A few hours later...
The sun had begun to set on the Mihen Highroad. Other than the machina patrolling it, and the occasional travelers, the highroad was empty.
Meanwhile, Zeig sat on a little hill in front of the Travel Agency. He was staring at the cerulean blue sphere, which he had taken back from Leblanc in Luca. "At least it's mine again...", he said in a low voice.
After it got dark, he entered the Agency and paid for a room. When he got into his room he turned on the light, then placed his trident on the floor next to the bed and sat on the bed. After a few minutes, he took off his goggles and placed them on the bedside table. Then, he took out the sphere and placed it on the bedside table. Laying back down he looked at the sphere, it's bright hue giving off a beautiful light that shined throughout the room.
Then, as he drifted off to sleep, he spoke in a very low voice: "Never again...never..."
The next morning...
Zeig woke up around mid-day, to the sound of some woman screaming. Gathering his belongings, he made his way to the front of the Agency. Looking towards the hovers he saw the cause of it, a Chocobo-Eater. It was attacking the chocobos meant for travelers. The chocobos ran down the path, going deeper down the road. The monster ran after them, followed by Zeig.
Entering the stretch of road, Zeig saw Yuna, Rikku, and Paine looking down into the gorge. The Chocobo-Eater was still trying to catch its prey. Zeig tried to walk by the girls, but Rikku noticed him.
"What are you doing here?!"
Before he could answer, Yuna yelled: "Calli!"
Zeig saw a girl down near the fiend, and guessed that was Calli.
Yuna backed up, as if she was ready to jump down. Paine blocked her. "No! You can't!". "We have to do something!" Yuna exclaimed.
"Grrrrrrr...Huh? Where'd he go?!" They heard Rikku say. She had just turned away for one second and noticed that Zeig was gone!
While the girls were trying to decide what to do, Zeig had taken the liberty of jumping off the main road down into the gorge. "Guess I'll do something about it then", he said as he readied his trident. The Chocobo-Eater turned and roared as Zeig calmly made his way up to it. Calli looked at Zeig, who motioned for her to get away, which she did with haste.
The monster moved as if wanting to chase after the girl, but Zeig blocked him, shaking his head slowly, "I don't think so". Then the had pointed a finger at Zeig, while Zeig gave the fiend one of his own. Then, it took a swing at Zeig, but he was able to jump out of the way.
Then he heard a shot. Yuna and the others had finally made it down. Zeig nodded and all four of them charged at the Chocobo-Eater!
