The robed man looks around at his new guests with a happy, ecstatic face. "I see you all have also been chosen by the Lady of the Garden," he said with a joyful glee. "When did she get up for you exactly?" Nia asks, wanting to get some information whilst someone comes up with a plan or distraction. "I knew fellow followers would be intrigued by this. Just listen to my wonderful tale. "I was spending time in community service for some of my foolish actions; it was during a late-night read where a beautiful, voluptuous woman, he said, licked his lips before taking out a handkerchief and wiping his mouth. Everyone in the room looks at him with a face of disgust. "You're not a pastor. You're just a sick pervert," an irate Cody says in response to Alexander's recounting hid awakening. As soon as he does, a knife darts at him. Luckily enough, he dodges fast enough for it to only graze his cheek."Cody!" Dzzy calls out in concern upon seeing Cody's right cheek drip blood onto the hardwood floor

Andre's eyes furrow, and his blue eyesstarede in anger at the robed man. "You're gonna pay for that, I swear to you."  Alexander ignored the threat and continued to recount the story. "She told me how my soul was an elegant red Morning Glory. As I bring the evil out of these poor souls, I will be the one to reform them," he says with a self-serving grin.  Whilst the self-righteous man sang his own praises, becoming fully lost in his own delusions, Brandi, in an instant, called forth her side spirit, a yellow raven with lockpicks attached to its feathers, which it shoots out one from its feather at the Alexander. It all happened within an instant, the lockpick drives into Alexander's skin causing him to scream out in pain he quickly rips it out "Ohhh you bitch your friend is going to pay for that-" before he could even finish his threat he was clocked right on the jaw by a right hook by Brandi sending him soaring 10 feet away slamming into the altar.

"I'm sick of hearing you spea,k jackass," Brandi says, shaking her trembling hand. A bleeding Alexander angrily goes to press the button with the stabbed hand, but he realizes that he still can't move it, as the false preacher freaks out, "My hand! What the hell did you do to my hand?!" As Alexander freaked out, he used his other hand to summon his Side Spirit, a large snake with Knives for horns that hangs around the neck of Alexander. "DIE!" he says as the horned snake shoots out a knifeat high velocity at Brandi's head, but the knife is knocked off course by Nia throwinga needle from her Side Spirit. "I don't think so," Nia says calmly, walking up and standing beside Brandi. Andre, Cody, and Gabriel all rev up to also join the fight, but Nia puts her hand up, looking back at the group, "If you boys don't mind, let me and Brandi handle this one alright?" Gabriel grumbles to himself, though ultimately relents to her request, whilst Andre and Cody agree right away, allowing the ladies to handle the figh

. Meanwhi,le Jaida and Dzzy reach Nico. fair-skinneded young man sat in a deep sleep in a steel cha,ir tied up, tied up with thick serrated wi,re as the two work carefully to unite the young man as the fighcontinuedes upstairs. Alexander swip   at Nia's neck with a knife produced from its Side Spirit's ho.rn Nia quickly produced three needles from Amethyst win. She blockedks the strike, whilst to the rig,ht Brandi was preoccupied dodging Knives being sent flying from Alexander's Side Spir,it which Brandi responded to with generated lockpicks to deflect the incoming attacks. Sparks fly as Nia anAlexander'ser weapons cla.sh "Idiots like you should stay out of my wayI'mim setting people free from their evil wa,yI'mim giving them the right path

" Alexander sa,ys screaming his delusionaself-importancece. "You know nothing of what it means to make a new life for yourself of a real leader supports even if they don't choose the path they had saw them going down, " says a pissed Brandi rushing through the barrage of knives taking one to the shoulder and ankle despite wincing in pain she still manages to run up and land a huge punch into Alexander's ribs that cause a huge crack in Alexander's ribs, he nearly keels over but has his Side Spirit go for a bite on Brandi but its stopped by Nia who sends the snake spirit flying with a needle to the head causing a second impact forcing his Side Spirit to dissipate despite this Alexander still wouldn't relent as he went for a desperate knife strike but is quickly disarmed from a needle piercing needle going through his hand "Ahhhh" as he screamed in pain he failed to notice Brandi running up allowing her to hit him with a punch right to the face sending Alexander slamming into the altar. Nia and Brandi give each other a thumbs up with smiles respectively "We should have Dzzy or Jaida check out your injuries, as soon as possible" Brandi nods in agreement "Yeah, you don't have to tell me twice" Gaberiel heads over and allows Brandi to lean on his shoulder "You had to go and prove you're a big badass, huh" he says trying chastise her choice. Brandi rolls her eyes in respon,se "Yeahyeah,ah you just wanted to hit somethi,ng is all." "That's beside the poi,ntGabrielel says defensively, "But serious,ly I just needed thafight,g,ht you know that." Nia looks over to the hurt Bran.di "I feel guilty that you're the only one who got hu,rt" she said sadly. "Don't be, noI i feel like we are kinda ev,en" Brandi sa,ys smili. Thehe two laugh happily about the whole thi,ng whilst Cody and Andre get Alexander tied ,up ready to takhim e for questioni,ng but Andre thinks to himself how Nia and Brandi are really good leaders.

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