Mom... Dad... please be okay... Juli couldn't stop a small whimper as she rode through the ruins on her hoverbike. The sounds of fighting had stopped, which she took as a good sign. Still, she needed to find her parents! A noise caught Juli's attention, and she quickly stopped her hoverbike. Listening closely, Juli focused... was that crying? Turning off her hoverbike, she took another moment to listen. Yes, that was definitely crying! It was coming from a pile of rubble nearby. Juli quickly got off her hoverbike and ran over to the pile.
"H... hello? Hello!" Juli called out into the pile of rubble that was over Kiro. "Is... is someone down there?"
A large chunk of metal was over the pile of rubble. Juli attempted to move the metal, but it was way, way to heavy for her.
"If... if someone is down there, I can hear you! I'm... I'm going to try to help you!" Juli called into the rubble. Taking a step back from the pile, Juli ran a hand through her hair and wiped some of the dust off of her glasses. Who was she kidding? There was no way she was strong enough to dig this guy out. What was she doing? What could she do?
Juli felt the panic rising in her chest as she took a step back from the pile. The whole situation felt like it was something out of a horror movie. No. No! She had to stay calm. Think, Juli! The sound of a large energy blast in the distance gave her an idea. Ki! Toma's ki attacks had looked pretty powerful. Taking deep breaths to calm herself, Juli stood next to the large metal chunk and began to meditate. Her hands formed that same circle Toma had shown Anne and her before. After deep breaths and some focusing, ki began to spark between her hands...
Not really sure what to do with this energy sparking between her hands, Juli reverted back to her Aikido training. Letting out a cry, she struck the chunk of metal with the strongest palm strike she could muster. There was a loud flash and boom as the ki she had stored up strengthened Juli's strike, knocking away the metal chunk. In fact, the palm strike blew away a lot of the rubble. The force knocked Juli out of her stance, knocking off her glasses as well, and she fell onto her back. Juli let out a small groan as pain raced up her wrist and arm.
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The suddenly appearance of Elijah made Anne jump back, and she stared at the young man in shock.
"E...Elijah?! But... you... I thought..." There was no way he could have made it here by now, how the heck was he here?! To Anne's continued shock, she watched as Elijah lifted the wall effortlessly. The man didn't seem to care, relieved that someone was able to free him. He dragged himself free, and Elijah put the wall back down before tossing Anne his belt.
"H-hey, wait-!" But it was too late. Elijah had already run off, an now that Anne was actually able to see it she could see how fast he was. Anne watched as he sprinted off, then shook her head. There wasn't time for that. Anne quickly helped the man with his wounds and sent him on his way, then continued checking for other survivors in need of assistance.
Anne had only taken a few steps when she heard the sound of crumbling concrete and shrieking metal from behind her. Looking back, Anne turned just in time to see a wall collapsing in her direction with no time to move or dodge, Anne could only put up her hands to shield her head as the wall collapsed onto her.