Ciel held the beast in place with all her might as she watched the other operators attack. Aki leaned into the numbness and searched through her chip folder like a fridge at midnight, looking over and over at the same weapons, desperately trying to find a way to escape this madness.

[color=39b54a]"Try not to waste them, and thank you for freeing me, young one!"[/color]

Aki took a step back, shocked out of her trance. What [i]was[/i] that creature? If it was like some kind of genie in a lamp, maybe it could also get this squad out of here?