Escape (2)

As the chase went on, the more Mineah felt like she was waiting for a miracle to happen as she felt her reserves running out. She knew that she could only resist one or two more of Devon's attacks, and she could only hope that the carpet's speed would be enough to dodge some of them once her barrier fell.

"Running out of energy?!" Devon taunted as he ran behind her. "I can already see your barrier falling!"

Mineah clicked her tongue. There was no way she'd be able to hold on like this. No, she already risked communicating with Tarah earlier. She might as well do it now. Assuming the seer even heard her. 

"Tarah!" she screamed. "Any news?!"

For a brief few seconds, the only sound Mineah heard was that of the wind blowing past her ears as she led Devon on through one winding hallway through the other. For good measure, she even went back to the room where everything started just to make sure that they could talk properly.

"Tarah?!"