They could only watch, shocked by the scene that had occurred in front of them. The moment the traveler girl had pulled out her weapon, the customers in the restaurant erupted. Screaming and running, they rose from their seats and funneled into the exit, panicking and running as if their lives depended on it. Maybe they really did depend on it... It was the moment the little girl in black had sent the soldier hurtling into the wall that Belle was pulled out from her daze again, realizing that the situation had officially turned dangerous. She grabbed her sister by the arm, yanking Melody behind her as they ran out from behind the table. 

"Run!" Belle barked at her little sister, though she didn't give her much choice to begin with. What did they want with Melody? What could they possibly want with a fifteen year old girl? She couldn't fight. Hell, she didn't even practice magic. None of them could. So why? Why her?

The Elite had appeared in front of them as if out of nowhere, dashing with amazing speed and cutting the girls off from Belle's destination, which had originally been the kitchen. Melody yelped at he sight, Belle putting her arm out to put herself in between her and the Elite.

"Melody, ru-"

With a swift sweep of his arm, the Elite smacked Belle away as if she were a mere bug, sending her flying into the wall before she could even realize she had been hit in the first place. 

"Belle!" Melody screamed. She went to run to her sister's side, only to be yanked back by her arm with the cold, metallic grasp of the Elite. 

"You will come with us, girl," the Elite said, pulling Melody back with ease. "By order of Lord Asgard, you will come with us immediately."

"L-Let me go!" Melody screamed, pulling away with all her might, though the attempts were futile. "Belle! Belle!"

Belle lay on the ground, the wind knocked out of her and her vision blurry. She could hear her sister's pleas just fine, though. Belle looked up from the ground, slowly regaining her vision to see he Elite dragging Melody toward the exit. 

"St... Stop..." She groaned, shakily pulling herself up from the ground. She wouldn't let them take her, she couldn't let them take her. She was all she had, she was the only family she had left... Belle looked to her side, the groaning soldier laying on the ground a few feet away. Next to Belle, however, was the soldier's staff. She took it in her hands, rising to her feet slowly and regaining her vision and balance. She felt a surge through her body, the more she thought about them taking Melody away the stronger they became. "I... Won't... Let you..." They would take her away, force her into battle. Force her into danger. "I... Won't let you..." What if something happened to her, what if... 

"I won't let you take her!"

Her eyes burning with anger and power, her body went I to auto pilot. With a swift gesture of her free hand, Belle sent sudden gale of wind at the Elite, knocking him off balance for a mere moment. It was just enough for him to release Melody, who wobbly ran to safety behind a table.

"Damn it! Get back-"

 She never even gave him a chance to finish, Belle letting her hand slide to the end of the staff, flicking her wrist, and swinging the staff at the Elite as it disconnected into it's chain-linked form. It slashed at him from such a distance, causing him to stagger back from the blow. Belle flicked her wrist again, letting the staff regain it's shape. She had never in her life felt so in control, so powerful. It felt so... Natural.

"You... You're challenging me?!" The Elite scoffed angrily, reaching back behind him as he summoned forth his own gold and black halberd. "I am and Elite of the Ultimatum forces! You shall learn your place, girl!"