QSoS Final: Page 2

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Hashmal rose from the caves into the street. Zackary came bounding over a rooftop to land in front of her, megaphone in hand.

"Good work, bird. Now I suggest you find something to hold on to..."

Hashmal held the megaphone to her mouth, and her voice soon blared through the reptile district of Avio.

"Attention worms, erm, citizens! This is the Avio Defense force stating a public emergency. Hashmal the Dread, servant of the Keepers, has done irreversible damage to this city's engines! We require everyone to move their collective asses, erm, evacuate IMMEDIATELY before this section breaks off and falls to the ground." Hashmal then smirked inside her visor as people began to panic, grabbing what they could and fleeing. She noted Zackary staring at her in puzzlement.

"All the creatures here are extra weight. We want to get as far as we can, so they all gotta go. Anyone who can fly will tell you people weigh a lot." She nodded, before bringing up the megaphone.

"Hurry, you have minutes to escape!"

After a while of hustling people and the few looters (who Hashmal promptly slew) The streets were soon empty.

"Now we move..." Hashmal lifted her sword and slammed it into the street, burying it to the hilt. She reached for the soul of the mage she had absorbed, calling upon his magic to produce an earthquake in the city that had none.

The ground broke around her blade, allowing her to pull it free while fissures appeared. With an almighty crack of breaking stone, the reptile district broke free of Avio and lurched sideways.

"Wait for it..." Hashmal knelt on the ground, calling the same magic to keep her chunk of city together. The district's engines then stopped cancelling each other out, and the lump of buildings and rock hurtled towards Sinalta.

"THIS, BIRD, IS TRAVELLING!" Hashmal screamed into the wind, while Zackary clung for dear life on a building, almost flying off from lack of weight.

As it reached the ocean, Sinalta came into view, the legendary city growing in size as the impromptu aircraft flung itself through the air.

Sleet Arashi, having barely entered, was knocked off his feet as the urban missile smacked into the sacred place.

Hashmal had arrived.

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Zackary:
Sleet:
Hashmal: mine