Things began to get interesting. Lihko seemed uninterested in teaming up with the other heroes which was to be expected. He wanted to take down the Healer on his own, which was also understandable. However, Blade and Ryu were just as stubborn and wanted to help not only protect Aya but also bring in the Healer. At last, Aya stood and surprisingly began to speak. It seemed as though she was going to tell them everything which was what they had hoped. But no one could be sure what details she would leave out. Her story seemed like a sad one but then again most of them had tragic pasts no doubt. Blade, being more of a sensible female wanted to comfort Aya as Lihko had tried but felt he had already beaten her to it. Blackbird on the other hand simply listened with her arms folded across her chest and eyes laid dead upon the female speaking. She was more no nonsense and wanted the details if it would lead Ryu to the Healer she would have to come along as well, to keep him safe... not that she cared or anything. Ryu waited patiently, his anger from before completely subsided, his Ash side coming forward a bit and feeling sad for the girl before him. Hex was different than the others. He didn't feel much for any of them except Blade. Not even the girl who was practically pouring her heart out to them. The teen watched from the other rooftop, looking down at them with his hands in his pockets, feeling the necklace over with his right hand. He hoped the drama would end soon so that he could go home with Runo. There was a familiar sound that he couldn't quite place his finger on, he raised his head the split second that the building exploded beneath the feet of the others. He couldn't act fast enough, but he would try. Hex lept down from the rooftop, attempting to tackle Blade and protect her from the rubble and the fall. It was almost a failure but he felt her in his arms and simply closed his eyes, turning his body over slightly so she wouldn't be crushed beneath him or rubble, but just protected in his arms. 

[h3][color=#008080]Runo/Blade[/color][/h3]

She couldn't tell what had happened. All she knew was that there was a loud noise that had to have been an explosion and then she was in someone's arms. Who's she did not know. It must've been Leon's, right? Only he would try to shield her like this. Everything was so loud, the ringing in her ears was what she heard mostly, than there was everything else after it had subsided. It was like the entire Earth had gone into chaos. So much noise. Desperately she squirmed to get her arms free to cover her ears but it wasn't going to work he was holding her and they were being crushed by so much rubble. Blade groaned quietly and at last opened her eyes to see Hex's face just inches from her's. "Leon..." She whispered in a wheezy voice. He seemed to be unconscious. "Hex. W-wake up." 

[h3][color=green]Leon/Hex[/color][/h3]

Something must have struck his head because he was out cold. Maybe he hit it when they fell to the ground. The side of his face was a bit scraped and somewhat bleeding but nothing too serious. The main problem was the rubble crushing him and Runo. [i]"Hex. W-wake up."[/i] He hadn't heard her but began to move anyways. "Nnn... Runo... what the hell happened?" He groaned just as much as she had. Everything hurt, but it didn't matter, he had protected her and that was what mattered. 

[i]"I don't know... it's so loud. I can't even think straight." [/i]

"Give me a minute and I'll get us out of here." He moved his arms to cover her ears. 

[h3][color=gray]Jet/Blackbird[/color][/h3]

There was no predicting it. But instinctively she moved to stand in front of Ryu and made an orb of pure darkness around them before the entire building collapsed. There was nothing to it, Blackbird knew what she was doing. Of course, of course there was a chance she'd get hurt and the shield would disappear, but she was sure she could hold it. The orb began to fall, it shielded them from any heat and flying shrapnel but once it hit the ground and the rubble began to fall on top of them Blackbird began to weaken. A large piece of wall fell on top of them and the orb shattered and disappeared into nothing. She lay on top of him, unconscious. [i]"Blackbird! Hey!"[/i]

[h3][color=00BFFF]Ash/Ryu[/color][/h3]

"Blackbird! Hey!" She had shielded them both. They had both tumbled a bit in the orb but were otherwise safe upon landing. Jet lay on top of him the final crushing blow from the piece of wall had made her lose consciousness. He gritted his teeth with one arm around her and attempted to push the wall off of them. "Shit..." It was crushing them both. It was so hard to focus with the noise but he wasn't going to let that affect him. Ryu would keep trying until he pushed the rubble off of them. However, he was only human and it would take more than one person with one free arm to get the wall off of them. "Nngh! Little help!!"