Lightning has been out traveling with her party of six for a while now, and so far no luck finding anybody. Everybody was getting worried for their friends. Lightning did all she could to keep the party calm. But as they were about to cross the frozen lake, they saw they were right next to a mountain with a huge dragon on it. Lightning recognized it, as it was the last thing she saw after she lost her life in the twelfth conflict. She remembered the moment perfectly. She remembered looking at the mystery warrior as he tried to save them. All the others passed out as they were absorbed by the dragon. Then she was the last one before she just saw darkness. She looked up at the beast with rage, she knew in her gut that the dragon she was looking at was somebody she had to defeat. It enraged her even more knowing that she could not do it now. Such a small party would die and just be absorbed again, and she did not wish to lead another suicide mission, especially if it did not help anybody.

"Well that's quite a sight." Said Laguna, "That thing looks pretty tough."

"Yes it does," Sad Kain, "Let us try not to provoke it."

"Yeah," Said Laguna, "Though an interview with it would be interesting."

"Please tell me that was a joke," Said Tifa

"Of course it was," Said Laguna, "I may be curious, but I'm not an idiot."

"You sure about that?" Asked Vaan

"Yeah I'm sure," Laguna said with a laugh

"Lets set up camp here for a while," Lightning said, "We've been walking for quite a while."

"Sounds good to me," Said Vaan, "I'll set up the tent."

So the party set up a camp site and the tent was big enough to all of them, so they were able to recover from their battles so far. They sat around the camp fire which seemed to do nothing to the icy lake and just relaxed.

"So Yuna," Kain said, "You were pretty close friends with Jecht right?"

"Yeah," Yuna said, "I kinda wish he was here, but I am glad he made it back home."

"I understand," Said Kain, "Though we didn't speak much, when we did I could tell he was a good man. When you return home, would you mind saying hello to him for me."

"Sure," Yuna said, "I remember well that Jecht wanted to become friends with you. He probably more wanted to spar with you though."

"I see," Kain said, "Well thanks Yuna."

"No problem," Yuna said

"Hey guys," Tifa said, "Hate to say this but I don't think Jecht would remember him."

"I guess you have a point," Yuna said.

"Yeah," Kain said, "He probably does not. But still he was one of the few who bothered to bring issues up to me when he could, so it would be nice to just let him know I appreciated it."

But a the party was taking a break, something approached them. It climbed down the mountain the dragon was on. When the party heard its heavy footsteps they all looked at it. It was in a bright purple armor and had a huge blade. At the belt area there was a beast head design that almost looked alive. The thing just stood there for a while.

"Well who might you be," Asked Laguna

The thing did not answer, but rose its blade at them as if challenging them.

"Maybe it's a warrior of chaos," Lightning said, "Nobody ever said only Cosmos warriors were revived."

"Aww man," Said Vaan, "First person we find and he wants to fight us."

"It's six on one," Kain said, "We have an advantage here."

But before they knew it the warrior uses a Meteor Spell far more powerful than they ever saw before. A full storm of them began to fall onto them. They were sent flying all over the place. All of them sent a long distance away from the mountain and in many directions. Lightning awoke in a valley. She looked around for any sign of her allies.

"Hello? Guys? Vaan? Tifa? Yuna? Laguna? Kain?" Light sighed

"Light?" Said a familiar voice.

"Tifa?" Lightning said, "Thank goodness your alright."

"I'm a tough girl Light," Tifa said with a smirk, "You have no need to worry about me."

"Well it looks like the others are not here," Said Lightning with a sigh, "I hope they'll be alright."

"They are pretty tough to," Tifa said, "I am sure they will be alright. After all the Manikins left are not that powerful."

"Alright then, let's get moving." Said Lightning, "It's best we find some more allies in case we run into anything else like that thing we faced."

"Right," Said Tifa.

With that Light and Tifa walked on her way, looking for their comrades and maybe somebody who could tell them what the hell just attacked them. That warrior didn't waste any time in attacking. It seemed all it wanted was to get the group away from the mountain. Lightning knew she had to stay alive to get that information to her allies. She just hoped she could do so.


Next Chapter: Wounded Ally