The squad leaped together, rising above me, above the red.
At least I had my handle back, but what, I was suspended in the void, facing this creature, bottomless, ready to swallow me, I was gripping my handle so tightly and holding my breath.
- You can do it, the little voice in my head kept telling me.
An impulse, a reflection, or a habit, I didn't know, but I felt my strength fully, it circulating in me and tingling at my fingertips, like electricity, then I pull
A jet of light exploded, it was blinding, thick and vibrant.
She had propelled me and the creature
The light was released, flexible like a whip, it wrapped itself around the mass of string, my whole body trembled, I exceeded my limits, no, I had already exceeded them nothing when deciding to venture into this world
- It's perfect, Asmara yelled, don't let go, I'm coming.
But, I murmured
I didn't want his help, I could do it, I wanted to do it even though my whole body was shaking and felt like I was going weak, I wanted to do it, say it, shout it, I'm going to do it,
I tightened my grip, very hard, the fragments froze, giving me control, so I squeeze, squeeze, squeeze
CLACK!
- SHIT, Asmara breathed
The creature in a thousand little pieces, surprising me at the same time, the strings were scattered... But it was not all destroyed, and heading towards me, reformed, but was no longer in my whip, which now hung in the void
She had already regained shape
She was alive
She is alive
She's approaching
HA
approach me
- She... she's coming, I whispered, my lips trembling, stuck in place, my nose sweating.
- Get out of here, Asmara yelled, diving towards me, her gaze grave.
Just when I started to feel the fight, to feel like I belonged, to feel useful, that I was no longer just a spectator.
I approached desperately to my handle, the shadow was already reaching my neck, I held my luminous whip but I had difficulty launching myself
- Move away, Asmara yelled, drawing her blades.
She whirled and slashed with a sharp blow, her blades drawing arcs of light with each blow and eliminating them.
- ...Sorry…, I whispered
- What are you apologizing for, Asmara breathed, coming back up, a little sore from her head injury.
It was all over, the strings were slowly disappearing, and I was there watching them, watching them go back up, would I have the chance-
- ATTENTION
CLACK!
I threw my whip, just as a reflex, exploding with one blow the core, hooked to the belt of asmara, it burst like a spark of flame and vanished into the red of this pit
Asmara, anger, disgust, fear, everyone , stared at me with wide open eyes, even I had trouble realizing it, I had repelled a danger, for the first time, I felt proud
Silence
The red began to dissipate, letting the windows and masks reappear, under this cold light, the squad was still floating, I felt my legs tremble, my hands burning, but a strange warmth made me smile
- Not bad, not bad at all, "chief," Asmara breathed.
- THANKS….
Staring at my handle, still warm
Clap! clap! clap! clap!
Applause, but it wasn't from my team
- Congratulations~, sang Alpha 1
- (what is she doing here), said the little voice in my head
- I'm impressed, I'm looking forward to the day of the test, you have every chance of succeeding with 2 or 3 small losses but hey ~, continued alpha 1
Asmara came down like a bomb
BAM
She hit the metal floor hard, she moved forward and passed Alpha 1 and entered the DAAS, without a word.
I was already on the ground, so I took a few steps back, a little confused.
- (It's hot, she doesn't even recognize me), says my little voice
I was the only one she didn't pay any attention to, not even a glance, as if I wasn't in the room.
The rest of the squad escaped the same way as Asmara.
- Hmm, it's not funny if she doesn't answer, Alpha 1 whispered.
- Well, I'm going, I murmured.
By escaping