Chapter 211: Preparing for War - Part 3

"Shhhh," Raven shushed her while taking her farther away from the training hall. "Why would you startle me like that!?"

*Sniff*

"I- I'm sorry," Liz sniffed. "I didn't mean to! I even called your names many times, you were just distracted… I thought that maybe you needed a nudge but- maybe I was wrong…"

*Sigh*

"It's ok, I'm sorry I should have kept focus on my surroundings," Raven sighed while hugging Liz who seemed as afraid as a puppy without its mother. "Why are you not training with them?"

"Oh, um… I can't…" Liz said while releasing Raven, and suddenly feeling cold. 

"I can't." She repeated. "To be honest with you, right now, I'm… *sigh* I'm still terrified of fighting… even though you have control over my powers and I'm basically powerless now, I can't bring myself to fight, or even practice fighting…