"Don't worry Mika, I'll get both of us away from here..." Rio decides to ignore the pain in his head and proceed forward, to the dark space without any light. While carrying Mika on his back, Rio breathes heavily since he uses most of his mana to maintain Pride Of Lightning And Thunder.
Rio's movement is sluggish but rough as he gets obstacles such as debris or rubble out of the way. Soon, Rio reaches the two-way hallway. On the left, is a dark path with no dead end as the dark filled the path. On the right then is the path filled with more darkness.
Rio didn't care about any of the choices because both paths most probably had the same result. Rio decided to go left, but then. A faint sound can be heard in Rio's ears. As Rio turns his head to the opposite way, the sound is faded.
It wasn't the sound of a footstep, but more like the sound of some kind of object that makes some kind of sound in a symmetrical phase. Perhaps, it was an object that was hanging by the wire as it was hitting the wall, that's what Rio thought.
But then, the sound grew louder, then faded. Soon, the sound of rubble made of debris hitting the floor, as if someone was pushing the debris away. Rio couldn't decide to either check the sound or go in the opposite direction of it.
(Perhaps, if there's a people that way, they might have a way to help Mika. Even if they were from Ten's group.) With that in mind, Rio proceeded to go the right way while carrying Mika on his back.
"Help! Someone's there?!" Rio, while making his way to the noise, the sound of the object is gone. As if it were alive, Rio is almost convinced there's a lifeform there.
"My friend is hurt! The potion isn't working on him! Hell, even his own spell isn't working! I don't care who you are, but I've come with peace of mind!" At the same time, Rio's pain which comes from his head comes back as he groans a bit.
Rio walks a bit deep in a dark, black space. Which is filled with nothing but debris, an object that comes from inside the building, to begin with, and more debris. At that moment, even if it were faint, Rio could feel someone's presence in this very darkness.
"Hello?! Can you hear me?! Mika was hit by the Purple Fire! Do you have any idea how to help him?!" About two seconds later, Rio stumbled upon something on the floor.
"Ouch!" Because Rio was inside the darkness, he couldn't possibly know any way there was an object right there. But at that moment, Rio felt he lost something important. He immediately realized it as he couldn't feel a certain 'weight' on his back.
"Mika?! Mika, where are you?!" Shouts Rio as he searches for Mika in the darkness. Rio's on all four, blindly searching for Mika with his hand inside the darkness. All Rio could feel from his hand was only dust, stone, or debris. There are no signs such as a human's warm body in his vicinity.
Then Rio realized that he could use Fire Magic which he doesn't use often to light up the darkness. The fire was very dim as it didn't light the darkness much. But Rio can still see briefly inside the darkness.
"Mika! Where are you-" As Rio leaned sideways, his head was hit by something he felt on his butt. Mixed with the pain in his head before, Rio can feel dizziness and a painful sensation reach over him. But then, he couldn't believe what he saw when he looked above.
"...Mika?" As Rio saw it, it was Mika. None of his body parts touch the floor, and he's been bound by the pink thread as he's hanging upside down. Then, the sound of familiar objects which was the sound from the floor.
Meryna, with all four while the planks were supposed to support her weight, has broken. With an eerie smile, she looked at Rio with a piercing gaze. Meryna then opens her mouth...
"What a pity guy~ With the burned wound all over his body, I bet he must be very painful right now~" At the same time, Rio realized that Mika was conscious as he saw the supposed bright, emerald eyes were almost faded.
"Rio... Is that you... Why am I was on upside down?"
"M-Mika..." As the two see each other in the eyes, Meryna interrupts them...
"My, my~ Don't tell me you both were dating?~ But, it's a shame... Because in this instant, I must release him from the pain suffering him... Truly, a shame..."
"W-What are you saying-" Rio tried to question Meryna, but Meryna didn't hesitate. From Rio's perspective, Mika has been cut into multiple parts. Rio on the other hand, was smeared with red, crimson blood as he watched Mika with pieces hit the ground.