He first needed to locate everybody.

Mr. Abrams: “The monster...seems to be Rise? Noel...is locked in combat. The guy he’s dancing with must be this group’s head. It wouldn’t make sense otherwise that a random flunkie managed to drive that Malierano brat to the brink. Wayne...seems as if he’ll be alright. I’ll hurry and grab him soon, but his luck was pretty good today. About the others...”

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Brennan: “…”

Ian: “…”

Li Shun: “…”

Li Shun: “Did...Did the sky fall down on us, or something?”

Brennan: “Is...Is this what the afterlife looks like? Did we die?”

Ian: “MMMMMPH!!! WHY...WHY is something or someone always on top of me?!!!”

Brennan: “Haha...can’t help it though...the sky fell on us.”

Ian: “DON’T be stupid! The sky can’t fall – that’s completely illogical!

...And even if it COULD FALL, the roof would come down on us first!! This must be the second floor!”

Brennan: “...Oh. *Pinches himself* Ah, you’re right! I’m – I’m actually alive? Then…

Then did the Second floor become a pile of debris and come down on us??”

Li Shun: “*Looks up*

…

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Guys…? Try to look up if you can…”

Ian: “I’m ALREADY looking up! In fact, I’m STUCK and FORCED to look up, because of This…...stupid *HNNNNNNGG!*

Stupid heavy thing ON TOP OF ME!”

Li Shun: “Does it hurt…?”

Ian: “HNNNNG! Huff Huff...No. It’s just unbudgeable…!”

Brennan: “Phew. Then you’re probably safe. Most likely, I think that you fell and got stuck inside of a crack in between some rubble.”

Ian: “...So…..I was saved from death...because I was short?! Is THAT WHAT YOU’RE TELLING ME?!!”

Brennan: “Bahahaha! See?! Being short CAN be useful sometimes! I would have died under there because of my height! You should be grateful.”

Ian: “…”

Li Shun: “Brennan…? Did you look? What did you see by looking up?”

Brennan: “*Looks up* Nothing. It’s just the sun.”

Li Shun: “…”

Ian: “...The...The sun? The SUN?!”

Li Shun: “And… you don’t see anything wrong with that...?”

Brennan: “I dunno...I don’t...Should I be seeing something above me? Because all I see is the sun.”

Ian: “Ahaha...the sky he says...the sky…”

Li Shun: “Maybe...Maybe the other floors? It’s fine if ONE of the floors fell on us, but there isn’t enough debris here to explain what happened to the OTHER four or five floors...”

Brennan: “Oh…

…

..OH.

...That’s…

OH…”

Ophelia: “Aria...Aria!! ARIA HANG ON!!”

Ian: “!!”

Brennan: “!!”

Li Shun: “Is that Ophelia? What is she doing...or carrying?”

Brennan: “Ophelia?? Then...are there enemies around??”

Ian: “Ophelia?! HAHA – I’m SAVED!!”

Li Shun: “…She sounds upset about something.”

Brennan: “Could that mean...that it was HER who caused the building to collapse?”

Ian: “……...Let’s not mention this around her. She might leave me down here to suffocate or get rid of the witnesses.”

Brennan: “Agreed.”

Li Shun: “Does that mean that she saved us befo-”

Ian: “OPHELIA, HELP! SAVE ME!! QUICK, IT’S TOO MUCH PRESSURE!!! AAAHH!”

Li Shun: “…”

Brennan: “Shameless.”

Ophelia: “*Sniff!* Huh? Ian?

Ian! Wait one second, I’m on my way right now!”

Ian: “Hahaha! I’m saved… I’m finally saved..! And here I thought I was actually going to di--”

*BOOM!*

Ian: “Meep!”

Brennan: “She just… she just flipping SWATTED the debris away like it was nothing..!”

Li Shun: “I’m envious. If...if I had that type of power back then...I could’ve…”

Brennan: “...Yeah. You and me both.”

Ophelia: “Are you alright Ian? I’m sorry. I think this might have been my fault…”

Ian: “Yeah, I figured.”

Ophelia: “…”

Ian: “Oh! I’m sorry, that came out wrong and sounded ruder than I intended. I meant to say that only you have the strength to save us from those asshats. And once more, where you easily moved the rubble imprisoning me. You’re my hero! The non-combatant class’s very own Hero!”

Brennan: “Yeah, that lady woulda killed us all! But...doesn’t anybody else remember getting sho-”

Li Shun: ”Ophelia! You were also fighting villains, right??! What happened to the other girls? Did they get hurt at all?”

Ophelia: “...What about me?”

Brennan: “…”

Li Shun: “…”

Ian: “Guys, stop being so awkward! She’s obviously just joking. As if dangerous villains with blades and guns can do anything whatsoever to you~ Hahaha!”

Li Shun: “...Oh...OH! Ahahahaha! Just like before when she said to us that she was that she was only twelve. Ah~ haha, I’ll remember not to believe your words so easily!”

Brennan: “…”

Ophelia: “...Yeah..

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Yeah! Hahah…! It was...it was just a joke!

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...Just a joke..”

Ian: “Is Aria okay? How’d she do?? I cn’t imagine she would be doing anything but shivering! She can’t even handle arguments well.”

Ophelia: “That’s right! Aria! She...She won’t wake up for some reason. I don’t know--”

Ian: “WHAT?! WHY??”

Ophelia: “...I...I was saying I don’t KNOW WHY!”

Ian: “Take me there, quickly. I’ll see if she has a hidden cut, aggravated injury or slight abrasion anywhere.

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Actually that’s seriously improper. I need the help of a girl!”

Ophelia: “Don’t worry, I-”

Ian: “But were there any girls who stayed...OH! That’s right...there was HER! Ophelia! Where is Alyandrea??”

Ophelia: “…”

Ian: “Ophelia?”

Ophelia: “...Nothing. Haah. Just forget it. What did you ask? I wasn’t listening.”

Brennnan: “He was asking for the whereabouts of Aly. In hindsight, she should have come back with you both right? Also, what happened to Oliviera?”

Ian: “…

Oh, right. SHE existed.”

Li Shun: “That is true. I don’t see her anywhere either. Where could she have gone, I wonder?”

Ophelia: “...(Nobody cares about either of us, huh?) Oliviera went to the forest. She wass trying to look for service for her cell phone. As for Alyandrea...she was...she was...*Sniff*”

Ian: “...Ophelia?”

Brennan: “...Guys? Don’t any of you remember--”

Li Shun: “Could...ould something have happened to Aly?”

Ophelia: “It’s...it’s my...all my f-”

Alyandrea: “AAAHHHH!!”

Ophelia: “...!”

Ian: “…”

Brennan: “…”

Li Shun: “Wha - what happened?? Could it be...be another enemy? Are there more villains or did the others escape to find back up??”

*Runs to other Room where scream originated*

Ophelia: “Alyandrea…? Is… is that you..?”

Alyandrea: “YES OF COURSE IT’s ME! HELP ME UP!!! QUICK, HELP! HELP!!”

Ian: “Oh...Phew! Ophelia your reaction SCARED me! Here I thought she died or something!”

Ophelia: “But...But she--”

Alyandrea: “HELP. ME. PLEASE!! I’M DYING OVER HERE!!!”

Ophelia: “But… but you did--”

*BOOM!*

*BOOM!*

*SMASH!*

Alyandrea: “HAAH. HAAH. Where… Where are the villains??!”

Li Shun: “Hey Ophelia...Are you okay? You don’t look so good.”

Brennan: “What are you saying Aly… are you feeling okay? Ophelia, what happened to her while you were fighting the villains?”

Ophelia: “She She di--”

Alyandrea: “Oh..! So you DID save us! How embarrassing that I was knocked unconscious by all of this rubble. Heehee. I’ll have to train harder! A lot harder…”

Ophelia: “...You didn’t get beaten unconscious by the broken building.. That only happened after…”

Alyandrea: “Hm? After what?”

Ian: “Hmm? So SOMEBODY was only slacking off in fear while Ophelia bravely crushed ALL of your opponents on the girls side, huh?”

Aly: “Hey, shortie. You lookin’ for a beating??”

Ian: “Meep! No ma’am!”

Alyandrea: “Hmph! Good! Then watch your fucking mouth. I ain’t no chicken.”

Li Shun: “You were the same at first, Ian.”

Ian: “Hey, I-”

Ophelia: “SHE DIDN’T GET KNOCKED OUT! SHE WASN’T HIDING AT ALL! SHE…

She…

...She was killed.”

Ian: “!!”

Li Shun: “!!!”

Brennan: “...I thought so.”

Alyandrea: “...What?”

Ian: “...Huh?”

Li Shun: “…”

Ophelia: “It’s true. I saw that disc cut your head off in fr-”

Ian: “Haah. Ophelia, sit down, please. This whole ordeal against those killers must have been more taxing than any of us realized.”

Alyandrea: “...I’m...I’m sorry I made you go through that all by yourself, Ophelia. Next time, I PROMISE not to back down or lose so unsightly. I’ll train and-”

Ophelia: “IT’S TRUE!!”

Ian: “MEEP! Okay!”

Alyandrea: “...Are you feeling well, Ophelia? I’m clearly alive.”

Ophelia: “I’m not crazy, and I’m not lying. You can all ask Aria for yourselves when she wakes up...IF she wakes up...

Your…

Your head really… it was really cut off by that woman who kept moaning through the halls. Don’t you remember talking about how you were going to beat them? Don’t you remember standing to defend Aria and I when we were cowering? That’s when it happened.”

Alyandrea: “I...I … I remember saying something...along those lines.

Then the world spun when I was finishing my pep talk…!

Oh… Oh God. Oh fuck...Oh n-*Clasps hand over mouth* Wait - *Looks at hand* that can’t be true! If it was then… how… how am I...*Feels neck* how am I here.”

Ian: “...”

Li Shun: “Psst! Hey Brennan. Do you think she’s gone crazy from the damage costs, or could she always have been crazy?”

Ophelia: “…”

Brennan: “Actually I believe her. Because I also died back there.”

Li Shun: “...You both...Oh, that’s right! You both must have snapped from fear, or something.”

Ian: “Oh Gods above, not you too! Stop encouraging her behavior!”

Brennan: “Not just me! We all died!”

Ian: “STOP IT! Don’t drag me into this!”

Li Shun: “Me neith-”

Brennan: “WE WERE SHOT! Don’t either of you two remember the pain? The fear? The loss of feeling, or the darkness that consumed your vision? Because I remember it. All of it!”

Li Shun: “I...I don’t…

I don’t know! I remember pain, lots of it. But wasn’t that only the debris falling on us?”

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