Vilas stood and brushed the dust from his armor, continuing magnetically to hold his opponent in place. He smirked. "Not that I wasn't enjoying that," he said. "But regrettably, the whole universe is waiting on me."

He crossed the distance between them in long, confident strides. With a sweep of his arm, Vilas slammed the other into the wall. Redirection of the magnetic field charged her armor and she stuck fast to the metal.

"Goodbye, Lariska. Give this to death for me."

_{This is a quote from Crosswired, to be posted August 1, 2007.}