Hushed whispers and crying could be heard throughout an airship that carried Phoenix and his three teammates away from Beacon Academy. Many, including Phoenix's teammate, Nyte, were desperately attempting to find signals using their scrolls in order to find missing friends, family members, lovers, and teammates. Unlike these concerned civilians, however, Nyte seemed solely focusing on finding a signal in order to get an update on the situation, but was having little luck so far. They didn't need much of an update, however, as they had seen the discord and massacre unravel before their very eyes.

The gashes that ran across Soleil's leg and Phoenix's arm were testament to the reality of the event.

So was Ash's blank expression that gazed across the airship and out a window that was facing in the direction of the now fallen academy. He clearly seemed to be lost in thought as he did not even react to his blonde teammate leaning against him as she wrapped her injured leg in gauze that was found inside one of the airship's med-kits while pathetically whimpering throughout the process. Phoenix could empathize with her pain, he supposed, but he kept his mouth shut and his eyes trained on his surroundings. This, of course, included the black creature that flew above Vale's skies and dangerously close to escaping airships. And to make matters worse, the airships were beginning to turn on each other as if they were being controlled by a malevolent force.

It might not have been Shade that fell, but the situation meant the same outcome - they were all going to die soon enough.