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Joe hopped into the hair slightly, vaulting over the first attack.
There was a splash in the water beneath him as the head struck where he had been standing a moment ago.
Then he was lifted off the ground as he landed on the back of the retracting head.
Joe jumped forward, through the tangled mess of attacks coming his way.
He spun, uncoiling his whip, and slashed outward in a circular pattern.

Ribbons of blood erupted all around him as he flew through the web of snake heads [3]!

He landed on the back of the creature on one foot,
Took just a moment,
And then jumped to the other side.

Joe landed safely in the water.
Away from the monster and safe from a follow up attack.
Furthermore, he managed to damage a few of the snake heads badly.
One had even gone limp and was bleeding out into the water.

"Back!" Patry screamed. "Get back!"

The crates nearby started to sizzle and pop as the acidic blood spread out through the water and burned them.

And-... What's more-...

The level of the water was rising!

"... I've been alone for so long... All I've known is heartbreak..."
The Hydramera was muttering something to himself. It was very angry.
"Why did you leave me? Sylph..."

The other Alpha Fiend, Sylph, had already escaped long ago.
She was the ruler of this room.
For some time now.
For that reason, the dead research assistant began to make a lot more sense.

Sylph must have killed him when she escaped.
The water in here was her doing.
Or, rather, the water here... it was her!

The acid was directed in a torrent of water and erupted, splashing at the others.
They were forced back, out of the room,
And Joe was trapped in here by himself.

Sylph emerged in her fully physical embodiment.
Joe, looking up at her, instantly found himself blushing.
She was a tall, pale blue beauty. She looked like a model from his homeworld.
Her hair was swirling, ivory and seaweed.
She opened her mouth. ".... ah...." But only a weak sound came out.

The Hydramera splashed the water with a heavy stomp.
It took a step toward Joe.
Was it going... to crush him...?

While the Alpha Fiends are distracted, Sylvester takes this chance to loot some boxes.
"Let's see. I...." He rummaged through some of the nearby ones that hadn't been melted yet.
As he worked his way around the boxes, however, he put himself behind the Hydramera.
Now this would be the perfect position to launch a sneak attack.
However, Sylvester wasn't even thinking about this.
"Sylvestah! WATCH OUT! ( V___V )" Nery cried in alarm.
The Hydramera, of course, sensing someone behind it, thought of it as a threat.
Its back legs lashed out, kicking the Seaclops in the side of the skull.

Sylvester tumbled to the ground with a concussion and passed out.
Normally he would have probably drowned before waking up.
But Nery floated beside him (^ .^) and pulled his head out of the water.
She slapped him, trying to wake him up. "Sylvestahhh... nooooo ( Y__Y)"
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Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
http://i.imgur.com/1KnydFa.jpg