Shion was getting angry. This dumb whore wasn't listening to reason, attacking while shouting that she didn't want to. Sure as hell [i]felt[/i] like she wanted to. But with each blow, Shion was able to slightly dull the attacks by magnetizing the girl's weapons and her own body, giving enough reprieve to avoid more than moderate damage. If Buttercup was so scared of Banshee that she'd fight against her own wishes, then Shion would just have to remove Banshee. She jumped back to get some space and threw from her pocket a six by two inch glass vial into the air, shooting it open with another bullet, causing the air to become thick with dark dust as the contents slowly fell to the ground. Shion focused on her magic, so that even under the coming attack from Buttercup she could do what she intended, controlling the cobalt and iron amalgam bullet she had fired through the wraith's knee to fire upwards towards Banshee's neck at nearly the same speed as it was originally fired at. At the same time, she manipulated the bullet she fired through the vial to circle around and fire at Banshee's back. As soon as the projectiles reached their top speed, she also drew in the grains of magical metal that were floating as dust around Buttercup, creating a flowing shield to defend herself with. She also quickly pulled in Fielder from Ko, ready to parry attacks with the weapon in a form that appeared to be a metal baseball bat. 

She hadn't wanted to give away so many secrets before meeting that damned bird guy again, but it seemed like she wouldn't get too much choice.



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