With his newfound power thanks to his ghostly magical partner, Skeedaddle’s archery skills were enhanced with explosives that allowed him to fire off a multitude of arrows that pierced the snakes and blew them up with enough force to erase them completely.
And with that, the wound on Coral’s leg disappeared also.
“...Whew. Hey. I feel better…” she took a look at her watch and started to analyze their surroundings. “I see. If we get rid of them, then any destruction they cause will disappear too.”
“Don’t gotta tell me twice!” Skeedaddle shouted as he ran forward and fired off a series of arrows while sliding along the ground. The sea of serpents would continuously disappear from the blasts of energy just as fast as they were spawned!
Watching Skeedaddle fight inspired the hiding Trixie.
‘...I have to help them somehow,’ she thought to herself before putting on a bold face as she stormed back outside, much to the confusion of Wallflower.
“Hey, where are you--?!”
“I’m not great or powerful if I can’t do what I can to help!” Trixie called back, and jumped out there to inform Sonata of what she knew. “Sonata! I can read its thoughts! Its entire backside is a blind spot!”
“Okay,” Sonata replied while shocking another snake that was flung her way. “...I just need to get behind it somehow. Maybe…”
That’s when she realized Sandbar was still on the proverbial battlefield. On the opposite end of where she stood.
‘Come on…come on…you can do this, Sonata…take control. My sisters can’t give me guidance forever.’
In a difficult bout of split-second thinking, Sonata managed to bark an order to Sandbar from her end of the parking lot. “...Sandbar--Sandbar! Pressure her from behind!”
With an order, Sandbar had a sense of direction and knew where exactly he should focus his power. “I got you, yo.”
And without hesitation, Sandbar started walking towards the possessed woman until his body dispersed into grains of sand that spread out against the pavement. Due to how his body disappeared, it looked as if he was walking down into the earth itself…
Unable to see its target, the eyeball monster shifted its gaze around the lot…
But by the time it realized what was happening, it was too late.
FWOOSH!
A mass of sand that turned into Sandbar himself would rise from the depths of nothingness beneath the ground, and he’d grabbed the woman by the throat with a sandy fist. He applied just enough force to paralyze both her and the monster, but not enough to kill her. He grit his teeth, and bit back his desire to end her life right then and there as he grumbled to himself.
“Gah…you lucky…”
In a swift motion, Sandbar spun around and let go, flinging her towards Sonata. “Take out this trash, yo!”
“With pleasure,” Sonata replied with a confident smile on her face as she prepared herself by opening her electrified hand…
Trixie’s eyes shot open, and she promptly closed them. “Don’t look directly at it!”
Heeding the warning, Sonata closed her eyes and caught the woman by her neck. True to Trixie’s word, the evil eye had prepared a curse that would demand eye contact, but it failed due to Sonata having her eyes shut.
“...How…how did you all--?!” the possessed woman’s voice droned.
“You don’t deserve an answer…for with the power of Zeus, I cleanse thee.”
ZZZZAP!
The sky suddenly turned dark as bolts of yellow and blue lightning flashed all around them, striking the woman’s body and destroying the evil eye--purging it from her body with just enough power to keep her alive.
And once it was all over, she let the woman go, causing her to flop on the floor.
“...did we win?” Trixie slowly opened her eyes, “...I mean…not that I’d be surprised…”
Sonata placed her hands on her hips as she opened her eyes as well. “...Yup. It’s over, everyone. That demon is gone.”
“That was so cool!” Coral squealed as she hugged Skeedaddle, then placed a kiss on his cheek, “You straight up got the power of one of the Thracian Heroes!”
“...I did, huh?” Skeedaddle blushed, “Guess I did…I am pretty good with a bow.”
“And you!” Coral turned to Sonata, “You created a thunderstorm out of nowhere like Narukami or something! That was so dope!”
Sonata replied with an embarrassed smile, “...it was nothing, really. I just did what I could--”
“And Wallflower was the one who saved us,” Coral turned to give the green-haired girl acknowledgement, “Thank you so much.”
“Oh, uh…well, I--” Wallflower stuttered and simply gave her best smile. “No prob…”
“And Trixie--you could read its mind?!” Coral rushed up to her, “You’re like a real magician! That was like a Houdini trick!”
“It was--?” Trixie swiftly accepted the praise, “Er, I mean…of course it was! Thank you for noticing~”
“Now where’s my big brother--?” Coral turned to look at Sandbar. The latter held his arms open and she ran up to tackle and hug him. “You’ll never stop being the coolest guy around.”
“...I just do what I can, Cici,” he replied with a smile while holding onto her. “You’re my little sister--it’d be stupid of me not to keep you safe. Even if it kills--”
“No no no,” Coral playfully glared at him while pouting her lip, “Don’t you dare say that. We’re all gonna live until we’re old and have grandkids of our own. You promised.”
Sandbar chuckled, and sighed. “...yeah, I did promise that, huh? Come on, we gotta find, mom.”
Fortunately for them, they wouldn’t have to look very far.
“Sandbar! Coral!” their mother approached them in a huff as she appeared from out behind her car. “We saw everything! You two are so brave!”
“...hol’ up, ma,” Sandbar tilted his head, “Whatcha mean by ‘we’?”
That’s when all of the people of the parking lot exited their vehicles…and cheered for everyone with a series of overlapping shouts and clapping.
“...Guess that answers that question,” Sonata added with a shrug.