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Cecil was still dazed, his vision tilting to and fro as the world tried to settle. He flinched back as Rorrow tried to wipe at the wound, hissing through his teeth at just out tender it was. Blood had managed to pour down his face and despite how he tried to wipe it away himself it still strayed into his left eye temporarily blinding him. He wiped and blinked and wiped some more trying to give time for reality to catch up. Hitsu was acting so strange, it had to be this place. They all needed to leave before it was too late.

He could hear Peter trying to offer a voice of reason, Rorrow's whimpered words, Kammy shouting shortly after and Hitsu screaming at the top of her lungs . Everything sounded muffled and distant but slowly coming into clarily. A scuffle followed and Cecil looked up just in time to see Peter fall to the floor in a heap.

"Peter..." He started forward to check on the Professor but the audible slap had him stopping in his tracks. It was clear what had happened even before Cecil turned to look but what he didn't expect to find was that smile. That smile was distorted, sinister, and wicked and did not belong on Hitsu's face. It made a chill run up his spine before settling in the pit of his stomach making his nausious.

What happened next was something Cecil never could have dreamed of. Hitsu was there and in an instant she was gone, dissolving away into nothing much like he had seen the apparitions do. It left him petrified in place, staring at the empty floor space where Hitsu once stood. He had seen what had happened and yet he could not process it.

Mouth opening Cecil made an attempt to say Hitsu's name but he failed to find his voice. He could hear Rorrow clearly, he understood what the smaller man wanted but he couldn't find it in him to respond. Hitsu had been here....and now she was gone. Just like her brother.

Time had stood still for what felt like hours though it had only been seconds that ticked away. When everything snapped back into focus Cecil's gaze was distant but still searching. He didn't know if what he had seen was real. He didn't know what was real anymore. Was it all in his head? Was it simply a shadow? Or had he just witnessed his friend's end? "HITSU!" He bellowed the name at the top of his lungs desperately clinging to the last shred of hope that he had. There was no acknowledgement of the others, no making plans, or discussing strategy. Cecil simply ran, his heart racing as fear began to creep in.