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[quote=Zoey]"... This place is hell."  [/quote]

Caelea blinked rapidly, eyes widening as Zoey started sobbing more. She shook her head at that. [color=6ecff6]“There’s no way this is hell, Zoey. We’ll get out of here.” [/color]

It couldn’t be, not after they’ve come so far. And hell wasn’t something filled with children… and your friends. From what Caelea knew you were alone in a place like that. So she agreed with Hagan, there was no way it was. He was right, the child would never do anything like that. She shook her head again. She couldn’t believe that… but she could understand why Zoey did. 

[color=6ecff6]“We can't explain this,”[/color] Caelea murmured, noticing just how much Zoey was shivering in that moment. She grabbed her hoodie, which was sizes too big for her anyway, pulling it off and holding it out to the other girl. [color=6ecff6]“Here take-”[/color]

An explosion rang through her ears and she spun around to face the destroyed building, automatically dropping into a defensive pose. Her pale eyes widened as she didn’t have to dodge any of the debris flying towards them… because Hagan had stepped in front of them and formed a full barrier. An orange barrier that made Caelea feel slightly sick to the stomach. She was even more determined to talk to him about it now. Under her breath, she muttered, [color=6ecff6]“was it always that colour?” [/color]

Before pulling herself out of the thoughts and back to the present.

That just kept getting weirder. As the Apparition moved towards them she’d fully expected Hagan’s barrier to not be able to take the damage and shatter, and for them to get hit. But instead it came to a stop and started… Crying? 

[color=6ecff6]“I don’t know,”[/color] Caelea ran a hand through her hair as she peered around Hagan at the Apparition. While she was glad that it wasn’t attacking them she wasn’t sure how much she liked this better. [color=6ecff6]“I don’t think this is real, somehow.”[/color] She frowned. [color=6ecff6]“I’m going to try talk to it.”[/color]

It was probably one of the stupidest ideas she’d had, but it was that or run away. Somehow she didn’t think running would work for them. So she stepped out around Hagan and walked forward towards the Apparition - stopping just before the edge of the dome of Hagan’s barrier. She kept her hands up and ready to use her abstraction, to hit it or get herself out of the way, if it moved. 

[color=6ecff6]“What do you want from us?”[/color] And then, more awkwardly, she added, [color=6ecff6]“And why are you crying?”[/color]