Brant was walking down the long hallway to reach the cell of Keefe Sencen when he was attacked.
He felt a fist collide with his head, and he fell on the floor, unconscious.
The man who had knocked Brant out ran down the opposite way Brant had came, his Neverseen robe-thing twisting through the winding, confusing hallways made of a human substance, titanium.
The man reached an open area, empty of guards. He ran to the other side until he reached another hallway. He ran as fast as he could down it, eventually reaching the end. Stairs were at the end, and he ran up them, three steps at a time until he reached the top, out into the open land of Toryel.
"Oh my god…" he breathed, as he surveyed the destroyed area.
Everblaze still burned in spots. Every building was destroyed, and skeletons lay everywhere. Elves were still straggling around, close to death. The once Exillium-inspired land was now destroyed, victim to the Everblaze.
The man stepped out into the wasteland, his foot crunching on something beneath him. He took in a sharp intake of breath, coughing as the air burned his lungs.
He stumbled along until he reached the untouched forest surrounding the destroyed city. He walked into the underbrush, the plants swishing around him, unharmed.
And then something moved in the distance.
He froze, scanning the area carefully. More movement alerted him and he whipped toward it as it crashed out of the underbrush.
It was a girl.
He recognized her, and he smiled under his black hood.
It was his daughter, Urena.
Except she wasn't smiling.
She was holding a Melder at level with his face.
"GET DOWN, NEVERSEEN FILTH!" she screamed, her voice strong.
"No! I'm not with the Neverseen! I'm-"
"3! 2! 1!"
The man flung off his hood.
And Urena dropped the melder.
It was her dad.
Keefe Sencen.
Back in Detrouvloueh, several minutes later…
Sophie was crying with joy as she laid eyes on Keefe.
"Oh my god… I thought you were dead… How did you escape…? Oh…"
Keefe dismissed her, instead saying, "They have an army, and we have to stop them. They're planning to attack the human world and the elven world in a little over a month. We must stop them, no matter what."
Mr. Forkle nodded, following Keefe on every word as he explained what creatures they had taken for their army. When he was finished, Mr. Forkle said, "We must train Urena and her friends in defending our world and the human's world. We must call all of them here, at once. Sophie, you know her friends. Can you gather all of them and bring them here?"
Sophie nodded and leapt away, the light swallowing her.
Mr. Forkle turned on Tam and Linh.
"I need you two to gather everyone you know who can help. Tell them that our world will otherwise be destroyed. Tam, you can be very convincing, am I right?" Tam nodded, then turned to glare at Keefe as he whispered, "Bangs Boy, off possessing innocent people." Tam leapt away with Linh, rolling his eyes in an epic roll that could have made a Verminion cringe.
Mr. Forkle then turned to Biana.
"Up for a challenge?" He asked.
"Any day," she responded with, grinning.
"Sneak into Toryel."
Biana vanished, saying, "Will do, sir."
Mr. Forkle finally turned to Urena and said, "As for you… well, your training starts now."