'Darn it, this was not what I had in mind!' Sona was swearing in her mind with all the profanities she could muster in her vocabulary but not allowed to speak them in public. If one could peer into her head, they would no doubt be dropping their jaws at the sheer amount of cursing that was in her mind.
She, the Student Council girls and the senior exorcist were currently inside the Science and Arts Building where they were transported to from the courtyard. They did not have time to examine their situation when Creed appeared near them and proceeded to destroy the entire front portion of the building in his attempts to blindside them. With little choice on their part, they made their way into the building to try and get a home field advantage. Unfortunately that was not the case as they started to run into multiple traps set all over the area which slowed them down significantly, not helped with the rogue exorcist dogging their ends at each turn.
"Ah come on! How many of these traps are there?!" Momo yelled out in frustration as she conjured up a few ice spikes to trigger the traps before them.
"Considering the number, you can direct your complaints to Lyle Wallner." Griselda commented rather easily as she sidestepped to dodge a few bullets. "Most of the traps are his, so at least be thankful that they are designed to incapacitate quickly or to be an instant death."
"Most?" Tsubasa dragged a locker out of its placement and threw it down the corridor to fend off an explosion.
"The remainder is Creed's, and his versions are the type to inflict maximum pain." Griselda fired off a round to trigger a spiked pipe that was aimed for her head. "Like so."
"Seriously, I'm not sure who is more demented!" Tsubaki conjured up her mirrors to reflect the attacks directed at them. "A guy who is trying to kill you the fastest way possible by aiming for your vitals, or the guy who wants to prolong your suffering!"
"CREKKAK!"
"I think you are about to get an answer to that! Here he comes!" Momo conjured up a ring of fire and ice around her before sending them behind them, only to have them explode before reaching their target.
"Come on ladies, let's not be so hasty. Let's have some fun!" Creed came around the corner banishing a metallic whip with barbed ends which he used with terrifying effect to destroy the corridor they were in and limiting their options to escape. "Considering you girls like to run, let's play a game of hide-and-seek. And if I win…" He flashed a rather sadistic smile at them. "Well, I guess I would think about it when I do catch you girls."
"ARRGG! This boy is incurable!" Tsubaki summoned a giant fireball and shot it down the corridor, setting off every fire alarm in its wake, but he merely gave the weapon a flick to dispel the fireball with a bored look.
"Come on, you are supposed to be the guardians of this area, is this really your strength?" He let out an exasperated sigh. "Man now I wished that I volunteered for that guard duty. Lyle has the better fighter to entertain him." He paused to think about it before shrugging. "You know what, I should just wrap this up quickly so that I can go after the magician. If I'm lucky he will still be alive."
"You are not going near Emiya-kun you damn maniac!" Before Sona could comprehend who said that, both Reya and Meguri rushed past her to get to the fallen exorcist. Reya created a fireball and threw it for Meguri to hit it like a baseball at him with high speeds, forcing him to transform the sword into a make shift shield.
"Oh~ you can do better with the right motivation." Creed let out a gleeful voice as he peeked out of the shield. "So it seems the wizard is pretty close to you girls or at least for you two to take the initiative. So it begs the question, will you be more motivated when I kill him, or will he when I present him your heads?!" He twisted his body in a quick motion and transformed the shield into a segmented blade that whipped around like an angry snake. With a delighted yell, he swung the weapon at them, the blade tearing through the walls like a chainsaw through wood and making its way to them.
"CLANK!"
Only to be stopped by a blade wielded by the senior exorcist.
"Why hello there, it has been a while since I get to trade blows with you." Creed look at Griselda with a nasty light in his eyes. "Who knows, maybe you can give me blows of a different type?"
"Still an incurable vermin, I see?" Griselda showed no outward expression at the words that Creed spoke as she pressed forward with her defense.
"What can I say? I enjoy my food, my women and a great deal of alcohol to go with any fighting." Creed replied as he lightly stepped back and changed his weapon back to its default state. "I find that being out of the church definitely has its perks. You should try it out sometime."
"I would rather not." Griselda merely raised her arm and gave a lazy swing of her normal sword…
… A swing which destroy the greater portion of the corridor and pushed Creed back quite a fair bit to the other side.
"Oh yeah! Now we are getting somewhere!" Creed gave a quick flick of his wrist to change the sword into a barbed spear. "Maybe you can be my appetizer before the magician then!"
"You and Lyle are oddly obsessed with the magician." Griselda lightly parried the spear while dodging some of his strikes.
"Lyle has his insecurities, and I just want to fight that asshole for screwing up a lot of our plans!" Creed grabbed the spear harder, making it glow a crimson red. "That guy has a lot more spunk compared to the rest of the fighters I have gone against, and I will not Lyle get all the fun!" With a yell, he thrust the spear forward, letting forth a burst of energy that shot past them and down the other end of the corridor, bringing down the wall and making a big hole in the building.
"AH COME ON! Must you destroy EVERYTHING?!" Tsuabsa grabbed her head in frustration as she glared at the rogue exorcist. "Do you know how much it cost to repair that?!"
"Don't know, don't care~" Creed replied in a sing-along manner. "I just want to kill you all and get that wizard~ WHOA!" He stopped talking for a short while to avoid a few icicles aimed at his head by Reya, followed shortly of him moving his leg to avoid a sword slash by Meguri.
"Wow, you girls really are motivated to kill me. Now I am really interested about that wizard and how he makes you two tick for him!" The exorcist changed the spear into a scimitar and spun on his spot, rays of light seemingly flying off him and towards them.
"Incoming!" Tsubaki, Momo and Reya stepped forward to bring up a barrier in time to stop the first shots from passing through, but it was clear it would not be enough as the barrier started to crack from the oncoming onslaught.
"Feeling up for a challenge, ladies?!" Creed slowed down and used the remaining momentum to jump up and fire off a curving blade of energy at them, the amount of holy energy making them take cover in time as it cut through the barrier and continued through the hole in the wall and outside the area.
"Chance!" Using the speed aspect of Excalibur, Creed rushed forward and swung at Reya, only to have his weapon deflected by Griselda again. "Ah come on!"
"You are not making this easier on yourself, just give up." Griselda started going on the offensive and pushed him back.
"Yeah, I will do that if you can loosen up lady!" Creed changed the form into a spear again and started to thrust the end at her.
"That would not be appropriate in this situation." Griselda commented as she blocked a particularly heavy attack.
"Seriously, lady, like get a life!" Creed calmly rolled his eyes while commenting in a manner like he was talking about the weather. "Want some advice? Get out of those clothes, put on a low-cut dress or a bikini, and walk right into the red - light district around here and go get laid already! Maybe stay there for a full month with men coming through your room 24 hours straight! That ought to do for you!"
"You would love that huh, you vulgar man?" Griselda replied with narrowed eyes.
"Lady, I don't think you realize the number of hard-ons you keep giving to the people of the church every damn time you visit anywhere. Do you know how many times I end up walking into a room that has at least one guy who can't control his libido AND his imagination because you just show up with those tight clothes of yours?!" He sneered as he continued to rain down hits on them. "Hell, a third of them are underage and you helped them shoot straight to puberty!"
"Well then, I shall apologize to them while punishing them at the same time." Griselda stepped back as she pulled a bottle of glowing liquid from underneath her robes. "But for the time being, I will start with you." She threw the bottle at him who merely knocked the glass in mid-air. That was a mistake on his part as the water glowed brighter before his area blew up in bright flames.
"Quickly now, it would only hold him back for a short while!" Griselda picked the two girls up from the ground and ushered them away around the corner, just in time to avoid a long serrated spear pierce the flames and banished it away.
"Come on, I just got this dried-cleaned!" Creed complained as he looked around him only to find no trace of the devils. "Oh~ so we are playing hide-and-seek, huh? Okay then, I will be it. Ready or not, here I come~" With that he ran down the corridor with a gleeful smile.
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