The planet was shaking so violently now that no one could stand. The people of Cosmo Canyon all gathered around the candle, kneeling more out of lost balance then out of prayer. But there were prayers all around, called out so loud that they rang clear even over the noise of a screaming planet:

"Let us live!"

"Save the Planet!"

"Bring us help!"

"Save us from Meteor!"

All these were called out to any God or Esper who could hear them. Across the planet a war was being fought between good and evil, destruction and creation, Planet and Meteor....Cloud and Sephiroth.

But in Cosmo, all the citizens knew was that Armageddon was at hand, the last bow of life. Lifestream wound through the sky like serpents of green light, rushing to the wound of the planet. All the Cosmos called out in prayer simultaneously with the rest of the Planet. Their fear, their hopes, their pleas, all were heard by the wounded planet.

The Planet let out a cry and released a final weapon of the planet. This cry, this birth, coincided with the ending of the battle on the other side of the planet. This new weapon, born of chaos, erupted right from the ground beneath the Cosmo Candle.

The ground beneath the canyon's candle split and opened. Suddenly a shape, propelled by a geyser of pure mako, shot forth from the crack, which closed directly behind it. The ground abruptly stopped shaking and the people of Cosmo, as they tend to do in the face of terror, fled to their homes.

The planet breathed a sigh of relief that this battle was over and began to heal its massive wound. The great heroes of Avalanche made a great sacrifice to assist it, with their own energy. The planet was going to need some time to heal, but it knew that more disaster loomed on the horizon.

Now the only hope for the wounded Planet was a Weapon unlike any before it, who now lay sprawled on his back on the warm, red stone of Cosmo Canyon. Several feet away from the Weapon, Cosmo's candle relit itself with a sound like a sigh of relief.