The changeling queen, however, got right back up as if nothing happened to her! The only other noticeable thing now was that her wings were gone, and she was even more fumed!

"Damn bitch won't let up!" Matt hissed as he was tossed head-first into a wall.

"She's immune to Holy damage?!" Natalie squealed as she found herself stuck hanging onto what was left of the ceiling. She dangled on the top of the hive as her legs flailed. The piece she clung to looked like the hand of a clock, and she wondered how long it would hold her.

"Fuck!" Lance cried as the changeling removed his clothes and started chasing him around in circles.

"LEAVE MY FRIEND ALONE!" Anna cried as she flung Frost and Spark Arrows left and right, hoping to hit the Changeling.

"Bite me!" Chrysalis replied as she turned and then ran to Anna full gallop with horn aglow. With a flick of her head she threw the archer onto the ground and followed this up by trampling on her back as a sickening crunch hitting the ears of all in the room.

"Anna!" Lance screamed, eyes going wide. Pure shock overcame him, and it was evident that something sparked in him.

Chrysalis reared on her hind legs and stomped on her back once more, another crunch hitting all ears in the area.

"You....you heartless wench!" Lance hissed, his face darkening as he loaded Snipe rounds into his gunblade.

Blake suddenly rushed toward the Queen with clawed arms spread wide. He would've slashed out vital organs had a holey hoof not knocked him off balance and sent him into Gilda.

Lance fired his shots...and deadpanned when Chrysalis picked up the archer with a hoof and used her for a meat-shield.

All the bullets went straight to her vital organs. Black blood poured profusely out of the wounds and dripped onto the dirt floor.

The Nazi dropped his weapon right then and there. He'd killed...? Another spark lit up within him, and he didn't know why.

Fenrir was more than pissed now. A bloody aura concealed his form as he meshed both paws together and held them out like he was going to fire a Hadoken. A crimson orb appeared just in front of his paws as his blue eyes became a searing gold.

"GET ANNA OUT OF HER GRASP NOW!" Fenrir barked as the orb became larger.

"Got it!" Twilight replied as with a glow of her horn and a flick of her own head she yanked the dead archer from the holey hoof. She then removed the still-dangling Natalie from the ruined ceiling piece and lowered the mage next to Matt.

"What the hell is he doing?!" Gilda shrieked as Lance took a Medipack and began surgery on the archer.

Natalie yanked the Element of Laughter off Chrysalis's neck and ran to help Lance.

Matt got out of the wall just in time to see Fenrir fire a laser at Chrysalis.

"AURA BLAST!!!" Fenrir caterwauled as the laser went from crimson to blue. The changeling queen let off a last cry of pain as the Overdrive turned her to ash. The laser then died off as Fenrir put his paws to his knees and panted like he ran ten consecutive marathons.

Lance removed the bullets and repaired Anna's broken spine and ribcage with such precision he put the world's best doctor to shame. Natalie then cast Revive with a look of worry.

Anna didn't move.

The rest of the party quickly formed a circle around her, looks of sadness in their eyes. Matt took a hare longer to catch up with everyone else in the circle, only for his eyes to widen at what he saw.

Anna still didn't move, her eyes closed in a peaceful slumber. Her mouth was barely open, and a small stream of blood trickled down her chin.

Natalie started tearing up again. "Not her too..."

Lance gingerly slid his left arm under her body, which felt cold now. He lifted her slightly, then gently stroked the back of his hand on her face as her bangs were brushed aside. Another spark lit up within him.

"Anna, please..." Twilight murmured, her eyes scrunching in disbelief. Faint sputters of magic danced around her horn, and she was shaking very bad.

Lance stroked the archer's cheek before the palm of his hand held one side of her face. She was still cold.

"No...." Gilda sobbed, her beak chattering in agony as her talons dug deeper into the dirt.

NoLegs yowled once. A look of worry overcame his face, and his ears fell flat.

Lance lowered his head to her chest. There was no heartbeat to be had. This....no, she couldn't possibly...

"We lose one and then another right after....? What has the world come to?!" Matt asked in grief, almost shouting as tears ran down his face.

Lance lifted his head, tears falling down his own cheeks and onto Anna's face before they rolled off and hit the ground. Some of the dirt went with those tears and cleaned her face a bit.

"This isn't happening...." Fenrir said, a whimper in his voice. He was shaking and his fur stood on end.

Lance shed more tears, his face getting closer to Anna's own...and then his lips met with those of the dead archer for the first--and last--time.

Blake sobbed in silence, his eyes becoming jet-black.

A sudden warmth encompassed Anna's body as she moaned in apparent pain. Her eyes opened just a hare before closing once more. Within seconds her eyes were wide open and her arms flung themselves around the Nazi. Their lips broke away as they embraced.

"Anna!" Lance cried as he fully wrapped his arms around her.

"Lance!" Anna replied as tears streamed from her own eyes.

Worried smiles crossed the lips of everyone else present as they hugged the archer in renewed glee. Blake's eyes returned to normal as he kept his Overdrive at bay.

"Let's get going. We have a promise to keep to a dead friend." Lance said as he stood up with Anna in his arms like they were officially boyfriend and girlfriend.

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"You saw a light?" Natalie asked.

"Yeah, but....I didn't see Katie anywhere." Anna answered.

"At all?" Fenrir chimed.

"No." Anna said, shaking her head sadly.

"I'm back, bitches!" Called a familiar, cheery tune.

"Matt, open the hatch. You won't believe what I'm seeing!" Lance called.

"On it." Matt replied as he fumbled for a bit before the hatch opened...and from above dropped a familiar form.

And said form was group-tackled by everyone present.

"Hey! Hey! One at a time please! This ain't no orgy!" Katie squealed with a grin.

"How'd you come back?!" Natalie asked rather impatiently.

"I can never truly die. I get a new body to reincarnate into instead. But Genesis apparently affected me, so...yeah." Katie answered sheepishly.

"Next location, please." Lance asked.

"Saddle Arabia, due north." Katie answered as Fenrir bear-hugged her.

Author's Notes:

Might as well begin the shipping right about now.

*shot*