Fearing Salvation (Invite Only!)

[mugenginga]

Most people wouldn't see the respectably sized if a little cartoony white rat stick its head out of the side of one of Void City's alleys. They wouldn't see the rabbit ears coming out of its large cartoony mouse ears that ended in giant puffs and began to fade to red white halfway down. They wouldn't see the silver halo-like pieces floating just above the puffs around the ears.

They wouldn't see that it whipped its head around several times, its nonexistant eyebrows seeming to be angled down, creating a look of worry over the red eyes and the frown that didn't eliminate the appearance of an over simplified cat mouth. They wouldn't see it run out of the alley and quickly behind a tree, it's fluffy but oversized Chow like tail tight behind it. They wouldn't see because they couldn't. Only those with the potential, realized or otherwise, as a magical girl could see it. And most people weren't out this time of night, not when the demons were this active.

A crunching noise behind the creature caused it to freeze up. It jerked its head around, its back raised and hackled like a cat might react despite the rodent-like structure of its body. Two vaguely humanoid shapes ambled out of it. The creature spun around and another one came out behind. The population was high. It had found a world lacking in Puella Magi, but at what cost? It shook its head. No it couldn't question that. If it was time for the universe to die...

What it needed now was the very thing it wanted to avoid. Those that could see it... it whipped its head around and looked up. It could climb the tree and get a better vantage point, right? The demons were concerned with humans more than it's kind, right? No... they didn't care. But something had to be done or it could be killed. It didn't have the bodies to spare, not in its flight from danger greater than even the demons...

[Firebreath Fishslap]

A black haired girl walked down the deserted streets. She carried a purple gem in her hand, and her gaze was focused on it instead of anything around her. The gem was glowing, with the glow fluctuating as she walked. She grimaced at the object. Her abilities weren't getting weaker, but she couldn't get a lock on any demons.

Wait.

She turned to the left. All of the sudden, the glow had intensified. Had some appeared? Something must have changed. The gem lifted into the air, and both it and Homura glowed with a bright purple energy. When it dissipated, she stood there, her outfit having changed. A shield manifested on her arm, and the gears whirred in it. She concentrated, and some energy flowed from the jewel now attached to the back of her hand into the shield.

Stop.

The world froze around her, and she began to run. Her Soul Gem glowed accordingly as she drew closer to the demons, but she knew where they were just from instinct. She flowed some energy into her legs and lept from the alley onto the roof, continuing her run there until soon she was at the same location as the demons. She looked down at the ground. Two large, lanky humanoid shapes, which appeared to be chasing after a white creature. Her eyes narrowed. The body shape was all too similar to one she knew already. So that's what that was.

Start.

The world began to move once more. The shield on Homura's arm became purple energy and warped into a longbow. She pulled the string back and released it, sending two bolts of purple energy at the demons. The strikes speared them through, and they burst into energy. Small black cubes dropped from their bodies onto the ground.

Homura lept down from the roof, using her magic to cushion her fall. She gave the Incubator a look of pure disdain.

"What are you doing here?"

[mugenginga]

The Incubator jerked in what seemed to be surprise when Homura turned to it. It stared at Homura, the muscles in its body appearing to be tight regardless of if the race really had them or not. And it actually winced at the icy address the girl gave her. It opened it's mouth and then paused for a moment before jerking its head around. The Incubator leapt to the ground and ran forward, past Homura a bit, and then stopped to turn back towards the Puella Magi.

"Don't look at me, there's more here! You're in danger if you don't focus on your surroundings!" The voice that came from the moving mouth was a little androdynous, almost like a young boy might have. It was quite emotional, and sounded panicked and a little worried. The Incubator tensed up and looked backwards, spinning around. There wasn't time to question it if it wanted to live, "Over there! In the shadows!"