– Kathy
Ironically, it ended up being a good thing that the energy sent through the building made Kathy lose her footing just a split second before the building was decimated. She had been making her way down the hallway when the entire building shook and cracked from the impact, making her trip and lose contact with the ceiling. Blown up by the force of the blast, she momentarily floated up back towards the ceiling as most of it was blown away. She fell down at the same time as the rubble did, gasping in pain as she landed on her side. Because she had begun to fall first, the blast actually helped cushion the impact a bit by keeping her from plummeting straight down. If she had been walking along the ground, the rubble would’ve fallen on her head or something instead of landing with her on the ground. That didn’t mean she wasn’t hit by any of the pieces, but it was far better than getting a direct headshot from above. She had been lucky.
Remaining fairly still on the ground for a moment, she made a quick check by gently moved her limbs. ‘Okay, it all hurts but nothing is broken. I can still move everything.’ Trying to ignore the pain she felt in various parts of her body, she gritted her teeth and rolled onto her back to get a view of the now-visible sky above her. She looked up in time to see a strange portal open up, and 4 figures came out from there with a horrible scream and headed towards the building. From where she lay, she could also see that the other buildings seemed rather untouched. It took her a while to realize why she even cared about such a thing. ‘Was this building the only one affected by that just now?’ “......!” Her eyes opened wide and Kathy quickly sprang back to her feet. ‘It’s just here! Whatever happened just now only happened here!’ She ran as fast as she could back towards the auditorium, and pretty much slammed into the door as she swung it open.
For a moment she blanked out. Quite a few students were on the ground, moaning out in pain and there was a huge mess in the building from fallen stage lights and debris. The scene made her think of a field hospital full of wounded. Shaking herself out of it, Kathy yelled out, “They’ll be here soon..! No point going outside! Stay here!” After that she had to stop to catch her breath. Even though it wasn’t very far, she had the wind knocked out of her with that blast and still ran all the way back at full speed. Her lungs were desperate for oxygen, and she was just glad she was able to yell the most important bit out first. Still busy trying to breathe normally, she went over to the group that had been split up into 2 teams. Stopping in front of Crash she desperately gasped, “… Okay, I’m not actually… 100% sure but… Pretty sure. That attack or whatever it was… It was only here… Other buildings, seemed fine… Saw in windows..! 4 things, flying towards this building!”
Perhaps relieved that she managed to tell them what she saw, her legs gave out and she ended up falling onto her knees. Taking deep breaths, she finally took a better look at herself. She was covered in scrapes and bruises, but it was nothing serious. Taking in deep breaths, she continued, “You guys could also see the 4 figures come out right? If the numbers are that small, I think we should stay here to meet them head-on instead of blindly searching for them. Once they come, Team A can focus on fighting and luring them away from here. Team B can support the fight until they’re lured away, then help tend to everyone once the enemies leave.”
