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

Morrigan had not yet noticed that Desmond had left them, nor the trickle of blood from her nose turning into a waterfall. But soon the crystal had begun to feel like it was burning and freezing her hand at the same time, and she yanked it away as she began to take in her surroundings. Her hand became dull and empty as if she had lost feeling in it, and the lack of sensation began to crawl up her arm. She suddenly noticed Luca again, trembling and yelling after the absent Desmond, and Luna calling after them, and even the cold taste of copper on her lips. Finally she felt the chamber churn and crumble around them and came to the blunt realization of what was happening.

Before she could even attempt to move, the crystal had become a ruby, shocking Morrigan to her knees. With every throb, blood gushed from her nose and she let out desperate whimpers as she tried to regain her composure. By now the dullness in her arm had spread to her legs, but nonetheless she helped herself to her feet.

"Run...run...run...", she whispered to herself. While she had willed her empty legs to stand, an impulse she couldn't control raced to every muscle in her body and she acted.

She suddenly grabbed an arm from both Luna and Luca and attempted to pull them out of the chamber. She didn't want to die tonight, nor anyone else die. Tears dripped down her face along with blood from her nose and her feet became dirty from the combination of gravel and dirt and what she hoped to God was water. With gasping growls she pulled with what little strength she had, scurrying further back into the tunnel, praying any moment now she'd find herself back at the sinkhole opening.