Intentions Are Good

[green-shield.livejournal.com]

But, actual thought process on this one? Classically bad.

She's running on a least a strained ankle, if not broken one. Her left arm - recently healed, took another hit which made her shot against Daddy Phillip go wild. Her back hurt from the burn Crystal gave her - and she was pretty sure she wasn't in Idaho which meant the Outsiders were likely going to have a bitch of a time finding her and getting her out of this trap.

Breathlessly, she ducks behind some rocks. She won't win this one. This is a given. She's going to take out as many of Corrine's dysfunctional family as she could before they sent her to God though.

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[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

Phillip teleports out of the attack before too much pressure can be applied. That hurt; a quarter of a second could've crushed ribs. That's annoying.

"Sadeitsa." He bounces the boy at the ground again, twice, hoping Caleb will lose his grasp on the amulet. Deflecting that thing gets tiresome.

[caleb-z.livejournal.com]

That pompous ass did not just tell me to sit like a dog. In Russian, no less!

The second impact overcomes Caleb’s grip on the amulet, and it bounces several yards off. He forces himself back up, and throws blasts of energy at Phillip, hoping to keep him busy long enough to dash to the amulet.

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

As much fun as this is, it's a distraction. Phillip slams Caleb backwards into a tree and away from the amulet.

It's a sound tactic. Wait until the last minute to bring your cavalry in, catch the enemy by surprise. "I know she'll come for you. I just have to kill you enough." Another slam into the tree. "That's the problem these days. No one's thorough."

[caleb-z.livejournal.com]

The impact knocks the breath from him, but Caleb wastes no time pulling himself back up. This demon manipulation magic is certainly complicating things, but Caleb is resolved that it isn’t going to stop him. Phillip isn’t going to get away this time. He isn’t going to ever threaten Corrine again.

Caleb teleports to Phillip’s back-right, and bathes the man in a wave of energy.

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

Phillip deflects the brunt of the attack, keeping his face and chest guarded but stumbling back, off-balance. A force rips across the skin of Caleb's chest, another force shoving him backwards from the head.

[caleb-z.livejournal.com]

He works through the pain, moving to respond in kind with a telekinetic shove of his own, before again dashing for the amulet.

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

The attack is a momentary nuisance to roll with, nothing more. It would be too easy to make himself Caleb's main target, so Phillip shoves his opponent tumbling several yards beyond his goal.

"When I'm done with you here, Caleb, I'm stamping your freak sister off the map, too. Fixing my last mistakes." The amulet gets telekinetically tossed farther from Caleb, and he's teasingly knocked off his feet. "How is Amelia? I hear she's serving her death sentence like a good girl, is that true? Has the bitch become docile?"

[caleb-z.livejournal.com]

Between the pain and the difficulty breathing, Caleb is pretty sure he has a cracked rib on his left side.

The comments about Amelia are recognized for the distractions that they are, and thus ignored. Caleb knows his focus is needed elsewhere-

Phillip’s second shove hits him in the head, knocking him back down. It takes a few moments for the double vision to subside, but he doesn’t even wait that long. After all, he doesn’t need his sight to begin siphoning away Phillip’s soul. Just enough to take you down a peg.

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

Seven years among the damned has its effects on your soul. Phillip is dazed from the drain on his being, but the interchange is probably more unpleasant for Caleb. What he'll find is an experience akin to swallowing a mouthful of tar.

[caleb-z.livejournal.com]

The feeling is overpowering and unexpected, and by the time he's done throwing up, what little magic did filter through is already gone.

"Brilliant, Zukov," he mutters to himself as he begins the journey back to his feet.

[damage-girl.livejournal.com]

Phillip doesn't give him the time to get up, shoving Caleb back down to his knees. "Did that really seem like a good idea before you did it?"