She followed the men unnoticed, which wasn't really hard given how focused they were on the opposite direction. Even though it got darker the further into the alley one walked, they seemed to know exactly where they were going, like they were homing in on a target. Suspicious... Too suspicious... Even if these men didn't look incredibly shady, it would still be suspicious, and eventually that feeling was confirmed as Alisa turned around the corner and found what she was looking for. The three of them circling a much shorter girl, obviously a teenager or even a child. Yet with the men around her there was no way of getting a proper look, for now.

It didn't matter, she had found her targets, and acted immediately. Producing a quick crystal ball, she fired it at the one in front with a quick kick, catching the man off guard and knocking behind the neck, hard enough to knock him out on the spot.

"Ooh, that easy...? I'm not surprised you'd gang up on a little girl then, anything else would completely out of your league", Alisa taunted with a confident smirk, readily assuming a defensive stance as the men turned to face her:

Spoiler:

There was a reason behind her venomous mockery other than simple confidence. The way she held her palms open in a steady, defensive stance  was a part of the same scheme, goad her enemies into attacking so she could do what she did best: defend and counter in a single movement, faster than they'd even be able to see coming. And against simple thugs, it was all too easy, "And you call yourselves men? Truly pitiful..."

Enraged, one of the men ran towards her while the other took his eyes off the girl, possibly allowing her to escape or defend herself. As for the attacker, he'd have his work cut out for him, throwing a predictably wild haymaker. She met his head on offense with a fluid defense, her body shifting away slight and grabbing the man's wrist with her forward hand, tugging him off balance and drawing him into Alisa's lead hand. The counter came in a swift burst of movement, with a straight punch to the sternum, followed by a chop to the throat, both attacks hardening with a crystalline layer right before impact.

Reeling from the sudden strike to his vital points and gasping for air, the abductor was on the ropes and Alisa followed up immediately, throwing a mighty roundhouse kick to the head. Once again, her leg hardened with a crystalline layer right before impact, smashing into his head with a loud shattering impact, and knocking out the second foe, "See...? Pitifully weak.", she uttered one final taunted and flipped her hair behind her, eye the next enemy.


Regardless of whether or not she had gotten away or not, Alisa's smirk would fade the moment she saw the girl she'd just aided, "Y-you...!", what to do now, eyes widening for a split second at the coincidence of running into the same girl twice. Then again, this wasn't overly surprising, just like last night here was the young teenager walking around alone, likely heedless of the danger she was in. It was a feeling Alisa knew all too well, having nealy cost her life and being the major catalyst for her change in the past few years. But there was no time to ponder on the past or project her flaws in this girl anymore. She did that too much the last time.

Sighing, Alisa realized she'd have to swallow her pride for a greater cause and do something she rarely did, "I'm probably the last person you'd want helping you, but for what it's worth, I'm sorry. I doubt you care much about my reasons, but I went too far. Just this one time though... I need you to trust me.", , speaking earnestly with a genuinely concerned look in her eyes, all she could hope was for the girl to put their little feud aside until the kidnappers were all gone.

With this, she'd try to approach the girl as more footsteps could be heard in the distance. Clearly, these guys had friends...