Lily's head throbbed painfully as she slowly regained consciousness. She was aware she was sitting up and could tell someone was near her. More apparent was the heat from the fire she started that continued to spread. Lily opened her eyes ever so slightly but all she could see was a wash of colours and brightness. Her head throbbed horribly when she opened her eyes so she immediately closed them which soothed the pain somewhat. She could hear yelling and screaming near-bye; some of the sounds she recognized as belonging to Adam and her fellow society members, the others to the beast which she had set alight. 

	Worse than the pain in her head was the embarrassment over what she had just done. In her fear of the creature she had acted on a foolish idea and hurt herself, while also putting everyone else in danger. Her only reprieve from her embarrassment was the smell of burning flesh and animalistic screams which suggested that her fire was at least damaging the beast in some way. But it was not the time for self pity, a beast needed slaying and Lily was not about to sit uselessly on the ground while everyone else did all the work. She took several deep slow breaths until the pain in her head dulled enough for her to try and open her eyes again. Once again her vision was blurry but there was far less pain and after a few seconds her vision coalesced into identifiable shapes. Her vision corrected itself in time for her to see Adam kick the beast in the shoulder causing it to miss with its attempted attack on a member whose name escaped her. 

	Lily turned her head slightly to see who it was that was near her and was surprised to find Ren. She was even more surprised to see his hand shaking somewhat, suggesting he was just as afraid as she had initially been. Lily wanted to tell him to forget about her and join the others but decided against it for the moment

	Taking a deep breath Lily calmed herself and pushed the pain she felt to the back of her mind. She observed the creature, how it moved, how its body reacted to being struck, how it's muscles flexed as it moved. It was a patchwork doll, a mass of scraps Iseabau liked, thrown together into an inhuman construct of flesh and sinew. The blood that ran through its veins was a cocktail of chemicals and bodily fluids, some of which Lily could identify by the smell they made when they burned and the colour of the fire. Nothing stood out as a potential weakness, beyond the basics of what would disable a human. Remove the limbs, damage the senses, destroy the brain or the heart. These were tactics that would no doubt work, but the beast was proving formidable to the group, it would not allow itself to be destroyed so easily. Which meant they needed to find a way that didn't leave the creature with any other choice but to die. 

Once again, Lily cleared her mind and began massing every relevant detail she could think of. 

[color=39b54a]-- Possible chemical component of blood: Cytoplasm -- Creature's screams do not seem to be from pain, but rage. Conclusion. Doesn't feel pain -- Isabeau did not kill Adam immediately to harvest his parts. Freshness must be a factor -- Beast is uncoordinated and easily distracted. Brain function operating on basic level -- Bullets seem to do little damage. Muscle mass providing protection to inner organs -- Familiar sound. Hiss of fluids on heated metal. Conclusion. Metal framework used to bolster bone strength -- [/color]

	Lily picked out the parts that seemed most relevant and willed her mind from her body. In an instant her semi-ethereal body was standing over her physical one. She retrieved some items from the few pouches that remained on her person and charged after the others and the creature. Being invisible allowed her to circle around quickly without getting in the way or risking being hit. Unseen or not getting into position was a difficult task as the creature charged after Adam, who continued to do his best to avoid the brutes attacks at all costs. Waiting for the right moment Lily charged forward and fire one of her pistols at the creatures face, relying on law of averages and the abundance of projectiles coming out of the barrel to hit her target rather than proper aim. Not wasting time to see if she managed to blind the creature Lily tossed the pistol aside and moved in close to the beast. Her form could feel the heat of the fire though she only recognized it as stimulus and not something that could hurt her. Once she was close enough she set to work using the other item she brought with her, a razor sharp scalpel; a small blade but one built for cutting flesh. With it distracted by Adam and the others Lily was able to start attacking vital areas. Tendons, arteries, and joints. Many of her slashes simply left deep, but not deep enough, cuts. But she could tell a few were able to sink deep enough to hit main arteries as the creature began to bleed more and more of the strange liquid. While it didn't work exactly like a human the fluid was undoubtedly important to the creature; Muscles still needed oxygen and other vital chemicals. The less inner fluid the creature had the less able its body would be able to sustain it's functionality, making it easier to fight. 

	Lily, unnoticed by the creature as it lacked the cognitive ability to imagine an invisible enemy, continued her assault on the vital parts of the monster. Just as she managed to slice through the Achilles tendon on the left leg she felt a bullet slam into her shoulder, followed quickly by a slash across her back; the downside to being invisible was that while enemies could not see you, neither could allies. Neither attack caused her pain or dealt damage, however it shocked her long enough that she was unable to avoid the beast as it swung one of its arms back in rage. Lily's semi-ethereal body was thrown backwards over a dozen meters. Her lack of body mass allowing the hit to send her father than was feasibly possible under normal circumstances; mid flight she lost her scalpel. As her body hit the ground she willed herself back to her body and looked to the creature to see the results of her handy work. Though it was gushing the strange jelly like liquid profusely, leaving pools of fluid all over the field, the loss of vital plasma hadn't seemed to effect it yet. The damage to the tendon on the other hand, while it hadn't brought the monster down, seemed to have slowed the creature as it began to favor its right leg more. 

	Lily wasn't sure what more she could do as fighting was not her forte, and the majority of the items and equipment she could have used to help had been destroyed in the blast. Looking again to Ren she realized that the best thing she could do at that moment was let Ren know she would be alright.

"Ren... I'll be fine. The fighting is no where near me and I have strength enough to crawl away. Go. Help the others. Help Adam."