A Way Back Home

Chapter 7 - Hexed

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Time felt eerily still as both Crash & Alli were frozen in shock. Neither of them expected this, and neither knew how, either. Crash pulled back his mace to strike again, but he was in for a surprise.

Alli acted almost unnaturally, like some otherworldly force was controlling her hand. Her hand quickly shifted into a finger-gun like stance; in mere moments, a pink ball of energy concentrated on her two stuck out fingers. A thin, sharp beam of pink energy shot out, nearly hitting Crash's mace as he moved out the way.

Alli: ...

Crash: ..oh...

Crash looked at her with a sorrowful glare as he winded his mace to strike again. For a moment, he hesitated to hit, yet he still struck his hand down to hurt Alli.

By this time, Aizen was freed from the chain link, hacking at it with his sword for a while. His expression was worried, anxious about Alli's safety. Once he did break free, he immediately lunged at Crash, reforming his larger hand to strike.

Aizen: Never.

Aizen struck Crash by the side, launching him to the left of the hallway (which was long enough to send him at least 15 feet). Despite this, he was still full of battle energy. Once he landed & stabilized, which didn't take long, he threw both of his maces at Alli & Aizen.

Aizen: He's hitting both of us. i can't parry both maces at the same time.

Aizen, being the selfless person he is, immediately placed his sword in front of Alli's mace, planning to parry it & take the fall for his mace. Strangely, Alli pushed forward. Her right hand straightened out (like putting paper in rock paper scissors), and pinkish particles were generated at the tip of her middle finger. Soon enough, they gathered & gathered until a fully formed circular sawblade was made at the tip of her hands, complete with a bolt in the center, black outline, and neon pink texture

This entire process happened in like 1/3rd of a second.

Alli: what.

She quickly blurted this out as the mace was still headed for her. Her right hand was being piloted by something or someone else that was intending to protect. Right as the mace was going to strike Alli straight in the gut, her right hand acted. It quickly swung at the mace, parrying it out of the way. Everyone was confused about how Alli gained this... ability, to say.

Aizen: ...Wow.

Alli: *indistinguishable stuttering*

Alli was simply a confused mess. The three simply couldn't fathom what Alli did. Nonetheless, Crash ignored their confusion.