Angel's Ascension: Strife (Book Ten)

Chapter 11: Stall

Lucina held a hand to Clover's face. "It's time to start being serious about things. Go give that group over there a fight to remember so I can battle myself!" She laughed out loud.

Clover shook his head. "Okay, fine. If I have to try harder then I will." He soon approached them with the wind swirling over his arms. "Come on and fight me. Think of me as your enemy like those demon generals."

Before he reached them, a beam of light blasted the ground before him. Talai held a pair of gauntlets over his arms with Cheyanne and Tex standing on them. He tilted his head to the left and eyed Lucy with a smile.

"Sorry for the wait. I had to make sure we were safe on the way here." Talai chuckled.

"Tal! You didn't have to come back so soon. I mean what if you get fatally wounded again..." Lucy frowned.

Talai scratched his head as his face reddened. "Well, uh. I didn't want to just wait around and worry for you guys. Yori was determined to go so I wanted to go too."

Cheyanne rushed over to the group and tackled Lucy with a hug. "I was worried for so long, girl. Cheering up a depressed Yori was a real challenge because of you." She exhaled. "But I'm glad to see you, Lucy."

"I feel the same way, Chey!" Lucy exclaimed. She waved over to Tex with a smile. "And nice to see you made it here as well!"

"Howdy, y'all. This place looks like a warzone with all this mess." Tex scuffed her boots on the ground. "And who are all these new faces I see?"

Hanna greeted them with a smile. "Welcome, you three. We were in the middle of dealing with Senovisa when angels and demons started a war." He held Sio's hand. "And this here is my partner on the team, Sio."

Sio nodded. "Now there's alternate versions of Lucy and a man you call Spades here. So you came at a good time." He sarcastically laughed.

"Excuse me but can we resume our fights?" Clover asked. "We don't have all day if those two above us keep leveling the field."

"If you want to fight then let's have at it. Yori, Cheyanne, Tex?" Talai faced them. "You want to put this guy in his place?" He asked with a grin.

Yori quickly nodded. "I'm not sure why but he gives me a bad vibe. We have to stop him!"

"Sure, I could shoot some bullets at this clown. If he's like Spades though then this will be a tough fight." Tex adjusted her hat and retrieved a pistol.

"My babies have been dormant for a while so this will be perfect." Cheyanne cracked her knuckles.

Eblis blinked at them. "Uh, we're still here you know?"

Sio scowled at him. "If you want to fight them there's plenty of us." He held his fingers out while electricity flew out of them. A pair of lightning wings manifested on his back when he flew into the air.

"There are so many new people here! I can't wait to meet them after this." Lilith eyed the demons with a smirk.

"While you guys fight, I'll go take Lucina on again." Lucy held a hand to the sky. "Oh, Lilith, these are my best friends. Cheyanne, Talai, and Tex!" She pointed to each one with a huge smile.

Clover motioned his arms forward as a gust of wind flew in. "Yes, that's good and all. Now we should get back to business and battle." He zoomed toward the group when Yori blocked his path. His mask reflected her glare before others stood beside her.

Talai bolted at him with both gauntlets raised. He threw two punches with the first one canceling out the wind. The other punch sent a light beam out to Clover. Tex also fired a round of bullets at him while she pulled another pistol out.