Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-29194274-20171229065724/@comment-26892768-20171229224538

Meanwhile, the people not dealing with Reverse Flash shenanigans are a bit busy dealing with Skele-Wraith shenanigans.

"God-" Nimona ducks under the lunge of a Skele-Wraith. "-dammit-" Vezon fires at the Skele-Wraith with his spear of fusion to no effect as it passes through completely. "-when-" The Skele-Wraith then lunges at Vezon, forcing Nimona to grab him, pull him to her, and roll out of the way. "-did these things-" The Skele-Wraith then lunges at the two of them, only to hit the chain connecting them both as they roll away from each other, and then make a run for it. "-become an actual threat!?"

"Well, they always were, you know." Vezon points out.

"True, but never to us! I mean, the...two times these guys showed up, we could dodge them like pros with ease! But now, they're actually fast enough and smart enough that we can't even try to hit any of the other Legion forces because otherwise-"

She's interrupted by a screech. She whips her head around to see a black, bony hand rapidly approaching her forehead - too fast and too close to dodge.

It occurs to Nimona that in approximately two seconds she's about to be taken out of the fight, and a few hours after that, forcibly converted over to the Legion via conversion to a Skele-Wraith. And while she's rarely seen the Skele-Wraiths in action, she knows what they do. She remembers the Skele-Wraiths at the destroyed prison - god, who was the major threat then; the Final Ones or the Red Army? It's blending together in her head - when she, Sari, Bumblebee, Vezon, and the Doctor Riders were investigating how Cronus broke out. Nimona's made it a habit to observe how people act, how they behave, their body language, their voice - and she'd been to that prison before. She'd known some of those guards. She heard their voices in the Skele-Wraiths' shriek. Twisted beyond recognition to most, but she could tell. It's the difference between the constructs and the converted. Just as she's about to be...

Then the Skele-Wraith is stopped entirely when several starry tentacles stab its body, causing it to go limp.

"Ha! Not so invincible now, hmm? Just very difficult to hit without said hit phasing through..." Skurd mutters on top of Ghostfreak's shoulder.

Nimona looks at Ghostfreak. "...You just..."

"I heard Vezon earlier." Ghostfreak reverts back to NW!Ben. "Figured that you probably didn't want that thing touching you."

"Uh..." Nimona blinks. She absentmindedly notices that she's blushing.

"You're welcome. Now, if you'll excuse me..." NW!Ben heads back out to the fight.