The staff that was stuck in the ground faded away, as if turning to ash from top to bottom... or well, bottom to top considering the tip was stuck in the stone. The air was still cold, at least a lot colder than it usually was, and even though Morgan's eyes opened when Hoshi called out to her, they didn't look at her. The bright blue of her eyes had completely faded, leaving them a ghostly white. It wasn't as if she was blind, but as if it was someone else's eyes.
Morgan's hand raised up when she heard Levi's voice too, reaching out, only to fall back into place, as she said
"I can't... see anything. I can barely move... like, my heart and mind are trying to do different things." Having no memory of the events that lead to her being here, she had to wonder if she had been struck by the creatures, if she was dying. What other thoughts could come to mind? Yet slowly, her vision returned, and a slight bit of color came over her eyes.
However, at the same time that her eyes started to turn blue again, the mass of creatures that were just standing there until this point, surged forward. They didn't attack just yet, only moving a bit closer, like the tide going further up the beach with each wave. It seemed like they were getting a bit... braver? If they were capable of such feelings. In fact, one of them got particularly brave when it leaped from the group, lunging at Hoshi from behind only to have a spike of ice burst forth and impale it, causing it to sizzle away.
The other creatures backed away again, but it was clear that whatever was keeping them back wasn't going to hold them off forever... or much longer all in fact.
Morgan managed to pull herself up with Levi's help, back against the wall. She seemed exhausted, reaching up with one hand to hold her head.
Even as Levi lifted her up, seemingly ready to carry her out if he had to, she struggled a bit.
"I can't control anything I do. I don't want to hurt you, any of you, like I did Alias. But next time it might not just be a punch to the stomach. What happens when my magic tries to impale you, or..." She looked over the scorch marks on the walls.
"You should just leave me, you can't get away from them dragging me with you. I'm more dangerous to you than they are..."It was true there was an absolute swarm between them and the exit, which had only let the others enter because they were all too preoccupied with... whatever it was they were doing staring at her. But they seemed a lot less likely to let them go back out.
Just as Morgan was ready to collapse, the cave suddenly shined with a glowing light. From seemingly nowhere, a sword descended, twirling slowly, until it dropped and stabbed into the stone where the staff had been before. A path of light appeared, slicing through the creatures, knocking them into the air, and creating a barrier, a safe path for them to follow out of the cave. In that same moment, Hoshi and Levi would hear a voice from nowhere, a man's voice they didn't recognize, simply saying...
"Go... I'll hold them."They may have been able to see someone there, kneeling, hand on the hilt of the blade. A man with flowing blonde hair, and heavy armor. Not only that, it looked like he had wings of Light, radiating a warmth over them, and completely blocking off the creatures from moving forward, even as they stirred into a frenzy and started to slam into the barrier that had been created. A literal Knight in Shining Armor. But every time they blinked, they were there, then they weren't. But the path was open.
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