Fair.

Aella and Doll faced him from across the roof, Polot himself held Claire by the hair illuminated by all the hovering glyphs surrounding Claire.

“Cast it now, kill them!”

“I… I don’t want to!” Claire was in tears.

Polot held his wrist up and spoke into it “Shoot her in the knee”

A gunshot sounded out over the sound system followed by a scream and hysterical crying.

“Kill them, or she dies!”

Claire started to scream, it was all too much for him and his spell started to activate, the glyphs bit by bit slowly lined up and Claire started to glow green.

“Claire,” Claire looked over at Aella, “We’re here to rescue you guys.” Aella smiled.

Doll raised her hand and Polot’s head rolled. “If you don’t do it quickly he’ll shoot your mother.” Doll called out to Claire.

He wiped away his tears and with great difficulty pulled the glyphs so they pointed through the floor of the building. A second later, a bright light 5 meters in diameter blew through the palace, narrowly missing Claire’s mother but decimating the guard who was moving his gun to her head.

The light remained for seconds, then violently pulled back towards Claire, he shone brightly, too brightly. This time it was Claire who spawned the pillar of light, the key was being forged, and the energy involved was immense, the clouds parted for the huge beam and the sky turned green. It made a noise like an electric buzz, except it was deafeningly loud. Aella fought her way into the center of the beam against its force.

“I’m sorry Aella, I really cant go with you again, I am becoming the key. There’s… there’s no coming back from that.”

“I’m the sorry one… I thought I could save you on willpower alone.”

“but you did save me Aella.”

Claire raised his hand and touched Aella on the forehead, her mind flashed.

Seconds later, the light pulled inwards and became a single glowing light hovering in front of Aella, which slowly lowered itself into a jar before her.

Aella fell over crying beside the jar, engulfed in her own storm again, fighting to control her emotions at losing yet another friend.

–

“it looks like the elite one wont even fight princess”

“That’s okay, its the one who killed Riopene I want.”

“Princess, it was Riopene who killed your father, how will going after that one satisfy your vengeance?”

“If I can beat her, it’s the same as beating Riopene, plus I specifically want her glow above the others.”

“Will you make your move now Princess?”

“Not yet, a new player has appeared, I don’t like crowds.”

–

Zephyr climbed the steps to the roof and saw the scene before him, two banded warriors and Polot’s body on the floor.

“You got to my cousin first?”

Doll looked over to zephyr.

Deborah whispered in his ear “what a shame, weren’t you looking forward to killing him too?”

“Are you here to fight?” Doll asked.

“Well, I plan to kill everyone,” Deborah responded through Zephyrs lips, “And you guys would be a good start. But…”

Zephyr pulled out his rifle and aimed it behind him. “I don’t like spectators who plan to jump in after.” Zephyr fired and a half mile away the young girl jumped from her perch just before the bullet passed where her heart was.

“Time to fall back princess?”

“for now, yes.”

Back on the roof Zephyr lit up a cigarette.

“Those things will kill you y’know.” Doll said to zephyr, readying herself for a fight.”

“Didn’t I say before, I want to kill everyone.” He smiled and aimed his rifle forward.