Aluin manages to dash past just as Zancrow dissolves and Hadrian
speeds off. He stops completely and stares at Venom, he tilts his
head, his eyes igniting with an innocent curiosity. His breathing
considerably slows down and while he thinks of chasing after the
other speedster for a split second something about Venom just won't
let him move.
Aluin dashes out of the aim of the water but not without being
scalded slightly. He's quite glad he's not carrying his notepad on
himself or he would be pretty mad because it would have been
ruined. He tries not to wince when he registers that the scalding
water had mainly hit his feet. He hisses air out through his teeth
and despite him trying to stay stood up his legs give out because
of the pain. Aluin quickly notices that it could be worse scalds
and burns and that if he doesn't want to get worse he should move
but his legs just wont cooperate with him. He looks up at Venom but
he isn't afraid, his gaze is almost intense as he looks right into
Venom's eyes.
Meanwhile, somewhere else in the building, Lumia had successfully
found herself an empty room to train in. She blinked, eyes flashing
blue before she closed them. Her hair rose, floating almost eerily
above her head as she attempted to concentrate, knowing she's be
drained eventually. Oh well. With a grumble she opened her
eyes, which were bright blue. She turned her head slightly with a
sigh. Nothing. She'd have to keep trying.
(Ohmygod. I don't think I really noticed that you did put gushers
and now that I've reread it, it looks hilarious xD)
Aluin didn't move or struggle but he continued to stare right into
Venom's eyes as if he was trying decipher him. He hesitantly raised
his hand towards Venom as if reaching for him and then closed his
eyes waiting for Venom to do something more. He was starting to
realise one big problem with himself. He unconditionally trusts
everyone, even people who might be bad. Were these people bad? He
didn't really know that.
Fox’s hands go alight, and he doesn’t move. “Tell me, just out of
curiosity, why are you guys here?” He whispers, and continues to
watch venom and Aluin fight. “I am not in the mood to fight
somebody, especially if I can’t keep up with them with my eyes.” He
whispers again.
Aluin takes a shaky breath, he knows he has to do this now. "Rem."
he whispered and before he was prepared for it he gasped as his
whole body and mind lit up with distress. The air became charged to
the point where you could taste it and in Aluin's outstretched hand
waves of extremely unstable energy was gathering and clumping
together. This time stronger than before, even more unstable as
Aluin quickly begins to reach the limit of his powers he tosses the
unstable electricity straight at Venom. The electricity shoots out
of his hand like a bullet almost too fast to even see. Before he
gets to see what happens to Venom Aluin passes out.
Right before it hit Venom pulled up a shield of rock but it wasn't
enough. He was sent flying backwards and he slammed into a tree.
His eyes went gray as he sat there. The quicksand stopped and it
shot Aluin out and onto the concrete
Aluin slowly comes to, his head is pounding, he feels exhausted to
his very core and his legs are another constant pain. Water burns
and sand really should not be mixed together. Aluin slowly pushes
himself up and whimpers, his muscles quake as he manages to sit
upwards but his arms feel as heavy as lead. Aluin realises that
he's actually out of breath, it's been so long since he's felt like
this. He slowly looks up and looks around. He notices Venom and
takes a sharp breath, he's not dead is he? Aluin tries to stand up
but as soon as he does so his legs put him through enough pain that
he instinctively curls up and stays still as he waits for most the
pain to die down. When it eventually does he carefully, as
carefully as he can, drags himself over to Venom. He let's out a
shaky breath and presses his ear to Venom's chest.
Prof looks around. He feels like he remembers this feeling before,
he remembers a quest he had started long, long ago. He feels a
similar feeling now, but why. He feels bitter helplessness, but,
she wasn’t here this time. Could it be, could this be the one he
had given up on finding. But, we’re they here for him? Or something
bigger?
Aluin releases a shaky sigh of relief and laughs almost
hysterically in disbelief. 'He's alive. He'll probably be okay
too.' he thinks to himself as he calms down. As the small burst of
adrenaline Aluin had gotten from his fear for Venom leaves him he
realises that he can't move off of Venom without assistance. He
stays leaned on Venom not really minding, but also worrying about
Venom's reaction to this if he wakes up right now. Hopefully
someone who can assist him will come soon.
Venom's eye slowly open and start glowing a dark red again. He
feels something on his chest and looks down to see Aluin. He
blinked and looked again. He was too injured to use his powers or
even move. He didn't know what to do
Aluin feels Venom faintly move and looks up at him. Aluin's face
flushes slightly in embarrassment and he gives Venom an apologetic
look. 'It's probably not all that comfortable having a person
leaning into your chest after they slam you into a tree.' Aluin
thinks to himself while still looking at Venom. The expression on
his face slowly shifts back to that of a curious one once again.
Prof sees Cody out of the corner of his eye, and gifts him flames,
still maintaining eye contact with Zancrow. “You bastard. Tell me,
are you the one who killed her?”