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Before Jaces efforts had a chance to bear any fruit the giant fish began to thrash around. Obviously Red was causing quite a bit of damage in there. Apparently Jaces efforts were a waste, Jace let out a defeated sounded sigh just as the creature Exploded dousing Jace and his surroundings in gore. Luckily Jaces eyes had been closed at the time but his mouth was open.
Jace spit the gore from his mouth, a sour look on his face. Keeping his eyes closed. Then he heard Red inform him it was time to get going again, with the nickname of loverboy directed at him. Red definitely knew something more than Jace originally thought, but he wasn't worried about it right now.

He dropped to the ground some feet in front of Red. Eyes still closed he brought his hands to his forehead and wiped the gore from his face with a downward swipe. And he opened his eyes to look at Red"Worst tasting sushi ever! And I don't even like fish to begin with." Jaces face transformed into a comical mask of distress and disgust.

As Red looked into Jaces eyes he looked into hers. Instead of seeing pride in her triumph as would have been in Jaces eyes there was something else... Something difficult to describe, suffering and pain, though completely absent of any kind of plea for help or pity, no crying out from the pain. The sight of it seemed to pull at his very soul his body suddenly feeling very heavy to him, and his face setting to a kind of absent seriousness. Whatever it was it didn't meet Jaces definition of normal.

Then Red smiled at him along with a comment on their mutual dislike of fish and she extended a helping hand. Jace wiped the thoughts of her eyes from his mind, he didn't know much about it but he was certain she wouldn't exactly enjoy a conversation about it.

He took Reds hand with a quick word of thanks, the cold hand surprising him a bit, as he certainly wasn't used to it, but he only let it show in the very slightest if at all. With a promise of a chance to wash himself of the putrid gore covering him Red set off and Jace followed. "And here I thought you may have needed my help escaping." His joke had a little less enthusiasm then normal and was accompanied by a nervous somewhat half-hearted laugh.

Red made a comment that Jace knew was supposed to make him feel better, and it did. But still Jace wasn't foolish enough to think Red NEEDED his help. Maybe Jaces clever trick would have worked, but not before Red would have found some kind of method out. "I think we both know it only would've been a matter of time before you got out." With that Jace regained his normal composure. The seriousness had been choking him and slowing him down. Breathing was much easier now.

It was a relatively short time walking before they arrived at a hole in the wall with crystal clear water flowing from it, accompanying an invitation to wash up. "Its almost like you've been here before." Jace chuckled, it was just a light hearted joke, of course she had been here, it was a training facility after all.

He stepped underneath the flowing water, it was nice and cool. Jace quickly washed his face and body of the blood and gore. With impeccable timing Reds eyes flew open as he finished commanding him to follow her through the whole.

When they finally got back to the surface Jace stood in awe of the black pyramid for a moment. An onyx gem in a sea of darkness, it was beautiful.

Pinned down between a rock and a hard place Jace had to think quickly. An flinging his twin pistols to the creatures armpit and cocking them to the sides, filling the chambered rounds with the energy the technique would require. He shot first right, removing the creatures arm causing it to tip over. Then he shot the other, quickly rolling to the side over the top of the dismembered arm and regained his footing before the creature recovered.

Taking aim at the creatures neck but seperated it's head from its body in the same fashion as he had blown away the arms. The saliva the creature had built up in its mouth fell upon the pyramid eating away some of the surface. Jace quickly took a look around the area seeing Red struggle against another of the creatures. He knew better than to help, he would just get in the way, however he did keep his eyes peeled for the next attacker.

Pinned down between a rock and a hard place Jace had to think quickly. An flinging his twin pistols to the creatures armpit and cocking them to the sides, filling the chambered rounds with the energy the technique would require. He shot first right, removing the creatures arm causing it to tip over. Then he shot the other, quickly rolling to the side over the top of the dismembered arm and regained his footing before the creature recovered.

Taking aim at the creatures neck but seperated it's head from its body in the same fashion as he had blown away the arms. The saliva the creature had built up in its mouth fell upon the pyramid eating away some of the surface. Jace quickly took a look around the area seeing Red struggle against another of the creatures. He knew better than to help, he would just get in the way, however he did keep his eyes peeled for the next attacker.

Red had Just finished killing her second wurm when Jace saw something massive underneath the sands, though it was far away, He could feel it moving. "Oh fuck-" the words had barely left his mouth when Red snatched his arm with a command to move, and Jace definitely complied. Sheathing his pistols as he ran alongside Red he could feel the vibrations getting closer fast. Jace knew he could move faster but he wasn't sure about Red.

"Sorry but I'm betting this is not time to bullshit,"The words coming from his mouth as fast as can be heard served both to prepare her, and to apologize for any indignity Red might suffer.

Jace ducked underneath Reds arm, putting his own arm across her back, he then ducked down tucking his arms in the pockets of her knees and lifted her from the ground. She was a little heavier than he'd imagined but he could handle the weight. He quickly summoned his element and began bounding up the pyramid at a quicker pace than either of the two could have managed alone. Jace hoped it would be enough, although it wasn't enough to make him careless the truth was he was somewhat panicked.

Luckily Red suffered no such indignity as Jace had imagined she might. In fact she even did what she could to make it easier on Jace making herself as easy to hold as possible. Jace didn't notice any of the changes as they were in progress, his own racing heart drowning out her own, too focused on his footing to notice the skin which appeared as though life was being breathed back to life.

However, the words whispered in his ear sounded different, more like a tangled dance between two voices. Even stranger to Jace still he felt her hot breath against his ear. Spurred even quicker to action by his surprise Jace obediently placed red back atop the black pyramid as the wurm slammed into the pyramid and disappeared from sight, making the pyramid shake as it went. Jaces eyes landed again on Red and the sight of her shocked him even more he looked completely alive. But somehow he knew it was still her, unlike when she first appeared. As she gave voice to her excitement, he could feel it and it calmed him down. He could tell his captain had a plan and was eager to start, and it filled him with confidence in turn and he drew his pistols, with a casual confidence.