The Domain disappeared behind him completely, finally revealing where they were the whole time. Aren looked around once more, scanning the place.
It seemed like another abandoned building, presumably in one of the abandoned areas that he found Shen and his crew in before.
However, his attention snapped immediately back to the girl now laying on the floor. Her shoulders jerked violently, like something inside her had suddenly seized control.
CRACK!
Thin fractures spread across her skin, crawling up from her arms, toward her neck like dried earth breaking apart. The red in her eyes deepened, whites in her iris were swallowed whole and turning into a violent bloodshot red.
"…Ghh—"
Her breathing grew uneven and ragged, before—
She disappeared.
BANG!
Her clawed strike slammed into his gauntlet, the force of it sending a shockwave through his entire body. The ground beneath his feet cracked as he was pushed back half a step.
What the hell? What's with this sudden power?!
