After leaving Gahyeon, Yubin, Nara and Solise behind to deal with the scouts, Eir, Adira, Chaesol and Jiwoo made their way to the other side of the mountain, making sure that they wouldn't be spotted. The red and black haired vampire had spent some time in the Nightshades' base so she knew that there was a secret entrance on the backside which led to the prisons. The purpose of it was to bring new prisoners in without having to walk through the whole base with them. But it was also one of the only vulnerable spots.
The Nightshades would definitely have protected it with some good guards, but there was only so much protection you could give to a narrow space like that. They had made sure that their comms with team Overwatch was in place by contacting Handong a few times and the connection seemed stable, meaning they were good to start their part of the mission.
The initial plan was to walk through the prison to enter the base, leaving the prisoners behind with the promise of rescuing them later. When they arrived at the prisons though, Eir realized their plan had to change quickly.
She put an arm in front of Jiwoo who was walking closer to the door and she shook her head.
"There is a soul weaver in the prison" she whispered, closing her eyes to feel her presence better. "Powerful but not enough to be Xena"
Jiwoo looked at her and tried to understand why she pointed that out.
"She's probably one of the one's they captured to make sure we couldn't ressurect Nara and Solise, right?"
"That changes our plan though" Adira intervened, looking at Jiwoo. "We need to make sure she's not around when we fight Xena"
"Why?" The younger vampire asked. "Why is it important that she's not around?"
"They're probably keeping her here to make sure she saves Xena if things end badly for her" Eir explained, leaning closer to Adira, just needing to feel her close. "It will be hard enough to kill her once... I definitely don't want her to be around again because someone saved her soul"
"Right" Jiwoo nodded her head, thinking that was a good enough reason to change the plan. But they couldn't do that without permission of Minji. They were co-leading after all. "Chae, ask Handong to put us in contact with Minji" she ordered.
The younger priestess nodded her head, quickly contacting Handong and Lena.
"Babe, we need to talk with Minji quickly"
"Hey princess, is everything okay?" The reply from the red haired woman quickly came, sounding a bit worried.
"Yeah, we're fine, but we need to change the plan so Jiwoo needs to speak with Minji" Chaesol reassured her.
"I'm putting her through" Handong said, already sounding a bit calmer as a little beep tone was heard.
"Hello?" Minji asked from the other side of the line.
"Minji" Jiwoo called, sounding a bit nervous. "There is a soul weaver in the prisons. Eir and Adira suggested we make sure she's nowhere near the fight when we get to Xena or she could save her soul"
"That sounds like a good idea... How much does it delay the original plan?" the other leader asked, wanting to be sure it was the right thing to do right now.
"I can hear just a few guards... it shouldn't take long" Jiwoo explained, carefully listening to what was happening inside the prison.
"Then go for it. Take the Moonlights with you but keep a few of them outside as back-up" Minji responded. "Thank you for deciding to contact me before going in" she also added, knowing that in the past Jiwoo wasn't always the best in communicating with other leader figures.
"Of course" Jiwoo replied, interrupting the call and walking to Adira. "Einar is right beside us. Tell him to come here with a few fighters and make sure the others stay in the woods for backup"
Adira sighed, really not wanting to be the one that needed to go get her ex-husband. But Jiwoo asked it of her so she probably needed the other two people for something else. She walked to the forest where the Moonlights had hid, standing next to a tree.
"Einar?"
"I'm here. Is everything right?" The man asked, sounding a bit worried.
"The plan changed a little. We need you and a few fighters to follow" Adira stated, turning around and wanting to walk away.
"The first line with me" Einar said as a few fighters nodded and followed him. "The others will stay here and wait for instructions" he added, catching up with Adira. "What's happening?"
"Jiwoo will explain" his ex-wife replied, staying silent after. She really didn't want to talk to him more than was necessary. She was still angry at him and she could put that aside during battle. But the battle hadn't begun yet.
"Alright" the man sighed, following her to the others. "Be careful in the fight, Adira" he whispered, locking eyes with her.
The black haired vampire scoffed as she joined Eir's side when they had returned to the group. There was no way she would stay close to him.
When Eir noticed Einar was there as well, she wrapped her arm around Adira's shoulders, pulling her closer and pecking her temple, feeling as if she had to protect her from the pain he inflicted her.
"Thank you" Adira whispered, smiling at her. She really needed that intimacy after talking to Einar. It could seem like a small thing, but for her it was a huge deal.
"Always" the priestess whispered, smiling at her before turning towards Jiwoo. "Should we go in then? You and Adira could go in first since you're sneakier... we'll follow you as soon as they notice you"
"I actually think you and Adira should go in first" Jiwoo shook her head. "You're the one that can locate the soul weaver"
"Okay" Eir nodded, walking towards the door with Adira. She turned around to see if everyone was ready and when Jiwoo nodded to her, she forced the door open, finding a guard right behind it.
As soon as the male vampire opened his mouth to give the alarm, Adira wrapped her hands around his neck and slowly crushed it, guiding the man down on the ground.
"Which way?" Adira whispered, not really having a clue where she was yet. One thing she remembered from being captured was that this place was like a maze.
"There" the pink haired woman said, pointing at a really narrow corridor. "She's not too far"
Adira looked at the corridor and then at their surroundings. It was way too quiet. They wouldn't leave one guard in charge of an entrance.
The priestess looked at Adira and she knew what her opinion was about this... and she had to admit she was right. There was something off.
She grabbed one of the biggest seeds Chaesol gave to all of them and she threw it into the corridor. As soon as she did, silver spears dropped down from the ceiling in the whole corridor, one of them missing Eir by an inch.
Of course. The base of the Nightshades was designed by the Prankster. Adira had heard the stories of how crazy his hideout was. It was a smart way to protect an entrance without too many guards. You just needed to create an automated killing machine.
"T-That was close" Eir whispered, looking at the spear right in front of her. "Do you think it's safe to walk through them?"
"I don't know... but I'm sure they alerted someone of our presence so we can't stay here" Adira replied, throwing one of her seeds to see if anything else happened.
"Okay... I'll go first" the priestess said, walking through the spears, being careful not to touch any of them. When she was halfway through them, she heard a mechanical noise, signaling that she had somehow activated something.
Adira focussed on everything in front of her to see if she saw something changing. Just to make sure she could warn Eir in time. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until she looked at the floor in the corridor. The metal started to look red, signalling it was heating up.
"What the-" the priestess whispered, as the metal started to melt. She could feel her feet hurt as if they were catching on fire.
"Get out of there!" Adira panicked, quickly dashing in the corridor, hurting herself on some spears. She picked Eir up and quickly put her down at the other end of the corridor.
"I didn't want to get here because we don't know what's in this end of the cor-" the pink haired girl was saying when she heard another clink noise. She quickly pushed Adira to the wall and pressed herself against her as a few more spears fell down on the ground.
This is impossible" the vampire gritted her teeth, already having enough of this bullshit. They were such cowards. "Jiwoo? Do you copy?" She asked over the comms.
"I do, how is the situation there, mom?" the leader asked, walking closer to the door.
Adira momentarily smiled at her pupil calling her mom, but she needed to focus.
"This place is guarded by traps. Are you sure this is the right place?"
"It's the only way we can get into their base without walking through the front door" Jiwoo sighed. "Are you okay? Did you get hurt?"
"We almost got cooked alive and skewered in one single corridor" the older vampire said, sounding annoyed. "Are you certain there is no other way?"
"We looked at the maps over and over again... this is the only way we found" Jiwoo explained. "We're coming in as well"
"Don't risk it... We need you for if they attack us"
"But you're in danger" Jiwoo argued, clenching her fist. "We'll come in as well and we'll proceed together"
"I got this" Einar suddenly interrupted Jiwoo, running inside. He knew that the order was to stay put until Jiwoo said otherwise but maybe this was a way to make up for a little part of what he did in the past.
"Einar! Stay here!" Jiwoo yelled even though she knew it was too late. "This is what you get when you bring Moonlights to war" she hissed, looking at Chaesol.
Chaesol was of course worried about everything that was going on inside. But entering was not an option for her. She was still human so that meant she didn't have the speed she would need to get through those traps without getting hurt. Or worse.
When Einar caught up with the two other vampires, Eir scoffed.
"You're supposed to stay outside, you moro-" she was saying, deciding not to insult him in Adira's face. "Go back to Jiwoo"
"You say us Moonlights are weak. So wouldn't it be better to let a Moonlight bait the traps before we get into a fight?" he argued, staying calm as he looked on ahead. "Which way?"
"You are weak" Eir agreed with a scoff. "But if you really want to be helpful, it's that way" she stated, looking at the huge empty room in front of them.
The man didn't bother to say anything else as he dashed inside of the room, preparing himself to react to whatever would happen.
"Are you crazy? You can't just go in like that!" Adira yelled, quickly moving forward until Eir stopped her.
There was some mechanical whirring from the walls, meaning that something definitely got activated. Einar looked around, trying to locate where the sounds came from so he would know which side to jump to if he needed to evade.
A few more seconds passed, when two of the panels on the walls dropped down and way too many vampires appeared. Eir's eyes widened and she quickly grabbed Adira's hand, pulling her back. They were still in the corridor so they were still in time to escape because there was no way they could win this.
"Looks like they ran out of traps" the Moonlight leader said, getting something out of his back pocket and pushing a button on it, making the small stick extend into a spear. As the first group of vampires ran to him, he swiftly thrusted the spear forward with a lot of power, impaling three of them with one strike.
The priestess couldn't deny she was impressed by the aim but she still didn't trust him or his ability to fight.
"Let's go, Adira" she whispered, pulling her towards the other corridor. "We have to warn the others. He's gone anyway... they're too many"
"We can't just let him d-" Adira wanted to respond when her ex-husband cut her off.
"Get the others... I can hold my own for a bit" he called, putting himself in a steady position and then slashing the spear in a full circle around him. That sent the vampires that were trying to surround him backwards, killing some of them.
"You... you go get the others. I'll make sure he doesn't die while you arrive" Adira whispered, locking eyes with Eir. "If we leave now, he won't make it" she stated, noticing the way the many vampires kept trying to attack him.
"He said he got this, come on" Eir urged Adira to come. "You can't jump in there, you would be crazy"
"You know he can't make it. They'll keep attacking him until he goes down... one distraction and he's gone" she whispered, pulling Eir in for a kiss. "Tell Jiwoo and Chaesol we need them... go" she whispered, slightly pushing the priestess back.
The pink haired woman really didn't want to leave her but they also couldn't keep arguing. So she just sighed and made sure she got to safety to call Jiwoo in.
Adira took a deep breath and stepped into the room, lunging at two of the vampires from behind, quickly snapping both of their necks.
"What are you doing?" Einar asked, already sounding a bit out of breath as he impaled another few vampires with his spear, trying to get closer to Adira to protect her.
"I'm making sure my daughter's father doesn't die in a stupid way" Adira explained, kicking back a vampire who was running towards them.
"Without a weapon?" He asked, slashing a row of vampires back and jumping to her ex-wife's side. "Here, that's yours"
Adira looked down at his hand and her breath stopped in her throat for a second when she saw a short sword. The weapon that used to be hers so many years ago.
"Y-You... you still have it" she whispered, taking the handle in her hand and realizing she still properly remembered how to use it.
"Why would I not?" The man asked, dashing forward to break up a group of vampires again. Now wasn't really the time for a full-on talk.
The black haired woman followed him, slashing the vampires that he didn't kill. If he still had her sword, it meant he didn't forget her, he didn't stop thinking about her. Of course that didn't change anything, their bond was broken... but maybe what he said was true. He still loved her when he left.
"I don't know how many... will come" Einar said, thrusting his spear forward again to kill a few Nightshades. "But we should divide them... for when the others come"
Adira nodded her head as they started pushing the vampires to two different sides while fighting even though both of them started to feel a bit out of breath from the constant fighting.
"Get away from the sides" Chaesol's voice warned her as she threw a few seeds to both sides of the room.
Of course Einar didn't really know what Chaesol would be doing but he always learnt to listen to orders during a battle. If you didn't, you would just make things worse.
When both Einar and Adira got to the center of the room, the latter made sure to push as many vampires as she could towards the wall. Chaesol raised her hands towards the walls and many thick vines got out from the seeds, wrapping themselves around every vampire they could find.
Adira smiled as she saw that most of them were immobilized. Mainly because Jiwoo and the rest ran into the room: at that moment so they could easily finish the others off.
They quickly killed the immobilized vampires while Jiwoo and Einar's soldiers took care of the ones that were still able to move.
Chaesol slowly let the vines disappear again once the vampires they were holding got killed. That way she could save some energy for when she needed it later. She then looked towards the panels that had opened where the vampires were entering from.
"Jiwoo, we need to close those panels"
The leader nodded her head and reached for one of the panels, putting it against the wall.
"Can you lock it in place with your vines?" She asked the younger priestess.
"I can try" Chaesol nodded her head, putting her hands in front of her and letting some vines grow off of the ones that were already present. They found their way to the top and bottom of the panel, holding it in place. "T-that should hold it"
"Now this one" Eir said, pushing the second panel against the other wall.
Chaesol looked at the other panel, realizing there weren't any existing vines near it. She took a new seed and dropped it at the bottom of it. Sprouting new plants needed more energy but they had to stop the influx of vampires and this was the only way they had to do that right now.
When the panel was stable, Eir walked to Chaesol and squeezed her shoulder.
"Good job" she smiled. "Keep this one for emergencies... don't waste its power if it's not necessary" she added, pointing at the arm bracelet totem.
"I know" the girl nodded her head, catching her breath. "This already took a lot out of me" she admitted. Two of the walls were covered in vines and the panels needed to be held in place. That was quite a lot of power to use in one room.
"I know it did... but you did good" the pink haired woman said, squeezing her shoulder again. "As I told you in training... in physical battles against many enemies, you're way stronger than me... so we rely on you"
"I'm pretty sure those guys are the best in physical battles" Chaesol chuckled, pointing at the corpses of the vampires that Einar and Adira were responsible for.
"Adira probably took most of them out" Eir scoffed, letting go of Chaesol's shoulder. "Let's just keep going. We need to find the priestess"
"Alright, people" Jiwoo suddenly said, gaining everyone's attention. "The Nightshades know that we're here now so that means the battle has officially begun. I want everyone to be as alert as possible while we go to this prison. Let's take a 5 minute breather before we continue, check if you got injured"
Everyone nodded their heads and Chaesol sat on the ground, trying to catch her breath in the quickest way possible. Eir walked to Adira and crouched down to check a cut on her thigh.
"It's short but deep... was it a stab?"
"It wasn't" the black haired vampire shook her head. If it was a stab she would've felt it way more. And right now her mind was all over the place. Mainly because of the weapon that Einar had given her.
Eir nodded, kissing the wound and standing back up.
"Are you okay?" She asked, noticing Adira looked a bit distracted. "Did they hit you hard?" she asked again, checking Adira's head.
"No no, I'm fine... Just... A bit rattled. It was a scary fight" Adira lied.
"A scary fight?" Eir whispered, raising an eyebrow. Adira was one of the greatest warriors around and she fought in many wars and Eir hadn't seen her this distracted before. "Please, tell me what's going on"
"This" the black haired vampire sighed, just showing her the sword.
"What's wrong with it?" the pink haired woman asked, looking at the sword.
"It's mine... from back in the day" the latter explained, knowing that Eir had no possible way to know the story behind that weapon. "Einar gave it to me... he kept it"
The priestess kept her eyes on the sword, not knowing what to say about that.
"You're the mother of his daughter... he just-" she mumbled, sighing.
"I don't know what to think of it either... But I shouldn't focus on this now, sorry" Adira shook her head, shaking her thoughts off. "We have much more important things to do"
"Just please... Don't think anything of it. He hurt you, Adira, he left... don't fall right back into his arms because he kept a weapon" the priestess whispered, cupping Adira's cheek.
"You don't have to remind me of that every time, Eir" the latter sighed, turning her head away. "It's bad enough that it happened"
"I'm sorry, I'm-... I'm just scared" the pink haired woman admitted, gently turning Adira's face towards her again to lock eyes with her. "I'm scared I'll disappear from here again if he is in the way" she whispered, pointing at Adira's heart.
"You won't Eir" Adira responded, kissing her lips as a way to reassure her. "But there's one thing I have to say... he's not weak at all" she chuckled.
"He is a decent warrior" Eir admitted, kissing Adira's lips again. "But he can't compete with us"
"No need to keep comparing, Eir... If he really did train the Moonlights like he said, their people may be more useful than we thought"
"I was just messing with you a little, but I got the message. No jokes about him... I'll just not mention him at all" she stated, tired of Adira defending him the whole time. "Five minutes are over, can we go?" she asked, walking towards Jiwoo.
Adira sighed at her behavior. She wasn't even talking about Einar. She was mentioning the Moonlights as a whole because they could be a valuable asset.
"Everyone okay?" Jiwoo asked as the others nodded their heads. "We can go then"
"The prison isn't far from here. And since there is only exit from this room I guess it's through there" Eir pointed the way, taking the lead. She just needed to focus on anything not Adira or Einar related right now.
The others followed Eir, wanting to get to the prison as fast as they could so the mission could go back to the way they planned it originally.
Surprisingly enough the next corridor didn't have any traps in it. It also looked quite a bit older than the rooms they were just in. Maybe if the group didn't kill the Prankster at this point, these corridors would have gotten a 'make-over' as well.
"She's close" Eir announced, stopping behind a door. "The prison is here"
"How do we tackle this?" Chaesol asked, trying to understand what the plan was or how they would go about this.
"We can't sneak inside and hope not to get noticed, so I guess we'll just barge in. We kill the guards and rescue the priestess" Jiwoo said, looking at the others to see if they agreed.
"What if the priestess is evil? Do we kill her or do we capture her?" The young priestess asked, just wanting to be prepared. She was the most vulnerable out of all of them after all. And she promised Handong not to die.
"If she's evil and she fights us after we explain our reasons, we kill her" Jiwoo said in a firm tone. This was a war and they couldn't risk it for nothing.
"I suggest you to stay in the back" Einar suddenly spoke up, putting a hand on Chaesol's shoulder. "I've seen your powers... That and the fact you are human means you need to be protected"
"I'll be careful... but I'll fight just like the others" Chaesol said, locking eyes with him.
"Of course... I just wouldn't want anyone to get hurt" the man smiled. "So... are we charging or do we observe first?"
"We open the door and check the situation. Adira, throw a few seeds inside to make sure there are no traps and when we're sure we attack" the leader said.
"Will do" Adira acknowledged, carefully opening the doors. She recognized the cells inside since she was trapped in one of them some time ago. The place hadn't changed at all. "A few guards and a lot of prisoners... but since they know we're here we should expect a big battle"
"If they're with too many we take the priestess and we move the battle outside" Jiwoo said, nodding her head. "Solise, Nara, Yubin and Gahyeon should almost be here and the Moonlights are ready to intervene"
"Alright... Let's go then" Adira whispered, throwing some seeds around and then dropping down, telling the others to join her.
Everyone else did the same and followed Adira into the prison. No one of them knew what to expect and that was the worst part of the mission... because they didn't plan it.
"They're here" One of the guards yelled, immediately drawing their weapon. "Get back-up, we'll hold them off! They can't be allowed in"
As soon as he did, Adira dashed forward, slashing his throat with her old weapon. It still felt so natural to her.
"Take them out before they can-... too late" the black haired woman realized, noticing two vampires were already running away and they wouldn't be able to stop them because there were guards between them.
"Eir, with me, we'll get the priestess" Jiwoo called. "You three, deal with the guards. Yell if you need help"
The older woman nodded, following Jiwoo and pointing at a cell that was left without guards. Inside of it there was a really tired looking woman, who slowly raised her head, probably having sensed Eir.
"Is that her?" the red and black haired vampire asked as the room was filled with sounds of battle behind them.
"Yes, it's her" Eir nodded, stopping in front of the cell. "She's powerful even though she's tired..."
"Hey" Jiwoo smiled, bending down to be on eye level with the woman. "Why are you so tired?"
"They're s-starving me" the brunette whispered, looking at Jiwoo and then turning towards Eir. "Y-You're like me... you have to escape or they will-... they'll lock you here forever"
"We came to your aid, ma'am" Eir smiled. "You can escape with us while we assault their base"
"W-Why would you save me?" the woman asked, slowly trying to stand up. "And it's t-too risky... they'll kill us"
"We kind of need you out of here anyway" Jiwoo explained. "If we kill Xena, they could force you to keep her alive. We can't have that"
"I w-would die rather than keep her alive" the brunette whispered, shaking her head and wrapping her hands around the bars. She looked at the other fighters and she realized they were doing great against the guards so she nodded her head. "I'll c-come with you"
"Can you walk on your own?" Jiwoo asked with a little smile, searching if there was a way to get her out of the cell.
"I can try" the brunette whispered, holding herself up by using the bars. "T-The keys are there... second drawer" she added, pointing at a desk.
Eir quickly went to the desk but the drawer the woman pointed at was locked... which was of course no problem for a vampire so she ripped the drawer out to get the key.
She walked back to the cage with the keys in her hands and after a bit of struggle to find the right one, she finally managed, opening the cage.
"Here, hold onto me" Eir said, offering her help.
"T-thank you... I thought I was never getting out of there" the woman smiled, heavily leaning on Eir's body. "Y-you should probably go help out your friends..."
Eir evaluated the situation and turned towards Jiwoo.
"We should contact Overwatch and leave her with them to make sure she's away from the battle when we fight Xena" she suggested. "Of course we'll have to restrain her when she's with them"
"Alright, you do that" the red and black haired vampire nodded her head. "I'll go make sure this place is secured" she added, running to the others to join them. Chaesol already looked pretty tired so it was probably smart to tag her out for a bit.
"Don't" Chaesol said, shaking her head and looking at them right after having killed a vampire. "We can't leave her with Overwatch if we're not sure we can trust her"
"What do you suggest then?" Jiwoo asked, looking back at the woman. "She needs to be cared for"
"I don't know... maybe one of us should stay with her?" Chaesol mumbled, not really having a solution.
"Eir will go wi- Watch out" the vampire yelled, pushing Chaesol back to avoid a spear from hitting her.
"They're taking the priestess!" One of the Nightshades that arrived as back-up yelled. "Stop them!"
"How many of them are there? They just keep arriving" Einar mumbled, feeling completely out of breath. He and Adira had been handling the front line so far, keeping the Nightshades at bay. But the more tired they got, the more ground they started losing.
"We're infiltrating a mountain... filled with them" Adira breathed, ducking and stabbing her sword in someone's chest, spinning to slash someone's neck after.
"I know but we're in the priso-" he was saying when two vampires jumped on him. Thankfully one of them was tackled down by a vine which wrapped itself around the Nightshade's neck, snapping it.
He silently thanked Chaesol, really happy the girl was on their side, and not on the enemy's.
"Enough... of this" he stated, kicking the other vampire away. "Get her to safety" he added, gripping his spear tightly. And instead of holding the line, he charged forward, killing everyone in front of him.
"What are you doing? We can't separ-" Adira was yelling when there was a loud ticking noise.
Most of the vampires directed their focus on Einar instead of the others. This gave them an opportunity to safely get away. Of course the man was getting injured by fighting all of them, but otherwise they wouldn't get out of the situation.
"We can't leave him there" Chaesol said, knowing he couldn't last long fighting alone against all of them. "And what's-... What's this noise?" She asked as the ticking got louder.
"He's giving us a way out, of course we can leave" Eir scoffed, beckoning them over. "Just leave him"
"We should-" Jiwoo was saying when there was a long second of silence. All of them looked in the same direction as they realized what would happen in just an instant. The only thing that followed was a sound so loud that Jiwoo could feel it physically hit her.
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While Jiwoo's group was infiltrating the prison, Solise, Nara, Yubin and Gahyeon were also moving to the back entrance. Of course Solise's leg was still hurt and burnt from the bear trap so as to not put too much pressure on it, her wife was carrying her there.
Above them, Yubin and Gahyeon were jumping from branch to branch, wanting to make sure there were no more scouts on the way.
"Almost ther-" Yubin announced as a way too loud noise was heard, reverberating through the whole forest.
"What was that?" Gahyeon asked, a little scared. Loud noises were never any good.
"I don't know, but it's nothing good" Solise said, hugging Nara closer. "What do you think?" She asked, wanting to know if she heard something specific before it.
"An explosion" the silver haired vampire stated. "On the back side of the mountain. Kids, ask your friends if they know anything"
Gahyeon nodded, stopping on a branch and moving her hand towards her ear to activate the device, when she noticed Yubin wasn't beside her. Two branches away, the blue haired girl was holding her heart while panting, desperately trying to keep herself stable not to fall down.
"Hey" her girlfriend asked, jumping next to her and gently grabbing her face. "What's wrong?"
"S-Someone-... I-..." Yubin tried to say, shaking her head as tears started streaming down her face. Her expression changed from sad, to scared, to angry as she screamed loudly, not knowing how to deal with that feeling.
"I got you" Gahyeon whispered, putting an arm around Yubin's shoulder. She had no idea what was happening but she could guess what it was about. "Handong? Lena? Anyone there? What happened?" She asked over the comms.
"We don't know, but we can't reach any of them" Lena's broken voice replied. "Handong and I are going there"
"You can't" Gahyeon panicked. "You can't defend yourself"
"We don't care, Jiwoo and Chaesol are there, we need to-" she was saying, when Gahyeon could hear Handong screaming and crying in the background.
"What the heck is going on?" Gahyeon asked, really confused.
After a few instants of silence which felt as long as years, Lena managed to give her an answer.
"The w-whole place... is on the ground" she said with a broken voice. "They blew it up"
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