While most of the students had gone unconscious, Ocellus was still awake. Struggling, she pulled her head close enough to her legs, in order to tap twice on her horn. It began to glow softly, so much so that Neighsay could not have seen it. She closed her eyes, and a mental message for help was sent. Brandon had given her a top-secret distress beacon that was connected to her brain.
"Captain Brandon,
This is Ocellus. I hope you are on your way to us. Please hurry, we need your help. We are in agonizing pain."
**
Brandon's scanner flashed and vibrated. He looked at the message and looked toward Twilight as they stopped for a moment.
"Ocellus says they are in pain. I have a terrible feeling about this.", he said shakily.
Twilight's heart skipped a beat when she looked at the students' vital signs, which were going all over the place.
"RUN WITH ALL OF YOUR MIGHT!! NOW!!", Link shouted at everyone.
They did just that, until they reached the car that Neighsay had used to transport the students. After getting in the back door and going out the open side door, they ran through a set of hydraulically powered glass doors. As they shattered through the glass, they found themselves standing on a gantry in a humongous round room. Seconds later, they heard five of the students scream in pain, and realized what was going on. Neighsay was torturing the students, and theoretically trying to kill them. They saw frost and ice in Smolder's cell, and were confused why she was not screaming. Neighsay had hooked the students to monitors so he would know what their health looked like. Suddenly, everything in the chamber, except the equipment used by the allies, went dead and the lights went out. Link had used a small but powerful device to unleash an EMP. They heard coughs, sniffling, and pained crying after about twenty seconds.
TO BE CONTINUED...