Faira sighed in relief as Rose stepped between her and the demon, the woman radiating with power, as the robot fired at Adriane.

[b]“Can none of you get along?”[/b] the woman exclaimed, making Faira jump. She looked on with slight awe as the woman released her power on Adrian and the robot, binding them.

Faira gasped and took a single step down as green flames suddenly burst from the paintings and hungrily licked at the walls.

“Don’t have to tell me twice,” she muttered shakily when Rose spoke again. Before she could turn and run down the stairs, the woman gripped her hand. Her eyes widened as she finally found out the woman was, in fact, made of glass as she had seemed.

Faira stumbled up a couple steps as Rose pulled her along down the stairs before she fell in step. When the woman stopped, releasing her, and turned toward the two boys, Faira descended the remaining few stairs before Rose addressed the others.

Stopping at the bottom of the stairs, she looked back up as Rose tried to hold off the flames. Glancing from the oddly colored fire to the woman and back, she hesitated for only a moment as the image of the pillar of flame her powers had used her to summon came to her mind.

[i]Control. It’s all about control,[/i] she thought, taking a deep breath. She mimicked rose and reached forward, trying to command the flames to recede, unsure if the magical fire would obey her command.