[Lawtan]

Clanking metal sounded behind as a somewhat damaged cyberdog walked in. Whining, Rurik went over to Dante and put a cold, robotic, nose in his face...but where was Kadia?

-5 minutes ago-

"Forget about ideas!" Dante said and grabbed her. Sudden memories - images of a man with a raggled beard...and burning. Kadia started screaming. Dante let her go.

She came back in a few seconds...to everyone far away, and the bombs about to blow.

"Schießen! Those idiots!"

Crying, she went into overdrive, lifting the ground itself with her mind, creating a wall of earth between her and the explosion. Electricity crackled around her. Glad she carried little cyber-tech, she hid her face until the explosion passed.

Kadia couldn't sense Rurik - she couldn't tell if he was destroyed, or if the blast had disrupted the connection between the two. Tears fell from her eyes as she felt alone for the first time in a long while.

Dybuuk still remained. By the Balance, they did, but they were without a leader, a mind, or a will. She needed to carve her own way to the abyssal hole...fast! Lifting a large whip of earth, she started to plow through half-dazed corpses towards the portal...

-Back in the hole-

Rurik shivered, metal sounding, as he could no longer sense his master. 'if (target) == protect mistress, then target == *trust.' So, Rurik followed Dante...

-10 minutes later-

Kadia fell, exhausted. She spent most of her strength to get past the entryway. Horned snakes slithered around in her in the cavern...was this another portal? Scared and worn, Kadia felt a connection to Rurik reestablish, and she called him for help. Reassured that he heard her, she passed out.