[b][color=6ecff6][u][i]Sunumi[/i][/u][/color][/b]

	"Destroy the temple?" she questioned, glancing back at the rocky gate.  Of all the times she had arrived, the option never occurred to her.  The cycle never stated with a temple, nor was it the origin of her sin, the place was merely where the veil was the thinnest.  If destroyed, there was no doubt in her head that some unsuspecting mortals would build another, the same way all old magics managed to find their way back into the worst hand.  Fate was unyielding, and here she was, trying to bend it in her favor.  It was stupid, but maybe he was right, even if for purely symbolic reasons.  "You know, you just might be onto something, lefty.  If this going to work, I'm going to need to be a little more like you, and you're going to need to be a little more like me.  Whatever that equates to, I'm sure it is going to scare the hell out of the stone."

	The moon's light bathed her every minute she was in it's site.  It never took long to find her grace, but nights such as this made Sunumi particularly dangerous.  The necklace radiated as she closed her eyes and let the energy in. Her mind opened, searing the past for the memory she needed, a name to call, a name that still might linger in the world today, waiting to find purpose once more.  "There it is," she whispered, looking up to Kritz.  "But it might sting a bit."

	Sunumi knew by the look on his face that Kritz could remember who she was to call, and how she used against him.  Even so, he didn't protestest as she called out, "Terra, mother of Earth, grace us with your beauty."  Her left hand found get necklace, grasping its reserves as her right channeled a thick white light ahead, flowing a singular entity that slow took form.

	A woman rose from the light, skin of bark and long vibrant wines sprouting from her head and wrapping around her like a thin coat of armor.  The woman was disoriented at first, but her demenor changed when her sights met Sunumi, then quickly diverting to Kritz.  "My lady, mistress of the night, giver of life, protector of the pure, have you summoned me again to rid the world of this.. this metallic abomination?"

	"Not at all," she interjected, not unknowing on how the fight would ultimately be settled.  Terra was no god, not really, just a person that had pushed the limits of humanity too far, and become something else in the process.  She was born of one of the few ages that respected magic for its true form, and had grown an attachment to Sunumi when she arrived at the end, and helped vanquish the rise titans, as they were called, Terra included.  "I'm afraid we don't have much time, not yet, but I do have a favor to ask of you."  Sunumi glance at Kritz, and then the temple, affirming her decision.  "Destroy this place, bury the temple under so much earth that not even Kritz will live to see it again."  She walked to the woman, cupping her delicate fingers against Terra's toughened chin, "can you do this for me?

	Terra's arm reached up to grasp Sunumi's, her eyes never leaving her.  "Of course I can," she acknowledged, retreating her grip and turning to the temple.  "You will have no more comfort, stone," Terra yelled, as the vines untangled from her body and pierced the ground.  "You have betrayed me, betrayed my people, and you shall have no more shelter now."  The grew larger from the base as they dug deeper into the ground.

	The earth shifted, forcing Sunumi to find her balance before meeting the ground.  A rumble bellowed ahead, as the sides of the crevasse lost their form, threatening to fill from above.  "Kritz," Sunumi yelled, coming to a careful dash as soon as the words left her mouth.  Step by step she propelled further, until she felt a shock of air blast her from behind.  The girl tumbled to the ground, rolling forward and out to a clearing where the mountains opened up.  She felt a sting as she inched her leg back into place, her glimmering essence dripping from the wound.  [i]'I'm still too weak,'[/i] she thought to herself, giving herself a moment before attempting to lift herself from the ground.  The toll was too much, even under a full moon, yet somehow she was able to roll herself over, propping herself up enough to see the leveled land that was behind her.  "Subtle," she laughed, almost forgetting that she could.  "Subtle," she said one more time, before dropping back and catching the moonlight, while the sky still allowed it to glow.