The church’s crew desperately worked away attempting to fix the machine, replacing all the cylinders from the burnt out side. The barrier was still up, stretching high into the sky and engulfing the entire camp, but flickered ever so often. The motes of light did the same, causing anyone cloaked to become momentarily visible.
“Hurry and replace them!” One man shouted.
“The slot is fried!” a woman replied. “They wont fit or get immediately drained!”
Realynn sighed, gripping Mia who was still frozen in fear in the hands of the man who held her “Now then, would you kindly explain to me how you ended up so far away from that failure of a hero?” she asked, jerking her hand away suddenly and shaking it “Gaia! That’s cold.” She spat; her bare hand having frosted a bit “The hell is wrong with her? Forget the hero how the fuck did you manage to end up like that?!”
“My gloves are frozen.” The man added, but his plea for help went ignored.
Mia remained still, too petrified to answer. Ami’s suggestion in her head she opened her mouth wide and slammed down on her tongue. Her eyes went wide, and her breath got caught in her throat “AEAaea-!!!!!” she screamed in pain, she had failed to cut off her tongue, but it still hurt.
“Oiy!” Realynn shouted “This crazy kid! Get a collar! The strongest one!” she turned to the members behind her, who looked unsure.
“Are you sure?” the man holding Mia asked “That one was reserved fo-“
“I don’t care! This thing just tried to kill herself, hold her mouth open!”
“My gloves are frozen.” The man reminded.
Raelynn looked at him in disbelief, before snapping at the nearest member “You! Keep her mouth open! And you! I don’t care what the priest says, get me that collar!”
A robed man looked at her, then back to the struggling Mia who was still writhing in pain from the last attempt “Ew, no.” He recoiled back in disgust “I am no- GAH?!”
He was struck down, slashed in two by a metal whip that had extended from Raelynn’s cloak. She turned to another member “Get over here and keep her mouth open this instant.”
“Y-yes!”
Mia felt her mouth being forced open “E-eh?!” she struggled, but already restrained and in pain she did not put up much of a fight, she felt a gloved hand open her mouth and force her teeth apart, preventing her teeth from closing. She opened her eyes to see a very uncomfortable woman was the culprit of the invasion.
“Ew…h-hey! My gloves are freezing!” the women panicked, looking back for help.
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“Deal with it.” Realynn walked closer and inspected the odd scene “So it isn’t just the outside that is cold… and in the barrier no less.” She chuckled, some twisted part of her enjoying this scene “Where is my collar!”
Mia’s eyes drifted between the two women, her face flushed in embarrassment and rage. The rage overcoming her fear, letting her charge her magic inside of her, she couldn’t freely cast magic in this stupid barrier, but a sudden explosion of force like she did to Cy should some what work.
The machine exploded again, more than half of its structure ignited in flames.
“What the fuck is going on!” Realynn shouted, the whole area stopping what they were doing and watched the crew next to the machine structure.
“W-we don’t know!” the crew was frantic, “We went through 10 hours of-“
“HYA!” Mia released her stored energy, a blast filled her with her ice magic exploded around her, forcing the man and two women to go flying away from her. She landed on the ground, now free she first looked for Realynn, seeing her knocked into a group of church members with half her face frozen she wasted no time, running away with all her might.
She ran, ran as fast as she could, expecting at any moment for her to get hit and stopped by that crazy lady, but it never came. She ran passed several people, some calling her out, others standing in her way that she slipt past, even more that ran passed her towards the smoke pillar originating from the barrier device.
The camp was in chaos, the barrier was turning off and on, why? Mia didn’t care, she was all too thankful for it.
“Beast.”
Mia halted, not understanding why, the voice had rung in her head. She looked around for the source, not seeing any among the people running around that would be it.
“Matters prevent me from dealing with you at the moment, matters that if you caused, we wouldn’t be discussing like this.”
Mia looked around frantically, not seeing anyone ‘H-hello?’
“Know this, enjoy your freedom today for it will be fleeting, your kind will be cleansed from this world, wiped clean from the etching of history as the insignificant dust you are.”
Mia frowned; her fist clenched “Not if I stop you.”
“Nonsense, an impossibility. Go now and spread of our greatness, let your fellow beasts know no matter where they run, no matter what rock they hide under, nor matter of ancient demon they may unearth! None are a match for the light of our god!”
She felt what ever presence had taken hold of her pass, leaving her “…weirdo…” she continued on her way, She ran out of the camp, she ran passed the dungeon and its guard, and she ran out of the barrier, finally stopping once she was inside the forest.
“I made it…” she said in disbelief “I… got away…” she couldn’t believe it, how? “Ami did you- huh?” She sat up, the ground underneath her started to shake. She got up, losing her balance she fell onto a tree “W-w-wha-Cy!?” she cursed herself, remembering she was still trying to get away from the wrym and was now outside the barrier.
She turned to run, but a loud explosion stopped her, quickly followed by the screams of hundreds of people. “…” the ground was no longer shaking, replaced by nothing but screams. She climbed a nearby tree, reaching the top, she looked back in the direction of the camp, seeing the all too familiar form of Cy’bogbi towering over the camp.
Watching from a great distance she saw the wrym start attacking the camp “…huh, neat.” And sat back and enjoyed the show, saving just in ca- “wait! Bad idea, run now.” She slid down the tree, remembering even if she saved in case Cy noticed her, it would be meaningless since Cy would remember and just dart towards her immediately.
As much as she wanted to sit back and enjoy watching Cy rip that entire camp to shreds, she did not want to face the aftermath of Cy.
While running away she chuckled “Some light.” She scoffed, mocking whoever it was that let her go.