Riding the back of the serpent, it became near impossible for anyone to stop Aren and the group from making it to the gates. The awakened who could chase gave everything that they had to catch them and attacked, but with Athena and Zero handling the defense, it was very difficult to even come close.
Soon the gate came into view. Normally they would just shut the gate, but it was extremely difficult to shut a gate, and most times when it was done, it was permanent, meaning that the gate would never open again. The government could not risk something like that happening.
"Aren, they are gaining on us," Zero said as she created more spatial bombs and hurled them behind her. Each one slammed into the ground with a massive explosion and managed to push a few people back.
Aren locked his eyes on the gate.
"Fine then, everyone get close to me. I'm getting us to the gate, but it might not be pretty."
"Huh? What the hell do you mean?" Aiden asked.
