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Alicia was quite understandably pleased with herself as everything went as planned. She managed to free herself from Elroy's hold and assisted Summer in her own predicament. It was a better showing than she had given the most recent fights, at least in her appraisal. Not only that but Penny was now in the fight, a slugger to match or surpass Elroy from previous experience. He may have gotten a boost somewhere, but he was still outnumbered.

That seemed to anger the duo, an oppressive aura washing out from Regina, one that was met and staved off by her inner spark. Others might wilt, but she would not let herself be intimidated by magic into inaction or weakness. 

While she was confident, that quickly changed as Elroy did...something, and she watched with wide eyes as Penny's arms tore themselves off and joined the dark twin. What the hell had just happened? Glancing between the two of them, what he said was only more confusing. Allies? All she really got was the source of Penny's metal, which didn't entirely indicate anything except she really needed to do a better job of vetting her sources when she was trying to make modifications. 

Nonetheless, she was faced with a lot more metal and a lot more anger heading right at her, black flames and oppressive aura showing the magic that he was committing to this fight. It was probably too much to hope that he would run out soon, and her situation wasn't great with Penny out of commission. Faced with that incoming threat, Alicia was taken off guard as Summer leapt in front of her to take the incoming hit, relying on her powers to keep her intact. 

That was something Alicia had no intention of allowing, Star Seraph returning to her grip as she fired a trio of arrows over Summer's shoulder at Elroy, those arrows tuned to explode after a few seconds and perhaps throw off his charge. She certainly didn't expect to score a direct hit when he was like this. She then grabbed Summer, the hold secure beneath her arms as wings unfurled, and with a mighty heave she cast the both of them skywards. 

From the corner of her eye she noticed the arrival of a newcomer, barreling towards the crypt and its contents. That was good, it meant more distraction for Elroy and Regina to deal with, which meant more freedom to act and less chance that she would get shot. She'd have to look out for Elroy's chains after all. "Not yet," she replied. "How good are your landings?"She moved towards the crypt as well, skipping the slog on the ground entirely while preparing to deploy Summer where she wanted so that the Seraph could focus her efforts on hammering down the barrier from the skies with her magic. With things how they were now, they would just have to change the paradigm of the battle. 

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