Chapter Eleven: Uneven Ground

Thursday

June 14th

5:00 p.m.

With a bit of blood on the side of her lip the albino girl got back up from her recent fall and braced herself for her trainer's next attack.

Lucy, deciding it was time for training to end for the day, straightened herself up and walked back towards the Kaede House.

After wiping the blood off her lip, she ran up to the older diclonius.

As Amy approached her Lucy remarked, "So, have you made your decision yet?"

Breath slightly ragged the girl nodded and replied, "Yes I have."

"And that decision is?"

"I'm going to fight you today, no matter the cost. I'll prove I'm ready to take on Leona."

A glimmer of a smile could be seen across Lucy's face as the challenge was accepted.

"An hour from now for rest then. Remember, if you don't defeat me, you'll die. Otherwise, I'll help you find this woman you need when you win."

"Erm, thanks... I just wish my life weren't at stake to do this..., but I won't back down."

Lucy glanced into the youth's eyes in an effort to read into her thoughts and smiled, "Eat and rest up, I don't want you to die for lack of energy. Your friend would be most disappointed in you if you die like that."

Amy groaned and pulled a sheet over her skin as she replied, "I have no intention of getting killed anytime soon, not until I have stopped Leona from hurting people that I care about."

"Who do you care about... Amy? Anyone other than your friend?"

Her eyes sank somewhat as she then lied, "I don't care about anyone other than her. Brandy is the only one I care about."

Lucy glared somewhat, but stayed her hand to make another statement, "So you love her."

Amy shifted her head up to look at the expression on her face, and found only seriousness, "N-no! I don't love her! She's just the only one who tries to be my friend! We're friends, that's it!"

With a smirk added to a still serious face she replied, "Friends love each other too. Now tell me the truth, who else do you care for?"

"Ah..." She shook a little under Lucy's sarcastic gaze, after a moment she resigned, "Someone who I live with back in the states, she... gave me a place to live."

Satisfied she pushed Amy into her room and smiled, "You have now two hours to sleep, don't waste them. You can sleep on my futon for the better sleep."

Eyes wide in confusion as she found herself on the floor suddenly Amy merely nodded in surprise. Lucy shut the door grate and left her alone to rest. It wasn't long before Amy was asleep, despite all that was rushing through her mind then.

Her guardian groaned when they followed the stories of butchered bodies to a local den of prostitution; they were nowhere near where a young innocent child like Brandy should be. Thankfully, for him, this place was practically inaccessible due to the police having sealed it off recently for investigation purposes. Not that it made him feel much better, as it meant that there was a likely chance that a criminal still was in the vicinity. Yet, despite his many protests against her coming here, she nearly dragged him along with her to the dreary location.

Somewhat he had hoped that Brandy would get distracted like she usually did on her way there, but not even a snack vendor deterred her. How was he going to explain to his boss that she deliberately went to a place like this?

As they stopped in front of the building he protested once again, "C'mon Ms. Lipscomb! You don't want to be near a place like this, especially not when a murderer like Leona might be nearby! Is Amy really worth all this?"

Her only reply was this, "She's my little sis." As though that was an answer.

Vlint groaned, "Not really... she's not related to you for one... let alone younger..."

"Imma senoir she's a junoir! She my little sis grade-wise!"

"Okay, for one it's pronounced junior and senior, not junoir or senoir... Ah never mind... You two are close friends at least... Just... don't get in much trouble please?" He shook his head in surrender.

Giggling she took his arm and lowered him to her level, "You're too easy Vlinty! Teehee, you want to protect me, but at same time you want me to find Amy and be happy... Hehe. You... like me..."

"Urm, hey... that's not right! I'm too old to like you! Me, I'm 21! You're barely 17! I want you to be happy because your father is my friend! I protect you to help you be happy!" He wailed.

With a smirk she let him go and turned to face a police officer, "Have you seen my friend nearby? She has white hair, pale... soft... skin and pink eyes."

Not understanding a word she said the man turned around and looked at her with a confused expression across his face.

Somehow this was exactly what he had expected she would do once finished toying with him, so he sighed and did a rough translation for the girl who knows more than her carefree appearance would let on.

Unsurprisingly the officer shrugged upon hearing the description Vlint provided to him. In a place like this, it is hard to not remember seeing a girl like that.

Before Vlint had a chance to explain to Brandy that the officer hadn’t seen Amy, the overactive girl popped out yet another question, as though she expected as much.

"Can you says what went on in there? Please tell me as much as you can tell me!"

'Slow down girl!' He thought, but relayed his rough translation with little delay.

After several hand gestures and facial expressions the police officer relayed his sketch of the scene he was allowed to release to the public.

Not quite getting what he heard he simply relayed the paraphrased translation back to the orange haired girl, "Okay, here goes. Apparently, a woman with shoulder length red hair came here around 5 hours ago to partake in some of the services here. This same girl then decapitated one of the male companions here. Bullets were found in his body as well, though they believe that was due to the soldier who was also found dead in that room. The soldier was found with his heart torn out of his chest and with his jaw torn apart. Urm, appears there was a fight there, but that wasn't mentioned. Eh, and one more person was killed, severed... but he wouldn't say how..."

Unexpectedly the orange-haired girl was staring off towards the beach, more specifically towards a man wearing a chrome-plated diving suit. It took a few taps before her attention was drawn back towards Vlint and a glint from a bottle cap he picked up nearby.

"Ooo... shiny... uh... Ohhh... yeah... Thanks mister, that explans enouf for meh, oh waits! Where did the mean lady go?" She took the bottle cap then and momentarily bit into it, before stuffing it into her satchel.

The officer's eye twitched at her unusual actions and pointed towards the beach, even before he heard the translation. Vlint groaned, knowing exactly what the teen was going to do next, and thanked the officer for the information.

Before he knew it they were headed towards the very place where they knew Leona had charged off towards, albeit reluctantly on the guardian's part.

The teen came running back into the former restaurant known of as the Kaede House excitedly, nearly running over Yuka to call out for Lucy to come and hear what she had to tell her. Kouta rushed over to try to help his cousin.

"Luuuu..." Kimi started calling out, some coins slid out of her pocket. "Kimi..." Yuka growled as she regained her balance, slowly raising her hand. "uuccccy!!" The teen finished and noticed the coins.

SMACK!!

Yuka had swung the flat of her palm to hit the back of the youth's head, but missed as Kimi bent over and instead slapped Kouta.

"Not again..." Kouta whined somewhat as he rubbed his now sore cheek.

Not one for sympathy towards her cousin Yuka merely narrowed her eyes and pulled him towards the kitchen, "You shouldn't have been standing there."

After straightening herself back up the youth looked about curiously in wonder of what just happened, "Huh, weird, that was fast."

Wearing nothing but a tank t-shirt and a pair of shorts Lucy came walking from the courtyard with a neutral expression over her face pertaining to her usual mood.

"Could you be a bit quieter? Someone is trying to rest up for a fight later tonight. What is it this time Kimi?"

Trying to be as quiet as her excitement would allow the teen shook excitedly, as she explained, "Um um um, I just found out that we're moving to Kamakura to stay! Heehee, dad was asked to transfer here as a business negotiator or something! Isn't it awesome!"

Before Lucy got a chance to say anything the girl changed moods, "But that means I won't get to see any of the kids back at home anymore... And I'll be all alone here... except for you guys... and I don't like being alone..."

"What makes moving to Kamakura good news for you? Think about that for a minute before even thinking about being sad."

She thought for a moment before replying, "I love it here in Japan! They make anime and manga here, and there is so much art all around. You guys got horned peoples, like you and Amy. Um, and I love J-pop!"

"See, you can be happy here. You just need a reason to be happy. Not everyone has a reason to be."

A small yellowish creature streaked across the floor and skidded around the corner barking. Soon after Mayu came charging by after the dog.

"Wanta! Not in the house! Come back here!" Mayu cried out desperately.

"Ooo...", Was the teen's reaction as she stared at the situation.

Nana soon came in after them and sighed. "What is that dog up to?"

With a brief smile she looked back to Lucy and replied, "It seems you have a reason to be happy too... just so you know." Then Kimi ran off to chase after the dog herself.

Her eyes widened slightly at the comment and then her lids lowered as she settled into a slight smile, "I know..."

Confused her housemate looked to Lucy questioningly and asked, "What just happened?"

Silence held for a moment as Nana stared awkwardly at Lucy.

After a minute of silence Lucy smiled again and tilted her head, looking exactly like she did when she was Nyuu, "Kimi found a reason to be happy. So do I!"

Blinking, a confused Nana blankly stared at her housemate.

"Oh, yes, before I forget to ask, I want you to make sure my fight with Amy is fair on both sides. If she uses her vectors though, don't hesitate to kill her, she is still a silpelit, and not to be readily trusted."

Gaping and wide-eyed she nodded, "But... you won't actually kill her if she loses, will you? I mean, you promised not to kill anybody else."

Lucy didn't answer and walked off silently, smiling though as she wandered off.

The teenaged diclonius stared worriedly at the woman who she once feared, and was began to wonder if she was becoming that woman again.

6:00 p.m.

It was a terrifying sight she knew, worse than she'd ever seen before. The mess on that section of the beach was so horrible that she nearly threw up after realizing what had occurred. Her guardian Vlint had courtesy gone elsewhere for a moment to release his stomach's contents out of disgust.

All over the beachside were remains of human blood, bones, guts, organs, and skin, all in tiny messy pieces. Someone had done this, someone obviously that needed to be stopped. Brandy couldn't go a step on the beach without almost stepping on someone's spread out remains.

To add to the obscenity there were seagulls covered in dark red blood pecking at the remains. Whatever happened here, happened very recently.

Pale, Vlint returned to her side and slipped on someone's shredded liver, and landed in a bloody pile of intestines.

"Oh god... Brandy... we really, really should leave this place."

Unable to distract herself from the gruesome scene she shook her head in declination, "We have to find Amy, and I know that the chances are high that if we find Leona..."

"We don't want to find that murderous bitch."

As the usually hyper-active teenager tried to help him back up she noticed that his eyes widened in horror.

The low alto voice she had grown uncomfortably familiar with whispered into her ear as a cold feeling went throughout her body, "You found me... or should I say I found you... Friend of Amy."

She tried to move, but found she couldn't, likely due to Leona's dangerous vectors. Brandy didn't cower, but she instead growled.

"Where is Amy?!"

A warm fluid dripped onto her neck. She then felt Leona's strangely soft hand stroke her neck, which cause some of her hair to rise up.

"Mmm... such... delicate... sensitive skin... that I could just... eat."

By this time Vlint had jumped up and aimed a high-powered gun at her captor.

"Let Brandy go or I'm going to kill you right now!"

A sharp searing pain went through her neck as sharp nails slashed across the back of it, cutting into it. At the side of her neck Leona positioned her deadly sharp nails, ready to cut in deeply, possibly to kill her.

"Move one step closer and this girl is mince meat for the birds. If you want me dead though, then go and fucking shoot me, I don't fucking care what you do."

Her guardian dropped his weapon and growled, "What are you going to do to her?"

"Use her, I need her to get me somewhere. Oh, and you're a goddamn shithead fucking idiot. This girl's life isn't worth the hundreds, perhaps thousands I've murdered in my lifetime. You should have killed me when you had the fucking chance. Fucktard."

"Damn you!" He yelled angrily.

Brandy delved into her thoughts as she realized she could very well die on that spot. She thought of her best friend and pretend lil sis. She thought of the short but fun time she had with her. She remembered how Amy fought to protect her. She thought of the promise she made to try and protect her new friend. She remembered that Amy wanted her to live, and that’s why she left her in the warehouse a few days ago, to help ensure she could.

Brandy Lipscomb realized that she wasn't ready to die yet, because she had not yet done her part to help her friend have a chance at feeling human.

"I'll help you Leona. I don't know how you plan on using me to get what you want, but I'll help you. But... where is Amy?"

A rough catlike tongue slide across her neck, licking up the blood from it, "That's the plan. You're bait. You will help me get to your friend, so I can get where I fucking need to go. That is all. Your boy tool here can come, so long as he doesn't get in my damn way."

In spite of her wishes for less violence Vlint ran for his gun and tried aiming it at the vicious woman, but when he lifted the gun he was thrown away some distance, where Brandy could have sworn she heard bones crack.

Tears in her eyes she nodded in agreement. "I'll do it, but if you even touch one hair on Amy's head..."

The last sound she heard before being painfully knocked out was Leona berating her, "Shut the fuck up."

7:00 p.m.

She woke up gasping for breath and found herself lying in a heap of sweat. It was quite a nightmare she had recently, as she dreamt of being forced to watch her best friend being raped by the same man who had raped her seven years ago. It was no doubt that she despised Adam for what he did, but if he ever came close to Brandy like that she knew in her heart that she wouldn't hesitate any longer to kill him on the spot for the possibility of causing her friend the same suffering that she has gone through.

Without much chance to do anymore thought though she lifted her head a bit further to see Lucy gazing into her eyes with concern.

Crouching on top of her she pushed her forehead against Amy's, as though she were a close friend. She quickly backed off and showed no expression other than that of her bright eyes.

"What... are you doing?"

After blinking for a few more moments Amy got her reply.

"Just making sure you were healthy enough. I don't want you to lose due to being weaker than normal, at least, not to me. That'd give you an excuse to say it was unfair, and I don't really like excuses."

Amy rolled her two pink eyes in annoyance and tried to get up, but Lucy wouldn't let her, instead she leaned in closer.

Now worried something was wrong Amy started to tremble slightly, "What are you really doing?"

"Hmm... you're cute. Not as pretty as Yuka, but, still you're cute. Not cute enough to take Kouta away from me though, so I don't have to worry about you that way. Still, you're cute." Lucy commented as she leaned closer to Amy's cheek mischievously.

Now terrified Amy screamed at the top of her lungs. "GET AWAY FROM ME!"

This snapped Lucy back to her normal state. She immediately backed away and straightened out her white t-shirt.

"You're ready for the fight alright, I'm surprised you didn't physically attack me with that fear. That shows restraint. Good. Get dressed in whatever you feel is best for your body to move in and I'll meet you outside in the courtyard. Hopefully you'll eat as well, for strength. I was considered the strongest after all..."

Shivering the albino teen shook in terror of her past fears. That wasn't something she had wished to revisit, even briefly, with someone again.

"I have to find a way to live without fear of being raped. I don't think... killing Adam will be enough anymore..."

Nana peered in carrying a tray of snacks, which she didn't make herself, "Killing people never helps anybody. Its never good to kill potential friends. Here, you are probably hungry, you should eat."

"Nnn..."

Nana scrunched up her lips in thought and then smiled, "I'll help you dress up first then. Wet sweaty clothes aren't that comfortable."

"Alright then. Ha... potential friends... like that would work."

"Hehe, well, you never know. Even the worst people can be friendly once you see past the bad stuff. Take Lucy for example. She used to murder people. She killed because she felt she needed to, because no one wanted to give her a chance. While she shouldn't have killed all those people, she became a good person with a little help from those who wanted to be her friends."

"Why would anyone in their right mind want to be friends with a ruthless murderer?"

Nana handed Amy a t-shirt as she resumed, "She wanted a friend, that's why I think. Not so long ago she wasn't herself though, but instead Nyuu, a girl who didn't know how to speak, how to be angry, how to hate. Completely different. When I came to the Kaede House, I thought too that she was the murderer who I had fought myself, and I believed that no one should be friends with her. I attacked her, but then they protected her. It took me a while to accept that in the state she was in at the time, she was no longer the Lucy that I hated."

"And you didn't kill her then?"

"I couldn't bring myself to. I knew she deserved it, but I just couldn't, she had changed. I had no right to kill her."

Amy narrowed her eyes, "You were weak then. Just like I was seven years ago."

"No. She had a gained a friend during that time. I had no right, period, to kill her, because, that too would hurt someone innocent. As long as Lucy didn't murder anyone else I knew she would be okay. Though she didn't deserve a chance, we all gave her a chance." She nodded in her recollection of the time.

"Well, Leona won't get that chance, period, she's worse by far. I'm sorry, but I have to go and prove I am strong enough to take her. I have to kill Leona so I can protect the people I care for, so I also have to live."

Optimistic that things for her new American friend might go well Nana smiled, "Thats a good start."

Lucy was stretching out in the courtyard as she waited for her challenger. Amy saw this, and felt no better about her chances of winning this match.

She sent out a quiet prayer to any gods that may have been listening to her, 'If anyone is listening, I need whatever help I can get right now. So if anyone would help me I'd be grateful.'

"I'll have you know Amy, no god is going to help you now. This is your battle with me alone, not you and God versus me, just you versus me. Just thought you should know."

Nana quickly leapt up to a place to sit near the center of the beautiful courtyard, perfectly located in case she needed to intervene.

She chastised Lucy quietly, "Don't be mean. You believe in God too."

Lucy just smiled as she got into a suitable fighting position.

About fifty feet from the older silpelit Amy stood. She had already trained under her for a day and a half now, she had a decent idea of what she needed to do to survive against her, but not much. There was little for her to make up a battle strategy from, so she knew she'd have to make it up as she went.

Under her breath she recanted what Mr. Lipscomb told her, "Simply distract them for a mere moment and then you can accomplish anything that can be accomplished within the short matter of time they are distracted."

"What was that Amy? You can accomplish anything? I surely hope so, for if you can't, you won't be able to beat me!"

Lucy charged towards Amy with her arms behind her, quickly closing the space between them.

There was no way for Amy to match that speed, not at the level she was at yet, but she had to at least slow the the expected impact.

Quick thinking was her strong suit, so she started moving backwards away from Lucy, lifting her arms in brace.

In a matter of seconds Lucy was on top of her, and she ran up Amy's body to kick her forwards towards the ground, changing her normal attack up a bit to surprise the younger of the two.

"Urg..." Amy rolled to the side to avoid being sat on by Lucy.

As she rolled face up she saw that Lucy had a very vile expression on her face, like she was enjoying the prospect of violence.

Before Lucy had the chance to attack her again Amy tossed a handful of dust into her face so she'd have time to get back up at least.

There was a deep growl that came from the so-called queen of the Diclonius as she quickly rubbed the dirt out of her eyes.

"Damn you! That was foul!" Then her anger swiftly converted to laughter, "That's how to fight! Attack me now!"

Nana looked at Lucy worriedly; this was already starting to appear all too familiar.

Hands went up as the albino went in and started tickling Lucy's sides. A small burst of stifled giggles were released from the stronger one as she tried to withstand the creative assault.

"This isn't how you are going to defeat Leona, and it surely isn't how you're going to beat me, Amy."

Lucy dropped her arms and grabbed Amy's wrists and quickly began twisting them tightly. This forced Amy to cringe due to the immediate pain that ensued as she also yelped.

Amy struggled in vain, as Lucy truly was stronger than she.

Inside her demon spoke, practically yelling out its desire, 'Just kill her like you would Leona! She's only in your way!'

"I won't do it, I won't!"

Her smile turning darker still Lucy turned about, further twisting Amy's arms in the process, and whispered, "You, must. You have to listen to it."

"I won't let it control me, I can make my own destiny. I need to make my own destiny. We can live with the normal humans, even though we aren't the same as they are."

'That’s a lie. We cannot escape our destiny, or our suffering. The only way to stop our pain is to destroy the source, the humans!' Instructed her darkness.

She quickly formulated a way out of the situation in her mind, ignoring the voice of her darkness despite its growing intensity.

With a whimper Amy started pulling her arms down until Lucy no longer was able to maintain her tight hold on her. With her arms now freed Amy quickly dropped to the ground and kicked out Lucy's legs from under her.

Everything was at stake for her here, this battle could certainly determine the demise of everything she cared for, and she wasn't ready to give it up yet. But... she didn't want to become the one thing she didn't want to be by giving in to her darker desires.

Instead of lashing out violently against her elder she let her get back up, and went into a defensive stance that Ralph Lipscomb taught her recently.

"That, was a big damn mistake. You risk your life by not taking advantage of me when you had tripped me up. Fight me, or die."

Arms nearly slack, Amy nodded, but stayed still, bracing herself for the next -likely deadly- attack from her superior, in both age, strength, and skill.

Nana gasped as Lucy lowered her body as she appeared to bow to Amy, arms outspread, and then, without warning, charging headlong into the chest the bracing albino. She grasped Amy's shoulders as she plunged her directly into the far rock wall.

Though her ribs sustained the blow upon her chest, her back was put to its limits with the pressure that was caused from being slammed against the stones of the wall.

Amy coughed up a large heap of blood as she struggled to maintain her consciousness.

"I won't... die here. Not by your hand."

Nana cried out in attempt to halt the fight, "LUCY YOU MUST STOP THIS!"

As Lucy growled in contempt, Amy waved her hands, "Let her continue. I can beat her still."

"But..."

Amy tore off the lower portion of her blouse and slid it over Lucy's face, using the strength of the cloth to push her back. She bit her lip as she barely was able to slide from being trapped against the wall and Lucy's stubbed horned head, and over on top of Lucy's back.

Eyes covered and back mounted, the true queen of the diclonius started laughing, and the way she was laughing terrified Nana.

"Stop this Lucy!" Nana cried out again.

"Amy, go on... kill me now. It's in your nature to kill, I know well. Why do you resist?"

In her head she remembered one of the things that she wanted to protect, 'Thank you Brandy, for being you.'

She quickly dropped the cloth from her grip and slid her arms around Lucy's shoulders and began hugging her tight, she leaned forward and kissed Lucy on the cheek, "We don't need to fight, Lucy. You, aren't, my, enemy."

Once again a dark smirk rose upon her face as she kneeled onto the ground, "Are you so sure?"

"I won't let anyone I love be hurt, not if I am able to prevent it. And you have your own loved ones to protect. I don't have to kill you to beat you. Nor do I have to hurt you to win. I'm not stronger than you, but I can be your friend."

Lucy reached back and grabbed Amy's legs, "Don't be stupid. If you don't try, you won't even get close to defeating that silpelit you call Leona. You must fight me now, or lose to her later. Show me now that you even have what it takes to bring her down to her knees."

"Endurance. I have endurance. I won't give up trying to stop her until I die."

"Then you will die."

Despite Lucy having a hold on her legs, Amy managed to wrap her legs around her superior's legs to force her to lose all of her balance and stumble face foward onto the ground.

With a brief shuffle of resistance before resigning, Lucy sighed, "If Leona were in this very position, would you kill her?"

"I think I might. I'm starting to question that though now. But I won't kill you if I don't have to."

Nana's eyes caught a bright light flare up in the near distance from the Kaede House. She made sure to keep a watch on it as it seemed to grow ever nearer at an alarming rate.

"Fair enough. You have won." She sighed and layed her head onto the grass, "You do have a decent approach Amy. Its hard to resist a great hug. I doubt it will work as well on Leona though. Never, and I mean never, let that voice of yours take over you again. You will find you'll regret it should you surrender to it."

"I swear..."

"Watch out!" Nana cried out as the light source plummeted down past her into the ground behind the worn out battlers.

Amy looked behind her to see what the sudden disturbance behind her was, and at first was only able to see a glowing hot light.

The light faded as it revealed a large metal container, which opened soon after to reveal a sight that caused her to wince.

Leona had forced the container open to show she had a blood covered teenaged girl in her arms and grinned vilely.

"Hello again, Amy. Did ya miss me?!"

Nana's vectors were already far out in an attempt to grab Leona herself, but Leona had already lept out of the way and onto her feet.

Amy stayed on top of Lucy, mouth gaping at who it was that Leona was carrying in her arms; her only true friend in the world, Brandy Lipscomb.

"Dammit Amy, now's not the time to hesitate!" Lucy cried out under her, straining with all her might to push herself back up.

Leona was laughing at the chaos she was already stirring here, all the while dodging Nana's assaults.

"I know what you can do with your vectors girl! Hahaha! And if you try to kill me now... hehe... this girl, this person who claims to be Amy's friend... will die here and now!"

She stopped long enough to show that she had one long vector wrapped dangerously around Brandy's whole body.

Amy didn't noticed that Brandy had actually remained unhurt, though it wouldn't have lessened her fear of what Leona was capable of doing to her.

Nana leapt back and took defensive, "You have no right to be here!"

"Like I give a shit what rights you fools say I have. Amy is here, and I need her, that's all. If you don't want me to hurt anyone here today, then hand the girl over. Or she can volunteer." Leona smirked as she threw a large rock at Nana out of enjoyment, which of course was readily blocked.

As if on cue the albino rose up and walked over to face Leona, "Let Brandy go. If it's me you want, then its me you'll get. Just... don't hurt Brandy. I'm not afraid to die fighting you."

She shook her head, and pointed towards the ocean with her right arm.

"That's not what I wa-a-a-ant." the malevolent wretch taunted, "I want you to be my bait for a much larger fish. Come with me, and she'll live. I promise you."

Lucy ran up and tried to kick Leona in the side, but Leona was too quick for her.

"She's not going to keep her promises. She's just going to kill the girl anyhow. Don't let her get what she wants!" Lucy warned.

"I'll let her go the moment we get to where I want to go. Is that a deal? I always, always keep my promises, no matter how much I despise them." Leona tightened her vector's wrap around Brandy, showing the amount of pain she was willing to cause if she didn't get her way.

Her heart torn from seeing Brandy like this Amy nodded, "What do I need to do?"

"That's all I wanted to know. Follow me!" Using her free vectors she leapt on top of the house and left the scene.

Amy wasn't far behind.

Lucy turned to Nana and growled, "GO AFTER HER NOW!"

Seeing as how things were taking another turn for the worst Nana quickly pushed off after them.