Hotohori no Otaku narrowly missed the fireball Nyx had shot at her, giving Mercy just enough time to get to limp to her feet. Her light saber was lying on the ground beside her, non-fuctional.

Nyx had dismounted her flyer. She was standing no more than twenty feet from Susanne when she blasted another fireball at her; they came in rapid succession one after the other. Nyx was hurling them every which way, setting Main Street ablaze.

Susanne was dodging everyone of the fire balls. Nyx was getting pissed.

"Fuck this!" she cried and raised her hands into the air. She recited and incantation and began to rise off of the ground.

"What the hell--?" Mercy gawked.

The sky darkened and lighting streaked. Nyx was a virtual energy magnet! She conducted the lightning and shot the currents forth all around.

"Don't mess with me, little girl." Nyx grinned evily. "Die!!!!!!!!!" She shot an flaming energy blast at the nearest person standing by -- Meredith--, sending her straight into one of the especialty candy shoppes.

1...
2...
3....

KA-BOOM!

The shoppe exploded, debris and broken glass flew every which way as the place collapsed in a fiery blaze.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" Susanne screamed out as she watched her friend perish?!?

"Meredith....?" A soft, velvety male voice came at her.

"Nanii?" Meredith could feel the flames enveloping around her. But something stopped them. "Who--?"

A silhouette of a man came through the fire wall. He scooped her up in his arms and cradled her to him. Keisuke no Otaku fainted in his arms. The man smiled and shielded her from the flames.

"I cannot allow her to kill you." He kissed her forehead, the bruises and cuts on her body were no more.

"You bitch!" Susanne cried out as she charged headlong at Nyx, who blasted her back. But Susanne kept coming.

"So you losers do have some balls, eh?" Nyx chuckled. "Take me on. I dare you." Nyx could feel sometihng was not right... she should have absorbed Meredith's energy by now! She should be dead.

Just as Susanne was about to blast Nyx with her chi--

Kristsi screamed. "Look!"

All froze and turned to see the figure walking through the destruction. The figure came through the blaze.

"BAKA NO BAKA!" Nyx cried.

*Milton?* Victoria sighed.

Milton set the girl down on the concrete and glanced towards Nyx. "I'm not letting you win." he said, and vanished.

TBC..............