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[color=skyblue][h1]Ariella Taraman[/h1][h3]The Outlands[/h3][/color][/center]

"Shit, fucking damn!" Ariella swore loudly, scrambling to grab her gun again. She raised it, firing off two shots at the Scorpo Anomalous that stood over Noah's dizzied body. The force knocked it back, slamming it leathally against a nearby tree. Ariella stared in shock, not moving for two moments before scrabbling over to Noah, gently touching his side. The needle had been the size of a normal knife. There was a long gash in his side. 

Panic filling her stomach and throat, she pressed her hands to it, getting pressure on it. She took deep breaths and said, "You'll be okay. You'll be fine." Keeping one hand pressed to it, she flipped out the communicator and pressed the button. The screen immediately lit up and she saw two dots on it, moving toward a red X, which is what she was assuming was her location. She flipped it shut and said, "There's someone coming. Don't worry." She was worrying, though, because those dots had been fairly far off. Any Anomalous could come at any time...

There was a rustling nearby again, and she immediately drew her gun again, taking her hand off Noah's side. She whipped around, her eyes wild. This was nothing like the simulations. In the simulations, the worst anyone got was a twisted ankle or a sprained wrist. This had blood and poison and actual pain. Her hands shook immensely, and she whipped around, looking for the intruder nearby. Those two dots were too far off to be here now. She turned rapidly, almost firing off her gun by accident. 

She looked back over at Noah and froze. He was still, not dead as she could see his chest rising and falling, but there was an eerie purplish-blue glow around him. She could hear quiet murmuring and she raised her pistol, looking around near him. Slowly, a young woman, barely younger or older than Ariella, began to appear before her. Ariella was so amazed that she slowly lowered her pistol. The woman, her eyes shut and concentrating, was the one murmuring and she had her hands in the purplish-blue glow around Noah. 

Remembering what lies out here and this woman is obviously different, Ariella jumped back into action and raised her pistol. "Who are you?! Stop!" The woman ignored her. Instead, she opened her eyes and sat back on her heels, looking down at Noah. Ariella looked down as well, and saw that Noah looked a little more... peaceful. She looked back up and saw that the woman was now standing. She looked down at Noah for another brief second, looked at Ariella, [i]winked[/i], and suddenly disappeared. 

Ariella stared at where the woman had disappeared. Was it just her imagination or had that actually happened? Blinking slowly, she gently touched Noah's arm, and found that he was less tense than he had been before. Taking a deep, shaking breath, she sat back down, keeping her pistol out for protection, until the Guards arrived.