There's just enough time for Sheena to enter the room they'd been held in, eyes locked on Zelos still unresponsive on the floor and every intention of getting him to safety even if she has to carry him again, when ether suddenly starts to build around him and Mithos tackles her. Backwards, away from Zelos.
"No!" she screams, tries to pull free even as Zelos's form is overtaken by brightly swirling ether. "Let me g--"
And then the world explodes into light around them.
More important to Sheena, though, is that even with the link closed down as it is, it's impossible for her not to feel it as their connection frays and then snaps. She fumbles, cries out wordlessly, trying in vain to hold onto him somehow, but--
It ends.
Even before she can see again, the sunspots in her eyes leaving her with only patchy vision, the second Mithos lets go of her she pulls herself back up, heart pounding loud in her ears. The sudden silence in her head is awful, but she clings to the only thing she can think of right now to make up for it.
(Even if I were to die, you'd just have to make sure nothing happens to my core crystal.)
She takes one unsteady step, trembling, then runs the rest of the way to Zelos's core crystal, scooping it up before anyone else can. It's still faintly warm as she holds it to her chest, head bowed and breath hitching.
ZELOS IS DEAD
"No!" she screams, tries to pull free even as Zelos's form is overtaken by brightly swirling ether. "Let me g--"
And then the world explodes into light around them.
More important to Sheena, though, is that even with the link closed down as it is, it's impossible for her not to feel it as their connection frays and then snaps. She fumbles, cries out wordlessly, trying in vain to hold onto him somehow, but--
It ends.
Even before she can see again, the sunspots in her eyes leaving her with only patchy vision, the second Mithos lets go of her she pulls herself back up, heart pounding loud in her ears. The sudden silence in her head is awful, but she clings to the only thing she can think of right now to make up for it.
(Even if I were to die, you'd just have to make sure nothing happens to my core crystal.)
She takes one unsteady step, trembling, then runs the rest of the way to Zelos's core crystal, scooping it up before anyone else can. It's still faintly warm as she holds it to her chest, head bowed and breath hitching.