[Center][color=teal][h2]Mora Kingsly[/h2][/color]

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Anger. It burned her through the girl as though she had swallowed the sun as she watched Jade's small frame begin to slip into the distance before her. [I][color=teal]How dare she?![/color][/i] Mora's ego fumed, Jade had no idea what she had been dealing with. She had no idea about how this very morning Mora had felt her heart drop into the very pit of her stomach at the thought of losing Lauren. Jade wasn't there when she had to listen to Lauren's self loathing bubbled to the surface. The fight that they [i]both[/i] had overlooked these past few years. Mora tucked her chin into her chest, her anger burned bright inside her but if she was so angry. Then where did these tears come from?

Her eyes stung as the frozen landscape swam before her. She wanted to be angry with Jade for snubbing her. For the pain she felt when the girl brushed her off. Mora wanted to yelled, she wanted to fight and she wanted Jade to see. To see that they both had failed. That she had failed. Mora's shoulders slumped as she let out a staggering sigh. The fire that brimmed within her has started to snuff out as guilt quickly filled its place. 

[Color=teal]"Hey, Connor, make sure you stay near a guide. Okay?"[/color]

She swept her gaze over him once more before taking off after Jade. Mora didn't want to think about it anymore. Lauren's brightness this morning nor Jade's resentment towards her. She just wanted to make it down the mountain and get things back to normal. Squashing down her troublesome thoughts the girl focused on picking her way down the slope with careful steps. The snow swirled around her boots with each fresh step. The soft powder glistening back at her as if all was right and pure but her feelings didn't reflect in the sun. Inside, Mora was a mess. Despite how many times she tried to shift her worrisome memories they clawed and tore at her mind. Pulling her attention away from the subtle unease in the air. 

Consumed in her own mind she had missed what the shouting was about. [B]"Mora!"[/b] Her name tore her from herself as Jade's panic laden voice brought her to the chaos that had begun to erupt around them. [Color=teal]"Jade?!"[/color] She whipped her head around, searching for her friend as an icy mist rose around her legs. [Color=teal]"Lauren?! Connor!"[/color] Mora cried out before spotting Jade a few feet back scrambling along the snow with Sano in tow.

The ground beneath her had begun to tremble as a roar slowly filled her ears. Dread choked the scream from her throat. Her eyes wide with terror as the white mass barreled down at the cadets. She didn't realize she was running until a few moments later, tearing her eyes away from the horror that was about to rain down on them. [I][color=teal]We're going to die.[/color][/i] A voice whispered in the back of her mind but her body paid no mind. Her fear fueling her frantic steps as she raced towards Jade and Sano. 

She struggled against the shifting snow as it begged to drag her down below. A voice inside her begging her to lay down and accept her fate. [I][color=teal]No.[/color][/i] She cried back as a scream caught her attention. Mora had been so focused on making it back to the safe zone she had almost ran straight past Sano and Jade. The small girl clinging to her friend as pain shot across her face. 

Mora steeled herself, forcing the roar of the avalanche from her mind, as she turned and made her way towards them. [Color=teal]"Jade!"[/color] Mora tried to yell over the noise, her hands seizing the fallen cadet. Looking over at Sano she tried to convey her intent with a look alone as she yanked the girl free. Time wasn't on their side, her eyes darted around her wildly. She could make out the faint shapes of her troop making their way to the safe zone and sent up a silent prayer to the Gods above that they could make it in time. 

[Color=teal]"Lets go!"[/color]

Mora barked back at Sano, shifting most of Jade's weight against her as she started to half drag the girl to safety. There was no way she was going to let her down. No one would die on her watch. [I][color=teal]Not again.[/color][/i] She kept a slow count of time rolling in her head as each breath stung a little deeper as the icy mist rose ever further.