Into the Maelstrom

[hexylady.livejournal.com]

Who: Hex and whoever's at Atlantica
What: Hex is after something...
Where: Atlantica

Purple and blue lighting raced across the sky, nearly blinding Hex as she struggled to keep the boat on course. The waves tossed it back and forth, soaking her again and again. It would have been so much easier to just portal her way there, but she didn't have an exact idea of where exactly 'there' was. It had been a miserable week, but...

A steady grin kept itself pinned to her face.

It was here. At the heart of this storm,  was what she had been suffering this whole week to find.

Just a little further now...

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The storm was finally beginning in earnest.

The call had gone up for everyone to gather quickly in the town center in an orderly fashion. They didn't, of course. Panic ran rampant throughout the fleeing civilians, and it was all Ray could do to keep them from trampling each other as she opened Corridors of Light. She hoped the merpeople were making a bit better progress with their retreat. Ariel had talked to her father, and they'd been sent off, literally swimming for their lives. The consensus was that the Sea of Worlds would be their best chance of survival; that is, provided the Miasma didn't follow.

She nodded her thanks to Will and vanished into another Corridor, returning to the castle for anyone left behind. The refugees crowded around her like frightened lambs when she appeared. She sighed. It was tiring, opening the portal so often in rapid succession like this. But it had to be done, or...

Lightning flashed, and she saw something from the nearby window. Out in the ocean, something... The people could wait a second or two, she decided, staring out to make sure of what she'd seen.

Sure enough, there was a boat out there. It was barely even visible amongst all the waves, but she supposed the light had hit it at exactly the right moment. She shook her head. Who would possibly go out there in a storm like this, when the world was about to...

Her eyes widened, blood running cold.

The Atlanteans tugged at her sleeves, begging to go somewhere safe. Ray gritted her teeth and took them through, staying only long enough to tell Will and Lesley that she had to take care of something and she'd be right back. Her next Corridor took her to the beach, where the waves threatened to overtake her, but she fought to stand, stubbornly scanning the seas for that boat. There was a bright purple flash, and that was all she needed.

She stepped out of the Corridor of Light and onto the small boat, crouching low and grabbing the side. Thunder roared, another bolt flared, and Ray ripped it from the sky with a fierce cry, throwing it at the one steering the boat.

Now it was just a matter of this being the right target...

[sharagran.livejournal.com]

Amidst the throng of civilians running rampant, Lesley was busy picking out those least affected by Darkness before sending them through a nearby Dark Corridor, courtesy of Eliphas. It was a slow progress, and with Ray suddenly disappearing, they had no other choice but to send the others through as well.

"Listen up! Before stepping through the portal, be sure to close your eyes and jump through as fast as you can! Help awaits you on the other side!"

Eliphas took control, channelling more and more darkness into the rift, increasing its size. As he spoke, he sounded audibly strained by the effort.

"And be quick about it! I'm granting you mortals enough favours as it is!"

This garnered quite a few cocked eyebrows, but thankfully, the utter chaos prevented people from asking questions.