You struggled against your invisible captors to no avail. There went Lucy, blindly entering in a potentially-deadly agreement to save your life, glancing back at you as shimmering doors appeared before her in the haze of early morning. You doubled your struggle as she gave a decisive nod and began to enter through the opening they gave- what if she got hurt because of this? You'd never forgive yourself for being too weak to save her. You managed to shake off the hand covering your mouth for just long enough to shout her name-

but she was already within, the doors closing behind her as your heart began to sink.

Now all you could do was wait.