nagpurpolice Chapter 1512: Chapter 1512 It’s ok to be Scared. The World is at Stake
Chapter 1512: Chapter 1512 It’s ok to be Scared. The World is at Stake
--- Kat ---
Kat felt her breath catching as she tried to calm down. Hunter was setting up a target in the centre of the circle to aim for, ensuring the bullet exploded when it made contact... and Kat couldn't help but feel she wasn't ready. This was a fight that everyone was going to be involved in. This was a fight Bower didn't necessarily expect to survive.
This was a fight Lily was going to actively participate in, alongside Kamiko.
Hunter could take care of herself... but it was perhaps even more important that she didn't go down. If Hunter couldn't attack anymore, then it would be down to the rest of the group to deal damage to this drake... and Kat was fairly certain they simply wouldn't be able to measure up. Bower, perhaps, if he had some really fancy bolts hidden away but otherwise? It would be even more of a slog.
One that Kat wasn't sure they could complete. If Hunter went down they seemed doomed to run out of energy before the drake did.
Which meant really, Kat had to ensure that everyone walked away healthy. That the drake could NOT be allowed to get to any of them. It was a lot of pressure and the build-up was really starting to get to her. The fact that she could feel similar worries from Lily, perhaps magnified by her own concern, was not helping matters. Kat let out a shuddering breath as she once more failed to keep calm.
*Perhaps it would be best to temporally close the link. We aren't really helping each other like this.*
[Don't you dare. I bet you'd just get worse if I wasn't around to 'hear' it. I'm worried as well Kat. This is a big deal, perhaps the very biggest deal... but I trust that you'll pull yourself together once the fight starts.]
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*I expect so.... But that really doesn't mean I'm fine now. I almost want to start using my calming aura to try and help but I might need that in the actual fight so I can't risk using it now. It's just really grinding on my nerves. The fact that Hunter is fiddling with that target is NOT helping matters.*
[She was very clear that the position of it mattered. She's trying to sense where the space is weakest. Do you want to deal with more spatial sheers then absolutely necessary because I really don't?]
*I'm not saying I don't understand Lily... I get it. I don't want to rush her, it's why I'm staying silent and only complaining to you now you've spoken up... but damn is the fact that she's spent five minutes subtly adjusting the target getting to me.*
"NOW!" shouted Hunter as she charged forward.
Kat didn't wait. She couldn't really tell what was different, why it was safe now and not before but she wasn't going to hesitate at the point. Even as her brain tried to tell her the rift was closing, and her eyes refused to come to an agreement on the matter, Kat let her feet pound against the ground as they covered the distance.
It seemed to stretch on longer then it should, but with space so warped perhaps that was understandable.
Even with the time Hunter had allotted, Kat still felt herself gaining cuts. She didn't know why, or how, they just seemed to appear on her arms. So Kat folded her wings over her front, brought Lily in closer to her chest, and hoped that they'd all walk through fine. A glance to her left and right revealed nothing but warped and unclear figures.
Kat didn't know where she was in relation to anything anymore, or how the others were doing. Even with her truesight everything around her was a mess.
Kat nearly stumbled when she turned to face forward again, as a wave of nausea hit her. Kat just pushed it down and closed her eyes. She didn't need to see to run forward. She just needed to move, to keep going. Her destination was somewhere ahead, she was sure.
Screaming. Kat wasn't sure who was screaming, or even what. Did the sound come from her mouth or was it still the world crying out? Kat felt tears in her eyes but she didn't dare check with her hands to confirm. Then, between one step and the next, suddenly she was tumbling. Kat didn't know if she should flare her wings, try and catch herself, or keep them around Lily to protect her.
The two instincts warred with equal strength until, across the link Lily shouted.
[OPEN YOUR WINGS!]
Kat would listen to that voice no matter the request. Her wings instantly exploded open and Kat felt the world stabilise just a moment later. She was above an empty field with a single other occupant in the distance. It was surrounded by broken bits of the ground and looked to have been mid-claw, aiming to scratch the silvery mist that surrounded the area... but as soon as Kat appeared it turned.
It was the drake. And it was nothing like they were promised. Instead of a bulking monstrosity, or even a winged menace, it looked almost delicate. Kat's expectations were shattered, for they faced what could only be described as an eastern dragon, and Kat couldn't help but think...
They hadn't planned for this.