they crossed the field, elysia's chest tightening with each step. last time she was here, she'd shown her most vulnerable self to vargas. being with him felt like how they flew ━━ exciting and scary. it's how she came to the conclusion that she never wanted to be the leader anymore. now, here she was again, going to make a difference.
        she could only hope it would be enough.
        "you got this." nova and elysia harmonized.
        "no, we got this." vargas and victor smirked.
        they all joined in. "our will is indestructible. we got this, we promise. impossible is possible. if we don't try, we'll never know."
        they let their voices carry them through the cave with power, fuelling the ambition in elysia's chest.
        the four put their hoods up, hiding in the shadows as they spot their people crossing. the eldress looked beyond pissed, and so did her father. she looked down, not even able to bear seeing his face ━━ but vargas noticed and put his hand on her arm soothingly.
        "you okay to do this?" he whispered. the flames illuminating the cave flickered across his features. "not that i don't believe in you ━━ of course ━━ but are you good?"
        she laughed, exasperated. seeing nova so determined made her nod. "yeah, i'm okay."
        he rubbed her arm up and down before it went back to his side, her arm feeling cold without his touch.
        "go time." vargas chipped and rubbed his hands together as the rest pulled their hoods down once the vampires and daywalkers crossed. vargas and victor wen't in the direction of shadyside while elysia and nova bolted for brightside. she was running as fast as she could, legs burning because she's running fast than her body can handle ━━ and her half-healed leg.
        elysia and nova neared the white buildings of their town, with daywalkers everywhere ━━ also guarding the stone, ugh.
        elysia shook her head, ignoring the fact she was stealing from her own people. as nova always did, she's in power, blowing the whistle she got from addison. the daywalkers spun their head to see the sisters on the roads, hands on their hips, determined.
        "step away from the stone and no one gets hurt," nova ordered.
        elysia smirked. "i would do what she said if i were you.   .   ."
        that didn't last long because they immediately retaliated, charging towards them once they tried to get close to the stone. alright then, the hard way!
        instinct made elysia throws her arm towards a man's head, fist clenched so feistily and powerfully, her knuckles were white. while she's busy fighting off one, another fist into her view but she ducks to dodge it, using his moment of vulnerability to kick his legs from underneath him.
        he fell to the ground with a grunt, struggling to get up from how he landed. she quickly looked to nova, who was fighting off three guys at once. she quickly sprinted to knock one of the men out, leaving nova with two that she impressively pinned down so elysia could grab their moonstone.
        the men on the ground were slowly starting to recover, so the two held onto the stone tightly with an impressed smile. elysia didn't know why she had to doubt herself all the time. she and her sister were powerful in their own ways. she was grateful to have a fighter like her at her aid. she was so damn proud.