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Lyss was in pain. Her whole back and sides ached, and the cuts on her body and hands stung like she'd pressed them into salt. As much as she wanted to lay back and catch her breath as she waited for the Outsider to show herself, Lyss couldn't. Her head turned to see the Outsider in all of her rage. Instead of going after Maya, the Outsider had chosen herself to die first.

Lyss's heart dropped into her stomach. [i]No... I will not die this way.[/i] She pressed her bloody palm against the sigil. Her other hand held the necklace up in the Outsider's direction. She would have burnt to a crisp before the seal was finished, but Madison jumped in just in time. Her relief was rewarded by a sense of justice as she watched the Outsider slowly disappear into the necklace.

Bruised, cut up and bloody, and with a headache, Lyss slowly rose to her feet when she heard the DENs approaching Fantasy Land. [i]So much for a new hideout.[/i] She put her necklace back around her neck and was suddenly overcome with the exhaustion of the ritual.

> "̷͇̀A̸̗͂h̸͔̄h̴͍̓ḥ̸͂.̵̹̿.̶̻́.̶̯̀ ̴̬̐y̴̳̾ǫ̵̆ù̴̟ ̷̝͌m̴̟͐ȁ̴̫y̷͍͠ ̷̣͐ḩ̵̓a̵̭͐v̴͓̉e̷̩̽ ̸͔̽s̴̩͘t̷̹̏ơ̷͍p̵̬̄p̶͚̕ë̶̙́d̴̟̕ ̶̦̂m̵͕̃è̷̼,̵̫̄ ̶̡͊b̴̡̌u̵͇͒t̵̙̄ ̸̰͊t̴͕̒h̴͇́e̸̤̍r̶̫̀ẹ̷͒ ̶͇̄į̴̛s̶̮̐ ̷̦̈s̷̜̆ò̵͇m̷͒ething looming over the horizon. I don't know what it is but I can sense it my friend. And I know you won't be able to stop it. No one can..."

The Outsider's voice was muffled down to a whisper as Lyss resisted the temptation to release her. She watched the agents hop out of their vans too late, her eyes on Maximillian. The consequences of sealing a powerful apparition into an object on her own caught up to her within the few moments that the DENs showed and Maya revealed herself among the rubble. She was relieved to see that none of the Coven girls had died, and that relief allowed the exhaustion to set in.

Once she'd finished shielding herself from any rubble sent flying by Maya, Lyss turned towards Meifeng. [color=D3D3D3]"We just saved this universe from destruction,"[/color] she murmured. She turned her head towards Max and her eyes gave him a knowing glance before her knees gave out underneath of herself. [color=D3D3D3]"Max, could you help me?"[/color]" she asked quietly as she sat on the nearest slab of concrete before she lost her balance. At least she hadn't fainted.