Rima skids down the mountain, her body aching and blood dripping from her mouth. She lands and falls into the snow, coughing roughly. The dwarf, Vera, was close behind her.
"Yeh should rest." Vera says in his heavy dwarven accent.
"I'm fine... I can't get hurt." Rima says, quickly pushing herself up and wiping the blood away.
"If yoo say soo." Vera sighs, shaking his head.
A few yards away stood the form of Alexxiia, leader of Mercy's Madness. Rima notes her form and runs over to her.
"Oi! You!" Rima calls as she moves to the Harvest Witch.
"Wot d'you want?" Alex sighs, her nose wrinkling in aggravation.
Rima reaches and grabs the woman by her shirt, lifting her a bit off the ground, "I have some questions for you."
Alex grabs the elf's wrist, but sighs and says calmly, "If you could set me down."
Despite her reputation of violence and recklessness, Rima sets her down and lets go, speaking weakly, "Of course."
"Oi! Quit wit' the bloody violence!" Vera growls towards Rima.
"Bugger off, dwarf!" Alex says in response.
The dwarf glares, "I've had it wit' ye missy!"
Alex rolls her eyes and surrounds Vera in a cyclone so he cannot move, "Now... What did you need to talk to me about?"
"You are a crystal holder, right?" Rima says, wiping blood that was coming from her nose.
"I don' know what you are talkin' 'bout." Alex answers, stone faced.
Rima rolls her eyes, "Sheik and Relea told me. Don't lie. Now, what do you know."
"I don' know anythin'. I just 'ave it. No idea what it does." Alex crosses her arms, walking a few steps with her back to the two.
Rima glances over at the dwarf just in time to see him break free of the spell and lash a wave of lava blast out towards Alex. In quick movement, Rima holds her arms out and blocking the spell, getting knocked to the ground with her armor burned and bare skin blackened.
Alex turns to the sound, seeing Rima fall, she glares at the dwarf, "So ye want a fight, eh?"
Rima breathes harshly before coughing up blood, "Alex... I'm sorry.."
"I'm sorry too.. Life has been kickin' my arse." Alex doesn't look at her as she prepares to fight the dwarf, sending a blast of sharp wind at him.
Vera seemed unphased by the wind and in return throws both his axes towards Alex, cutting her left knee and slicing through her right shoulder. The harvest witch yelps in pain, falling onto one knee. The dwarf's arm turns into a whip of pure lightning; He snaps it and sends lightning that slashes Alex's other knee. The witch tries to heal her wound as the man slings the whip, preparing to have it wrap around the woman's neck. Rima was up in a flash and holds her arms up as a shield, the whip wrapping itself around her wrists and arms and flings her upwards before slamming her back into the ground with a loud and sickening crack.
"Rima!" Alex shouts as her knees were healed, she turns into a bear and slams into the dwarf.
Rima coughs up a pool of blood, Alex jumps back to avoid another whip. Suddenly from the shadows, Obsidian chains shoot out and wraps themselves around the dwarf, immobilizing him as Sheik steps out, having control of the chains.
"Sheik! This is my fight!" Alex roars in anger.
"You're already been injured! Stand down and let me deal with this!" Sheik says, meeting her angered glare.
"I go' this! Now stand the fuck down!" Alex moves to headbutt him.
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