Eza jumped backwards as the support beams broke, startled. Lum kept getting hurt but was refusing help. They had mentioned that they would survive whatever happened next, but it was hard to believe them when they were literally sitting in the middle of a burning, collapsing building.
She couldn’t help. There wasn’t enough metal on Lum to pull them to safety and she was too weak to drag them out. Eza wasn’t exactly fireproof, either. There was nothing for her to do but leave. They’d told her to run, anyways.
She met Lum’s eyes for what she hoped wasn’t the last time, then followed the last of the patrons fleeing out the door. In the chaos, Eza was able to dash into an alleyway unnoticed. The building across from the bar was ringed by thick metal pipes under the lip of the roof.
Taking a deep breath and downing a vial of metal, she ironpulled on them and shot upwards. In a practiced motion, she stretched her arms above her head and grabbed the roof’s lip, stopping her ironpull early enough that she didn’t slam into the pipes. She used her momentum to swing up over the edge and land noiselessly on the rooftop.
Eza drew her daggers and crouched down, low enough that she was difficult to see even if you knew she was there. She doubted she’d have a chance against either of the two strangers in a fight if they decided to capture Lum. Perhaps she could surprise them and free Lum before they realized what was going on.