With the sound of the bulkhead closing behind her, Mokou could focus her attention fully on the aliens. They were charging pretty quickly, but were still a ways off. Plenty of time to hold the card up to her face...Nobody was around, and it was never necessary, but she called the card anyway. "Immortal: Fire Bird-Flying Phoenix!"
The effect was immediate, and drastic - large, flaming wings seemed to sprout from her back, and they were throwing as many fireballs forwards as her hands. As the aliens burned up, though, so did the walls - when they were all gone, and Mokou's spell ended, she only then realised what had happened...as she was pulled out into the vacuum.
She hadn't left enough to get away from the sun, burning brightly in her eyes, before they closed...
Who Knows Where
"You're hurt," a voice told Mokou. "I don't know what it is, but you've been hurt pretty bad." She couldn't put her finger on it, but she'd heard that voice before...
"Konpaku!" she yelled, starting up. That only set the reincarnation-headache off, and she had to fall back down again. "Where are we? What's going on?"
"You had to tag out," was Youmu's explanation. "And this place, whatever it is, decided to send me to replace you, but..." She trailed off, almost as though looking for the right word. "Something's stopping me from leaving right now."
Mokou held her hand up to her face. "So...are we going home?"
"You are. As for me, well...I have to stay here until I'm sent forward. Yuyuko-sama will just have to live without me a few days again..." With a somewhat wistful look, the younger girl walked off. Mokou was still deep in thought, though.
I almost burned up in the sun...Why am I here, now? She looked around, and only saw a black void. And where is here?
