Plague and Joker nodded at the plan to show they understood, but stayed silent. They waited in anticipation until Rider gave the signal, then jumped into action. And Joker literally jumped! For a moment, the nearest Varlus set its sights on him and it seemed like he might have to switch opponents, but he managed to evade the animal with a somersault leap. Plague shook his head in an amused way.<span style="font-style: italic">He always has to do things the showy way.</span><br/><br/>The light-haired boy further distracted the nearest Varlus by stepping forward and whistling. The sightless creature turned to him and growled. It made a dash forward and the boy was barely able to hold its jaws at bay with two crossed daggers he was holding. The blades were no Angelus, but someone with his abilities had to carry around something for more immediate self-defense. As he struggled against the wolf-like Gehna, a white, steam-like vapor began rolling off him. Once Plague was sure the creature must have taken in some of his virus, he shoved back on the blades and scrambled off a ways. The Varlus chased him, but its movements were more sluggish, and its form seemed to almost ripple, as if unsteady. The boy stopped running and picked up a chunk of rubble. He pulled back and threw it at the beast. Amazingly, it tore through the creature like a large bullet, and the thing didn't heal. Instead, it shivered for a moment before collapsing, twitching, to the ground.<br/><br/>"Woopsie, there goes your famous Gehna immune system," the light-haired boy said gleefully.<br/><br/>--------------------------<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Joker's battle wasn't going so badly either. Things started off shaky. Joker threw a card at the Varlus but the thing turned abruptly and managed to skewer the bit of Angelus on one of its spikes. (how did something without eyes do that anyway?!) Apparently, the cards didn't vibrate so well when they had holes jabbed through them. The normally peppy blonde boy felt anger well up in him that his precious weapon and plaything had been desecrated by this wolf wannabe.<br/><br/>Joker clenched his teeth and drew another card.<span style="font-style: italic">It's not a wolf,</span>he thought to himself.<span style="font-style: italic">It has nothing on a wolf! One good strike will finish it, so I'll use about twenty just to be safe!</span>With a yell, the boy threw the card forward. It acted on his will and multiplied so that there were twenty or more of the same four of diamonds soaring toward the Varlus. The sightless creature hadn't known what to expect since the weapon had come so close as just one. Now, it couldn't dodge fast enough. That thing wasn't going to be getting back up.