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          "I guess we got to get started moving. While there is still sunlight, wouldn't want to be running around in this forest at night."

Mei was still in the water when Vega spoke up and to be honest Mei wasn't that eager to get out yet. The time she had been given to swim was not even close enough to what she usually spent in her nearby pool while training. She wasn't even tired yet. But she didn't protest but hurried up, well hurried as fast as she dared to without falling on the slippery ground, "Oh okay... I guess that's a wise decision." When up of the water Mei hurried even more however, because she did want to get dressed as fast as possible. It was a bit more difficult this time around since the garment got stuck on the wet skin but after a while of struggling she was finally dressed again, mainly it was the trousers that had been the big problem. But when done she followed Vega quietly wondering how they were supposed to get back to the trail they had left, well she thought she had an idea which direction it was but she could be completely wrong.

Lost in thoughts like she was most of the time she didn't notice that Vega had stopped before she almost walked right into her, but as Vega's back and hair suddenly was in her face Mei woke up and stopped just one step away. "Talk about the irony..." Mei wrinkled her forehead and looked over at Vega and was just about to ask what she was talking about before actually realizing what had Vega stop. It was with great grief that Mei realized that she - for once - had been right in her suspicion about how easy they had gotten out. But now was not the time for Mei to be right, this wasn't right. Mei was supposed to be wrong when she had been that paranoid. Mei had no idea what was going on at the moment, or yeah she knew but she couldn't process it. The fact that these people had popped up from nowhere and the fact that Vega had suddenly started to run with Mei just barely noticing it. It had taken Mei a few seconds before she had realized that she was supposed to sprint too. But when she did nothing seemed right and new things just popped out of nowhere since Vega suddenly fell to the ground and Mei swung around staring at her. Mei was prepared to help her sister up but instead found herself staring at more blood. Blood of all things. She had not counted on encountering that again ever again, she was aware that something like that was impossible but she had hoped for it to be an extremely long period of time before it met her eye again.

"I'm--I'm... No going to make it.. M-Mei... I'm... n-not. But come here..." As Vega continued to speak Mei was just breathing out quiet protest, not agreeing on any of this at all. It wasn't supposed to be this way. Vega was supposed to be with her. They were supposed to be together, to be siblings at last, a family. Mei couldn't agree on the fact that she was supposed to lose the last family member she knew was still alive, for now.

When Vega suddenly pushed Mei away she first stumbled, about to fall to the ground since she hadn't been prepared at all but she found her balance again and stared at Vega as the Enlighteners did creep closer. Mei was still breathing out her silent protest and shaking her head but she knew that Vega would hate her if she didn't listen so it was with tears streaming down her eyes that she turned around again and started to run the opposite direction, trying to get as far from the Enlighteners as possible. She knew it wasn't the time to cry but she couldn't help it, how was she supposed not to cry? She wasn't crying as heavily as she had been that time inside the infirmary but it was basically because it was hard to run and cry at the same time. The running took up so much energy that she couldn't weep, but the tears still flooded and they continues to do so as she sprinted through the forest uncertain to where she was heading.