It was a nightmare. That was all.
Monsters pouring from an eternal darkness, a nightmare was all it could be.

 Calista's eyes slid open, everything was hazy and muffled. She could hear someone talking. It was distant, distorted. After a brief chat the voices died away and she blinked.
"Kito...?" She managed to groan. The world turned clear and she could see that her nightmare was real. A roar shook her out if her daze and she looked around. There was nothing she could see that could sound that fearsome.

Taking to her own feet, Calista realized her staff was missing.
"Kito, where is my stick?" She asked slowly. She was still groggy and head had started to hurt.
There it was! Just a short distance from her.
With much stumbling, she made her way over to it and stooped to pick it up. When upright again, a beast that looked much like a coeurl stood before her, growling.

Startled, Calista gasped. Then to her surprise, she reacted. The "coeurl" attacked and her body started to cast quake on its own. Her gold eyes shone in the dark as the earth before her shuddered and split, devouring the creature before it reached her.

Calista stepped backwards to steady herself. Her head now pounded furiously from the exertion, but she could see more monsters exiting the portal.
It was time to go.

It was at that moment it dawned on her that they were missing half their group. Kyden and Sarina were missing. Calista looked back at Kito, her face a mask of worry.
"What are we going to do?!"