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[center][b][h2]Bayonetta[/h2][/b][/center]

[color=ed1c24][i]"I couldn't answer, Bayonetta. Likewise, your mundane image has sunk into the deepest recesses of my mind. I don't recall you being so... Little. For that, I suppose I should be apologetic."[/i][/color]

All the Umbra witch could do was simply chuckle at that statement, yet still aiming her guns at the void-creation.

[b]"Little you say?"[/b] she asks curiously with a cooing tease, [b]"That's quite an overestimate. After all, your face is one only a mother could love, and one that I could never forget."[/b]

[color=ed1c24][i]"I am only here to remedy this god-awful racket, and I would see to it that my intentions remain undisturbed. I could guarantee that You'd find no victory in taking my life, but your affiliation beckons moronic principal. If you stand in the way of peace and quiet, so be it."[/i][/color]

[b]"On the contrary,"[/b] she replies, [b]"It's you who stands in the way of peace. Thankfully for you, your not my prime target, despite one being of high rank..."[/b]

She then thinks for a few seconds while squinting her eyes at him. She then mutters softly.

[b]"But perhaps I can take two birds with one stone..."[/b]

And with that, she quickly issues witch time, allowing her to speed behind Yzeria. While it may've seen that she teleported to his eye, this was not the case. Then Bayonetta begins to shoot her opponent via her bullet arts, which fire rapidly from her guns. And so begins the battle! Yet as shortly as it began, the witch would hear three beeps and a voice would come into her mind.

[i]"Bayonetta, status. My feeds showing the base burning. Did the subordinates go off the rails again?"[/i]

It was Kolone. Man did she have to call at the wrong time. Either way, she then began to answer verbally.

[i][b]"Seems like it."[/b][/i] she responds, [i][b]"Though I'm pretty busy beating an old "friend". Call me later!"[/b][/i]

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[center][h2][b]Ridley[/b][/h2][/center]

Meanwhile, Ridley continued to hide in the shadows while the Space Pirates did the dirty work for him. Even as they defended themselves, the pirates kept on firing their lasers and continue to pummel them with turret fire. The general hopes that if someone just comes a little too close to him, that he'd be able to pick the person off and take him out of commission. For now, all he can do is wait patiently, still remaining undetected by the Resistance troops.