The Soul Labyrinth

Aisen and Carlsen looked at Adara first then turned to Cassius. “There’s a corpse outside!” Carlsen yelled to his brother.

Tolkalee ran across the open field. Saying low and staying quiet. His bow was out and an arrow ready.

Hinata ran over to Forester's body. Gently, she reached for the ability orb.

Matthew looked around…”Don’t tell me” he ran outside. The corpse was Asayoru’s with his ability orb, Dusk and Dawn beside him. Shit… Matthew thought to himself.

Hinata held the orb in her hand.
"I wasn't his biggest fan, but no one deserves this."

(Crying my eyes out, crying my eyes out, in a bathtub! In a bath tub!)

Matthew walked back in with Asayoru’s orb in his hand. He put it in his coat’s pocket. Aisen and Carlsen are now inside the hall when Matthew closed the door.

Kohaku climbed back on Matthew’s body and sat on his shoulder.

Tolkalee ran up to the Central Hall, and ran inside. He was out of breath and shaking from adrenalin.

Aisen and Carlsen slightly flinched. “Should we be scared or…not?” Aisen asked Carlsen, not expecting an answer.

Matthew saw Tolkalee. “Oi! Come in, come in!” He pushed Tolkalee away from the door. Before the door was fully shut, a black and white came through the slight opening piercing Carlsen’s head.

The arrow disappeared after Carlsen fell to the ground, now motionless. Aisen and Cassius rushed to their brother. Cassius tried using his ability Anatomy Puppeteer to heal him, but to no avail. Carlsen’s body soon disintegrated, leaving his orb, Aura Keeper.

"God dammit," Tolkalee snapped, he jumped to the door again and aimed out looking in the direction the arrow had come from.

Hinata ran over to Adara.
"Calm down! It won't do us any good to do that!"

The same kind of arrow pierced Tolkalee’s shoulder…but it didn’t do anything to his body at all, not even a hole.

"What the hell!" Tolkalee jumped back.

Hinata ran from Adra to the door, slamming it shut.

From inside the Celestial Hall, a figure ran down from the second floor. When he arrived, he was exhausted and used to his staff as support to help him stand straight.

The exhausted newcomer looked up. He was Cronos who survived an ambush.

"God damn," Tolkalee was feeling his shoulder. The wound by his heart was now open from his sudden jerky movements, but he ignored it. "These arrows aren't coming in a straight line." He glanced up and noticed the person that had come down. "Cronos?"

Not long after, Cronos fell to the ground, not dead but unconscious due to exhaustion. Cassius left Carlsen with Aisen while he healed Cronos using similar energy.

Hinata ran over to Cronos.
"Any idea as to what is going on?" she said to no one in particular. She reached to help Cronos.

Tolkalee was looking at the windows around the room. "Evryone pick a window and get under it," he ordered. Then he ran over to Cronos and Cassius. "Help me move him."

Hinata nodded.

Matthew looked around trying piece everything together. He then realized something. “I-I need to go outside now…I’ll be back alive and well I swear” he finished the sentence and ran out of the hall and rushed to the Research Building.