The sudden heart-wrenching fear made her wings collapse, sending her falling to the floor and barely landing in a crouched position.  Her heart was racing, her hands didn't want to stop quivering.  It felt like the last time she saw Skyfire streaking through the sky, how helpless Asuka was to defend her best friend, watching her get broken and damaged to within an inch of her life.<br/><br/>She took a deep breath.  That memory, more than anything else, forced her to stand back up.  She couldn't abandon her friend now.  She couldn't give up everything she had, no matter how afraid she was.  This was her big chance, and as horrified as she was, it was even more frightening to imagine that she could fail, that she wouldn't give everything she had and that Mizuru might end up truly dead this time.<br/><br/>Despite the fear burning its way through her mind, she forced her way through the door, both hands flooded with sparkling shards of mana and trying her best to be ready for anything.