Her ears were ringing. There was someone beside her, but she couldn’t… remember his…
She blinked back tears, trying to keep her breathing steady. The boy next to her shook her shoulder. There was pressure on her back…
She tried to focus her eyes… when had they blurred?
Her hands… fingers… green… no…
She looked at the opposite side of the enclosure, to…
Dark shapes dropped in front of her. Black, purple… yellow?
Someone was… talking…? To… her…?
“She’s been holding the wall since they started moving,” Damian told Spoiler. “Her brother is holding the other one. She stopped responding a few hours ago.”
“Crap,” Spoiler muttered. “Keep her awake. We’ll get everyone out as quick as possible.”
Damian nodded, glancing over at Ellie v(“Ellie,” she had corrected him, many hours before, when he had initially called her Danielle, before she had fallen silent.) She didn't look too good. Her skin had taken a pale and ashy sheen, sweating was dripping down her face.
The worst part was the fact that she appeared to be melting. He'd spotted her fingers the last time she'd communicated with her brother Danny (likely short for Daniel, but he didn't have confirmation on that), and they'd started to melt lazarus pit green.
Her arms were shaking, her eyes were glazed over.
Damian looked over at Tim.
'how is DANNY' Damian asked.
'better than ELLIE' Tim responded.
That was... good. Not great, but acceptable for now.
But Father, Black Bat, Signal, and Spoiler would need to work fast.
The bats had shown up. Finally.
Ellie wasn't going so great. She'd only barely managed to communicate, and she was about to give. She'd need an ecto-shot as soon as they were both out.
Civilians were being evacuated on Ellie's side first. How exactly they had figured out that the two of them were holding back the walls, Danny would put up to them being detectives. The yellow suited one... Signal? Had asked how he was doing. Danny figured he could hold out for another hour, maybe.
He could feel the weight of the wall. He didn't even want to know how many joules it was taking to hold it back at this point.
About half the civilians had been evacuated by this point, most of them from Ellie's side, though they had started to be pulled from his side as well.
"Danny, hold on," the boy sitting next to him, Tim, said.
"...'m... tryin'..." Danny muttered.
That was when the other wall began to move. His eyes went wide.
Her eyes fluttered. She was... moving?
Her eyes shot open, and she braced, but the wall wouldn't...
There was a pressure on her shoulder.
Why was everything spinning?
"Ellie, c'mon." A soft voice. Who...?
"You did good, sweetie." A different voice. Female.
She squeezed her eyes shut, then tried to focus on her surroundings.
There were... less people in here.
Firm hands picked her up, and she was moving.
Tim watched as Damian carried Ellie to the center of the room, and Black Bat helped them out. The other wall was moving in, with her no longer keeping it in place.
But the poor girl looked horrible. Tim doubted she was even aware the other bats had arrived, she looked so out of it.
There were just over a dozen civilians left.
Danny was clearly struggling at this point. It had been hours since they'd been locked up down here, and holding the wall in place was clearly draining. Danny didn't look as bad as Ellie did though, so that was good.
Danny's eyes were shut in concentration. He was sweating by this point. When he had started holding back the walls, it looked so casual, but not at this point.
Tim could only provide support, and hope that Danny wouldn't give out.
Danny focused on taking slow, even breaths.
Ellie had gotten out safe. The boy who had sat beside her the whole time had carried her.
She didn't look great, but if he could get her an ecto-shot within the next half hour, she would be alright. At the rate the bats were getting people out, she would be fine.
"Danny." Tim shook Danny's shoulder. Danny opened his eyes and blinked a few times. "C'mon, let's go."
Danny looked around, and nodded.
Tim got to his feet, and held out his hand.
The other wall had finished moving, which didn't leave as much space, but they would be fine, considering the speed the walls moved at.
Danny took his hand, and got to his feet. As soon as he wasn't touching the wall anymore, it began to move.
Danny tried to walk forward, and stumbled.
"Danny, are you okay?" Tim asked.
"I-I..." Danny squeezed his eyes shut.
Crap... Tim quickly relayed his options, then scooped Danny up. Danny blinked in surprise, glancing at him.
"Just..." Tim didn't know what to say.
He carried Danny over to where Black Bat was waiting. She let out some giggles.
If he could see her face, she would be grinning. She pointed at Danny.
"It's... nothing," Tim said, face heating up.
Black Bat shook her head, but held out her hand.
Within a few seconds, they had been grappled out.
Tim had picked him up like he weighed nothing.
Danny knew he was light, sure. But still... Tim didn't know that!
Danny hadn't even realized how weak he felt until he'd tried to walk, and his vision had immediately doubled and blurred.
Danny looked around, and spotted Ellie. She was being propped up by the boy she'd been with.
Tim let him down, and his legs nearly gave out as he rushed over to her.
"She's not doing very well," the boy said, far to formal for someone who appeared to be, like, 15 or 16. Possibly just a little younger than Ellie. "She needs to go to a hospital."
"No, that... no," Danny muttered, and he reached into his pocket, hiding his hand slipping into his thigh to grab an ecto-shot.
Oh, she really wasn't doing good.
She'd fully passed out by this point. Her fingers were dripping ectoplasm, and her skin was pale.
The ecto-shots, developed from the original ecto-dejecto, had been formed to look almost like an epi-pen. Danny stabbed her outer thigh.
The drippiness of her fingers vanished, and her color began to come back. Ellie's eyes fluttered open, and she looked up at him. She still looked tired, and she'd definitely need rest.
"Dan...ny?" she muttered.
He pulled her close into a hug.
"Thank goodness..." he muttered.
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