Day 2 Morning

[The Spirit]

CHALLENGE
CENOBIA vs. LINK, MAKOTO YUKI, ERIK VRELL

Cornered by the trio of primes Cenobiaa was backed against a wall. The shuddering rise and fall of its chest belied its fearsome stare. The stone-plated guardian was on the verge of collapsing, stubbornly clinging to life as a mortally wounded animal would. The three warriors looked as battered and beaten as their quarry, but they stood defiantly against the beast. With a thunderous roar the ancient bull rushed towards the psychic. Erik taunted the beast once more, forcing it to commit to its devastating charge. His injured body strained itself to the limit as he dove to try and avoid the oncoming blow. Cenobia rampaged closer, tearing through an archway and sending massive chunks of stone through the air. One of the blocks smashed into Erik’s legs, shattering one and pinning him to the ground. He screamed in agony as his bones snapped like twigs.
　　
Link yelled in fury as he leaped high into the air. In his hands a weighted hammer, nearly the size of the boy manifested. Cenobia turned to charge the sling-wielding high-schooler. Heavy hoofbeats thundered forth with intent to trample Yuki. The green-clad youth hurtled from the heavens like an earth-bound star, hammer ready to strike. The earth shook and a thunderclap rattled the ancient ruins as he nailed Cenobia’s skull into the ground. The stone mask cracked and began to crumble as the guardian behind the visage went limp.
　　
“Got him!” Link laughed as he jumped to the side of the broken beast.
　　
The sound of creaking bones and cracking ice emanated from the dying guardian. Its deathrattle was both horrid and loud, but it also meant that it was not quite exterminated. With a shuddering surge a dinner-plate sized hoof thrashed outward, slamming into Link’s sternum forcing him from his feet. A dying star, Cenobia thrashed violently and scrambled to its shaking legs. Stumbling and swaying like a drunkard the guardian rushed forward like a runaway car. Unbearable force slammed into Yuki and sent him flying into a nearby wall. The back of his head rebounded with a sickening crack off the stone building. He fell to his knees, blood pouring from the large wound on the back of his head. His vision was blurred, but he could hear the approaching train threatening to end his life here and now.
　　
　　Do or die.
　　
　　Sink or swim.
　　
Cenobia slammed into the poor youth, but even the monstrous creature’s prodigous momentum was halted in the face of the Omnipotent orb. The pale purple aura had save Yuki’s life and now held the beast frozen. But even the powerful orb had its limits, the flickering and waning of Makoto’s aura resigned him to a painful death. He closed his eyes and accepted his death.
　　
　　But it did not come.
　　
No, a massive shaft of pure psionic energy skewered the beast’s heart. Erik had mustered a devastatingly precise strike to the monster’s vitals. With a final shuddering breath Cenobia collapsed under its own weight, leaving the gleaming breastplate to whoever would chose to accept its mantle
　　
[spoiler]　　GUARDIAN SLAIN
　　
Erik Vrell has a broken femur. 8 damage (Major Wound)
　　
Makoto Yuki has a vicious concussion. 7 damage (Moderate Wound)
　　
Link has a cracked sternum and will have difficulty breathing. 6 damage (Moderate Wound)
　　
Relic has been recovered.

All three have spent 1 SP respectively
　　
Erik, Link and Yuki check your PMS[/spoiler]