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Shane felt Maxine's jaw crack against his knuckles. Considering the girl and her friends had tore apart his family home and endangered his siblings, it was a bit of a nice emotional release. He watched her fall to the floor in a heap, any plans of attack she had basically thrown out the window. Her leader friend, Morgana, quickly noticed this shift in the battle.

[quote]"Hey, what kinda man hits a girl!?"[/quote]

She screamed at Shane and threw her chains, which coiled around his leg but thankfully his barrier kept them causing any physical harm. Inwardly, Shane couldn't help but recall the many times he'd met such "men" as an officer when on domestic calls. He didn't really appreciate the comparison but considering the circumstances and the fact that said girl could probably shoot out water or make Hellhounds and shit like the rest of 'em, it felt like a pretty reasonable action to take.

Morgana sicced her dog on him, thankfully it seemed she missed Shane's previous encounter with one of her dogs in the dining room. He couldn't help but smirk a little as the dog leapt and prepared to clamp its jaws around his skull, beneath his shield. The Hound plunged it's teeth down, immediately being thrown back headfirst from its own momentum-courtesy of a Guardian Release.

The dog crashed down the hall, already injured from tangling with Justin. Who had already finished off the other Hound with the help of Raymond. With Morgana surrounded, Shane strode forward, preparing himself to start breaking each one of Morgana's fingers unless she told them everything they wanted to know. Here's hoping she didn't.

She held up her chains and the estate began to shake violently. Shane tried charging forward only for the shaking to knock him off course, at first he thought it was Morgana but she seemed just as confused as everyone else. A portal opened up behind her, someone stepping out and helping her drag through the girl Shane scrambled the jaw of. He couldn't make out what they were yelling over the chaos and windows smashing in but he watched them escape through the portal, slamming his fist on the ground and letting out an angered growl. They were sent packing but now the Vanburens still had no clue what they were here for.

And they still had to deal with whatever was shaking the fucking earth.

Shane struggled to get back to his feet as the grown continued to shake back and forth, putting a hand on the hallway's wall for stability. He let the aura of the Guardian Angel envelope himself but it wasn't doing too great for keeping him steady as he stood upright and got his bearings.

[i][colour=SteelBlue]'The shaking feels like it's coming from...'[/colour][/i] Shane's anger melted into some strange mixture of annoyance and concern. He looked down the hall to see the earthquake looking worse from where they came, at the manor's entrance, where most of his more vulnerable siblings were holed up.

Shane, somewhat gingerly, started moving forward. Keeping his aura active and his hands against the walls. He hated having to do it but his progress wasn't exactly blinding, he looked over to Raymond who could glide on stone and Justin who could fucking fly. They stood a better chance at being more immediate help.

[colour=SteelBlue]"It's coming from out the front!"[/colour] He yelled over the sound of furniture being tossed around and wood splintering at the force. Regardless he kept pushing forward, he'd make it out there at some goddamn point.

All he could see as he pressed on, past the darkness of the halls, was the front door off its hinges and a sickly orange glow peering from outside the house.