[center][b][u]TEAM HRNT vs. DEATH MANTIS[/u][/b][/center] Jumping up and down excitedly as Kanika seemed to make it onto the back of the flying beast, Honey was happy the idea had even worked at all. [color=gold]"Okay, first things first. We gotta get that thing on the ground."[/color] she said, looking over at Turner and Nor. [color=gold]"I can't help much until then. Be careful if you guys want to shoot though."[/color] she warned. [color=gold]"We don't want to hit her."[/color] Looking back as the thing flew over their heads, Honey wished she could be of more help to them, but with her having to wait before she could see better using her semblance, she knew trying to do something now would just be reckless and cause her to be in the way. Turner aimed his guns upwards at the new type of Grimm. [color=blue]"Shes on top, lets shoot it up a little."[/color] He said, with no tone at all. Turner aimed specifically at the underneath of the Mantis and fired away. As the machine pistols blasted bullets away, Turner couldnt actually see if he was doing any major damage but hopefully he was distracting its attention away from the pint sized brawler. Atop the monstrosities back, Kanika blaanaced precariously, gripping one bony spike tightly as she repeatedly strikes at the point where the Mantises right wing meets its body, the dust infused rounds piercing deep into the softer flesh of the joint and causing it to slowly freeze up, as it begins to veer right, she hastily shifts aim, this time striking at the left-side joint. [color=71EEB8]"Incoming!"[/color] she shouts over the humming of the mantises wings as it is forced closer to the ground, firing one last shot into each joint before running down its abdomen, jumping ship just before it crashes, she rolls along the ground, deactivating her semblance. [color=gold]"Nice one!"[/color] Honey yells, running over and high fiving Kanika. Moments later, the girl dissappears in a multicolored flash Nor finished reassembling the massive weapon as the Grimm made touchdown, the shark's aura flaring to life as he used his semblance make its weight down a manageable level, bringing the barrel to bear on the monstrosity recovering rather quickly, "Well ya got the bastard down, but I wouldn't go celebrating," he said a dull blue orb flew from the cannon, sliding back from the force as it erupted on the insects head, the cartridge ejecting. He could see cracks already spiderwebbing as it thrashed about, cursing for no longer being able to fire another fission bolt. He let loose another Crystalice shot, gluing the Mantis' front left claw to its side. The ice would hold for a few moments, but he could tell the monstrosity would break free quickly. Turner formed his weapon into its double-edged staff mode and slanted it downwards so one end was touching the ground and pointing towards Honey. He then turned it 90 degrees so the flat side was facing upwards. "Honey!" He called out. "Want to get on that things back?" He asked coyly. Honey stepped over to him and placed her feet on his weapon. [color=gold]"I hate flying, but you got it partner!"[/color] she said, smiling to him and quickly loading seven dust bullets into her weapon. Turner, with all the strength he could muster at the moment, pushed the edge up as fast as possible to launch the girl up in the air. "Go get 'em." He said as soon as she left the weapon. Biting her lower lip nervously, Honey would squint her eyes as she was flung into the air. Much like before at the cliff, the sensation of excitement was replaced by fear after only a few seconds. Trying to shake off the feeling as she neared the beast, Honey raised Seraphine over her head and grinned at the thing. [color=gold]"Let me get a good look at you!"[/color] she said, bringing her weapon down hard on the top of its head, making the thing tip forward and start to fall towards the ground on its face. Using the momentum, Honey easily did a front flip and landed on the creatures back. Immediately she looked around, spotting two sets of ice that she assumed Kanika had used when grounding the thing. Trying to keep her balance as the creature continued to move around, Honey faced one of the wings, hopping up on the iced joint, beginning to bash the wing repeatedly with her weapon. After a few hits and almost stumbling, Honey placed the barrell of Seraphine against the wing and began to fire shots at it. The first few bullets were ice that just went straight through the wing, large skewers of ice ended up embedding into the gound. Hopping then off the frozen joint of the thing, Honey loaded one of her granades into seraphine, waiting for the weapon to adjust to the size. Stepping a few feet away, something caused Honey to slip and land on her bottom with a 'oof' sound coming from her. Gritting her teeth, she aimed the barell of Seraphine at the frozen joint and fired, watching with satisfaction as the entire wing was ripped from the beasts body. At the same time Honey was on the Grimms back, Turner ran towards its legs and ran around it stricking, striking at the metal-like carapace everytime he passed a leg, maneouvring in a way that made every move flowing from one to another, slowly working his way around the legs. At the edge of the clearing, Kanika reappears in a flash, quickly swapping the magazines in her gauntlets before rushing forward, once again surrounded by her rainbow aura. [color=71EEB8]"Nor, chain!"[/color] she shouts, zipping towards her partner. When Turner heard this, he immediately retreated back to where Kanika and Nor was. Nor gave a curt nod as the weapon quickly shifted forms, tossing her the head of the flail as he made it light enough to carry easily, [color=6ecff6]"Watch the spikes and do me a favor."[/color], he told her as he grinned, his teeth lending it an unnerving quality, [color=6ecff6]"Try and leave that somewhere that looks important."[/color] he instructed as he readied the red trigger. Kanika catches the head of the flail, dragging it across the arena as the chain unspooled, she stops,delivering a might strike and sending it flying past the Mantis, the metalic bonds of the chain striking againt its legs causing the chain to whip around, encircling them. The technicolor killer launches herself towards the Mantis as the flail cirlces back around, catching it and leaping towards the Grimm's belly, embedding the spiked head in the abdomen, dropping once more to the ground and making her way to a safe distance. [color=71EEB8]"I left it somewhere important, sharky!"[/color] she shouts, signalling to Nor. Nor pulled back on the chain as he threw his semblance in reverse as he felt his aura starting to flag, fingers itching to pull the trigger, waiting for Honey to finish her attack and get to a safe spot, "FIRE IN THE HOLE." [color=gold]"One more!"[/color] she said to herself, getting back on her feet and turning to the other wing. Loading one more grenade into Seraphine, she aimed it at the frozen joint and fired, the blast ripping that wing clean off of the grimm's body. The thing howled in pain and probably fury, thrashing and making Honey lose her balance. She tripped and fell backwards, starting to slide down the body or the thing, hitting a spike with her arm painfully as she went down and losing her hold on Seraphine. Panicking for a moment, Honey turned onto her belly and reached out with her hands to grab one of the spikes to stop her from falling, holding on for dear life. Kanika's aura ignites to full burn, sending her rocketing forward into the monsters left shoulder, one solid strike and the resulting delivery of two fragmenting bullets severing the arm in a brutal shower of bone shards, the beasts thrashing in pain causing the ice holding its other scythe-like claw to shatter. The Mantis swings, aiming for the nearest target; Kanika. [color=71EEB8]"Oh, fuck..."[/color] she mutters as the lethal blade approaches, feeling lightheaded as her aura depleted. The sudden motion of the beast attacking made Honey's grip slip free as she was tossed off and falling towards the ground. [color=gold]"Oh crap!"[/color] she said, not helping the light scream that escaped her mouth. Nor groaned as he watched the the girl slip, dropping Jet Stream as his weight suddenly shifted making him rather light, he could feel the dark edges coming as he ran out of aura from over using his semblance, but his speeding form quickly came upon Honey, grabbing her just as one leg broke free from the chain, kicking out and catching him in the side, feeling akin to getting hit by a swinging i beam with his diminished mass, feeling multiple ribs crack. he could hear someone call out as he passed into unconsciousness, [color=6ecff6]"PUSH THE FUCKING RED ONE!"[/color] Honey's scream was cut off as she felt she was caught by someone, hardly getting a good look before the person started to collapse. The two fell onto the ground in a heap, and Honey sat up immediately, looking down at the guy who had saved her. [color=gold]"Oh no, he's hurt!"[/color] she said, reaching down and grabbing him under the arms and running away from the beast which was still out for blood. When she got him far enough away, she looked around for Seraphine, but couldn't locate it. Cursing and closing her eyes, she searched within herself for enough aura left to activate her semblance one more time. [color=gold]"Please work..."[/color] she said as she concentrated. She got a weak image of the surroundings that held only for a few seconds before she felt nearly ready to pass out. Opening her eyes, Honey would run in the direction of where she saw the weapon of Nor, the one who saved her. She owed that guy a good meal after this shit was over. Approaching the weapon, Honey squinted her eyes and looked at it, remembering he said something about a red button. [color=gold]"Red button, red button..."[/color] she said to herself, biting her lower lip as she looked for it. Turner's eyes widened as the scythe-like appendage sliced through the air and straight towards Kanika. He sprinted towards the monster and up to the back of Kanika. He pole-vaulted over the tired comrade and landed infront of her. Mid-jump, he pulled the staff apart and twirled them forward so as he landed he met the Grimms attack with his own sword. He buckled under the force and was pushed back slightly. Turner spun left, pushing Kanika out of the way and sprinting towards the front of the mantis. Finding the red button finally after fighting with her eyes that went in and out of focus, Honey reached out and pushed it, not sure what would happen, just wanting the fight to end already.. As she pressed the button, the air surrounding the Grimm seemed to suck the oxygen out of a persons lungs, a muted wumph heard as the world lit up, heat heating the faces of the nearby hunters. He clipped the swords together to make Kaminari Inazuma into its great sword mode and geared up for a massive swing as Turner charged the beast head on. Voicing his attack with a yell, he swung upwards at the head of the beast, severing the neck of the Death Mantis. He stood there, gasping for air with his arms hung low as the Grimm toppled over. As things started to quiet down and Honey heard a loud 'boom', she sighed in relif. Seemed the fight had finally ended. [color=gold]"Thank goodness..."[/color] she said, running an arm across her forhead and slowly walking over towards her weapon. Reaching down and picking up Seraphine, Honey swung it around in her hand before she would jog over to where she had left Nor before. She knelt at his side and got her face really close to his. [color=gold]"Hmmm?"[/color] she raised a brow as she got a good look at his face for once. [color=gold]"Woah."[/color] Honey said, reaching out with her finger and poking the guys face a few times. [color=gold]"How did I not notice this before..?. Sharky?"[/color] she mumbled as her hands came up and started to massage his face. Kanika stands up slowly, brushing some chips of slowly dissipating Grimm from her shoulder before wandering over to Nor as well [color=71EEB8]""He normally wears a mask."[/color] The neon haired girl says, interupting Honey's facial molestation. [color=gold]"Why? He looks so cool..."[/color] she said, kinda wanting to stick her hand in there, but leaning away instead. [color=71EEB8]"Faunus. shark teeth. take a guess."[/color] a tooth falls out as if in response to the explanation. Honey noticed this and picked up the tooth, eyes widening in excitement. [color=gold]"That's still totally cool."[/color] she said, placing her hands on her knees and standing before looking at Kanika. How the hell did the girl still look adoreable when she was beat up? [color=71EEB8]"Most people ain't quite so accepting of them, you know."[/color] Kanika replies, her gauntlets retracting into safe mode before she crosses her arms Reaching out, Honey patted Kanika's head, recieiving a slight 'mrr' in response[color=gold]"You are so cute."[/color] she stated seriously. [color=71EEB8]"Damn straight I am. fuckin' adorable."[/color] Laughing and swinging Seraphine again, she looked down at Nor. [color=gold]"Guess we gotta drag him the rest of the way. Let's go before I decide to fall asleep. Turner, can you grab his weapon?"[/color] [color=71EEB8]"You take that side, I got this one."[/color] Kanika says, grabbing an ankle. Nodding, Honey grabbed the other one, relieved the guy didn't seem too heavy. [color=71EEB8]"This guy is way lighter than some of the people I've had to drag away from fights."[/color] the smaller girl muses, pausing to press the [url=https://youtu.be/6F9aJuHJE80]skip[/url] button on her gauntlets MP3 [color=gold]"Man, I was wondering when you were going to turn that off-"[/color] Honey paused and sighed as the next song played. [color=gold]"Spoke too soon I suppose."[/color] she said as they started walking, Turner following quietly behind them. [color=71EEB8]""Gotta have style, kid."[/color] she laughs, dragging Nor away from the disintegrating carcass of the recently deceased Death Mantis.