Second chapter, hope you enjoy it! This chapter switches perspectives a lot, so bear with me.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Golden Sun or anything to do with it, that belongs to Nintendo and Camelot. I just like writing stories about it.


As the four of them had expected, the journey took them half a day from Contigo. The entire journey was walked in complete silence. Isaac led them as he had always done, his confident stature back thanks to Garet. Ivan was behind him, going through his backpack half the time seemingly looking for something; or rather just keeping himself busy. Garet and Mia followed behind them, their arms interlocked most of the time. Each of them absent in their own thoughts not only about last night, but for the day ahead as well. They had left early in the morning as the sun had started to rise. The walk to the Lighthouse was a rather calm one, despite all the events that had transpired yesterday for them; no monsters attacked them, and the morning air was crisp and cold. However, it wasn't an awkward silence. The four of them enjoyed it. Most of their journey had been loud, dangerous, and obnoxious at times. It was a nice change of pace for them. It was nearing noon when the four adepts finally reached the base of the Lighthouse.

They agreed to take a break before they headed inside. Rather to face unknown enemies and the treacherous climb with energy than without. The four of them sat at the base of the lighthouse eating a light lunch. Although they needed energy for the trials to come, having too full a stomach was dangerous. Garet learned that lesson the hard way many times when monsters caught the group by surprise and he got cramps while battling. Isaac was the one to first to speak while they were eating.

"Remember what Master Hamma said, let's be careful, but keep in mind we have to get through the Lighthouse quickly if we hope to stop Felix from igniting the beacon." He said while finishing a piece of fruit he retrieved from his backpack. They all nodded in response.

"Does everyone have at least a couple of Psy Crystals? I have some extra if you need them." Ivan asked, popping the last bit of jerky into his mouth.

"I'm good." Garet responded finishing the last of his mutton.

"Me too." Isaac said

"I'll take a couple if you don't mind Ivan, I used my last one a while ago." Mia replied. Ivan nodded in response and handed her three yellow, star shaped crystals. Mia thanked him and slipped the crystals into her pack while she finished the rest of a salad she had made before they left.

"Alright, if everyone's finished eating, then let's get going." Isaac said. They all nodded in response and walked toward the entrance of the Lighthouse. None of them were expecting what was to happen in the Jupiter Lighthouse on this day.


Meanwhile, in the depths of the massive purple structure, Felix and his party were busy solving the puzzles of the Jupiter Lighthouse. They had already reached the aerie of the lighthouse, only to find it covered by a massive stone block. Two statues of Angels of Jupiter held each side of the block. The stone block covering the well of the lighthouse was immovable for them. They concluded the only way to move the block was with some sort of psynergy, so they passed into the left side of the Jupiter Lighthouse.

They made their way into the western side of the Lighthouse and entered a room with runes, ley lines, and a large structure in the middle of it. In front of the large structure in the middle of the room was a tall pillar with a ladder on it. Four white hover platforms were crowded around the pillar in equal spacing on the ground. Statues of Jupiter's Angels adorned each side of the room.

A depression was carved into the ledge they were standing on, so the five of them slid down it carefully. As they approached the pillar a deep unknown voice sounded and echoed throughout the chamber.

"Holder of the Jupiter Star! Display the power of the Anemos if you wish to awaken the power sealed away within this Lighthouse!" The five of them jumped at hearing this voice. They looked around the room.

"Wh.. Who said that?" Jenna asked trembling.

"I.. I don't know Jenna. But whatever who or it was, it knows about the Jupiter Star… and I don't know if I like that." Felix responded.

"But it just told us what to do. If anything it helped us." Sheba added.

"I agree with Sheba. However ominous that voice sounded, if it wanted to stop us, it had plenty of opportunities to a while ago." Kraden said.

Piers nodded and said, "The power it's talking about must be the Hover psynergy that Sheba learned not to long ago."

"Hmm.. you're probably right Piers. Sheba, could you go up there and use your Hover psynergy and see what happens?"

Sheba nodded in response, "Of course," as she stepped over to the ladder.

Felix stopped her, "Wait, take the Jupiter Star as well," he said pushing the purple spherical jewel into her hand. She nodded and started to climb the ladder. The four of them watched in anticipation as she reached the top of the pillar.

Sheba took a deep breath and focused. "Hover!" she yelled. Sheba glowed purple for an instant, and then psynergetic rings of all colors surrounded her feet. The whole lighthouse seemed to shake at the events occurring in the room. Felix, Jenna, Kraden and Piers looked around nervously. Her aura flashed between the colors white, purple, and transparent; multi-colored orbs of pure psynergy poured out of her, and started to fill into the hole of the giant structure in the middle of the room. A blinding pillar of light sprung from the hole in the structure. All of them shielded their eyes from it.

When all was said and done, all the ley lines and runes in the room had changed. They were no longer empty and plain, but glowed a deep, pulsating purple. The structure in the center of the room kept a purple glow, even though the pillar of light had vanished. The white hover platforms that were once on the ground floated in the air. Directly underneath them, purple hover rune circles could be seen. The four of them decided that this room must be an activation post for the remainder of the lighthouse.

"Good work Sheba!" Felix called to her from below. Sheba nodded and tossed the Jupiter Star back to Felix before she hopped over to the now accessible ledge from the white hover platforms, and the other four climbed up the ladder onto the pillar and followed behind her.


Isaac and his company had found most of the puzzles of the Lighthouse to be solved. Isaac scowled in disappointment. Damn! How could Felix have possibly beat us here! He thought to himself.

At that moment, the entire Lighthouse began to shake. The four of them stopped immediately, all of them wide-eyed and looking for something to grab on to.

When the shaking subsided, Garet asked, "Everyone alright?" They all nodded.

"What was that?" Mia asked.

"That could have been a puzzle Felix just solved, or it could have been the beacon." Ivan responded.

"Whatever it was, we better hurry up. Felix is well ahead of us." Isaac remarked. They all nodded and took off at a running pace to try and catch up to Felix and his group.


Felix and his group continued forward. Much Jupiter psynergy was needed to continue into the lighthouse, so Felix let Sheba lead the group. Felix simply suggested which way they go. They had picked up a Red Key along the way which allowed for access to the West Tower of the Jupiter Lighthouse. Sheba slipped the key into the lock of the red door, and it jetted back into the wall almost instantly. They continued through a door that led to an outside portion of the lighthouse.

A bridge led to a tall tower connected to the side of the lighthouse. The five of them continued across the bridge that connected the lighthouse to the West Tower. A giant stone statue of the head of a Jupiter's Angel greeted them as they walked by. However, as Piers walked by it, it shot out a gust a wind. Piers screamed in surprise, which made the others turn around. They saw him fly through the air spinning back towards where they came from. He was blasted all the way back across the bridge, to the door of which they came through. The other four ran over to him.

"Are you okay Piers?" Jenna asked laughing.

"I am fine... However I am quite dizzy." Piers responded, while rubbing the back of his head. Sheba was too busy laughing to ask if he was okay.

Felix offered him a hand and helped him up, laughing while he did so. "Let's try to not get blown away by the statue this time." Felix said patting Piers on the back.

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry for the delay!" Piers responded, clearly un-amused with all the laughter aimed in his direction.

"It's quite alright Piers, just making sure that you are okay." Kraden said letting out a small chuckle himself.

The five of them continued into the Western Tower, avoiding the gust of wind this time. A statue of an archer greeted them as they walked into the first door of the tower.

"Such elegant masonry work here. Can you imagine the work that must have gone on to build these lighthouses and the things that ornament them?" Kraden claimed as they walked by.

"The statues are indeed very pretty. They fit very nicely here with the element of Jupiter. They are sculptures of Jupiter's Angels and Archers after all," Sheba responded.

The rest of them nodded in agreement. They walked through another door into a hallway.

"Look! A treasure chest!" Jenna exclaimed as she ran over to it. She attempted to open it, but to no avail. "Stupid thing! It's stuck! Felix, Piers, see if you can get this thing open," Jenna continued.

Felix and Piers both tried their hardest to open the lid of the chest, but it was no use. It wouldn't even budge. Out of frustration, Felix kicked the chest, and it opened. However, the chest roared when it opened and leaped to attack Felix.

"MIMIC!" Felix shouted as he dove out the way to avoid being bitten. Jenna quickly drew her staff and used it to channel a Serpent Fume. The fume surged forward with blinding speed and the attack collided with the Mimic. It retreated back while screeching in pain. Felix rolled into a battle stance and unleashed his Djinni, Petra. Yellow-green fumes surrounded the Mimic, and it froze in place completely. While the Mimic was petrified, Sheba saw Piers about to attack, so she casted Impact on him. Piers felt strength flow through his body, and casted Diamond Berg on the Mimic. The Mimic was helpless and could only watch, as its body was completely petrified from Felix's Djinni. A massive dome of ice fell onto the Mimic, and Piers sliced through layer after layer of ice finally dealing a devastating blow to the Mimic when no layers remained.

The Mimic was furious when it finally gained mobility back. Before anyone else could act, it cast Ice Missile aimed at Felix, Sheba, and Jenna. Felix was standing in the center of them and took the full force of the attack, while Sheba and Jenna were still hit, but not as hard as Felix. Shards of razor sharp ice cut into the three of them. Blood started to come out of the fresh cuts from the razor ice, which made the three of them stagger and kneel over in pain. The Mimic took no time in rushing to attack Sheba right after it casted the spell. Sheba closed her eyes and screamed as she braced for a head on attack.

While this was happening, Piers unleashed his Djinni, Shade, on the party before the Mimic reached them. When the Mimic was about an arm's length from Sheba it hit an invisible barrier and bounced back several yards. The Mimic was clearly confused at why its attack did not land. Jenna finally regained her composure and casted a Cool Aura on herself and her allies. The healing powers of fire were just as effective as if a Mercury Adept had casted a Pure Wish spell. Their wounds sealed up and adrenaline pumped through their bodies. Sheba instantly retaliated when she was healed. A look of pure hatred on her face, Sheba cast the most powerful spell she knew at that point, Shine Plasma. As three purple bolts of pure Jupiter Psynergy struck the Mimic, it stopped moving, and fell over. It disintegrated from the heat of the lightning, as Sheba had poured a lot of power into the attack. A simple yellow star shaped crystal sat where the Mimic was felled.

"Well, I think we know who deserves this," Felix said as he picked it up and tossed it to Sheba.

Sheba responded with, "Hmph… Thank you" as she caught it and placed it in her bag.

They continued up the Western Tower, grabbing a Blue Key on their way up and being wary of the treasure chests they came across. No more of the chests were Mimics much to their liking. However, more hovering puzzles awaited them, much to their irritation.

After clearing a room filled with broken floor tiles, the five of them came to the top of the Western Tower of the lighthouse. There was a ley line leading to the statue of an Archer of Jupiter. However, the ley line was broken in one part. A large pillar stood a good distance away from a square shaped hole in the floor where the ley line was broken. Piers and Felix nodded to each other and pushed the heavy pillar into the hole, completing the ley line.

Upon the completion of the ley line, the statue of the archer glowed purple for an instant. A golden arrow formed in its bow, and shot toward the aerie of the lighthouse. The arrow collided with a statue of an Angel of Jupiter. The Angel glowed purple for a moment, and then slowly began to rise and halted after climbing about thirty feet. However, the other Angel statue merely remained where it was. This left the giant stone blocking the well of the lighthouse at a very awkward angle. All of them watched his happen, and all of them let out a long drawn out sigh. They all knew what had to be done. They would have to do the same thing to the other statue on the eastern side of the lighthouse. So they made their way back down the Western Tower, and started to make their way to the Eastern Tower.

When they made their way back to the main room of the lighthouse, Sheba led them up the east side with Cyclone. Upon going up the Eastern Side of the lighthouse, they noticed three things. The bridge connecting the main part of the lighthouse and the Eastern Tower was destroyed. It was as if something had struck the bridge and it collapsed in one area. There was a rope on the Eastern Tower part of the bridge; Sheba could connect that easy enough with Lash if they could get over there. However, in front of them there was another square shaped hole in the floor, and a pillar with a very large rod sticking straight up out of it.

Piers and Felix again moved the pillar into the square… but nothing happened. The others stood back confused while Felix went to go take a closer look at the rod, and knelt down next to it. Hmm. Well what should we-BZZZT. Felix's thought was cut short. A bolt of lightning came down and struck the rod right in front of him, lighting up a ley line that led to the upper portion of the lighthouse where the bridge was separated. This activated a hover circle rune up above them.

He leapt back in shock and in fear his heart pounding in his chest. He slammed his back to the wall of the lighthouse, gripping his shirt where his heart was until his knuckles were white. He had the look of pure terror in his face, his eyes wide in surprise. Now it was Felix's turn to be laughed at. Jenna was sitting on the floor with her legs crossed pointing and laughing at her brother.

"I-ahah haven't-hahaha seen you that scared-hahaha since mom found out-ahhahah you lied about going-ahahah into that cave with Isaac!" Jenna cried in laughter. Sheba found it funny, but with Jenna laughing that hard, it simply made her laugh even harder. Piers chuckled to himself one hand on his stomach, the other patting Felix on the back.

Kraden was laughing as well, and said, "Well that was a close one wasn't it now Felix!?" Felix was still trembling as he nodded. He laughed at himself, he could only imagine the look on his face. If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? He thought.

They made their way back into the main room of the lighthouse, this time, using Hover and going into the beam that shot up the center of the lighthouse. Making their way towards the East Tower, they encountered a blue door that was locked. Again, Sheba pulled out the key and twisted it in the lock. Just as the other door had done, it jetted into the wall almost instantly. They went through a door, and came out to the broken bridge leading to the East Tower. They found the hover circle rune that had been activated earlier. Sheba signaled for everyone to grab hands, and casted Hover on the circle. They floated up, right next to the mouth of a statue of an Angel of Jupiter. All of them looked at it directly in the face.

"Oh no, not again…" Piers said. Right after Piers had said this; the statue blew a gust of wind out of its mouth, taking all five of them with it. With all of them screaming, they eventually hit the side of the Eastern Tower, they fell to the ground and sat there for a while. All of them disoriented from the spinning.

"This is getting rather old very quickly." Piers remarked as he finally stood up.

"I agree Piers, we better be close to that other damn archer." Jenna responded.

"Oh come now, it's not that bad everyone." Sheba said

"Well that's easy for you to say… seeing as how you are a Jupiter Adept and all." Felix retorted.

"AHEM! If you're all done bickering, we have an archer to activate!" Kraden said as he stood up and smoothed his robes. They all nodded and continued into the Eastern Tower. They entered a room with more broken ley lines and hover circle runes.

"Oh boy! More of these damned things." Sheba said sarcastically.

Her mood lightened when she saw a Jupiter Djinni on the ledge that was cut off from the main path.

"Look! A Djinni!" Sheba remarked as she pointed to it. They wasted no time in solving the puzzle to obtain it. When they reached it and tried to capture it, the Djinni became infuriated and attacked them.

The Jupiter Djinni was extremely fast. It took the first action in casting Shine Plasma on the four adepts before any of them could react. The four adepts took the hit fine, and counter-attacked right after. Sheba casted Bind, and in a moment, the Jupiter Djinni's psynergy was sealed. The Djinni tried to cast Shine Plasma again, but its psynergy had been blocked. While Sheba was casting Bind, Jenna figured she would heal the damage it did to them with a Cool Aura, and so she did. Felix and Piers did something they had never done before. Felix managed to flank the Djinni on the right side, while Piers flanked on the left. Both of them casted their respective psynergies, Odyssey and Diamond Berg. A massive dome of ice trapped the Jupiter Djinni, while at the same time, two ethereal blue swords pierced through the ice and the Djinni. Piers started slicing away at the dome with his broadsword, and when he finally broke through all the layers of ice and struck the Djinni, he saw a massive sword come through the other side, shattering the smaller swords as it did, and impact the Djinni. He was confused until he saw Felix on the other side. This felled the Djinni quickly and efficiently.

As the Djinni collapsed into a gust of wind and set itself to Sheba, Piers and Felix looked at each other and both said, "Nice combo!"

"This Djinni's name is Whorl. He says he deals an attack that may also instantly kill monsters!" Sheba said as she communicated with the Djinni telepathically.

"That seems quite useful." Piers remarked.

"Come on, let's keep moving." Felix said. They all nodded and continued on into the Eastern Tower. They encountered the hardest Hover puzzles they had seen in the whole lighthouse in the Eastern Tower. They had to move and reset white hover platforms in order to reach treasure chests they were to curious to pass up. Sometimes they misplaced a white hover platform, and had to reset the puzzle time and time again.

Eventually they stumbled into a room filled with nothing except Hover circle runes on the floor. At the very edges of the room, the tile was cracked. Not only this, but two Angel of Jupiter statues adorned the left and right sides of the chamber, and threatened to blow the group onto the cracked tile floors to fall onto the floor below. In a chest in this room they found a new short blade for Jenna, Phaeton's Blade. However, after obtaining that sword from the chest in the room, Jenna timed one of her steps wrong and was blown away by one of the statues.

They were all holding hands in order to maintain the psynergy for all of them to hover. So she dragged the others along with her. They hit the wall, and the Hover Psynergy faded. They then fell onto the cracked floor tiles, which broke under their weight, and fell down to the floor below; all of them screaming while falling. When they finally hit the ground, they all had to recover for a few minutes, as the fall was quite a ways down.

"Sorry, I'll try not to do that again." Jenna said hanging her head in disappointment. Felix put a hand on her shoulder and gave her an empathetic look and a small smile. She smiled back.

"It's okay Jenna, but try and keep up this time!" Sheba said playfully. They made their way back into the same room, but this time went to the left side of the room, and found a staircase leading up. They walked up the staircase, and found that it was the top of the Eastern Tower. Their faces gleamed with happiness at being done with all the puzzles of the lighthouse. Felix and Piers quickly moved the pillar into the square hole, and watched the ley line complete itself.

The eastern archer mirrored the western archer, as it glowed purple and shot a golden arrow which hit the other statue of the Angel of Jupiter. It shined purple and made its ascent into the air, stopping in the same place as the western Angel statue. The well of the lighthouse was now open. They all let out a small cheer and started their descent back down the Eastern Tower in high spirits. They made their way back into the main body of the lighthouse where chains hung freely from the ceiling. Sheba casted Whirlwind on the chain and one by one they swung across the gap that otherwise would have been unavoidable. When they exited a door that led to the lower outside balcony of the lighthouse, none of them were expecting what they were about to hear and see…


Isaac and his companions had made their way through the middle section of the Jupiter Lighthouse. They had noticed all of the puzzles had been solved wherever they went, and were desperately trying to catch up to Felix. They had just been through the room with all countless pillars jetting out of the floor. When they exited a door from this room, they found themselves on the high outside balcony of the lighthouse. Isaac looked around the balcony and out towards the Western Tower.

"We can take a little break; we've been running for quite a while now." Isaac said. The group nodded. Isaac and Ivan walked over to the edge of the balcony pointing out areas and discussing amongst themselves on where to go next. Mia sat on the grey slabs that formed the bridge of the balcony. She was swinging her legs freely off the bridge. Garet stood next to her crossing his arms and leaning against the wall of the lighthouse. However, he was not standing on the bridge. They both gazed out at the landscape of Atekka. It was a beautiful landscape, as the sun had started to set behind the mountains. Vibrant shades of afternoon yellows, reds, and oranges filled the sky.

"This view is great. Wish we could stay and enjoy the view for a while." Garet said.

"I agree, it's moments like these that make life worth-AHHHHH!" Mia was interrupted by the floor beneath her disappearing.

"MIA!" Garet screamed as he jumped after her.

Isaac and Ivan both heard Mia scream, turned around, and watched in shock as two of their best friends fell for a second time out of their sight.


Two figures silently followed Isaac out onto the balcony of the lighthouse. Isaac and his company had not noticed however, they were much to distracted with their quest of stopping Felix from igniting the Jupiter Beacon. They saw that the group of four split. Isaac and Ivan were looking out westward discussing something. Mia was sitting on the bridge, with Garet next to her.

"Now's our chance." A sleek, cunning, red haired figure whispered. A tall, muscular white haired figure nodded back at her. They quietly stepped out onto the balcony that Isaac and his companions were on, and a black, thigh-high boot stepped on the switch on the balcony of the lighthouse. Both figures smiled a malevolent smile as they saw a certain blue haired girl fall, and a certain red haired boy jump in after her.

"It's almost too perfect." Agatio said, as he and Karst started walking toward Isaac and Ivan.


Isaac and Ivan ran over to the ledge as fast as they could and looked down. "Mia! Garet! Don't worry, everything is gunna be fine!" Isaac shouted.

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine. I'm more worried about Garet!" Mia responded as she gripped his arm with both of hers.

"Garet, why are you only holding onto the ledge with one arm?" Ivan shouted down at him.

"I landed on my arm when I fell, I can't feel it at all! I think it's broken!" Garet responded. Mia was trying her hardest to pull Garet up off the ledge, but she was unsuccessful even when using all of her strength. She shook her head in defeat, tears starting to form in her eyes.

"It's no use, I'm not strong enough to pull up Garet by myself! Isaac! You have to get down here and help pull Garet up!" Mia yelled back up to Isaac and Ivan.

"Oh Garet… you shouldn't have jumped in after me when I fell…" Mia said with a distressed face.

"Come on Mia, I wasn't about to just let you fall…" Garet responded. Isaac and Ivan turned to each other and disappeared over the edge.

"This is bad." Isaac said to Ivan.

"We gotta get down there quick!" Ivan responded. Their heads poked out from over the ledge again.

"Don't worry, we'll be right down to help you!" Isaac responded.

"No actually, I'm afraid you won't be helping your friends…" an unknown female voice said from behind them.


"AHHHHH!" a young girl screamed.

"MIA!" another voice yelled. Felix and his company looked at each other, all with looks of confusion written across their face.

"That sounded an awful lot like Garet!" Jenna exclaimed.

"That must be Isaac and his friends!" Kraden said. Felix had a distressed look on his face.

"Isaac… if I recall he is your friend, is he not Felix?" Piers asked.

Felix nodded, "He is, although what we are trying to accomplish, he is trying to prevent."

"That sounded like a cry for help though, if they are in trouble, we have to go help them!" Sheba said.

"I agree, we have to help Isaac, Garet and his friends!" Jenna responded. None of them noticed Felix bolting toward the middle of the balcony. I don't care if they are trying to stop me or not… Isaac and Garet were once two of my best friends… they probably still are. Felix thought to himself as he ran to the middle of the balcony and looked up.

The rest of them followed Felix to the center of the balcony and looked up as well. What they saw alarmed them. Garet was hanging off the edge of a platform with one arm. His other arm was limp at his side. Mia was trying to pull him up onto the platform, but she couldn't do it. It seemed she wasn't strong enough. Ivan and Isaac were on the ledge above them looking down assessing the situation. They disappeared quickly, and poked their heads over the ledge again. They exchanged a few words with Garet and Mia. Isaac and Ivan vanished over the ledge again, but this time didn't return to sight.

The five of them heard words exchanged between what seemed like four people. Then they all jumped in surprise as they heard various schools of psynergy being cast, and steel clashing with steel. All of their eyes widened, they realized why there were sounds of combat.

"Agatio and Karst are attacking Isaac and Ivan!" Kraden shouted.

"I don't think they'll be able to handle them without Mia and Garet's help!" Sheba said in desperation.

Anger crossed Piers's face, "I am sick that Karst would set a trap for them! That is incredibly treacherous!" he said.

"Garet might lose his grip while they are fighting! We gotta go help them!" Jenna exclaimed.

They sprinted as fast as they could to Isaac and his allies. However, in the rush and worry present in all of their minds, they had forgotten which way to go. Hold on Isaac, we're coming! Felix thought as he led his group forward.


"Who are you?" Ivan asked.

"Me? Why my name is Karst." She responded, still walking over to their location.

"And I am Agatio." said the tall, muscular Proxian, as he followed her.

Something about these two seems very familiar. Isaac thought to himself.

"Get out of my way! My friends are in trouble!" Isaac said with a scowl.

"Not as much trouble as you are about to be in. You have done me a great wrong, and now you will pay the price!" Karst remarked as she stopped in front of Ivan and Isaac.

"What are you talking about? We've never even seen you before!" Ivan said.

"Oh? But do you not see the resemblance? Think carefully…" Agatio said. Then it clicked for both Ivan and Isaac at the same time.

They both looked at each other and said, "Menardi!" in unison.

"Very perceptive! I'm quite fond of clever boys," Karst said with a smile. Her smile vanished just as quickly as it came, "Saturos and Menardi - my sister - hail from the same Fire Clan, located in the frozen wastes of Prox to the far north!"

"Prox? Ive never heard of any place called Prox." Ivan responded.

"And that is exactly the problem. Our town is on the verge of extinction, and the seal on Alchemy is responsible!" Agatio said.

"Once the seal on Alchemy is broken, Prox will bring Weyard to its knees for not heeding our warning and letting us suffer for so long." Karst added.

"And you think we'll just stand by after hearing you say that? Alchemy will never be unleashed as long as we stand!" Isaac retorted.

Karst and Agatio smiled. "We were hoping you would say that!" Agatio exclaimed.

Isaac's face turned into a glare, "And Felix was trying to help you?!" he shouted

Both Karst and Agatio shrugged, "We don't know what Felix's motives are, but as long as he is free to ignite the beacons without your interference, we don't really care what he does." Agatio said.

"We are here to stop Felix! Get out of our way or we will move you ourselves!" Ivan responded, a glare forming on his face as well.

Karst smiled, "Such big words coming from such a small boy! Are you so absorbed in your mission that you have already forgotten about your friends?"

Ivan and Isaac frowned at each other and looked back over the ledge at Mia and Garet. They looked back at Karst and Agatio.

"So this was all a part of your plan then? To trap our two friends and fight us unfairly?" Isaac asked.

"Actually, we only hoped to snare one of you with that trap, snaring two adepts down there was indeed an added bonus!" Agatio said laughing.

"A dirty trick you cowards! You would fight us dishonorably?" Ivan responded.

"Please! You would not be complaining if you had the leisure of fighting us four on two!" Karst remarked.

"Even so, we are not afraid to fight you fairly, two on two!" Ivan responded.

"Ahh but you are not the only one with a Mercury Adept! Alex! Show yourself!" Karst exclaimed. Upon hearing that name, Ivan and Isaac scowled even more, and became even angrier.

"Where is Alex!?" Karst yelled angrily, while looking around for the Mercury adept.

"Who cares! I knew we could never trust him in the first place! Let's just deal with them quickly, they will be no match for us!" Agatio responded. "If you really are the warriors who managed to kill both Saturos and Menardi, consider us your enemies as well!" He said boldly.

Karst smiled upon hearing this, "Hmm, you are right Agatio. I have waited long enough for this! Prepare to die! Both of you!"

Upon that sentence ending, Karst drew the scythe from her back. Ivan drew the Swift Sword strapped to his belt, (as he had lost his staff with the ship). Isaac unsheathed the Gaia Blade, and Agatio clanged his bracers together several times. They all took fighting stances, and the battle between good and evil had begun…


On the platform below, Mia was still trying to pull Garet up off of the edge. She had tears running down her face, despite how much she wanted to save Garet, she knew she couldn't. Her body was just not physically able to muster enough strength to pull up all of Garet's weight. "I'm sorry Garet… I'm just not tough enough!"

"Don't worry about it Mia, my grip is strong enough so that I won't fall.. but my arm is killing me. Where are Isaac and Ivan!?" Garet responded.

"I.. I don't know, they said they would be down here quickly!" Mia said. At that moment, both of them heard combat psynergy, and blades being crossed. Both Mia and Garet's faces flashed with distress for their friends. At that moment, vast amounts of adrenaline surged through Mia's body from knowing that her best friends were in danger, and her boyfriend could very well fall to his death.

She grabbed Garet's forearm with both hands once again, tugged with all her might, and slowly but surely raised him up onto the platform. When Garet rolled onto the platform Mia collapsed back in exhaustion, and Garet lay next to her. Mia managed to find the willpower to sit back up and cast a Pure Ply on his broken arm. Garet felt the bones that were previously broken snap back into place, and he moved it around to make sure he had full control over it again.

"Thank you for saving me Mia..." She fell into his arms as she was exhausted from pulling Garet up, and using her last remaining energy to heal him.

"It's only fair… you saved me yesterday." She whispered with a smile, and closed her eyes.

"Our friends are in trouble, but we have no way of getting back up to the balcony. All we can do is sit here and rest, but you really need to take it easy Mia… you spent a lot of energy pulling me back up here and healing my arm. Isaac and Ivan could be really hurt, and you're the one who will need to tend to them." Garet said.

The sounds of combat above them were getting more and more intense. He heard people cry out in pain every now and then, and he could tell a few of the cries belonged to Ivan and Isaac. Mia brought her hands to her ears to block out the sounds of conflict. A look of desperation crossed her face, but she simply buried her face in Garet's chest and started to cry. He knew she wanted to help Ivan and Isaac. He knew it killed her on the inside to know that her best friends were hurt and she could do nothing except listen to them cry out in pain. Garet wanted to help them as well. But both of them could only sit there and listen to Ivan and Isaac fight for their lives.

Garet wrapped his arms around Mia tightly and his face swelled with anger. He gritted his teeth as he thought; whoever set that trap is a damn dirty person. Ivan and Isaac need our help and all we can do is SIT here and listen to them battle without us. Garet looked up to where he last saw Isaac and Ivan. He simply held Mia tighter as she cried even more into his chest. They both sat there, Mia praying a silent prayer in her head while she wept into Garet's chest; and Garet trying to think of ways to get back up from where they fell.


The balcony on which the four of them fought was huge. The balcony was not meant for battling, but with the four of them standing off, it almost took the setting of an arena. There was maneuverability, but it was limited for both duos. Karst took the first action of the battle and casted a Supernova spell aimed at the two young adepts. Both Ivan and Isaac dodged it with ease. Ivan jumped left and Isaac jumped right. Both of them felt the superheated air from the explosion pass by their faces. Both of them then charged forward; Ivan at Karst and Isaac at Agatio. While charging, Ivan sliced vertically with his Swift Sword at Karst, who barely managed to bring her scythe up in time to parry the attack. Damn! He's fast! She thought to herself.

Isaac attempted almost the same attack on Agatio. He brought his Gaia Blade over his right shoulder with both hands, and made a powerful vertical slash. Agatio parried Isaac's attack with both of his bracers with no trouble at all. Isaac was strong, but not strong enough to overpower Agatio's mighty Proxian stature. Ivan and Isaac retreated backwards and stood next to each other, taking up a battle stance once again. Karst and Agatio did the same.

It was their turn to cast. Ivan casted Shine Plasma while Isaac simultaneously casted Mother Gaia. The purple bricks around the Proxians' feet started to rupture, pure Venus energy starting to flow out of a small hole. Then almost instantly, it bursted open several meters wide, and stones of all sizes came jetting out of the fissure in the ground. Karst managed to jump away from the rupture in the ground only to be struck by three bolts of lightning, it hurt her, but she could take the blows; she was a warrior after all. She let out a small cry of pain. Agatio was not as lucky. Agatio was caught by the full force of both psynergies, being hit by boulders and lightning alike. He yelled out in pain as he was hit by both spells. He kneeled down for a brief second after the psynergies subsided, then took his battle stance once again.

Ivan and Isaac jumped at them once more, hoping to catch them off-guard. Isaac once again leapt at Agatio. He went for a horizontal slash this time, but Agatio predicted his movements and dodged, then charged full force at Isaac. He punched Isaac so hard in the stomach; it sent him flying into the wall of the lighthouse. Isaac hit the wall with a loud THUD, and fell to the ground. Isaac tried to get up, but the wind was completely knocked out of him. He knelt there stunned, falling victim to Agatio's Stun Muscle.

Meanwhile, Ivan was launching a barrage of attacks at Karst. Ivan was just as skillful when it came to light blades as Isaac was with longswords. Despite his skill, Karst parried his attacks with her scythe. She started slowing down, however; growing tired of having to keep up with the Jupiter adept's speed. Ivan noticed this, and kept up his attacks. Agatio looked over after he punched Isaac and saw Karst having trouble with Ivan. Agatio then casted an Eruption aimed at Ivan. Ivan saw it out of the corner of his eye, and jumped backward, disengaging Karst. He barely managed to escape the spell; his sleeve was singed at the tip, as it had gotten caught.

Isaac finally managed to regain his composure, and stood up. He unleashed his Djinni, Vine at the two Mars adepts. Tangles of ivy sprung from the ground around Karst and Agatio, grabbing anywhere they could. Their arms and legs were snared with vines, and they struggled to free themselves. Ivan took this time to buff himself and Isaac with Djinn effects. Ivan unleashed both Zephyr and Breeze. Isaac and Ivan felt themselves gain momentous speed, as well as a ward around them that would absorb some effects of offensive psynergy headed their way.

"Enough of this!" Karst finally shouted as she cast a Fiery Blast around her and Agatio.

All of the vines were scorched into ash. Agatio retaliated instantly after being freed, as did Karst. Agatio casted Rolling Flame, while Karst charged with blinding speed at Isaac, her scythe glowing prepared to unleash Death Scythe. The cylindrical burst of flame traveled so fast, neither Ivan nor Isaac had time to react. The spell collided with both of them, and it hurt. Ivan and Isaac cried out in pain. They were knocked back a few feet from the sheer momentum of the spell.

Luckily for them, the wards that Breeze had put around them absorbed most of the spell, and they were left only with minor burns. Isaac didn't have enough time to brace himself for Karst charging right at him. Her Death Scythe connected, and the silhouette of Death sliced Isaac at the same time Karst did. Karst smiled as she watched her attack connect. Isaac cried out in pain once more, a nasty gash was present across his chest from his right shoulder to the bottom left side of his stomach. Ivan saw this happen, and grew furious. His Swift Sword glowed purple preparing to unleash.

Agatio noticed Karst's attack land, and decided to cast at Ivan. He launched another Eruption spell at Ivan, almost positive it would connect. But before the Eruption happened, Ivan seemingly disappeared into thin air. What!? Where did he go!? Agatio thought to himself as he looked around for the Jupiter adept. He heard three extremely loud slashes. The next thing he saw surprised him. Ivan re-appeared where Karst had once stood with his sword held out in front of him. Ivan delivered three extraordinarily fast and powerful blows. Karst was launched at the lighthouse wall. She cried out in pain as she collided with the wall of the lighthouse with another loud THUD. She stood up shakily. When she stood back up, Agatio noticed three deep cuts decorated her: one on her arm, one on her chest, and the last on her stomach. Ivan's Swift Sword had unleashed Sonic Smash on Karst, and he had landed all three mighty blows.

Meanwhile, Isaac took the time to cast Potent Cure on himself, sealing the wound on his chest, but leaving a very visible scar. He took a deep breath and took up his battle stance again. Ivan leapt to Isaac's side. While they were doing this, Agatio ran over to Karst. Karst quickly casted a Healing Aura on them both. It managed to seal the fresh wounds Karst had just received, and Agatio felt a little of his strength return.

Yet again, the duos stood across from each other. All of them were tired, but kept fighting. Agatio started the skirmish again by casting Meteor Blow, and a meteor from space began to make its decent toward the Jupiter Lighthouse. Ivan and Isaac didn't delay to retaliate. Isaac casted Odyssey aimed at Agatio. Agatio felt time almost freeze as two giant blue ethereal swords pierced through him. Isaac charged full speed, and connected an attack; a giant yellow-green sword following up his attack and slamming through Agatio, shattering the smaller swords it had crossed. Agatio was knocked back into the lighthouse wall, clutching his chest where a fresh cut could now be seen.

Karst engaged Ivan while this happened. Ivan and Karst exchanged blows, each parrying the others attacks. However, Karst feinted an attack at his left, which Ivan guarded against. Oh no… Ivan thought to himself as he saw this happen. He couldn't hope to parry the attack, and instead braced himself. Karst quickly spun around to the right and the blade of her scythe found its way horizontally across Ivan's chest. Karst smiled as he cried out in pain. Ivan quickly summoned a large gust of wind, forcing Karst back. She leapt back next to Agatio, and they both stood a good distance away from Ivan and Isaac.

Isaac returned to Ivan's side, and casted a Potent Cure on Ivan. This sealed the wound on his chest, but left a noticeable scar. Why are they just standing there? Isaac thought to himself. Karst and Agatio simply smiled at them both. Ivan and Isaac looked at each other for a brief second confused. They heard something… but what was it? Neither Karst nor Agatio had casted anything, they hadn't moved at all, and they were standing far away. The sound kept growing louder and louder. Then it occurred to both Ivan and Isaac to lookup. Both of them went wide-eyed as they saw a meteor heading straight for them.

It was much too late to even attempt to dodge the meteor, so Isaac did the next best thing. Isaac quickly unleashed his Djinni, Granite. Granite formed a barrier around the two of them, and they braced for the impact. That attack was devastating. Isaac and Ivan screamed loud in agony. Isaac and Ivan were both forcibly knocked back into the wall of the lighthouse. They hit the wall so hard, the walls cracked where they had hit. Burns were present on almost all the surfaces of their bodies. They both stood up slowly and shakily. Agatio and Karst assumed their battle stances once more, unsteadily. They had been worn out as much as Ivan and Isaac.

Isaac quickly unleashed his Djinni, Ground to hold Agatio in place. As multiple yellow-green orbs slowly made their way towards Agatio, he dodged them. However, he didn't realize that the orbs followed him, and once one hit him, they all collided with him. Agatio felt the sheer force of gravity upon him, and he could not move one muscle in his body. Karst casted a Supernova at the same time Ivan casted a Destruct Ray. Both psynergies connected, Ivan and Isaac were in the center of the explosion, and their burns became worse as they both cried out in pain.

The Destruct Ray electrified both Agatio and Karst. Karst knelt over and cried out in pain. Agatio felt pain surge through his body, but he couldn't even react because of the effects of Isaac's Djinni. Ivan and Isaac were tapped of psynergy; Isaac from having to heal so frequently, and Ivan from having to use his abilities to climb the lighthouse. So they did the only thing they could. Isaac summoned Cybele, and Ivan summoned Atlanta. As they summoned them, Ground's effects on Agatio stopped, and he knelt over in pain.

Ivan and Isaac phased out of the material world, when they did this. Agatio and Karst could only watch as the elemental spirits were summoned. A large, orange-and-blue frog like amphibian with a beard and a pair of trees growing from its head appeared in front of them and spit seeds underneath Karst and Agatio. Not even a second later briar upon briar sprung violently from the ground Karst and Agatio were standing on. They were carried high up into the air in the briars, and stopped after about fifty feet. They both cried out in anguish as the briars were sharper than any sword that had ever cut them. Both of them were caught helplessly, high in the air. The attack severely hurt both of them. But the assault wasn't over. While they were being lifted into the air, the heavenly huntress; a young green-haired woman garbed in Greek-style clothing, Atlanta was charging her barrage of arrows. She launched her assault at the two trapped Mars adepts. Karst and Agatio looked up and saw a countless number of massive, otherworldly, green arrows headed toward them. Both of them braced for the attack. Isaac and Ivan watched as the arrows cut through briars and the two Mars adepts alike. As the last arrow passed through, Agatio and Karst fell all the way back down to the lighthouse balcony with a loud CRASH.

They lay there for a short while, and stood up very erratically and assumed their battle stances once more. Karst managed to pump out one last Healing Aura before she was tapped. They both needed the healing after an attack like that. Minor aches, and a few cuts and bruises were sealed, while adrenaline was pumped through their bodies. Both parties could tell they were both at their limit. Whoever got off the next set of attacks would be the victor. The duos once again faced off against one another, both in battle stances. They stood silent as neither party made a move. All four of them were breathing heavily.

They are much, much stronger than I ever imagined. We have to kill them now! Karst thought to herself.

I have enough psynergy left for one more attack… then im tapped. Karst, make a distraction! Quickly! Agatio said in his head.

How are they even standing after that attack? That should have finished them off… It's like fighting Saturos and Menardi all over again without Garet and Mia… Isaac thought to himself.

I can't take much more abuse, but they must be close to collapsing themselves. Ivan thought to himself.

Karst noticed her scythe glow. She didn't hesitate with this kind of opportunity. She charged once again as fast as she could in her crippled state, (which was still quite fast) at Ivan. Ivan went to parry, but it was no use. Karst sliced right through Ivan's guard. His Swift Sword was knocked from his hands. The silhouette of Death once again appeared and slashed through Ivan. I'm finished… Ivan thought as he fell to the ground.

As he fell towards the floor of the balcony, he said, "I'm sorry Isaac… but I can't take anymore…" Ivan hit the ground, his eyes were closed and his breathing was labored; but he was still alive.

"Ivan! No! You gotta keep it together!" Isaac responded as he turned and ran to his friend and tried his hardest to let out any kind of healing.

"HAH! Fool! Never let concern distract you in battle!" Agatio yelled, as he casted the last spell he could manage, Rising Dragon at Isaac.

A pillar of flame in the shape of a dragon enveloped Isaac and carried him skyward. It continued carrying him up about fifty feet, then exploded violently. Trails of smoke followed Isaac as he barreled back down towards the lighthouse balcony and landed with a CRASH. Isaac didn't get up from that blow, but like Ivan; he was still alive.

Both Agatio and Karst knelt down after they saw their foes collapse. Pain surged through almost every part of their body.

"We did Agatio… we defeated them." Karst said.

"Yes… it was close, but we did it." Agatio responded.

"They are both much stronger than I ever anticipated them to be… no wonder why Saturos and Menardi were felled by them." Karst added. Agatio nodded in agreement. After she said this, both Ivan and Isaac attempted to get up, but it was no use. They both wanted to get up, but their bodies wouldn't let them.

"They are still alive!? Even after an assault like that!?" Agatio exclaimed.

"It would be shameful if we ever had the regret of letting them live…" Karst responded, as they both advanced toward the downed Isaac and Ivan.


Felix and his party finally managed to find the door that led to the balcony where Isaac and his companions were. They made their way up the ladder to the upper platform which would allow them access to the door, but they were stopped by a familiar voice…

"Felix, I've been waiting for you…" Alex said, appearing in front of them with his warping ability. "You've come here to light the beacon yes?" he asked.

"Be patient… I'll light it once we save Isaac and his friends!" Felix responded.

"I thought as much… I saw you watching what happened to Isaac and his companions. They are your friends, even still. They are trying to prevent what we are trying to put in motion. But I know you Felix, you could never leave them behind to die. If you did you would regret it for the rest of your days. You are not like me in the slightest. You cannot abandon people whom you care about…" Alex paused. "Well, you'd better hurry if you hope to save them."

After saying this, Alex nodded at them. He glowed blue for a moment, then pure Mercury healing psynergy encircled Felix's party. All of their wounds were healed, their vigor was renewed and all of their psynergy was restored.

"There! Now go… consider it a gift. But hurry! Karst and Agatio may not delay much longer!" Alex said as he motioned to the door.

"Alex… thank you." Felix said. Alex nodded in response. The five of them then rushed out the door onto the balcony where Isaac was.

As Alex watched them rush out the door, he thought to himself. Even now I want to run to my dear cousin Mia and give her my aid. Hah. It would seem I am still weak as well… I guess I have little choice but to separate myself from Karst and Agatio. He shook his head, and he was gone just as fast as he came.


Felix and his party managed to walk out onto the balcony just in time to hear and see…

"HAH! Fool! Never let concern distract you in battle!" Agatio yelled, as he casted the last spell he could manage, Rising Dragon at Isaac.

A pillar of flame in the shape of a dragon enveloped Isaac and carried him skyward. It continued carrying him up about fifty feet, then exploded violently. Trails of smoke followed Isaac as he barreled back down towards the lighthouse balcony and landed with a crash. Isaac didn't get up from that blow, but like Ivan; he was still alive.

ISAAC! NOOO! Jenna thought to herself, tears forming in her eyes.

Both Agatio and Karst knelt down after they saw their foes collapse. Pain surged through almost every part of their body.

"We did Agatio… we defeated them." Karst said.

"Yes… it was close, but we did it." Agatio responded.

"They are both much stronger than I ever anticipated them to be… no wonder why Saturos and Menardi were felled by them." Karst added. Agatio nodded in agreement. After she said this, both Ivan and Isaac attempted to get up, but it was no use. They both wanted to get up, but their bodies wouldn't let them.

"They are still alive!? Even after an assault like that!?" Agatio exclaimed.

He's still alive! Thank the elements he is still alive! Jenna thought to herself.

"It would be shameful if we ever had the regret of letting them live…" Karst responded, as they both advanced toward the downed Isaac and Ivan. "It was a pleasure getting to fight you… but I'm afraid we cannot let you live." Karst said as she brought her scythe to Isaac's throat.

"Don't even think about it Karst!" Felix yelled.

"I'm not about to sit by and watch you kill them!" Jenna exclaimed.

"None of us are Jenna!" Piers shouted.

"Get away from them! You've done enough damage as it is!" Sheba added.

"Felix!? What are you doing!?" Agatio said standing up slowly.

A look of disgust crossed Karst's face. "Is that any way to talk to us after doing you a favor!?" she remarked.

"Odd that nothing catastrophic has happened from Jupiter being lit… it is unlike the other lighthouses so I've heard." Agatio said looking around.

Karst frowned deeply. "You haven't lit the beacon yet have you!? And after all we have done to give you assistance!" Karst yelled.

"We were about to light the beacon… that is until we heard you start fighting with Isaac!" Kraden said.

A look of anger crossed Agatio's face. "Then go do it!" Agatio said back.

Sheba shook her head. "We're not leaving Isaac and his friends behind." Sheba said.

"Oh perfect… Felix is going to double-cross us now!" Karst said.

"No… I'm simply saving my friends! You're not killing them, if you really want to, you'll have to go through us first!" Felix said.

"Yes! If you really wanted to clear to way to the aerie of the lighthouse then your job is done!" Piers added.

"Isaac is too dangerous a foe to let him live!" Agatio said

"Imagine what they could have done if they had the other two adepts with them! We must kill them now!" Karst added.

"Like Felix said, if you want to kill them, then you have to go through us first!" Jenna remarked.

"You are both severely crippled. If you were to fight Felix and his companions, you would lose indefinitely. I think it would be best for all of us if you simply left now." Kraden said.

Karst and Agatio looked at each other with mixed expressions.

"Looks like we have little choice…" Karst said.

"Karst! No! They killed Saturos and Menardi! Where is the rage I saw in battle!" Agatio responded. Karst let out a sigh.

"If we fight them now, we will be no match. I am furious, but not so much as to be blinded by my rage." Karst responded before she turned to Felix. "Do what you will with Isaac and his friends." Upon hearing this, the five of them smiled.

"But swear this to us! If we leave now, you will go ignite Jupiter's Beacon!" Agatio said. Felix nodded in response. "The beacon comes first! I don't care if you want to help your friends or not!" Agatio added.

"Go Felix, we will tend to Isaac, Garet and his friends." Kraden said. Felix nodded again.

"Be sure to grab the Mars Star that Isaac carries, and meet us on the aerie!" Karst said. Everybody had a surprised look on their face.

"How did you know about the Mars Star!?" Kraden asked.

"This was not just simply a revenge mission! Alex told us Isaac had the Mars Star in his possession!" Agatio responded.

"Take the Star or we will!" Karst said as she advanced toward Isaac with her arm extended. Piers immediately grabbed her arm and stopped her, his face clearly expressing anger.

"…Go ahead Felix, take it…" Isaac said weakly. "I don't know why you are doing it… but I trust you… take the Star!" Isaac said.

"Isaac…" Felix said with a frown as he walked over to Isaac. Felix looked at him, he was definitely banged up from that fight with Agatio and Karst. Isaac gave him a weak smile as he reached into his pack and pulled out a Mythril Bag and slowly handed it to Felix. Felix smiled back lightly at Isaac.

"Good. Now meet us on the aerie! We'll be waiting!" Karst said as she and Agatio quickly made their way to the aerie. Felix waited a while before following Karst and Agatio, taking in the situation at hand.

"Make sure they are all okay." Felix said. They all nodded as Felix started to walk to the aerie himself. As he was about to go through the door that led back inside the lighthouse, Piers stopped him.

"Felix wait… I do not have a good feeling about this, and we simply cannot trust Karst or Agatio. I will come with you to make sure nothing happens." Piers said.

"Good idea! We'll join you at the aerie once we're done here." Sheba added.

"Go on, both of you. We'll be fine." Jenna said.

"Yes indeed. Safety in numbers as they say…" Kraden said.

Felix nodded. He was still holding the Mythril Bag containing the Mars Star in his hand. Piers followed him and they disappeared from the balcony of the lighthouse and started to make their way up to the aerie of the Jupiter Lighthouse.


Karst and Agatio swiftly made their way to the aerie of the lighthouse, while discussing what their plan of action should be.

"Here. I brought some Potions and Psy Crystals with me, just in case something like this happened…" Karst said as she pulled the items out from her bag and tossed them to Agatio.

"Good thinking!" Agatio claimed as he drank a Potion and absorbed a Psy Crystal. He felt the pain in his body decrease. While some of it still remained, it was not as harsh as before. "Ahh, much better! So what are we going to do about this whole situation?"

Karst did the same before responding, "Felix is a traitor.. we must get rid of him... Everyone else seemed to busy tending to Isaac and his friends to send more than just Felix up to the well... What fools to send him to the aerie alone! We will attack him there after he lights the Jupiter beacon. With Felix out of the way, they will not be able to find their way to Prox."

"Another treacherous plan! You are full of them today Karst! But I like it. Felix now holds the Star. We shall kill him, take the Mars Star from him and light the Mars beacon ourselves!" Agatio responded.

Karst smiled and said, "You read my mind Agatio! This is why we are mirashtalos. We work so well together and agree on important tasks that need to be done!"

Agatio simply laughed as they walked out onto the aerie of the lighthouse and waited for Felix…


Felix and Piers finally exited a door to the aerie of the lighthouse. They walked up the steps and they were both "greeted" by Agatio and Karst.

"You are late Felix!" Karst said angrily.

"Hurry up and light the beacon!" Agatio added.

Damn! He brought that Mercury adept with him… what was his name. Piers! Right. Karst thought to herself as she noticed the blue-haired Lemurian following Felix.

Hmm. I was not expecting Felix to bring an ally with him. No matter, we beat Isaac and Ivan, this will be no different… Agatio thought to himself. Karst and Agatio looked at each other. Both of them could tell what the other was thinking. They were mirashtalos after all. They nodded to each other and waited for the beacon to be lit.

Felix and Piers walked over to the well of the lighthouse where the stone block was hovering above thanks to their efforts beforehand. Felix carefully took the Jupiter Star out of its bag, and held it out in the palm of his hand. The Jupiter Star slowly levitated out of his hand, and hovered above the well of the lighthouse for a few seconds before slowly making its decent into the well. All of a sudden, an enormous beam of white light erupted from the well accompanied by a loud crashing sound. The entire foundation of the lighthouse began to shake as the beam of light grew brighter and brighter. All four of them shielded their eyes from it. A massive purple orb began to take shape above the well.

"I've heard stories of the lighthouses being lit… I'd never imagine it would be so remarkable." Piers yelled.

The beam of light disappeared and the lighthouse stopped shaking. Where the stone block once was, a giant purple sphere of pure Jupiter psynergy pulsated. Piers and Felix nodded to each other and started to make their way back down the stairs, only to find Karst and Agatio blocking their paths with devilish smiles on their faces.

"Why do you stand in our way? We have lit the beacon; let us return to our friends." Piers stated.

"Not a chance." Karst replied.

"You see Felix, you have betrayed us once already, and we can no longer trust you." Agatio added. Piers and Felix looked at each other, anger crossing both of their faces.

"Now that you have finished your task of igniting the Jupiter beacon, we have no more use of you and your friends." Karst said.

"So... it's that way is it?" Felix responded.

"I'm afraid so. Now you will both die atop this lighthouse." Agatio said. While Agatio was speaking, Karst quickly ran over to Felix and stole the Mythril Bag containing the Mars Star out of his hands, and retreated back to Agatio's side. Felix went to run over to Karst to grab it back, but Agatio quickly stepped in front of him. A look of frustration crossed Felix's face.

"And what of my parents? You will still release them once the Mars Lighthouse has been lit?" Felix asked.

"Of course. We would never break an oath we promised to keep as you have so carelessly done." Karst said.

"However that presents a problem." Agatio added.

"And what might that be?" Piers asked.

"If you are dead, who will come to take them home from Prox?" Agatio said.

"That is where you are mistaken. We will not die today." Felix said as he unsheathed his Hestia Blade.

"Bold words! Prepare to die!" Agatio yelled back, clanging his bracers together in a fighting fashion. Piers drew the Could Brand and Karst slung the scythe from her back. They all took up battle stances, and yet again, a fight between good and evil waged once more.


Felix and Piers had disappeared into the lighthouse. This left Jenna, Sheba and Kraden to tend to Isaac and his friends.

Jenna quickly ran over to Isaac with tears streaming down her cheeks. She knelt down next to him before she spoke.

"Isaac! Oh no… How could those monsters do such a thing!?" Jenna cried. Isaac slightly opened his eyes at hearing Jenna's voice.

"J… Jenna? I.. I came to rescue you. Gla.. Glad you are safe.." Isaac said softly with a faint smile.

Jenna smiled back at him, tears still running down her face. "Of course you did, but now I'm here to save you."

While Jenna ran over to Isaac, Sheba ran over to Ivan's side and knelt down next to him.

"Ivan! Oh Jupiter this is not good. Ivan! Can you hear me!?" Sheba asked frantically, tears forming in her eyes.

"Wh.. who.. Sheba? Is that you..?" Ivan responded weakly while dimly opening his eyes.

"Ivan! Thank Jupiter you are still alive! Don't worry about Karst and Agatio, we're here to help you!" Sheba responded with a bright smile, while wiping her eyes.

Ivan faintly smiled back and said, "Th.. thank you. But.. Garet.. Mia.. need help." He pointed over to the bridge that was still collapsed.

"I'll be right back Ivan, don't you dare even think about dying on me!" Sheba said as she ran over to the collapsed bridge.

Kraden was already standing there when Sheba got to it. Kraden was fiddling with a rope Piers had given to Kraden before he joined Felix on the aerie.

"Garet! Mia! Are you two alright down there!" Kraden called down to them.

"We're fine, but what about Ivan and Isaac!?" Garet responded.

"They are in bad shape, they must be tended to!" Kraden yelled back down to them.

"Can you get us up there? I can heal them both if you can somehow get us back up!" Mia called.

An idea popped into Sheba's head. She took the rope from Kraden and used Lash to tie the rope to a pillar on the balcony, to a pillar on the platform below.

"Good work Sheba!" Kraden said. Sheba didn't even hear Kraden give her words of praise, as she was back at Ivan's side in an instant.

Jenna was casting Cool Auras on Isaac and Ivan, trying to relieve their pain and giving them rushes of adrenaline to help them cope with what pain couldn't be suppressed by Jenna's healing. Garet and Mia slowly climbed up the rope. Garet rushed over to join Sheba, while Mia quickly ran over to Isaac's side. She could tell Isaac was in more danger from the Jupiter Lighthouse being lit. Ivan would recover faster than Isaac because of the beacon regardless.

"I'll take over from here!" Mia said to Jenna. Mia started pumping multiple Pure Ply spells into Isaac.

Jenna nodded and looked deep into Mia's eyes. Then Jenna responded, "Please Mia… take care of him…" Tears even still streaming down her cheeks.

Mia saw the sincerity and fear in Jenna's eyes. Mia knew Isaac was the most important person in the world to Jenna next to Felix. "Of course Jenna! I would not dream of letting Isaac die!" Mia responded.

"Thank you.. so much Mia…" Jenna responded. She then wiped the tears from her face and took on a serious look. "I'm going to go join Felix and Piers at the aerie! They are taking much to long for my taste to simply light a beacon!" Jenna continued.

Everybody nodded in response. Jenna then made her way to the door that Felix and Piers had previously gone through. She couldn't help but let out a small smile seeing Sheba so concerned with Ivan's condition. Once all this trouble was sorted out, she would confront Sheba about it. Sheba had teased her about Isaac back in Madra after all. Jenna then disappeared through the door into the lighthouse and made her way to the aerie.

"Ivan! Are you okay?!" Garet asked when he reached Ivan's side.

Sheba quickly unleashed her Djinni, Breath on Ivan in desperation. The Djinni's effect was clearly visible on Ivan, as he started to stir more and more. The Jupiter beacon was also adding to Ivan's recovery, but he still needed healing from Mia to regain his composure.

"Ugh… Yeah I think I'll be fine.." Ivan said as he sat up slowly.

"Don't even think about sitting up! You just almost died, and you want to rush standing up again!?" Sheba yelled as she gently forced Ivan to lay down again.

"Whoa, whoa! Okay I'll just uhh.. leave you two alone then.." Garet said slowly moving away from the two wind adepts.

"It's not like that!" Sheba said in defense, while her cheeks flushed pinkish-red in color. "I… I am simply worried about Ivan!"

"Uhh huh. I'm sure!" Garet said back to them over his shoulder as he made his way toward Isaac.

Ivan let out a sigh, as his cheeks turned red also. "How is Isaac doing?"

"Isaac is fine. A better question would be how are you faring?" Mia said while she knelt down next to Ivan.

Well, Jenna's healing, Sheba's Djinni, and the Jupiter lighthouse beacon are making me recover rather quickly." Ivan responded.

Mia shook her head. "Even so, I still want to look you over." Mia then looked at Sheba with a warm smile. "Thank you for your assistance Sheba! If you wish you may join your friends, I fear something has gone wrong on the aerie." Mia continued.

"Oh! Yes of course!" Sheba said. Her cheeks were still a bright shade of red. "I'll just uhh… be going then!" She stood up from Ivan's side and started walking toward the door the other three in her party had already gone through. She turned before going into the door and said, "It was… nice to see you again Ivan!" as she disappeared through the door.

Ivan's face turned red once again as he saw Sheba disappear through the door. Mia simply laughed at Ivan while she was healing him.

"Oh be quiet Mia!" Ivan finally snapped.

"It's only fair! You did it yesterday!" Mia returned.

Ivan sighed once again then smiled. "Well I guess you got me there." Ivan responded. Mia giggled again, but then merely smiled as she continued to heal Ivan.

While Ivan was laying there, he recalled the time he had spent with Sheba in Tolbi. Ivan had visited her when she was a captive in Tolbi. Lord Babi had essentially kidnapped her and used her as a means to force Lalivero to build the Babi Lighthouse.

He had kept her company, as she was not allowed any visitors, but Lord Babi made an exception for Ivan because of his help in the Altmiller Cave. Lord Babi even went so far as to let Sheba go out into the city, so long as Ivan kept an eye on her and they stayed out of trouble. They had bonded a lot during that time. Isaac's group had a lot of down time after Colosso ended and decided to enjoy the city for a few days while they were there. Every day, Ivan would go see Sheba.

They exchanged stories with each other, laughed together, and basically just enjoyed each other's company. They never ran out of things to talk about because they could read each other's minds, and simply start on an entirely new subject without all the awkward pauses in-between. Ivan had tried to keep quiet about it from the other three, but it came up sometimes, as Ivan could not just help himself from talking about her sometimes.

"All finished. You should be fine now." Mia finally said.

Ivan stood up and nodded at her. "Thank you Mia!" he said with a large smile.

As Ivan stood up, Isaac, Kraden and Garet walked over to him and Mia.

"Well… I am never ever doubting Master Hamma ever again." Garet said.

"Now's not the time Garet. C'mon, let's get to the aerie quick! Karst and Agatio could be attacking them as we speak!" Isaac responded.

The five of them quickly set off at a jogging pace to the aerie of the Jupiter Lighthouse.


The aerie of the Jupiter Lighthouse, like the balcony before it, took the setting of an arena. It had more room to maneuver around. However, this time it was just a large, simple circle. There were no walls anywhere.

Felix felt himself weakened by an unknown force. Then it dawned on him. His elemental affinity was that of Venus. Jupiter was his elemental affinity's clashing element. Standing right next to the lit beacon of Jupiter was taking its toll on him. Damn! I hope the others get up here quick! If I am in a weakened state, we have no hope of standing a chance against them. Felix thought.

Felix began the battle by unleashing Petra on Agatio. A figure of a Venus Djinni projected above Felix, and clouds of yellow-green shrouded Agatio. He found himself unable to move any part of his body. Piers followed up with his own Djinni unleash, Rime, on Karst. An outline of a mercury Djinni projected behind Karst. As the outline slowly faded, a psynergy seal formed over Karst.

Karst responded by engaging Piers with her scythe. Steel clashed with steel multiple times, neither adept finding a way to penetrate the other's defense. Since Agatio couldn't act, Felix decided to unleash yet another Djinni, Echo onto Agatio. Felix leapt at Agatio quickly, his Hestia Blade glowed, empowered with Venus energy. His slash hit Agatio square in the chest, then the Djinni launched out of his sword and did an attack of its own. It carried Agatio high into the air and dropped him. Agatio couldn't move, and he hit the ground hard, landing on his back.

While this was happening, Karst and Piers were still dueling with each other. Getting nowhere they both decided to disengage each other and hopped back next to their respective allies. Piers started the round of attacks this time, casting Supercool at both Agatio and Karst. Jagged spears of ice seemingly formed out of thin air around the two fire adepts. Karst jumped high into the air, avoiding the attack. Agatio simply crossed his arms in an X-like fashion and was encased by the icy spears, forming a huge jagged icy sphere around Agatio. The icy globe started to pulsate from the inside. A red glow could be seen from the icy ball where Agatio stood. Immediately after, a Rolling Flame shot out of it, shattering and melting all of the ice around him. The spell traveled so fast, Piers and Felix didn't have time to react, and the spell connected with both of them. They were knocked backwards a few yards, new burns present on both of their bodies. They recovered from the spell by healing themselves quickly with a Potent Cure and a Ply Well. The burns left as quickly as they appeared. However, both of them looked up and saw Karst descending down upon them both with her scythe. She was closing in much too fast for either of them to do anything, so Felix braced himself for an attack.

Karst saw Agatio launch a Rolling Flame and saw her chance to attack as Felix and Piers were recovering from the spell. She started to descend upon Felix, her scythe glowing with the enchantment that called Death itself. She smiled as she knew her attack would land. She was merely ten feet above Felix when out of nowhere a powerful Cycle Beam blasted Karst out of the air. She flew backwards and landed with a loud THUD next to Agatio. She looked up in fury and saw Jenna standing about twenty feet behind Felix, her sword outstretched as it had just launched the spell.

"I knew something didn't feel right!" Jenna shouted as she ran next to Felix and Piers.

Karst looked at Agatio and said, "Damn! Agatio! Felix's sister isn't supposed to be here!"

Agatio looked back at her and responded, "What do you want me to do? We can't just run now, we must finish them here!"

"Good timing… they were trying to kill us!" Piers said as he saw Jenna take up a battle stance.

"Thanks for the save Jenna." Felix said to her with a confident smile. "Now let's take down these deceitful bastards!" He continued.

Both parties engaged each other once again. Out of anger, Karst went straight for Jenna. Her scythe aimed to kill. Jenna parried the attack with ease however; and while their blades were crossed Karst's fiery red eyes met Jenna's reddish brown eyes. Both of their brows were furrowed. Hatred was present in both of their faces. They continued exchanging blows with each other, each landing a cut here, a slice there. But both were too consumed by their emotions; Jenna's disgust for Karst for attempting to kill Isaac and Felix. Karst returned Jenna's revulsion equally, as Jenna had interrupted Karst from killing both Isaac and Felix. Both of them to absorbed in their feelings to even care how wounded they got while fighting each other.

While Jenna was keeping Karst at bay, Piers and Felix leapt at Agatio. Both of them slashed at Agatio in alteration, making it very difficult for Agatio to keep up parrying the attacks with his bracers. Both Piers and Felix landed a good amount of attacks since they were both simultaneously hacking and slashing. Agatio tried to parry all of the attacks headed his way, but he couldn't. Cut after cut started to form on his body, in many different places. Some cuts deeper than others. Agatio finally grew furious and casted an Eruption right in front of him while shouting at the top of his lungs. Piers and Felix were both caught in it. The spell sent them spiraling backwards. They both hit the ground and slid a couple feet before standing back up. Piers took longer to get up, as the spell had an increased effect on his Mercury alignment.

Jenna saw this out of the corner of her eye. She attempted to disengage Karst by casting a Serpent Fume at her, which she thought she did successfully. Karst easily avoided the attack by jumping backwards a short distance. Jenna turned around, her back to Karst, to cast a Cool Aura on herself and her allies. Karst smiled, and immediately charged back up to Jenna and sliced a deep cut down her back from her right shoulder to the bottom left side of her back. Jenna cried out in pain very loud and fell over.

Felix saw this happen, and out of intense rage, he casted the strongest Odyssey spell he could muster. Even with the Jupiter beacon shining bright next to him, it did not hinder this spell. His sister was one of things he protected with every fiber of his being. This time, four ethereal blue swords came up from the ground into Karst, pinning her in place. Felix leapt as high as he could in the air, and came down with a massive yellow-green sword that smashed into Karst, and shattered the other four ethereal swords. Karst cried out in as much pain as Jenna did. Agatio watched Felix unleash that attack, and he charged full force toward Felix. He rammed into him and punched Felix in the stomach just as he had done with Isaac. Felix felt the wind get knocked out of him as he flew backwards toward his allies. He hit the ground and slid backward a couple meters. He tried standing up, but couldn't. Felix, like Isaac, was feeling the after-effects of Agatio's Stun Muscle.

Agatio helped Karst up to her feet, Karst then casted a Healing Aura on them both, helping their wounds seal up, and giving them a rush of adrenaline. While this was happened, Piers casted Restore on Felix. All of Felix's wind returned to him as if Agatio had never punched him in the first place. He looked at Piers and thanked him with a nod, then ran over to Jenna. He pumped out the biggest Potent Cure he possible could, sealing the wound on Jenna's back, and leaving no scar or mark at all. He helped her back up to her feet as Piers ran over next to them. The two parties stood across from each other once again, the five of them all breathing heavily.

At that moment, Sheba ran up the stairs to the aerie and said, "Isaac and his friends are… What is going on?" Her expression changed from relaxed to surprised as she saw everyone with their weapons drawn in a fighting stance.

"Karst and Agatio are trying to kill us!" Jenna shouted.

"They tried to ambush me and Felix when we came up here to light the beacon." Piers yelled.

"What dishonorable traitors!" Sheba screamed as she took up a battle stance next to her allies.

"Karst this is not good.. we are beginning to get heavily outnumbered.." Agatio said

"It's much too late to flee now, we have to keep fighting!" Karst claimed.

"Isaac and the others are fine now. Let's take care of these two fiends!" Sheba said while drawing her staff, the Meditation Rod.

Both parties engaged each other yet again. Felix and Jenna bolted at Agatio, while Sheba and Piers took on Karst. Although it wasn't as hard as fighting two warrior style adepts at the same time, it was still very difficult for Agatio to stand his ground against the relentless assault from Felix and Jenna. Felix's strikes had more power and precision behind them, while Jenna's strikes were very quick, and hard to parry. Agatio received even more cuts on his body, which started to make him falter.

In the midst of attacking, Jenna's sword started glowing. She jumped back and held it skyward. A blinding Light Surge fell from the sky. Felix noticed this and leapt backwards next to Jenna. As beams of purple light continually bombarded Agatio, he cried out in pain. He was left deluded from the Light Surge, and he could not see straight. Felix casted a Ragnarok instead of Odyssey, as he was starting to feel weakened from the Jupiter Lighthouse beacon. The massive psynergetic blade smashed into Agatio and sent him flying backwards. He slid across the floor and had a very difficult time standing back up because of all the cuts and delusion.

Meanwhile, Piers and Sheba were attacking Karst. Karst attempted to cast a Supernova at Piers and Sheba, but it failed. What!?Why can't I cast!?" Karst thought to herself as she tried to cast Supernova again. Sheba smiled to herself. The Jupiter beacon was making all of her psynergy stronger. She had casted Bind on Karst without her noticing. Sheba then noticed her staff glow erratically. The Meditation Rod let out a howl. It unleashed Nirvana, and drew psynergy straight out of Karst. Orbs of psynergy flowed out of Karst and formed into two rings; Sheba absorbed all of the orbs in both rings, feeling her own pool of psynergy refreshed. Piers then casted Diamond Berg at Karst. An immense dome of ice fell onto Karst, freezing her in place. Before Piers began his assault on the dome, Sheba casted Impact on him. Piers felt power flow freely through his body, as he crushed the icy dome into nothing, finally striking Karst at the center. This launched Karst backward, sliding on the floor, and stopping next to Agatio.

The four adepts regrouped together, all of them ready for another round of attacks. Agatio and Karst however, looked like they were on their last legs.

"Agatio! We… cannot.. be defeated here!" Karst said weakly as she casted a Healing Aura (as the psynergy seal had vanished).

"We cannot… defeat them Karst.. we are outnumbered…and outmatched." Agatio replied feebly.

"Then let us fight until we die.. it has been an honor to fight by your side miroshtalo." Karst replied.

Agatio nodded, "And it has been an honor to have battled by yours, mirashtala."

They both stood up unsteadily, and took up their battle stance, eager to continue the battle. This is where they would make their last stand. Karst closed her eyes and let her scythe fall to the ground. She slowed down her breathing greatly, and focused her mind. She held out both her arms in front of her, with her hands and fingers outstretched looking like she was about to cast. Agatio mirrored Karst.

"Get ready, who knows what they might do next." Felix warned his party as he prepared for an attack. However, he wasn't ready for what he was about to experience.

Without warning, both Karst and Agatio's eyes shot open. Karst casted Supernova from one hand, and Fiery Blast with the other, while Agatio casted Eruption from one hand and Rising Dragon from the other. The Fiery Blast spell knocked all four adepts backwards. This put them right into the middle of the Supernova spell. The Supernova caused all four of them to launch the opposite direction (forward) in which the Fiery Blast had knocked them. This caused Jenna, Piers, and Sheba to be right in the middle of the Eruption spell. This knocked them backward once again. The three of them were knocked back a large distance, and slid across the floor while they cried in immense amounts of pain at being continually barraged by some of the most powerful Mars psynergy they had ever experienced. Meanwhile, Felix was caught by a pillar of flame in the shape of a dragon that continually traveled skyward at an alarmingly fast rate. Piers, Jenna and Sheba all struggled to their knees, and looked on with fear as they saw the Rising Dragon explode in the air. Felix fell down just as Isaac had. Trails of smoke followed him all the way down to where he landed with a loud CRASH.

Agatio and Karst collapsed to their knees as well. That last set of casts had drained them of psynergy. Jenna, Sheba, Piers, and Felix all very slowly rose up. Felix was the last to stand, as he had taken the most damage of all of them. Felix quickly unleashed Flower. At the same time, Jenna casted a Healing Aura; Piers casted a Ply Well on himself and Sheba unleashed Breath on herself. The Djinni, Flower renewed their energy and cured all of their burns. The Healing Aura sealed all of the wounds they had received, and pumped adrenaline through their bodies. Piers restored his spirit with his own spell, healing what the other spells had missed. Sheba felt her second wind come on as Breath's effects coursed through her. They all stood up once more and counter-attacked with their own barrage of psyngery.

Karst and Agatio could only look upon the four adepts as they readied their counter-casts.

Hmph! Beaten by Felix and his companions! I suppose I would most rather die at Felix's hands than anyone else. I've become soft! What is Weyard coming too… Karst thought to herself as she looked down.

So, this is how it ends? Being bested by Felix. I suppose the training Felix received finally paid off… Agatio thought as he looked at Karst.

Jenna and Sheba were the first to cast. Sheba let out a Tornado, while Jenna casted a Flare Storm. The two spells converged together on their way to Agatio and Karst. The two fire adepts were each caught in tornado of fire, being violently tossed around while simultaneously being burned. After the storm had taken its toll on both Agatio and Karst, it spit them out in opposite directions. Felix and Piers followed up with Ragnarok and Diamond Dust. A giant psynergetic sword pierced Agatio's mid-section and speared him to the floor of the lighthouse with a loud, explosive BOOM before vanishing. Diamond Dust was aimed at Karst. Massive chunks of razor sharp ice continually barraged Karst. She was juggled around in the air for a bit, being hit and cut by mass after mass of ice before finally falling next to Agatio. Both Agatio and Karst stirred as to move, but couldn't. They were still alive, but even more crippled than after their fight with Isaac and Ivan.

Felix and his party let out a huge sigh. The battle with them was finally over. Not only had Karst and Agatio fought Isaac and Ivan, but Felix and his entire party; and they had almost emerged victorious.

"We did it.. we defeated them." Piers finally said.

"So what should we do now?" Sheba asked.

"Finish us!" Agatio said from the ground.

"But think what will happen to your dear parents if neither we nor Saturos and Mendardi return to Prox!" Karst said.

"The Proxians would never deliberately kill our parents!" Felix retorted.

"Then FINISH us!" Agatio repeated.

Felix walked up to them, his sword in hand. He lifted it up above Karst's head… he brought it up above his head… and he stabbed the tip of his Hestia Blade into the purple bricks of the lighthouse.

"I knew you didn't have it in you to kill us!" Karst said angrily.

"You've made the better decision Felix." Alex said as he walked up onto the aerie.

Everyone had a surprised look on their face.

"Alex? Have you been here the whole time?" Jenna asked confused.

"If Karst is telling the truth, your efforts will have been for nothing. And if that happens, Isaac will share the same fate as you." Alex said as he walked over to Karst and Agatio. He quickly started to heal both of them.

As Agatio started to stand up, Sheba yelled, "Alex! What are you doing!?"

"I have healed them enough. Don't worry, they will not be a threat to you, they can barely even stand for the time being." Alex replied.

"Even so! That doesn't make it right.." Piers responded.

"Please… you would have just left them here, none of you would have finished them off anyway." Alex said.

"I hope you aren't expecting thanks or praise for this Alex!" Karst responded.

Alex smiled at hearing this. "From you Karst? Never. However, it would be best if we left now, Isaac and the others are on their way up here as we speak."

Karst and Agatio nodded, they didn't need to be told twice. The three of them made their way to the elevator on the left side of the Jupiter lighthouse, and disappeared as it made its decent to the bottom.

As the three villains made their exit, Isaac, Ivan, Mia, Garet and Kraden all climbed up the steps to the aerie.

"And they got away.." Garet said clearly disappointed. Everybody was silent for a short while before Isaac spoke up.

"Felix… what the hell is going on!?" Isaac asked.

"Isaac… I-" Felix began, but was interrupted by Kraden

"It's all very complicated Isaac, there are many things that you don't know. There are a number of justifying conditions for Felix's actions." Kraden said.

"What Kraden!? You're on their side now!?" Garet yelled.

Ivan quickly ran in between the two groups. "This is not the time or place for us to argue or battle. None of us are in shape for either one of those things. I think we should all regroup at the manor in Contigo and discuss everything there. We can rest there… this does not have to end in combat like it usually does." Ivan said.

"Well said Ivan." Kraden said.

"I agree with Ivan." Sheba said.

"True words of wisdom." Piers added.

"Good plan Ivan." Garet said.

"Yes I agree, we should at least be civil about our differences." Mia said.

"I agree Mia… I'm sick of all this nonsense!" Jenna said

"All right then Felix, what do you say?" Isaac asked.

"Yes, let us discuss this in Contigo, I have much to discuss with you Isaac." Felix responded.

Isaac nodded. "Good. Our manor is at the top of Contigo. Just walk in whenever you get back. But don't think you can just run off this time, we'll be waiting for you."

"I would never dream of doing that Isaac." Felix responded.

Isaac and his friends then walked to the elevator on the right side of the lighthouse aerie, jumped on it, and began their descent toward the base of the lighthouse. Just as Isaac and his party went out of sight, the left elevator came back up.

"Come on, let's go." Felix said. They all nodded in response and followed Felix onto the elevator on the left side of the aerie and began their way back towards Contigo.


NOTES:

Thank you to, TheGrueHunter and Sentinel07 for taking the time to review. Good to hear that some people like the story. I updated the first chapter to separate the huge paragraphs and characters speaking, well said on both of your parts.

When i was writing this chapter, I had the Jupiter Lighthouse theme and the Karst and Agatio battle theme stuck in my head hah.

For those who are wondering about the term, mirashtalos. This is term I more or less made up. Mirashtalos is a term that refers to two Proxians, typically male and female, who are paired together at a young age. They are trained in the ways of battle together, and there is no closer bond for Proxians other than marriage. They always travel together, and can very rarely be separated. Miroshtalo refers to the male partner, while Mirashtala refers to the female partner. And yes, this means Saturos and Menardi were mirashtolos as well as Agatio and Karst. In future stories I'll be using the terms I create.

On another note, I need more reviews! Leave me reviews! I don't care if it is just a sentence long! I want to hear what you have to say! I dont care if it is good or bad. But thank you for those who took time to read the story! Hope you are enjoying it thus far.