Mei took a few steps back, allowing the fight to commence. Ivy looked tough. She felt a since of relief after the first attack, but that relief turned into stone cold horror as she watch Ivy get impaled. The repeated stabbing was enough to shake Mei from her intiial stupor into blind fury. She started quick stepping towards the two, sending fireball after fireball careening towards the feline bitch. "YOU. Back. The fuck. OFF!!!" Screaming the last line, both hands flew up, casting a pillar of flame right between the attacker and Ivy's bloody form. Mei separated her hands, the pillar forming a several foot tall wall. "Someone! Grab the girl! Now!" She continued stepping forward, all concentration on keeping the wall of fire alive.