The Eyes Of 'Rah

Rescue Mission II

Seraphine opened her eyes with a dull ache at the back of her head, a little painful groan escaped from her as she tried to recollect what happened. Reaching to feel the source of the ache, she felt a bump close to the base of her neck with particles which seemed to be dried blood.

The clang of metal yanked her attention to her surroundings, her eyes bulged out when she realised where she was. She was back viewing things through the cage, unlike before when her vision was through Phoenix' eyes, now she was in her actual body curled to fit into the cage.

"You're awake" hearing Annaliese's voice, she looked sideways to see her in a similar state, her usual neat hair had now become disheveled and askew.

"What happened?" Seraphine instinctively reached for her spectacle around her neck but was met with emptiness, trying to recall how they were caught.

"They caught Theo apparently and they used him to get to us" Her voice shook, one could hear how weak she was by the low tone and strain voice.

She winced as she remembered the scene, the pain she felt as the object hit her back. 

She pushes the door of the cage but it didn't bulge. She heard Annaliese spoke, "don't bother, I have tried"

"Is there a way you can get us out of here?" With a hopeful look at Annaliese, Seraphine faced the Witch who looked really tired.

"I could except the cage had been soaked in witcharves, it prevents me from getting access to my powers"

Despite the fact that the were both in a similar state, Seraphine's heart sank, "I'm sorry" she whispered, she blamed herself for being the reason Annaliese was in that state.

"Don't blame yourself, it s something that couldn't have been avoided, it has been fated to happen"

"Maybe I can try and get us out of here" she would use the opportunity to explore what else she can do with her power. She didn't know she could see what animals had seen, until she locked eyes with Phoenix, she might be fortunate and discover something new about her eyes, even though they were not fully grown.

"How?"

"I'm not sure yet but since I could use my anger to restrain people, maybe if I concentrate fully on the metal, I could be able to do force it open.

Annalise nodded in concentration, "anything is possible but what if you were caught?"

"The more reason why we need to do it on time before they show up"

Adjusting herself within the little confinement she was in, she mustered the little strength she had and fixed her gaze intently on the metal lock, willing it to bend to her will.

The look of apprehension on Annaliese increased when she saw Seraphine's eyes, the faintest shade of lavender which had been there all this while had became even darker, forming a little purple. She heard Seraphine groaned as she tried bending the metal, before she released a loud sigh of frustration.

"Oh, I'm tired. It's not as easy as I imagined" she said in between a heavy breath, "I'll try again soon" she informed the witch.

Meeting with only a silent response, Seraphine turned to where Annaliese is, "what?"

"Your eyes" staring at her with admiration, "they've gotten darker than before"

Before she could touch her face, they heard the creak of the door as it opened, "our little freedom fighters are awake" followed by a clapping sound.

The same man who emerged behind Theo the other time waltzed in, in a long black robe, followed by Joanne and two other men. Seraphine slumped against the cage, sapped out of energy by the bending metal activity she had engaged in.