[center] [img]https://78.media.tumblr.com/692421960649b5e9ac137bbf4192ade2/tumblr_pczx4qmC3p1w6599so10_r1_400.png[/img][img]https://78.media.tumblr.com/448c114e29abeee27526cd1e9f6dfc5b/tumblr_pczx4qmC3p1w6599so9_r3_400.png[/img] [/center] The Golden Trove was a pretty boring place at night. Everyone was getting ready to turn in for the night, so everyone had to be super quiet and not make a sound. Most of the hotel staff had gone home, with just a handful of people working at the reception desk, security, phones, room service, and there was also a manager present. Most of them were playing with their phones or idly talking with one another to stay awake. Mika found most of them boring, and were far less exciting than any magical girl business. Fortunately, she had Boteg to play with. They were sitting in a lounge on one of the top most floors. Boteg was reclining on a leather couch with a cup of coffee, and Mika had a colorful book in her hands, sitting right beside him. [color=tomato]”So what's this?”[/color] Mika had a child's “learning” book in front of herself. The page showed a picture of an alligator, and also notified the reader that “A was for Alligator!” [color=gold]”Bumby back.”[/color] [color=tomato]”Sort of?”[/color] Mika held the book closer to Boteg. [color=tomato]”It's an alligator! Can you say that? Al-ee-gay-tor?”[/color] [color=gold]”Bumble back.”[/color] [color=tomato]”Noooooo!”[/color] She giggled before turning the page. [color=tomato]”Could you at least makes sense. This is a bumble bee. Can you say bumble bee? Bum-Bull-Bee?”[/color] [color=gold]”Fuzzy Fliers.”[/color] [color=tomato]”Okay, that one amused me. At least it sort of makes sense.”[/color] Before she could turn the page again, she noticed that Boteg's hand was twitching. But as a beast girl, she could smell his fear. [color=tomato]”Is something wrong.”[/color] Mika closed the book and set it aside. [color=gold]”Terrible, one's, champion, is near.”[/color] Mika's heart skipped a beat. Ever since she joined, she had heard about the terrible one's champion. How it was Amber's goal to ultimately kill the champion, and now that responsibility was being passed down onto her and Su. It wasn't a task to be taken likely. If this terrible one wiped out all the gold dragons, then their champion had to be pretty fearsome as well. Undoubtedly something unwholesome. Something beyond human, but without humanity. Or maybe it was just more of Boteg's crazy talk, and it was just some innocent Beacon girl who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. But Mika was excited, regardless. [color=tomato]”Leave it to me Boteg! I'll do battle with your demons and avenge your family!”[/color] She didn't wait for a response. Newly minted magical girl or not, she had to defend her patron. While she was running up the stairs to the roof, when she was sure there weren't any cameras pointing at her, she started to speak her incantation. She was transforming on the move.[color=tomato]”Tooth and claw, beak and paw, It's me you saw!”[/color] A fully transformed Mika emerged onto the roof, There was enough lighting that her superior vision could see everything pretty clearly. Though it didn't seem like they had arrived yet. On arriving on the roof, it dawned on Mika that she wasn't sure where her opponent was coming from. They could actually just access the hotel from the bottom floor. She could ask Boteg for instructions to get to them, but there was a pretty good chance she wouldn't understand them. [color=tomato]”Should I start yelling? I really don't want to wake anyone up.”[/color] Mika scanned the adjacent building before spotting Penny on an adjacent roof top. [color=tomato]”There!”[/color] She transformed into a cheetah mid sprint and ran towards the magical girl. Normally cheetahs are capable of clearing an eight foot gap, and even a magical cheetah would have a hard time clearing a parking lot and an intersection just to get to another building. Fortunately Mika was able to give herself the wings of an eagle to coast the rest of the distance. As soon as she landed, her body turned back to normal. Her ears went back as soon as she pointed at the mechanical magical girl. [color=tomato]”Are you the terrible one's champion?!”[/color] She blinked a few times after realizing how stupid that probably sounded. [color=tomato]”Did your patron cause the genocide of every gold dragon in existence?”[/color] That wasn't much better. She opened her hand and momentarily averted her eyes. [color=tomato]”I'm new here, call me Mika.”[/color] There was a grin plastered on her face. Yes! This was perfect! [center][img]https://78.media.tumblr.com/92155fce2efb33c49a759aef8875cbb6/tumblr_pczx4qmC3p1w6599so2_640.png[/img][/center] Su gave Helga a nod and took a full step back. She could transform quickly, so there was no need for her to reveal herself at this time. If at all possible, it would be best for Helga to deal with any new people without needing to interfere. The fewer people that new she was a magical girl, the better. [color=gold][i]”Sky Scare.”[/i][/color] Boteg's voice rang out in her head. [color=gold][i]”The terrible one's champion hath made it's presence known to me. Thou apprentice hath taken it upon herself to defend thy patron. ”[/i][/color] Su folded her arms and leaned against a nearby fence. [color=peachpuff][i]”I'm nearby. If she needs any assistance, contact me.”[/i][/color] This was not a great situation to be in. How inconvenient for the champion to just appear out of nowhere when her attention was divided. If it wasn't for this random appearance, she'd have flown back right now. But she wasn't going to lose Helga. Not after what they had been through.