As Trisean scanned the warehouse, his attention was suddenly drawn to the more upgraded wolf constructs. Specifically, the one climbing his catwalk, and the other one that was already on it.Whatever they were, they were clearly fast, as only Trisean's perception had sped up. He didn't want to have to engage them, as that would only take precious time. Damn Nomis and his constructs! Trisean continued to glance around, but didn't see anything like what he was looking for. Finally, the wolves got too close, and Trisean had no choice but to react. He swore under his breath. Trisean caused his entire body to speed up for a few seconds, and slammed one of his whips into the pouncing wolf, sending it flying across the room. He waited for the other wolf to reach the catwalk, then immediately sped up again, slamming his other whip vertically into the wolf, slamming it into the wall. Trisean released his magic, then went to a knee, panting. Both wolves were still on the catwalk. While Trisean looked around for an advantage, his eye caught movement. A single figure he didn't recognize was bounding across the supply crates. It had to be the thief.
Smirking, Trisean glanced at the catwalk supports as he had an idea. The supports were weak enough that he could probably bring it down with a well placed strike. As his plan fully formulated, Trisean focused his energies, and imbued himself with fire. As the wolves began to charge him, Trisean flipped off of the catwalk, grabbing it with a whip and swinging underneath it. He swung all the way under it, and then flipped back up the other side and above it. He swung down at the catwalk, and his enhanced strength split the catwalk in two. As he fell past it, he spun to his back, and twirled his whips in front of him, towards the wolves. He focused his energies, and two fireballs shot out of his whips, nailing both wolves as they fell.
Trisean flipped as he landed, postioning himself to run. He focused, and imbued himself with lightning. He bounded his way up the crates towards the figure, landing on the row just below her. He looked up as he landed, and both of his eyebrows immediately raised in sheer surprise. Positioned right above him was what could only be described as an alluring young woman with bright emerald eyes. Definitely not what he expected of the horrible, thieving assassin who stole the data he so desperately wanted. And yet, who else could it be? If only they could have met under more favorable circumstances...
The data. The Data. FOCUS! Trisean snapped himself out of his surprise, and grinned slyly, imagining the exchange would be amusing, at the least. "Well, hello there." he said to the mysterious woman. "Not quite what I expected, but I'm not complaining. Glad I found you. You see, I think you have something that me and my compatriots need. So, if you could just hand over any data you might have..."
Trisean was cut off by the clatter of crates being knocked aside. He turned to see both wolves getting back up from the floor, clearly battered, but still coming. "Oh come on!" he exclaimed with irritation. "There was no way those two could have survived that!" A sudden gust of wind drew Trisean's attention to the center of the room. Ace and Shizuka had decided for plan B, and were using the portal. And what perfect timing too. Just when he was about to get the data. Glancing back at the woman, he said "Well, looks like its your lucky day then. We do need that data though, so at least have the courtesy to make another copy or something." As the crates began to dislodge and pile into the portal, Trisean postioned himself behind a particularly entrenched crate, and swung his whips at one of the steel beams on the roof, over the portal. "I'll see you around then." he said, as he pushed against the crate and pulled on the whips, sending himself and the crate flying through the portal.
Still imbued with lightning, Trisean was just barely able to flip off of the crate before it landed. He rolled on the floor as he landed, and was barely able to climb onto another crate before one landed just where he had been. He went to his knees, panting with exhaustion. Maintaining his concentration through a dark portal was quite difficult, not to mention having used a ton of energy sustaining his slow embodiment. After catching his breath, Trisean hopped off of the crate, no longer imbued with any magic. Catching sight of Ace and Shizuka, he ran over to them. "Well, that was certainly eventful," he commented. "I'd say by the books, but we kind of fumbled the ending there. Anyway, I didn't get the data, but I saw who took it. We should be able to find her if we act quickly enough. Just let me catch my breath, and I'll go hunting for her."