[color=0050cd]"Nn!"[/color] Sapphire answered with a nod.  She faced the Beholder squarely and raised her sword high to her left.

Two balls of light appeared behind Sapphire's shoulders, spinning outward.  Quickly they grew, then stretched.  In a beautiful display of majesty, Sapphire unfolded her wings.  Pushing the air aside in a short, sharp wind, her wings reached far out to each side.  The pure white feathers glowed with a light brighter than mere reflection could produce.  Then they folded back, again pushing a breeze into the space behind her.  Sapphire crouched lower, tensed her legs, and drew her sword back just a little more.

The Beholder's attention was turning down, the colossal eye swiveling to face the guardian who had attacked it.  It wasn't watching Sapphire.

Without so much as a word, Sapphire unleashed the power in every part of her body in one tremendous leap.  Instantly she was passing just behind the monster.  Her sword came slashing forward, digging deeply into the back of the Beholder and leaving a gash across its back from one end to the other.  Her momentum carried right on to the ceiling, where she twisted her body into a somersault, 'landed' on her feet against a beam, and pushed off again, this time aiming straight at the top of the Beholder.

The monstrous eye was turning away from the warrior below to attack the warrior up above, the laser continuing its trail of destruction.  Well before it could reach Sapphire, Faith's blade sank into the Beholder tip first, then continued sinking all the way to the hilt.  Sapphire crashed down right behind, attempting to drive an armored knee into the abomination as well.  [color=0050cd]"Disobedient,"[/color] Sapphire chastised vehemently, kneeling atop its head.

Without releasing her grasp on Faith, Sapphire turned and jumped off, drawing her sword through the monster's flesh until it popped free at the edge.  She tucked one wing and used the other to spin, giving one final slash as she departed, making way for another warrior's attack.  She landed nimbly on her feet below, danced back several steps to reposition herself, and braced for another attack.