"You are quite familiar with what that is," a monotone voice came from behind the group of 4 who all looked back to catch a glimpse of what seemed to be a high school student with short hair looking at the monstrous creature without the slightest bit of emotion on the young woman's face.<br/><br/>Garsot recognized the voice before even having to turn around and see the face of Yuki Nagato, wondering why she was there as well as if she was able to read his mind. He, in fact, does know what the giant monster is and now understands that it must be the groups next opponent.<span style="font-style: italic">Though why this creature,</span>he thought to himself as he remembered the purpose of these battles were to possibly recruit allies,<span style="font-style: italic">how can something like this be convinced to join our cause. Does it possess that kind of sentience?</span>He thought about asking Yuki but figured it would be a lost cause by the expression of her face. They were on their own to figure this out, probably to fight it as well.<br/><br/>Without hesitation the behemoth lunged at the group, bringing its fist down in a hammer-like motion to crush its would-be foes but is not able to come down fast enough as they easily evade the attack, watching them all scatter in different directions. This action enrages the beast as it attempts to follow up with another attack on the closest target, who happened to be Annie who was only a few feet away from the crater that was left from its strike. With a strong motion the arm swings sideways to pummel the pyro child with the its palm but is stopped just short as Garsot uses his power over sound to create a barrier between the two.<br/><br/>Annie takes the opportunity to flash her way up to the creature's face and hits it directly with a strong burst of fire which causes the Celestial to try and grab at the child but smashes its own face as she dodges. This is followed up by a strong kick from Tails who is using the power of one of his chaos emeralds to enhance his strength and speed, sending the giant crashing backwards into some buildings which collapse around it. Without hesitation, Natsu jumps into the air and prepares his Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame attack, generating fire from his hands before bringing them together to create a giant fireball which he then hurls with great force at the knocked down opponent. The fire lights the dark sky as it explodes. After a few moments the flames die down while smoke fumes up, revealing the scorched remains of the Celestial which lays motionless on the ground, victory going to the group. They all gather together in front of Yuki, Garsot leading the way as he awaits their return to the cabin.<br/><br/>Many minutes pass by in awkward silence as Garsot gets a cold shiver throughout his spine.  "Why aren't we leaving," he asked out loud to no one in particular, though he was sure the question should have been targeted towards the seemingly all knowing alien who continued to stare blankly out at nothing.<br/><br/>"Your fight is not over," the same monotonous voice as before coming out, not even the slightest bit of concern or anything can be taken from it.<br/><br/>Natsu scratched his head as he tailed the group, "What do you mean? I just roasted that thing, it is not moving. It's obviously dead. Doesn't that mean we won?"<br/><br/>Yuki shakes her head quickly before speaking, "That was not your opponent."<br/><br/>"It wasn't," shock took over Garsot as he heard her response, "Then why was it attacking us? Who are we supposed to fight then?"<br/><br/>Before his question could be answered the sickening thwack of metal penetrating flesh was as audible as an explosion, causing the group to look in horror as the tip of a rather large knife was sticking out of the chest of the young fire demon, blood pouring from the wound as he began to cough some up as well. A moment later the blade leaves the body and he drops to the ground motionless, attempting to cauterize the wound with his fire magic but finds that as he tries to use it the power is negated, which ends up causing the dragon slayer's life to come to an abrupt end.<br/><br/>A cheery voice follows the slaying of Natsu as Ryoko Asakura stands above the corpse, "I was curious as to what death would be like inside closed space, this is quite interesting," she speaks in a bubbly tone. "I think I need to collect more information though," looking at the rest of the group who were now eyeing her with intense glares.<br/><br/>In a fit of rage, Garsot explodes forward, using his sound manipulation to propel himself at the target with incredible speed, cocking his fist in an attempt to strike the young, psychotic woman. Unfortunately, just as he reaches her his sound powers give out which causes him to crash to the ground with enough force to scrape up his body, causing him considerable pain as he slides on the concrete just a few feet from the threat.<br/><br/>"Oh I'm afraid your powers are of no use when I'm around," she explained in the same cheerful mood as she innocently leaned down to place her hand on the injured Garsot, "You see, this is my closed space and I control all of the data that is inside, including you. If I wanted, I could make you vanish from existence right now but that wouldn't give me the information I am looking for. Besides, you are not who I am here for." She stands up straight and turns her attention to both Tails and Annie who look on from a distance. You two come from the same construction of data that I do so you can see how important the information would be on you two created entities dying inside a created space that was formed by another created entity. You can see why I need to collect this data right?"<br/><br/>Ryoko wipes the blood from her combat knife and points it in the direction of Annie with a flashy grin behind it, "You will be next, ok?" She then gets in a running position and lunges towards the pyro with great speed. Right before she lands her blow the blade she wields is countered by a strike from a hand which ends up belonging to Miss Nagato, interrupting the attempted slaughter of the child, "Now, you stay out of this, Yuki, this has nothing to do with you"<br/><br/>The bookworm stands firm in front of Tails and Annie with the blade piercing her hand all the way through but not a single bit of pain or discomfort is shown. She then closes her fist around the hand of Ryoko and uses her free hand strike at the abdomen of her enemy sending a flash of energy through the flesh and instantly eradicating her. A few moments later she is standing over the body of Garsot who is in a great deal of pain as he is sprawled out on the concrete which has ripped him apart. "Unfortunately, I cannot revive Natsu as his data has been permanently terminated. However I can help you now, so I will do that." She quickly utters a few words in a way that could not be understood and within seconds the young man was healed up and back on his feet.<br/><br/>The four of them looked over the body of Natsu as it vanished into thin air moments later, all of them, excluding Yuki, feeling sorrow over the loss of their ally. After sulking for a few minutes, Garsot looks at the one who saved the rest of the group with great intent in his face, "Would you please join forces with us? We could use your help in everything that is going on which I am sure you are fully aware of."<br/><br/>"I will not," she stated bluntly, "I am aware to your situation as you say but I cannot interfere more than I already have. As you know, I am only meant to observe, not interact. I broke protocol this one time only because Ryoko collecting any more data could have caused some sort of corruption on this world, preventing you from leaving."<br/><br/>"Why haven't we left yet," he asked.<br/><br/>"Because I have not sent you back yet. Since I eliminated her I now control this closed space and am waiting for your approval before sending you back to your world.<br/><br/>Garsot, Annie, and Tails look at each other once before nodding in unison, looking to the alien who spoke in her strange language again. A few moments later the trio found themselves back at the cabin just in time to hear the knocking on the door and see the arrival of another member to the group that seems to be fluctuating in numbers.<br/><br/>"What is going on," Garsot asked, his voice still heavy in despair over the death of Natsu.