"How and why does she take this so lightly...." he muttered to himself.
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"I appreciate your letting me use this library." Raine thanked Yuan with a slight smile. She brushed off her coat as she stood, to face the man standing behind her. "... but I have to ask, is there something bothering you about my reading these?" she questioned.
Yuan said nothing at first, "Not particularly, but if you don't mind refreshing me on something." he trailed, Raine hesitated for a moment, glancing down at the books at the large round table down to her right.
"Yes?"
"Your name IS Raine Sage, correct?"
"Yes, it is." Raine replied as if that should be more than completely obvious.
"Your mother was named..." he turned from her and started to circle her with slow steps, Raine watched him suspiciously, staring forwad even when he was behind her, "Virginia, am I right?"
"....Allright," Raine said, "it is, but remind me again how this is--"
"So you're the one they were looking for the other day." he cut her off with a cold tone, sending a short wave of shivers up her spine.
The large library room went silent. And the professor was a little desturbed by this sudden statement.
"Excuse me?" Raine gave Yuan a blank look, trying to figure out what he was talking about, "I'd like you to evaluate who you mean by 'they', if you would." she turned to him and made a small wave of her hand for him to continue.
"Then I'm guessing that you haven't confronted these people already." he sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose. Then, his eyes flashed over towards the door for a split moment.
"Do you mind explaining this, Yuan?" Raine kept her hands firmly at her sides as she waited for a reply. "To whom are you reffering--Mmph..!" she protested, muffled by Yuan's hand over her mouth.
"Shh..." he whispered, motioning to the door where footsteps could now be heard. Raine stopped struggling, noticing the sounds as well. Shadows were cast before the doorframe and dissapeared.
"There hasn't been anyone here since those people last came looking for you. We have to be careful, I'll explain exactly what happened once we get to a safe distance." he said in her ear quietly, still keeping the woman in a secure hold. "Now, hold on to me, do NOT let go," he ordered firmly, Raine didn't even notice that he had revealed his large silvery blue wings until now. She slipped her arms around his neck as he picked them both off of the ground, keeping a hand over her mouth knowing she would squeal in surprise--which she did-- when he picked her up bridal style and proceeded to ascend into midair towards a hanging platform under a window. Raine knew better than to say something when someone as powerful as a former cruxis angel wasn't even willing to face an enemy. But... she just had to know.
"Don't you want to fight them?" She quirked an eyebrow, eying the seraph. "why are we running?"
"Technically, we're flying." he said, landing on the platform and chanting something quietly that caused the window to open automatically. "But this case is different, and I'm not exactly prepared to face this particular ememy just yet." he told her with a strong hint of sarcasm.
Raine glared, "I hope you're planning to explain ALL of this, Yuan."
"Oh I will. Because you're going to be the one to get rid of them." he said, stepping from the platform into the air and rising towards the window. They flew from the window and were now in the center of a deep blue night sky, skattered with shards of light, soaring acrossed it quietly and unseen.
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"And once I got back, everyone was dead." he said coldly, shooting fire from his hands into the pit. He looked over at the half-elven woman acrossed from him. "They were...."
"How dead." Raine asked flatly, meeting Yuan's empty gaze with round eyes. The snow around her seemed to blend perfectly with the silvery strands of her beautifly flowing hair. He couldn't help but notice it, the breath-taking sight of her in the midst of this. He never noticed this before, the perfect frame of white on flustered looking cheeks.
"....They were..." he hesitated. "Do you really want me to describe this to you?" he questioned, sitting there, still as night and watching the professor who leaned forward towards the fire and rubber her hands together as she nodded.
"Yes, I believe I told you I wanted to know ALL of what had happened." she breathed into her enclosed hands, rubbing them together again.
"..." Yuan rose as he spoke "I.... everyone was ripped apart. As I entered the base, every hallway was more than filled with blood. It was sickening." he said. "... Bodies were in half, they were in literal pieces." he told her coldly, stopping his stride behind her and dropping his cape over her shoulders. "That...." he sat cross-legged beside her and shot a little more fire into the pit. "is why I'm uncertain of the enemy.
The professor felt chills from every angle, partially from the cold and partially from what he had just said. "Y...you do have security cameras, right?" she asked quietly.
"...They were all destroyed. I think I may need a little more backup next time." he said. "...they did leave one thing, though." he turned to her and looked to his cloak. "There's a note in the inner pocket. You should read it, see what you get out of it."
"Allright." Raine agreed, reaching in and feeling for a pocket, she found it and felt, at the rim of it, the edge of a piece of firm paper. She pulled out a folded piece of paper and unfolded it in front of her. She read it to herself.
"We are aware of your holding the Sage Child in these facilities at one point in time. I will proceed with decapitating and desposing of the members of your staff as an example of the strength of Phantias. We request that you simply give her up, if you are caught with the child we will despose of you as well. We will take her by force if nessesary, and by any means. Good day."
A streak of confusion ran through her, Raine looked up at Yuan who still shot little sparks of flames into the fire in front of them blankly.
"But Yuan, if you're caught with me by these people, then..."
"We can't let them get ahold of you for whatever reason they want, but if it means risking my life for revenge, so be it." he stated.
Raine's lips were pressed firmly together, she sighed and slipped the letter back into his pocket.
"And besides... I'm not that concerned for myself as I am for you and your comrads."
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