"Just because she's an AI gives you no right to kill her. She has a soul, too. It’s just different. I won't let you kill another innocent...never again!"

Aeki gritted her teeth, eyes planted on Ayah's staff. "An AI? With a soul? Is that what you think?" She waved her hand, letting Rei's sword which had remained suspended by her shield, clatter to the floor.

This wasn't the first time that the two had met and Aeki had hoped that the first was the last. She hadn't minded her tongue before, the slip being one of built up anger. She wouldn't let it happen again. That was the way Aeki thought, the way she worked, the fool proof way of never failing anyone.

The three Long Arms which were knocked to the ground by the airborne Rei were now back to their feet, attention switching between the AI and Ayah. Aeki straightened herself, her formality pouring from her skin once again. She spoke in a commanding voice toward the three Long Arms before her and the three others in the vicinity. "Half stay with me. The rest chase after the AI!"

The words were spoken and immediately the three ordered to stay with Aeki poised their spears at Ayah, the light glinting off of the heads like venom lacing a snake's fangs. Aeki wasted no time. Already the floor beneath shined a bright light, forming a magic circle characteristic of a spell. Aeki held her hands out. "Cover me you three!"

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The NPC girl stood behind Ayah the entire time, surprised etched in her features. Apparently the two knew each other before and the whole moment proved better than the worse it could be. Now only three people were after her rather than seven...

But there were still three more warriors willing to kill her than she needed. They charged relentlessly towards her, willing--no, eager to kill her. It was different than facing a normal player; there wasn't a real human being behind an AI. The NPC's legs had begun to run back but her eyes remained on Ayah. Her one companion she had to leave in the hands of an admin.

She couldn't waste any time on her. The girl spun around, cursing to herself. She would've been so much more use if she stayed hidden! But things turned out better than I expected... Before she could have run very far, the girl slammed face first into the quarantined barrier. The invisible wall flashed upon impact, sending a ripple right through the barrier.

"Agh--!" She stumbled back, her nose now a sharp red. Her hands flew up to her nose, stinging pain stringing up her face. She spared only a moment to turn around and immediately found a spear head flying towards her face. The girl quickly pulled out, the spear skimming her cheek and impaling right into the barrier.

Another one followed suit, swinging her spear downward to avoid hitting her comrade. The AI jumped to the side, successfully dodging the attack only to have her head nearly chopped of by another swing. She ducked low, bracing herself with her hand and rolled to the side. Even then, fate seemed against her, if fate still worked inside a game. The AI found herself up against a wall now, a real wall that belonged to the structure of the city. The running space was suddenly very limited.

"Dammitdammitdammit!" the girl spat violently as the third one took the scene. The first and second one finally recovered, towering over the short Ai's form. The girl shrunk away, desperate to find a hiding spot, a mouse hole for her to crawl into, but there was none. The spears were poised at her, their eyes veiled by helmets. What the AI could see was their mouths, their grins left unveiled by the helmet. It was the last thing she wanted to see at her death bed. This is bad! I'm stuck between a wall and a lion's pit! Dammit, if only the barrier were down!

The first Long Arm spoke, not to the girl, but to her comrades. "I'll do the honors." She raised her spear, peering down at the AI, pure ecstasy falling from her words. And down fell her spear.

"Damn!!" The AI's eyes slammed shut and her hands fell on to the barrier wall, sinking into the very much like it did with the report. The wall flashed a bright red, crimson bleeding, spreading through the entire barrier. Only seconds after the red seeped into the wall did a sonic boom, one of greater magnitude than earlier, shatter the barrier. An explosion rocked the city, causing quite a commotion on the other side as smoke suddenly filled the area close to the barrier. The three Long Arms were enveloped into the smoke.

"What the hell happened?!"

"Where did she go?! Don't let her get away!"

The Long Arms waved their arms, a desperate attempt to ward away the smoke, a trick that probably would've worked if it were in real life. But they weren't, and when visibility had even slightly returned, the first Long Arm's spear was empty.

OOC: OOooh.. Long... >.>;;