Charlotte nodded, excited for the fight ahead.

Justine frowned as she looked around. Something was off. Why weren't they attacking them yet?

Xhort headed through the portal and looked upon the landscape, having not seen the world before. He looked up at the broken orange sky and down again at the fields of grass, "Perhaps I should lead ahead." He said to Gigginox, arms behind his back and a crooked grin upon his face.

Noctixmo looked around before taking a few steps ahead. He wasn't sure how far his objectives were, but he had nothing else to do other than serve Jaarus' will.

Justine tilted her head to the side. "You have got to be kidding me. I thought he was already dealt with," She had sense Zadyn earlier, but wasn't too sure if it was him.

Noctixmo continued walking ahead whilst the others spoke as he sheathed his blade. He had a frown on his face as he contemplated what just happened. How were they tracked down? Was someone feeding them intelligence? Pure stroke of luck?

In the distance as he went ahead of the others he started to see a figure walking in his direction. Hunched, crooked even - and dressed ever so familiar. Noctixmo felt his heart drop and a lump start to swell in his throat. Ahead was Xhort, grin on his face.

"Ah, my boy! Noctixmo, warrior of the uprising, chosen of Jaarus, "

His yellow eyes flashed a knowing tell in his grin.

"My research."

Noctixmo gritted his teeth and drew his sword, "Son of a bitch. You think you can just stand there? Alive? After what you've done? Son of a bitch!" He hissed, running at Xhort to tear the elder apart.

Xhort waited for him to draw closer and quickly raised a hand, causing the earth below Noctixmo to violently thrust upwards and ascend as a tall pillar. Noctixmo winced as the blow threw him into the air and the pillar then collapsed, causing him to fall. He regained his balance mid-air and warped down, landing on his feet. He looked up at Xhort with nothing but bitter hatred burning in his eyes. 

Justice stumbled a few steps back, shocked with what was seeing. A human with both angelic and demonic power? "How the fuck is that possible?" She recovered from her shock quickly.

Noctixmo rushed forward again, lunging for Xhort. Xhort grinned as he raised his hand and conjured his own sword, clashing with Noctixmo. Xhort staggered and blinked backwards, electricity crackling in his palms as he launched an arc of lightning towards Noctixmo, who leapt upwards and launched a ball of flames. The lightning proved too strong, surging through the fireball and causing Noctixmo to quickly guard against it, causing him to take minor damage. Before he could respond, Xhort flicked his wrist and a chunk of ice crashed into Noctixmo from above, causing him to tumble to the ground.

He got up with a scowl, wincing as the impact from the ice started to cause a thin layer of frost to slowly spread across his skin, "I see you have company, feckless boy." He blinked forwards and attempted to catch Noctixmo in a blast of flames detonating around him - who managed to warp away pre-emptively, "But they only serve to witness your defeat." He sidestepped and raised his forearm, creating a magical shield to block an incoming slash of air from Noctixmo's sword, "And they shall be next." His eyes shone with a malicious sense of satisfaction.

Sophie hefted her trident. "Let's do this..."

Mickey frowned at Galvin stepped forward. They should fight together.

Mickey looked over at Justine. "How do you know?"

Sophie was waiting for the all clear eagerly.

Xhort rose up into the air and started to launch spears of lightning at Noctixmo, forcing him to start taking evasive action. A stray bolt struck the ground near Galvin, throwing up dirt and debris. Noctixmo warped towards Xhort and clashed swords with him before delivering a sharp kick to him, throwing him to the downwards, Xhort regained his balance and landed on his feet, finding himself again being put on the defensive as Noctixmo came in for another melee barrage. His guard wavered under the rapid series of attacks and Xhort stumbled, eating a close range fire blast and being flung backwards. He caught his breath, chuckling, "But you resist in vain! The Angels are a feeble race. I shall make sure to deal with them properly once I rightfully reassert mankind's rule over the world."

Noctixmo gritted his teeth, "All you do is talk. You aren't coming back to our world." He said coldly, before his wings burst from his back. Jer-black and slightly tattered. Some feathers fell to the ground as he flexed them and in a single flap travelled a large distance into the air, sword poised to rush Xhort.

Mickey turned to respond with a great wave of water slammed into her back. She gasped for breath an=s she was put under, trapped in a great ball of water that was rising into the air. She looked around frantically and her eyes widened as she saw Sophie and Justine step from portals. Sophie was twirling her trident as she smirked up at Mickey, and the water began to feel...tighter.

With a yelp, Justine met Charlotte's blade with hers. "Hang on, Mickey," She gritted, pushing her back.