As Veira leaped from building to building holding Empress, she looked behind them just to see if Infinite was chasing them. To her luck, he wasn't, instead he had another target in mind. It was Shadow of all people. She didn't understand their history but she didn't have time to think about that as she escorted the empress out of town. She stopped however though as Empress broke into a rage like state in her arms. The cat was throwing herself about as the heat around her began to form but instead of a heat wave, Veira felt a cold chill. It also didn't help that empress's flames were black.

Even if it was brief, Veira was certain this was something she hadn't seen before. Empress was surely a strong one. But just how strong was she? After going limp in her arms, Veira figured Empress must have passed out due to over exerting herself.

" Whatever promise you made I'll make sure you keep it empress. On my honor as a hunter...I'll get you out of here. " She replied to the cat as she held her close. Suddenly in that brief moment , she was surrounded by a swarm of metal sonic clones. When did this happen? Turning behind her she saw Infinite's famous dark cubes coming her way.

" Tch…..time to move Veira. " she replied to herself as her fur turned white and her eyes turned red. She took a running sprint stance as energy formed around her producing a electric barrier. With enough energy, she blasted through the group of enemies as she held Empress close to her chest. She became a ball of light as she made her way through the city passing any and all who had yet made it out of the city. But in the aftermath she cleared a straight path for anyone having trouble getting out.

Once she was a good distance, her body tensed up as the excess energy took it's toll causing her to limp over to a tree and set Empress down. Her fur returned to it's red fur and she too passed out by the tree.

Veira leaped from rooftop to rooftop at lightning speed seeing the citizens below make a run for any safe place they could find at this point. Eggman's flagships were tearing the capital apart and there seemed no one was able to get to them without running into some form of trouble. Leaping to one more rooftop, Veira stopped and got a good look around. Where should she try and focus helping? She crossed her arms and closed her eyes in thought.

" This is madness....there's no end to these robots and we don't have enough firepower to knock those ships down. As much as I hate to say it....where is that damn hedgehog. He always shows up at the most dramatic time. " she said with a frown.

Suddenly she was snapped out of her train of thought as the sound of a familar voice caught her attention. Looking across from her, she saw Empress Blaze challenging Infinite. When Empress unleashed her attack, Veira braced herself for the worst but something felt off to the huntress. Empress couldn't control her flames. And by the looks of things she looked like she already went through a battle.

Veira gritted her teeth as the flames were too hot to be near presently but it was soon resolved as the flames went skyward towards a flagship. Veira smiled when she realized who was responsible for it before focusing on empress and went to her aid.

" Empress! Are you okay? You look like hell.." Veira replied as she leaped in front of empress with her sword drawn at Infinite.

When Veira entered the room, she looked at the food being made as well as the room itself. Everything looked so nice and neat as well as very spacious. Was Rosie the only person living here? Speaking of Rosie, she turned her attention to the girl who seemed to have changed clothes and wore something like that from a movie she recalled faintly. She wasn't fully awake yet as she used the wall for support and yawned for a moment. It was then Rosie addressed her to which Veira simply nodded briefly.

" Yeah....thanks for the save. I guess I blacked out after that punch..." she replied as she rubbed her chin recalling the last blow done to her by Rosie. She didn't hold a grudge against Rosie but she did feel a bit annoyed with the way the fight ended. Changing the thought process she decided to speak up.

" Nice place you got here....pretty cozy. Like you own personal cave of sorts. " Veira replied.

Veira was out cold as the water claimed her. Her will to fight on drained from her as well as her own energy. Was this it for the huntress? She was unaware she was being saved by the one who bested her in combat. Were she awake she would find this slightly annoyed but given the situation it would be overlooked for the time being. As Rosie scooped up veira and headed for the surface, small traces of energy lingered to the huntress. There was still hope that Veira could be saved.

Once on solid ground, Rosie began to try and bring life to the once prideful warrior. Standard cpr wasn't helping for the moment but when Rosie began to use her own aura energy, that triggered a bit of Veira's aura to return to her. After a few moments, Veira's body gave off a fe shocks of electricity as she started coughing violently as she gasped for air for like a few minutes. Finding her air again, she slowly opened her eyes and looked around slightly trying to remember what happened.

Turning to Rosie, Veira tried to sit up only to collapse again. Seems her energy had yet to return. She simply laid there and closed her eyes again. She was alive but wasn't ready to move quite yet.

Veira was sure she had Rosie this time for sure. No way she could escape this attack. It just wasn't possible. And yet...Rosie manage to pull the impossible. She didn't need eyes to see apparently as she easily brushed Veira's punch aside and proceeded to grab for her and bring her in for a counterattack. But Veira was prepared. With both arms locked in one hand, Veira grabbed the other hand that was fast approaching for her exposed spots.

Now with no punches to be made, the two would have to rely on their feet for combat. When rosie rose her leg to try and kick Veira, she interrupted the kick with one of her own to cancel the two out and while still gripped to one another, her body charged up lightning again.

" Let's see you walk this off!" she shouted as her body radiated brightly before a huge electrical discharge covered them both. It seemed Veira was willing to try anything at this point. Everyone has a weakness...she just needs to find Rosie's before her power drains out. All these big attacks was costing her greatly.

Just as Veira's first two kicks made contact with Rosie, she assumed she would get the third hit. However when Rosie leaned backwards, Veira went right over her before she knew it. Suddenly a sharp jolt to her butt skyrocketed into the air. She wasn't expecting this attack nor was she expecting the follow up assault. The sudden kick to the face was a wake up call before she received a blow to the stomach. All these repeated kicks sent the huntress straight to the ground with a loud thud.

The shock knocked the wind out of her completely causing her to lay there and catch her breath. " How....how is she this strong? " she said as she sat up rubbing her cheek a bit as she looked to Rosie. " I can't find any openings....damn it..." she added as she spit out a bit of blood.

As the energy within Veira charged up, her body gave off a white glow as her battle stance changed briefly. Suddenly Rosie unleashed an attack of her own towards the huntress. A sphere of pure energy was sent her way at alarming speed but Veira wasn't worried. A grin appeared on her face before she leaped high into the air over the treeline as her fur color shifted from red to white in a flash. With her arms out, lightning surged through her once more and she dashed at Rosie with sonic like speed as she thrusted her hand forward like a sword aiming to punch the wind out of Rosie.

This was Veira's transformation.....lightning Veira.

" I admire the spunk. Really I do but how bout you quit with the foreplay. Show me you true power. " she taunted with a smirk.