Santa pushed himself to his knees, groaning in pain. "Man, I am not doing that again." Which was totally a lie. If he needed to, he'd pull that same trick in a heartbeat.

He didn't give a single shit about Garland or Parasraya or rallying speeches or any of that. He crawled toward Akane to examine her injuries. It didn't look good for her. A quick glance around confirmed that Duster and Nanami hadn't shown back up, either.

"Can we hurry it up? We got to get Akane to a hospital and look for the others. We ain't got time for this crazy bitch."