Ciara stirred on the hard cold concrete floor. The uncomfortable cold feeling made her brain snap out of sleep mode. She woke up surrounded by pitch darkness. As she tried to get up, something caught her eyes. In the midst of the darkness a pale blue snake slithered to her. There was something odd about this snake though. It illuminated the floor underneath its belly. The light glowed around her wrists and into her veins turning it to a pale blue color. A wave of fatigue washed over her. The glow ceased. It was deathly silent, only her heavy breathing was heard. Slowly she regained enough strength to wriggle herself free from the bracelets. Or so she believed, the pale blue substance returned again.
“I wouldn’t do that again if I were you.” She heard a calm masculine voice warn.
There was a significant difference in his accent. It was unlike anything earthly.
“What exactly is the blue substance?” She asked curiously.
“No clue. But I do know it leaves you weak and powerless. Somehow it just kills your powers.”
Ciara pondered on this for a while. The substance was some kind of kryptonite to fire.
“Where is this place?”
“Well, it‘s cold and dark. I’d say Actra.”
She tried to remember how she got there but her mind was vague and a complete mess. She heard some footsteps which made her skin crawl and mind race. Where ever she was, she was probably in grave danger.

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