ι נυѕт ωαηт тσ вє ησямαℓ αgαιη [¢яуѕтαℓ σηℓу]

[~echo~]

"Why me!" she protested, but she jumped and stayed about in the same place.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Jonathan followed her out and then slightly increased gravity so they floated slowly to the ground. "See? Not bad at all?" he murmured after their feet touched down.

[~echo~]

"I'm getting used to it," she said with a small smile. "But lets get going!" Suddenly, a huge person burst out of the apartment building and began pursuing them. It ha a wolfish face and was tall, covered in shaggy, matted brown fur.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"That's not good," Jonathan muttered. Still holding her hand, he took off at a run, heading down the alley to emerge on the street at the other side. It was smaller than the street the apartment was on. There were less people, which could either be a good or bad thing.

[~echo~]

The wolf man ran after them, gaining slowly. Thinking fast, Calida turned to look at it and use her free hand to send flames towards him. The flame singed his fur and he howled in pain. "What IS that thing?!" Calida said breathlessly.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Honestly, I don't know," Jonathan replied. "But I don't think we want to meet it. Are you ready to go flying?"

[~echo~]

"No," she replied with a tight jaw, but she grabbed his arm to show that she was, in fact, ready.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Jonathan made sure her hold on him was secure before he made their gravity basically non-existent and launched them into the air with a single jump.

[~echo~]

Calida grit her teeth before they fell, and managed to stay silent this time. "Okay, where are we going this time?"

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Somewhere safe," he said, his voice tight. "A place of mine out in the woods. They won't find us there."

[~echo~]

"Or we could go to my place."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Jonathan glanced over at her as they floated through the sky. "True," he said. "Unless they somehow know about it."

[~echo~]

"they couldn't. I've lived a secluded life."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"You'd be surprised what ANEW can accomplish," he said. "But okay. Where is it?"

[~echo~]

"In the woods," she grinned.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Jonathan gave her a wry smile. "You'll have to be more specific if you want us to get there."

[~echo~]

"Fly above the forest. I'll be able to tell you when I see it," she smiled.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Will do," Jonathan said. He eased them down a little, close to a building so he could push off toward the forest. The momentum should carry them as far as they needed to go.

[~echo~]

Soon enough, she gestured to show that they should land. It wasn't clear why, but she knew that they were near.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Jonathan increased their gravity, causing them to fall--though not as fast as he would if he'd been alone. He decreased his gravity again before they landed so they simply floated to the forest floor.