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Harumi's face fell whenever she jumped from a ledge, barely able to make it to safety. "They're still here! Run!" She warned her ally, scrambling to get away from the Hunters who had torched her previous residence, and the village. Their pursuit was relentless, and more of them shouted obscenities at her and her friend as they tried to capture them. She was nearly exhausted from running, and thus unable to scurry away while in Spider form. "I cannot keep this up, and neither can you. We're majorly outnumbered." Without another word, she took cover under the thick brush in the forest, dragging them down with her. "Don't make a sound." As the cruel Hunters ran into the forest clearing, they began to search the area-- never suspecting that their targets had hidden in the bushes. "They got away? Those fucking Yōkai. We'll find them, and take them to the lab... where they belong. They must be monitored closely..."

"I've got something to show you. Here, hold out your hands..." Elliott gave the other a wilted flower crown, a smile forming on his lips. "Just wait a few moments." His powers gathered on his hands, emitting warmth before the flowers came back to life and bloomed once more. "These powers are my gift; I'm not human, after all." He pulled back to slip out of his oversize green jacket, untucking and revealing his tawny wings to them. "I've wanted to tell you who I really am for ages, but I could never get the timing right."

"I never had a choice in the matter! Are you insinuating I'm a coward?" Wesley's voice cracked with emotion whilst he stared at his friend in disbelief. "I can't protect you from the other Judges forever. You need to keep your head down for a while." He set his jaw and shook his head as if to shake away the negative thoughts. "If you're asking me to choose between you and my job, you know I'd rather work." The lie easily fell past his lips, but it didn't sound convincing. Perhaps his friendship with them was ephemeral, after all.

"This hospital is full of patients-- but I promise none of them are infected! Please, they're only children!" The nurse shouted, following the armed stranger as they strode past the waiting room. "Stop!" Before they had a chance to do anything, Reiko kicked their pistol out of their hand. Her brows furrowed as she hurriedly retrieved the firearm, and turned on the safety. "You won't be using this. I've worked too damn hard to let anyone die!" Maybe she wasn't entirely honest about there being no infected children, but she knew a medication combination that could delay the virus. She'd just need to do more research and find an actual cure. "If you seek to harm anyone, we're going to have a problem."

"What is it? Can't you see I'm trying to sulk?" Harumi exhaled heavily, and decided to turn away to ignore her comrade. She stood up, shaking her head. A blunt object flew by and grazed her cheek before it left behind a streak of green ichor. "Ouch!" Another kunai knife flew past her head, getting caught in her hair. She barely managed to dodge the oncoming attacks and face her enemy. "You've picked the wrong time to mess with me!" Her stance changed, and she ran toward her assailant, recklessly tackling them with her body. "Ow! What the...?" She tumbled down the hill with them, getting the wind knocked out of her.