A Realization

[Alassandra’s POV]

A chill races through me, starting from my heart and traveling throughout my entire body, freezing me in place as the familiar surroundings of the Netherealm start to appear. Feeling my heart begin to beat rapidly, I try to make sense of why I’m back here.

Looking around, I try to find the one who would have summoned me. However, she is nowhere to be found.

“Hana!” I call, fighting against the icy tendrils that hold me in place. “HANA!”

‘I’m here.’ Hana’s familiar voice murmurs, but she’s in my head and not in the world in front of me. ‘This isn’t my doing.’

Her words are like ice-cold water slapping me in the face as a terrifying realization hits me. My five years of peace with no dark beasts or creatures were over.

First, it was the possession of the members of Gil’s pack, and now this, but who was the one who brought me here if it wasn’t Hana?

‘Just ahead.’ Hana whispers.

Bracing myself, I let my gaze trail forward until it came to rest on the shadowy form of a h