She ripped her blade free, and the succubus tried to bring up the weapon again, but lacked the strength to lift the heavy plasma weapon in time, before Ivy's blade bit through her neck.<br/><br/>Her head bounced and rolleddown the hall a few feet, her body collapsing, lifelessly. Ivy would feel angry fingers of magic wrapping around her mind; had they been at full strength, it very well might have crushed her and left her helpless, but, with no strength left, it merely fogged her mind, slightly. Midnight ran forward, laser rifle read, dialing it up to full power, as she aimed, point blank, at the demon's head.<br/><br/>A single shot, and the last remaining grasp of magic faded.