Yasu's POV:
I jumped to my feet when the earthquake hit, stumbling to reach the door.
"YASU!" Masako yelled, and I could just hear her over the roar of the earth and confusion outside.
"Gene!" is all I replied, before using the wall of the corridor to reach our room.
Falling inside, I could see him by the window, frozen in surprise.
"Gene!"
I just pulled him out of the way when the window shattered, and one of the half-angels flew in, wings streaming around them like a feathered cloak.
We looked out, towards a human figure with blackened-grey wings, and burning blackened-indigo eyes. Gene gave a cry of surprise as the black hair swept away to show a darkened smirk...
Silence appeared to fall as the wind carried one word across the whole village;
...
...
"Burn."
Naru's POV:
I awoke to find my head pounding. Sunlight was spilling on the ground around me, and I looked up to see that Lin had worked himself free with the use of the wall shattering, though he was still slightly bound with the chains on his ankles.
The door opened, and I looked up to see some guards rushing in, and entering my cell.
For some reason, I felt too weak to move, and my throat felt too dry to talk.
Picking me up, my hands were tied as a blindfold was tied around my head, sealing my abilities inside me.
Unfortunately, my PK was being repressed, too, and I could feel physical pain building slowly up from a throb into needles as old and new abilities clashed together in the same exact area.
I was suddenly pulled forward, the men laughing as I ended up face-down on the floor, before yanking me up again with iron grips.
What is happening?
Gene's POV:
I sat with the others, again in the court room, though this time, there was a swarm of guards around the convict's box.
I couldn't believe it - Naru was once again being charged with something(!).
Yasu calming me down after my nightmare.
Monk bursting in with the news of Naru's framing.
Is this more than coincidence?
Yasu knew. How did he know?
"Silence in the court!"
I looked up as Naru was half-dragged into the room, his hair was ruffled and his hands tied. A bruise was on his cheek below the blindfold coated in ruines.
I moved to rise, but Yasu caught my arm and shook his head slightly.
Why?
"Oliver Davis is here by accused for damaging the village and causing panic and disruption among the common people." the Court Minister stated. "He was seen earlier today cracking open the earth beneath..."
Everything appeared to drown out as I saw Naru's face.
We've never had our powers blocked before, and I could see how it was starting to burn him from the inside out, as well as how I couldn't funnel it away.
It was starting to burn somewhere inside the back of my head, and I could feel our link getting thinner and thinner.
I heard a faint yell my head began thumping.
Snap.
I found myself racing towards Naru, guards tearing at me as my wings unfurled, fingers reaching for the cloth over Naru's eyes.
Yi and Mai were suddenly there, Yi grabbing me in a tight hug as Mai was exchanging the blindfold for a grey mask with a red streak on its side.
No... NO!...
I felt my strength depleat, and arms pulling me back before picking me up, Yi's hand gently covering my eyes.
"It's alright, it's alright, Eugene... I promise to look after your brother, so please, sleep. It's fine..."
Yi's voice was soft, and everything was fading.
What is-
What is going on?...
Hibiki's POV:
Monk pulled Gene away from the guard, as Yi removed her hand from Gene's eyes.
I glanced at my brother, finding him with his fist over his mouth and his eyes downcast, thinking. I could tell he was thinking at high speed, seeing as he was keeping his mental walls up.
"What is it?" I asked, verbally, and he glanced at me, before answering.
"Naru-dàgē is too cunning to commit a crime like that in pure daylight, while Gene-dàgē is too heart-felt. They were both in separate locations, although, as Lin is his jiàoshī, then high security would have been placed on the pair of them. The guards also were too quick at reacting, even for the village's standards..." he mused, before dwindling back into silence.
"Dàgē, look." Hikari said, pointing back at the convict's box. Yi was arguing with the Minister, and Gene was being carried out the room.
Hibari got up, and pulled on my sleeve, before motioning for us to follow.
He did not speak again until we were outside the village walls, heading uphill.
"I need to check on something. Hibiki, fetch one of the cameras."
Joker: YEEY! DONE!
Naru: What did you do? That was all very confusing and too fast.
Joker: Shush, shush! Super Detective-skills at work!
Mai: Oh dear.
Joker: jiàoshī means reader, by the way, while Dàgē means big brother!
Gene: *covers Joker's mouth with annoyed face* Triple R.