[quote=@GodOfChaos]
It didn't take Izumi long to process why the girl in front of her went pale. He froze up and watched the beast slowly walking towards them. [color=gold]"Run!"[/color] Suddenly his shoulder jerked the opposite direction and his legs forced him to move. He realized the girl had grabbed his hand to make sure he followed. [color=orange][i]Why would she save a stranger?[/i][/color] Izumi realized that she could have left him behind and bought her time to get away. Izumi's eyes came across the silhouette of a building in the distance. [color=orange]"Hey! Up there! There is shelter![/color]
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Autumn followed his line of eyesight and gasped relief. It was indeed a castle they could take shelter in. Whether it would stand against the force of the Chimera was another matter but they would cross that bridge when they came to it. First they had to make it there alive. Autumn risked a glance back over her shoulder at the beast and almost stumbled from shock when she saw a boy approaching the beast. What in the world did he think he was doing?! She paused, releasing the boy's hand as she turned, torn between running or going back and saving the boy from certain doom.