Harmonia Profile II Chapter 27

CHAPTER 27

Later in the dark alleys of the campus, a sleek navy blue sportscar – similar to Cerulean Comet 2 back in ’85 – is cruising casually through the empty night streets.  Even though the heatwave caused by that Tenkoni from earlier has long been gone, the student community is apparently playing it safe.  On the top of Cerulean Comet 2 is Danica holding onto a mounted laser ray gun straight from sci-fi movie serials of the 50’s.  Right next to her is Orpheus, who surveys the current surroundings around him with his eyes glowing green.
Transitioning to the raven’s POV, we can see the current area in neon green night vision.  Just then, a male humanoid figure in black knight armor and giant black bat wings on his back flies out from the nearest alley and zooms right at Cerulean Comet 2.
Back in our third-person perspective, we see the half-demon man in an arm lock with Orpheus, both perspiring in sweat as they try to outgrip each other.  Danica rolls her eyes in annoyance just before aiming the mounted gun at the new demon.
The bat-winged man is so focused with his arm wrestle that he doesn’t see the neon blue laser blast charging up before him – and then blasting him away toward a pile of garbage cans.  More specifically, he lands onto one of the cans with a lid flying upwards before landing on top like a basketball going through a hoop for the team.  
“Thanks, my lovely iris!” Orpheus exclaims in a tone of gratefulness and flirtation, while the atoning Duskfae giggles amusingly.
Just then, Cerulean Comet 2 screeches to a grinding halt just before opening up its dual front doors just like that.  Turns out Saffron and Lunamaria were behind the wheel all this time.  They fly over to the nocturnal duo’s side – the golden kunoichi with her Sunflower Petal Wings activated, and the musical witch surfing on a glowing green Fender Stratocaster guitar.
“Did you guys see that demon?!” a surprised Lunamaria asks.
“Yes, it was a Taoienshi – an angel who fell from grace to join the Devil’s army of darkness,” Orpheus confirms via telepathy.
“They come out only at night, it seems.  No matter, let’s get him before someone gets hurt in his line of fire!” Saffron insists concernedly.
Suddenly, the nearby garbage can pile explodes in a surging red blast of electricity, incinerating all trash in the surrounding radius.  Once it dissipates seconds later, the Taoienshi hovers down to the ground just like that.  Dramatic entrance, these demons like.
“How dare you interfere with our invasion, you old hags!  Leave now, or I shall incinerate you next!” the fallen angel barks in a Voice of the Legion tone.
“OLD . . . HAGS?!?” Lunamaria shrieks furiously as her face turns glowing red in anger with her right eye twitching like crazy.  “I’LL SEND YOU BACK TO HADES FOR THAT REMARK!!!”
With that, the steaming mad musical witch zooms over to her demonic offender as another glowing green Stratocaster forms in her right hand with neon white sparks flying out.
“Uh, should we help her, ladies?” Orpheus asks as he and his fellow HTV employees watch on.
“Never underestimate a witch on fire – metaphorical or literal, it doesn’t matter,” Saffron smiles amusedly.  “Watch and behold.”
Sure enough, Lunamaria is already in a heated battle against the Taoienshi in a sword clash – with her new guitar against his glowing red trident.  She starts off by bashing her demonic opponent’s left shin, which sends him screaming in blood-curling agony.  In raging retaliation, the Taoienshi thrusts his three-pronged staff into his musical opponent’s left foot, sending a splash of blood flying out as a result.
Lunamaria screeches out in agony this time – and in a seemingly reflexing action, kicks her stabbed foot right at the demon’s light cheek.  Naturally, the fallen angel coughs out a spray of his black blood along with a couple of forcefully extracted teeth.
The musical magician throws her green guitar right at the Taoienshi’s face, sending him hitting the pavement with a giant splash of his blood.
“On your feet, traitorous angel!  GET UP!” Lunamaria screeches angrily before stomping her intact right foot in a fast, impatient fashion.
Be careful what you wish for, Luna – for a blast of swirling black flame suddenly zooms right at her from out of the blue.  She shrieks hysterically with her hair spiking up Bride-of-Frankenstein style before running up screaming.  Back to the Taoienshi, he’s still grounded while raising his left arm to his trident at his musical opponent, still fueling the fiery onslaught at her.
Little does this demon know that Lunamaria is heading over to him from behind – and stops to a screeching halt upon reaching his bloody face.  She then leaps upward like a rocket . . . just as the roaring black inferno comes bearing down on its conjuror, much to his wide-eyed horror.  In an instant, he gets burned to a crisp while engulfed in the blazing flames.
Once the unholy fire finally subsides seconds later, the Taoienshi slowly stands up while jiggling from all that burning he’s endured.  His skin is now all charred black – and slowly falling off his body like ashes.
For the finishing blow, Lunamaria raises her right hand as it glows a surging neon green with neon pink musical notes.  A Ludwig Vistalite drum kit in a neon blue and green tie-dye design appears in its wake, with the musical witch quickly sitting on the stool and grabbing the drumsticks before her.
“Time to shake this traitor up – LITERALLY!” Lunamaria shrieks triumphantly while clapping her drumsticks up in the air.
With that, the musical magician starts drumming away like a raving maniac.  The resulting speed-metal earache leads to a neon shockwave of pink, green, and blue lightning bolts with glowing yellow stars in-between.  It wastes no time in “flowing” over to the slowly-decaying Taoienshi, literally shaking him up into a storm of black ash upon the slightest contact.  Yep, his own attack burned him good.
Once the unholy ashes vanish into the night wind, Lunamaria breathes out in relief as she throws the drumsticks aside and get up from the stool.  She then gives her allies a proud smile and peace hand-sign.  
The others clap their hands in amused applause – when suddenly another Taoienshi appears right behind them from the shadows of the dark alley.  He summons forth a red trident of his own and raises it up above Saffron . . .
. . . When suddenly, the new fallen angel is stabbed by what appears to be a giant flower seed.  He gasps in shock when the seed bursts apart to reveal an ever-growing series of vine that rapidly grow and twirl all over his body.
Once the Taoienshi is completely covered in this wide-spreading flora assault, his head bursts apart in a fountain of black blood and shredded vines – with a giant sunflower growing from his neck with a warm yellow light and sparkles.  Once it completely blossoms up with its beautiful sunny yellow petals, a shiny pearl is revealed on its seed-rich bud.
The trio turns around just in time to see this sunny sight before them – with Danica and Orpheus gasping in surprise, while Saffron simply smiles in amusement.
“This is my Leech Seed attack.  Hidden in my hair are several sunflower seeds that latch on any demons and feed on their essence to produce a shiny white pearl – one that’s part of Danica’s secret experiment, am I right?” the golden kunoichi asks, with the Duskfae princess nodding cheerfully.
With that, Danica grabs the shiny pearl from the sunflower and pockets it in her pants pocket.  Just like that, the entire ‘planted’ demon disintegrates into another ash storm that gets carried into the night wind.
“How many more pearls do we need to collect before beginning this experiment of yours, by the way?” Orpheus asks curiously, with Danica air-writing ‘21’ with her crystal wand.  “Then knowing these Taoienshi, there are more on the prowl.  Let’s ride, people!”
The others waste no time in doing just that and zooms off from the scene in Cerulean Comet 2.
*
It isn’t long before the new security team does find more of the fallen angels – this time flying in the air in a sky-covering swarm like those confounding crop-eating locusts.  Saffron gets out of the sportscar and heads up to the swarm with both her dart gun and tekko-kagi ready, with Danica flying by her side to help out.
Upon reaching the fallen angel army, the golden kunoichi wastes no time in swatting the ones heading her way like flies.  The ripped-apart Taoienshi fall down by the minute with their bloody remains disintegrating in a shower of ash and blood.  Danica squeals in panic as she motions Saffron to activate her Leech Seed on these corpses immediately.
“I know, I KNOW!” the hybrid kunoichi exclaims in a mix of annoyance and panic as she swirls her hair in a cyclone – with several sunflower seeds flying out from it.  
An accompanying shower of these sparkling yellow seeds hit the pavement as some of them are successful in latching onto the dead demons before they disintegrate completely.  Back up in the unfriendly skies, Saffron unleashes throw after throw Judo-style in a blinding blur to send more of those pesky demons crashing into the ground.  Of course, she does the hair-whipping/seed-summoning routine afterwards to make sure they won’t escape – and the obvious, too.
The golden kunoichi sees another Taoienshi heading her way and whips out several vines from her fingertips at him, tying the fallen angel up just like that.  Seeing this as a chance to get some action herself, Danica flies over and sics her own shadow onto the hapless fallen fool.  The Duskfae’s shadow takes the form of a fearsome dragon with red piercing eyes just before lunging down to bite the Taoienshi’s head off in a glorious blood fountain.
“Many thanks, Your Highness!” Saffron says as she throws a Leech Seed right into the dead devil’s neck like a basketball player making a winning loop.
Just then, several Taoienshi zero in on the unknowing Danica for a surprise pounce – only to get several darts shot right into their eyes from out of the blue.  They cry out in agony while clutching their bloodied eyes, which surprises the Duskfae princess just in time.  She smiles amusedly as she magically summons chakrams shaped like silver stars in her hands and decapitates ‘em all like a hedge that needs trimming.
Once she’s done with that, Danica sees yet more fallen angels heading her way like eagles zeroing in on their prey.  Groaning in annoyance – since the bad guys always like to go for the smallest heroine first – she simply zips upward and fires both lightning bolts from her antennae to fry her stalkers into more black ash in seconds.
“Easy with the voltage, Your Highness!  We need their bodies intact for further pearl extraction,” Saffron insists concernedly as she shoots more fallen angels in the forehead with a dart gun – the very source of those darts from earlier, obviously.
Danica shrugs her shoulders with a nervous giggle as her way of saying ‘Sorry, I forgot.’  Just then, she hears a strong wind current coming in from behind.  She groans angrily just before spreading her ponytail into several spider-web strands – which captures several Taoienshi in their sticky clutches like flies trapped in an actual spider-web.  It’s the hair spray, man.
Saffron smiles amusedly as she jabs several sunflower seeds into her dart gun before lock ‘n’ loading.  She then fires the resultant seed-tipped arrows right into the Taoienshi’s mouths and watch as their leeching vines do their work just like earlier.  The fallen angels share the same bloody fates as the Leech Seed’s first victim just before falling down to the pavement with their shiny prizes alongside them.
Danica yelps in fright as she zooms down to collect the precious pearls – only to see Orpheus already holding them in his arms while still riding on CC2’s mounted gun.  He waves at his Duskfae mistress with an assuring smile, with her smiling and waving back in thanks.  With that, Danica flies back upwards to the bloodied skies while her raven boyfriend takes hold of the gun and aims at the incoming fallen angels via its sniper scope attachment.
*
Just as Danica returns to Saffron’s side, the golden kunoichi has already decapitated three more fallen angels by throwing a storm of sunflower petals that are sharp as shuriken.  Just as several more Taoienshi approach the twilight duo from behind for a sneak attack, their heads suddenly get blown into a shower of bloody chunks from neon blue lasers from below.  The firing sound they produce surprise Danica and Saffron as they look around and see the mysterious lasers flying off into the night sky.  They smile and then look down at Orpheus while waving thanks – which the psychic raven himself waves back with a peace hand-sign.
With that, the golden kunoichi does her hair-whipping routine yet again while her bonded Duskfae ward off the remaining Taoienshi with her dragon shadow until she’s done.  “All right, I’m ready now.  Time to send these traitors packing once and for all,” Saffron insists amusedly.
Danica nods with a smile as she and her bonded kunoichi join hands and go into a meditative stance together.  Seconds later, their wings start glowing in neon purple and yellow together – just before their eyes glow in the same colors and they wake up from their meditation.  With that, they unleash a storm of green thorny vines of purple roses and sunflowers right at the swarmers, whom get stuck and pierced in its sharpy, thorny clutches just like that.
Once every single remaining Taoienshi is trapped in this combined attack, the vine swarm crushes its prey into a paste-like mush with several blood bursts and grinded bones flying out.  Saffron does one more seed-summoning hair whip on the bloody mess before she and Danica fly back down to the campus grounds.
*
By the time the twilight duo reunites with their allies aboard Cerulean Comet 2, Orpheus and Lunamaria are already at work scavenging the mountain of black ash for any more pearls from within.  Danica rolls her eyes in annoyance before taking a deep breath and blows the ash into the night sky – revealing the remaining pearls behind in their sparkling white radiance.
The psychic raven and the musical magician look at each other with annoyed expressions as if saying, “Why did we even bother with all that digging?”, much to the twilight duo’s snickering amusement.
“Very funny.  Well, we’ve recovered MUCH more than you needed for the experiment, Danica.  What should we do with the rest?” Lunamaria asks while rolling her eyes.
I’ll do another experiment on Yukiko, too.  Don’t worry, it won’t be anything bad, I swear, the Duskfae princess glitter-assures with a smile.  Let’s find her first, then we can commence.
“Hmm . . . I think I know what you’re planning.  But I won’t spoil it for the readers out there,” Saffron says while winking at them.  “Let’s do this.”
With that, everyone gets back on/in Cerulean Comet 2 and hightails it out of the area in a giant puff of neon blue smoke and yellow sparkles.