RoT: Part 3 "The Fight" (Chelle vs. Vermillion)

Vermillion was completely taken aback by Chelle going in for an attack. His body guards went in to guard from the attack but were pushed away by her wings. She was aiming to impale Vermillion with her sword as well as a well placed kick to his shin. His driver was the one who recovered the fasted and he zoomed between Chelle and Vermillion taking the blows for him. He was stabbed through by the sword and kicked in the shin. The driver winced and spit up a bit of blood before he grabbed the sword and pulled it and the Queen closer to him. Vermillion had began backing away from the situation seeing the danger. Alexander got to his feet and threw off his cloak and drew his sword. While the driver was doing his best to hold Chelle close to him, Alex jumped up and was coming down quickly with his sword looking to cause some damage.
The unnamed body guard stood by Vermillion, He pulled his cloak off as well and was ready to attack when Vermillion threw his arm up in front of him. His guard looked at him with a puzzled face which quickly turned to horror when Vermillion grabbed hold of it. Just as he had done before to his driver, this man's body went limp and sprung back to life as a 'dark' flash of light burst from Vermillion's palm. The bodyguard fell to the ground and slowly brought himself back to his feet and cast a barrier like dome over himself and Vermillion. This was a very different form of test and Vermillion wondered if the other's were undergoing the same. By switching this man's powers Vermillion was already feeling tired. He can only expect for it to get worse as this scrimmage progressed. Being the Queen, there was most likely a key reason as to why she kept her position. Things were most definitely going to get interesting...

Alex's blade met Chelle's with a resounding 'clang' and then left the ground with her wings.
Alex! The driver!" Vermillion called out while he was not dealing with his opponent. He then grabbed the body of the driver and threw it over to Vermillion and the other guard. Alex quickly resumed his focus to his battle when Chelle knocked out some of the lights returned to the ground and launched after Alex, who put his guard up readying himself for the incoming attack. Vermillion caught what she was trying to do and called orders out.
"Barrier around Alex, now!"
The force field around the two of them vanished and reappeared slightly smaller around Alexander. As Vermillion had expected, she shadow stepped trying to attack Alex from behind. The small force field disappeared and Alexander powerfully brought around his blade to slice at Chelle. Meanwhile, Vermillion had moved over to the body of his driver. He was still alive but fading. The barrier reappeared over the three of them once it disappeared from Alex, Vermillion knelt down next to the driver and a golden glow appeared from his hands and around the driver's body. He had lost some blood and the injuries he had were not too sever so healing him would not take all of too long. Alexander should be able to keep her busy now that he knows of her shadow stepping. His other guard was watching the battle closely, he was instructed to manifest a barrier around Alex if was in harms way but he knew keeping Vermillion safe was the initial priority and Alex knew that too.

Vermillion's driver was nearly fully healed and Alex was faring well against the Queen so far. She let out a whistle and two odd creatures walked through the door and came around Vermillion and his two guards. Whatever they had planned they were waiting for the shield to let down. Alexander acknowledged the situation figuring now that he didn't have a cushion to fall on if he missed a step, unfortunately that moment came too quickly. Chelle lashed out with her claw to cut his arm, he switched his sword from his right to left and blocked the attack with his left. Luckily he was able to step back slightly or the cut would have been much deeper. He lost his balance for a moment from the sudden gust of wind from Chelle's wings but did not take his eyes off her. However she did take advantage of the situation and she now had control of their duel.
Vermillion saw what had happened and thankfully he had finished healing the driver.
"Assist Alexander, and you take care of these odd creatures." he instructed his guards.
The driver bolted over to the door, closed it, and then over to Alex and Chelle and joined the battle hitting with fast quick attacks from all sides. His other guard placed a force field around the two ink-like creatures and began to slowly shrink it which should crush them into nothing. Vermillion, now temporarily unprotected, kept a keen eye on both of the situations. He could take a hit, yes, but healing himself could upset the timing that he had planned.

As Vermillion's guard was shrinking the dome, Chelle appeared in front of him and attacked him with her blade. By reaction he put up a shield between him and her to protect himself causing the shield around her creatures to disappear. It shattered and he was knocked down, the two creatures grew wings and fly into the air simply watching the battle from above. She then resumed her conflict with Alex and the driver. Vermillion's guard got up and recreated the shield around the two of them.
The Queen threw her sword like a javelin at Alex. He put the broad side of the sword in front of him and angled it slightly and gave a slight thrust up when the sword hit. It spun up in the air for a moment before Alex reached and grabbed it with his right hand out of the air. Chelle was coming in for a kick, Alex moved his head to the side so that she would make contact with his should if anything. Simultaneously she brought together his sword and her sword like a pair of scissors to her mid section. To add in another attack, the driver jumped up onto Alex's shoulders and then up in the air to bring his heel down onto Chelle's head.

The Queen was able to block the attacks, which Vermillion took note of. Following her flying creatures took a hold of his driver. He cursed under his breath as he saw him get hoisted up into the air and laughing. Under his mask Vermillion raised an eyebrow. Tickling? This woman had some interesting personnel. He was struggling trying to hit them but his attempts were becoming more and more meaningless as his body began slowing down. The two fiends dropped him in a corner of the warehouse. His body was limp and Vermillion thought him dead, but could still sense his prescience. It could still work. With his other guard he started running over to the corner where the driver lay. The poor man was trying to crawl closer to his master but would not be able to get very far.
On the other end of the floor, Alex was back one on one with the Queen. She was getting fancy with her shadow stepping and he could barely keep up. She went to grab her sword and Alex backed away, but she vanished and reappeared in front of him and closed the gap between them quickly. He had a shocked look on his face when he heard the click of the sword locking into its sheath. However, to react Alex moved his hand up and gripped the sheath of the sword tightly. He tried to keep her as close as she was because he let out a grunt as he swung his blade around to chop at her back.
Back with Vermillion, he had encased the numbed driver inside the force field and was knelt down at his side.
"You have served me brilliantly, but there is one last thing I need from you."
"Yes, what do you need..." he said in reply.
Vermillion smirked under his mask and placed his hand on the driver's face yet again. There was a black sort of light that emanated from the corner of the warehouse that lasted much longer than the previous ones as Vermillion switched out his powers one last time...

Vermillion needed just a little bit more time to finish this transformation hoping that Alex would be able to do this for him. He made contact with the back of Chelle, not nearly doing as much damaged as he had hoped. In fact the attack nearly helped as it had brought he closer to him. She followed with a powerful headbutt the knocked Alex to the ground. He did his best to get back to his feet, but he held his head as the blow was rather dizzying. Looking towards the ceiling, Chelle was flying high above his reach and he saw her creatures coming for him. He looked to the corner to see Vermillion and the driver stand up within the barrier. Alex knew something was about to happen, something big. But whatever it was he knew that he would be okay in the end.
He grabbed his sword with both hands and began spinning in circles and after about three rotations he threw it at Chelle letting it spin like a Frisbee. The creatures were the upon him and he laid on the ground and covered his head as he began to lose feeling in his body.
The driver had a different look to him, he seemed sad. Devastated by something. He was crying, but his tears had a glow to them as they ran down his face. He was walking towards where Chelle was and looking up at her he had eyes that screamed apology. In an instant, it seemed like something had possessed him. His face tightened up and his eyes turned black. His skin was glowing as his tears were, it looked as if energy was inside of him and was burning to escape. The doomed driver looked over to Vermillion and reached his hand begging for help out who did nothing as the force field increased in density hiding and protecting the interior for the upcoming display. The driver's mouth opened and a bright light light burst from it and his eyes. He raised his other arm and his head tilted back. Energy was flowing off his entire body as cracks started to appear, after a second of the cracks appearing they rapidly expanded releasing all the built up energy in an unparalleled explosion (5EP). It filled the entire warehouse warping the rafters, destroying the lights, and blowing out the door. The whole foundation had been pushed out but not destroyed for the warehouse still stood.
Much smoke filled the room and was slowly exiting out the doorways. Vermillion had the shield tuned down so that he could see out of it, thought it did not do too much as he could not see through the smoke. He knew that the abilities he could grant would not be near enough to destroy Chelle, but was pretty confident that she would run to protect her creatures who were on Alex and in turn protecting him. All he needed to do now was wait to see how everything had played out...

The smoke was thinning out and Vermillion could see movement in another corner of the room. He cursed under his breath and grabbed his other guard by the throat, his powers were exchanged out yet again but this time Vermillion fell to one knee. Looking over he saw Alexander had been injured by the explosion, he could feel that he was still alive and just needed to be healed. Using the wall, Vermillion struggled to bring himself to his feet and started to make his way over to Alex.
His other guard had a determined look in his eye. He held his arms out, making a triangle with his thumb and index fingers of each hand. A bright ball of blueish light formed and began to charge up, after a couple of seconds the guard fired it at full blast at the Queen. The beam of energy moved the smoke around it making a clear path to Chelle. After seeing that she could survive that explosion, there would not be much that he could damage her with so there may be a possibility to run her down. Though he did not want to bank on it. Vermillion had made it over to Alex, his back and hands were burned pretty badly but he was still breathing and conscious.
"You'll be okay. I'll be able to help you soon so endure for just a moment longer."
After Vermillion's other guard fired the attack, he launched himself into the rafters of the warehouse and pulled out Alex's sword that had gotten stuck in the roof. Landing back on the ground he looked over to see that Vermillion was tending to Alexander at the moment so he had a little time with the sword. Using most of his body weight he hoisted the sword up onto his shoulders. He was not strong enough to wield the sword properly but he would most definitely figure something out.