"Hell and Damnation!" Doce swore in the fashion of the goddess whose skin she wore. A Nuclear bomb? She couldn't absorb all that at once--it might even break the barrier for all she knew. "Then sign a contract of destruction with me if you crave it so badly, Heathen!" she leapt forward and grabbed the hand that was forming this terrible attack. The goddess's body naturally started to absorb the attack as it was forming, and she got enough out of the way to grab the hollow's hand. This was risky: it would give her physical form. On one hand, she could fight back, but on the other hand, she could be hurt.<br/><br/>"Angel's breath!" Doce cried, "I have my weapons!" she drew the goddess's swords and fought desperately to keep the hollow from destroying her body. She was coating her lithe silver blades in positive energy she had converted, so they would be more effective against the corrupted creature, but that left only negative energy to keep her body moving at full speed and strength. "Gods, Sayzel. How much longer? This body is corruptible. Tell me I'm more that half way or you'll have two monsters on your hands." She gave a thrust that drew a thin line from his unmasked cheek. She was open, briefly, and the hollow got a really lucky swing, severing her right hand from her arm.<br/><br/>Doce screamed, returning with a jab that tore a hole in the shoulder of the hollow's transformed arm. It wailed and responded with a gash to her left side. Rachel Grey's blood was like silver moonlight, as opposed to crimson, and the wounds hurt like hell, but as soon as the goddess lost physical form, she could easily heal these wounds. If it had been Frahlah's hand that was cut off... Well, since the King Ace could revive the dead if enacted soon enough, it could probably be fixed, but that was... still risky. This amount of blood loss would hurt him more too.<span style="font-style: italic">Looks like my bet wasn't that bad-- all things considered,</span>Doce thought, her eyes starting to shift from gray to yellow.<span style="font-style: italic">I should make it in time.</span>