Chapter 52 | When Mercy Decides To Guide Me

                                    

                                          
Eko fell back to sleep for a few more hours in the luxurious bed of the Commanders, which reminded her too much of what a real bed was meant to feel like.
The brunette knew by midday that most of the soldiers would either be in class or at training, which meant the chances of getting caught were incredibly low, and her most opportune moment to leave would be now.
Escaping unnoticed from the senior dormitory levels, she placed her palm over the control panel, allowing the elevator to meet her on her level; doors slid open with a soft swoosh, and she stepped inside, allowing them to close behind her.
With no one around, her powers took her from the academy and out onto the Isadorian lands to destroy any creatures, beasts, and monsters she could find to her heart's content. 
No one would notice her missing during this interim, and if she were lucky, she wouldn't run into the asshole of the other crystal warriors that she despised as much as she had of Ezra.
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A little after two in the afternoon, Eko finally returned to the infirmary where everyone had been held up. Looking forward desperately to a shower, there were only so much blood, gore, and guts she could wash off herself at a nearby lake she found, barely smelling like a decent human being, knowing it would have to do until she returned.
With her head down, Eko managed to creep into her room; unaware of her surroundings, her cousin had suddenly accosted her. The same raven-haired woman that was arm crossed, tapping her foot, and highly, highly annoyed at her.
"Where in god's name have you been since last night?" Eyeing the woman up and down before stepping forward and sniffing her, "you smell absolutely abhorrent!" 
"Training." Eko barely offered, wanting to step past her, only to be blocked.
"We were meant to leave this morning!"
Eko was wide-eyed, having completely forgotten what Madison had said last night. No, those memories were washed away with the heightened sound of the peak of pleasure, and the night she held with him.
Then the fragments were ridden altogether when she stood staring at the mid-afternoon sun and the Eastern Border. She contemplated the scale of the probability of what it would take to finally break through Ezra's barrier, storm the continent, and obliterate them all.
While she doesn't care for the consequences that might just come from that reaction, it would finally bring this war to its heel on her say so and not anyone else's.
The only problem, as it always had been these past fifteen years, was penetrating that barrier and anticipating what she was walking into, knowing Ezra's long, destructive history.
"How am I meant to get us to safety if you will not listen to reason!"
Ignoring the back chatter, Eko brushed past Madison, heading to the drawer where spare underwear and another laundered training outfit were.
The brunette shuffled the clothing to the side when she found her size; grabbing what she needed, Eko attempted to make her way to the communal bathrooms adjacent to their rooms, and Madison once again stepped in her way from leaving.
"Tonight," she gestured. "I will not ask this of you again. I have a security pass that I took from one of the younger cadets, it is still active, but I won't know for how much longer. They disable ones quite quickly once they are missing."
"Mads-" Eko was mortified at the lengths she had gone to.
"When everyone is asleep, we will depart. Mein will be a journey, but we will get there."