Nightmare

It was like time stopped for a second. 

Everyone was utterly frozen in their place. Darcel and Aniela's eyes were nearly bulged out of their sockets, their mouths were fearfully quivering, and their arms were spasming.

Their brains entirely lagged, being in complete shock over the brutality of what had just transpired. 

Masami was in the same state of shock. Her body wasn't pierced into, but pain like no other was washing over her.

She stood motionless, gazing with bewildered eyes over the horrifying scene. Her two foxtails weren't rhythmically swirling like it usually does, being entirely still like Masami as if their strings got cut off.

The fears that would always be Masami's worst nightmare had abruptly come true right in front of her eyes. And she didn't even know how to react. It was like her brain shut down altogether for this moment.