless guys’ heads. She knocked him out cold, but then she turned her head to see what Maya was doing...

Maya yelled and jumped at the other generic, poor guy who was trying to go to work, slamming the tire iron into the back of his head. He crumpled to the floor, and Maya grinned, kicking his prone body. She then squatted down in front of him. 

“So where are we going to put their bodies after we strip them? A closet?” Maya asked. That was what they always did in movies.

“Let’s just drag ‘im in the bushes! Like the movies,” Phoebe shrugged as she squatted down, grabbed one of them by the leg, and said, “On my count, three…”

Maya grabbed the other leg, grimacing slightly. This was turning into a lot of work…

Exerting her lacking muscles, Maya put all her strength (which there wasn’t much of) into pulling nameless guy number one towards the bushes. With the help of Phoebe they managed to pull him about one centimeter! 
“... This isn’t working,” Phoebe muttered as she gave up. “Um… just take his clothes and we’ll dip!” 

That was when Phoebe used all of her strength to flip the man over, and then she took all of his clothes and put them on… only to see that they didn’t fit. At all. It was way too big.

“... I look like a five-year-old wearing his pop-pop shirt.”

"You do," Maya laughed as if she didn't look as ridiculous in the other guy's clothes. She couldn't even get the pants on, and it looked like she was wearing a dress. "...This won't work. We won't even get through the front door!"

“... Back to the car.” Phoebe rolled her eyes.

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After that debacle, Phoebe and Maya returned to the former’s car… sans the clothing and leaving the unconscious guys in front of the building. It was time for Plan B. Phoebe dug underneath her car seat and pulled out a glowing cyan potion. She raised it into the air and grinned like a fool.

“I swiped this from Greta’s lab when she was asleep one time,” Phoebe said… knowing Greta gets [i]pissed[/i] when they go into her lab and start touching stuff. “This is her invisibility potion, I think… We can, like, share it, sneak in, find the treated water tank, and pour this in. Easy peasy.”

"Oh shiiiitt," Maya grinned, looking at the potion. That was a way better idea. "This'll be so easy, so long as it lasts… wait, does it work on clothes?"

“Well, only one way to find out!” Phoebe shouted as she popped the top, drank a little bit of it, and everything turned invisible.

 Except for her clothes. 

“... No,”

"Well," Maya shrugged. "Guess we'll have to get rid of them."

Without any second thoughts, Maya shrugged off her jacket, then pulled off her dress, leaving her only in her underwear. Before taking that off, she asked, "How long do you think half that bottle will keep us invisible?"

“If I ask Greta, she will go batshit again, and I won’t get her, uh, [i]‘special potions’[/i] anymore.” Phoebe waved her hands as she said, “Either way, we have magic; we can handle [i]anything.[/i]”

“Heh, true,” Maya smirked. “Easier to get out than get in.”

She reached over for the invisibility potion, knocking back half of it before taking off the rest of her clothes. Turning invisible, just like Phoebe. Phoebe quickly took off all of her clothes and casually opened the door, saying, 

“Let’s go!”

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After navigating the water treatment facility (holding hands (fingers interlocked) so they wouldn’t get lost), the two made it to the one place they meant to get to: The Purified Water Storage. It was in a water tower that the two looked up at as they approached. They saw a ladder and a nice little service hatch, and Phoebe turned to Maya and asked,

“Afraid of heights?”

By reflex, she smiled… even though she was invisible right now.

“Nope,” Maya made an okay symbol with her free hand… Then realized Phoebe couldn’t see it. Well, whatever. “I’ll go up first… Blast anything out of the way if needed. Wouldn’t want you freezing our precious supply of water.”

She grabbed onto the ladder (having to unlink their hands (sadly)) and started climbing up. When she reached the top, she shoved open the service hatch and climbed through. She shuffled back from the edge so Phoebe could get through, too… without crashing into her. 

Phoebe climbed to the very top of the water tower and found a hatch… that was closed with nuts and bolts. She then produced the Potion (seemingly out of thin air!), pointed at the hatch, and said, “Maya, blast it open!”

"Gladly," Maya grinned before shoving out her hands and sending a targeted sound blast at the hatch. Blowing it open, without thinking of the consequences, Phoebe popped the top of the rainbow-colored potion and poured it inside. She wiped her sweat off her head as she said, 

“Alright, let’s get some Dairy Que…” Phoebe said before she looked inside the water supply and heard it loudly rumbling. “... What?”

They saw [i]something[/i] rising out of the water…