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Yes. They should move on. Shun still didn't like the fact that these two hunters were apparently so willing to help them leave. Something didn't feel right to him. He didn't trust them. And since he couldn't get the collar off of Mitsu right now, he stopped in that. Letting out a breath, he gently scooped her up into his arms once more and attempted to stand with her.

Once again he felt a sharp pain at his side, keeping him from standing up with the extra weight. That wasn't it. He began to feel something else here. And pretty soon, his body was becoming less solid. This wasn't good. His own body was becoming too weak. He could feel it.

"Kusoo.." he cursed lowly. The Reaper didn't think he was going to be able to make it back. Not like this. The wound from before was bad enough, but this... It was like he was slowly dying. He could feel his mark burning as well, but he didn't quite know the significance of that.

"Someone... take care of Mitsu for me. I'm only going to slow you down at this point," he said as he set her down before his arms went right through her.

"I'm sorry, Mitsu.." he whispered while looking down at her. He managed to not fall over yet, but he was tired. Feeble. In the end, it seemed he really had been too weak to save her. To keep her safe.

Danny nodded, glad to see that Yin was safe. Amphi was in Roch's arms. Mei had a whole group around her. Amrita, Christof. She assumed that was Zar and Nuru that Danny could hear in the hallway- so that's who Zar was? Mitsu was with Shun. Safe, or at least a mere distance from it. She still didn't trust these hunters- especially not with how the ghoul one kept getting closer to Amrita, but she just wanted to leave. That's all she wanted.

Nearly at the same time as Shun, Danny moved towards the door and hit the ground. She couldn't prevent the guttural gasp that escaped her mouth as the mark on her right shoulder burned. Burned. Danny had only felt the pain of flames once before- once when fighting red. Jack it hurt. It hurt.

She tried to heave herself up, but nothing moved, nothing worked. She looked over to see the arm half-propping her up was gone. She would've been surprised if she wasn't so alarmed by the entire situation. From here, she could see Shun was down too.

So this was it. Somehow the hunters had gotten her. It must've been back in the fight with Allan- the weird gases, the weird liquids. They must've done something to her. Some kind of poison. Something- something. Her eyelids drooped as things seemed to move at an odd pace around her. She was full speed, but her surroundings were snail-paced.

"Go," she said slowly, waving half-heartedly at the others. "Sorry guys." She was embarrassed at how stupid she'd been. Weak even. She looked over at Roch, "Get them out of here." A look at King, "GO." One less fire demon to slow them down.

Aymet was caught in the awkward sea of students pouring in to rescue, still buzzed on the same determination that had gotten him here in the first place. It was simmering into a quieter rage now, in the confined space. Something about the sterile whites and lack of FEAR made the place seem alien and dangerous even without hunters. He hadn't been in a room like this since... well, since the death trial. It was true, then, the missing students had been taken away by hunters! They had been here all along --

"Amrita-!"

He caught a glimpse of a patchwork girl motionless in the hands of another student, before the curtain of moving bodies hid her again. His friend, maybe even his closest friend. It felt like ages before he could shove his way through to her, not even bothering to mind the claws, moving against the tide. By the time he'd found her again she seemed to be making a partial recovery. At least she wasn't - they hadn't turned her into - she was okay. She was going to be okay.

Unaware of the potential danger he was putting himself into, he reached a metal-wrapped hand up to Amrita. Icy claws brushed against her arm in the closest approximation of a reassuring touch he could manage in the situation at hand. It was the only thing he could think to do, really, besides tell her what he was planning to do when they parted ways again in what had to be mere moments from now. The glow of his crystals brightened with FEAR, his own constantly dissolving essence, practically destabilizing from emotional extremes.

"Whatever they did to you, or tried to, or even wanted to," he spoke quietly, reassuringly, and confidently, "We'll get revenge."

Aymet really did admire the way Medea thought.

It was a wonder as to why Danny couldn't fly, but Poke wasn't overly concerned. If worst came to worst, she'd just carry the fire demon.

But she soon stopped thinking about that, as she heard Shun curse, and when she looked she was stunned to see the reaper was fading away, even going so far as to put Mitsu on the ground.

"Shun...what the jack is happening?" She asked, a low growl caught in her throat as he put down Mitsu and asked for someone to carry her. She was only to happy too, but she wasn't about to leave him here. "I can carry her, but only if you're coming too. I don't care if I have to drag your sorry a** back." Brave words, but it looked impossible for her to assist the reaper. His hand was going right through Mitsu, so how the heck could he sit on her back?

If a dragon could appear worried, she was looking it. She paced around the area, not wanting to leave Shun but knowing she had to do something to help Mitsu. But then there were others here, maybe they could take Mitsu, and she stay behind to guard him? But what if they got stopped on the way?

Jackjackjack, she didn't know what to do, and she continuously growled, which seemed to sound lighter whenever she glanced at the two.

Zar hadn't realised how much he'd missed the canine boil until he no longer had him, until he was forced to look at a future where he might never see him again. He didn't want to let go, but they weren't home free yet by any stretch of the imagination. He smiled genuinely as he turned his head to the side to speak unmuffled by fur.

"I'm sorry for everything I said. Everything I did. I would write you a formal apology, but I don't even have my notebook." his voice was far from its usual dry near-monotone, heavy with emotion and affection.

"I love you a great deal - even if I rarely say it. I need you to stop me ending up like my father." He reached up to scratch affectionately behind his ears. "Please..can we go home?"

The fussing and the noise didn't seem to be enough to keep Mitsu awake. The room was alive with people and her eyes were falling shut unable to stay open. It seemed like the collar around her neck was mostly streamline but there was a keyhole indicating it was locked into place. The device seemed rather sturdy, glowing a little bit brighter when it was fiddled with. When it seemed Shun had given up and had taken her into his arms again Mitsu went limp in his hold, her head falling back as her eyes began to close. It wasn't until she heard the reaper speak that she noticed anything was truly wrong, forcing her gaze to settle on him as he set her down.

She clung to his shirt for a moment unsure what was going on, her head tilting when she heard the dragon call out to him. Watching the creature pace she cast a worried glance between the two.

"D-D....Don't stay." Mitsu managed in a strained voice. Her body was trembling this point but it was hard to say if it was from fear or the lack there of.

Amphi sighed in relief, Roch was going to let Wash help. She nodded, crawling on to his back and squeezing her arms around his neck. She tapped him lightly on the chest, a slight muzzle of a go ahead. She only reacted when Amrita pointed out the fact that they were still tagged. But with no way to warn Roch, she just clung closer, hopefully at home they could figure something out.

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