The Chronicles Of The Finalists

We're Protective Spirits

And so the group went witch hunting after that. As many magical girls do in Robloxia.

It went fine at first. Witches can be easy to take down when you put your mind to it.

But one witch was being...annoyingly difficult.

"Cmon, Hyper! If we're gonna raid the Magius, then we're gonna have to defeat this witch!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know."

Continually sending it's familiars to ensnare the group and healing itself when they were focused elsewhere. It had felt as if this fight had gone on forever.
Aphria, the witch of gluttony. She constantly eats and regurgitates her familiars to heal them, as she heals herself too. She only sees humans as food, for humans never seemed to have emotion to her like animals did. So now her labyrinth is filled with snacks, yet she craves humans the most. Her familiars, shaped like the dogs who cared for her, ravage the area, fetching any body they find and taking it to their owner.

Hyper was starting to get worried, keeping an eye on the exit. Just making sure that it hasn't closed behind them, making sure they're not trapped. With his ability he can always find an exit, sure, but using it tires him out. And he's already tired as is. He doesn't want to overuse his magic, he never uses his doppel for that reason. The few times his doppel has come out, he's lost control of it.

That's something to note, with doppels. You have to have good control of it to make sure it doesn't go rampant. It can do that if not controlled, but they're completely safe even so. They can't directly harm or kill the user, just can take control until the danger is gone.
Hyper hates using his doppel for that reason. He feels trapped again.

The others are just fine with using theirs though. Maybe it's because they have control of theirs, and he doesn't yet. Ashley's can be risky but she uses it anyway.

He's got to focus and kill this witch.
He summons a cloud of cutlasses and sends them flying towards the witch, piercing through her. Still, as he does, one of the dogs barrels towards him. He keeps his eyes on the witch as he moves away, seeing that she hasn't gotten all the swords out.

Right. That's the witch's weakness. Too much at once.

Ashley obviously got the idea, cause she leaps up on top of a familiar, before jumping down towards Hyper.

"Hyper! Connect!"
And the two slap palms, allowing a rune to appear between them. Ashley soon enough gains a butt load of arrows, which she aims in her bow and fires at the witch in quick succession. The witch seems overwhelmed, but responds by firing a load of her own shields at them, seemingly its weapon.

Hyper pulls Ashley out of the way as they jump and land on the outer rim of the labyrinth. If they had stayed there then they probably would've died. So it's good they got out of there.

Tanqr joins the two, using his wings and flying down, landing on his feet. He's been shifted into his demon form for most of this fight, in which he has the same outfit but looks fundamentally different. Pitch black skin and blank blue eyes, which you can't easily tell emotion out of from a distance. Up close, you can see his barely contrasting iris.

"God, this witch is strong." He says, panting slightly. If he's tired, then this witch really is tough. Tanqr's got inhuman stamina, after all. "I've been shooting at this thing non-stop, and it won't let up."
"Yeah, it's a real bitch to deal with." Kreek only just joins the group, taking a look at his soul gem. From all the fighting and use of his magic, it's pretty dark. He smirks a little, before facing the witch, and well? I think you all know what comes next.

It's time for Kreek to summon his Doppel.

Hyper instinctively tightens his grip on his cutlass as he steps back, alongside the other two. He's used to seeing Kreek summon it, but it still unnerves him every time.

It bursts out of Kreek's back, tearing apart the golden threads on his cape. Two pairs of wings, much akin to those of a crow, burst alongside them, dripping with a strange liquid. The whole doppel is, with the head of the creature - a Polaroid camera - dripping ink out of itself constantly. It lands on Kreek's shoulders and crown, soaking him slightly. The doppel uses its arms which appear to be pens to shoot out chemicals that can dissolve an opponent. Hyper knows all of this because he's seen it multiple times.

Kreek turns to the group and winks, but keeps his focus.

Just like that, he jumps up to the witch. Allowing its wings to soar and balance him. The doppel starts shooting at it and as the blue and red chemicals hit the witch quickly begins dissolving. It doesn't get much time to regenerate against the liquid, soon enough turning into liquid on the floor. Kreek flies back over to the group as the labyrinth starts to disintegrate, allowing his doppel to disappear and drip into ink, slapping on the ground around him and disappearing. Tanqr moves to dodge the ink before it hits him. Kreek shakes off the remaining ink just as the labyrinth disappears. A grief seed falls into the sky, which Ashley catches with her ribbons and brings over to the group. She hands it to Kreek, but as a result of using his Doppel, his soul gem is fairly clear.

"...Well." Hyper gets out, to break the silence.

"That was an oddly hard witch. I wonder if she was buffed in some way." Tanqr says, while shifting out of his demon form. In a quick flash of blue that goes from his feet to his head, he's back looking like a normal human again.

"Wouldn't be surprised if the Magius buffed it. They would do that." Ashley comments, fiddling with her bow a bit. It has her soul gem on it, shaped like a flower, so she has to be careful.

"Good thing we're gonna raid em tomorrow, huh?" Kreek says, laughing. He tosses his grief seed to Hyper. "Hey man, you should use that. Soul gem looks pretty dark."
"Uh..thanks." He takes it, but before he has the chance to put it up to his soul gem, an angry voice rings out.

"I'm sorry, what was that about raiding the Magius?"

The group freeze in place. Turning around, they can see Peeta and Keyin, weapons out and ready to strike.

Kreek exhales.

"Ah, shoot."

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As that witch fight was happening, Ryguy was talking with Russo about the latest rumour.

"So everything's all set, then?"

"Yes. The rumour's complete. Now we just need it to spread."

Ryguy sighs.

"Ah, BigB will be so pissed if he finds out."
"And why does that matter? He's doing his own thing, it's not for us to worry about. If he gets there, so be it. He'll die anyway."
"True." He acts like it doesn't sting a little. But this is the Magius' goal, he has to do this. Even if it means sacrificing him. "I'll just see what happens, keep an eye on the Finali group."

"They're the group to keep an eye on, yes." Russo nods. "Good luck with that."
"Thank yo-" Ryguy starts, before he's interrupted by two members bursting through the door. Keyin and Peeta, looking semi-panicked.

"Ryguy, sir!" Peeta starts. "Sorry, we got here as quickly as possible! You know that four group of magical girls? Kreek, the demon one, Ashley-"
"The finalists, right? What's the issue?" He says, comforting the panicked Peeta.

"They're planning to raid this HQ. Get secrets and the like." Keyin gets out, a little calmer.

Russo only needs to give Ryguy one look to get the message across.

"Well then, what are you coming to me for?! Go and fight them, then! Discourage them when they try."

Peeta and Keyin nod and run out.

Russo looks over.

"You could've waited until they tried to get in, but we'll see how this goes. You're in charge of Project Onett Park after all, so I'm going to trust your judgement."
And he walks out the room, leaving Ryguy to think for himself. 

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A/N

The Doppels have arriiived! Also I'm having way too much fun with the titles of these chapters.

- YanDan