“So, let me get this straight.” Priyanka asked. “You two were sent to recon for anyone that could hinder us, and you spent that time buying silkworms?”

“Maybe?” Tsuki replied. “But they’re nice silkworms! I’ve even named them.”

Tsuki showed Priyanka the silkworms. One had slightly bigger spots than the other, and the two seemed to be mingling in the palms of her hands.

“The one with the big spots is named Thomas, and the small spot one is Guy.”

“Riveting.” Priyanka sighed. “So when’s Xander coming back?”

“Good question.” Tsuki sighed. “He just kinda leaves sometimes.”

Priyanka’s phone rang, and she answered it.

“Hey, Pri?” Xander asked.

“Priyanka, you mean?” Priyanka replied flatly.

“Yeah, that. I’m in the college now, where they keep the bow. It seems to be pretty low on security. As long as you look like a college student, nobody seems to pay attention to you.”

“So what about the bow?”

“It seems to be covered by vines. I don’t think they’re for decoration, either. Probably holding it in place.”

“How guarded is it?”

“Pretty guarded. Four guys with spears. We’d probably need to create some kind of distraction.”

“Any ideas?”

“Well, I’m assuming the tech here is pretty weak and unguarded. If I manage to connect to the schools computers without alerting anybody, I should be able to activate the security system and cause some kind of panic.”

“If you do, you mind activating it in one direction? Then I could cause something from the opposite direction and send the guards into a panic.”

“I’ll let you know if I can.” Xander replied. He hung up.

“Okay, I think I have an idea.” Priyanka said to Tsuki. “Chelic’s forces stocked us a couple small grenades. So here’s the plan. If Xander can cause a distraction on one side of the building, I’ll try to cause some explosions on the other. Once everyone involved is distracted, there’d be a maximum of two guards looking after the bow itself. And unless they have any powers, we’d most likely be able to overwhelm them.”

“I think even if they do have powers, I’d be able to take them out. So don’t worry there.” Tsuki replied calmly.

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Priyanka got a text from Xander, so she checked her phone.

‘Its weak. Got into left side like you asked. I’ll activate right to seem less sus you need to hit the left in 3 mins TTYL <3 p.s found a four leaf clover so that's probably good’

Priyanka silently shown Tsuki the text and went to the left side of the building. Nobody there from seemingly any angle.

“Is there a camera around here?” Priyanka asked. Tsuki looked around and didn’t find one.

“If that’s the case, we’re ready to go.” She said calmly, taking two grenades and a smoke bomb out of her bag. Tsuki took once more look around the place to guarantee nobody could get hurt. And while Priyanka was setting the three up, Tsuki put her two silkworms under her hat.

Priyanka sent Xander a text. ‘let me know when you can go’

‘now’ Was the message sent immediately after.

Priyanka pulled the pins on the grenades and threw the smoke bomb down, and the fire alarms started on the right side of the building. The grenades went off and the wall crumbled. There was screaming heard, and Priyanka and Tsuki jumped in before the smoke cleared. There was a panicked crowd, but nobody seemed to be injured severely. The crowd was running out of the room, and Tsuki and Priyanka joined them until they got to the hallway. Xander met up with them, a fake look of panic on his face.

“Oh god, where’s Florence?” He yelled out when they united. “Is she still on the top floor?”

“I don’t know!” Tsuki yelled.

The three of them ran up the stairs amid the protests from the other students. On the top floor, Roxanne was just stepping out alongside Dermot and Marty.

Roxanne’s eyes locked with Priyanka’s, and she immediately pointed out the trio.

“Dermot! Those are the guys with the hammer! They’re probably here for the bow!”

“Oh, shit!” Dermot yelled out. Marty stepped in front of him as soon as he cried out, and Dermot took his phone out of his pocket and tried to call for backup. Priyanka dashed behind Marty as soon as possible, swinging her arm while boosted in order to deal as much damage as she could. Xander saw Marty’s eyes bulge out of his head when the impact came before he flew across the room and hit the wall head-first.

“Priyanka!” He yelled out. “What the fuck are you trying to do?”

“We need to dispose of them!” She replied calmly. She kicked Dermot in the head until his face went into the wall, throwing his phone into the wall with enough force to shatter it on impact. Roxanne tried grabbing Priyanka from behind. Just try to stop her moving and she’s worthless. Xander came up behind and grabbed her waist. He tried to pry her off, but she was resisting. Priyanka, eventually managed to burst to the other side of the room once Roxanne’s grip was slightly weakened. Roxanne tried kicking Xander to loosen his grip, and his leg moved in pain.

“ShiShi, help me out!” Xander yelled.

Tsuki grabbed Roxanne’s legs and restrained them under her chin. Roxanne couldn’t move them.

“What do we do?” Xander yelled out.

“Uhh, stairs!” Tsuki yelled back, looking panicked as she said it.

“Ahh, don’t die don’t die don’t die.” Xander panted between heavy breaths as he went towards the staircase. When they approached it, the two swung her and then threw her down the staircase. Roxanne felt the impact of the hard metal stairs hit her body as she tumbled down them. When she got to the bottom, she tried to get up, but her left leg wasn’t responding. She looked behind her, and it was bent unnaturally. She crawled forward out of the building, screaming for help the entire time.

“Roxanne!”

Cassandra approached her looking absolutely terrified.

“What happened here?!”

“The guys with the hammer. They’re after the bow. Dermot and his friend are knocked out above.”

Cassandra looked behind her, and Julian was there alongside the battlestorms.

“There are people trying to steal the bow in the building.” Cassandra said calmly. “Julian, we’re taking the guys knocked out away from the building and getting the axe. Let’s go.”