"Commander!"
The first to take of after Ren was AI, chasing after her commander with a vicious sprint, she charged ahead almost grasping his collar when.....
A powerful gust of wind crashed into her followed by an eerie blast of energy that crashed into her, sending her flying back, bouncing across the ground and soon impacting the flesh wall behind them.
Seth charging right behind her suddenly came to a halt, glancing back in horror as he saw AI twisted form, craved into the wall of flesh.
"AI..."
Stopping mid sentence his gaze alternated between Ren, his commander and the rookie frantically ranning pass the glowing knot and rushing into the hallways of the School building, then back to AI, his comrade for years tearing herself from the mass of flesh,screaming in pain as she ripped herself of the wall, her skin tearing off and smearing with blood.
Perhaps was it reflex or his own mindset but the one to help was clear.
"AI!"
Tearing his gaze of Ren's disappearing back, he turned around to aid AI.
"NO...not me .....HELP HIM!"
Ignoring her protest, he took out one of the arrows in his quiver, then stabbing it into the flesh wall began cutting her remaining limbs out the wall.
"Nononon...."
"Shut it."
Screaming to kill his own guilt because he knew what he had done was wrong, he successfully cut her of the wall of flesh only to receive a brutal punch in his face.
"Shit...."
Staggering back from the blow, he spit out a few droplet of blood and tried to complain but ...
"I fucking have regeneration... damnit...he doesn't... he'll die..."
"I..."
"You hate him to!"
Her words struck him like an arrow causing him to look away in shame. To be honest she was right, he hated his commander more than anything because how would one feel if they knew they were on a leash. He felt like a slave....a degradation of his self esteem...what would his one and only family think we she found out about his situation. The mere thought she would feel ashamed filled him with angusih so.....
"He chose to go alone that's on him if he dies."
"Seth!"
He didn't try to hid his disbain and that caused AI to whisper his name in sorrow.
Not knowing how to proceed, after a while she clenched her teeth, walking pass him...to save their commander.
Ashamed or something more, Seth couldn't utter the words to stop her as she charge right pass him and soon Isis whom she didn't even spare a glance and towards the school building.
Just like before an eerie light forming from the red knot and shot at her aiming to push her back but this time with no distractions in place, she lowered her stance, dashing across the field with a speed far surpressing a train while sliding across the ground to avoid the beam of light.
From experience she knew it wouldn't let her pass so her mindset was simple, to destroy it.
Clenching her fist she continued followed, this time charging at it from the front. The knot glowing one's more began gathering a new batch of energy, all concentrating to form a ball of light that soon shot forward like a beam. At the precise second the beam was unleashed, she leaped into the air, the shockwave from the beam crashing right underneath her propelling her even higher as she took out an arrow she had snatched of Seth's quiver, then with a stabbing motion descended down on the knot to stab through it.
Her attempts were successful as the stab carrying the momentum of her descent dug deep into the knot, ripping through it and leaving a gulping cut right as she landed.
With her breathing disturb and tagged, she pulled out the arrow now twisted and tried piercing it one's more but before all that could happen, the cut left on the knot exploded into a seas of arms, they thrusted forward like snakes attempting to grab her.
For a moment she was stunned but coming back to her senses just in time, she leaped but she wasn't fast enough and her hand was caught in the sea of unstreched hand soon to be tugged foward to rile her in.
Resigning herself to this shitty fate, she prepared to give up on that hand before it costed her, her life so she strained her other hand, then taking a chopping posture with it, swung it down at her restrained right hand but she didn't have to go on with the process as a wave of wind slash, tore through the ground and eradicated the sea of limbs.
Using that chance to quickly stepping back, she toss the arrow side and quickly glance at the nonchalantly figure positioned beside her.
She said nothing and Isis also reciprocate that action, drawing her silver katana bathed in a dark purplish aura and shimmering with an ethereal glow.
Seth following their actions positioned himself at the rear, taking out an arrow and aiming it at the knot now wiggling with gross movements.
Soon it began to lose up it's glow dying out as the thread began to unravel itself like a present but one's that process was complete what stood before them wasn't a present but it did involve a reaction.
A worrying one at that.
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Making bad decisions was almost second nature to me by now but my current one was a new low I could never defend.
I had abandoned my team, forfeiting the first code of a linker, never be emotional and always remain neutral.
I let Isis get the better of me and almost tried using my abilities on her which fortunely I hadn't done but I didn't mean I hadn't fuck up worst. Now here I was within the nest of the boss. Alone, on my last ammo and with the intention of conquering it.
Oh how foolish I was...how naive I must be, but I didn't care this was the only way I could prove my worth...to finally end this feud with Isis.