[center][h1][color=00aeef]Olivia[/color][/h1][/center]

[center][color=7adc6f]"If you can hear me and if you need help please just...Thump me on the back or something, I'll try to keep you safe in the meantime. "[/color]

Olivia heard her words but struggled to take action on them.  Inside her head, it felt like a vice found itself around her mind, and it grew tighter as each second passed.  A hundred silent screams washed over her again as those under her spell rebelled against her control.  Olivia tried to move her hand to pat the woman on her back, but her hands kept pressed on the sides of her head.  

Olivia knew she was not in a position to be defenseless.  The one only thought that made its way through her turbulent mind told her as much.  If she stayed here, the other heroes may try and protect her, leaving the group exposed.  With an audible, pain-filled groan, she shifted her head towards the one who had offered her salvation.  Her vision betrayed her, and she could not see the details of their face.  Yet she could see the shape of her back.  With another, louder groan, Olivia raised her hand off her head and planted it meekly on the back of the other hero.

[color=00aeef]"I can't..."[/color] Oliva started as she felt the pressure build inside her skull even further.  [color=00aeef]"I can't keep this up."[/color]  As she finished the line, she felt the pressure reach a tipping point, and in an instant, her eyes went white, and a trail of blood trickled down from her nose.  She fell backward, alive but unconscious, and landed on the floor with a dull thud.[/center]