Night arrived, and Delle moaned in her sleep. Her sharp fingers choked her blankets, ripping them with her nails. A sudden buzzing awoke her from the fever dream, and she found her watch vibrating on the night stand. Drenched in sweat, the witch read the alert message and grinned. Seconds after, Ellia blindly reached out and felt for her device on the floor. After four failed attempts, her hand grabbed it and silenced the noise. "Five more hours," she groaned, however, a freezing rush of wind forced her to rise. "Delle?" Sitting up from the floor, Ellia gazed at the open window and noticed her friend's missing robe and hat.

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Electricians run in fear and panic. The powerplant that the city desperately relies on in the storm, now lays in the hands of Kronia. A bald man with a mustache attempts to swing a large wrench, but gets beaten down by the gladiator's shield. Kronia lifts the man by his shirt with both hands and says, "That was foolish," then tosses him against the control room wall. "Victor, have you secured the perimeter?" she asks her wrist device. "Yeah, but we have company!" "Who?" Kronia's question is answered with the sight of purple fire outside the windows. "The witch."

Gracefully, Gren swings from light pole to street sign to snow covered tree. Ellia flies not too far behind, struggling to carry Komo once more. "Guh, seriously! I'm about to make you walk!" "Quit being a baby!" the bulky girl shouts back. The teens turn the corner and find the powerplant under attack, however, not by Jang's Hand. Instead Delle unleashes mighty flames against the trio of Vik, Dusty and Pamda. "Delle!? What are you doing!?" shouts Gren, but the witch answers, "Go inside. I'll handle these three!" Her command is followed by hysterical laughter. Not even her voice sounds the same.

The other teens sneak their way towards the building's broken door. Flames nearly hit them by mistake, but Komo's shield covers them just enough. Now inside the generator room, the teens hide behind one of the many large transformers, all glowing with a light blue color. "Something's wrong with her," says Ellia, "We need to help!" Gren pulls his shuriken from his back and replies in a sad tone, "I know, but the people of this city need our help more. If Jang's Hand cut the power, thousands of citizens will freeze in this blizzard. They're in immediate danger."

Komo leads the group further into the room shield first and asks, "Where's Kurt?" "Probably still at his meeting with the governor. It's all up to us." Forcing confidence, Ellia draws her bow and arrow. "So what's the plan?" "Survive!" a deep voice replies. The teens look above them and find the giant Stag hurdling down from the upper platforms. Cracks form in the concrete from the heavy javelin's impact, just barely missing its intended targets. Gren and Ellia split in opposite directions, while Komo faces him head on. "I'll take him! GO!!"

Gren and Ellia nod, then run and fly towards the control room on the upper floor. The metal staircase is in sight, but a sudden force pushes the teens against the wall. Doll Face twirls on a single foot, as she presses her victims. Ellia grunts as she slowly manages to take aim and fires a glittering arrow. The dancer takes notice and levitates high above the concrete, stopping her gravitic attack. Taking flight, Ellia says, "Gren, find the third one! I'll deal with her!"

The pixie pursues the dancer in the air, while Gren races up the stairs and further along the metal platform. The woman with the mountain axe completely outmatched him, but what other option was there? I can't let her cut the power! Thousands of people are counting on me! What would Percy do? No! I can't think like him! Unsure of himself, the boy hesitates to open the control room door. How am I supposed to do this!? Komo said to do things my way, but what is my way?

Immediately upon opening the door, Kronia's stone axe swings for Gren's neck. The ninja boy barely evades by falling down. Another attack aims downward, piercing through the floor between his legs. Gren kicks both feet up, striking Kronia in the head and leaping above her. With his scarf, the ninja wraps her axe wielding hand and pulls her away. I should move in close with my blade! But that's what Percy would- Hesitation gives way for Kronia to counter. Using her small shield, the gladiator smacks her smaller foe all the way across the room.

Gren bounces off the hard wall, but doesn't give in. His shuriken draws in water from the air, causing it to flow like a rapid river. "Shuriken Wave!" With all his might he tosses the spinning blade, directly hitting Kronia's chestplate armor and causing her to stagger back. "Enough!" she shouts, reaching for her axe, buried in the floor. Gren whips his scarf again to stop her, but Kronia's outward swung shield knocks the boy against the room's control panel.

At last the gladiator raises her double sided weapon high with both hands. Light from the ceiling shines off of the perfectly carved stone, as aims it down to kill. With perfect timing, Gren holds his ninja star over his body, causing the axe-head to veer off to the left. However, this sends it straight through the control panel of the power plant. NO! THE POWER!!

An alarm begins to sound off throughout the building, but Komo couldn't care less. Her only goal stands in front of her, defeating the armored beetle. Over and over, the shield maiden bashes her barrier against him, but Stag refuses to fight back. "Komo!" CLANG! "Stop for a second!" CLUNK! "It's me, Xavier!" GONG! The bulky girl continues her attack while shouting, "Shut up and fight me!" "Alright! You really want it!?"

Stag slams the blunt side of his javelin into Komo's stomach, sending her sliding back on her boots. "You're not knocking me down!" she yells, eyes glowing blue. "Dragon Scale!" Dragon wings spin out of the thrown shield, and Stag claps his hands together with a thunderous boom. "Exo-Barrier!" With his arms spread wide, a wall of orange hexagons is summoned, nullifying the dragon. Komo's shield bounces off and is caught in the air by her reaching, left arm.

Both warriors now stand with their weapons ready, and Xavier attempts to speak gently. "Komo, you know who we are. Why are you fighting us?" "Because dad was a terrible person, so that makes you just as bad!" The armored beetle loses his aggressive stance and tone of voice. "We were family. All of us swore to fight by Jang's side, because he believed he could change the world." "He killed people, Xavier! You follow a murderer!" Relentless, Komo rushes back in to brawl.

On the other side of the large room, Ellia flies in circles avoiding the pink ray of gravity from Dolly's staff. The masked dancer pursues her in the air, using her magic on herself to fly. Now face to 'face', the girls trade blows with their bow and staff. A strike to Dolly's back is countered by a wack to Ellia's stomach. The hurt pixie curls over, then dropkicks her enemy away.

With space in between them, the pixie fires an arrow, but Doll Face activates her staff again. Gravity redirects the arrow back to its owner, who narely avoids. However, the projectile pierces a nearby transformer, causing it to short out and spark. Ellia's worry distracts her, giving the dancer the opportunity to strike from above. Strong gravity forces the pixie down, towards the violent voltage below. Ellia flies with all her might to resist the push but only manages to slow her descent.

Up high, the control window shatters, and Gren's body tumbles out onto the metal walkway. The exhausted boy lifts himself on the railing, spotting Ellia in grave danger and Komo battling the armored beetle. "It's hopeless to resist," Kronia proclaims as she steadily approaches. "Jang's vision of a better world will come to pass, and you stand no chance against us." Gren stands back up with his shuriken in hand, defiance fueling him to keep fighting. Each of Jang's apprentices were far too skilled for the teens to overcome, but he had to win. Water surrounds the four-pointed blade again, and Kronia raises her mountain axe to end this.

Suddenly, a violent explosion shakes the entire structure, causing everyone to drop to one knee. Even Doll Face trembles in the air, loosening her gravitic grip on Ellia just in time. All lights go dark, with only purple flames from outside providing illumination. The large, left wall of the powerplant had been completely destroyed, and the witch stood dark in front of her fire. The teens gathered together and observed their friend. Much of her robe had been burned away and darkened, with the remains covering her chest and hips. Loose pieces of the fabric blew in the wind like a withered cape, as she slowly crept closer to Kronia and her allies. "You should've kept running away. Now you're all gonna die!"