shield
A mountainous chunk of black smoke shot out of the blood stone. It was almost as if it had felt the group was retreating, thus it thought to take them all at once. Such thoughts caused the people to run further with all their might.
While the rest fled, Raaya and her group looked for a means to protect themselves. Alia was waved her hand, creating a bright golden orb around all of them at the same time. It so happened they weren't all that far from each other and the golden orb could enclosed them almost instantly. That excluded the people that had already run metres backwards to the entrance of this places. They were already distance away from the general position, so even if she wanted they were out of range for her to cast this protective shield on.
Bang!