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(TIME FOR A LONG CHAPTER)
Mae nearly passed out once she saw the Castle in perfect condition, no Galra, no trouble, nothing. She staggered towards the front of the castle and slumped against the doors, closed and not allowing her in. Her hands shook as she reached towards her neck where her com link was. The likelihood of it working was slim but she was stuck out here, cold, injured, and utterly exhausted. Her crystal scales disintegrated in a flurry of magic particles and she was left leaning heavily against the massive castle. She weakly banged, more of a quiet knocking than banging and she hoped to Almas that someone would hear her.
"Someone open up… please….." She whispered shakily and curled her left hand into a fist, her right hanging limply at her side.
Her pleas were answered just as she was about to slump to the ground.
"Mae?" She turned, Hunk and Coran standing on the path behind her, transporting a massive crystal and looking very VERY worried.
"Just….. let me inside…" she said quietly, Coran moved to help her but she shook her head.
"Just let me inside… please…." Coran finally obeyed and she half stumbled inside.
Everyone was talking when she entered the main room, making sure an injured and unconscious Lance was okay as Coran hooked up the massive crystal so they could get him into a healing pod. Hunk hung back by her as they got him situated to make sure she didn't keel over.
"What happened to you Mae?" He asked as the rest of the Paladins fussed over each other's wounds.
"I fought someone with similar abilities to mine. It didn't end well. For her at least. As you can see, I survived." She said, giving out a tired wheeze and then winced.
It was only when Lance was in the healing pod that everyone realized that she was there.
"Mae! Are you alright?" Pidge took one look at her and backpedaled,
"Oh…. Oh gosh….. that's- that's a lot of blood…." she stammered out and went pale. Shiro's and Keith's eyes widened and Allura blanched.
"What happened to you? What happened to the woman from earlier?" Keith demanded and Mae leaned her head back against the wall.
"We fought….. destroyed some landscape but I ended up winning….. Akhlys….. Akhlys is dead…" She whispered the last part, ignoring their eyes that bugged out.
"...You killed her?" Allura looked disgusted.
"It was kill or be killed. I had no choice." Mae snapped and her eyes closed.
"She called you a Dragon Slayer. What did she mean?" Allura demanded and Mae couldn't stop the groan that escaped her lips.
"Not now Allura." She said and forced herself to stand up straight on shaky legs.
"No! I demand you answer me! What did she mean by Dragon Slayer?" Allura grabbed her crystal arm and jerked Mae to look at her.
That was when the adrenaline wore off and all the pain she was in set in. Immediately her body shut down and her eyes rolled back, her knees buckling. There were the shouts of the Paladins and Allura let go of her arm in shock but Mae was unconscious before she hit the ground.
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Shiro watched in concern as Coran flitted about Mae's body. The table she was on glowed slightly, keeping track of her vitals. Shiro honestly couldn't tell what had happened to her.
She had acid burns on her face and body, her right arm gone and in place used to be a glittering arm made completely of crystal. She had wounds scattering her body as well, a particularly nasty head wound on her right temple. Her prosthetic leg was in no better shape, with the top covering blown off and wires sticking out haphazardly. Both the leg and the crystal arm had to be removed in order to make sure there wasn't any debris or infection in the stumps.
"Any idea what happened to her?" He asked and Coran stopped running around for a moment before shaking his head.
"Not a clue, Keith and Allura seemed pretty shaken up when they came back to the castle. Keith said they couldn't see exactly what happened but Mae and this 'Akhlys' woman apparently fought." He said, arms crossed while he looked down at the Commander.
Shiro didn't know why, but he felt like he had to stay and watch Mae. He knew she was safe, but hearing Keith's shaky voice; nothing ever shook that kid up so that in and of itself was scary, made him think that he needed to watch her. However nothing happened, she didn't twitch, didn't move, it was almost like she was dead.
He was proven sorely mistaken when he was dozing off after what he thought was the second day of her healing. After teh first day, she was moved to a healing pod to speed up the process, her prosthetic stumps were removed and new ones were going to be constructed once she woke up. Shiro sat by a medical table, head leaning on his hands and eyes drooping. The healing pod opened with a hiss and he jolted awake, just in time to see Mae start to slump forward. He nearly knocked his chair over in an attempt to catch her before she could hit the ground, succeeding as he had to slide to his knees when he caught her.
She was still slightly cool from the healing pod but she also felt incredibly warm. Her hair had been brushed and she was clothed in a simple white jumpsuit, the right arm and left leg cut off to reveal the stumps of where her prosthetics normally lay. The suit was rather tight fitting so Shiro could see her lean body through the fabric. He averted his eyes to her face, a peaceful look on her face as she slowly came into consciousness. Her eyelashes fluttered and her face scrunched up.. She made a groaning noise as Shiro picked her up and moved her back to the medical table that she first lay on.
"Wha-? Where am I? Shiro?" She glanced through squinted eyes through the bright light up to the Black Paladin and he took a seat,
"You just got out of the healing pod, you should take it easy." He coaxed as she tried to sit up. Apparently she didn't realize her prosthetics were gone as she almost tumbled off the table when she attempted to put weight on her missing right arm. Shiro helped her into a sitting position and he could tell she was starting to panic in her disorientation.
"Where's my arm? Shiro where's my prosthetics?" Her eyes were blown wide.
"Woah there, calm down a little. Coran had to remove the prosthetics to make sure there was no permanent damage to the nerves. They were destroyed so Pidge, Hunk, and Coran are going to work on building new ones. Coran says he has some spare prosthetic legs just so we can get you walking when you're fully healed." He explained and he could see her slowly coming to full alertness and she calmed down, moving her left hand and wiggling her right foot as if reassuring herself that they were still there.
"I want to get up." She said after a few minutes and started to push her functioning limbs to move off of the table.
"Mae, you should wait-"
"I want to get up." She all but commanded, her tone of voice lowering and her eyes narrowing. Shiro took one look at her eyes and sighed,
"Fine. But let me help you."
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That's what got them to where they were now. Mae had her good arm slung over his shoulder and his right arm was around her waist as they slowly made their way down the hall to the kitchen where the rest of the group was talking to a newly woken up Lance. She had a blanket slung around her shoulders like a cape and it kept her warm as her body adjusted to the cooler temperature of the Castle.
"-Wait, what? Pidge is a girl and the Castle is a ship? How long have I been out?" Came Lance's voice as the two waited for the door to slide open.
"Shiro! Mae?! Your awake!" Hunk cheered and everyone turned to look at them. Shiro helped Mae sit down in a chair just to the left of Lance and she sagged gratefully into it, nodding her thanks to the Paladin as he moved back to give her some room.
It was silent for a moment,
"Mae! Did you guys know Pidge was a girl?" Lance blurted out and Pidge groaned,
"At least let Mae settle in Lance…" She muttered under her breath,
"It's quite alright Pidge. But to answer your question Lance; I did actually, from the first time I met you guys. Males and Females smell different with my sense of smell. Let me say I was confused when I first saw you." Mae let out a breathy chuckle as she adjusted the blanket over her lap.
"What did Akhlys mean by Dragon Slayer? No excuses this time 'Commander'." Allura demanded, spitting the word 'commander' like it had a foul taste in her mouth. Mae rolled her eyes,
"Getting straight to the point as always." She grumbled under her breath but sat up straight.
"It's a bit hard to explain-"
"I said no excuses!"
"Let me finish talking Allura. It's rude to interrupt. Very unprincess-like" Mae said calmly and internally giggled at the sight of Allura positively fuming, hands clenched. Her battle suit did nothing to hide her anger as she kept quiet.
"As I said, it's complicated. Coran already knows all of this but I wanted it kept a secret from everyone else until now. It's best if I start at the beginning so you'll all want to take a seat." She said, motioning with her only hand for everyone to take a seat before she started talking.
"Allura and Coran know this, but I am not the blood-child of King Alfor. I was adopted into the Royal Family at the age of 10. Before that I was raised in caves underground by my mother Almas, the Crystal Dragon."
"But dragons don't exist Mae.." Pidge trailed off as Mae looked at her,
"They do exist. Or at least they did 10,000 years ago. But Almas was a dragon, the most powerful being I knew. She trained me in the art of Dragon Slaying. Yes it's confusing, a dragon training someone to slay dragons. But that's how it worked, dragons could select humans to give their power to. Yes, I'm human like you Paladins. But my magic lets me excel beyond anything you could hope to dream. She trained me to harness the power she gifted me to allow me to become a warrior of her creation. But when I was 10, she brought me to the surface for the first time and disappeared. That's when I met King Alfor, he took me into his family and trained me. Then I joined the Royal Military and became Commander at age 18. I lost my right arm at the shoulder and my left leg at the knee when I was 19 in an accident. Zarkon attacked when I was 24, the same age I am now, and you all know the rest." She leaned back into her seat as she allowed everyone to digest the information.
"What does your magic allow you to do exactly?" Keith asked after a period of silence,
"Good question. I manipulate crystal. My magic allows me to take on all the qualities of a dragon. I have dragon lungs to breath crystal, that attack I used on the Galra door when retrieving the Red Lion is an experiment with that. I have dragon scales within and on me to help dissolve the crystal, and dragon claws to attack with crystal. I can eat my element as long as it's not created by my own magic. So I can eat crystal and other gemstones to gain more power." She gave a period of silence before speaking again,
"What other questions do you have?" She asked the group as they fidgeted, Coran already knew most of the information regarding her backstory but everyone else did not. Lance, Pidge, and Hunk looked at her in awed confusion, Keith looked like he was wrestling with himself about something, Shiro looked on in interest, and Allura… Allura looked pissed. Her eyebrows were furrowed, her teeth and fists clenched, and she was shaking. If Mae had to guess, she was probably upset that Alfor never told her this before.
"So you could get super powerful by eating the crystals on the Balmera? We were going back to rescue Shay, her and her people helped me and Coran get a crystal that powered up the castle and healed you guys. They're really nice but the Galra are keeping them captive and ruining their home. We have to-"
"Hunk, calm down. Take a deep breath." Mae cautioned, stopping him before he started on another string of rambling.
"Yes, I can eat Balmeran Crystals. Anything that is made of crystal or gems, including some foods like rock candy, can give me varying degrees of power. Though last time I went to a Balmera the abundance of crystal overloaded my system and stopped my heart twice because of the shock. I was 11 back then so I should be fine now." She said before smacking her hand once on the table.
"Enough chit chat! Let's get this Castle up and flying!"
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(eeeeey time for more drama!)
Allura was fuming as she stalked through the Castle halls and towards where her father's AI was. Why hadn't he told her about Mae's abilities? Was she not trusted enough? The door to the room opened and she went inside, waiting for her father's AI to start up. Mae didn't know about this room and Allura wanted to keep it that way. She didn't need to know about it, Alfor was Allura's father, not Mae's.
The familiar meadow that took over gave her some peace of mind and her father appeared, a simpering grin on his face.
"My dearest Allura, what has you so upset?" He asked and Allura relaxed, sitting down among the grass.
"It's nothing Father." She lied and picked at the flowers by her hands. She felt 4 years old again, happy and content, before Mae came and ruined everything.
"You've always been terrible at lying me dear. Tell me, what's wrong?" Alfor took a seat beside her, his hologram flickering as he did so.
"It's Mae again…. She explained how her powers work… Father why didn't you tell me?! Why was this information kept from me?" She demanded, anger bubbling up again. Her father sighed, hanging his head briefly.
"I kept this information from you because Mae asked me to. She didn't want anyone to think she different of her for being raised by a dragon-"
"But dragons aren't real! Everyone knows they're only fairy tales! She's crazy! A crazy monster-"
"Do NOT talk about your sister like that Allura." Her father's tone made her jaw snap shut with a click. Her father never got angry and never EVER raised his voice, he was always calm and kind with a gentle smile on his face. But now he was angry, eyes blazing with emotion and jaw set.
"She isn't my sister-"
"She is your sister Allura and you need to treat her as such. I did not raise you like this. I raised you better than resulting to petty insults."
"But she killed someone Father!"
"And yes that's scary. But sometimes that's what soldiers have to do to protect others. Sometimes they don't have a choice." He said, eyes hard and jaw set but a calmer expression on his face.
Allura fought back angry tears and she stood up to leave. Alfor followed slowly but got to his feet nonetheless.
"Allura… why don't you have Mae come talk to me? Perhaps we can come to some kind of middle ground." He suggested and she tensed, she didn't want Mae here. She didn't want Mae to know about this. Mae didn't need to be here. Alfor was HER father. Not Mae's.
"Mae doesn't want to see you." She lied and turned abruptly to leave.
"Allura-"
"I said she doesn't want to see you!" She shouted and fled from the room, angry tears streaming her face. All he talked about was Mae. Mae this and Mae that. She wasn't even a part of their family! All she was was a monster who he found on a deserted planet.
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(Skipping over the episode Taking Flight)
"Achoo!" Mae let out a sneeze and rubbed her nose with the blanket as she waited for Coran to find a prosthetic leg to temporarily attach.
"Found it!" Coran cheered and waved a simple prosthetic leg meant for rehabilitation. Pidge was sitting next to her, talking excitedly about seeing the installation of the prosthetics; Mae however didn't share the same enthusiasm.
"Ready Mae?" Coran asked as he wheeled a table over to prop her stump up on. She grimaced and nodded, adjusting her stump onto the table,
"No but let's get it over with." She grumbled and clenched her fist on the lip of the table. Coran aligned the leg correctly with the prosthetic port and reached to grasp the necessary tools. He used a wrench to get the basic bolts in place, lining it up and glanced to Mae.
"Ready? On three. One-" He jerked the wrench and Mae let out a yelp.
"I thought you said on three!" She accused, jabbing a finger before biting back another yelp.
"You'd chicken out if I did that. Now hush! Do you want me to connect the nerves correctly or not?"
"So you correct the nerves directly to the limb?" Pidge asked in fascinated awe.
"Yes.. Ow! It helps it be as fully functional as possible. Hurts like a bit- CORAN THAT HURTS!" She cut off as Coran finished connecting the nerves.
"I'm done anyway! Stop being such a baby Commander." He winked and allowed the Altean technology to mold and form directly to the port to allow for full mobility. He grasped her foot, rotating the ankle and having her go through exercises to make sure the leg was fully functional.
Mae stood unsurely and set her left leg on the ground, hesitantly putting weight on it. She tested the joint and to her pleasure, it worked perfectly.
"Perfect as always Coran." She grinned and lightly punched his shoulder. He grinned back and slapped her back, sending her staggering on her new leg.
"I, Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe, was the one who did it! Of course it'll be perfect!"
Mae listened to the clacking of her foot as she half-hobbled down the hallways. There was something the Paladins had to take care of and she was forbidden by Coran from leaving the Castle until she received the a-okay from him. She had her left hand trailing behind her as she rounded a corner.
The familiar door of the Weaponry called to her and she smiled as the familiar metallic tang of the weapons flooded her nose. All the weapons told a story and cleaning them and just listening calmed her down. She found dusty cleaning supplies and got to work.
It was much harder with only one working hand. She had to brace some of the weapons against the wall or a table in order to clean spearheads and sword blades. Shields were a little easier, she could wedge something underneath them and they wouldn't move. As she turned, she saw a suit of armor in the corner and stopped in her tracks.
It wasn't just any armor, it was the suit that was gifted to her by the original Paladins when she became commander. The blue accents glowed slightly as she approached it, touching the casing it was in. It was still in pristine condition and she fought back tears. Alfor and the Paladins had given this armor to her.
The armor was a shimmering blueish color much like Almas's scales and her own magic. It had a scale pattern, each scale hand carved by blacksmiths. The gauntlets curved into talons and there were sword sheaths that looked like dragon wings hooked onto the belt of the armor. The helmet was made of the same material, with no visor and two curved pieces of metal extending from the helmet to down by the jaw almost like fangs. Two horn like protrusions extended like curved horns. It was as if someone took Almas and made her into a set of armor. Medals she had earned decorated the chest plate of the suit and glittered in the faint light.
"Mae? Could you come up to the main deck please?" Came Coran's voice, sounding unnaturally shaky and she tore herself away from the armor.
"What is it Coran?" She asked and the castle shook, sending her crashing to the ground.
"Mae?! Is that you?! We need help dealing with this monster down here! We have to evacuate the Balmerans!" Hunk wailed through the coms and Mae pushed herself to her feet shakily. She staggered to the control panel and her eyes widened at the sight of the Balmera in shambles. She could see the Lions fighting…. something… below and it was not going well. The beast was huge, had long arms, and about a million eyes.
"Help me convince Allura that going down there is a bad idea!" Coran pleaded with her, shaking her armless shoulder and she looked over to him then back at Allura.
"It is a bad idea….. I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm coming with you. Coran before you freak out, they need our help down there. We have to leave this to you. I still have my magic and they'll need both of us to help. Allura you'll have to let me help." She commanded both of them and Coran stared for a moment before letting out a frustrated scream before jabbing Mae's nose repeatedly.
"Listen here Mae! You keep Allura safe! Don't do anything stupid. And above all NO crystal limbs! It was hard enough repairing you last time!" He demanded and she grimaced, pulling away and rubbing her nose.
"Wait while I get armor." She said to Allura before hurrying to the armory where she found simple Altean knight armor that she promptly modified for her one arm status. Her special armor would be saved for later, maybe against Zarkon.
Arriving in the shuttle bay, she noticed one pod was missing.
"That little shit." She cursed under her breath and readied her own pod before putting her helmet on. She turned it on just as Allura said "I'm on the ground."
"Nice of you to wait Allura." She commented before launching out into the fray.
She nearly crashed several times, steering one handed was never easy. She landed safely and looked around,
"I made it." She said into her com link and met the eyes of several Balmerans. She could feel the magic energy of the Balmera below her waxing and waning with each groan. She could feel its pain and it's magic power flowing through the ground. The power seeped into her body but she pushed it back out, she didn't need the power, the Balmera needed it more than she did.
"Balmerans! My name is Mae Topaz. I need you all to come with me to get you all to safety!" She called and looked around.
"Mae it is useless. They do not wish to listen to us." Allura snapped through the com link.
"Well I'm still going to try…." Mae's hand glowed with faint magic energy and lit her way in the dark tunnels. She could hear Allura's voice echoing among the tunnels as she attempted to persuade the Balmerans to save themselves and not let their home die in vain. She could sense the Balmerans, could sense them agree and with her and Allura's help, they moved towards the surface. Mae carried a child on her back, the rough feeling of its skin scraping against her chest.
"Come on! This way!" She called behind her where a line of Balmerans were following her. She was nearly to the surface before there was a massive groan, rocks breaking off and tumbling as the ground shook beneath their feet. Mae tumbled to the ground as her unsteady feet gave out. She fell face first, catching herself haphazardly as she protected the child on her back from danger.
"NO!" She heard Allura scream as she realized the Balmerans were trapped.
"It's on the verge of collapsing! We have to go!" Coran cried through the com link, Mae grit her teeth and forced herself to her feet. She couldn't leave them to die, that could NOT happen.
"But the Balmerans!" Allura pleaded hopelessly. Mae tried to summon her magic, she could create a ladder or staircase to help them right? Some way they could be rescued? Her magic bubbled up and fizzled out, it was still replenishing. The most she could probably do was create a small object.
"I'm stuck down here. My magic is too low for me to use." She gasped into her helmet as she tried to catch her breath.
"Mae?! You're still down there?!" Coran demanded and she gave an affirmative.
"Every hit weakens the Balmera. Have you evacuated yet? What's happening?" Hunk asked, grunting as he suffered another hit from the monster.
"The Balmerans are trapped. Just keep distracting that beast!" Coran commanded and Mae got to her feet with the help of a Balmera. The mother of the child taking it back gratefully.
"Uh, do you want us to distract it by dying? Because that's what's going to happen!" Hunk sounded nervous, unsure and scared.
"Guys, remember when I said we didn't have to beat it?" Shiro asked, is voice slightly staticy.
"Yes, I remember that."
"Well, we might have to beat it."
Mae led the Balmerans following her into a series of tunnels, leading them slowly but surely to the surface. It was slow as the monster attacked the lions above and caused more debris to rain down and shake the tunnels. Her helmet was nothing but static but she picked up on tidbits of conversation.
"The Castle!" Allura's voice.
"-You're- energy….. -crystal…. Revitalized….. Balmera." Coran's, filled with awe.
"...Ceremony…. Save the Balmera." Allura's again, sounding hopeful. Then nothing but static. Mae turned a corner and stopped. A massive chasm where tunnels use to twist and turn lay in front of her.
"What do we do? The Balmera is dying and we are trapped!" One of the Balmerans cried behind her and she turned, her magic energy giving them enough light to barely see.
"It'll be alright. My sister up above will save us. She is strong, you have to have faith." She said, crouching in front of the tiny Balmeran who had spoken. His hands were clasped around his ears, eyes squeezed shut. He opened them hopefully as Mae gently took his hands away from his face one at a time.
"It'll be okay. Trust me and my sister that we'll get you all out of here and you'll be safe." She said and looked at all the Balmerans.
Then Mae felt it. A surge of magic power coursing through the Balmera and all around them. She felt some of it rush over all of them and she blocked it from entering her body. She didn't want to siphon any of the precious energy from whoever was doing this. There was one last shudder of the Balmera and then it became still. But that last shudder caused Mae's prosthetic to shake and give out, sending her over the cliff and into blackness.
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"Is everything okay? That last blast did a lot of damage."
"Mae? Mae are you alright?"
"Mae?"
"I'm not getting anything. Just static."
"MAE! Please tell us if you're okay!"
"Crap the monster is still attacking!"
"Please be alright Mae!"
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Mae shivered as she came to. It was dark and cold, freezing even as she pushed herself to her unsteady feet with one arm. The light above was barely visible and the area around her was a dark gray with the lack of light. Her armor was broken from the fall, her shoes and helmet missing. She was honestly surprised she was even still alive. The ground beneath her feet was cold and unforgiving, numbing her flesh food to the bone.
"Indestructible armor would really be nice right about now.." She muttered as her breath echoed in her ears.
Mae half stumbled, half walked dwon foggy corridors, intent on trying to find a way down. Her helmet would be nice to have, that way she could give her exact location and get some help. She turned back and looked at where she had fallen.
"Where's that stupid helmet?" She wondered aloud, leaning on the wall for support as she scanned the rubble.
She found the helmet, dented and scratched but still functioning. She hooked her fingers under the lip of the helmet and put it on, tapping it a few times to get it working.
"Hello?" She said into the microphone and it took a few seconds before it came clear and her ears were filled with many voices.
"Mae?!"
"MAE!"
"You're alive!"
"What happened?!"
Mae laughed softly, looking up towards the dim light.
"I fell down a cavern. I'm alright. Just a little disoriented."
"I'm not seeing your tracker on my screen. Where are you?" Pidge asked and she glanced around.
"I- um I don't know. It probably fell off… I don't know where it is."
"It's in the wreckage my dear." Came a voice just as she started to look for her tracker.
Mae froze, actually tumbling to the ground. She knew this voice, she knew the voice that echoed in her head.
"Mom?!" She called out, turning and pushing herself into a run down the dark tunnels. Crystals grew along the ground, lighting her way.
"Mae? What's going on?!" It was Shiro now, sounding worried but she couldn't worry about that.
"Mom is that you?! Where are you?!" Her voice echoed off the stone around her as she pushed herself faster and faster, her blood pounding in her ears.
"Mae are you okay?! What's happening?!"
"You have to turn back my dear child…. Find your comrades." Came her mother's voice again, the metallic ring of it making her stop dead in her tracks.
"What? No! You're so close! I can feel you! I have to find you! Why did you leave me Mom?! Tell me how to find you!" Mae pleaded, her voice cracking as she stumbled over crystals but didn't stop. She could hear her friends calling out to her in her ears but she ignored them. Her mother's voice was the only voice that mattered. This feeling in her chest telling her where to go was the only thing that mattered.
"My dear pearl, you have to turn back and find her comrades…" Almas said, using her nickname 'pearl' for which Mae had been named.
"No! I can't turn back now! I'm so close! I'm so close to finding you! To seeing you again! I've been searching for you for years! It's been over 10,000 years since you left me!"
"Child, you must understand that this was all done for a reason. A reason you don't yet understand. You aren't ready for this."
"Ready for what?! Mom tell me please!" Mae was almost crying, her voice shaking and tears building up. She was gasping for air, a half-broken sob leaving her lips as she skidded around a corner and kept running.
She saw a light at the end of the tunnel, pushing herself faster and faster, her mismatched legs clanging against the stone floor.
"MOM!" She screamed as she came into the light, only to see the glowing cavern of the Balmera's core. She skidded to a stop, hand clenching as she saw a glowing bluish white light hover in front of her before it rushed forward and went through her, knocking her to the ground and disappearing in wisps of smoke.
Mae slid to her knees, ears pounding and heart racing. She couldn't hear the Paladins calling for her in her helmet. She let out a broken scream, one of pain and sadness and ripped her helmet off, throwing it against the ground and falling to her knees, eyes shut as she finally let her tears fall. She stayed like that until she heard the pounding of footsteps and felt several people kneel beside her. A hand touched her back and she smacked it away, tumbling forward and onto her feet as she whirled and prepared to fight whoever was touching her. She was met with Coran's worried face and she broke down as he came forward and wrapped her in a tight hug. She clutched his shirt with all the strength her trembling hand possessed.
"I heard her Coran. I heard my mom. MY mom Almas…." She whispered and Coran simply rocked them both back and forth, whispering comforting words in her ear.
"I swear I did…" Her voice cracked one more time and the only sounds that were heard was the breathing of the Paladins who had come with Coran and the sound of her hiccuping cries.
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HOLY MOTHER THIS WAS LONG! BUT DANG AM I PROUD OF IT! I CANNOT wait for the next chapter! 'Crystal Venom' is by far one of the episodes that I'm looking forward to since I started this book! Also, I've decided to split up books in this series with 2 seasons per book just so I don't have any problems with books being too long and all that jazz.
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