Corrupted Timelines

Rude Awakening

Anger.

Hate.

Despair.

The world cried out for help. Everything was being torn apart by something. Something evil...

The Nephilim's mind was aware of these occurrences. She awakened with a singular word repeating itself in her head, 'Hope'.

Nothing else mattered to her. Not why the world was in danger, not how she would help it. Her entire being moved as if it was being piloted by some outside force. She was brought into a city.

She watched people walk around on the sidewalk, not knowing the danger they were in. To these normal people, the Nephilim was completely invisible. Still, they all moved around her unconsciously. None of them so much as brushed against her.

The Nephilim glided over to the tallest building, putting her hand just next to the glass of its exterior. Slowly, she levitated up from the ground and followed the outside of the building as she rose to the top of it.

She couldn't feel the cold or the fear of being so high in the air. The city now looked so small, as she looked down from the very top of the building.

She raised a hand above her, letting her magic pour out of her body into the sky. The city was plunged into darkness, as any nonorganic material was obliterated. A white flash followed soon after, with everything returning back to normal.

Except the world was now filled with a little more 'Hope' this time.

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"We need to get back, now!" Calli yelled just as the call went dead. No one disagreed with her. As far as they all could tell, their manager was in danger.

"Ina, teleport us," Gura said firmly. Ina knelt to the ground to prepare a teleportation spell, however the new voices in her head stopped her.

'We can't teleport more than one other if you want to get there quickly,' AO-chan said. The words floated just above Ina's head, communicating to the rest of the group the situation.

"What?!" Calli quickly walked over to Ina who was still crouching on the ground. "What do you mean 'get there quickly'?" she asked the floating letters. They rearranged themselves to respond.

'A spell that would teleport all of you would take too much time. Time was not an issue earlier, so we did not bring it up. We are sorry...' Calli took a deep breath and looked away from AO-chan's answer. She tapped her foot on the ground rapidly, trying to come up with another solution.

"Teleport me," Kiara said, her voice lacking her usual warm tone. It slightly disturbed Gura who was standing next to the Phoenix. "I have the highest firepower here. Any threat will be turned to ash before it can touch Enma!" she said with fiery aggression. Gura took a step away from her, just to be safe.

"No..." Calli mumbled in thought. Kiara turned to her, eyes wide.

"What's that supposed to mean, Calli?" Kiara wasn't too pleased with the disagreement from her friend.

"How would Gura and I get there? We wouldn't arrive for at least a couple hours, so there would be no back up for you guys. Plus, your magic is notoriously destructive to the area around you and your arm is still missing," Calli thought out loud to back up her precious statement. Kiara opened her mouth to refute, but couldn't find a good enough reason. Her missing arm was the biggest reason stopping her from mounting a decent rebuttal.

"I'm worried about getting other people in the city involved, too..." Gura knew that her control of Primal was still lacking. She had no experience using Primal around people other than her friends. It would not be a good idea to test it, especially in the state she was in. She could feel her hunger rising slowly to compensate for her injuries.