I ran as fast as I could. I ran and I ran, and I cursed myself for not running sooner. When they first attacked, I thought it would be the perfect cover to do my job. But when I left the building, I saw that it wasn't just a chance encounter with some roaming Gnosis. The entire planet was completely overrun, and the city seemed to have it the worst. Everywhere I looked, people were turning to salt, or calcium dust, or whatever it was these monsters did, so I eventually stopped looking and just kept running. There was only one person who wasn't screaming, a little girl who stood right in my path and stared in terror at something I didn't take the time to see. I scooped her up and kept running, desperately hoping that my ship hadn't left without me, or worse, been destroyed. She clutched my shoulder painfully, and I knew that several Gnosis had decided to give chase. I broke into a full sprint, not once thinking to drop the girl, and eventually burst through the doors to the dock. As I had feared, the waiting room was full of Gnosis, but I held onto my hope and went to the hangar where my ship, the Balmung, was still waiting for me. I leapt inside just as the door slid open, and proceeded to the cockpit after putting the girl down. "We've gotta leave, now! Wait, where's Ryan?" The captain quickly responded. "He's securing our exit." I ran back to the entrance, where the girl was looking outside with the same quiet terror as ever. Two Gnosis were about to make their way inside. "Ether drive, ignite!" A flame burst from the ground beneath the Gnosis, and though they were in their ethereal form, they writhed inside the fire and died. Behind them, a young man stood with his palm on the ground. He jumped inside and I slammed the button to close the door. We both headed to the cockpit, where the captain gave the order to launch. "Get us the hell outta here!" We all braced ourselves as the pilot put the ship straight into the highest gear, and we rocketed off the surface of the planet. Down below, a bright light could be seen passing over the planet. The light got brighter, and began to expand outward of the planet, almost as though it were trying to engulf us. The pilot seemed to get the same vibe from that light, as he put everything the ship had into getting out of there as fast as possible. Eventually, the light stopped expanding and we were able to slow to a crawl. We breathed a sigh of relief, and the captain walked over to the window. "Holy hell!" We all ran over to see what the captain had seen. I couldn't believe my eyes. "It… It's huge! Did that Gnosis devour Ariadne?" Without answering my question, the captain turned and yelled at the pilot. "Jump! Jump, dammit!" And so we jumped.