She was covered in blood, most of it red, so it couldn't be hers, but a jagged wound on her thigh, and five claw marks on her chest marked she wasn't entirely unharmed.
The team landed around them, watching Steve cradle her in his arms.
"What took you so damn long?" Harli gave a shaky smile, then lost consciousness.
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2:53 pm
January 23
The first thing Harli noticed when she opened her eyes was everything was a blinding bright white.
The second was that she was stiff, and extremely uncomfortable.
She sat up slowly, noticing the steady beeping of machines and the hum of voices outside the door.
The girl put together that she was in a hospital, and she wracked her memories for what happened.
She had been kidnapped, and was forced to enter the dark forest over and over again to face Erebos.
Harli shuddered at the memory of his yellow eyes, and the pain of his claws against her skin.
She had escaped... somehow. It was a blur what happened next, but she remembered one thing.
Red. A metallic smelling red color staining her hands, and the sticky warmth of it coating her cheeks.
Then she was outside, cold and exhausted, staring up into the face of... Steve.
They had come for her.
She scanned the room again, confirming that she was alone.
Harli reached up, brushing her hands along the top of her head, trying to feel for the horns there, but they were gone.
Her powers must have disengaged after she passed out somehow.
Perhaps exhaustion had reset her, or her power reserves were exhausted after she escaped.
She raised a hand in front of her face, summoning the power inside her.
Her fingertips glowed golden, and a ball of energy appeared in her palm.
The things that whoever it was that kidnapped her may have been hell, but they had helped her hone her abilities, bringing her more control than ever.
Circe? She called inside her head, wondering if she had only imagined her guide's voice.
Child.
Harli breathed a sigh of relief. So it wasn't my imagination, hearing your voice.
No, child.
So... what happened?
There was a certain hesitancy to her voice the next time she spoke.
You... relinquished control to me.
That's a thing that I can do?
Yes. Or I can take control in desperate situations, like life or death.
She furrowed her brows, mentally storing this information away to quiz Circe on later.
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