An Extra’s POV

Gratiana gritted her teeth as she walked behind Rey Skylar.

She had her head somewhat lowered, as it hung shamefully on her shoulders while she contemplated everything that just happened.

"Haa… haaa…"

Steamy breaths escaped her lips with every step she took, and every second or two, she would lift her gaze to look at the man who walked a couple of inches from her. She desperately wanted to close the gap and access what she was denied, but—

'No! What am I thinking? Why am I… what would the girls think?!'

Gratiana tried her best to hide the immense guilt that was bubbling up within her, but it was getting too much to bear. A few moments ago, when Rey told her about the return of the Young Ones, she was disappointed.

It was only for a split second, but she certainly thought:

'Why did they have to return now?!'

As an Elder, she should have been elated by their safe return. Yet, she selfishly indulged in a bet that put so much on the line. Instead of rushing to rescue them, she instead conversed with the perpetrator of all these evils.

Gratiana felt awful beyond measure.

'They're my responsibility… yet I abandoned them.' Her thoughts trailed as she watched Rey exit the Fortress. She felt reluctant to do the same.

'How can I even face them?'

She simply wanted to stay back and hide herself in the shadows; at least, until she had worked up the courage to face her little sisters.

Unfortunately—

~VWUSH~

had no choice

who placed his arm around her

her to render a single word or action in

Rey whisper

looked at the incoming girls

and they were dripping with all

tightly clung to their lethal weapons as they approached with a battle-hardened

look

it—even felt it within her—but she didn't want

She whispered, staring at the group that now reached the

it even if it is right

"I… I can't…"

back to look at her.His glowing red eye made her

Gratiana didn't know what he meant by that, but he simply stood still, allowing the girls to approach even further. They walked through the barrier like it

Girls! My sisters!

Young Ones walked past Gratiana without uttering as much as a single word. They didn't even glance at her—or Rey for

It puzzled Gratiana instantly.

hear us. I wouldn't want you to interfere with what you're about to witness with your own eyes." He narrowed his eye as he

she joined the spectating; observing as her little sisters stopped short

a moment,

as if choreographed, they all stopped moving, and Gratiana didn't understand why. She was able to know every little thing that went on

"What are they doi—?"

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

could conclude her question, bright bursts of energy in many forms—fire, lightning, light, or sheer explosions—charged from the weapons of these girls as they fired

result was a deafening eruption, as well as the utter obliteration of the towering construct that both Rey and

Shouldn't their first thoughts be to save you through non-lethal means?" Rey

trembled at the horror she