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The pain brought on by him falling had been nearly unbearable. His whole body cried out in agony when he had struck the concrete floor. Everything became blurry and turned into a haze. Was he passing out? He fought the urge to collapse, trying his best to stay conscious. It was then that he began to hear the voice of a woman, perhaps the same woman who had been crying.

The new found strength began to manifest in Lich. He could feel his bones snapping back together, the muscle and sinew begin to weave back together, and his skin begin to close and heal. Before long, he had the strength to grab onto the woman's arm.

He looked up at her, and the wings that threw a shadow over them. It would be so easy to kill her, drain her dry and then use her body as a slave. She was practically giving him her life and to snatch it up would only be taking the offering.

He was surprised she had given him so much and suffered so little. Her reserves wouldn't last forever though. Eventually she would pay the price for giving herself to him.

It was almost too late before Darion had realized what was going through his mind. Almost aggressively, he pulled away from the woman, shuffling away on his hands. "Get away! Don't touch me!" he shouted before turning away from her. "I don't know how you survived and quite frankly, I don't want to know." he said in a much more quiet tone. "Next time though...I won't be so gracious as to let you walk away from me." His voice went from almost sorrowful to nearly sinister.

Darion stood up, gave her one last look, "I'm only letting you live because you saved my life. Don't forget that," and with those words, the mutant walked away from the woman.

Part of him wanted to go back and finish the job. The only thing keeping him from doing it was his waning humanity. It was like a fuse burning until he would erupt into a weapon of pure death. Mercy and compassion were nearly alien to him. The world showed nothing of the sort to him, why should he give back to it? Every little light he could find in the darkness had been snuffed out, always leaving him with nothing.

He had no shinning gem in his life and he had nobody to fall upon. Darion only had Lich and Lich only had Darion. He was both his greatest strength, and his own undoing. He had no mother, or father; no brother or sister. He couldn't turn to anyone to help him. He only had himself.

Where even am I? he asked himself as he ventured through the crumbled facility. Good job, the first sign of life and you run away from it. Real 'big picture thinking' there you moron. Darion shut his eyes tightly and pinched the bridge of his nose. I'll find a way out of here, just shut up, he told himself before continuing to walk.

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aka Redemption
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Ayla was scared. Confused. She had no control over her abilities, her panic attack, or her body. She couldn't remember anything...she had no memory whatso ever...Which made it all the more strange at the next word she yelled. It was...an instinct...she screamed before she even knew what she was screaming and why. The word...the word that she had no idea what it's meaning was...it came out in a yell of helpless panic. "Darion!" She didn't even know the meaning of the word she spoke, what it meant, why she said it. It seemed that although her memory...was inexistent...erased? her instincts were still active. What that word was, it obviously meant something if it was a reaction of hers.
Rocks and fallen debris were flying here and there, and somehow she knew it was her fault. The chains around her wrists had melted into her skin, the pain horrifically tremendous. But when she spoke that word, "Darion," she calmed down a small bit, the earthquaking slowing to a bit more of a rumble. The debris ceased to fly about so dangerously, but the melted iron was still there, steaming, fusing to her bones.
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((Is there anybody near Masika I can interact with? I seem to have lost everybody's locations. I only know Masika got knocked toward the bus by an explosion...))

(I am waiting for muerto to post, but I think very few of us are still alive. lol If we can, then we should try to press on in their memory. lol I believe that Zeda is nearby. I was hoping someone else might want to jump in with dealing with the burning gal, but if no one else will then I shall step up and have Zeda muddle thru. hehe)