Angel With Broken Wings

99 - Mash Burnedead, Kat Ride and the Origin of the Greatest Magic User (3)

[THIRD PERSON POV]

A criminal was moving quickly through the woods, a panicked sweat pouring down his face as he panted heavily. Long whips of sand was chasing him, Orter calmly walking as his magic threateningly came in close to the evildoer. The sand soon wraps around the Innocent Zero follower, the attack quick as it begins to choke the man violently. Meanwhile, Kaldo and Dot were running side by side towards the same location, the pair sliding to a stop once they see the criminal gasping for help on the ground,

"Help...please, save me..." He gasped out, begging for mercy as Orter stands about him with an impassive look. 'That's the prisoner who was controlling the giant! Orter was planning on killing him...' Kaldo's eyes were narrowed as that thought went through his mind, head moving upwards to look at Orter hesitantly. "It seems you've sided with Mash Burnedead and Kat Ride too. To think, you'd be swayed by a little bit of force, I'm disappointed." Orter's tone was cold as he adjusted his glasses, "I don't accept them." He felt his words to be true, despite the tinge of annoyance he felt at the squeeze in his chest from his own words.

"Ha ha, I never said I did either, not fully. But...his strength is the real deal, the time will come when even you will have to give him that much." As Kaldo turns to leave, he pauses in his steps and smirks, the male sending Orter a small glance before commenting, "Oh, you and I both know that part about Kat is untrue. I've seen how you look at her, because I do too, the same way." Orter flinches at Kaldo's comment, watching as his fellow Visionary walks away with the redhead that spends his time with Kat Ride bows and follows behind Kaldo, a sour expression shortly appearing on Dot's face at the comment he just heard. "It's...not entirely untrue..." Orter mutters to himself, glaring down at the prisoner that lies unconscious on the ground, before deciding to warp both himself and the man away from the woods and Easton.

Meanwhile, Ryoh was soon joined by Nerey, the boy looking panicked at the sight of Wahlberg and Kat. "Mr. Ryoh, we need to hurry them to a doctor!" The blonde Visionary could only nod in confirmation, making sure to carefully cast his floatation magic on the pair of injured people. He halted when Mash Burnedead came running back, gold eyes in a panic once he reached the two from the Bureau and landed his gaze on his friend. "Is she...?" He couldn't stop the slight tremble in his hands as he approached the unconscious female, movements slow as he kneeled beside her unconscious figure.

"She's just unconscious, all the adrenaline keeping her awake crashed the moment she saw me land." Ryoh's voice was calm, despite the turmoil in his heart from seeing a young child injured – unable to help himself from picturing his pregnant wife – as he sighed and placed a gentle hand on the boy's shoulder. "We need to take her to get medical care." Mash only nodded, moving carefully and slowly as he lifted the girl into his arms.

He was frustrated, if only he could've gotten through the hoard of monsters that surrounded her, she wouldn't be so injured now. She wouldn't have lost consciousness or had to force herself to keep steady when rescuing Wahlberg. He kept the guilt to himself, aware that she would scold him for blaming himself for her injuries when it wasn't even his fault. But he couldn't stop the thoughts from circulating as he followed Ryoh Grantz back toward Easton, the blonde Visionary carrying Wahlberg along with magic and an anxious Nerey following.

When they arrived back at the arena, the shared friends from Adler, Orca and Lang immediately hesitated, their eyes all trembling as they landed on Kat's unconscious and bloody figure. Dot had returned with Kaldo, the Visionary assessing damage before he turns quickly when he hears a loud cry, "Kat!!" His eyes were wide as he took in her form, Mash's expression unreadable as he moved slowly as if not wanting to injure her further with trembling steps. He prepared to step forward, stopping when two blonde children came jumping down from their spots, the pair rushing toward Mash in worry.