Elodiaren began moving as he swiftly knocked over the men that surrounded him, taking advantage of their stupor. After he was done, he looked around just in case there was still danger looming behind his neck. When he knew that there wouldn't be any threat, he turned to look towards Emersyn who was now countering the people who kept on firing a gun at her. She elegantly avoided all the bullets and even gave back some that she caught.
"Get out of here now!" She shouted, clearly at Elodiaren.
However, her words fell in deaf ears when she saw that Elodiaren just shook his head with a smile. He took off his coat and discarded it somewhere and then joined the fight with his bare hands.
"Aren?!" She worriedly called.
Despite her clear irritation, Elodiaren felt happy that the person he love cared for him even against these opponents.
Now that he thought about it, how come Emersyn could still wield the power she had in just a short amount of time?
He got distracted as he looked at Emersyn with squinted eyes. Suddenly, a bottle of champagne hit his head, but it wasn't enough to make him faint. Although his vision was filled with red, he raged and attacked those in his territory.
At the midst of fighting, Emersyn was slowly collecting---... gathering the unarmed people to protect them. They back away in the corner of the room as Emersyn continued her barrage of attacks against these armed men. She caught bullets and returned them back as quickly as they left the muzzle. When she could finally see the end of the fight since a lot had already died and some fled, she heaved a heavy sigh as she could feel her body screaming at her. However, she couldn't let her guard down.
After everything died down and the people behind her expressed their thanks, someone suddenly raised a gun and aimed at the back of her head.
That person could see the protruding bullet on her skull and his target would be that point. The people beside him noticed too late as the gun was fired immediately. It produced a loud sound as the people surrounding all blocked their ears, crouched down with a scream.
Emersyn, however, already perceived this the instant that person raised his gun. She turned around and eyed the bullet that stopped in the air. As if there was an invincible barrier separating them. That person was shocked just as he couldn't comprehend this impossible phenomenon in front of him. His legs trembled as he collapsed on the ground with a bullet in his heart. Emersyn finally released a sigh of relief, looking at Elodiaren who was panting near her with bullets in his body. It wasn't enough to kill him as he made sure that those wouldn't hit his vitals.
"Aren," Emersyn approached as her heels sounded out on the floor.
"I'm sorry, I can't really transfer even a bit of my power in this body," he heaved as he leaned his tired body on Emersyn.
"That's fine, Aren. Let's treat you, okay?"
"Yes, please..."
"Let's go home first---" with a sudden realization, she wrapped her arm around Elodiaren's waist and then stood up steadily with a cold look in her eyes.
"My Lady?"
"Remember what Simon said."
Elodiaren's eyes went wide as he groaned, trying his best to go towards the doors of the hall. Emersyn quickly supported him and steadily guided him outside. When they arrived outside, she hailed a taxi and gently pushed Elodiaren inside.
"Sorry, Aren. I have to hand you over to our hospital."
"Wha-ugh!"
Emersyn carefully secured him in the seat and gave the driver the money that she got from Elodiaren's wallet.
"Please drive him to Amani Central Hospital. Keep the change," she said as she seriously stared at the driver.
"Emersyn!" Elodiaren called despite the pain he felt.
Seeing that he wouldn't back down, Emersyn sighed and flicked his forehead. "I will take care of things, Aren."
"No! Please… you always have to leave me behind… just this once… let me be beside you. I… I don't want to come back and won't find you home."
Emersyn smiled then planted a soft kiss on Elodiaren's cheeks, careful not to touch his gashes. "I will come back this time. I promise. Will you wait for me?"
"... yes."
"Good," she said as she looked at the driver, "Please take care of him."
The driver smiled widely and gave her a thumbs up before driving away hurriedly.
Upon seeing the disappearing figure of the taxi, she immediately fished out her phone and went to their private website. She searched where Downe Incorporation was and quickly calculated the distance it would take to go to the nearest branch. However, will she reach on time?
In any case, she took deep breaths as she circulated energy in her body. She could still do it. She had to do it.
Emersyn threw away her heels and immediately took off as she constantly looked at her phone for directions. When she saw that she could shorten the time by jumping over that tall building, she didn't hesitate to stop and focused energy on her legs to overcome the obstacle. The force of her jump gathered the attention of the people as they watched how a woman in a dress, barefooted, climbed the rest of the way then jumped down before taking off once again. She took the shortest route possible. When she saw a bunch of limousines running, she jumped on the roof of the leading car and waited.
She heard, "Are we being attacked?!"
She had to make sure if this was the group she was aiming for. The window rolled down and a man wearing sunglasses peered up and aimed a gun at her when he saw her. She groaned, "Guns. Again," but at least she found the one she was looking for.
Emersyn jumped in front of the car and firmly held the bumper to stop their momentum. She skidded on asphalt before she firmly planted her feet in the road. They fired guns at her indiscriminately. However, the bullets only penetrated nothing before stopping right before Emersyn. Even the stray bullet stopped midair and hit no one.
They exclaimed in panic, "What?!"
"Fire! Just fire!"
"But boss!"
"What?!"
"The police are coming!"
"What the fck?! Who called them?! Aren't they supposed to be held back?! What happened?!"
Emersyn, who heard their conversation inside the car, raised her phone and waved it with a smile though they couldn't see her eyes. They paled upon noticing, but when the driver stepped on the accelerator, the car wouldn't budge at all. Emersyn tightened her grip on the bumper and threw the car over as it rolled then settled upside down. When she was sure that the police were here, she immediately took off to the next location.
It was farther than the first one, but she still tried to exceed the limit of this body she currently possessed. What if they already raided where she would be going?
Emersyn strengthened her resolve and ran faster. When she could see fire coming from a building, she checked if it was the 7th branch and it was. She was already late. Nevertheless, she stopped in front of the building while people watched it burn behind her. She closed her eyes and felt the silver ocean deep inside her body. She released a few breaths and droplets started to emerge out of nowhere. People were amazed as they started touching those droplets, but gasped when each of the droplets compressed like steel and penetrated the glass wall.
Those needle-like water entered the building and started raining down on each floor, seemingly multiplied in huge amounts.
Emersyn gasped as she persevered to keep this up just until the fire was out. When the fire fighters arrived, she disappeared into the crowd and checked her phone once again. She decided to go to the next destination, the mansion.
***
Three were saved, but the casualties were huge. The remaining twelve were raided and obliterated.
Emersyn arrived in front of Amani Central Hospital as she dragged her heavy body to where Elodiaren was. However, when she entered the hospital, she was immediately given care and that was where she collapsed. She mumbled, "Aren..." then lost consciousness.
When she came to, she could see partitions in her periphery. She groaned when she tried moving her body, but failed to move. Suddenly, the left partition opened and she gazed at the man who opened it.
"Aren…," she called with a tired smile.
"My Lady… thank god you're okay! I was worried sick when they brought you here. Oh right! It has been a week since you fell asleep. You have to rest more, okay?"
"Mhm…," she didn't fight the lethargy and just succumbed to sleep.
Elodiaren stood up with a wince, but nevertheless, he approached Emersyn's bed as he sat on the chair. He combed her unruly hair then gently caressed her soft cheeks. He mumbled, "You came back…."