[b]Saber[/b]

That final stroke-the angle had been wrong, the flash of Excalibur's blade had not cut through the flesh cleanly as she expected. Worse still, the choking miasma was gathering, strangling the fresh air around her. It was even piercing her defenses. However, there was another option. At this close range, Saber could use a further ability without fear of harming even Archer. It was not the full extent of Excalibur's power, the release of energy not reach Archer's position. She just had to activate it...!

A golden glow once again suffused her blade, But this wasn't simply to use as propulsion. This was meant to kill. It built, shimmering across the weapon, so close to release! But Saber had not been prepared for suddenly being tackled. Her hands were still tight on her sword, but the one who had lept at her managed to dislodge her, the golden glow fading as she tumbled across the ground. What?! Who had... Saber's eyes fell on her attacker. It was the blonde man in the red coat. Vash. What had he been thinking?! Saber shot to her feet, to renew her assault, but the dragon had already ascended... and then, with a great roar, fell from the sky like a stone. Their efforts had slain the beast, in spite of... interferences.

But now... now it was time to gather the wounded and give them attention! They-

Saber paused as the words appeared before her eyes, and there was a brilliant light that consumed everything. Once again, she was struck with discomfort... and then, when the light faded, confusion. Those who had been injured were no longer so, and their location had changed entirely. An armory? There was only one thing she could assume, and that was that their Observer had done this.

Moments later, the explanation came and confirmed her assumption. Now that everyone was safe... Saber rounded on the blonde man.

Her words were sharp and pointed.

"What were you doing?"

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[b]Jakuzure Nonon[/b]

The thing had gotten all the way up to the sky?! They were really slacking off down below, and what the hell was the Blonde Porcupine doing?! Well, it was invading her airspace, and the damn thing had to go anyway! Nonon narrowed her eyes, her musical cannons glowing bright pink...

"I'm gonna blow you outta the sky, you-"

And then it fell with a roar, back down to earth.

"... Oh," Nonon stared down at where it had fallen, frowning slightly. "Gee, that was anti-climatic. Well, that gilded piece of garbage isn't going to be intruding any more, at least."

She shrugged, and was about to start descending to check if everyone was, you know, not dead and all, when the inexplicable words appeared in front of her eyes again. And then there was far, far too bright... before she was suddenly standing near the others. Her Goku uniform was once again inactive, brought to its dormant state, and she sure as hell hadn't been anywhere near these bozos before. Sure enough, an explanation from their captor came pretty quickly.

"Gee, maybe try and warn us next time you try and burn our eyes out?" she said, folding her arms across her chest. "Oh, wait, I'm sure [i]that's[/i] too much trouble."