Inverted Deck

Inverted Deck (Chapter 52)

Chapter 52

The white masked woman leapes off of the rooftop with unconscious Rosaleen in hand. My heart drops, before the white masked woman quickly clings to the side of the building while falling. Bright sparks and streams of lightning seep from the palm of her hand and bottom of her boot, as she begins to slow while quickly approaching the ground.

The white masked woman slams into the ground as she uses lightning Aether to brace the impact of her fall. She looks up at me from the ground, before slinging Rosaleen across her back before taking off around the corner.

"Get back here!!" I yell out as I climb the edge of the rooftop without hesitation.

Suddenly many bright emerald green colored, Runecircles spawn horizontally from the rooftop down towards the street.

I look to the right to see Abba'Gaia holding her gloved hand out.

"I haven't mastered reverse summoning multiple bodies just yet, but I can shift the Aether Quality within the Runecircles I create to make them solid, solid enough for one or two to stand on." Abba'Gaia says.

"Thank you, Princess Abba'Gaia." I say before leaping onto the Runecircle without a second thought.

The Runecircle doesn't move an inch or even feel the slightest affected by my weight, I'll put my trust into the Princess.

As I zone back into reality after pausing for a moment, Prince Talos, Ja'Krob, and Jojo all leap ahead of me onto Runecircles of their own.

"What are y'all doing?" I ask.

"What? You really thought we were just gonna' let you go alone?" Jojo replies.

"Calum's my Kin." Ja'Krob says. "And from what it looks like that woman is somewhat of importance to you."

"Besides, who would pass up a chance to enter into combat with the ultra, super, secret organization of Joker's Hand, I mean that sounds WAY better than staying at some hospital." Talos says, looking at his right down at his right arm. "On the plus side, I can try out my new toy."

The realization hits me that maybe... maybe I don't have to act alone. The persistent feeling of having to do everything on my own, every burden, every obligation, has conditioned me to do just so, but perhaps... perhaps I need help this time instead of the other way around.

"Fine then..." I say as I crack a grin, and leap over them onto a lower solid Runecircle. "Let's GO!!"

We leap downwards from Runecircle to Runecircle, until we finally reach the street.

I can feel the White masked Joker's Aether Signature close, behind the electrical disturbance of her Aether, I feel a sort of "familiarity."

"This way!!" I yell out as I turn a sharp left on a corner running as fast as I can.

I spot her!! Running down an alleyway carrying Rosaleen, she's far but I can catch up to her if I tap into the Shroud Scale.

I slightly look towards the right at a certain fire I noticed in my peripheral.

I see a tall, Wolf Beastian woman, with long, black with streaks of green hair, flowing down from her curled, pointy ears, holding up a barely conscious dark skinned female, Elvien Knight by her neck, as tall and furious flames, dance around them. She turns her face towards the Knight as her large, slender claw like hands squeeze tighter and tighter on her throat.

"Be fortunate I've been ordered not to kill."

The woman's muffled voice speaks through her large, black and green mask with white, sharp teeth and fangs engraved into the metal, with two circular air filters on the sides.