The Ultimate Strategy of Team Essie

"Bad news Wasila? What could possibly be worse than being impaled with ice spikes, and losing our healing items?"

"Plenty Rick." Wasila smiled. "If you remember, my abilities allow me to not only absorb someone else's magic ability, but enhance its power too. Within a minute or two those ice spikes are going to grow, and they will no doubt pierce your heart, along with Janet's. It will be the end of the line for you both."

"Well, that's a shame." Janet said sheepishly. "So how did you survive the point blank blast with my laser gun to your head?"

"Simple, there was a special kitten hairpin in my hair that absorbed the damage of the blast. The pin disappeared after protecting me. If it makes you feel any better Janet, if I hadn't used that item, your shot would have defeated me."

"See Rick, I told you she had a hairpin!" Janet laughed before wincing in pain.

"It won't be much longer." Wasila responded gently, dropping her villain act for the moment. "The ice will end your lives in this simulation, then you will safely return to the hub. Did you have any last words before Tate and I claim the win?"

"Yeah, you forgot one little thing." Janet answered.

"Oh? And what's that?"

"We were hoping to stop you ourselves, but we had a worse case scenario plan in order if we failed." Rick stated. "You seem to have forgotten about one of our crew members."

"Essie...." Wasila said with a smile, looking in the distance and observing massive flames generating from both of Essie's hands.

"While we were absolutely intending to take you down, we were also serving as a distraction to allow Essie to charge her new fire spell." Janet explained. "Not only are her flames even stronger, but they have the added ability of locking on to their targets. Guess who those two targets are?"

The ice spikes then spread through Rick and Janet's bodies, striking their vitals and ending their lives in the simulation. As both of their bodies disintegrated into dust, Essie screamed as she sent dual flames flying towards Wasila and Tate.

To be continued....

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Training World Arc

Prior stories/chapters from this plotline:

- Team Janet vs Team Sic - https://theprose.com/post/467594/team-janet-vs-team-sic

- A New Adventure Begins! A 20 Word Teaser! (Chapter 109) - https://theprose.com/post/469384/a-new-adventure-begins-a-20-word-teaser

- Coffee And Dreams (Chapter 110) - https://theprose.com/post/469464/coffee-and-dreams

- Infected City Arc Closure (Chapter 111) - https://theprose.com/post/470462/infected-city-arc-closure

- A New Dimension - The Training World (Chapter 112) - https://theprose.com/post/472712/a-new-dimension-the-training-world

- Training, Or Vacation? (Chapter 113) - https://theprose.com/post/476376/training-or-vacation

- The Hub (Chapter 114) - https://theprose.com/post/478137/the-hub

- Janet vs Leftover: Rematch? (Chapter 115) - https://theprose.com/post/481194/janet-vs-leftover-rematch

- Follow Up (Chapter 116) - https://theprose.com/post/484088/follow-up

- Catching Up (Chapter 117) - https://theprose.com/post/484441/catching-up

- Portal To The Next Fight (Chapter 118) - https://theprose.com/post/491899/portal-to-the-next-fight

- Clash of the Mages (Chapter 119) - https://theprose.com/post/499792/clash-of-the-mages

- Team Essie (Chapter 120) - https://theprose.com/post/502330/team-essie

- A New Trick (Chapter 121) - https://theprose.com/post/504534/a-new-trick

- Darn Mosquito (Chapter 122) - https://theprose.com/post/510059/darn-mosquito

- Playing Offense: Rick and Janet (Chapter 123) - https://theprose.com/post/533308/playing-offense-rick-and-janet

- Injured Musings (Chapter 124) - https://theprose.com/post/534943/injured-musings