The psychotic mercenary Anna Axis lunged at Lincoln with a maniacal grin.

Anna: YAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Anna moves in to attack Lincoln, who dodges her but the sadistic mercenary doesn't stop as she continues to lashes out at Lincoln.

Lincoln: (Dodging) What is your problem lady?

Anna: (Attacking; Giggling insanely) Hehehehehahahahahahahaha... ohhh, a lot of things exactly but my main problem... is YOU!!!!

She fires a flame of light at Lincoln to incinerate him but he disappeared from the attacks position and reappeared behind Anna with a blade of light, ready to slash Anna but she counters with a blade of darkness.

Lincoln: Grrrr....

Anna: Hehehehe... What's the matter, linky? Aren't ya happy to see me or has years of being 'dead' cloud your brain?!

Anna pushed Lincoln back as she lunged forward to slash him but Lincoln caught the strike with his light blade. The two were crossing blades with one another as Lincoln dodges the next slice and hits a spinning kick, knocking Anna into a few trees.

Lucy and Alt. Haiku were about to help but Lincoln spoke.

Lincoln: Don't interfere, I'll handle this.

Anna was back on her feet, forming pulsar guns from her light and dark aura, shooting white and black glowing bullets at Lincoln, who was evading them.

Anna: Hahahahahahahahaha! C'mon, Dance for me linc! Ahahahahahaha!!!

Lincoln was dodging and evading the aura bullets, nearly getting shot.

Lincoln: Ngh! What is with this woman?!

Lincoln then ran towards Anna while dodging the bullet as he charges his light aura with both hands, getting closer to Anna as he fires a wave of light at her.

Anna smirks as she caught the light wave... by opening her mouth & swallowing the attack.

Lincoln: ....?!

Anna: Ahhhh~... Thanks for the aura... it's feels so gooooooood~.... (light and dark aura flaring up).

Lincoln: .....

Anna: C'mon... C'mon, don't just stand there, fight me!

She lunged at Lincoln with light and dark aura surrounding her as she fought Lincoln with tremendous strength.

Lincoln: (on the defensive; Thinking) She's a heavy hitter, better not underestimate her.

As the two were clashing with one another, Lucy appears behind Anna with a dark aura formed scythe and was aiming to take Anna's head off but she managed to push Lincoln away and quickly catches lucy's scythe.

Lucy: ....!

Anna: (grins) Easy large ass goth... I'm not after you but if it's a whoopin' you want...

Anna breaks the scythe and attacks Lucy, who was countering her heavy hits, Lucy then engulfed her body in dark aura as she took the fight to Anna.

Anna: Hehehehehahahahahahaha!! Yes! Yes! Yes! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!! Show your power to me!!!

Lucy: Dark World...

Absolute Darkness engulfed Lucy and Anna as Anna herself was in the middle of an endless void of shadows. Lucy delivers a punch to Anna's right side, instantly vanishing.

Anna: Gah!

Lucy hits another to Anna's gut before vanishing again.

Anna: Agh!

From the shadows, Lucy unleashed a hellish assault of pure swift strikes on Anna out of nowhere as she delivers a dark aura induced fist to Anna's face, knocking her out of the park. But as Anna was about to hit the ground... she vanished.

Lucy was surprised by this but remained on guard as she tries to feel out Anna's aura. However, for some reason the twenty year old goth couldn't catch a glimpse of the psychotic mercenary's aura.

Lucy: (in her mind) She's cloaking her aura...?

Lucy gasped as she was grabbed in a chokehold from behind by Anna.

Anna: Hehehehehehe, so you wanna meddle in my business, eh? Well, I guess I have to kill you too-

Anna was cut off by a light aura induced kick to the face by Lincoln, releasing Lucy as she crashes into a few trees.

Lincoln helps Lucy up.

Lincoln: Lucy, I told you I can handle this.

Lucy: Lincoln, this woman has both light and darkness aura radiating within her body. We need to take her out together.

Anna: Hehehehehahahahahaha!! Oh yes! This is fun! This is really fun! C'mon, hit me! Let me feeeeel it!

Lincoln and Lucy: ......

Lucy: Is she some sort of Masochist....?

Lincoln: Crazy, yelling at us to hit her and thriving from pain wanting more.... Yep. Let's end this quickly.

Anna powers up as light and dark aura surrounded her body, lunging at the two siblings.

Lincoln: Luce.

Lucy: Yeah, got it.

Anna reaches forward to attack them but Lincoln and Lucy vanished as they appeared on both sides of Anna to deliver a hellacious and devastating combination attack on the psychotic mercenary, breaking Anna's arms and legs as light and dark aura forms in Lincoln and Lucy's hand for an attack.

Lincoln: Light Piercer.

Lucy: Dark Blitz.

The two fired their attacks at Anna as it engulfed her completely while she screamed in pain.

Anna: AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHH-HHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

The attacks combined sent Anna flying through a couple of trees, an explosion forming at near maximum proportions. Lincoln and Lucy remain on guard while staring at the huge cloud of smoke, now hearing creepy giggling within it. Out of the smoke comes Anna, who was forcing her bones back into place as she was grinning madly as light and dark aura was radiating from her.

Anna: Hehehehe... C'mon linc, you getting soft on me?

Lincoln: Hmph.

Anna: What happened to the Lincoln I used to know, you were stronger than this. We would always each other's backs, we played together, we fought together, we were friends... we were rivals, we knew each other's strengths... we were practically like... siblings... (clutches her head) ugh... why'd you have to ruin our bond... by dying and... leaving me... agghhh....!

Lucy: Lincoln... I think she's in turmoil on account of your alternate counterpart's death, her mentality is overwhelming her sense of judgment.

Lincoln: Ya don't say?

Lucy: Maybe you should talk to her?

Lincoln: Did you forget that she's trying to kill us both?

Lucy: Sigh... yes I get that but maybe you can calm her down.

Lincoln: Hmmm. Fine but if she doesn't listen to reason, we're doing it the hard way.

Lucy nods as Lincoln walks towards Anna, who was clutching her head and groaning in pain.

Anna: Aaaauuuuhhhhhh...

Lincoln: Anna... I know you're dealing some... issues regarding my 'death' but I'm not the Lincoln you know, in fact, your Lincoln is still dead, I'm really sorry for your loss. I'm Lincoln but from another parallel universe, same with Lucy here. I understand that you're hurt but you need to calm down and let go.

Anna: Hurt... Hurt... Hurt is an understatement of how I'm feeling... I'm broken because of you... you died, left me alone for years, then you come back and lie to my face?!

Anna looks at Lincoln with demented glowing white and black eyes.

Anna: (smiles insanely) Allow me to break you just as you broke me!!!!

Lincoln: Sigh... I tried explaining to you that I'm not the Lincoln you known in this world so... Hard way it is then. (To Lucy) Lucy this time, stand back and let me handle this.

Lucy sighs as she nods.

Light aura engulfs Lincoln's body as he forms a huge spark of white lightning from his right hand into a blade.

Lincoln: Electric Light Sword.

Anna goes berserk as she forms a ball of white aura in her right hand and a ball of black aura in her left hand.

Anna: I will break you!!! Hahahaha-hahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Lincoln: Come on.

The two instantly vanished as they were delivering swift and fierce blows to each other as shockwaves formed throughout the forest while Lucy, Sid, Alt. Haiku and the acolytes watched this fight.

Lucy: Gasp... such power.

Alt. Haiku: It's hard to believe that he's keeping up with Anna when she has both light and dark attributes.

Sid: .....

Soon, the two reappeared a few feet away from one another as both Lincoln and Anna rushed at each other with their own attacks ready to collide. The two let out a battle cry as they clashed their attacks together, resulting in a massive orb of light and darkness that engulfed the two as the explosion occurred.

Then... an image appeared in Lincoln's head. It was him at age 11 or his alternate counterpart spending time with a 11 year old girl with white hair, both of them had smiles and laughing as they look to be having fun together.

Soon, the image started to fade into a white light.

The explosion subsided as the smoke clears to reveal Lincoln down on one knee while Anna was on all fours, breathing heavily.

Lincoln: What did I just see in my head...?

Anna: Huff... huff... huff... huff... (looks at Lincoln with depressed eyes threatening to spill tears) Lincoln... I-

Sid Qrow appeared above her, raising his right hand with black and dark grey aura forming as well.

Sid: Blackout-Gravity Quake.

Sid shot his hand down as he released a wave of dark, bone crushing aura that forces Anna to the ground with a huge crater forming underneath her from the sheer pressure of the attack.

Anna: Guh... Linc... oln...

Anna's consciousness fades as she collapsed. Sid lands in front of Lincoln.

Lincoln: Sid what the hell?

Sid: We have a job to do and this woman was wasting our time.

Lincoln: Well ya didnt have to crush her with gravity to knock her out.

Sid looks at him with an uncaring stare.

Sid: Does it look like I care about what she or you thinks, light user?

Lincoln has a cold and deadly stare as a vein appeared on his head.

Lincoln: Oh I'm going to kill you.

Sid forms a double edged blade of dark aura as he had a cold stare.

Sid: By all means... Try.

BAM!

BAM!

Lincoln and Sid: Gah/Agh!

They were hit over the heads by Lucy and Alt. Haiku.

Lucy: Lincoln, he's one of our allies. Not an enemy.

Lincoln: Grrrr... Very well.

Alt. Haiku: Sid, I will not tolerate this behavior of yours and trying to kill our ally.

Sid: But Mistress, He-

Alt. Haiku: No. Buts.

Sid: Sigh... Yes Mistress... Sorry Mistress....

Lucy and Alt. Haiku look at each other.

Lucy: You sense a rivalry between these two?

Alt. Haiku: Indeed I do. Hopefully they won't destroy each other.

Lucy: Sigh... Whatta we do with her? (Points to the unconscious Anna).

Alt. Haiku: We'll bring her along with us for the first step of the mission. I'll put a strong restrain spell on her in case she tries anything suspicious. Now, let us be off to the Southern Base.

Lincoln, Lucy, Sid and the Acolytes nodded while Taking the unconscious Anna as they all took off.

To be continued....

(Chapter 9 is finished! Please like and comment on the chapter and let me know what you think of it. After a grueling battle with Anna, Lincoln, Lucy and the Group head to the Southern Base where alt. Lori, Luna, Luan and Sid's big sister Liz Qrow are being held, what will be waiting for them? Find out next chapter and I won't reveal what Lincoln is good at yet but still guess on it.)

A. Writer
B. Racer
C. MMA fighter
D. Instructor

(This is omegacrow fading to black...)