The Light in Abyss【OC Story】✵The Eminence in Shadow✵

Chapter 24 - Revelation

(Third Person POV)

"I'll leave the rest to you." The blonde hooded figure relayed to her other comrade with mint green colored twin-tails.

She looks towards the portal-like door with hidden mesmerization, before setting her eyes down on the unconscious Cadian just below the magic gate. Not wasting time, she walks over to the resting boy and picked him up with her arms as if he was some sort of sleeping beauty.

"Let him go!" Held back by two of Shadow Garden's members, Rose angrily demanded. "He just fought so hard, he needs medical attention!"

"..." The hooded figure stared blankly at Rose. "I need him to see the truth. We will take care of him if that brings you any comfort. He'll be safe."

"Not in the hands of unscrupulous terrorists!" Rose berated, visibly angering some of them.

"...*sigh*." She looks over to her twin-tailed and beast-woman comrade, motioning to them.

The gesture was clear to the two, so they moved accordingly and grabbed Natsume from the side, holding her hostage. This caused her two acquaintances to react... quite oppositely as Alexia looked like she didn't really care much, in fact, she looked quite pleased with the circumstance.

"If you won't cooperate with us, then say goodbye to your friend," Twintails warned.

"Nastume?!" Rose's anger changed from anger into careful concern. 

"Ungh! Nooo! Don't hurt me!" Natsume squirmed with tears in her eyes.

"We'll have to sacrifice her," Alexia muttered, stating as if that was most necessary. 

"What are you saying?! That's out of the question!" Rose was, yeah, surprised the young princess said that.

"Sacrifices have to be made for the greater good, Lady Rose. It must be done without question."

"Let's forget about your petty squabble for now! We have to rationally think about our decisions!"

"I'm as rational as I can be right now. We have to get rid of-, I mean, have to use Natsume as best we can."

"T-That's just so wrong!"

The two princesses were now stuck in an argument about whether to just dispose of Natsume as a sacrifice or not, with the latter being in an awkward predicament as she listens to the two deciding her fate. The person carrying Cadian was just exasperated listening to the two, so she decided to enter the portal.

"Bring in Nelson afterward." That was what she said to the twin-tailed woman as she, Cadian, the beast-woman, and Natsume enter the portal, their figures slowly molding their way into the other side of the portal.

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On the other side, the group steps out of the portal and into a tunnel lined with metal walls and metal pipes that showed an almost industrial-type feel. The first to land was Alpha who held Cadian, then Beta and Delta who shortly followed suit. And once the dust had settled, the group fell in place.

"We've arrived." Alpha declared. 

"...good." Alpha looks down and saw that Cadian has awoken from his supposed slumber. "Now put me down, I can walk by myself."

She follows the order and puts her lord down.

"Oh man, my clothes are all torn up." He complained as he dusted off the dust and blood that crippled the fabric of his clothes. "These cuts and wounds are stinging!" Closing his eyes, he focuses his magic on the injuries, gradually closing each and every one of them, showing his prowess in healing magic. "That should do it. Well then, care to explain why-, oof!"