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Joelle felt her own body feel heavy , losing all sort of balance before she ended up on the ground. The strike the samurai did , was more fatal that she thought it was... she could feel half of her face throbbing like there was electricity running through her nerves and veins , she couldn't even open her eye on that side it felt like it was paralyzed . Her vision began to get blurry as she felt how she was losing consciousness . Joelle was out of ideas she didn't know what to do , it felt like a dead end , she was trying so hard to stay awake but it felt harder and harder to do so 'Is this going to be my end...? ' A thought crossed her mind as she heard the footsteps of her foe approach her and gave down upon her. 'No.. I have to think of something...' she didn't want to give up yet , so perhaps she could play the dying part for the meantime , but she was certain that he won't stop there. Lee paused himself next to the red-haired woman that was laying down on the ground and by the looks of it losing a lot of blood . His expression was unphased , more like disappointed since he thought that there was a bit more of a challenge behind this woman , but alas it seems like he was wrong... or was he not?

The small earpiece in his ear began to buzz , as Lee reached up and clicked on it , hearing a voice right away without him saying a word first. ->"Lee . What's your Status? " The man asked , getting a small huff from the samurai's side. Lee's frown grew wider as he kept an eye on his target just in case. ->" It seems like that our target doesn't have the arrow . " ->"Are you certain of it?" ->"Yeah..." He began to exchange with the voice that was coming from the ear piece , Lee decided to take a step back for a short moment to talk the details further , since he was certain that she wouldn't survive long with so much blood flowing out of her face , she probably had 3-4 minutes to live. Joe tried to hold herself a little longer until she felt something... she felt something give her a small signal which was enough , she felt a slight pat on the head by her own Stand , because earlier if she would recall correctly she had a very hard time trying to summon it and use it's abilities , but now it seems that the source that was blocking her stand was gone and perhaps there was a slight chance that she could get away from this situation. Joelle made sure that the brown-haired samurai wasn't looking at her and every time he would try and glance at her , she would play it as she were almost dead . The moment an opening was in her grasp , she took the opportunity to pause her surroundings to try and make a run for it , or at least hide , since her body felt very weak at the moment. Just as her ability stopped , the samurai felt strange for a slight moment before glancing back to see if his target was there , but she wasn't. ->"HUH?! What happened where did she go?!?!" He thought aloud. ->"Lee ? What's going on? " ->"We'll talk later , I need to find her." He didn't even waste time to explain , since he had to find her , it seems like he was wrong , there was still some fight in that girl , but he was certain that she won't last long with the amount of blood she had lost already.

As much as Joelle didn't want to panic she was , she couldn't get the amount of thoughts that were running through her head , but she knew she couldn't give up just yet , she knew well enough that this wasn't going to be easy and the amount of things to come weren't going to throw flowers at her gently either. A small sigh left her lips as she managed to hide herself behind a big chunk of platform that was caused from the battle they had earlier. She could feel her heart in her ears , the more she heard footsteps coming closer and looking around every corners , the more she felt the tension rising in her head . Joelle had to think of something quick because she was certain that he was going to find her sooner or later if she would remain in the same spot. She waited till the time was right to use her ability once more so she could try and hide behind something else . Lee felt this strange sensation in his stomach once again as if something might of happened or he just spaced out , he couldn't quite explain it to himself , but he figured it might either be the girl playing strange tricks on him , or was there someone else around ? He shook his head trying to focus on finding the girl , he had no time to waste , because his targets were out there somewhere with the arrow and if they manage to get away with it... lets just say that their boss will be 'very disappointed.' The last thing Lee wanted to think of what might happen if their mission was a failure . Joelle however was trying to think of a possible way to get out of this situation , she leaned against a nearby wall holding the side of her face , breathing heavy as she was trying to keep herself steady to not fall over and blow her cover . Having only one eye as your guide was very hard , she had to look around extra to make sure she wasn't being followed . The moment she thought that he was going to find her and it's going to be the end for Joelle , she saw something in the distance it shined like a star.. it shined like the opportunity she was looking for... it was a garage that seemed to be working night shifts , perhaps she can could find shelter there for the short period until the individual that was following her left , but also an opportunity that there might be something in there that could help her out of this mess. She decided to go for it and hopefully everything will work in her favor , the moment she approached the lighted place she saw someone inside they looked like they were working on a motorcycle that had just arrive not so long ago. The man who was in there gasped in horror the moment he saw a woman with half her face injured and blood dripping from various of places. The man offered her his aid , but she had no time to waste , she was certain that samurai was on her tail and she had to think of something quick . Trying to avoid further questions and more conflict from the man that was bombarding her with them , she used her ability to put him to sleep and place him on the side. ->" I can't risk your life... but I'll be taking this..." She thought aloud to herself as she climbed on top of the motorcycle , it seemed like it was in pretty good shape and lucky for her the keys were right where she wanted them to be. She took only just a short moment to start the motorcycle , clicking on a small button on the side of the wall so the door of the garage could go up further , however unlucky for her , she noticed a familiar face closing in , she had no time to waste , Joelle started the engine and took off going past the samurai. Lee looked so surprised he didn't know what just happened. ->"HOW IS SHE STILL ALIVE?!" He yelled to himself , as he tried to send an electricity strike towards her to ruin the engine of the motorcycle , but unlucky for Lee , this time he missed. He cursed under his breath annoyed by the fact that this red-haired woman had managed to escape , it seems like he had underestimated her completely and she had gotten the better of him. The samurai clenched his sword holding grasp tighter as he reached his hand up towards the

earpiece that was in his ear.

->" What's your Status Lee? What happened? " The voice asked , as Lee just gritted his teeth annoyed by the fact that he had let his target run away. ->" My target escaped ... " ->" Ah so it seems... but don't worry , I'll be dealing with her , she can't run away forever and besides I am certain that she will lead us straight to where the arrow is , so your effort wasn't in vain. " The man spoke , as Lee just sighed , one thing was for sure he wasn't going to stand around and drown in self pity that his target escape and he was going to go after her one way or another.