Operation: Shadow Purge [CHICAGO: SUB-NORTH SECTOR EVENT]

The snarling and ravaging of the undead bodies carried on as they slowly staggered and limped their way toward the one that stood injured before them. They carried no words with them, just a common goal. What this goal was, would be unknown to the outsider and any that wished to find it would come to see no answer from these meager beings. Yet, this entity that brought the dead to an animated state once more carried a mind with it. This much could be seen to those that were unaware, as the undead's' actions were carried out in unison. They worked much like ants did, never ending. They'd find no time to rest in their endeavors but wished only to turn this city into their home and continue to build mounds in every venue they reached. When one was eliminated one would fill the fallen's place in no time at all. Those that opposed this neverending force would likely be brought to a feeling of desperation, unable to find an answer to end this chaos and destruction.

The mass had made their way to a new target to plague with this unruly disease, a boy that seemed limp from previous ventures. The force would shift their attention his way and he would soon come to find himself in the current situation that he was in. However, the force would halt or would be prevented from moving any further, though their bodies would still try. It seemed as though a rounded line was set forth before this man that held his sword in wait for these enemies. Yet, they would be unable to carry on in his direction. A shimmer would travel from an indention within the ground and rise up, exposing the spherical barrier that prevented the undead from moving in on the boy's position. The undead would rip and push through one another trying to break free of this barricade that held them from their goal. Their savage attempts would bring them to striking and fighting off one another, the natural instinct of the members within their ranks being the reason for this shield.

This would hold to be untrue, however, as this barrier that was projected had no intentions to save the boy from the oncoming horde. No, it was created to gather those that were infected by this Juin so that they could be used for a greater purpose. With that, a purple cloaked figure would drift down slowly from the sky above. Her garb shadowing her visage, keeping her identity revealed. As she'd look up, the state of her right eye would reveal her status of being infected by the Juin itself. However, it wouldn't be as simple as that. She wasn't picked by the Juin, she chose it. She devoured it and made it her own. She yearned to hold it and harness it and show the true power that it held within.

As her foot gently pressed on the ground that was inches before the barrier, she'd place her hand upon the rounded surface as the zombies gnarled and ripped in her direction. They had realized why their actions had come to a brief pause. She'd turn her gaze from the barrier before her and bring her pupils to the corner of her eyes, looking back to Henrex. What little of her face could be seen was covered in bandages, as were her limbs that weren't concealed by the cloak that looked as a dress with a hood attached. "Do you fear for your life, for what is to come?" A voice would resound within the area, its source clearly the thin woman that stood with her back turned to the boy. Yet, the voice wouldn't beckon from her lips, it would surround the entire area as though it were played over an intercom without the low-quality distortion.

Returning her gaze to the captive undead before her she'd bring her other hand up to the barrier, as it did so a dark matter would rise from her hands as the zombies seemed to fall into a calmed state. They would no longer press forward and carry on with their savage attempts to slaughter the woman that remained untouched. As she did this, a dense spiritual pressure spew from her body, holding everything that was not beyond this barrier within its current place. This would ensure that nothing came and prematurely ended her life as she began the process. The bandages slowly removed themselves and the zombies began to deteriorate from their physical form and become a dark liquid with slight hints of a red vibrancy that shined through as it throbbed and struggled to make something of itself. The air was still, not a sound breaking the silence for a few moments until it was finally complete and her foot could be heard lifting from the ground. The immense spiritual pressure still holding all in a state of paralysis.

Her body would turn to the boy, her face now exposed somewhat, as the bandages seemed to have lost their usefulness of holding her power within their clutches. Behind her and the barrier she had created was a large gooey substance. It was evident that this was to become a creature of sorts, however, she had not enough power just yet. She would have to lie in wait and continue to collect the undead that continuously walked straight into the substance as though they were in a trance of some sort. With each zombie that willingly gave its life for her cause, the glob would expand and throb more immensely.

A smile cracking the face of the woman as her head tilted, her left eye blinking in solitude as the right remained open and continuously working, analyzing the being that was before her. Her spiritual pressure would release and leave the boy to move again, her grin growing larger as her teeth became exposed up to her gumline. "You seem like fun, I do believe that if I added you to my collection it would greatly expedite my climb to power. Will you join me?" She extended her hand, draped in losing fit bandages now the narrative question surrounding Henrex and others previously trapped by her spiritual pressure. It was naive for her to believe that he would join her forces, but at least she would try before she felt the need to force him into the position.

Kuhn had wanted to help deal with the big giant thing that had appeared but he figured his powers weren't strong enough yet to deal with something like that watching the others counter is outpouring of power while he simply tried to not die. Plus it had cut him off from the other Quincy. If he was stronger he could fight with them. If he could call on that power he knew he had within him, but he wasn't at that level yet. Besides there was still Henrex to think about. He had gotten blasted away from the battle with the big girl and while he seemed a little strange he didn't seem like a bad guy and probably could use some back up. Sure it wasn't as likely to land him a date was fighting side by side with the female Quincy but he was sure he could still make a story of it all later. So with that he turned his back on the battle with the giant woman to find Henrex.

He didn't see Henrex in the immediate area of where he landed so he searched around for spiritual energy in the area. Picking up on energy not involved in fighting the colossus he figured it would likely be Henrex so he headed in that direction. There were plenty of zombies in the area but Kuhn was able to keep the common ones from him easily enough using his plectra bullets and keeping to the roofs as much as he could now that he was away from the colossus he figured it would be safe enough now. There did seem to be a lot of them and eventually he realized they were barely paying him any attention. They were starting to wander in the same direction he was headed. That didn't exactly bode well considering they normally attacked anything and everything that wasn't infected. He figured something bad was about to happen that he really should stay away from so naturally that was were he needed to be.

When he finally arrived in the area what he saw certainly wasn't very encouraging. A strange blobby thing that the zombies were walking into making it grow. Whatever it was trying to become Kuhn figured he didn't want it to finish. Then there was the girl facing Henrex, yeah that was his luck running into one girl after another in this whole zombie mess and they were either enemies or separated from him and it was pretty clear that this girl wasn't exactly friendly. Kuhn wasn't sure what was going on or what the girl was planning on doing but he figured step one stop the blob thing. That may or may not mean dealing with all of the zombies in the area to prevent it from doing anything since they seemed to be making it grow larger and while he didn't exactly want to kill any of these people hoping they could still be fixed he would do what was necessary. He raised his weapon aiming it in the air above the blob. He pulled the trigging launching his dust bullet into the air where it would burst apart raining energy blasts in the area some would land on the blob itself others among the zombies wondering into the blob if nothing blocked the attack.

He figured that would at least give him a little bit of time to do something about the girl as he turned his weapon on her. He wasn't sure what her deal was but she didn't exactly seem friendly still just in case he was wrong he formed a sphere over the top his barrel. It would certainly hurt but in case he was wrong about her being an enemy likely wouldn't kill her. He pulled the trigger launching the sphere from his gun so that it would ram into the woman. If it wasn't blocked or dodged. It would be like Kuhn had thrown a dodge ball at he woman except the ball was moving as fast as a bullet and was made of pure energy. The impact may hurt and possibly break a few things but wouldn't explode or anything on impact. Once the sphere hit something or lost its momentum it would slowly dissipate into the air.

"Hope she wasn't your friend or I would have to feel bad about hurting her. To answer your earlier question I guess I can fight with you for a while."

"Oh?" The surrounding voice cut through the still air around them that seemed to only be broken by that of speech. As she hummed a giggle would crack her lips and raise her cheeks as her head tilted slightly in curiosity. She was rather surprised by the boy damning her to hell so quickly. He had not even a single question to ask her about what she wished to do, had he never seen any sort of cartoon or anime? The villain always gave away their plans ahead of time to the hero. It made no difference, however, as that wasn't something she was willing to conversate about at this time. As of right now, she was more interested in the one in front of her and gathering the lost lives that surrounded the two.

Since the boy had declined the offer she so kindly gave to him, it was only right that he would carry on and progress with the fight in the manner of which he did. While she had never experienced something like a released spirit for some reason or another the Juin that resided within her and held her creation and guided the nodules within her very mind had knowledge of what it was he was doing. Though, how it was done was different than what the database within her head held. There were many memories that flashed through her mind that showed her others using this ability and none of them seemed to be similar to this one. Which could only drive her to believe that such an ability was unique to each potential user? It interested her, she wished to convert such a being with such a power and let it work for her cause.

With the weapon now to its form, she could only anticipate that the next step would result in some sort of immediate attack from him. Yet, as she thought this her attention would be drawn away from the one in front of her as she could feel a disturbance in the energies that were dispersed in the area. Bringing her profile visible to both Henrex and Kuhn she smiled glad that she held the honor of fighting both lovely gentlemen. Though this turn to see Kuhn wouldn't last long as she was aware of the upcoming assault that was to be placed on her by Henrex. However, before she would bring her gaze back to Henrex he would have already leaped at her and sent the attack his way. Her lips drew flat as her hand whipped up and held the energy blast that was sent from the blade of the scythe. It continued to exist as though it were traveling as her hand seemed to grab it. Though, if one were to look at her hand close enough they would notice a pink hue that glowed upon the skin on her hand as the bandages were torn away by the energy of the blast. A giggle would echo out to the group as her face was filled with glee, the infamous tilt of her head returning once more as she looked to Henrex.

"My, my... you both are so quick to act upon a helpless woman." She smiled as the energy blast she held her head turned from it's original color to the pink hue that her hand held. The pink color would consume the energy and convert it to Juin with just the touch of her hand. Once the energy was consumed by the Juin she would simply toss it into the air where it would rapidly accelerate and smash into the many attacks that were placed onto the blob, missing many that still made their mark. When she did this the energies would meet and join together as one instantly, increasing the size of the original energy blast created by Henrex before it was fed into the blob. As for the other attacks that carried onto the gooey substance they simply acted as a benefactor as the previous attack. She just wished to make a display of her power to the two that were before her.

As she was finished with these small acts she'd find her own body under assault once more by the Quincy as he sent a large orb in her direction. Using the ability that the boy had displayed to her earlier she vanished from sight before reappearing. In doing so she would drop the shield that she created and let the attack pass into the blob as it continued to grow larger. When she would reappear she would bring her hand to her mouth once more and giggle. "You're both so cute! This will be fun!" Her voice exclaimed from all directions, her tone was so playful for someone that seemed to be so dangerous. At this very instant, she could easily be scaled as a being that was capable of acts to that of a zero tier, however, she was in a fresh state and her abilities were unique and required her to take a dent in her power level once her initial growth was finished.

"Now, let's carry on with this!" She stated as she rose a finger, the pink hue from earlier returning and glazing the tip of her finger. With a simple thrust of her energy that could be seen resonating from her toes to the single raised finger, a beam was launched into the air. The beam would fire in a continuous stream until it reached approximately one hundred feet. When it reached this climax it would disperse into a fine dust, or glitter rather, that fanned out in a dome for a mile. As it slowly descended into the area the undead that resided would be put into a frenzy. Their limbs growing in strength, providing them an next level power in their strength, speed, and endurance. "This should keep you busy!" She shouted before bringing her finger back down and then thrusting her hand with a peace sign in front of her before giving an innocent wink. As she did so, she would softly wave her other hand before her abdomen marking the two that were before her with a scent that the zombies could follow. This was similar to what was placed within the substance that she had growing behind her.

When she would do this the undead's attention would be averted from their previous goal of feeding the glob to the other two. This would bring them off of any citizen that they feasted upon and send them at high speeds and strengths to Henrex and Kuhn. As the attack began, the Juin manifestation would place her hand upon her creation and lightly jump away from a small distance dragging the substance through the zombies that charged in mindlessly. Her orb now growing to enough energy for her to finally bring herself to her goal...

Kuhn had to admit that this lady did at least know how to put on a decent show for them. She made a point of being able to stop somehow change Henrex's attack and use it to block his own though Kuhn did note that not all of his dust bullet had been stopped. A few shots still rained down upon the blob and the surrounding zombies but most of his attack had been stopped. He figured it was to much to hope for that when their attacks had turned pink cause of whatever the hell this ladies power was that it would still hurt the massive glob forming. At very least did why did it have to make the thing seem to grow even faster. He got the feeling that this girl wasn't going to be very easy to take down. This whole situation wasn't very appealing to Kuhn but sometimes things like this had to be done.

"Well damn it man. I don't like attacking girls, I'd rather ask them out but if she's the enemy here I guess we don't have a choice."

If she thought he was going to sit back at let her do whatever she wanted well that was just wrong. He still had a rooftop vantage point and he was ready to use it. So far attacks directed at the that strange mass of zombies had only been absorbed and made it grow faster. As much as he appreciated the divide and conquer strategy he wasn't so sure that it was going to work in this situation until the mass had actually formed something solid they could hit. So while the woman was giggling and sending a laser into the hair he figured why not try a bullet that worked a little different. He loaded up his thunder spark. This ability wouldn't be caught and changed so easily as it pierced anything it hit burning through their body like a zap of lighting. He aimed dead center of her chest and pulled the trigger.

Of course it was about that time that she managed to launch her little beam into the air which dispersed as the weird powder substance that sparkled. Sure it looked perfectly harmless but Kuhn was a bit worried about what it would do. He logically assumed it would affect himself and the other guy but it didn't feel like it did anything at all to them. Instead the undead below seemed to be whipped up into a frenzy like he couldn't believe. At that point it really wasn't very hard to put two and two together. This woman was making something from her blob formed from countless zombies and she could whip these ones into more of a frenzy then they already were. Yeah she probably had something to do with this whole situation to begin with. Goal number one quickly became to defeat her.

If he could find a way to take this woman down if she really did have something to do with this whole thing starting then maybe they could save these people from whatever the hell she had done to them. It was a noble heroic goal. Take down the bad guy saving countless lives in the process yeah it was sure to get him a date or two back home. Of course that sounded a lot easier in his head then what she was making it in real life. He had let himself get distracted by the powder and zombies long enough that they were now clearly after the two of them while she was starting to get away. Stupid of him get so distracted like that. At least he was up on the roofs for now. Yeah the undead people might find a way up eventually but the other guy was still on the ground and in greater danger. As much as he didn't want to have to fight a lady her certainly didn't want to be trapped in this situation alone so support time it was.

Kuhn started moving leaping along the buildings aiming at the zombies no headed toward the guy down on street level. After popping a few with his Plectra bullets he quickly realized they weren't just being more aggressive and moving faster they weren't going down as easily. That wasn't going to be a good thing. Still just because they were gonna be harder to kill didn't mean they couldn't be slowed down. They were still mindless undead. He prepped several Tempest blasts and let loose aiming around Henrex his bullets erupting in massive gusts of wind knocking down zombies near the center and knock back others still. It was likely that these zombies would trip up and knock over other zombies making an undead pill up which would at least give him time to react and figure something out. The thorns on the side of his weapon would release each one aiming for a different zombie. Making sure this guy survived the angry zombie hoard so they could take down the evil villain together, not as heroic but a smarter strategy.