Red felt a burning sensation in her nostrils when she took a whiff of the dust Kleister gave them. Her nose flared up and she began to see things melt away in front of her eyes, everything turned mushy and weird.
What was happening to her?
Her vision was a mix of warm faces, places, stars that twinkled serenely in the dark skies. All fluffy things she dreamt off when she was young.
It felt psychedelic. A kaleidoscope of pretty things.
But then all the happy things warped into something darker. Faces became distorted and flowers wilted away.
Sparkles and pink glitters turned to muddles, and then everything went pitch black.
She tried to look around and she saw no one else was beside her.
Ari wasn't anywhere, nor was Lexus Cryptante, the lieutenant commanders. The other candidates and their warriors weren't around too.
Something began to creep under her skin and she could tell it looked as big as beetles.
