Jess was surprised by Biscuit's demise. He almost didn't notice Akane launch more webbing at him. As Jess found his other arm ensnared, he saw his pole-arm glow just before he disappeared in a flash of fire.
"What the...?" Akane started looking in an attempt to find him.
"He's gone," said Ranma, "that's how he disappeared the last time he realized he was outgunned."
"Then we'd better hurry ho... Hey!" Ranma rushed past Akane into the school, "now what?"
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Sasuke was amazed that he made it to the school's mechanical room without losing the trolly on the stairs. He was almost certain the cans would've fallen off and bounced down until they broke open.
Once he reached the main pipes, it took him a minute to find an access point. It was smaller than he hoped. Fortunately, he remembered to bring a big funnel. As he reached for his wrench, he suddenly felt very sleepy. Was it that late already. My goodness, how time *yawn* flies.
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Akane entered the front doors of St. Bacchus, and tried to find Ranma. She wasn't sure which way to turn though. She wasn't familiar with...
Suddenly, Akane felt herself scooped up and swiftly carried away. She looked down and saw Ranma's arm wrapped around her waist. (meaning roughly the place where her human and spider anatomies visibly meet) She looked to Ranma's other arm and saw Sasuke fast asleep. Oh, right! The reason they were there.
Akane turned her head as far back as she could to try to face Ranma. "Did you stop him?"
"Yep!" Ranma said, "sneaky little devil sneaked in while we were busy. I'll leave him on some roof before we get home."
"So where's the ... erm, 'stuff'?"
"I burned it," explained Ranma, "good thing there was plenty of water nearby. The fire almost went out of control. If only there was time to stop the 'leak' as well."
"Leak?"
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In St. Bacchus's mechanical room, two piles of blackened warped metal were all that remained of the cans Sasuke brought. Although if anyone were there, they wouldn't see much with the busted water main spraying the room. At least there was an emergency drain to prevent flooding.
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"Dammit!" cursed Miyako, "it should've worked!" After she and Ukyo managed to light-up the liqui-golems with hairspray flamethrowers, Miyako hit them with a freezing spell. But all that seemed to accomplish was extinguishing the fires.
From his hiding place, Gander was pleased with how resilient the new models were, thanks to the corruption clay. Yes, "corruption clay" was a much better name than "super dark matter."
Gander felt ready to escalate the assault. With a simple mental command from the lizardman, some of the dojo equipment sprang to life and charged at Kasumi. Soun and Genma made a seemingly valiant but effectively feeble attempt to help her.
Gander made another command, and the liqui-golems grabbed stones and bits of the broken outer wall and started to throw them. Miyako wasn't impressed, until she noticed the projectiles start to flex and move on their own. Some started to climb the outer walls of the dojo. On top, Nabiki could barely sit-up which forced Cologne to stay in place and defend her.
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Back at "Damned Deals Weapons and Magic," Jess finished cleaning the drider-silk off of him. In the time it took for him to do so the weapons had reached a conclusion: Biscuit was not the one withholding information. Jack had sent Biscuit, Jess, and Gander into this fight as canaries down a mineshaft.
At the moment, Jess was concerned with covering himself just in case someone tried to make him a fall-guy. As much as he'd rather leave Gander to his fate, appearances sake required him to warn the lizard. Jess reached under the counter and grabbed a seldom used communication crystal. He concentrated to make it glow then said, "Biscuit has been slain. I repeat, Biscuit has been slain. The primary target is much more powerful than anticipated. She is most likely headed your way. Retreat is strongly advised."
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