A powerful boom pulled Zera back to her feet. She didn't even realize she had fallen. It was only until she felt and heard her friend's worried voices that she snapped back to reality.
Her heart was pounding, and her nerves were on edge. She was out of focus, gently removing her hands from their hold as she stared at them.
The sight of the pool of blood flashed in her mind's eye, creating an unanswered question in Zera's mind.
"Z!" Beatrix was shaking her gently. Zera blinked and only then remembered where she was. They were in the middle of a simulation.
She glanced at the sky. The rain had stopped pouring.
"Are you alright?" her friend worriedly asked. The others had crowded around her. It took her a moment to process what happened. She had no clear understanding of it, and with the way her companions were staring at her, she had a bad feeling that neither of them had any idea what just happened to her either.
