And then the small, deadly slow inching stopped, and Hay Lin looked up fearfully, as a woman stared back at her with grim eyes; grimmer than before. "What's wrong? Why have you stopped?"
"Vythistís ploíou."
"What? Plee-oh what?" The woman's eyes were numb, and falling into her sockets, and Hay Lin tried to ignore that, as she wish that Caleb was here. She just wanted to go home.. Hay Lin pushed herself off of the ground forcefully, and knew what the woman meant without a doubt. Like giant roaches. And she felt her heart beat increasing and she wanted to go home, and Caleb wasn't even in charge of her; it was, "TARANEE!"
...
Cornelia had gone back; she'd blocked more of the stairs, when she'd seen what was happening away from where she and Irma were.. She'd heard Will give Hay Lin the order, and had left when recieving her own, but she was trying not to look, as a humble crowd of people inched into the blue portal. And she hated that it reflected; it made their green skin blue, and their pink skin blue, and everybody looked dead, and Will was just sitting there; hugging her knees, with tears staining her cheeks as she watched. She looked nearly as dead as they did. "We've blocked the stairs, but it wont hold for long; Cedric- GET OFF OF HER!"
Caleb flinched back, and Will's dull brown eyes had blinked away from the marching dead. But Cornelia didn't regret that she'd sounded apalled. And she didn't drop her gaze, as Caleb stepped forward, "Gaea-"
"Don't you call me that. And don't you touch her!" Cornelia shook off Irma's restricting hand as she stepped forward with defiance. "Don't even talk to her! Don't even look at her! You slimy, roach-infested.."
"Cornelia, don't talk to him like that." Cornelia trailed off, and a finger that had reached up to poke his chest fell, and Cornelia frowned as she turned to Irma.
"He's trying it on with Will! He was saying.. And he.. He.." The words had disappeared, because Will's shoulders had shifted a little, but she'd just turned back to the prisoners, not much fewer than when she'd last been looking at them. And she realized that Will wasn't doing anything. She wasn't even going to try to help them. "What did you do to her?"
"I-" Caleb had faltered then, and Cornelia could only glare. The leech couldn't even lie. He just gave her a serious look and turned away; 'helping'. He'd been 'helping' Will too, and now she knew what he'd meant when he'd said Meridian boys weren't looking for kisses. He was disgusting.
...
Lord Cedric had smirked, when he'd heard the shriek of the name of the fire guardian. And he grinned when the wall of rock finally crumbled to an opening. But growled when he saw another wall, and charged forward. He'd do this one himself.
...
Will was counting steps -if that was what the feeble movements could be called- Irma could see it in the way that her eyes flashed over their feet. Or maybe she was just avoiding their eyes.
And now he couldn't go near her. Because Cornelia had said things that Irma was sure weren't true, and mixed them with things that by his eyes, were, and Caleb only kept his eyes on Will from a distance. And Irma, for once knew that he wasn't just glued to her because he thought she was pretty. Her eyes had dried up; her cheeks attempting to follow the trend, but Irma didn't want to know what had happened here. She'd seen shock, and Will's lips were quivering in a way that made Irma feel a burn in her lungs, because it could get worse. Lord Cedric would be coming soon. "Will?"
"Just leave her alone." Irma glowered, as Cornelia shot a retort. Apparently one of her friends was due to be murdered, so Cornelia was shining up Will as her newest companion. Irma knew the type. Cornelia liked girls that weren't as pretty as her, and she liked them to have nothing. No, that wasn't true - Cornelia had always had to hand-pick, exactly what Elyon was allowed, and Irma wasn't prepared for Will to be prodded and molded to fit Cornelia's wishlist.
So she pushed her chest into the blonde's and knew that the threatening glare had shocked the blonde. She hoped her hissed words would be heard. "You, leave her alone."
