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Lyss nodded her head slowly. It seemed that everyone was on the same page. As much as Babylon stated the grim facts, it was nice to hear that the others were just as annoyed with the spirit as herself. She turned her head when Quinn arrived, and her eyebrow rose when she looked at the new girl. [i]This girl better be able to hold her own, or she's dead meat.[/i] Or better yet, she should just send the girl home before they head to the battlefield.

Except... the battle came to them. Lyss felt the overwhelming sensation of a powerful apparition before she could even see the blue demon. She stood as soon as the Outsider descended onto the table. Her foot kicked over her travel mug and coffee began to spill out of the opening and onto the concrete. There was no time to cry over spilt coffee. The girls were unprepared, caught off guard, and they didn't even have Kayla there to help. [i]Kayla, please show up this time.[/i] She thought desperately.

The Outsider mentioned her family name, and the hair on the back of her neck rose as she clenched her hands into fists. She began to breathe in through her nose, and out through her mouth. She had to muster up any energy she had to even stand a chance. At least last night she'd recharged, after a brief one night stand that was satisfying and yet regrettable. She could feel her energy pooling into her chest, and flowing down her arm and into the ring she wore on her finger. This was it. She couldn't seal the apparition on her own, but if she held it still enough for the other girls to weaken her, she could try.

Just as her hand raised to save Maya, Lyss was shocked to see Herik manifest an abstraction right before her eyes and save her. Lyss stepped away from the spilt coffee. She backed up a few paces from the apparition and then moved to the right. The others were starting their initial attacks. She had to take a moment just to watch the ferocious leviathan, Vashti in full cursed form, take up a fight against the Outsider. But, she couldn't gawk for long. If she could position herself the right way, and trap the spirit in the right spot, it would be the perfect place for the other girls to attack without consequences. At least, not any direct consequences.

She found her spot just in time to see the bitch grab onto Vashti's tail. Her nerves suddenly took hold of her as she worried for the leviathan woman's fate, but Maya showed her strength just in time to make the Outsider release the tail. Vashti went flying, but at least she could recover from a fall. 

Maybe not from the blood-formed demon children, though. Lyss, even though she feared for the other girls safety, had to focus on her own as the disgusting spirits came her way. She held up her arms before her, forearms facing towards the children as she activated her abstraction for the first time in months. Taylor's words were distant to her, but she knew that this next action would show Taylor her true strength. All of this time without using her abstraction, all of this energy unspent... it was time to release it. She brought her elbows down, and a barrier of black lux energy burst from the ring and expanded towards the blood babies until their blood splattered against the Outsider.

Lyss didn't miss a beat. She stood tall and planted her feet apart into a strong defensive stance. Her righthand stretched towards the Oustider, her knuckles and ring aimed towards the spirit, and she stared intently at her as her ring began to glow with black energy. Another barrier of energy began to stretch towards the Outsider until it trapped her in a transparent [color=D3D3D3]grey[/color] bubble of energy. [color=D3D3D3]"I can only hold her for so long, so now is your chance to weaken her!"[/color] She shouted. [color=D3D3D3]"I can't protect you inside of the barrier, so be careful!"[/color]