BANG!

A gunshot suddenly rang off in the distance. A bullet was not fired, but instead some sort of spear-headed projectile. The projectile sent the robed person holding Courtney from behind flying, and the impact from the attack was enough to make Scroll release her grip from around Courtney's neck. The woman launched herself back as Courtney fell to the ground, grasping at her neck.

While gathering her breath, Courtney turned her head towards the source of the shot that was fired. The sound of jittering bones approached from a mist that had not been there before. Exiting from this mist was a skeleton-like man, a revolver in his hands. "Howdy, Corvus."

The skeleton then raised his revolver to take aim at the woman yet again. The skeleton fired a barrage of shots towards Spell. The Witch raised her hands yet again, allowing for the shots to collide with an invisible barrier that left her unharmed. "This has gotten a bit out of hand. I'll take my leave now!" The woman narrowed her eyes towards Courtney's direction, a smug grin forming on her face. "Besides, I've found what our boss has been looking for anyways."

Before the skeleton could reload, the woman disappeared into a black cloud, becoming intangible at that very moment. Once that was taken care of, the skeleton had no words for Courtney or Kimberly. He just approached the Manager's side and gathered her into his arms. More figures landed on the ground around them, each one seeming to be going through various stages of necrosis or having a lifeless form altogether.

One of them stood out though, a woman who approached from afar. "W-Who?" Courtney looked around in confusion, but the voice of the woman that was approaching called out to her and gave her a single command. "Sleep."

Hearing the command, Courtney felt an powerful wave of drowsiness take over. She suddenly collapsed down to the ground for a second time, blacking out there on the spot. She had no clue what was going on, but she couldn't resist what was happening either.