Riven continued to pull a now unconscious Musa until she was completely free from the wall and cradled against his chest. He held onto her tightly and brushed her hair back from her face, leaving his palm against her cheek he examined her face. There was blood on the side of her mouth, Her breathing was ragged, and her eyes were all puffy, probably from crying. Riven felt his anger growing the longer he stared at her. Here was his Musa, his strong and beautiful Musa, all beaten and broken. His breathing was becoming labored and he heard a ringing in his ears. He wanted to punish whoever did this; He wanted to kill King Mikahl.
Riven slowly and gently set Musa down on the ground and then turned to leave when a hand came down on his shoulder.
"Riven what are you doing? we said lets go." Roy asked as he stopped Riven.
"I'm gonna find that son of a bitch, Roy! Look at what he did! He killed all these fairies, he killed Myrta and Bishop, and He Hurt Flora and Musa. He's not going to get away with this." Riven replied to Roy and shook off Roys hand only to be blocked by Sky.
"Stop this right now Riven. You cant take him on your own. once we get the girls out of here we can tell Saladine and Faragonda and then well come back with the entire Red Fountain army and take that bastard down. But for now Riven, we have to let him go. Were all exhausted and its time to leave. We completed our mission Riven; lets go home." said Sky trying to reason with Riven.
"God Dammit!" Riven yelled "You all just don't care do you?! It's all okay because your girls are safe you think we can go home because everything is okay now?! Well everything is not okay Sky! My girl lies there bleeding to death and you think everything is done because your alive and Bloom is okay. Fuck you guys! Go home and enjoy the rest of your lives!" Riven yelled and then something hard slammed into his right side and knocked him to the ground. Looking up he saw Timmy on top of him grabbing onto the front of his uniform. "Screw you Riven! None of us are okay!" Riven turned away from Timmy and glared into one of the catacomb entrances. Timmy angrily shook Riven until he looked up into Timmy's tear streaked face. "We all lost people on this mission. Myrta and Bishop and the rest of their group is gone forever and ill die before I let you add Flora and Musa to that list! They are my friends Riven and if you think that I'm okay with them dying just because Tecna and I are okay then your more of a fool then I thought you were." Timmy paused, breathed in a calming breath, and released his hold on Riven's shirt. "We have two choices here Riven: we can either let King Mikahl live a little longer and save Musa's and Flora's lives, or we can all go after king Mikahl and kill him to avenge their deaths. I don't know about you Riven but I prefer the option where our friends live."
Riven silently nodded and Timmy un-pinned him from the ground while Brandon called out that he had a plan. "Rather than venturing back in the catacombs I think we should take advantage of the open ceiling and fly out of here. It'll take a few trips but Layla, Bloom, and Tec, do you think you could handle flying us out?"
"Yes I think we can manage. My magic feels disturbingly amplified in here. hmm... I wonder." Tecna said as she glanced around the room.
"Sorry Tec but we don't have time to theorize right now. Bloom you take Flora first, Tecna take Musa, and Layla take Riven." Brandon said and then turned towards Riven. "We don't know whats up there so we need you to go up there just in case. be alert." Riven still angry just nodded and Layla grabbed his arm and started flying him out. Bloom and Tecna followed shortly after with Musa and Flora.
Once they were all in the air Roy turned toward Helia. "Are you okay man? you haven't said anything since we found them?" Helia ran his hands through his hair and then used them to cover his face. "No Roy. I'm not okay. i'm just... im trying to hold it together until we finish this mission." Roy put an arm on Helia's shoulder and told him it was going to be okay but Helia just shook it off. "How can it be okay? Flora is dying Roy! and it feels like she is taking all of me with her. Just leave me alone for right now."
Roy walked away and threw his hands in the air "sheesh everyone just shrugs me off! that's the last time I try and comfort someone."
"Well ill be sure to keep that in mind" Layla said with a wink as she, bloom, and Tecna landed back in the catacombs.
"All is clear up there. No signs of enemies or attack. In fact the only thing we CAN see is the ship. its only about a mile from here!" Bloom smiled and clapped her hands together.
"Perfect!" Sky replied with a smile. "finally a change of luck around here! Okay Bloom take Stella next, Tecna take Brandon and Layla take Helia! Brandon and Helia, once you get up there, u guys and Riven get Musa, Flora, and Stella to the ship; well catch up with you."
Bloom walked over to Brandon who had a unconcius Stella in his arms. "Here Brandon. let me take that from you." Bloom said with a smile as Brandon passed Stella into her arms. "Carefull with her Bloom, that there is the light of my life." Brandon said with only a hint of humor in his voice. "don't worry Brandon, she will be okay. Now lets go." and with that Bloom took off. with Tecna and Layla right on her heels.
It was only a short flight and when they reached the surface they were greeted with a night sky and a rush of cold air. "Finally! were out of those damn catacombs!" Brandon cheered as Bloom passed him Stella and then dove back into the catacombs.
"Okay! Riven, Sky said to grab Musa and start heading to the ship. Helia and Flora too. well catch up with you guys once we have Timmy and the rest of the guys." Tecna said before she and Layla disappeared a final time into the catacombs.
Riven and Brandon turned to walk towards the ship with Musa and Stella when they realized Helia wasn't following them. Turning around they saw Helia bent over Flora and Sobbing hysterically. "Flora I love you! Im so sorry!" He covered his face with his hands and tears streamed down his arms.
"HELIA! get your shit together man! Flora isn't dead! Right now Flora needs you to help her! dont let her down Helia! Get your ass up and get her to the ship!" Brandon called and continued on toward the ship.
Helia had stopped crying but still hadn't moved so Riven walked over and stood behind him. "Look man... I know this sucks but were almost out of here. our girls are gonna live Helia and then well be back to Kick King Mikahl ass. Well make him bleed for every scratch he put on them. but right now we have to go. Come on man." Riven finished and stared awkwardly as Helia chuckled and got to his feet with Flora carefully cradled against him. "Wow Riven thanks for the.. uhh.. inspirational pep talk."
"Shut up Man!" Riven growled and then walked away with Helia following right behind him.
Not long after they turned at the sound of pursuit and saw the rest of their group sprinting after them with their weapons drawn. "Go!" Sky screamed and then everyone was running together as fast as they could and didn't let up till they were all safely inside the ship.
"Timmy get this thing in the air as fast ass you can!" Roy yelled.
"On it Roy! Tec come help me out!" Timmy called
As they were lifting into the air a panting Brandon asked them "What the hell happened?!"
Layla was doubled over and gasping for air as she replied "King Mikahl... He.. Came in... as we... were leaving."
"We... got away though." Bloom smiled and gave him the thumbs up. Everyone was quiet now and trying to catch their breath and they heard King Mikahl scream out in anger as they all flew away to safety.