The emptiness was all Lotus felt when Josh was ripped from her hand. She turned around and stopped that a guard had a grip on her ankle. She would have attacked if it wasn't for Joshua setting the man alight. Lotus stood their in horror as the flames got bigger and brighter and all she could think about that it was the end for her. "Shit, move!" The sound of Joshua's voice was only a mere ring in her ears as he tackled her to the ground covering her delicate skin from the deadly flame. He got off of her a seconds later yanking her up with him. "Are you okay?" Lotus shook her head furiously in reply.
"That way," Lotus looked in the direction he directed his head to. "And you gotta trust me, okay?" Lotus looked at him and then nodded not sure if she could speak at the moment. Her voice would surely be cracked. The sound of them coming closer seem to snap them both out of it. "Run!" Joshua yelled and pushed Lotus ahead letting her get a head start. She willed her legs to sprint and soon enough she was.
Lotus saw the stream and before she could stop to turn around Joshua pushed her in. She gasped in shock and when her skin made contact with the water, she got a mouth full of it. The water was freezing and even in her jeans and t-shirt she felt like the water was crawling against her skin. Lotus broke the surface and turned around looking from Joshua and then she screamed. A wall of flames. Backing up Lotus tripped and went back into the water. It was a while before she got again, this time on the other side.
Lotus pulled herself up on the grass and coughed up all the water she had just inhaled. Her lungs burned from the lack of oxygen it had received. Lotus got up on her hands and knees and shivered violently as her body temperature dropped in seconds. She was freezing cold. "Lotus? Damn it...Lotus!" Lotus squinted and look around looking for Joshua. She sighed in relief when she noticed he wasn't to far away. "I'm..here." She breathed out and waved her hand around to let him know where. She dragged herself over to him and collapsed next to his figure drained. She looked at him. "Don't ever do that again.
"That way," Lotus looked in the direction he directed his head to. "And you gotta trust me, okay?" Lotus looked at him and then nodded not sure if she could speak at the moment. Her voice would surely be cracked. The sound of them coming closer seem to snap them both out of it. "Run!" Joshua yelled and pushed Lotus ahead letting her get a head start. She willed her legs to sprint and soon enough she was.
Lotus saw the stream and before she could stop to turn around Joshua pushed her in. She gasped in shock and when her skin made contact with the water, she got a mouth full of it. The water was freezing and even in her jeans and t-shirt she felt like the water was crawling against her skin. Lotus broke the surface and turned around looking from Joshua and then she screamed. A wall of flames. Backing up Lotus tripped and went back into the water. It was a while before she got again, this time on the other side.
Lotus pulled herself up on the grass and coughed up all the water she had just inhaled. Her lungs burned from the lack of oxygen it had received. Lotus got up on her hands and knees and shivered violently as her body temperature dropped in seconds. She was freezing cold. "Lotus? Damn it...Lotus!" Lotus squinted and look around looking for Joshua. She sighed in relief when she noticed he wasn't to far away. "I'm..here." She breathed out and waved her hand around to let him know where. She dragged herself over to him and collapsed next to his figure drained. She looked at him. "Don't ever do that again.