The violent intent from afar hit Lukas' already opened senses so hard he jolted before the impact hit the ground outside. The tremor of the impact sent him down into a controlled crouch in order to keep his balance. As he did not want to spend his newly found freedom dying under a rooftop, among strangers, Lukas quickly got up, and dashed towards the exit. His Noble Arm, Marble, gave him the speed he needed to grab his bags and make it outside in matter of seconds. He wanted to figure out what he was up against before deciding whether to run or stay. He knew through Marble in which direction to go, and when ending up outside with other volunteers, Lukas threw his bags on the ground nearby after skidding to a halt. The threat was a sole girl, surprisingly.


The eclipse was, for some reason, terribly uncomfortable for Lukas. Nevertheless, with the alias of Benjamin among the Task Force, he stood battle ready. As the invader made her undermining and playful villainous speech, Lukas glanced around for anyone who might charge in. Surely there had to be a few foolhearted heroes among them that could work as distractions while he went into stealth mode? In the meantime he sharpened his senses to learn what the shield wielding girl's intent could truly be, and who might be her target, if she had any, or several.

She gave them time. Why? Was it to play? Or was it because she truly didn't want to attack? Was someone manipulating her? Lukas would carry sympathy for that, naturally, having been rather manipulated himself up until that day. The crazy girl with a literally ground breaking entrance, could also be stalling for someone else, and simply wait for them to make their move. Lukas would learn something about all of that very soon, assuming their invader had a soul.
Usually the intensity of his target's commitment to their actions, measured up against the level of severity, would reveal whether their actions originated from their own accord, or by others. Lukas dabbled in those kinds of manipulations himself, after all. The less a person wanted or was capable of doing something, the harder it was to make them, thereby, the commitment in their soul would be weaker than what their action would assume. Basically Lukas searched for knowledge about whether this maniac of a girl was bluffing, or if she was being serious. Mass murder and mass destruction was kind of a big anouncement, and it was rather close at hand.

The one or the other would determine his oncoming strategy. 

If the loud surprise from earlier, changing daylight and unknown enemy wasn't enough to challenge Lukas' mental concentration, a burning meterorite suddenly hovering above the building, only meters away from him, did the work. "Oh! Fff..." he cursed under his breath when staring up at the burning ball of destruction, realizing that this girl had the power to control not only an eclipse, but burning meteorites as well. He feared what else she could do, so he slowly backed from the hot immensity hanging in the air. Even though he sensed no immediate danger, that could quickly change, and Lukas was not keen on testing whether he could outrun or block burning balls from space. How many could she summon anyway!? While at the mercy of one crazy terrorist, who probably caused eclipses in her spare time, Lukas felt rather inferior. He struggled not to run, and cursed inwardly; He knew something insane like this would happen when involving himself with other Noble Arms. Stupidly insane powers! He had always thought, and would so haunt them all if he was going to die under some dumb burning meteorite!

As the invader continued to hold the thing off though, the steady flow of information continued to come to Lukas, having only been slowed for a handful of seconds due to the fearful distraction. 

Lukas waited impatiently for someone to charge ahead, so he could perhaps find his way to her, and grab a hold of her mind. He got murderously fired up by the thought of controlling, or paralyzing someone this powerful. If Lukas was correct in suspecting the enemy's show of might originating from a childish form of superciliousness, it would prove easy to get into the control panel of her mind, but if her audaciousness was rightful to her powers, and her intelligence proved far more than a mere spoiled psychopath, he'd have a challenge.


Lukas might look unarmed, but his professional stance and sharp focus on the situation expressed he was ready to receive orders, or give them. As a trained agent, Noble Arms Master, and opportunist, Lukas was ready to help despite the horrifying scenery of a burning meteorite, an ominous eclipse and the girl's grinning confidence from behind her massive shield. 

Suddenly from behind our dashingly handsome raven haired hero:

[quote]Peony cleared her throat. “…Um… There’s a lot of civilians around. To evacuate, I mean. W-We’ll need at least twenty.” She said in fluent Chinese. [/quote]

Lukas understood chinese, but wasn't sure the enemy did. For their sake, he hoped she did. Did they perhaps know each other? Lukas' confusion was kept behind his halted breath for a moment, until the newly arrived girl with too big of a weapon, started negotiating with the other girl with too big of a shield. Should the fireball wielding teenager get insulted by the demand of more time, Lukas was ready to get the hell out of their way, because suddenly Lukas found himself in the middle of the three massive energies. To his right, a burning meteorite. At his front; A maniac probably lacking a healthy hobby. And behind him; a well meaning hero.

Lukas started to mourn his hopes for cake. Why couldn't he just have gone somewhere else for that cake? Maybe cake would be his only dying wish...He thought miserably. Slowly turning his head to look at the seemingly kind girl, wielding an intensely magnificent sword of rainbow goo, Lukas gave her a horrified look that silently said [i]"What?!"[/i] Meanwhile he lifted his hands disarmingly so the enemy would not perceive him as a threat, and while having his head turned to look at Peony, he suddenly struggled to hold back a giggle. As the sudden smile forced its way through his forgiving face, he seemed to be amused by her attempt, though also admitting to himself he would probably have tried something similar. He couldn't help but admire her attempt, and spent a moment collecting himself before facing the enemy again.  

Should no one else intervene, or otherwise engage Lukas in something, he would slowly continue seeping information while stepping aside. Just in case the invader got mad at Peony, and decided to drop the whole sympathy thing for civilians. Madness was never predictable, after all. Also, should their new heroic arrival decide to use her hovering droplets of rainbow plague, Lukas did not want to find out the hard way what it felt like.