Author's Note: Good God this chapter took a lot of thought out of me, one of the first times I edited a piece of writing outside of school. So while I recuperate my brain for a bit, enjoy this chapter!

I sat up from the hospital bed numb, tired, but alive. Time was a concept that past right through my head at the moment, and it took a look at the clock to remind me how long I was out for. The pain and soreness that I had felt a while back had dulled down by then. Although it lingered, it was enough for me to tolerate. My vision swam as one by one, I moved my legs from the lavender scented sheets to the floor. The surface was cold as ice, despite the warm temperature in the room, jolting my worn body and mind awake. I hissed, missing the comforting warmth for my shoes when I realized that my possessions were in fact missing. My head darted around, startled.

Where in the hell were my things?!

After a brief second of hyperventilating I caught the sight of my boots. They were tucked in the corner by the window with my backpack next to them. I smiled lightly, thanking the nurse for not snooping through my things. I was quick to put them on, balance swaying a bit because of my numbness, then quietly I tiptoed out of the room and silently closed the door.

If what Teri told me was true, then I had to hurry. Only God knows what the sick bastards were doing to my teammates.

It didn't take me long to find the elevators, they were only a ten seconds down and past a corridor, though they did look kind of primitive. I glanced warily as I pushed the up button, hearing the loud clanking of metal. If this elevator malfunctioned, I'd have a fit. To my scarce luck, nothing happened after ascending to the third floor. The only problem that came to mind was when the metal doors opened, revealing the heavily armed military personnel guarding the floor. The one second chime alerted three guards at the nearest room, who turned their heads to see me staring at them with a shocked look. They weren't pleased.

"What are you doing here?" One of them asked. He was big, as almost every other soldier behind him. His armor wasn't as heavy as I suspected, it looked rather light and suited for better mobility. His face was square and had a weird protruding nose that was very funny looking, which made it increasingly hard to drown my laughter.

"This floor has been sectioned off from the public!" My eyes darted between the three of them. I only had one shot at this, and I had to make myself seem at least a bit convincing.

"But my Mom's here! My dad said that I could see her!" I exclaimed, putting on a front of a whiny teen. The soldier looked back at me with a confused expression, hand inching towards his weapon ever so subtly.

"Your father allowed you to see your mother in the hospital, AFTER a major terrorist attack?" I could hear the incredulous tone in the muffled voice, and cursed at my luck. They caught my bluff, one that I'd even say that wasn't good. I looked at him then at the rest down the hall and sucked a breath in It was quite obvious that the only thing out of this was going to be violence. Which meant that my cloths were going to be more wrecked and more injuries were going to be added onto an already stressed body.

Joy.

There was no reason to go back, leaving meant betraying my teammates and I didn't want to do that. So quickly and a bit reluctantly I made up my mind, telling myself that these people were just obstacles in my path, obstacles that needed to be removed permanently.

Without any giving thought I jumped at them, not giving each one time to collect themselves, unsheathing two kunai from their pouches in one fluid motion. A strained gurgle erupted out of the right one's throat as the sharp end of my kunai sunk in deep into tender flesh. I held on for a few seconds before using the weapon as leverage to swing off, ripping it out to latch on to the closest soldier. The enemy spun as he made grabs at my body, but I maneuvered myself out of the way like a spider until I managed to squeezed my legs securely around his waist. The kunai wasted no time and plunged itself in through the opening that separated the helmet from the rest of the armor. The soldier gurgled in pain, still struggling to use his hands to pry me off. However, I held on him with a vice grip while hearing the third soldier scream,

"Get off of him!" My eyes snapped to the other soldiers in the room, who began to charge at me after seeing the violence beholding them. I twisted the kunai in the throat of my captive before jumping off of him, landing with one knee to the ground.

This was about to get a whole lot bloody.

I resorted into taijutsu alone since I didn't want the hospital to collapse in flames and risk the lives of the citizens on each floor, but it was tempting even as I slammed one guy's head through a glass window. After taking down four others and taking only minor injuries I could tell that the soldiers were majorly trained with weapons, since when I disarmed them they came at me with lackluster punches and kicks. If this were one on one, I'd pulverize them into mincemeat. However since there were a multitude of fists threatening to break me in half, I had the serious disadvantage here. I needed to improvise and fast. So I spun around one, missing a roundhouse kick to the face, and took a strange looking baton from the belt on his waist. With a flick of my wrist it came to life, electricity coursing through the shaft in a pulsing sound. I jumped back and gazed at the new weapon with sudden curiosity and amazement. A wicked smile appeared onto my lips. I was so taking this with me!

I decided to test it out, side-stepping and dodging until the tip of the baton hit an exposed joint of one. Even though he had protective clothing underneath that armor, nothing stopped that stream of electricity go into his body. The effects were immediate, stalling him mid-step and causing a loud shriek before he dropped. My head was knocked to the side by an unsuspecting punch, and I answered back with a baton to the back knee. A hand pushed me violently against a door causing it to burst open, and the scream of a doctor and a patient to fill the air as I fell in. Somehow I managed to dodge a sword to the face by rolling away, apologizing to the onlookers in the room. I stopped, realizing that I was trapped in, since three soldiers were blocking the doorway and one had started to charge at me. Thinking fast, I jumped onto the medical counter, missing the swipe of a sword before I jumped, using the shoulder of the soldier as a footstool and leaped away. Though I did get nicked in the legs by the three other soldiers, I managed to evade them and roll into the hall. With no time to spare I scrambled onto my feet and ran as the remaining soldiers chased me.

"Stop him!" The closest yelled. My attention shifted forward and my gaze came across another soldier, who was guarding a door. I nearly skidded to a halt when I spotted a weapon his hands. It was a gun! Before I could asses the situation the shot rang out. With a stroke of luck I used my fast reflexes sliding down on my knees, barely missing the speeding piece of metal from blowing my head into chunks. As time slowed I tilted my head back, and I saw not a bullet, but a dart of some kind that whizzed past me, stabbing the chestplate of the soldier behind me. Time resumed, allowing me to jump to my feet and tackle the soldier that nearly shot me. With one electric baton to the neck and two quick jabs at his knees, the soldier slumped. I looked back up and realized that I only had a split second to get into the room behind me, or get turned into a splatter on the wall. So, I followed my instinct and jump back into the room, slamming and locking the door in a flurry of rushed movements. I leaned against the smooth wood and sighed. I knew that this door wouldn't hold long but, hopefully long enough.

"Kouki?!" A baritone voice called in utter surprise. I looked over my shoulder and saw Anti, his sister, and Uja. They all were cuffed to their individual beds and had bandages covering various places of their bodies. Realizing that my friends weren't racked with grave injuries, I took a huge sigh of relief.

"What's going on out there? It sounds like a madhouse!" Anti's sister, Tasha, yelled. I smiled sheepishly and shrugged my shoulders, ignoring the blood that had decorated my clothes. I did my best to tell all of them what happened in the increasingly rushed manner, but all that came out was a blubbering mess of syllables. I coughed and heaved, my body finally responding to all the unwanted movement of before. I pointed at the chains fastening their limbs to the beds, asking if they needed any help but Anti turned down the offer. In a matter of fact, they all did.

"No, we can handle these." Anti reassured. I was a skeptic at first, but it was soon blown out of the water when the chains ripped off like they were paper. My mouth hung open with a mix of amazement and confusion, as the metal clattered to the ground, allowing their former captives to rise to their feet. A million questions ran through my mind, a million questions that I highly doubted that anyone would answer"H-how?" I asked, utterly bewildered. Anti hissed, feet protesting the weight pressing hard on them. He had luckily caught himself on the bed before he tripped. I winced in sympathy. There was no way he could walk on his own.

" That's an explanation for another time." He groaned. His sister, Tasha, was right by his side. She helped him to a steady balance before looking at me with a concerned face.

"By the way, do you know what became of our friends?"

"That's the thing I-" A loud bang interrupted me mid-sentence. I spun around and backed away from the door quickly, watching as it trembled with each thunderous boom. I blanched, realizing that the lock wouldn't hold on forever.

"Oh no, They're gonna break in! We need to leave now!" I yelled, looking around for an exit. My eyes caught sight of one, one exit that was sealed strong metal bars.

The window.

I groaned in anger. How were we going to get out?! More importantly, how was Anti going to get out in his condition? Luckily Uja had an idea. Whatever it was I couldn't tell, he was too busy marching over to their strewn about belongings to care. Uja crouched quickly and opened his knitted bag, searching around for something important. I watched in confused silence, wondering what was happening as the bangs on the door grew louder. When Uja came up for air, he had a strange vial in his hands. In the vial was a mysterious looking red liquid. Tasha seemed to know what it was, as she gasped, glaring at Uja an expression that could be explained in three words:

Don't You Dare.

Uja ignored it, in fact he popped the cork and took a mighty swig, red dribble running down the stubble on his chin. Tasha was up on her feet by then, marching over to swipe the vial from his hands, and he let her. Tasha glared at him one more time before closing the vial and stuffing it back in a bag, her bag.

"What was that?" I asked, wariness clear in my voice. Tasha closed the bag in her hands, strapping it over her shoulder while squinting her eyes at Uja.

"That." She hissed. "Is a potion Kouki, one that's supposed to increase a user's magical power by fifteen percent." The explanation surprised me. A potion that could increase a person's power? The Naruto verse had something similar to those, but in pill form. But too much use could result in something bad to the user, was that the same here? I asked my question, curiosity laced in every word, while near the window Uja conjured a spell that was different than the others. I listened to Tasha's explanation half halfheartedly, too busy looking at the hand Uja pressed against the barred window. I watched as red magic ate away at the glass and metal, like some kind of corrosive acid. In a matter of seconds all of the window was gone, whisked away in a cloud of bright red particles.

"Are you even listening to me?!" Tasha yelled, waving a hand in front of my face. I snapped out of my stupor, looking at an annoyed Tasha and a secretly smug Uja, who was leaning by the open window.

"Now's the time for us to leave, we have a perfect opportunity!" Uja barked, thumbing at the window next to him. Tasha spun around and growled, ready to snap back a snarky comment when-

The door flew open, off its hinges, and nearly decapitating me.

Luckily for me I ducked, hitting the ground as the large piece of wood made contact with the opposite wall, knocking over various medical equipment with it. Standing breathlessly at the door was a soldier, mask off and with rage filled in his eyes.

"Get them!"

I felt a hand push me away, sending me tumbling to the left as Tasha extended her hand. An invisible concussive blast sent the soldier and those behind him flying backward, smacking hard against the wall and metal armor crinkling from the force. I stared in surprise as another hand, a burly hand, grabbed me. Looking up I saw Anti and Tasha give each other a silent look before nodding. Anti, who now wrapped his arm around my waist, ran straight at the open window, despite his incredibly injured feet.

"What are you doing?!" I screamed, feeling the weightlessness of air as I was thrown out the window, and into the early morning mind was screaming for its dear life as I plummeted, heart clenching hard inside my chest as if it was going to burst. Since we were only on the third floor, and the ground was approaching fast I closed my eyes, expecting to fall flat on my face. Except, it didn't happen.

"What the..." The thought escaped my mouth as I slowly opened my eyes. A yellow disc was right beneath me, keeping my body at least ten feet from the ground. I looked around, finding that Uja, Teri, and Anti had landed safely around me, Anti looking the most tired out of all of them. Sweat trickled down his brown skin as he held his hands out. They were trembling with strain and quivered once, causing the disc beneath us to dip. My breath hitched, feeling my stomach rise to my chest, and I nearly vomited from the unwanted motion.

"They're down there!" A soldier yelled from the room we jumped from. Uja huffed, glaring at Anti in annoyance.

"Get us outta here!" He yelled. Anti nodded and closed his eyes with a strained look. The disc sped upward, nearly crashing into a tree, before it was up high in the sky. I laid there, planted on the surface as I watched buildings fly by at incredible speeds. We were on our way.

"I thought you only had force field powers!" I yelled, looking at Anti while holding on for dear life. He shook his head, arms still held out in front of him.

"I've gotten creative over the years. Force-fields can be quite repetitive anyway." He grinned, masking the pain that was clearly shown by the rest of his body. Anti fell to one knee, the yellow disc swerving sharply to the left. We all lurched in surprise, Tasha nearly falling off but luckily saved by Uja. Anti was heaving and looking incredibly more tired.

"We," He began, taking a gulp of air. "We need to hurry, I don't know how long I can hold this for." Anti looked down at me, his bushy hair blown back by the wind, and gave me a strained expression.

"Where exactly are we going?" He asked. My head shot up at the question and I scoured my brain for the answer. Unfortunately, I didn't have any clue. All that Teri said was that she and the others were captured somewhere, and he didn't know exactly where.

"I've got no-"

My attention was torn from my teammates as my head turned towards the sound of an explosion.

"-idea." I finished my sentence, watching a dark cloud billow out from a fortified building. If that fire said anything, then we knew it had to be a work of a mage. We didn't say anything for a whole minute.

"Do you think?"

"I'm getting the same idea." Tasha replied. We all looked at each other for a split second.

"Anti, full speed ahead."

The explosion shocked everyone, especially the ones in the interrogation room. The tremor rocked Ablan and Teri in their seats and nearly knocked over their interrogator. The man caught his balance on the table and after the shocks subsided, angrily shot up, carefully combed hair now all over the place. His eyes were full of fury, unlike the composed stare before hand.

"You!" He shouted, pointing his finger sharply at the stationed guard next to the door. "Go and find out what's happening!"

"Sir!" The soldier saluted before rushing out into the chaos outside. Ablan and Teri looked at each other with concerned looks. This was the perfect time to make their escape. The only question was whether they would act upon it. Luckily, they wouldn't have to wait long enough to sort it out. The door burst open, revealing the same soldier. He rushed in out of breath.

"Sir, the prisoners escaped!" He reported. "They've bombed the front!"

"What?!"

The front of the security station was left utterly in shambles. Concrete and glass were scattered about, burnt and melted from the second explosion. Standing in front of the decimated entrance was one angry red head who, despite his injuries, conjured another ball of flames in both of his hands. Walking up to him like a force of nature was Melinda who, was very tired of his shit.

"It's time to leave Hayden." Melinda grabbed hold of his shoulder, squeezing it harshly. "Now." The word jabbed at Hayden, who snapped back at her, angered that she would even think of such a thing.

"No!" He growled, shrugging away the unwanted touch before stomping towards a debris covered policeman, who had somehow survived the explosion. " Not until they pay!" Hayden yelled, grabbing the poor man by the shirt and lifting his broken body in the air. Hayden chuckled at the expression of fear on the poor man's face. Melinda rolled her eyes, this rage of his would end badly.

Specifically for him.

But she wouldn't bother him, letting him vent his anger out would be better for both of them in the long run. So Melinda watched, she watched and waited as the policeman was wasted away under the destructive fingers of pain and fire. She felt for the poor soul, she really did. The death was cruel and unusual for her standards, the most pain she ever enacted into her targets was only if they were despicable enough or just aggravated her. But what was done was done, and had to be ended quickly. Reinforcements would come and when they saw what Hayden did, the fury unleashed on them would likely be devastating.

"You bastards!"

The voice startled Melinda from her thoughts, causing her attention to snap upward. She watched as a yellow disk closed in on them fast. Riding on top of it were some very angry people. People that looked angry enough to kill.

"Hayden! Knock it off!" Melinda warned, just as the youngest jumped off of the disk and plummeted,sword drawn and ready. Hayden caught the warning at the last minute and looked up, just in time to catch the gleam of metal before everything turned white. The move was quick, flashing by in a split second, but the damage was already done. Hayden dropped the burnt man and cover his eyes in utter agony, stumbling back before crashing down onto his side. The child, that landed right into a battle stance, stood up proud, confident, and utterly seething.

"So you're the one who's been causing all of this destruction?!" The kid barked, voice a lot lower that what Melinda had suspected. As she watched the child stalk forward she knew that there was only one way that this could end. She needed to act now and fast, or her responsibility would be reduced to ribbons in a blink of an eye. The incantation she whispered under her breath enveloped her in the same purple ribbons as before, transporting her right in front of the currently incapacitated partner, while giving his attacker quite the surprise.

"Out of the way lady!" He warned, brandishing his sword in the gleaming sunlight. Melinda's eyebrows raised slightly. No one ever reacted to her appearance like that. Usually when she appeared the average person would yelp and cower back in uncertainty and fear. This child was an anomaly, one that she would like to look into sometime later. Unfortunately, that time wouldn't be here. She smiled, twirling her parasol in her hands.

"I'm afraid I can't do that kid, you see I need him alive. Partners and all." She explained, adding a small smile for extra measures. The kid wasn't having any of it and made a deliberate swat at her. Melinda dodged the attack quite easily, but with a huge amount of disgust welding up in her chest. She narrowed her eyes at the small boy, inwardly dismantling the move he made on her. He didn't even give her a passing glance! It was like she was some sort easy obstacle to get through! Angered thoughts in mind she blocked a new move easily with her parasol's closed canopy. The block surprised him, and the shock on his face only continued to fuel the new smile deepening into her bones. Their weapons locked and Melinda leaned in to offer him some choice advice.

"Don't try anything stupid son, you're no match for me." She warned as the lock broke. Melinda glanced behind her and saw that fortunately, Hayden was no longer writhing in complete and utter pain. He was still hurting, if the pained and uneasy gasps weren't an obvious clue. However he was on one knee, with a hand covering his eyes and a frustrated frown clearly on his lips. It took him some time but he eventually stood back onto his two feet. Hayden was seething, staggering back and forth all the while spewing profanities out of his mouth. Each quivering footstep neared him to Melinda's position, but still a bit off. He roared out into the open, for the person who blinded him to come out so that he'd rip him to shreds.

The child happily obliged, digging an imaginary thorn into Hayden's side.

Hayden was quick to recognize the voice and, as if he could see again, broke forward with haste.

"I'll disembowel you!" He roared. Melinda stepped in, blocking the man with her parasol, just as fire began to envelope his form. Hayden faltered in his steps and growled at Melinda's general direction. Melinda slapped her parasol against Hayden's chest in bitter annoyance and countered the growl with a remark.

"We don't have time for this." Her blue orbs narrowed at Hayden, believing that her stare was hard enough for him to get the message. Turns out she wasn't the only one who agreed to her sentiments. Melinda looked up to see the yellow disc from earlier lower, down enough for the rest of the others to jump off. Well except for the larger one, who collapsed into a sweaty heap on the ground. The female of the group quickly was by the guy's side. She looked up at the others with a concerned look. The woman then began to berate the kid in his actions, while the words seemed to fall on deaf ears, the twitch of his eye made it seem that he heard every word of it.

"Your friend's right, no need to cause any more trouble for yourself." Melinda added on, pushing back the weighing force that was Hayden, who still had the intent of tearing them limb from limb. Melinda looked around, sweat dribbling down her face. She needed a distraction, one that would allow her and Hayden some time to escape. Luckily and unluckily for her, she had a newfound situation that brought their attention out to someone else. Three mages bursted out of the burning hole in the building, running down the steps in a matching pace. They stopped, surveying the damage before landing eyes on her. The tall blonde on the right widened his eyes at her.

"You!" Melinda instantly recognized the voice and sighed. It was the blonde from the underground cells, lively as ever. "You aren't getting away this time!"

An auburn male growled in frustration, shouting a protest as the blonde zipped towards Melinda, a streak of gold the only thing she tracked before he appeared inches away. Melinda's reflexes took over her, parasol blocking the sudden attack, while leaving Hayden the perfect opportunity to begin a new wave of destruction. With a malicious smile he gladly took it, supercharging another blast of fire in his hands. The stream of flames rocketed from his outward, locking on the small group of mages away from them. They managed to jump out of the way, just in time at the fire blew up the ground behind them. Dirt and stone rained down, mixing with the raging licks of fire. The new blast of heat singed against the skins of everyone, including the large group of policemen and soldiers that had rushed out at that moment.

"Really?!" Melinda growled, butting the end of her parasol on the chin of the blonde. The attack cracked against the hard bone, fracturing it as he flew back. "You just HAD to go and do that!" she yelled. Her burst of frustration was short lived as Jacken came back, barraging her with a monstrous load of speedy kicks. She managed to swat him away again and look back at her blind friend. Hayden wasn't listening to her and continued his onslaught of destruction, burning everything in the vicinity. Melinda guessed that being blind had rendered her friend into a psychotic mess, one that she would have to clean up after. The chaos among st them was interrupted by the collective clangs of metal. Melina looked up at the steps watched as soldiers came rushing out of the burnt opening. With singe marks and scratches Melinda stepped back and wrapped her arm around Hayden's waist.

This called for drastic measures.

"Er nunc di eist!" Angelica brought back her free hand, as if she were going to throw something, before swinging forth.A burst of purple energy exploded from it, expanding quickly and lifting all the oncoming threats into the air. It caused a knock-back of epic proportions, sending a load of dirt and slamming against any building in its path. Being at the center had its benefits, and Angelica would use them to their fullest. So she spun around quickly, disorienting Hayden and using the perfect distraction to disappear for good, in a trail of glowing ribbons.

The blast of energy contributed heavily to the damage that was already done to the area, adding more cracks and holes to the security station than anyone would've liked. In the long silence that followed, among the unconscious and entangled bodies, Jacken made his first move. He rose to his feet street, short hair a mess, caked with dust and bits of stone. His track suit also sported nasty rips and tears all over, and despite his best attempts of brushing the dust off, it was stuck there. He looked over, through the thick fog of dust, to the steps where Ablan and Teri lay. They had collapsed in a heap, dangerously near a group of soldiers who were clearly out of commission. Jacken, seeing the brief signs of life, decided to limp over their with haste. With a limp he went over, hissing with every step, getting to them in record time and shaking them violently. With a whisper, he begged for them to get up, begged so that they wouldn't be found out by the soldiers laying all around situation was bad and it would only get worse when the rest of the military men wake up.

They needed to leave and fast.

Ablan's eyes fluttered open and after taking a huge gulp of air, coughed violently in the dust infused air. Teri was up not too soon after, blinking the spots out of her eyes before surveying the damage around them. With haste Jacken got them to their feet, telling them his view on the situation as they silently rushed over to the rest of the group.

"Where did that lady go?" Teri asked in a hushed tone.

"You mean the one that as protecting that flaming bastard? She that weird teleportation magic of hers." Jacken growled, as he neared a hurting but alive Kouki. The child seemed to have recently gotten up, kneeling heavily against his short sword, as if it was a cane. Jacken rushed over to him, slowly helping him up and noticing the winces of pain that flashed across his face.

"You okay?" Jacken asked. Kouki flashed a sarcastic smile.

"I've never felt better."

"Good." Ablan began while helping up a confused Uja up to his feet. "Because we have to leave, now." Teri narrowed her eyes from where she stood after hearing Ablan's decree.

"Since when were you so keen on leaving?" She asked. Ablan all but ignored her, checking on Anti and Tasha before glancing back at Teri's direction.

"Not until now." He explained. Kouki stretched carefully before taking a look around, whistled and shook his head. The damage was far greater than he thought. It almost rivaled the destruction from the day before. But it was best to book it before the others woke up.

"That might be a problem." Tasha began, rubbing a hand on the back of her brother, who was clearly having trouble standing properly. "Anti's to hurt to continue. At this rate he'll only slow the group down!" The burly man leaning lightly against Tasha shot her a glare, one that she ignored entirely. What she said was true, whether he liked it or not.

"She is not wrong." Anti begrudgingly agreed, looking down at the broken ground. "But how would I be able to go back in this condition! I doubt I'll even make it half way without collapsing! And even if I make it back...how will the tribe react?" Anti wondered, brow furrowed in worry. Tasha went right to work, trying to lift up his spirits as Ablan hummed to himself. He knew of only one way to get them back closer to home, a way that would certainly tire him out considerably.

"I know how to get you back." Ablan blurted out. Anti and Tasha looked at him with interest, though Ablan shook his head lightly. "Not all the way back but, a distance more comfortable. Teleportation."

"Oh yeah that! I almost forgot you could even do that, with your rings and all." Jacken exclaimed in remembrance. Ablan frowned, blocking out the obscure blonde.

"I can only transport three at a time, but.." He looked back at the others and sighed. "It looks like I'll be making more than one trip it seems. So," Ablan placed both hands on Tasha and Anti's shoulders, closing his eyes he concentrated. There was a moment of silence before he spoke.

"It was nice meeting you." He parted. Anti and Tasha shared a small smile before disappearing in a flash of light. It took a moment for him to stand up, but he did. And when he turned around, he made his way towards the rest of the group, beckoning for them to stand close and touch both of his hands. Jacken awkwardly shuffled in his feet, unnerved by how close everyone was to him.

"Is this even necessary?" He asked. Ablan opened one eye to gaze at him with amusement.

"Yes it is Jacken, so be still so I can concentrate."

"Could you concentrate faster, I think they're starting to wake up!" Kouki blurted out, pointing to the scattered bodies that were starting to stir. Ablan frowned, turning his attention towards Teri.

"Could you try and pinpoint a location near to where we need to go?" He asked. Teri nodded before closing her eyes. She concentrated, letting her mind drift from her body to scour the world. Her consciousness drifter through the air, blitzing buy building after building until she reached the waters bordering Bosco to Seven. It only took her seconds to make it across the long stretch of water and once she landed on the other side, the overwhelming sense of dread and despair overwhelmed her. It seemed like this country was in a worse state than Bosco, though the thought shouldn't have surprised her. She shook her head and continued on, she needed to find anything that would lead the group to their next destination. Any speck of thought would do wonders for her.

That's she felt it, a wave of intense emotional pain and suffering bleeding out from somewhere along the rocky coast. Teri smiled but then realized how long the distance was. Ablan never teleported such a distance before. The amount of magical energies that was needed would most likely put him out of commission for a while, not if he didn't die from it. Teri had no time to dwell on the fact, since she felt a tug on her physical body. It was time to move, consequences be damned.

"Brace yourselves!" She yelled through her physical body before giving Ablan the closest possible location to teleport to: A desolate field on the outskirts of a town. Ablan grimaced as white light began to form around them "This will definitely be unpleasant" He muttered.

"Get us out of here!" Kouki exclaimed, eyes widening at the woke bodies of the soldiers.

"Gladly." Ablan grunted, summoning all the magic from his reserves. The light was brighter than before, surrounding the group in a circle. There was a slight whirring sound until it flashed, whisking the group away and leaving no trace of them except for their foot prints.

So one of my reviewers made an interesting point about last chapter. The reason why I focused heavily on the side characters was to just flesh them out more, give them more personality. I know that it may seem redundant at first to focus of these groups of characters but, I have a lot in store for them.

You'll just have to wait and see.

Ja Ne~