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Alex felt the ground crumbling beneath him. The water Adept let out a sigh of despair as the mountain beneath him started to descend into Weyard.

"If I was stronger I might have been able to escape this fate." He muttered.

He had been on top of Mount Alph when the Mars Lighthouse was lit… he knew so much more than all the others. Not even Saturos and Menardi had suspected his plans, and only moments ago Felix and his friends had lit the Mars Lighthouse. He had promised himself that if he ever met the wandering party again that he would not kill them…at least not immediately but now his plans had failed. The wretched rock known as the Wise One had infused a fraction of Alchemy's energy into the Mars Star and given it Isaac…of all the people to choose from why him?

Alex shook his head in mock sadness "He should have given it to Felix, not that troublesome child."

However he had to admit that the Wise One's simple but effective plan had robbed him of his dream. Though he had absorbed much of Alchemy's energy the loss of that small amount had prevented Alex from taking the limitless power that he desired. Now he lay atop Mount Alph awaiting his death as the mountain slowly sank into the ground. With his energy exhausted he could only rest his head on the cool granite and wait for the inevitable.

"At least I can enjoy the view," he thought as he opened his eyes to look at the sky that was growing smaller with every passing second.

He watched as the blue sky disappeared replaced with a few broken strands of sunlight. Finally only a small ray of light pierced the darkness…and then nothing but darkness remained. Alex began to breath harder as the air thinned around him the stuff was disgusting bitter with sulfur and smoke.

"Not even decent air in my final moments." He gasped as he began to slip into unconsciousness. He felt something…what was it? His gloved hand brushed the ground beneath him… It was sinking…crumbling away. He felt the stone beneath him give way and the dusty air of the cavern rush by. As he fell he heard a new sound…a roar constant and unchanging. The last thing Alex felt was his body hitting the water…he slipped into unconsciousness as the vicious currents dragged him under.

Yeah I know it's the third time I've posted this thing… I've been rewriting chapters and making little edits here and there. Anyway until Chapter two is up review or Email me your comments. Heck you can Email me if you want to talk about other things…I got nothing to do anyway, might as well have a conversation over the net with a random person that I don't know personally.