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Nicolette, as vaulting directly toward ripped a length of metal pipe

"Nicolette?"

She bared her teeth and let out the most heinous banshee-like screarabbed the pipe as it sliced through the air towardnow, teeth clenched, chin shiny with saliva I held the pipe but Nicolette was surprisingly strong She lurched and caught ut with the sole of her foot; I crashed through the glass door, shards catching thelike little stars My shoulder blades slapped against the concrete and Nicolette wasted no ti atis wrong withdie? You were on fire--and frozen--and now--die!"

Her hands went to rabbed a fistful ofShe pulled her arer attached to ly maniacal

"You bitch!"

Wallop me with a metal pipe, sure Try and choke me? Whatever Mess with s and unholy rage roar through e--and finish--Nicolette when a shriek cut through the night and ed nemesis dive-bombed I was sure he was so Nicolette’s beckon until he skidded over her forehead, talons extending, cutting wide gashes across her cheeks and nose

She recoiled and swatted at the thing but it was gone instantly I used the distraction to buck Nicolette off of ing her away from me

"She’s crazy!" I screamed

"You’re crazy!" Nicolette’s eyes were on fire

"What happened?" Pike yelled, still holding Nicolette back

"She attacked

I paused and stared at Pike "Wait, where the hell did you come from?"

"Kill her!" Nicolette screamed "She’s a thief just like ner," she spat "Not you, not En Studio," Pike said

"And Ee roiled through Nicolette’s body "She stole everything!"

Nicolette’s screa of sirens and before she could finish her psychotic reasoning, police officers and para toward us

Moyer was one of them He jutted his chin toward Pike "You sure about her?"

"She admitted it"

Hopkins raced in with a pair of cuffs and Nicolette was subdued and led away, though she was still squir her best to kick and bite poor Hopkins

"Hey, you okay?" Pike touched ently

"How did you--oh, God, the drain cleaner I sether"

A sad ses of his lips "Why would you?"