[quote=Rhea]"What you can do right now," Rhea said in a commanding voice, "is stand up, and bring me the Lantern."[/quote]

That statement brought Anise out of her despair. Who was this person to tell Anise what to do? She looked at the girl and immediately noted the similarity in tattoos to the old man. She then recognized that she was one of the people walking along with Randold. Then she saw that eye tattoo and stood up as quickly as she could.

She jabbed a finger at the girl with a menacing expression. "You! You were one of the people carrying Randold! Where is he? What did you do with him?" She was immediately on guard against this girl.

Then one word echoed in her head: "Lantern". That was right! The Lantern was the key for her getting home. She looked at the one on the table. Tyaelaem had told her to break them all free of their cages and then she'd be able to get home. She drew her sword and positioned herself between the Lantern and this new girl. "You can't have it! The Lantern is my way home." The only way back. She couldn't let anything get in the way of that! She needed to get back to the blue Lantern where she started, but it had been taken by that strange boy and changed. Her mind was blank except for one thing: get home alive at all costs.

She considered briefly threatening the girl if she attempted to take it, but decided that if she did anything of the sort it meant that she was an enemy just like that old man.