The instant she soared from the ground into the sky, Christina heard a sharp scraping sound, like metal dragged across glass, followed by a roar that nearly shattered her eardrums.
She clutched Sauron's hand tightly with one hand and covered her ear with the other, then realized it was pointless. Not only could she cover just one ear, but the noise came from the friction between her own blazing flames and the air. There was no blocking it.
Fortunately, within seconds, even sound was left behind. Wrapped in flames, Tina could hear only her own breathing and heartbeat, quickened by nerves.
Resurrection Square rapidly shrank beneath her, followed by the whole of Cookawa City. The surrounding mountains and deserts swept past Tina's eyes like a painted scroll. Liberation Port, where she and Dorothy had been kidnapped not long ago, was like a black blot on that scroll, appearing and vanishing too quickly for the eye to follow, drawing the deep, almost black blue of the ocean into the picture.
This is so fast. What if we hit a bird, or accidentally plunge into the sea... Tina felt a little worried, but far more than that, she felt the joy and excitement of experiencing supernatural powers firsthand. She also noticed that she had merged with the surrounding purple flames. On the one hand, she could clearly sense her surroundings and their flight path; on the other, even if she struck the ocean, the ground, or something harder still, the heat would instantly reduce it to ashes while leaving her unharmed.
Is this the power of an angel... She opened her mouth to speak, only to discover that she could not even hear herself. Then she remembered she could communicate with her "teammates" through their minds. After a little adjustment, she conveyed