Imminent Death

It all happened in the span of three short seconds.

3.

A portal opened up in the space above the sun and Ayaana flew through the opening.

Instead of her usual black dress, she wore a much more moveable attire. Deep blue hakama pants and foot wraps with a sleek, sleeveless black shirt holding her chest in place.

Two compression armored sleeves were adorned along her arms, each of them bearing rows of plate-like scales all the way up to her armpits.

The portal hummed again, and Asherah emerged from it with the other generals of the Bright Legions close behind her.

Asherah was floundering behind her, trying to remind Ayaana to be mindful of something.

But Ayaana just raised her hand as she scoured the battlefield with her eyes- clearly uninterested in whatever she was trying to say.

2.

Ayaana's eyes landed on Apophis and their pupils trembled.