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Max was taken by surprise as Sage met herself and Ish, reaching for the boy's wrist and wrapping an arm around her rather tightly. Her eyes widened a little with realisation after Ish's comment, suddenly clinging to the arm that held her, unsure of what to expect when shadow travelling. As all light faded, she screwed her eyes shut - if there was anything to see in this realm, she didn't want to know. Having her eyes closed made it better when she felt her stomach rise and wind itself in a complicated knot. When she felt the grip around her loosen, she guessed they were outside and off the bus safely.

She regretted opening her eyes, suddenly fighting with extreme nausea and dizziness that pushed her forward onto the ground. She brought herself to her knees, hands on her knees and arms straight to keep her upright. She focused on the grass below as she gasped for breath - willing herself not to be sick. Her mother had always told her that these things were mind over matter, and Max reminded herself of that now. When the illness subsided, Max slowly turned her gaze to find Sage face first in the dirt. It wasn't surprising that he was like that, he'd carried three people over two shadow steps - it took a great amount of energy to complete such a feat. That's when she took notice of the other boys discussing, actually more like whining on Ish's behalf, about their next moves. Initially she had disregarded Lucas's request for ideas from her, taking another moment to fight off nausea.

As Lucas hauled Sage up from the ground, Max dragged herself back onto her feet. She felt heavy and clumsy, stumbling a little as she stood thanks to a sudden wave of dizziness. When recovered, she slowly turned a full circle to assess the situation. The most important thing was getting out of sight of the burning bus, they would draw more unnecessary attention to themselves if they stayed - and there was even less of a chance of escape now that they were down to three. She spied a small patch of forest that could shelter them for a short while, then they could formulate a more in depth plan.
"Quit bickering," She wheeled round on the boys, ignoring another bought of dizziness as best as she could. Someone had to keep the group in check. "You're worse than a married couple."

She pointed back to the forest she'd spied across the way,
"We'll take cover there, just to get out of side of the mortals. I'm not sure that you'll be able to carry Sage much further than that anyway," She said, eyeing Lucas's slightly scrawny build. "Then we can do a little scouting to see what's nearby and what our travel options are, while Sage recovers some energy." Before the boys had a chance to protest to the only plan that had been voiced, she turned back to the patch of trees and began making her way there.