Kari's eyes darted to Aryn as he ran past her and assaulted the beast that had tormented her twice before. She watched, completely frozen as he acted without her. Her heart was beating rapidly, pounding in her ears, deafening her to almost everything else. She continued to watch completely frozen and glanced behind her slowly at the group. Shine was frozen just like her, and it appeared that they were in more danger than she realized. The masked shadow monsters were closing in on the group, and she was trying to come up with a plan when she heard Aryn's cry of pain. She watched him slide across the ground after being struck, and saw all the blood staining his shirt. The blood on her own wounds wasn't fazing her, but seeing a comrade. . . no. . .her second in command injured? It was too much. She failed him, just like she had failed Mitsu back in the accident.<br/><br/>Seeing the beast dart toward Aryn, Kari suddenly snapped out of her delirium and ran toward Aryn screaming. She was attempting to distract the beast, and managed to beat it to Aryn. Holding her arms out wide, she glared at it before coiling her fist, forcing the golden chip to sink into her palm all the more. "Back the fuck off!" she screamed with such force, her fist connecting with the beast's snout, forcing it to fly backward. Kari's punch had packed some major force to it, too much for that of a normal human. Turning to Aryn, Kari fell to her knees and held him up on her legs, inspecting the gashes on his chest. She was panting heavily, her body trembling with fear at all the blood around him, a mixture of Aryn's and whoever else's it was. Kari wasn't even aware if anyone else was following after her as she ran to aid Aryn.<br/><br/>Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she silently sobbed, holding onto Aryn tightly as if he were going to die. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry I failed you, I failed everyone here. Oh god I can't do anything right!" Kari wailed out as she felt her chest open up inside, as if she had been stabbed through the heart. Her lack of faith in herself was eating her up inside, and she wasn't able to hold it together for herself or anyone else. Her bloody hand  gripped his shirt, their blood mixing in the fabric, almost identical with how they were holding up. Both were injured, upset, and covered in blood from being knocked around. Together as they were, it showed how vulnerable they were apart, but how greatly the sense of 'bonds' was needed.<br/><br/>The beast this whole time simply stood backed off in the distance as the masked shadows continued to approach the group. It appeared that the giant creature was watching the two damaged students, taking them in and observing the scene. Swiftly turning it's wispy head toward the other shadows approaching the group, a second and third pair of eyes opened up on it's face and glowed brightly as it's fangs were revealed, a deep snarl emanating from it's throat as it began to crouch low to the ground. However, it's intentions were not apparent to the group, as to whether it would strike someone else, or possibly at one of the shadows.