"Dammit!" I snap in Nin's face before I scramble to my feet. Whatever was going on, Nin could handle himself! But, as much as it pained me to do so. I had to leave him here so I could tell Tiyanat!
She needed to know what had just happened and I would make sure she would!
"HEY! YOU! STOP!" one of the guards shouted at me before I slid under them. Narrowly avoiding his grip as I got back up. Slamming my feet down as hard as I could to put some more distance between us.
"Let her go, you know she's not the one we want!" another tells him as if this was a common occurrence!? What in the name of the gods had just happened!? I did not see it, but, I knew full well what had happened from all that blood.
Eventually, I made it back into the opera house and I stormed into the main hall. Disrupting the performance where Nin's earlier behaviour had not. And, as much as I hated all these eyes baring down on me. I hated this sudden cold sensation I felt even more.
None of us could use our magic yet I was still somehow cold as I stared at Tiyanat. I had not so much as uttered a word but she quickly gathered as I silently stared at her. It must've only been a few seconds at most before she desperately ran out. The others, however, could only guess as to what has happened.
"Did something happen to...?" Einervaene began to ask to which I nodded rapidly. A horrified gasp left her as her mouth was also covered up. And, I used my nose to try and figure out when Tiyanat had gotten. Nin was best left on his own but she needed someone to be there for her!
"WHERE IS MY SISTER!?" she screamed at one of the guards while another quickly started pulling information up. A task that seemed to be rather difficult as she was lashing out ceaselessly at them.
"She's family, take her." the senior one said before he nodded at a few more guards.
"Wait! Where're you taking her!? Where's our friend!?" I demanded to know.
"I-Is she alright!?" Einervaene struggled to ask as a crowd started to form.
"ALL OF YOU, BACK!" a large guard roared as they started to cock their guns at us. Which, in this city, would be fatal. No one but the city guard could use magic...
"City-Guard Officer, Sir. What about the...?" I somehow managed to overhear as the crowd behind us grew more disturbed. Where they pointed suggested only one thing. But, I was too scared by the implications.
Was Nin going to be blamed for this!?
"IT'S HIM AGAIN, ISN'T IT!?" one woman screamed in horror. Yet, the way they all reacted as Nin was slowly pulled out from the darkness confused me. They were surprised to see him here yet they were focused on someone else.
"RETURN TO YOUR HOMES IMMEDIATELY! MARTIAL LAW IN THE LOCAL AREA IS NOW IN EFFECT!" one man's voice boomed through a device just before aircraft flew overhead. From what I could hear, it was more than just a couple. It must've been a whole wing or more!
"What's going on...?" I ask in confusion as this seemed excessive for what had happened to Larishazza...
"My love! Over here!" Rose'lhia began to cry out as she tried to get past the guards.
"He with you!?" one of them barked in question before Nin was shoved our way.
"Move!" another barked. And we were all collectively forced into moving Nin through the city.
"You lot students?" one guard ended up asking us to which we nodded.
"In here...?" I ask quietly as we were suddenly corralled back into the opera building.
"LOCKDOWN EVERY STREET! I WANT HIM FOUND!" a woman seemed to bark before the doors were slammed shut in front of us.
"W-What's going on?" Einervaene squeaked in fright before I put a hand on her arm. Yet, all of our attempts to comfort soon went to Nin. He had not moved or made a sound since we got him back. It was as if someone had broken him...
"Nin? Come on, answer me!" I bark in his face after we put him down on a bar stall. And, behind him, the barkeep's expression turned dark.
"So he had struck again, hm?" he asked us, much to our confusion.
"Who? Who has done this to my love!? SPEAK!" Rose'lhia angrily demanded to know as she looked Nin over with a surgeon's eye.
The barkeep, however, took a sip from his drink to calm his nerves, "Smiling Jhurack."
And, the moment he uttered that name, Nin came to life. A vicious growl took over his features and his growled in the man's face. We tried to pull him back, yet, we weren't strong enough. His size was too great for us in our suppressed state.
"Who is that...?" Einervaene asked nervously as the barkeep rested his hands on the wood.
"The Uncatchable Killer." he utters while he cautiously watches Nin's body tremble with rage.
"Nin, you need to calm down." Einervaene tries to tell him with a soothing voice and gestures before he snaps his jaws at her.
"NIN!" I shout in disgust as this was unacceptable.