I yelped as I was slammed into a shelf full of some kind of chemicals. This thing was going down if it killed me. I wrapped my whip around one of the arms and yanked backward. It didn't have any effect, and my entire back was burning. I swore and jumped forward diving toward the heart of the thing, hoping to find some kind of living flesh inside--something I could destroy. I knew that use of my powers was probably useless, but I sent destructive energy through the hourglass, nothing, and I could feel it draining me. I pulled away, and realized that about half of the arms had me and were squeezing the breath out of me.

Just then Moonsong came by, slicing through one of the arms, allowing me to escape.

I whirled my whip around and caught the middle of the hourglass, pulling it toward me, hoping to topple it. I saw the arms coming toward me. Good/

"Moonsong! Now!"