Dahlia- "Well now, let's see what interesting things you have to show me."

She erected a barrier just in time as Nevan disappeared, reappearing with a 'Boom' as he slammed into it sending a spiderweb of cracks along it.

Dahlia impressed tried to stop him like she did Mikael and Niklaus, but Nevan just shrugged it off as he easily hit through the cracked barrier, landing a strike on her extended left-hand slicing it off with his claws.

Dahlia let out a scream of agony- "You little bastard, fine if you don't want to play nice then we don't have to."

"DIE!" she yelled waving her right hand sending him flying away so she could recover her hand.

Nevan was back in a flash attacking against a new barrier, prepared for it he came harder and faster, blowing right through with a kick straight to the stomach making her spit blood as she was sent flying away through multiple trees back to New Orleans.

She crashed into the middle of the street spooking the crowd of people as they looked over to see what happened.

Looking a mess, as her nice old-style black dress was all torn up and she was covered in dirt with a bloody stump where her left hand should be.

She screamed out in rage looking around at the crowds- "What are you looking at!"

"I'll give you something to look at." she snarled waving her right hand over her left growing it back, then she waved her hands over herself fixing her looks.

Looking at the crowds with disdain she started to chant, the darkness growing from under her feet expanding at a fast pace sucking in all the nearby people.

The ones farther back were sent into a panicked frenzy as they tried to escape the darkness heading their way, but it was to fast for many of them, soon all that could be heard was people screaming in agony as they felt their bodies being eaten away by the darkness.

Their deaths were converted into a power boost, re-energizing Dahlia as she prepared for Nevan's coming arrival.

The darkness having done its job started to slowly dissipate as she waved her hands around in a circle quickly carving out a magic circle into the street, for an extra layer of help.

Nevan seeing the darkness on the ground in the distance as he approached took to the air so he would get a better look before deciding his next move.

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Dahlia seeing him fly over was taken aback not expecting him to have the ability to fly- "Little rat has wings, guess that makes you a bat, are you sure your not a vampire?" she mocked as she thought of new ways to deal with him after having prepared for a ground assault.

Nevan didn't give her time though as he figured hiding his trump card any longer would start to put him at a disadvantage.

Wishing to keep the momentum going he started to utilize his aura waving his hand, sending energy blades at her.

Dahlia surprised yet again was getting annoyed as she quickly activated the magic circle to help augment her power as she summoned the darkness in her hands and sent it out in a beam towards the incoming energy blades.

The two powers clashed for a few seconds before her darkness came out on top blasting through as she sent more power out shooting through the blades towards Nevan who dodged the incoming beam, but it didn't stop there as she moved her hands to follow him.

Nevan circled the dark beam in the air as he headed her way, but as he grew closer she changed the beam as she shot out a wide burst of dark magic at Nevan who was now to close to dodge, sending him flying away with melted flesh from the corroding effects of the dark magic.

Crashing into a building he released a growl of pain as his flesh regenerated at an astonishing rate.

Dahlia seeing him fully recovered as he lifted the last of the rubble that was on him, frowned, she was starting to realize just what kind of monster she was dealing with and the short answer was, it wasn't going to be easy.

Dahlia not wanting to waste any more time with him tried to bargain her way out- "Do we have to do this, if there is something you want, we can come to some sort of arrangement."

Nevan spat some lingering blood from his mouth as he stared at her- "But I have what I want and I'm quite enjoying the situation now." he smirked at her, showing his fangs.

Dahlia cursed him and herself for coming into contact with such a strong battle maniac.

Nevan eyes glowed as he sent energy beams out of them, catching her unprepared for such an attack, but she managed to deflect most of it with a shield of dark magic, though not without some of the energy clipping her in the shoulder making her grunt in pain.

Nevan used this opportunity to flash behind her in the air with his arms in a cross formation fully powered up, swiping out at her sending a powerfull cross energy blade which he boosted with a sonic howl at her.

At point-blank range, she had no time to set up any meaningful defense as the attack slammed down and ripped apart the landscape, demolishing several blocks of buildings and destroying many more.

Many people who haven't yet figured out something was going on, were caught up in the explosion, as New Orleans was devastated, the surrounding water from the lakes and river started to pour in with nothing left to keep them at bay.

Nevan hovered above a giant crater where Dahlia used to be, waiting for the rest of the smoke to clear.

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Meanwhile, Rebekah was watching from a safe distance, hoping Nevan was doing ok.

Mikael and Freya who retreated to the city felt the explosion and saw the devastation, knowing that Nevan and Dahlia moved their fight to the city, retreated further away not wanting to get caught in it.

Freya was still terrified of Dahlia so she was in no position to help and Mikael only wanted to keep her safe and happy so he left with her.

Hayley and Jackson continued heading north with baby Hope and a daggered Elijah.

Kol and Davina were caught in the destruction but remained safe in the ruined church, still unaware of most of what was happening having been cut out of the loop by Niklaus.