Just a foot away from them laid Hibiki''s arm and of her torso. Sachika looks down at her friend to only realise that Hibiki had third degree burns stretching out from the torn crisped flesh.


    Before them, the Nebula-controlled Familiar walked towards them. Her chest had vapour venting out of it where they fired the plasma beam towards Sachika and Hibiki.


    Looking up Sachika froze unable to move all she could think about was Hibiki putting herself in harm''s way for her sake. She trembled slightly as she watched her opponent draw their arm backwards in a striking position.


    Sachika closed her eyes waiting for the inevitable when she suddenly heard someone shouting.


    "Sachi!" Chi-Sun shouted as she threw four daggers at the enemy all the blades impaling themselves into the arm of the Nebula-controlled Familiar.


    Sachika opened her eyes looking up at Chi-Sun as the latter slid across the floor to their side, "Chi-Sun what are you doing here?" she spoke weakly.


    "The Mistress told me what happened so I came as soon as I could" Chi-Sun replied as she tended to Hibiki''s injuries.


    "Sachi, you need to chase after that one it''s going to the infirmary..." she was cut short by Sachika.


    "B-But what about the others?" Sachika asked.


    "Don''t worry about them Ashina and the other high ranking third-year students will take care of them..." Chi-Sun gently pulled Hibiki out of Sachika''s arms so she could treat her properly "...the Mistress wants you to go to the infirmary"


    Nodding reluctantly Sachika stood up looking down at her two friends for a moment, she took a step or two away before stopping to turn back around. "Take care of Hibiki, okay?" Sachika quietly spoke.


    Chi-Sun just nodded as she watched Sachika run towards the infirmary of the academy whilst she continued to tend to Hibiki''s wounds until help arrived.<hr>


    Looking out towards the window she could see the flash of purple and pink as she heard the sounds of plasma beams being fired.


    "What the hell has happened since I''ve been out," she asked herself.


    As she tried to start up, she fell under the weight as her legs were numb for not being used for hours.


    Suddenly there was rapping on the door to her room, Aiko slowly walked over to open it. She was surprised to find that it was her friends Uli and Bethany.


    Without saying anything Uli instantly hugged Aiko while Bethany smiled feeling relieved that her friend was okay.


    Once Aiko and Uli finished their embrace, the former looked between her two friends seeing a hint of worry on her faces.


    "The Nebula is attacking the academy all the first years are heading to the shelter right now" Bethany answered Aiko''s question.


    Uli spoke up, "We need to get out of here"


    Both Aiko and Bethany nodded in agreement the trio quickly exited the room, but Uli instantly stopped startling both Aiko and Bethany.


    Before the girls stood a girl clad in metallic grey digital armour, the orange energy shining brightly within the dark corridor. The three of them had no idea what was standing before them before they could even do anything a shining purple bloom started to appear at the centre of the figure.


    All of a sudden a plasma beam emitted from the purple bloom heading straight for them, fortunately, the trio were able to move quickly to avoid any direct hits however they weren''t quick enough to avoid the explosion.


    The explosion knocked them down to the ground winding them. Aiko''s vision was blurred as she looked around, she could make her friends on the other side of the corridor both of them unconscious.


    The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.She froze in fear of what was going to happen.


    "You bitch!" Sachika shouted as she used Quadruple Tachyon on her enemy, however, her opponent easily avoided the ability dodging it out of the way.


    "Aiko!" Bethany called out as she looked on in shock. Sachika flinched upon hearing Aiko''s name she turned around to look in the direction of the other students only to see both Uli and Bethany trying to get a reaction out of Aiko to no avail.


    No! Why is this happening to me, first Hibiki and now Aiko, Sachika hands started to flex controllably, her eyes pulsing with a blueish hue as a dozen strands of her hair started to turn blue? Images of both Hibiki and Aiko''s lifeless bodies were filling up inside her head.


    She grabbed her head intensely, "No! Stop it!" Sachika screamed out.


    Why do I feel so cold? Aiko thought to herself as she looked around all she could see was nothing but a black abyss.


    "I guess I''m dead then" she sheepishly accepted her outcome without resisting.


    Aiko just floated in the empty abyss all by herself, as she thought about the many things she wanted to do in her life.


    "Who are you suppose to be?" Aiko asked anxiously.


    Aiko just looked on, as in her eyes the scene before her something of pure spectacle and beauty.


    Her body fidgeted and squirmed as the woman before Aiko continued to perform whatever unknown ability she was using. Once finished the woman released her hold on Aiko, the latter falling upon an invisible surface as fresh tears came from her eyes upon experiencing such a traumatic experience.


    As Aiko laid there in her academy uniform blood seeped unto the invisible flooring. The woman turned away as she hovered off into the distance eventually vanishing in thin air.


    Little did Aiko know that back in reality, both Uli and Bethany looked on in horror as they witnessed Aiko''s body transformation as they watched blood and cringe-worthy noises could be heard and seen.


    The two friends were unable to use their Essence abilities due to not having a partner until that happened both Uli and Bethany were useless in their current predicament.