the merge

The sound of howling in Lloyds ear intensifies as he turns to see his friends, looks between fright, worry and shock painted on their faces. They were saying something, something that Lloyd couldn't hear over the wind.

And then he hears a sound, so loud and close he physically jumps and covers his ears. His eyes barely registered a faint purple glow under his feet before he fell through the ground and watched as the rip he just fell through closed itself.

He blacked out the second he hit what he assumed to be the ground, and he awoke to a gruff voice that reminded him of Cole.

"he's waking up."