Gaia. (10)

Despite Nura clearly lowering his speed to match Relovan's, they were both running so quickly that to an untrained eye, they were blurs. They turned a corner and as they were approaching another square, Nura and Relovan saw a large number of people, dressed in all black and wearing masks, engaged in combat with Princess Nkanyezi's handmaidens. There were also a number of them trying to keep the Council Security at bay, but they were being handled rather handily by them. Both Relovan and Nura's heads darted around, both on the ground and at the tops of the surrounding buildings.

"I don't see any snipers, Lawman!"

"Neither do I Chief, but it still feels like something is happening up there. I will go and—"

"No, it might be better for you to provide direct assistance to the Dragon Lady! Despite having brought extra guards with her, her forces are outnumbered. I will go to the rooftops and see if there is indeed anybody up there."

"Understood, Chief."

Nura then picked up his running speed and in a single bound, leapt into the air and then onto the roof of a nearby building. Relovan reached down and grabbed hold of his stun baton, before pulling it out of the holster. After he pressed a small button, the baton began to morph and change shape as the Enforcer ran, and by the time it had changed to a longer, rounded configuration, Relovan was just about ready to enter the fracas. He slid in to the battle zone and suddenly stopped. Whether it was due to him having just activated the sense or some other reason, Relovan was able to simply enable the sense almost instantly. All he saw was red all around him, with smatterings of yellow and orange in there as well. What he was looking for, was the blue that belonged to the Princess however, his skin began to sting.

"Now the police have decided to get involved?!" An approaching voice boomed.

"Doesn't matter – they all have to die for the sake of our goal!" Another replied.

Relovan, who had turned to face his would-be attackers, raised his stun baton and held the handle tightly.

"I would tell you both to stand down, but you two are already attacking me."

The attackers were all wielding Essence melee weapons – weapons that had been imbued with a certain type of Essence and were fueled by the wielder's own Essence. They were both imbued with Flame Essence, and Relovan quickly glanced down at the baton, as if contemplating whether or not to parry or evade the incoming blows. The Enforcer took a step back and twisted his torso to the left, avoiding the first swing that came through. Immediately after evading, Relovan planted his feet, twisted his hips and dug the rounded end of the baton into the attacker's gut with such force, it doubled him over and launched him off his feet. He did this while simultaneously pressing a button on the handle's grip, activating the stunner and sending lightning coursing through the attacker's body. The Enforcer then pulled his arm back and took a few more steps back while simultaneously swaying his body and avoiding a flurry of swings. Relovan then suddenly disappeared from the second attacker's field of vision, and popped up behind him. By the time the attacker turned around to look at the Enforcer, the tip of the baton had already made contact with his jaw and sent his body spinning and contorting through the air. Even after the second attacker hit the ground, he continued to spin, and before he stopped, he was jabbed by the baton and stunned unconscious.

Relovan took a second to just look at his own hands, as if caught off guard by the significant power boost he had received since the skirmish on Blargon. He didn't dwell on it though, because he remembered what it was exactly that he was trying to do. Relovan resumed his search, with his eyes and his body actively looking to find the Princess or at the very least, he protector. He stood perfectly still in the middle of the chaos, as tried his hardest to concentrate and drown out every hue and sound that was not related to Princess Nkanyezi. All of the heartbeats, the curses, the roars, the clashing of weapons, all of it had its volume and brightness consciously lowered, and soon afterwards, the blue and orange hues of Nkanyezi and her protector hit Relovan's consciousness. The Enforcer looked in their direction, and saw all of the people between them and him. He held the stun baton down by his side and activated it while still working out what the quickest path to the Princess was.

"I may as well just go for it." Relovan said to himself as he spun the baton on its axis.

The Enforcer took a deep breath and set off towards the Princess. There were a bunch of people between him and her, and most of them belonged to the enemy. The first one saw him coming and readied himself, but Relovan was able to get the jump on him, suddenly dashing in and closing the distance, before placing the tip of the baton on his chest and shocking him. The attacker was still in the process of fainting and falling to the ground when Relovan darted past him and without breaking stride, raised the baton and struck another bad guy across the face, sending streaks of lightning darting across his body as he flipped over. The next obstacle was in the process of grappling with one of the handmaidens, and all Relovan did in that instance was sweep goon's feet out from underneath him, allowing the handmaiden to strike and take him out. A pair of female goons appeared in front of Relovan with the intention of stopping him, but he simply leapt into the air and drove his knee into the face of one, while simultaneously pressing the baton into the head of the other and letting rip, shocking her right in the face.

"…everybody is so slow." Relovan said to himself as he landed on the ground.

The sensation was almost similar to the one he felt when he was charging Vox with his baton at the ready, but he was cognisant of more than just his own heartbeat this time. Things continued in this vain, with the Enforcer leaving unconscious bodies in his wake as he drew ever closer to the Princess. The closer he got, the more prominent another hue was, and it was deep red. The deep red hue was locked in combat with the orange one, and as Relovan actually got close enough to see the people, not just their hues, he noticed that the Dragon Lady was fighting against somebody who was not only larger than the others, but dressed in attire that was significantly more elaborate. There were also a number of projectiles on the floor, still burning, blipping and crackling away. They were clearly being fired from somewhere, and this meant that Carolina was being forced to fight whoever she was engaging with, plus watch out for the projectiles and keep them from hitting her or the Princess. That very same Princess, who being shielded, suddenly looked in Relovan's direction – as if she could see him coming. The Enforcer suddenly saw her hue change, with the purple coming back into the equation again. Relovan's sense suddenly alerted him to incoming danger, which came from multiple directions.

'Must be more projectiles!' He thought to himself.

Relovan then picked up the speed and absolutely darted his way towards the Princess, before looking in Carolina's direction.

"Focus on that one." He said, instinctively using The Voice again.

While she recognised the voice, the body guard was unsure of exactly where it had come from. She then realised that more projectiles were incoming, yet it was becoming increasingly difficult for her break away from the one she was fighting and fend off the bolts, arrows and pellets that were incoming. Relovan, who had just blasted past the last obstacle between him the and two women tossed the baton into his left hand while reaching for and pulling his pistol out from its holster. It was a new gun, and thus, the energy pods it came with were nigh on depleted. He gyrated his left hand with speed and force, having the still activated baton spin on its axis at such speed that it became a blur of blue. The projectiles, which were fired from crossbows, composite bows, slings, wrist shooters, and more, all flew towards the Princess just as Relovan reached a point where he could do something. Again, everything was moving slowly, and the Enforcer slid in front of Nkanyezi and raised the spinning baton. The lighting that was dancing and streaking all along the shaft created a shield of sorts as the baton spun rapidly, and Relovan used this shield to deflect these Essence imbued projectiles. They all rained in from different directions, however once the Enforcer had successfully weathered the storm and deflected them all, he lowered the baton and raised the pistol, aiming to retaliate. As it turned out, that wasn't necessary, as Chief Nura was busy mopping them all up. His hands were a kaleidoscope of colours as they were soaked with the blood of the snipers, and he was a blur as he leapt from building to building, taking them all out with one shot and then tossing them across to take out those who were across the way.