[hr][hr][center][img]https://s22.postimg.cc/wb5l966q9/c3cead6e8851fa35075a2312bcfb3a5e.png[/img][hr][img]https://s22.postimg.cc/88ore30b5/7ec8dc1cf76784128a538177949b792e.gif[/img][hr][@Nallore][@FantasyChic][@BlueSky44][hr][h3][color=C3D1C0][b][i]I'm not a queen or a monster[/i][/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr]	Hel could not help but smirk as she saw Alex put his weapon away. [color=C3D1C0]"That's the first reasonable decision you've made, messenger,"[/color] Hel mused, practically gliding forward. [color=C3D1C0]"Of course, you're hardly a messenger - more of a disappointment,"[/color] she corrected. She knew that Alex hadn't spread her message as she had requested him to. And had she not been there to collect her cloak, she would have enjoyed toying with him, torturing him just a bit before his inevitable execution. But she did not have time for pests such as Alex Jakobsen - it was like fretting over an ant when a nuclear weapon was within reach. It was a pointless thing to even [i]contemplate[/i] wasting time on. 

	Mallory nodded at Jessica and Lilith, about to turn incorporeal and run when she found herself impaled on a wall. Hel had thrown [i]Nótt sverð[/i], her sword, and managed to keep the spirit confined to a physical location. Mallory's human form slipped away, revealing just a hooded figure. Her features could hardly be identified, just enough to note her young and feminine form. [color=C3D1C0]"I cannot pretend to be surprised, Azrael's daughter,"[/color] Hel sighed, walking over to the death spirit and pulling out the sword. Mallory slid to the ground, alive but immobilized. [color=C3D1C0]"Yet you forget that I am the Goddess of Death - you cannot help but obey me, kumakatok."[/color]

	Mallory's eyes flickered towards Jessica, but it was impossible to tell underneath the cloak. She wasn't moving or struggling, her will displaced by that of Hel's. [color=C3D1C0]"Now, surrender the cloak,"[/color] Hel ordered. 

	[color=339933]"Oh, like hell am I going to stand around for this shite!"[/color] Jade cursed, scrambling to her feet. She hadn't even begun an attack before Hel whacked her across the head with the butt of her sword, still soaked in Mallory's blood(?), and Jade was sent flying backwards. [color=C3D1C0]"You'll have your turn, slayer,"[/color] Hel said, before she held out her hand to Mallory. Robin bit her lip, tempted to string her arrow and let it fly, but they had come so far with the express purpose of letting Hel get the cloak, so that way she could shut the gates first. 

	Yet before Hel could grab her cloak, Ricky pulled out a taser and shot it at her, the barbs connecting. The Goddess of Death turned and stared at him, while Ricky shrugged a bit. "Figured it was worth a shot, bitch," he muttered. Hel pulled the barbs off of herself and yanked the taser from him, still staring at him a bit incredulously. Folly had nodded at Mariana, seemingly believing her, and she let her go. She looked up and saw Hel with her back turned, jumping up and running up the Asgardian's back, stabbing at her face with her knife, only for Hel to effortlessly toss Folly aside. The Gypsy crashed into the wall, but was surprisingly unscathed. 

	[color=C3D1C0]"Very well. I suppose I must squish the ants first,"[/color] Hel said, scowling.