[i][b]Morrigan Estrella[/b][/i]

The sudden wails of police sirens propelled Morrigan further, filling her with dread. What had happened? Did somebody do something wrong? Was somebody hurt? Did [i]she[/i] do something wrong? She always thought, or maybe just wished, she would be strong enough to be able to brave a situation when it became serious. She wanted to be able to take charge and be the hero that saves the day. But she was never able to. Whenever the going got tough, she got going...in the other direction. She panicked and ran, or cowered and hoped for it to pass and for everything to be okay. She wasn't strong enough. She was weak, weak, weak.

As she went forward she began to notice the ground wobbling under her feet, slowly growing stronger, and some kind of yellow light in the distance. Now she was getting really worried. Just what was she getting herself into? Maybe even the police would be preferable to whatever awaited her and Dez's group. It didn't matter though, she had gone too far ahead to quit now. Or was she just digging herself deeper and deeper into a hole? She'd probably find out soon, if she didn't end up dying tonight.

Morrigan soon caught up with Dez's group as they stood over a sinkhole, soon going into it. What were they thinking? Who knows what could be down there. She quickly went to the sinkhole, ignoring the ground shaking, and looked into the sinkhole. It was far too dark to see anything, but she could still hear Dez's group inside. She stood back up and looked around, trying to think about what should she should do. She could go after them, or wait for them to come back. That is, if they would come back... With a huff, she slipped off her heels and set them neatly next to each other at the edge of the sinkhole. She couldn't believe she was gonna crawl into some sinkhole leading to God knows where...

She followed the tunnel further and further, a dim blue light growing brighter at what appeared to be the end of wherever this sinkhole led. Dez and them were probably there, but what else? Eventually she reached the end, finding a chamber holding an wildly large, blue crystal, covered with some kind of vines. She then noticed Luca reaching out towards Dez, a waterfall of blood pouring from his nose. She stepped forward to help him, but suddenly her gaze was ripped back to the crystal and her mind went blank. She had always been infatuated with gems and crystals of all kinds, but she'd never seen any kind of structure like this.

Like Luca, she was drawn closer to the crystal. Her hand felt like it was magnetized to the honeycomb-like structure at the center and she gently touched it, not noticing the blood dripping down her nose.