"I need help!"
Straga appeared in the living room with his sister bundled in his arms.
When Monica saw her husband covered in wounds, she nearly had a mental breakdown.
"Darling, what's happening?! First, your parents left and then all of you and-"
"I-I'll explain later, but for right now Courtney needs attention!"
Aj rushed to his side to take her, but Sei got to her first.
"Let me take a look at her first; you can't help her."
Sei's words were not intended to be demeaning, but they had landed with Aj like a ton of bricks.
The grandmother delicately took the sleeping girl into her arms and carried her to the farthest corner of the room, on a section of the sofa that was not turning into charred debris. Straga followed in her wake.
"Honey, I need you to tell me exactly what happened to your sister."
Straga rubbed the back of his head anxiously. "A-A full-scale battle broke out. Dad and those angel things attacked each other at once, and the blast kind of... nuked heaven."
