Battle of the Black Skull (18)

Sunny and Nephis stood side by side as they watched utter devastation being unleashed by the creature crawling out of the colossal Nightmare Gate. The gargantuan black tentacles were still far away, but they were getting closer with every moment. 

Numerous Awakened had already been killed, and more were going to die soon. 

It was… too sudden, too much. 

There were a lot of things that Sunny needed to comprehend, accept, and think about… the future… Cassie, Effie, and Kai… Jet…

But there was no time to think. It was almost impossible, anyway — the Call was roaring in his mind, making any kind of thought difficult. All he could do right now was concentrate on his own survival.

One thing Sunny did do, however, was dismiss his Shadows. They would be of no help against the Great being, but losing them to this catastrophe was just too easy. 

'Ruined… it's all ruined…'

Sunny tried to sense his connection to the Dream Realm.