Unexpected appearance

Once the dust settled, Tulip opened her eyes to see Ninth, standing alone in the chasm of darkness. 

Her right arm was mangled beyond belief—a side effect of unleashing all the prismatic power in her body to destroy the other two clones in a giant explosion.

Her entire body was bleeding from every orifice. Her Soul Time was now reaching dangerously low levels. 

Ninth then turned around and looked at Tulip. Her legs soon gave up, making her knees buckle.

Tulip rushed over to her side and supported her in the ground.

"What…what are you doing…here….go…go now…"

Ninth's breathing was getting more and more shallow. 

VOMIT!

Ninth coughed up blood, leaking blood to her mouth. 

'No…no….this can't be happening,' said Tulip. She couldn't understand why the human tried to fight the Queen. She could have saved herself and her team if she had just let Tulip die.

But instead, she fought.