Aether didn't stay inside his domain for long. He wasn't about to sit around playing with the orb when he had things to handle in the outside world. After thoroughly teaching that arrogant thing a lesson—now silently floating in its cage like a well-behaved prisoner—he immediately left his domain and returned to reality.
"You will pay for this humiliation!"
Back in the real world...
Aether's eyes fluttered open slowly. His vision adjusted, and he found himself lying on someone's lap. As his focus sharpened, he realised...
He was resting on Nightfire's thighs.
"Awwww... I shouldn't have come here... awwww..."
Nightfire sobbed, her expression twisted in pain and anxiety as she looked around. They were surrounded by thousands of ghostly figures—all of them glaring at her with cold, murderous eyes.
She wanted to cry, to scream, to run—but her tears wouldn't even come out.
