30. That had to hurt!

After the groups impromptu music band, no other hunters intervened the rest of the day. Having traveled at full power, the thrusters having whined and plumed smoke as if trying to die, only for silver to pour mana out and mend all of the damaged components. But as of yet not a soul has attempted to stop their journey so far.The sun sets, And Silver rag tag group continue,pushing through the night, regardless of the beasts.By midnight the group cross into a new zone, the last one before the Buried city. A massive forest, Spanning thousands of miles in any direction, Home to two kingdoms, with plenty of land to spare for both of them to have at least 5 cities each, tier 1 to tier 5, just like most other kingdoms, opting to have a city dedicated to their 'peasants'. This forest is also home the the buriedcity, though far deeper into the heart of the forest than either kingdom,where far stronger and more plentiful beasts roam freely. A day passes,having avoided hunters who have set up road blocks and ambushes all throughout the outer edge of this forest in an attempt at reaping the prize. The group having gotten comfortable with each other, started sharing their stories, and their reasons for following silver despite the chance of dying or being captured and executed as traitors or terrorists. Some as simple as no hope in the city, and others seeking adventure, thoughthays mostly just the triplet girls, micah just points at Silver in answer for him being there, the two shield bearer family members simply look at each other before looking back and answering. 'We would rather die fighting for ourselves or someone who cares whether we live or die, than fighting for a place who cares for little more than numbers on paper' with this they give a casual shrug. Her patents just say they are on silvers side always. With that, Silver tries breaking the somber mood again singing to -< living in your radio >- though Slightly off tune,she makes herself look more alive and friendly,approachable, if one will. And The rest seeing this, slowly smile. "Ya know sil, no matter how many times you sing along to your music, I will never not be surprised by it." Micah says, grinning, an unknown sparkle in his eyes, at least unknown to silver,The rest realized how bad Micah has it for the tiny psychopath. "So...whats your plan?" The sickly older swordswoman asks, her voice a bit clearer today. "My plan? To survive." Silver states matter of factly. "After, whats after they give up,after you find this...lost city, what then? Live alone? Just us?" The old swords asks sharply, the sharp wisdom in her eyes showing her lifetimes experience. "My goal after everything?....A new fiefdom....my goal is the stars...but not just for me, but for anyone who wishes to grow, more than the other kingdoms will allow, more than the empires dare to challenge, they want me dead because i threaten their foundation...then lets be the reason the fall..." Silver says giving a somber smile over her shoulder. Before anyone can reply though...BOOM! SKRIEEEECH! A massive explosion happens at the front of the vehicle, tearing the metal apart,having taken the brunt, silvers pilot seat, and half the wall is painted in her blood. When micah takes a look, all he can see is Silver riddled in shrapnel, half of her face is blasted off, exposing bit of her skull, her cheek opened up, and her eye having been burst, her chest has pieces of metal sticking out of her, and on her side a hole exposing her beating heart through the gaps of her ribs, and her left leg, mangled and neatly blown off entirely itself, most of the muscle of her leg dangling from the bone by a thread of skin, her other burned and punctured with shrapnel, the sight making micah wail in fear of losing his friend and permanent crush,the vehicle slows, before dropping down, catching the dirt, it drags the vehicle to a stop.The healer in the group moves to the front, pouring her mana out in am attempt to do something to aid silver, her body mangled and sickeningly exposed, a rattle can be heard from this close, the sound of silver having at least one puncture lung. This makes the blond girl grow pale despite her tan, making micah wail even more, a tremble on his bottom lip, he keeps mumbling over and over. "No....no no no...no...book.please no...please....please no...." Blondie, despite her willingness, moves to silvers mangled left side, looking over all of her visible wounds, her healing aura brighter than ever, a bead of sweat forming on her brow, but yet, it almost seems like her healing ability isn't strong enough for this much trauma. "I...i...i cant..." She stutters, fear in her eyes as she keeps moving her hands hovering just over Silvers wounds as she goes. "I...i cant its...its too much!" Everyone is shaken at the suddenness, Silver having been expertly dodging all sorts of minefield, and hunter ambushes, to have been ambushed now, who? Unfortunately they didn't have to guess for long. A sultry, and haunting laugh reaches their ears, drawing their attention outside the massive hole, revealing a tall rabbit beast folk, wearing a outfit with short shorts and black long socks fitted in combat boots, the look contrasting her white fur and orange eyes harshly. "My she is as tough as the reports say, that would've killed anyone else at her level..." She saunters forward,unconcerned with the test, confident in her class, and level. Unknown to everyone, Silver had regain her consciousness, if only barely, a moment before this would be assassin showed herself, seemingly from nowhere. Silver, keeps her eyes closed, unmoving as she watches through her lashes,having no choice but to ignore her own pain for now, a threat for to great to leave up to fate with. Silver watches as the girl closes in,20 feet...15 feet..."Allow me to introduce myself..." The bunny assassin says, nonchalantly, as if a stage host. Silver waits, 10 feet...5 feet..."i am the greatest----KABOOM!" The assassin interrupted with the sound of thunder cracking...and her upper body exploding all of a sudden, only for her two legs to fall to the ground, red mist slowly falling from the place she once stood. Silver had allowed her within 3 feet, so close it was impossible to miss, and had used the last of her strength and every ounce of speed she could muster to snap her hand up, summoning her newest trump card, the massive magnum construct, a twin barreled hand cannon, chambered in a caliber 27mm, silver had fired both barrels at once despite her condition. The recoil shattering her hand and fracturing her only remaining arm, visibly mangling it, before the force ripped her small and critically wounded frame from her seat, rolling down the center of the inner cabin of her truck. Giving her last words before passing out. "I...hate...cliche...villains...." All the while, the surprised crew scramble to her side, the healer pouring all of her mana into saving her life, her body, mangled and flickering on deaths door. "For feths sake, I am glad she is crazy, the young shield bearer says, standing beside the horrified micah, Looking ad if he is watching his whole world burn in from of him, his usual golden tanned skin, as pale as white paper, no words escape him, but the look in his eyes is a heart felt dying plea to save her. The others can only bow their heads in sorrow and pray, the damage to her is beyond a low level healers capacity. Working tirelessly along side Silvers parents to bandage what the can for nearly half an hour, no signs of silver waking showed, and no improvements were visible to anyone, which worries them more than the blood loss, soaking the floor in a growing puddle under her. Out of the darkness the sound of half a dozen foot steps can be heard, and between Micah fragile mental state at the moment, and the shield bearers, everyone but the healers and Silvers parents move to block the hole, Micah releasing a growl filled with his fear and rage as he steps out, forcing the incoming group to halt in their tracks, Revealing a couple elves, one male and one female, looking like twins, both have jet black hair and emerald green eyes, followed with a fox neko carrying a large bag marked with the common used medic symbol, and two bear beast folk standing as tall as micah but twice as large in the shoulders and waist, the last is a half elf dhampire. Before micah can make a move, The dhampire girl speaks quickly. "My employer has instructed that i gain Silvers cooperation and to make sure she is alive when i return! We are here to help...we are friends!" This makes micah hesitant but he takes a step forward growing as he speaks. " how do I know you aren't the ones who set the assassin out for her in the first place?" The group grow visibly confused, looking genuine." Assas---?" He reply falls off as the dhampires eyes fall on a set of legs that remain and nothing else. "Look i can smell her blood pooling in there, she is in bad shape, i....we can help her, i have a healer and medical supplies, we also have a working vehicle...since uh...." She stalls out only stating the obvious, and after a short mental debate,micah steps to the side, growling out. "Try anything...Fething anything...and you'll be the first I kill!" Normally micah is a man of reason and patience, but with his best friend looking more like a corpse then most corpses he is losing his mind and patience. Taking the opportunity the dhampire waves the two elves and the fox girl to enter, and they step in, having to move slow through the throng of people standing guard around silver. When the draw near, though the elves grow pale at the sight of seeing someones heart beating in their chest or the harsh rattle of punctured lungs, even the face looking horrifying, the set to work adding their healing aura with blondie, while the fox girl gets to work opening up her medical bag, seeing her patient for the first time, she cant help but impulsively blurt out. "Feth...That Had to HURT!"