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[ 4 Yards away from Portal ]

Confirming they were far away from potential dangers, Shu propped up the taller girl and called near her eyes again an again, hoping she would wake up. "Can you hear me, Miss? Miss?" The closed eyes didn't open a sliver, her head shook with Shu's gentle action. <If you shake her like this, she'll throw up.> "O-Oh." She stopped, checking for physical wounds. The female with silver-grey hair looked pretty, Shu wanted to see the color of her eyes under the lavender color glasses.

Lavender? Lilac? She tilted her head for the exact hue of the frame. <Work, silly, work. We only get 4 ******** hours!> "Alright, let me check her stuff first - sorry in advance miss," She fiddled in her bag, found some foods, a roll of bandages, a pair of goggles and a radio. "Oh a towel with cute duckie print, can you see it Z? How cute~" <Dong Shu Lei.> The petite Asian cringed as her full name being called, knowing the beast was serious. She swiftly borrowed the female's car key and radio, thinking someone might be finding her, aka the unconscious girl.

She checked the SPECTRE watch to confirm their location as well as the portals', in normal situation, she would prop her rather easily but she felt less capable than desirable. She made the girl's arm held on her shoulder and carried her forward. It was tiring because of the height difference, she needed to stretch her body straight like a stick.

The weight added onto her made her move much slower than expected, each step was as heavy as a stone. "Come on, move, legs." she pleaded. With the conversations on her radio, time was less harder to spend. Hours passed by, she was amused when people began to create code names instead of using the real one. Tiny was a cute name, at least it fitted her size among others. Shu recognized a few voices from the radio, Rep and Lucky were there and she relieved a little.

Encouraged, Shu beamed and continued their journey to the portals. "No worries, miss, we'll be there soon." It was more like telling herself. She was sweating, not abundant, but in the form of small droplets. She kept check of her breathe and adjusted the position of the falling girl from time to time.

Her weapon was hanging on her neck, as a necklace currently. However, in cases of attack, she would turn it into a big hammer in one second and swing them away. Huffing, she was cheered by the funny image in her imagination, they were closer to their destinations.

"Oh no!" She dropped the girl's glasses and quickly checked the lenses, luckily no scratch marks. <You need to be more careful, silly.> "I know. I know. No next time, I promise!" The radio channel was heated up and there were more familiar voices, she might be a bit too excited. She looked at her watch, the distance between two dots were half of when she found the girl. "Soon!"

She walked vehemently forward, towards another dot. Soon, she told herself once after another. Soon, she convinced and brought herself forward. Soooooooon, she saw the portal and her legs felt softened suddenly. The glowing blue ring, she finally saw it! "We're there, you'll be safe."

Holding the girl, she stepped through the portal which supposed to be the end of the journey.

Shu heard the sound of something twisting , the noise became louder and louder, it gave her goosebumps and chill, the sticky squirming of something. She couldn't look back, but behind her, the city was caged by the rapid growing vines and the creature was chasing after. "Worst scenario ever - I'm glad it's not sun-ny - the cement road surface won't be too hot." Highway linked to another highway, Shu wondered why the foreign countries have so many wide highway like that.

It wasn't good in her situation, with a girl to save and no obstacle to hide from the vines. "Worst EVEEEeeeeeeER." She mustered up the power hidden in the small frame and trotted with her. Shu knew her speed was nothing compared to the big creature. She looked around for anything that might help her and she saw - cars. Many many cars parked on the highway, she carried the girl over and skimmed, the sounds behind was getting closer again, not much time for her. She tried the door but they didn't have the keys. "Come on, just one car will do. One." She mumbled, eyes didn't stop roaming around. She skipped the problem she can't drive at all, her instincts and knowledge from movie told her so.

Finally, she found a car with the keys attached. She was very confident she won't miss it because it's PINK! It looked like a racing car, she pushed he girl inside, and of course road safety, she fastened her seat belt and hers. With the advice from the radio channel, she turned the key to start the car and knocked down a few motors in its way, she stepped on the pedal and the car flew. Really it fleeeeeeeeeeeeeew!

After speeding the highway, she saw another portal. "Finally." Shu sighed, pretty much exhausted. She felt really bad for stealing someone's car and speeding, but saving a life was much more important than anything. Shu randomly stopped the lovely pink car, freed herself from the seat belt and leaned against the body of it for a moment to brace herself up before getting the girl out of the car.

"We're finally there, you'll be safe." The cheerfulness in her voice was obvious. She held the girl in a secured position and moved towards the portal not far away. The horse no longer chasing them so it would be fine and she can complete her mission soon.

One step, two steps, three steps, the portal light becomes brighter with the distance shortened. Then the arm that was on her shoulder suddenly clawed at her face. "Wait - what?" The girl woke up flailed and whipped her hands frantically. "C-Calm down, I'm here to help you." Shu tried to explain but nothing got into the girl's ears. She looked like a desperate beast struggling, clawing up her fingers as weapon.

The petite Asian was thankfully that she was carrying the girl's bag so the girl couldn't get the knife. Yet, the taller girl's strength was on top of Shu's. <Knock her out.> "But -" She hesitated, grabbing both wrists with her hands. "Please miss, I won't harm you, please stop." Time sneakily slid away as they were in a tug-of-war. <No time to wait, we only get 4 hours, you wasted much on getting here already.> The girl was bumping her with her body, trying to escape from the bondage. "I know, but-" Not working, the girl with grey eyes kicked on her legs. "Ouch. Please no violent act. Objection!" <SHU!> "Alright! I'll listen to you, how?" Shu thought she cold apologize to the girl later. <Hit at the back of her neck with your flashlight.> "It hurts!" <DO IT!>

Exhaled and slumped in relief, Shu finally could drag the girl to the portal....To the portal.....To the....... "Where's the portal?" It was there when she last checked, but there was nothing now. "Portal.....where's it?" She widened and blinked her honey eyes shockingly, gazed at the empty space. Her mind was blank, couldn't process anything.

Maybe she can try the pendant, and bring the girl back later? Thinking of that, she said the magical words. "Deus Ex Machina!" There was no response, it didn't work. "Oh no, oh no, we missed the deadline." She hugged the girl, sharing some of her warmth to calm herself down. "Let's find other hunters first......" she murmured. With the girl, she tried to contact through the headset but only heard static noises. She checked her phone and dialed a number, it didn't get the line. Finally, she checked the radio, it was still working.

"At least I can hear some voices....." she comforted herself, sighing.