Although, she hadn’t expected Vashti to just go along with it so easily. Lyss frowned. Something was off about the tone of her voice. About her upturned lips as they grinned and her eyes as they looked right at Madison. It was… Had the Leviathan taken control there, for just a moment? Lyss watched Vashti sit down and stare at the ground. Anyone would feel dejected right now, but Vashti looked as if she’d just been told she was going to die in three days. They still had time to help Vashti. She just might have to wait a little longer. So, Lyss kept the thought at the back of her head and turned her attention back to the other girls. Herik was relieved. Emily would help her sisters, so she was the happiest that Lyss had seen her in a long time. She even admitted she’d been a bitch! Lyss offered Emily and Herik a small smile as the winners walked over to the table. She reached for the bag and pushed it towards them. [color=D3D3D3] “I’m glad we were still able to do this for your families. I hope they recover well.”[/color] Madison’s question made the smile on her face vanish once more. Lyss looked over at Madison and nodded to let the other woman know she agreed as well. [color=D3D3D3] “It’s…”[/color] Penny had already beaten her to the punchline. Lyss simply sat back in her seat as she let Penny explain Annabelle’s mysterious disappearance. Her phone began to ring, and as she pulled it out she saw Agent Liao’s name appear. It… it was time. Already? Were the girls prepared? She glanced up at them all, but before she could finish looking at them Penny told her to answer the phone. Lyss, as if snapped out of a daydream, nodded and immediately put the phone to her ear. She stood up from her seat and stuck one hand in her back pocket. [color=D3D3D3] “Liao. Has Annabelle been spotted?”[/color] Her voice was tense. She half hoped that it was just a false alarm. That they weren’t about to haul ass to some massacre and fight one of the strongest cursed beings she’s ever encountered. There’s no way, right? “Not just that,” Meifeng answered. “She’s going on a rampage up in New Port Richey, Walton teleported Maximilian and the rest of the DENS agents there. They can hold her off until we get there, but are you ready?” The window crashed on the other side of the house. [hr] A bright light appeared in the parking lot of a cheap motel not too far away from where Annabelle was sighted. Of course, the Blind couldn’t see the flash of light but when the light faded, the DENS agents plus Kimberly and Rowan were there. There was screaming heard in the distance as Maximilian turned his head and saw people running away screaming. So that gave him a pretty good indication of where Annabelle Heart was located. He had on his body armor and sunglasses, with a pistol at his hip. He crossed his arms as he looked behind him and saw all the other DENS Agents holding Colt M4 rifles. However, on Cindy’s hip was a pouch that contained the cure and she walked up to Maximilian. “Everyone clear on the plan?” Cindy asked. “We disable her, and then Helena force-feeds her the cure,” Maximilian said. “Too easy,” Cindy answered, as she locked the bolt forward on her M4 rifle. “Let’s finish this, for good.” “I’ll um, teleport back!” However, they weren’t the only people there in the parking lot… somebody was watching them while invisible… Savannah Farrow. In her right hand, she had a Glock 43, the same weapon that was used to shoot up the Dollhouse club. She eyed them, but she had one chance as she stood there in the middle of the parking lot. Spontaneously appearing behind Kimberly, Savannah aimed the pistol at her and let loose a barrage of pistol-fire directly at her. She was shot in the back five times and fell to the ground. “Kim!” Rowan shouted as he ran over to her and applied his protection to not only her but himself. “Behind us!” Leon shouted as the DENS agents tried to find cover, and Cindy focused on Savannah and made a glass spear to penetrate her through the chest. Savannah yelped as she grabbed onto the jagged glass weapon with her free hand and… smiled. She began laughing as the gun drifted over to her head. “To mother...” Savannah started, “[i]...I GIVE MY LIFE![/i]” Before anyone could stop her, Savannah pulled the trigger and blew her brains out all over the parking lot. Maximilian winced as he looked behind him and saw the DENS agents tending to Kimberly. Son of a bitch. He still heard the chaos in the distance. “I’m going to engage Annabelle!” Maximilian shouted as he rocketed himself up into the air. He got a good look at the chaos and saw that Annabelle had impaled someone on her claws. He swallowed as he knew that there was no saving him, and then created a massive crystal spear as he charged Annabelle head-on. He went at breakneck speeds as she had not a clue that he was coming to her… but he impaled the mass-murdering creature. He carried her along until he had impaled her into a wall. Maximilian launched himself back [i]knowing[/i] that wouldn’t stop her in the slightest, however when he got a good look at her… that wasn’t Annabelle. It was Dean Farrow, Saul’s right-hand man, laughing. “Wh-who are you?” Maximilian asked as he raised an eyebrow. “Doesn’t matter...” Dean chuckled as his head went slack. “Mother wins in the end… she always does....” He expired and Maximilian pressed his earpiece. “Agent Liao,” Maximilian spoke. “Agent Liao, do you copy?” It was a few seconds of silence before he heard her voice. “Maximilian! Annabelle’s in Tampa engaging the Coven! We need you there, now!” “Shit,” Maximilian said as he realized that they were being duped by [i]somebody[/i]. [hr] The streets of Tampa were different than usual… the towering figure of Annabelle marching after Saul. Wherever she went, the curse followed and it wasn’t long until the streets of Tampa were littered with flesh-eating beasts. Killing each other and whoever they came across as Annabelle could never seem to catch up with Saul’s car. Regardless of how fast she went… eventually, the chase ended with her at a beach house… she felt some presence there, but Saul got out of the car and ran inside. So, without a second thought, Annabelle charged through the window… Lyss had turned when she heard the front door swing open, and as she watched Saul make his way into the house the crashing of the window made her jump. She gasped as she saw the grisly sight of Annabelle herself standing tall in the living room. She almost dropped her phone, but she gripped it tightly instead. [color=D3D3D3] “She’s here.”[/color] She said through the phone, her voice tense as her body fought itself. Was this a fight or flight moment? She began to back towards her girls. Were they ready to take Annabelle on, alone, or should they keep their distance until the DENs arrived? They didn’t have the time to decide. Lyss immediately ended the call and shoved the phone into her pocket. [color=D3D3D3] “Looks like the fight came to us, girls.”[/color] "The fuck you mean girl, she's here?" Madison raised an eyebrow as the Jaws subconsciously activated. "Shit, Annabelle?" Emily asked. As she clutched the potion in hand… as much as she wanted to take Annabelle down a peg, she had to get this cure to her sister. "I… need to get this to my sister, sorry." "... Madison Brown," The Jaws growled. "Break the seal." "We are begging you." "I… I can't, not after what you did to Vashti." Mariah looked up from her phone, over toward the door, and stated very plainly, [color=#F3128D]“We bout to die.”[/color] “[i]We?[/i]” Madison said to Mariah with a tilt of her head.”Girl [i]we[/i] ain’t boutta die here but you can go ahead, sis. Knock ya’ self out.” [color=#F3128D]” Sound like somethin’ somebody that’s boutta die would say,”[/color] Mariah replied with a chuckle and a shrug, as she fired her abstraction upon herself, [color=#F3128D]” I mean, cause if this a horror movie, the dark skin one always go first if there’s two black folks.”[/color] She then gestured, for Madison’s convenience, toward the incoming monstrosity, like a kindly gentleman holding the door open for the Lady, [color=#F3128D]“Or is that too real?”[/color] “Good thing this ain’t a horror movie, sis,” Madison crossed her arms before realizing that she was the darker one among the two… just like how Claud was the darkest one. Worst comes to worst, she can throw Mariah at the freak. [hider=God of War - Deliverance][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG8YTAoRWEQ[/youtube][/hider] The backdoor was launched open as everyone jumped into a defensive position… a clawed hand stretched out of the darkness and appeared on the doorframe. She crushed the door frame as she growled from underneath the deer skull she wore as a mask. One would notice that the black robe that she has on is merely curtains that she wore. “... Where is he?” Annabelle growled, “Where is Saul?” Having caught her stench before anything else, Mariah cupped her mouth and nose-- awkwardly because of the football helmet, and practically froze with fear as Annabelle’s appearance settled into her mind. They’re… supposed to fight this? Thing? Penny bit her lip back as she tried to mask the surprise at both rapid escalation and the mention of Saul. How the hell were any of them supposed to know where that cult leading douchebag was hiding? He’d probably burned the church’s money on a fleet of yachts and set to sailing around the world to escape Annabelle. However, Penny knew well enough that any freak who took to wearing a skull and smelled like a hundred festering corpses probably wouldn’t respond well to an unsatisfying answer. Penny glanced over at Madison and took a step forward, still giving herself hopefully enough room to vault away if Annabelle went wild. [color=goldenrod]“Funnily enough, I want to know the same thing. He isn’t out here,”[/color] said Penny as she stared down the skull mask with folded arms. Ideally, she could buy the girls’ time to either get out or get ready. She nodded towards the beach house, [color=goldenrod]“I can help you look for him.”[/color] “... Don’t fuck with me, bitch,” Annabelle hissed as she took a step forward and let her clawed hands swing down to her sides. “He’s here… I saw him come here!” Each skull of the Jaws faced Annabelle, “We have no affiliation with Saul,” The first skull started, “Or his Cult,” Then the second continued, “... We tryna’ talk some sense into the psycho-crazy bitch?” Madison said under her breath to Penny. However, the question of why she killed Izzy popped into her head and she was tempted to ask as Annabelle got closer. [color=goldenrod]“[i]She can hear you[/i],”[/color] muttered Penny, whose only plan was to stall until she came up with an actual plan. Annabelle stopped herself… there was some level of restraint stopping her from attacking them on sight. That same restraint was the only thing allowing her to entertain a conversation with them. However, a mass of sparks and embers appeared on the roof of the beach house and the Messiah appeared… and they raised a hand into the air and applied the same illusion ability to Annabelle again. All she saw was Saul and each member of the Coven was another version of him. Tall Saul, short Saul, they were all Saul. And then she lost all composure, immediately shrieking in rage as she charged the Coven head-on. She had her claws out as Madison jumped in the way and managed to grab onto both of Annabelle’s arms as she growled like an animal… Most likely, she was one. Madison managed to hold Annabelle in place as the two struggled. “... You’re gonna fuckin’ pay for what you did to Izzy!” Madison shouted as she managed to lift Annabelle Heart off her feet with the power of the Jaw and then she chucked her directly at the wall. Annabelle bounced off the wall, but that didn’t seem to affect her in the slightest. She got off the wall and rushed at Madison and swiped her claws at her. The Jaws’ barrier took the brunt of the slash as Annabelle's claws sliced through his bones like it was nothing. However, with a hand-handed shove, Madison was sent flying into a wall. Annabelle screamed as she charged the Coven. “I’ll kill you all!” Annabelle shouted. That amount of noise seemed enough to snap Mariah out of her frozen state. Almost immediately, it sent her into a panic instead, and she looked around frantically-- feeling helpless before all of the [i]Annabelle[/i] happening. Slowly, she began to back further away from the fighting, sincerely contemplating some kind of escape route. Penny cursed. She needed to stop being the one to do the talking. Penny manipulated the air around her to blast herself to the side, avoiding a certainly fatal strike and cushioned her blow against the other railing by sending off a smaller blast before impact. She gasped as she still hit it with a surprising amount of force, but she would take a small bruise over shredded internals any day of the week. Reflexively she flicked on her enhanced vision, shot off a volley of coins at Annabelle’s side, and flicked it off to conserve her mental energy as she repositioned to give herself some distance. She tried to recall what she knew from Kimberly’s fights with Annabelle and readied herself for whatever came next. The coins dug into Annabelle like bullets… but they were pushed out as her healing factor on overdrive activated. Penny frowned and drew the coins back to her. Annabelle grabbed a lounge chair and chucked it at Penny. The floating coins clattered to the deck as blonde effortlessly blasted the chair away, flinging it off the deck where it harmlessly splashed in the pool. Meanwhile, Lyss immediately ran for the bag on the table while Annabelle was distracted. She ripped the zipper open to the other pocket and pulled out her Glock as turned to face Annabelle. Bullets wouldn’t stop her. Lyss knew that. Lyss wasn’t sure that she could offer any help against a monster like this. Her spells wouldn’t do a thing, and Annabelle would easily tear through the few undead she could summon. With this realization, she decided to find the source of Annabelle’s rage. The very man she assumed was in their house. If she didn’t find him, she would go looking for the figure that seemed to manipulate Annabelle from the roof. Lyss fired off a few shots into Annabelle’s back to distract her for a few moments and then immediately hauled ass into the house. [color=D3D3D3] “Saul!!”[/color] She shouted into the empty halls. [color=D3D3D3] “Show yourself!”[/color] [color=#F3128D]” Is you tryna’ get killed? Why would you jus’ run off alone,”[/color] Mariah shouted as she came running through the door after Lyss, [color=#F3128D]“I saw you goin’ for ya bag but I didn’ think you was gonna go on a dumbass solo mission, shit-- oh man-- I hate this shit.”[/color] Her glittery football helmet seemed to vibrate as she was, very obviously, shaking like a frightened deer, as she asked Lyss, [color=#F3128D]“You want my blessin’ protection thing?”[/color] Mariah snapped her fan open at that, ready to toss some orange Fanta colored abstraction Lyss’ way. Lyss looked back at Mariah and thought that Mariah looked about as scared as she was herself. She glanced at the football helmet. Mariah had something going there. That said, she looked into Mariah’s eyes and nodded. Her hands gripped the handgun tightly. [color=D3D3D3] “Cast it quickly.”[/color] Mariah nodded and raised her trembling fan, abstraction powering up-- “You’re not getting away from me, Saul!” Annabelle shouted at Lyss and Mariah as she noticed that they were getting away. She lunged at the two with her claws out, ready to impale Lyss. Penny gave out a warning shout. Even if she blasted herself towards the house she would be too far away to get to Lyss to offer any protection. Instead, she unleashed a barrage of coins at Annabelle’s back in hopes that it might throw off her swing. Once they hit she’d attract the coins back to her before repulsing them again, hopefully hindering some of Annabelle’s healing factor or at the very least providing a useful distraction to keep Lyss from getting shredded. Isla had been standing completely idly, after blinking out of range of Anabelle’s sight. But the warning shout from Penny, and the claws lunging at Lyss and Mariah, was enough to spur her into action. The purple glow around her beanie as she blinked multiple times until she was beside Mariah and Lyss. In a split section decision, she concentrated her abstraction on Anabelle, purple glow circling her as Isla tried to stop the movement of the claws coming towards them. Annabelle came to a stop and the coins hit her in the back… which went through her malnourished frame. Mariah whimpered, frozen in place. This was when Madison finally got her bearings and decided to strike. She flew towards Annabelle with both of her fists out like she was a superwoman. She flew directly at Annabelle’s back at high speeds… and there was a sickening crack as Annabelle’s spine and any bones in her core were shattered as she fell forward. However, she managed to regenerate from [i]that[/i] pretty fast as she turned around and swiped a claw at Madison but she put her hands up and blocked it - only for her to lose more of the Jaws barrier. This was the first time that she ever encountered [i]this[/i] - no one has been able to break her barrier. “Screw this!” Emily shouted as she hauled ass out of there with her cure and went straight for her moped. [color=darkcyan]“Dude!”[/color] hissed Vashti at Emily from her hiding spot behind the pool shed where she had been cowering. There was no way she was going to try and go toe to toe with whatever the fuck that thing was fighting the other girls up on the deck. For all she knew, the Leviathan might use the chaos of the whole situation as an opportunity to gut Madison. Honestly, even if she was certain the Leviathan would be on their side, Vashti felt no urge to help the girls who feigned care and had the gall to call one another sisters. There was nothing familial between the members of the Coven. Not for Vashti, anyway. A surge of anger rushed through the girl and she scrambled off after Emily. [color=darkcyan]“Hey, wait for me!”[/color] As it seemed, physically, Madison was the strongest one but Annabelle wasn’t going to let Saul leave here alive… When Madison got back, Annabelle let out an [i]incredibly[/i] loud, ear-piercing scream that caused Madison and the others to grab their ears. A sound that could be heard from all over Tampa… and it attracted all the other Wendigos that Annabelle created straight to the beach house. The growing danger was enough to spur Mariah into finally flinging shields about. [color=#F3128D]“--two, three, four,”[/color] she counted off, casting that shielding spell on the sad Fractured Jaws, Lyss, Isla, and herself. Sure, she was more fearful than courageous, but her shield should still be effective, right? Before that creeping feeling of doom and dread, associated with someone getting the shield equivalent of wet napkins, could fully settle in, Mariah completed her casting with a, [color=#F3128D]“What now?”[/color] Whipping around, she looked to Lyss, entirely ready to follow her lead. Lyss was stunned. She was [i]this[/i] close to seeing her life flash before her eyes. At the moment, she was more grateful for her sisters than she had ever been before. With Annabelle distracted once more, and Lyss’s ears still ringing, she took a second to gather her thoughts again before responding. [color=D3D3D3] “We need to draw out whatever is making her believe we’re Saul.”[/color] She looked back at Annabelle. [color=D3D3D3] “I don’t think the Jaws will last until the DENs arrive either. We need to keep distracting Annabelle from direct attacks until they get here.”[/color] Her eyes moved towards the table, where Herik’s mother’s cure laid. If the DENs didn’t get here fast enough, they may have to use it. [color=#F3128D]“Oh-- uh-- HEY--”[/color] Mariah had an idea but she knew it was stupid. She also didn’t know the name for it so she gestured to Lyss, [color=#F3128D]“Fire bottle things-- them. The booze. With the rags? Do you know the ones? I’mma just go get some,”[/color] she threw her hands up and ran into the house… looking for liquor. At a time like this. After the assault on her ears, Madison felt Mariah’s abstraction augment her own. After Annabelle was done screaming, Madison punched her square in the face and shattered the deer skull into pieces… along with Annabelle’s actual skull. After punch and Annabelle came toppling over but she regenerated from the Jaw’s powerful blows almost as fast as Madison can throw them out. There had to be a limit, there to be a point where she couldn’t regenerate any further. “Die!” Annabelle shouted as she tried to dig her claws into “Saul’s” midsection but the Jaw’s stopped her. His three skulls manifested and latched onto her massive claw and dug his teeth as deep into her flesh as he could, keeping her there as Madison punched her over and over and over again. With her free hand, Annabelle slashed at Madison but she caught it. “Get out of here!” Madison shouted at her girls and she held Annabelle in place with all of her strength. The Jaws manifested a clawed hand on top of Madison’s that floated on top of hers like a glove as she cocked it… then she rammed it through Annabelle’s chest. Annabelle hissed as she desperately tried to pull away… to the point where flesh was ripping. Lyss turned her head towards the rest of the Coven. [color=D3D3D3] “Everyone get out of here, but stick together! Watch out for that asshole that was on the roof or Saul. If you see the DENs, send them this way!”[/color] That said, Lyss moved into a position to the side of Annabelle and Madison. She knelt and used her knee as a balance as she aimed the handgun directly onto Annabelle’s head. As the monster attempted to rip itself apart from Madison, Lyss unleashed round after cautious round into the side of her skull. The second her gun was empty she planned to run, but she couldn’t leave Madison to fight her alone. Annabelle’s skull was blown to bits as she ripped her arms off getting away from Madison Brown. Her body dropped to the ground and Madison couldn’t resist floating over to her and stomping on her chest so hard that it left a hole in it - leaving cracks on the pavement. Madison turned her head towards Lyss as she said, “Let’s get the fuck out of here!” She extended her hand to Lyss…. However, the three skulls of the Jaws floated over to her face and hovered for a second “... We would appreciate it,” “If you do not seal us.” [color=#F3128D]“--and I’d appreciate it if ya moved th’ fuck out th’ way,”[/color] Mariah shouted, as she came running out of the house. In each hand was a bottle of Jack Daniels, that had a single rag coming out of the top, which was very violently ablaze. With only a few seconds waited for Madison and Lyss to move out of the way, Mariah chucked the two molotovs toward Annabelle, while shouting a slurry of the finest Latin Curses for added effect. Not really keen on seeing if she even hit her target, or if the flames would simply [i]burn[/i] the whole house down, Mariah immediately ran off since it was ‘get the fuck out’ time. They hit Annabelle’s immobile body and burned her… and the beach house. Madison almost hissed about losing the beach house but it was a lost cause, to begin with, Annabelle here. Mariah took off and Madison grabbed onto Lyss’s upper arm and flew off with the power of the Jaws towards the front of the beach house. Maybe they killed Annabelle Heart? Honestly, Madison wasn’t gonna stick around to find out. It wasn’t the end of Annabelle Heart as, instead of regenerating, she underwent a transformation… flesh jutted outwards like a tendril, forming something new. And the Messiah disappeared into a mass of sparks and embers. [hr] A black car with tinted sped down the streets of Tampa towards the Coven’s little beach house, sirens blaring. In the front seat was Meifeng Liao and Trevor Obott in full decked out gear and Meifeng had her phone out as she called the Director. Her heart was racing as a bead of sweat went down her head - how could she be so stupid as to fall for such an obvious strategy!? Meifeng knew that she had to be quick or else the Coven was dead. When the Director answered, Meifeng heard the Director’s filtered voice. “Liao,” The Director said. “Annabelle Heart is currently engaging the Coven!” Meifeng said. “I am aware,” The Director started. “I ordered a full-scale evacuation of Tampa… and Maximilian and the rest of the Agents have commandeered a vehicle. I heavily advise that you standby and regroup with Maximilian and then engage her.” “But… affirmative, Director.“ “There’s an 80% chance that Annabelle will be stopped tonight,” The Director informed her, “I trust that you’ll make the right decisions - now if you excuse me; I have to justify everything that has just transpired.” Then hung up. “So, um...” Trevor said as he held the assault - that he knew would do jackshit - in his arms, his legs were shaking. “... What are we gonna do?” “We’re going against the Director’s advice,” Meifeng sighed. “You know what she said, right?” Trevor raised an eyebrow. “Well,” Meifeng shook her head, “Screw the odds.” [hr] Madison flew towards her car and felt some type of relief as she got closer and closer. Annabelle wasn’t behind them, so that was [i]something[/i]. That went easy, maybe too easy…. That was not the death of Annabelle and Madison knew it. However, she was all but confirmed when she heard the massive boom coming from the beach house. She went a bit faster as she dropped Lyss at her car and ran over to the driver’s side. That’s when the massive boom happened as the beach house was knocked over by her massive frame… and her massive and disgusting frame entered the view from the rubble. Annabelle Heart’s second towering form, [url=https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/55e57e98-91f7-4913-941f-49376accaa74/d136acw-587c13af-b32b-457a-b355-1eb08e6657c1.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNTVlNTdlOTgtOTFmNy00OTEzLTk0MWYtNDkzNzZhY2NhYTc0XC9kMTM2YWN3LTU4N2MxM2FmLWIzMmItNDU3YS1iMzU1LTFlYjA4ZTY2NTdjMS5qcGcifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6ZmlsZS5kb3dubG9hZCJdfQ.23WgLR-2yYAiJFc7aHLT1THGeZXzP4xiqbAha27xOgw] an eldritch monstrosity composed of all of Annabelle Heart’s victims.[/url] They writhed in her body and screamed for help. Her tail was long and had a razor-sharp tip at the end… As Annabelle walked out, she knelt on one hand and her tail launched itself at Madison’s car. “Shit! Move!” Madison flew away from the car as Annabelle impaled her vehicle… and she knew that she was [i]not[/i] covered from this. The creature marched forward and Madison’s heart started racing as she whipped her head towards it… that thing was [i]horrific[/i], worse than anything that Madison has ever seen in her life. Then she noticed it. Her eyes shot wide open as her jaw dropped… as two of the people that were comprising Annabelle Heart’s body. … Were Kayla Foster and Agatha Loom. “K-Kayla...” Madison said to herself as she heard Kayla begging for help, freedom from that freak. Madison’s hand briefly drifted towards the necklace… Annabelle marched towards them… … And that was when she stopped, breaking out into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. She grabbed her stomach as she rolled on the floor laughing. It was deep, monstrous, and sounded like it was a true demon laughing at… what? Madison was in shock as she flew away, but she noticed a black car blaring sirens speeding up to the scene. Out of the car came Meifeng and she immediately shouted, “Everyone! Get out of here! Now!” She screamed at them. “Get far away as you can!” Madison didn’t waste any time in flying away. Trevor slowly got out of the car and had his hands up as he focused on Annabelle… he allowed the Coven to get away, but at what cost? “How long do you think you can keep this going?” Meifeng asked. “Don’t know,” Trevor said. “Usually I did it for like a few seconds.” “Don’t strain yourself,” Meifeng said, “We just need to wait for Maximilian to show up.”