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For a moment, Ella stopped breathing. 

The force with which she hit the wall completely knocked the air out of her lungs. Without a sound, she crumpled onto the floor. Her breathing came back in short, shallow gasps. Her vision went black for a moment as agony gripped her. Was this what dying felt like? It hurt so much. Everything hurt so much… This was so much worse than the time she fell down the stairs and broke her arm. Her head throbbed, ringing in her ears muffling all the external sounds. They were distant, but still there… She could hear Kari asking if she was okay.

But why could she hear Kari? Was Kari dead too? No, no, this pain was proof she wasn’t dead. 

She was alive. How was she alive? It was a miracle! Magical girl miracle!

[color=e77fbf]"I- I’m okay."[/color] Ella wheezed out, sounding absolutely not okay. She sounded and looked exactly like someone who’d been thrown into a wall. As she lifted her head to look at her friend, blood dripped down her forehead in a sluggish river. Her arms trembled with exertion as she managed to push herself up, leaning in the direction Nora pulled her and slumping against the wall. It was better than being prone. [color=e77fbf]"Ican’earyou, Kari."[/color]

Her words slurred together, her mouth feeling like it was full of toffee. But she was quickly coming back to things, managing to think through the pain to figure out just how bad it was. It felt like someone had driven a knife in between her ribs, intense pain radiating out from her side. Probably a broken rib. Or three. She bent her legs and arms, twisting her hands with a grimace. Everything hurt, but she could move everything too. So nothing else was broken… She could probably walk with help. Thank Sailor Moon. It was a miracle she wasn’t in much shape. Was it because of her magic? Was her feeling stronger not just a feeling but reality? 

She was obviously strong enough to survive being thrown into a wall by a monster like a ragdoll. 

[color=e77fbf]"Don’t be scared, I’ll protect you. I’m alive, Nora."[/color] She said, voice much clearer now. She reached out to pat Nora’s hand on her arm, though there was no strength in that gesture. She’d heard everything, even if it was all slightly fuzzy through the pain. Her head tilted so that she could squint up at the newcomer. 

She was suggesting they all hit it. Normally, Ella would jump on something like that. Just moments ago she’d been ready to beat the thing up herself. She told herself she wouldn’t run. She wouldn’t let it hurt her friends, but- but- she wasn’t strong enough to stop it. And if she wasn’t strong enough, who was? Nora, Kari? No. 

Sometimes Sailor Moon lost. But her friends never got hurt badly when it happened.

[color=e77fbf]"We- Can’t."[/color] Ella coughed, looking away from Lynn. She felt ashamed to say that. She should be the positive one, the brave one. She was! But she’d also felt that thing’s strength when it threw her against a wall like it was nothing. She could barely move. She didn’t want to die! She wasn’t overconfident anymore. 

She was scared too, even if she tried not to show it. 

Her eyes, pupils unevenly dilated, moved back to Kari. It was hard for her to think through it all, like her mind was covered in fog. So naturally she looked towards the person she should’ve listened to in the first place. [color=e77fbf]"What do we do, Kari? Oh, I can smash another window to get through… Just gimme a minute… We should do something. I’m okay, so I can do something."[/color]

She waved the hand that wasn’t covering Nora’s as if that’d miraculously help her get up off the ground. The more she talked, the more obvious it was that she’d hit her head- if the blood on her face wasn’t already obvious enough. Her gaze drifted towards nothing, eyes unfocused as she repeated her question. The pain was getting worse. Shouldn’t it get better?

[color=e77fbf]"But what can we do? Kari?"[/color]