"Hey, Xassha! Xassha! XASSHA!" Nexan was right above II's head, but II could not hear her, for she was too caught up in the moment. Finally, Xassha heard Nexan and looked up.
"What do you want? I'm kind of in the middle of something," Xassha managed to get out as she deflected a thrown fan with her trident. She grunted and charged at Daxjorn, trident sticking out in front of her. Two streams of water jetted out of the side points. Daxjorn waved her fan at the jets and sent them splaying out to either side of her.
"Just... don't you think Lex would be back by now? Could you go check the castle and look for him? Make sure he's not hurt. I'll take over with Daxjorn." At this, the turbulence in the air stopped, and the room immediately dried up. Nexan dropped down to her feet and conjured her scythe. "Thanks, II. Now, Daxjorn, show me what you've got." Nexan got into fight stance and smiled, beckoning her opponent.
Xassha started to walk to the door as Daxjorn let loose her first blast of wind, which Nexan deflected with an anti-gravity bubble around Daxjorn. Nexan swung at Daxjorn's feet, missing only because of VII's fast reflexes. The bubble popped and Daxjorn dropped suddenly, but managed to get to her feet right away. She wiped her forehead, then lunged at Nexan.
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Xassha speed-walked through all the hallways, checking all the doors along the way until she got to the back of the castle. Just as she open the garden doors, Lexamich collapsed inside the open gate, letting o of the body he was carrying. The body rolled to the side. Xassha ran over to make sure it wasn't another member, then ran back inside. She practically flew back to the training room, just in time to see Daxjorn take a swipe at Nexan and the spike of the fan gaze Nexan's forehead. A chunk of lavender-colored hair fell to the ground, and Daxjorn gasped. Xahnan and Maxsodin looked up from their battle.
"Oh, Nexan." Maxsodin ran over and whispered something in Nexan's ear. Nexan limply reached up and felt her face, then covered the right side of it with her hand. She looked down at the hair in the floor and turned to see Xassha behind her.
"Lexamich is in the garden. Found him with a stranger, both collapsed. Are you okay?" Xassha asked hoarsely, though she already knew what had happened.
"I'll be fine. You guys, go get Lex and bring him to the infirmary. I'll be waiting there." Nexan pointed to Xahnan and Daxjorn, the added, "And good job with the sparring, Dax."
For the rest of the night, Daxjorn couldn't get the image of Nexan's hair falling away, leaving nothing but an empty hole where her eye should have been. Even when looking for the body of the mysterious stranger, all that Daxjorn and Xahnan could talk about was what had happened in the training room earlier. They never did find the second person that had been collapsed in the garden earlier.
Right before climbing into bed that night, something dawned on Daxjorn. There had been no blood shed earlier. Nexan had a pre-existing wound.
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