"What the fuck just happened?" Billie cursed in shock as the four of them saw a giant bird appear where the man had been.
"He transformed into his true form," Joanne replied as they saw the giant bird flap its wings and fly into the sky.
"How the hell does a man transform into a bird?" Millie asked in disbelief.
"Probably the same way a woman transforms into a dragon," Joanne replied with a smirk.
As they watched, they saw the man-turned-giant bird, who was still attempting to flee, look back before it shot fire from its beak.
"Bro can breathe fire?" Billie asked in amazement.
"Well, it is a phoenix, but that's nothing compared to Tephe's breath attack," Joanne replied.
As if to prove Joanne's point, they suddenly saw Tephe open her maw, before a stream of white energy erupted from it that collided with the flames before cancelling each other out.
"Soooo cool," Millie remarked with shining eyes.
"Right," Joanne said proudly.
"So why are they even after this man that can somehow turn into a giant bird?" Joanne asked before adding, "You never told us."
"He apparently tried to assassinate Diva Lorelie by stabbing her," Joanne answered while frowning.
"No way," Millie gasped.
"That's messed up," Billie remarked.
"I now understand why Adam Spencer is so angry," Jeanie remarked.
"Worst of all, it seems the person in question is actually an obsessive stalker fan," Joanne remarked.
"Those fans are the worst," Billie said in disgust.
"I appreciate our fans and everything, but being obsessive is just weird. I mean, it's not like it's gonna make us fall in love with you or anything," Millie added.
"Do they suspect he tried to kill Diva Lorelie because he's jealous she's now with Adam Spencer?" Jeanie asked.
"That could be part of it, but it also seems the secret organisation that attacked the spaceship Princess Tessa Terrana was travelling on might be involved," Joanne explained.
"Alien Princess?" Billie asked in amazement.
"Oh yeah, you missed a great space battle," Joanne replied before she went on to tell them about the previous stream while they continued to watch the current one.
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[Noobkiller9000 (Earth): DUDE! That guy just transformed into a giant bird that can shoot fire.]
[Animefangirl (Earth): THAT WAS SO ANIME!]
"He's bigger than Revi was when she transformed back then," Tephe remarked before giving a dragon's grin as she added, "But he's still tiny enough that I could crush him under one paw."
[Phoenixempress (Fenix Nest): He's slightly older than I was back then.]
"I guess he's getting desperate if he transformed like that, his size makes him easier to follow after all," Adam replied before asking, "Are you going to be ok handling his attacks?"
"Please, he's five hundred years too late to think his weak little flame can overpower my breath attack, let alone hurt me," Tephe remarked proudly as she intercepted another flame attack that Beam shot her way.
[Noobkiller9000 (Earth): This is so awesome, I mean, we're totally watching a dragon and a phoenix going at it.]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): I'd say it's more the dragon toying with the phoenix than an actual fight.]
"So, want me to knock him out of the sky?" Tephe asked eagerly.
"Can you?" Adam asked.
"No problem, hold on," Tephe replied before she gave her wings a mighty flap and shot forward towards Beam, whose bird-eyes widened in shock.
As Beam saw Tephe flying quickly towards him, he tucked in his wings and entered a dive in an attempt to escape; unfortunately, Tephe had anticipated his response and tucked her own wings in as she followed him.
Both creatures dived towards the ground, with the dragon quickly catching the fleeing phoenix.
[Superherofangirl (Earth): How is she so fast when she's so much bigger? I thought the phoenix would be quicker and more manoeuvrable.]
[Phoenixempress (Fenix Nest): It's the age gap. The older we become, the faster we learn to fly; however, you are correct that the traitor should be more manoeuvrable. Unfortunately for him, his lack of experience is showing since he's not attempting anything other than trying to outrun a dragon that is far older and faster than him.]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): His lack of combat experience also probably comes from the phoenix race's highly isolated policy since the Siege of Fenix Nest.]
[Phoenixempress (Fenix Nest): True, now that my race has been restored to what it once was, it may be time to reconsider our isolation policy, if only so that our young can gain experience from interacting with other races more.]
[NonpareilRaphilia (Aaru): To think that it would need a battle between a phoenix and a dragon for you to come to that conclusion.]
As the pair continued to dive, Beam continually shot fire from his beak in an attempt to defend himself.
Tephe, however, had gotten bored with intercepting the weak fire attacks. She simply began to let them impact her scales until she was close enough to Beam that she swiped out with one of her front paws and sent Beam hurtling sideways towards a small nearby forest.
The heavy strike disoriented Beam so much that it took him several seconds to remember what was happening and attempt to correct his now plummeting form.
Unfortunately, it was too little too late; Unfortunately, it was too little too late as he spiralled out of control, crashing into a tree, shattering it into splinters before hitting another, then another. His giant phoenix body tore through trees until it finally impacted the earth.
As it did, it made a trench as his body slid along the ground until finally coming to a halt.
[AlamoMatador4thewin (Earth): She totally just swatted him out of the air.]
[StealthAssassin9 (Earth): Do we call that the Tephe swat technique?]
[1000yearsofdeath (Earth): Well, he was kind of a pesky bug. Kekeke.]
[HackerSu (Trillion): Hope she didn't kill him, Adam has questions for him still.]
"See," Tephe said proudly as she flew towards where Beam had crashed.
"Let's just hope you didn't kill him," Adam said while shaking his head.
"No need to worry, I held back my strength, though he probably has a few broken bones," Tephe replied.
"Him being able to talk is all that matters," Adam replied as Tephe flew down and landed beside the crater that Beam's phoenix form was still lying in.
"See, he's still alive," Tephe remarked as she saw Beam's body twitching slightly while bending down to make it easier for Adam to get off her.
"Congrats on not killing him when you slapped him into the ground," Adam remarked sarcastically as he jumped down from Tephe before pulling out his force lance.
[OfficialKasumi (Aqua Primus): Ohhh, are we going to see the universal force lance's interrogation mode?]
[LadyErkath (Alastor): It's been a while since I've seen that in action.]
Adam walked up to the crater where Beam's body was still twitching and hopped down into it. After doing so, he rested the end of the force lance against part of his body and pressed a button.
Electricity shot from the end of the force lance and coursed through Beam's body, making him scream in pain as his body twitched even more and he started to flail around, forcing Adam to jump away.
[SciFifanboy (Earth): Dude, that was so Sci-Fi. You could literally see the electricity coursing over his body.]
[Gunlovergirl (Earth): That was awesome, I gotta get me one of those.]
"Tephe, can you pin him down? I can't get near him when he's flailing around and shooting fire everywhere," Adam asked.
"No problem," Tephe said before lifting a massive paw and bringing it down on Beams' flailing body in a way that knocked the air out of him, before she pinned him to the ground.
[LadyErkath (Alastor): So much for using the universal force lane's interrogation mode.]
[Justiceistruth (Earth): Huh? What? That's it? Lame.]
[Whostolemyduck (Earth): It was using electricity, you idiot. What do you think would happen if he used the same method on him now that Tephe is pinning him down?]
[Justiceistruth (Earth): Oh, right.]
"Guess we go with dismemberment instead," Adam remarked before pointing his force lance at one of Beam's talons and pressing a section on the force lance.
A red light shot from the force lance and hit the talon, blowing part of it away and causing Beam to scream dreadfully.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
[Handsome3horns (Vinox 2): Bro, blew off 3 of his 4 talons.]
[OfficialMuriel (Aqua Primus): Damn, that's gotta hurt.]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): I guess it would be kind of like having most of your fingers or toes blown off at once.]
[NonpareilRaphilia (Aaru): When has that ever happened to you?]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): It hasn't, I'm just pointing it out.]
Adam didn't wait for Beam to stop screaming before he pointed his force lance at the end of one of Beam's wings and pressed the same section once again.
The red light flashed again before the end of the wing was blown away. Feathers flew everywhere while blood spilt from the talon stumps and wings into the crater below.