The Wastelands, Saturday evening Fandom Standard Time [NFB]

[demonbelthazor]

With the powers he'd gained from vanquished demons, Bel was able to fight back against the Beast. But even with those powers, he was still tired and once again wondering why he was struggling so hard to survive. He was trapped here for eternity, and he didn't want to spend that time running for his life.


[For them that know who they are. NFB due to distance.]

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[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna tilted her head and tossed a fireball high into the air above the tongue.

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Flight was not something the tongues were used to dealing with. It stretched up and attempted to reach the very powerful being in the air.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel noticed Anders and . . . had no idea what to say. At all. "Um," he finally said. "How-how did you get here?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Awthsum." Blair mumbled around his stuck-out tongue and he gave a happy bounce. "I knew you could communicate. So how can we end this peacefully? Is there anything we can give you in trade for Bel?"

"Food? Money? Really long scarf?"

[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

This, was officially not good.

Reaching down for his belt, Wilson scrabbled to undo it, snapping it quickly off from around his waist. He had a split second in which he considered grabbing a rock but he didn't imagine he'd win a conventional tug of war.

Luckily, years of working in life or death -thought usually not HIS life- situations kept his hands steady as he rolled towards the tongue and wrapping his belt around the end at the edge of his ankle. Lopping it back through the buckle, he rolled for all he was worth, till he could just barely get the other end slightly anchored around a rock.

Then he pulled for all he was worth. See if the fucker liked the idea of getting snipped in two by a mortal belt...talk about humiliation on the demonic playground.

[blessed_twice]

The tongue wasn't stupid. It ignored the fireball and lunged straight for Alanna. Why chase fireballs when you could go to the source of the power?

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna was a tiny bit disappointed that the tongue didn't go after the ball and held Lightning out in front of her, aiming to get the tongue on the sword.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

At that moment, Alanna's purple fireball came back down.

[blessed_twice]

A gaping maw opened in the sand a few feet beyond Wilson. The tongue continued to strain against Wilson and his belt, then snapped in two. The maw roared in pain.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled at Anders a little weakly, before looking back at Cole. "I came back to get you," she explained. "Our friends came to help. I used a spell."

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

And landed right on the tongue and sizzled. It pulled back away from Nadia.

Too bad for her that one of its friends was approaching from the other side.

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Which was exactly what the angel had hoped for. Moving further and further away, but not so fast that the tongue would lose its grip, Aziraphale flew higher.

Then he brought the sword around in a sweeping arc and down toward the tongue.

[demonbelthazor]

"Phoebe, you don't belong here, none of you do!" Cole said. "You have to get out of here, now, before the Beast gets you!"

[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

The maw was a hell of a motivator for getting the hell out of dodge and Wilson wasted no time heading for the nearest rock.

From which he shouted.

"Uh, GIANT MAW!"

Point point point. Since he figured the others might like to know about this development.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia was a bit too busy going "OMGWTFFIREBALL?" to notice the other tongue sneaking up on her. She flailed slightly, almost falling over in her attempt to not be near the now flaming tongue.

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

And he managed to sever the tongue in half.

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

The tongue tried to wrap itself around her knees.

[sensethevisions]

"I am not leaving here without you, Cole," she said stubbornly. "I came to get you ouut of here and bring you home."

[nadiathesaint]

And it even did so. Nadia tried to twist and hack at the thing without cutting her own legs off with her sword but . . . well . . . she's not actually that good with a sword. In the process, she falls backwards, landing awkwardly on her shoulder.

Naturally, because that's just how things go, for Nadia, said shoulder dislocates quietly.

"OwowowowOFFowowowowow,"

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Wings beating to keep the angel from flying off through the air when the tongue's hold was released, Aziraphale took a moment to reorient himself, then dove back down toward the first attacker.

He landed lightly on the sand, sword at the ready.

[blessed_twice]

The tongue sniffed at Blair. He didn't have any powers as far as the tongue could "see," so it began to lose interest in him, with more tempting targets so close by.

[blessed_twice]

The tongue didn't see the sword, unfortunately, so it continued its pursuit of Alanna. This was going to hurt.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry, dude. We're getting out of here as soon as possible. Only.. *you* don't belong here any more than the rest of us do," Bridge insists to Bel. "So you're coming back with us."

[blessed_twice]

Another tongue sped after Wilson. The maw was hungry.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair looked down at himself and frowned. "Dude, what's up? You don't like me or something? Is it the hair? I always get complaints about the hair."

"I totally understand if you don't get it, being hairless and all."