"Please…"
"Please wake…"
A distant noise could be heard, waking Galexy.
Before she could open her eyes an intense headache hits her – accopanied by aching in pain in her whole body.
It was dark, yet strangly bright at the same time — black smoke filled the air as the tunnel's lights flickered, making Galexy hurl slightly and caugh as she breathed heavily.
She suddenly felt two arms shaking her shoulders, making her look up at the person doing it.
"You're finally awake - we need to run, can you get up?" Shimmer panicked voice breaks as she says it.
Galexy stared at shimmer silenlt trying to process what is happening until she feels the taste of blood in her mouth – shes bleeding.
The taste of blood that clears up her view, making her aware of her surroundings. She looks around and it's nothing that she expected, every where she looked could only a landscape compareable to hell be seen.
The whole tunnel was filled with the black smoke making it hard to see what was infront of her, she could only make out that she was leaning against Shimmer – who was breathing heavily.
"What.. what happened?" Asks galexy and tries to get up from, the pain momentarily toned down.
Shimmer gets up too, helping galexy who cant stand upright.
"I .. I don't know clearly, there was suddenly an explosion which made the glas break.."
She pauses for a moment, clearly shaken up.
"When I woke up we were on the ground, and you… you didn't respond so I dragged you out"
She stutters, trying to recall what just happened beofre realising there is no time.
"I am sorry but we need to run now" Shimmer grabs Galexys arm, throwing it over her shoulder before trying to run.
"Wait – what?!" Galexy mumbles, as she sees cars burning – the thick smoke feeling like needles in her lungs.
As they stumble forward through the chaos, Galexy who was still mentally a bit out of it sees a slight red light from shimmer.
It's from the red sapphire on her necklace, Galexly reaches her arm out towards it in a daze - Shimmer notices it and looks at galexy.
"What are you doing? We don't have time for anything like this, we need to.." Before her answer gets out a cry could be heard.
The road seemed endless as they ran, both shimmer and Galexy caughs as they force their bodies to the limit.
Shimmer holds her breath as she leads them both forward, the tunnels light had now completely gone out and one could here ambulances in the distance.
Galexy shakes her head, no matter what she did, she couldn't fulliy "wake up". It felt like a fog was constant in her head, making her unable to think straight.
She knew that the situation she were currently in was real, it hurt too much to be fake, rather helplessly letting shimmer show the way forward.
'One… two.. three.. four… one.. two..' she counts her steps moving forward trying to not lose footing.
Just as Galexy felt a choking sensation about to from something stops her, she feels herself falling – the ground is hard making her let out a groan.
"What, Shimmer are you okay?" Galexy asks as she sits up and sees shimmer who looks like shes about to barf.
In confusion she follows to where she was looking and freezes, her eyes going wide.
By the light of a distace car fire, could one see a man lying underneath their feet. Just as Galexy is about to help him by reflex, she hurls too.
The man is missing half the torso, and the insides spread out on the ground.
She don't know if its because of the chock of seeing the man or her injures but instantly everything galexy had been keeping in wells up her throat.
She throws up on the side, but it doesn't last for long before the uncomfterble feeling of not being able to breathe properly comes back – the smoke.
'We need to get out.. togheter now' Galexy manages to gather herself enough to grab shimmers arm, making her snap back to reality
She caughs violently before both ofthem gets up an continues forward, the noise of the ambulance closing in, giving both of them an sense of security.
"Waaaah"
A cry could suddenly be heard beside them in a flipped car, both of them by reflex looks against the source of the sound.
A child around 9 to 10 years old could be seen, hanging upside down in the car – trying to each for the driver who dangling in the same position as the child.
Shimmer stops walking and looks against the car before turning her head back towards Galexy.
"Galexy… Caugh, we need help that child"
"We cant we need to get out before we faint from the smoke!" Galexy resists grabbing shimmers arm again.
"I know but we cant leave a child, we are not inhumane"
Shimmer shouts, before slightly hurling due to her lungs burning in pain.
"We are soon by the exit, I can see the firetrucks lights! Someone else will save the child"
Galexy pleads, trying to wheel save them both.
"I am sorry, I cant let anyone be in the same seat as I was in!"
It hits her, Shimmers family – the one she lost in a car accident 11 years ago.
'She cant be seeing herself in that child? Right?'
Before she can even finish her tought she sees shimmer start to back away, towards the car.
Galexy reaches her hand out but only manages to get hold of shimmers necklace before a bright light takes over her vision with a deafening sound.
Suddenly she feels that there is no solid ground under her feet beofore slamming into a wall, making her go out of consiousness.
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'it hurts..'
The pain awakes Galexy, making her open her eyes, everying was spinning vioelnty – making her feel like throwing up.
She was lying on the ground, feeling herself go in and out of consiousness. Her eyes darts around, she could not see anything through the now thiccer smoke.
She tries to get up but her legs did not listen to her, they only trembles slightly in response.
She can feel her heart changing rhythm every few seconds, despretaly trying to make her get away.
But weirdly it didn't feel too bad.
She breathes heavily, before seeing it again – a faint red glow edmitting from her hand.
Shimmers necklace, she thinks about the explosion, it most have made her accidentaly ripp it off shimmer when she flew away.
Galexy tries to see if she could spot shimmer, 'where is she? Was she okay?' these thoughts kept spinning around her head as her eyes searches.
'Where did everything go wrong?'
She thinks before violently caughing again, the black smoke filling her lungs up more, but weirdly it didn't feel so bad anymore.
Rather she felt light, like she was lying on a bed, making her forget her worries about shimmer.
'Oh, I get it now'
She pauses brefily, looking back at her hand – or rather at the necklace.
'I am dying'
She closes her eyes, she didn't feel scared rather exhausted from the pain, all she wanted was to just sleep again.
She feels herself start breathing lighter as she dirifts of to sleep, a faint red light from her hand getting more distance before everything gets dark.
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Distance noises could be heard, making galexy wake up again.
Everything was dark and moist.
'Where..?' Confusion filling her as she tries to move around but is met by resistance, a overwhealming feeling of being stuck in a box could be felt around her.
She had not expected much, as the memories of lying on the road had hit her the moment she woke up, making her expect she was maybe in a hospital.
But this was way different, even the pain was gone, could it be that she was heavily sedated?
The distant voices proved at the least that she was alive… probably? Or she cant right be stuck in some car right?
The tought fills her with dread, making her Start to bash around with all she could.
The walls surrounding her standing firm, but she could feel something that could be described as an instinct.
It was like she knew that she could break these walls and the moment she did could she breathe fresh air again.
She stops trying to bash and instead kicks with all her strenght.
*crack*
A cracking sound could be heard, and light started seeping into the small place..
The distance noises could now be heard clearer, she needed to get out so they could see her and help her get out!
She continues to strugle until she felt her leg punch through the wall, something felt off the moment as it passed thru.
Before she could analyse wat felt wrong, did all the walls surrounding her begin to crack the same falling apart.
The moment the walls fall apart she feels her body spawl out as she gets hit by a sudden light, blinding her.
'What was that'
She thinks taking her hands up wobily, to rub her eyes.
When she opens them again everything was clear infront of her, making her lose her breath in schock.
'Dragons?'