Chapter 7

During one battle, as she fell on the enemy with bolts from her fingers, she heard a great roar behind her.

Ga’Min turned to see a fireball rising in the sky. Confused, she ran towards it, through a small group of trees, until coming to another meadow on the other side.

She froze when she saw a dark-haired lady, naked as she, standing in the clearing, fire erupting from her fingers and felling three of her fighters.

Her hypnosis was broken by a yell as four of the enemy ran towards her, she felled them with one quick motion.

Her action caused the woman to pause and look in her direction, confused.

The sounds of the rest of the battle ceased as the other soldiers became aware of what was transpiring.

The two women stared at each other, arms at their sides.

Without a word, the dark-haired lady flung out an arm, sending an arm of flame towards Ga’Min. Ga’Min dove to the side, flinging her arm out and sending an arc of electricity towards the other woman, who dove from the projectile.

Flame and electricity were traded on the battlefield, the others watching silently.

Finally, Ga’Min hit a great tree, then another, and one of them finally fell on the other woman and trapped her.

Without a thought, Ga’Min sprinted towards the fallen woman, leapt onto the tree, and brought her fingers forth, aiming them towards the other woman’s terror-stricken forehead.

Ga’Min stopped. The other woman struggled and whimpered. Ga’Min saw that the woman’s hands were broken by the fall of the great tree.

Ga’Min put her hands down, looking at the woman. Tears flowed from the other woman’s eyes as she shook her head, sobbed, eyes unable to leave Ga’Min.

Ga’Min dropped from the tree, putting her hands on the shoulder of the other woman, attempting to pull her from her wooden prison. The other woman let out a cry of pain. GaiMin surveyed the scene, nodded, and sent small bolts of electricity into the tree trunk, cutting it open until it fell away from the other woman.

Again, Ga’Min pulled at the woman, who struggled to her feet this time. Her body was covered in blood and scrapes, but her most significant injury seemed to be to her hands. Ga’Min looked at them, then in the teary eyes of the woman, who shook her head.

“Go,” Ga’Min said. The woman looked at her in confusion. “GO!” Ga’min said again, more forcefully.

The woman began to run when Ga’Min yelled out, “Wait!”

The woman stopped. Ga’Min jogged up to her, looked her up and down momentarily, then hugged her tightly.

She broke the hug and said quietly, “Now, go.” The woman ran away into the woods.

The other soldiers looked in confusion, until her enemy walked from the field in the same direction as the woman, her allies walking back towards their own homes.