Noctisardor Bypass [r] fevered

lmk if i interpreted anything wrong <3

Laurel kept rushing Indra along, even though she had no clue where she was headed. She dreaded every second that she might run into a dead end instead of a hopeful escape into the world beyond. Having Indra along sure slowed her down, and Laurel noticed that they were going slower and slower. When Indra faltered, Laurel stayed with her, knowing that she couldn't leave her child to the claws of her deranged nephew; even if it meant putting her own life in danger. In a hushed voice laced with panic Laurel tried to convince Indra to hurry up, even though she could tell that her baby was worn to the bone already. Come on honey, keep going, we have to hurry, we have to keep —

That was when Laurel heard Merrick say that he knew that Laurel was with her child, and worse, that he had Abel. Laurel stopped dead in her tracks, then swallowed and said to Indra in a hushed, though clearly panicked voice, He's lying, don't listen, just keep going. She didn't hear Abel's voice, after all. Besides, if she turned back now, Merrick would get them all. Laurel's heart ached, for even though Abel was a clumsy boy, she did love him. She felt torn apart between turning back and keeping going, but she had to tell herself that Merrick was lying. It was the only way she could save at least herself and her other child. She could not sacrifice Indra's health for potentially saving Abel; it was a fool's quest.

But Indra was slower and slower until finally — and somehow still very suddenly — Merrick was upon them and somehow got a hold of Indra. Laurel turned back immediately, but when she saw Merrick here, she just froze.

Brought back to the place where Iliksis had been upon them. Indra told her to fight, fight, fight, but Laurel's body just frozen in place. His face was mirrored in Merrick's for a flash of a moment while Laurel stood face to face to him as he hovered over Indra. She knew she had to be brave, but her feet resisted as the world seemed to slow down to a grinding halt and she just stared at the scene like a deer in headlights.