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((Ah, sorry NT, that’s fine. I must have misread your other post then, sorry about that.))


Xavier retracted his hand, as the boy ((Valor)) seemed hesitant to grab it, instead, he set his attention towards the gigantic doors ahead. The kid’ s spell was holding for now, but it wouldn’t last much longer, they had to lick their wounds. With a grim expression on his face, the senior took inventory of their numbers. They were high, but not many of them were even fit to fight. Naydelle, one of the girls from his homeroom, was huddled over an wounded Joel, trying to bring him to his feet.

Charlotte was almost down for the count, he saw Jayx and her medical crew rushing over to help, he hoped they could do her good: Preston alone might not have been enough. Speaking of the blondie, he saw Nym rush over to the floored fellow freshmen, good thing, he figured they both might have been pretty shaken. His own gang seemed a lot more functional than the other group: though they were still down a fighter…where was Aemyle?


· * *

“Are you alright Preston?” A voice called out to him, it was Nym. She has a ghastly look on her face, was the battle still going on? Preston hadn’t heard any noises indicating a clash for a while now, if this was true, then why did she look so worried? The girl’s next words indicated why she was so worried, “Charlotte’s hurt Preston, can you help?” That’s right, he was the party’s healer. Jayx and her friends could help, but they weren’t as good as he was. Nym held her hand out to him, gingerly he grabbed it, and with her aid rose to his feet.

“Charlotte?” He asked, dusting himself off. From inside the girl’s bag, a small furry limb pointed a ways across the arena, there he saw her. Bloody, in terrible condition. Preston felt his heart sink at the sight: there wasn’t time to waste. “Nym, let’s hurry.” He said to her as he sprinted for her.

· * *

Jayx, Kid, and Karen huddled around the bleeding junior, while Brave and Him leaned against either side of Charlotte, kind of like protection, should any of the hostiles try and use a sneak attack. Their fingertips pressed against different areas of the girl’s wounds illuminated with a soft green light.

“Any progress?” He asked, visibly concerned for Charlotte, he hated seeing any child injured, especially ones close to Jayx. The grimace on the trio’s faces was more than enough of an answer. “Where’s that boy? The Paladin. He should be helping…doesn’t he know his comrades are in trouble?” He spoke his words with a disgusted tone, snarling at the boy’s cowardice. Brave however simply scanned the Coliseum with his one eye, surveying it all. It was only when two figured, approaching the huddle with a frantic speed did he speak up, with a proud grin.

“Aye, looks like there’s hope for the lad yet.”

Preston and Nym arrived just in time to aid the shapeshifter.


· * *

“Xavier!”

The young man heard a voice from behind him, his first thought was ‘What now?’. But as he turned to see who the individual was, it was probably the best thing that came the group’s way all day, the cavalry, or at least back-up. As Aemyle closed in on him he gave her a small wave and a smile, crossing his arms as she stopped in front of him.

“I apologize for my tardiness.” She said in a way that made him chuckle a bit, she was a character. At the apology he shook his head and replied:

“Ah, no need, I’m just glad you’re feeling alright.” He grinned, “ ‘Sides…that’s the least of our worries. We’ve got some breathing room now but…” Xavier nodded towards the condition of some of the fighters, “It’s pretty bad. We still don’t know about these other kids either…” He bit his lip, thinking again about what Joel and Naydelle were up to being here. “And then, there’s that…” Xavier turned his entire body to face the doorway behind them all, in the front of the Coliseum. He clinched his right fist in a manner that caused bits of flame to emit from it. “Sheesh, what a Monday…” Part of him wondered if Demetri was just screwing with them all…





"Hey, I'm Rio Green from Atari High. I have no clue what is going on here but i do know that we are going to need as many of us as we can get to get through this next round. You can create fire and ice am I correct?" One of the members of the other team strolled over to them, he looked rather beat up himself, but he still remained calm, it was a good thing to have in a fight, Xavier thought.

“Hm?” The man’s question was posed to him of course, he wondered what relevance that had to the situation now, maybe he was as strategist or something, “Yeah. What’s up? You’ve got a combination in mind?” Xavier replied, curious as to what ‘Rio’ had to say.