Elijah
*Almost over. No way to escape.*

*After taking a few steps back, Akaise fired a Plasma Shot at the leader's right thigh as Hitoshi aimed for his left. Her two remaining tentacles prepared to stop a final lunge, if it happens.*

```Akaise casts Plasma Shot. -5 mana. 36/100 mana remaining.
Akaise regains 3.5 mana. 39.5/100 mana remaining.```
Donna
*As both Hitoshi and Akaise prepare to take their shots, the leader does as well. A massive spear is conjured in his morph arm, and it's sent flying toward's Hitoshi's chest. There wouldn't be much time to try and loose an arrow.*

*The fireball, however, does catch him in the thigh, causing him to drop and try to scrape it off, while he limps away.*

```Leader is injured```
Tyrone
**CRRK-**

*Hitoshi feels some ribs crack and her breath is taken from her as she crumples to the ground forcefully, her mouth tasting of bitter crimson, humiliation, and punished arrogance, her bow dropping down as she does so.*

*In the wake of everything going on, the strike to her chest begins to bring the adrenaline to a halt, and with that, the sheer agony of her bodily condition becomes more obvious to her. Everything hurts. She can't breathe. The spear didn't completely get through, owing to the chainmail shirt, but it wouldn't absorb any of the blunt impact of a spear hurtling at her rib cage at 30 meters per second.*

*Oh Gods, this isn't how she's going to die, is it...?*
Elijah
**"HITOSHI!!"**

*There was nothing the wizard could do as she watched the spear fly into Hitoshi's chest, stopping at somewhere she was unable to see. Her trance had just been broken. Now she could feel everything.*

*Thistle's left and right arm had been pierced by a Spearshot and a heavy crossbow bolt respectively. Hitoshi's shoulders had been sliced, her chest slashed twice and covered in large, bleeding gashes. A spear had gone into her chest — for all Akaise knew, she had been impaled.*

*Both were on the ground. She was the only one left.*

*The wizard pivoted, firing a Plasma Shot towards the leader's neck. While rushing over to the heavily wounded Kitsune, she used her remaining tentacles to try and smack the leader into the crystal. Her shields were angled in such a way that they would slam against the leader's blades rather than leaving her Arcane Tendrils open to attack. Unable to verify whether Hitoshi was dead or alive with simply a moment's gaze, Akaise simply stood in front to block the leader from reaching her.*

*Hopefully that crystal wouldn't do something upon contact...*
```Akaise casts Plasma Shot. -5 mana. 34.5/100 mana remaining.
Akaise regains 3.5 mana. 38/100 mana remaining.```
Donna
*Hitoshi, to say the least, is out of the battle. Her chainmail wouldn't completely protect her, and the speartip punctures her chest, smashing through a rib and barely missing her heart and vital arteries and veins. The spear would have traveled further though, had it not faced the slightest amount of resistance from the kitsune's chest. Yes, being a girl saved her.*

*Meanwhile, the leader is disabled via arrow and fireball to the thigh, and Akaise is able to easily launch a Plasma shot towards the leader's neck as well as smashing him into the crystal. It shatters due to the impact, but nothing more. Oh, and the shards also impale the leader's neck.*
```Hitoshi, to say the least, is fucked.
Leader is dead!
Tyrone
*Hitoshi can manage little more than feeble, desperate gasps for air as her eyes begin to water and her mouth continues to leak blood.

It's funny. Hitoshi thought she was okay with dying, hell, she thought she deserved it at times. If only she (well, he at the time) were put through this agonising pain, he'd understand that no, he didn't want this. Nobody wanted this.*

*The Gods either took pity on Hitoshi this "Fine" Day or felt as though she was worth redeeming, as her unwanted change in sex had... Well, she was alive thanks to it. Had she still been a man, it could've been an instant death. Hitoshi wonders just how lucky she is to be alive despite her... Unintelligent choice in gear.*

*...Or at least, she would be. If she wasn't too busy desperately gasping for air, finding herself crying in pain for the first time in her life since the kitsune was a child.*
Gina
*Akaise took a final glance at the leader of the cult. He was dead. The cult had been destroyed. They won.*

*Still, there were more important things than victory right now.*

*Akaise kneeled down beside Hitoshi, leaning closer to observe the severity of her wounds. With a simple tap, her visor disappeared, allowing Hitoshi to see her face for the first time. Due to the kitsune's night vision, her sky blue eyes and moonlight-white hair — as well as her concerned, almost frightened expression — would be rendered in a monochrome light.*

*The girl took a few deep breaths. Her attempt to compose herself was rather visible — no matter what happened, she couldn't let her see the fear in her eyes. Though the spear had pierced her body, she seemed to still be alive. Thank the gods.*

*It was only a short time before the wizard realized something. After a Spearshot was summoned, there was only a short duration before it disappeared, fading away into nothingness. When its duration ended, the position where it had been in was replaced with empty space.*

*This meant that after a few seconds, the spear preventing her from bleeding out instantly would be gone. Once that happened...*

***Hitoshi would be dead.***

*No.. She couldn't let that happen. Even if the Kitsune's survival should be impossible, the young wizard refused to let her die. After all they had done on this mission...*

"It's... It's going to be okay. I'm going to get you out of here, alright?"

*Akaise picked Hitoshi up into her arms, holding her gently in a bridal carry. Her two bottom tentacles grabbed the shields that had been left behind after her severed top tentacles had disappeared.*

*She looked over at Thistle, checking if she was still unconscious. If she was, she would have to use her two tentacles to wrap around her, carrying the woman on her back. She couldn't just leave her behind, after all.*

*After doing all she needed to do, Akaise headed out of the temple entrance.*