Piling Up

Natalia and Izumi looked around.

“This just keeps getting better, doesn’t it?” Izumi asked. The older angel looked at her, wrinkling her nose. Izumi shrugged.

“I’m trying here,” she said.

“Now what?” Yoshiko asked.

“What else?” Izumi asked. “Get everyone back.”

“And how are we going to do that?” Himeko asked. “We can’t send anyone else inside.”

“No!” the other angels shouted. Himeko put up her hands.

“Okay, okay! Geez,” she said. Izumi sighed.

“In any case, where do you guys want to start?” she asked. The angels didn’t have an answer. Natalia looked over her shoulder.

“You okay back there?” she asked. Baby Doll lifted her chin.

“I’m fine,” she said. The angel walked over to her roommate. Liz made a face before turned back to Natalia.

“You sure this is a good idea?” she asked. “I mean, Baby’s still not fully herself.” Natalia pushed her bangs from her forehead.

“We don’t have much of a choice anymore,” she said. “Look, the longer we stall with this, the less likely we will get them all out. So we have to act fast. Got it?” The other angels didn’t respond at first.

“Got it?” Natalia asked again.

“Yes!” her roommates said. Natalia took a breath.

“Right,” she said. The angel held out her hands. “Hold hands.” The angels all took each other’s hands. Natalia wasn’t sure that this was going to work properly, but they were almost out of options at this point. She was just going to have to remember everything off the bat and hope for the best.

“Close your eyes and focus your energy on everyone in the room,” Natalia said. One by one, the angels all closed their eyes. Natalia closed her eyes and began to chant another spell. The air in the room suddenly became warm before dropping to cold.

“Don’t let up no matter what!” Natalia said.

“Right!” the other angels said back. The energy in the room grew thicker before everyone got covered in a powdery white mist.