The Unspoken Reason

As the mythical figures engaged the griffin in a titanic battle, Luna's eyes snapped open in the streets of Harmony.

She looked at Bart, Ondine, Shihan, and the teenagers, noticing how they returned her confused gaze and how their lips twisted in worry and horror. The soldiers were in even worse states, clutching their heads or hearts and panting on the ground.

But she understood them. The griffin's appearance, the sheer pressure of its powers... The mere memory made her neck stiffen.

BAM

A sudden cracking noise and a rising dust cloud shattered her thoughts. Compelled to find the cause, she turned, only to see Garduck's fist lodged into the ground. His eyes wrinkled by regret, his lips bitten in guilt, his face livid in terror... What had happened?

No... a horrible idea thundered in her mind as her eyes darted between the generals to confirm it.