Sabrina was there, ontop of a stone table meant for her sacrifice a few feet away from where Roz stood. There was no one else around her, but she was bleeding white from the cuts across her body and so very, very still.
Roz had been trapped in The Void when Sabrina had been sacrificed in their world. She had made it out of the Void just as her best friend had been saying goodbye. Roz had not known what Sabrina's intention was. Roz knew that, logically. But she could not remember that. Not here. Logic did not mean anything.
She tried to run to Sabrina, to find some to help, to stop the bleeding, but she couldn’t get closer. There was some kind of barrier. Invisible, but hard to the touch, and silent when she slammed her fists against it trying to break through. “Sabrina!” she yelled, “SABRINA!” Louder each time until she was screaming as loud as she could. Sabrina never had a reaction, no sign she knew that Roz was there. No sign of life.
Roz pounded on the barrier, again, and again, until her hands bled. She yelled loud enough for her throat to go raw. Sabrina still didn’t move, and the barrier didn’t give.
A witch, a Seer, should have known this was coming. Especially when it was going to happen to her best friend. The closest thing she had to a sister. Roz hadn’t Seen this coming. That was the whole point of her job as a Sentinel. To See the threat coming.
She had failed.
Roz should have seen Sabrina's death coming, and she should have been able to do more to stop it.
Sabrina’s blood finally ran red. Roz knew she was gone and she had done nothing to help her. Her best friend was dead, and her power had been useless. She had been useless.
Darkness rose up in front of her and swallowed Sabrina, the stone table, all of it. For a few seconds Roz could not see anything at all. She might as well have been blind again while being unable to See.
Eventually, the darkness began to move. Inky-blue waters started to ebb and flow, she heard the sound of waves crashing, and then she was looking at the sea. The water looked dark, cold, and choppy. The skyline wasn’t any more inviting, with angry clouds overhead threatening a storm. The gray, rocky beach was empty, save for one person.
Nick was already up to his waist in the water when she realized who it was. He was going to drown himself. She knew it just by watching him. Was it to join Sabrina? Was it too hard to live in a world without her? Roz didn't know why he was doing this. She had no idea if this was something he had been planning or if he had given up. Either way, a Seer should have known.
Roz had not been able to See it coming.
Roz started running, this time she was able to move. As fast as she could her feet carried her toward the beach while she yelled after him. He was up to his chest by the time her feet hit the rocks. Only his head was visible by the time she almost slipped on the wet rocks where the water met the shore. If Nick heard her yelling, he didn’t turn around.
She didn’t stop when her feet were in the water and Nick had vanished from view. She kept going up past her calves, her knees, her waist, until she was swimming, trying to keep the spot Nick had vanished in her view.
The waves kept coming, erasing all ripple of Nick submerging under the water. But she kept swimming, kept calling his name. Eventually she dove, ignoring the cold as it closed in around her, causing an ache in her head. She forced her eyes open against the sting of the salt to look for any sign of Nick, but there was nothing but darkness. She swam until her lungs burned, and the cold and her clothes threatened to drag her under. She swam until she couldn’t anymore. Until her only option was to go back up for air, and then try again.