It seemed wrong. The way this man looked at her, utterly human, displayed the scene of innocence. But why would it seem that the rest of the mutants wanted to crush this innocence. They wanted to eliminate it. But why eliminate the only hope they had?
Akira realized at this moment, looking down on this man, that she was wrong. It was these people that should win this battle. It was indeed their fault for causing this heavy pollution and mutations. It was them who created the chemicals and destroyed their own planet because of their own greed. She had hated them for that. But the thing was, looking at this man, she realized that they were trying to fix their mistakes. They felt guilt. They were not heartless. They were not monsters.
Looking up the cliff face, she vowed that she would help them. This nonsense had been going on for long enough, and though once her mind was clouded, it wasn't any longer.
Touching the wall uncertainly, her hand slightly melted into it, sticking to it. She ended up pulling herself up off the ground, sticking to the wall. It seemed the water had melted her illusions. She couldn't use them, but the moisture had made her form slightly melted and stickier. A trick she remembered in the beginning. She felt much weaker in this state, but this seemed the only way out of this place. She saw the tree roots jutting in and out of the rock face and new that if she could reach them one at a time, she would be able to make it up the rock face.
Turning to Daniel, she gestured him over.
"You are going to have to hold on to me. We are going to try to climb this rock face."
He seemed to look at her confused, but when she climbed a bit higher on the rock face, her hands and feet sticking to it, he briefly nodded and climbed onto her back unsteadily. Obviously incredibly unsteady. Akira felt herself hoping that he would have enough strength to hold on, for she did not wish for him to die.
He seemed surprised when he touched her, the texture of her skin odd, but that didn't stop him. He was quick the burden, probably weighing a bit more than herself but she knew she could make it.
When he was holding tight enough, she started her climb up the rock face, slowly and surely, every once and a while asking Daniel if he was alright and if he needed a break. He held on, sure enough, and they ended up reaching a small platform halfway up that Akira used as a break point.
"Do you have any idea where your friends are?" Akira hissed, looking at him as he slouched against the rock face, hand to his head as if he had a pulsing head ache.
"I know they are up there."
"Well, that is obvious." Akira rolled her eyes and stretched a little bit before she decided to finish the rest of the climb.
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I was looking at Akira's profile and read that she could climb walls, and I was like, 'that would have been useful when she was originally stuck on the wall' but I decided it is as long as she it wet she can. Her illusion skills are technically stunted also.
~Incognito
