There was no time to think. No time to breathe.
Only act.
"Fuck...OFF!" Jessica shouted as she shot another round at the advancing men. She flinched as blood splattered across her face. The men drawing closer now had faces of anger and jeering. She could hear taunts as the various parties of Empire troops found her. These men weren't scared to die. They believed in their cause.
Jessica was. Liara needed her big sister.
Eric couldn't come to save her; the Dragons weren't here because they would be shot out of the sky, and she had no backup.
Her body trembled as she rested against a tree. She threw her rifle to the side. It was now useless. "I have to do this." She whispered, hugging her knees to her chest.
The girl who had once cried over jeans stood up.
And the woman trained by Kamer summoned her mana.
Trees around her exploded.
The taunting stopped.
The forest was still, marred by the unleashed torrent of flames around her.
