Catalyst

Chapter 91: Their Grace

Amanda, Kyle, Tori, Randy, Dominic, Jason, Makoh, and Ashley confront the silver sniper rifle.

Kyle: "So what's your name?"

A deranged smile forms on her face.

Grace: "I'm also called Grace."

Randy summons and hops onto Osiris's back.

Randy: "Guess we got lucky?"

Light begins to take the shape of a dragon behind her.

Grace: "No one against me is lucky."

A gilded dragon stands behind Grace.

Makoh: "U-Um... good to know?"

Grace begins to cackle.

Grace: "(cackling) I'm gonna enjoy watching you drop one by one!"

Chloe: "There's a problem with that..."

Tori: "We aren't dropping!"

Amanda, Kyle, Tori, and Dominic stay behind as the others head for the dragon.

Grace: "(cackling) My rifle is telling a different story!"

Grace takes aim.

Amanda: "There is something seriously wrong with her."

The others stand before the dragon.

Osiris: "Looks like all dragons aren't made the same."

The dragon glares at the heroes.

Jason: "We're living proof of that."

Jason readies his claws.

Ashley: "This thing won't touch me."

Ashley begins dodging blows like crazy from the dragon as it begins punching the floor.

Randy: "Jason, Osiris and I will attack."

Makoh jumps into the floor before popping his head out.

Makoh: "We'll keep it busy!"

Makoh submerges into the floor.

Jason: "Let's start attacking!"

Jason leaps into the air.

Randy: "I like the sound of that!"

Kyle and Tori already have bullet wounds in their legs.

Kyle: "(in pain) That rifle really has a punch!"

Tori: "(in pain) It's a gun designed for long range. I don't know what you were expecting."

Dominic is focused on giving Amanda a boost while trying his best to avoid the bullets.

Dominic: "Any luck?"

Amanda is only barely scratching Grace's cheek.

Chloe: "We're only getting a little damage with each bullet."

Kyle and Tori are still firing arrows, but the rifle blocks their attacks.

Grace: "(cackling) None of you can actually deal damage to me!"

Amanda barely dodges a bullet.

Amanda: "It's not that we can't, we just don't know how."

Makoh keeps popping his head out of the ground as Ashley continues to dodge.

Makoh: "This is actually kind of fun!"

Ashley: "For us anyways."

Ashley's Wave wears off the moment the dragon is about to strike again.

Ashley: "Shit."

Ashley jumps back, but her wraps come undone and get ripped apart underneath the dragon's claw.

Osiris: "Are you alright?!"

Jason has gone dragonoid form and is trying to slug the dragon's jaw to knock it out.

Ashley: "(exhausted) I'm as good as I'll ever be."

The dragon begins to strike again.

Makoh: "Move!"

Makoh pushes Ashley out of the way and returns to the floor just in time.

Jason: "I've got you."

Sever orbs of light float around the dragon's neck.

Jason: "Exploding Star Strike!"

They detonate just before Jason falls to the floor and returns to normal.

Randy: "Nice one!"

Randy and Osiris land on the ground as the dragon begins to stumble.

Jason: "(exhausted) It's my specialty."

Grace lodges a bullet in Dominic's stomach and Amanda's shoulder.

Grace: "(cackling) This is amazing, wonderful, extravagant!"

Amanda refuses to back down.

Amanda: "(in pain) It isn't over."

Amanda points with her undamaged arm.

Grace: "It sure looks over to me!"

Grace lowers her rifle.

Tori: "(in pain) Surprise."

Two arrows strike Grace's chest.

Grace: "Oh?"

Kyle: "(in pain) Hurry!"

Amanda fires four bullets that go into the wounds.

Grace: "(in pain) What?!"

Chloe: "You let your guard down!"

Dominic: "(in pain) And we took a chance!"

Grace begins stumbling in place.

Grace: "(stumbling) I love it when my prey puts up a fight."

Everyone is completely terrified of their opponent...