Here's the second part of the twin chapter. Enjoy~

Sync: ...That's it?

Ember: Hush you, I think it's quite quaint. XP

Chapter 21:

Akzeriuth; Part 2

Nothing could have prepared me for the sight of Akzeriuth; not even the game itself. Corpses littered the street, ranging from adults to babies to dead animals. The stench was so horrible I immediately wanted to gag. When breathing in, the poison air stung my lungs and seemed to punch me in the gut. The dirt was lifeless and dead while the air had a hazy poisonous purple mist hovering around it. The rock cliffs chipped off in small parts around the bowl-shaped town and sometimes fell on buildings and people. The citizens looked no better than the town. Many were dirty and some were infested with disease. They crawled around and scavenged the dead or sat lifeless against the sides of buildings, waiting to die.

"Oh my god..."I heard Blaze mutter. Looking back, I saw him making the sign of the cross while giving a helpless look to the residents. He looked small and pitiful in the armor he wore over his now regular clothing.

I shifted my weight to the side and pulled out the wing pack. We had used a few spare uniforms to deport safely which Blaze had found in a crate similar to the ones we had used to get on board. I pulled off the armor and shoved it in the bag for more purposes in the future which was followed by Raven, Shadow, and Blaze. I tucked it away but pulled it out a second later with a change of heart.

"Blaze, can you carry the wing pack? I want to go around with Shadow and deliver apple gels to whomever I can. Maybe we'll be able to get some kids out of the town before Luke the Dumbass blows everything to bits. I mean come on; Foolish Replica Luke is probably not something you would randomly say to someone." I tossed him the bag after pulling out a bag of apple gels and the map of the world. I unrolled it and pointed at where Akzeriuth was.

"Okay, so the land will collapse around here, here and here," I pointed to different points on the map. The other 3 nodded slightly before realizing something.

"What?! We can't evacuate this many people from this large of an area in that amount of time. We don't have any idea when Luke's gonna be a dumbass!" Raven shouted. I rolled up the map and nodded.

"Exactly. I was thinking we might be able to hide some on the Tartarus. The problem with this is that I don't know if we can get them on with all the soldiers. Not to mention in the game when the Tartarus fell and the group got in, there wasn't anymore soldiers on the boat..." The group went into a grim silence.

"So the only option left is...to stop Luke." Blaze finished. I nodded and curled the map around the sheath. I picked up some broken wire from the ground and tied it into place. Then, I tossed Shadow the bag of apple gels after taking some out, explained the other part of the plan for Raven and Blaze to give out apple gels to whomever really needed them with Shadow and then walked off to the inn. I had decided to visit here first before going with Shadow.

The door chimed a broken bell when I entered startling the inn keeper behind the counter, "Get back! There's no more vacancy! I swear!" He shouted cowering behind the counter. I walked around to the counter and lightly tapped on the desk reassuringly. I gave him a smile which caused him to stop reaching for the gun below him.

"I'm sorry for scaring you. I'm here to heal some of the sick if you don't mind." I showed him the handful of apple gels I had. He looked at them greedily before shrinking back, knowing he didn't really need them.

"They're in the back..." I thanked him and left one on the counter much to his pleasure. In the back I found rows and rows of cots with sick people. Nurses milled around, some looking sick themselves. I caught ones attention and handed her the handful of apple gels. I received many thank Yulia's from all around the rooms before I left, making me blush.

On my way out, I looked at the inn keeper suspiciously for a moment before asking if any ambassadors has shown up. He told me that they had arrived awhile ago and that they were now down in the mine shaft. I thanked him and exited the building, knowing that we really had no time left.

I found Shadow hiding in the shade of a building. When I went over to her, she pulled me back into the shade with her right as a group of knights walked past into the mines. We waited until they all passed before coming out of the shadows.

"Looks like they're up to something." Shadow commented. She loosened the scarf around her neck and brought it up over her mouth before tightening it again. "Wanna go in and see?"

"We can... but we should get Blaze and Raven..." I added. She shook her head.

"That will take too long. I don't want to let them get away. Are you coming or not?" Before I could answer, she crept into the mine shaft and disappeared in a hazy purple cloud of miasma.

I shook my head in agony and followed her in, regretting it when it felt like oxygen now came through a straw. I coughed a bit and tried to search for her through the poisonous mist but my eyes teared up before I could. Someone tugged me through the mist and into a more open area in the mine shaft.

"You'd be lost without me." Shadow teased and through the other end of her scarf around my mouth. I coughed a bit when I also got a lungful of dirt that the scarf must have collected. Shadow snickered a bit and commented on how she'd have to get it dry cleaned when she got home. We followed the heavy steps of the knights deeper into the mine through many corridors. The knights also left a trail of dead monsters in their wake so it wasn't too hard to stay on their path. They came to a stop around the middle of the path, which made us duck behind one of the support beams.

"Major Legretta said we should take a left in preparation to ambush the fonist Tear Grants. Be wary knights, just because she's a woman doesn't mean she can't be strong." The knights saluted their commander and moved to the left. I looked at Shadow with wide eyes.

"Raven. Blaze. Now." I commanded in a muffled voice through the dusty scarf.I threw it off a second later and ran back out with my arm over my mouth. She rolled her bright green eyes but followed me out anyways.

We ran through the town calling their names, trying not to trip over corpses. A few desperate people tried to reach out towards us with bony hands or claim they were Blaze and Raven. I apologized as we ran past, not knowing if we'd ever see them again. The major thing I noticed was that the Tartarus was no longer docked at the port in the distance. That was a big red danger flag.

I heard a scream to my left to see a boy trapped under a fallen rock from the cliff face. I told Shadow to find them and meet me here before rushing out to help the boy. She hesitated then ran when she saw a stalk of blond spiky hair. I lifted some of the rubble off the boy who was silently sobbing. He couldn't see my face since his neck was pinned down by rock. Honestly, I was surprised that it hadn't snapped his neck.

With a powerful kick, I blew the rest of the rock clean off the boy, landing about a foot away. The boy got up and rushed over to me, throwing his arms around my waist and sobbing into my dress. I froze, not knowing what to do since I wasn't going to flip him over my shoulder like Oli. Instead I awkwardly patted his head and gently pried him off.

"Where's your mom?" I asked clutching his arms. He sniffled and with a choked sob, pointed to the giant hole which Akzeriuth was formed about. I stared down at him with horrified sympathy and let him sob into my dress again. He told me in choking sobs that his mother had come to see his father, whom had just been taken to Grand Chokmah for medical treatment right as they had entered town. Later when they were providing help, a blast of miasma had caught her and she had tumbled into the pit. When the boy had run to help her, the rock had fallen and pinned him to the ground.

Looking down, I couldn't even see the bottom since it looked like a bottomless pit of death with thick purple clouds swirling up from below. I pushed the boy away, looked into his blue eyes, and told him to run as fast as he could out of the town.

The second he ran off in the other direction, the ground began to quake slightly. I jumped backwards out of fright and felt the ground collapse under me. I screamed and latched onto the ledge that seemed to be ready to collapse itself. Looking down I saw a pit of deep purple, rubble, and death.

"Star!" I looked up to see Shadow, Raven, and Blaze above me, grabbing my forearms. I kicked at the ledge, and with their help, pulled myself up. The ledge broke away a second later as we scrambled away hastily. A blast of miasma erupted from the ground and sprayed Shadow in the face. Luckily she still had the scarf around her mouth so she didn't breathe in that much.

"Shadow! Are you okay?!" Raven asked, patting her now hacking friend on the back. Shadow lowered to one knee and gave out a few more painful coughs.

"I'm fine. Come on." She got up and dusted herself off with a few more coughs.

"The door to the Sepiroth has been opened! We need to go NOW." I shouted above the quaking. We all sprinted into the mine shaft and ran down the crumbling path. Right as we came to an intersection, I ran face first into Asch's armor. I heard him shout some profanity before he finally registered whom we were.

"What the HELL are you doing here?!" He bellowed pointing at the four of us. Behind him, I heard a gasp. Looking back behind him was Tear, lip busted and cut running down her arms, but she still looked pretty. And horrified to see us.

"Ah explanations come later. For now, we gotta stop your dumbass replica." I ran past him and down the mine shaft, listening to him scream threats. I think I hear Raven say 'Bonjour' as she passed him, much to his disapproval. Whether he was mad at seeing us here or mad he couldn't keep Raven in one spot was still a mystery to me.

A second later he was running beside me and then in front of me. I let him pass since I had no idea which way to go from here. We followed him through a small entrance which had shards of colorful glass looking materials scattered around it that looked a lot like the Sepiroth's door. We entered a room alive with red lights and had flooring of transparent glass. It had cool designs that I had to admire as we ran along it.

Screeches filled the air and two giant golem charge at us. Asch pulled out his sword in the blink of an eyes and sliced one in half. "Go dammit! If you're here make use of yourselves!" He shouted. I glanced around, looking for Tear realized she had probably met up with the others by now so we sprinted on ahead down the path. I briefly wondered why we hadn't seen Jade but went on anyways.

I looked to my right to see a giant Y-shaped object that was cracking every so quickly. It glowed so bright that it seemed to push the miasma away from the room and left everything clear. Looking down I saw Van and Luke standing at the base of the glowing object. Ion and Mieu stood stationed nearby watching Luke with increasing worry. Luke lowered down into a fighting stance with his arms out forward. Oh no...the Y-shaped thing must be the Sepiroth.

"Luke!" I screamed trying to get his attention. The sound bounced around but didn't reach their ears. I knew running up and down wouldn't work so I jump. Yes. Jumped.

I hit the red rock surface hard but was able to get up so it was all good! ...Is what I would love to say. Actually, my foot clipped the energy barrier thing and I landed on my back, stunned. That got Van's and Ion's attention. Ion let out a happy squeal while Van narrowed his eyes dangerously. I sat up and rubbed my back before smiling at Ion.

"Luke! Stop right now!" I shouted to the red-head at the Sepiroth, switching from a grin to an angry stance. He looked up from his concentration and glanced over my way. He seemed to have to focus to realize whom it was.

"Star? You're not dead?" He asked. Van moved in between us and held Luke's hands forwards. The boy complained about it while Van fixed me with an icy stare. Raven, Blaze, and Shadow caught up at the bottom, all panting.

"It's too late! Now Foolish Replica Luke! Release your power!" Van shouted. Luke seemed confused and then a strained look crossed his face. A light shot from his hands and hit the Sepiroth. It blew everyone but Van backwards and drove Luke to his knees. The Sepiroth cracked upwards and then shattered completely like the glass flooring around it. I looked over at Ion and saw something flash for a brief second. Ion looked like my sister, just for a second, smiling at me, right before he hit the wall with a crack.

"No!" I screamed, scrambling over to him. I looked at Ion to see him moving his head around, alive but somewhat hurt. Mieu was burrowed in his arms, quivering. The ground shook and the chamber began to fall apart.

"Damn we were too late!" Asch cursed as he and the others ran down to join everyone at the bottom.

"Asch! Why are you here?! I told you not to come!" Van roared.

"...Too bad. I also brought the sister you tried to save with friends." Asch replied, gesturing to Tear, Raven, Blaze, Shadow, and I. Van let a whistle and three birds came out of three different holes in the chamber. Van jumped onto one and the other picked up Asch by his sword arm. The third swooped around the top of the cavern.

"Let me go! I'm going to die here too!" Asch shouted as he punched the bird's face trying to make it let go.

"I thought this might happen since you can't seem to keep your pet in one place...so I brought an extra." I heard Van call. I brushed Ion's hair out of his face as he opened up his eyes. They widened into terror.

"L-look out!" He shouted. I gave him an odd look right as I felt something swoop over us. There was a sharp pain in my back and something kept sinking in. I opened my mouth in a silent scream when it went upwards, taking my flesh with it. The giant bird's talon caught on my dress and the its other talon caught my arm.

"Damn...not her, get Ion!" Van shouted. The bird screeched and lifted me higher into the air next to Van. I must have bit my tongue too hard since I saw blood dribble down my chin. Van cursed a little and turned to Tear. Jade ran up in the moment and grabbed Ion. He lifted him onto his back while Anise made sure he was okay. Ion dropped Mieu but Natalia picked him up and cradled him in her arms.

"Well, no matter. This will work as well." Van muttered.

"Star!" Blaze yelled. He took out his blade, as Raven took out her guns, and Shadow her bow. They aimed up at the bird which had its claw in my backside and the other clutching my arm.

"Van! I knew it! You betrayed me! You said you'd preserve these Outer Lands! Everyone will be killed!" Tear wailed. She had tears brimming her eyes as she looked at her brother.

"Mysterica, someday you'll see the folly and ugliness of this world. I want to see you again when you've come to your senses." The birds began to move upwards after he said this, "You have your fonic hymns. Use them." He called down. I saw a silver arrow graze past Van's bird's wing. He looked down at my enraged friends and smiled.

"Let her go bastard!" Raven bawled. The ground erupted into another explosion and everyone staggered sideways.

"I don't think so," He called, "I'll be using her to find the Summon Spirits." I let out a choked 'what?!' right as the birds flew up higher. I heard Tear sing something and a flash of blue appeared. The last I saw of them was Ion's face which was one of quiet terror. The birds soared above the falling wreckage and into the sky. Looking down, the land began to crack into a series of islands before sinking down into the land. The Tartarus dived nose-first into the hole, sending more dirt up and wrecking more land. The land around Akzeriuth erupted into pink and purple lights as it was thrown down into the Qliphoth. The birds hovered above the wreckage as Van, Asch, and I watched Akzeriuth forever disappear.

When everything sunk in, I felt tears coming to my eyes. I wasn't able to save Akzeriuth, I might have lost my friends, and the bird's claws were ripping an extraordinary pain down my spine. Mournful cries escaped my throat as the birds lifted us even higher. I heard Asch curse next to me and saw his arm hanging from an awkward angle because of the bird's grip on it.

"No...not now...no." I sobbed looking at the remains of Akzeriuth.

"I hope you two will learn something from this." Van said, flying his bird in between ours.

"I learned that you are a sick and cruel human being." I snarled, barring my bloody teeth at him. He merely smiled at me and started laughing.

"This world is cruel and sick. People blindly follow some stone's prediction of the future, to the point they can't have supper without knowing what the damned score says they can have!" He cursed and looked down at Akzeriuth. "Ion is an unfortunate loss. Hopefully he survived...But, you'll serve just fine."

"Serve? I'll never serve you. You can count on that. I won't let you find the summon spirits either." I roared back, glaring at him as best as I could.

"So they do exist. I was worried Sync might have been wrong. Yes, with their power I'll be unstoppable. A sentient form of fonons..." He chuckled and clicked his tongue, "This will prove just fine."

"Over my dead body." I growled. I used my free arm to pick a knife out of the knife pouch on my hip. Van saw this and kicked it out of my hand from his vantage point.

"Fool. If you drop down from here you'll experience something worse than death. If you're so hell-bent on killing yourself, you can do it when I'm done using you." He scolded, kicking my head as well for shits and giggles. The birds took off in the direction of Daath in the opposite direction of Akzeriuth. All hell was breaking loose there and Malkuth would probably dismiss three monsters flying overhead.

After a good thirty minutes, I turned to Asch whom was still hanging from the now broken-looking arm. He seemed disappointed in himself and angry so I decided talking might help.

"H-hey Asch?" I whispered.

"What?" He dead-panned, still looking forward in his grimace. He wasn't trying to be secretive at all...

"I-I'm sorry..." I muttered. I shifted towards him as much as one could with talons stuck in their shirt and arm.

"For what? Not stopping the replica?" He asked, finally turning his head towards me. His look always gave him an intimidating stare, I don't know how Raven put up with it.

"Y-yeah...th-that and everything else...I should've been able to stop it..." I replied quietly. He looked like he was about to say something but looked up and snapped his mouth shut. I looked up to see Van and his bushy brows looking down at us from the eagles back. I looked away and down at the ground which looked to be a vast forest with a giant tree visible right in the middle. It looked like Cheagle Woods.

"Well I'm done with pity parties. Are you getting off yours?" He asked. I gave him an odd look and saw him nod very slowly at the bird. Ohhh...

"Yes, I'm done. Need any help with yours?" I glanced between him and the bird and then to Van.

"Pass it over." I reached into my knife holster and threw one quickly to him. He caught it swiftly and then hid it behind himself when Van looked over.

"Now get one of your own. You're going to need to throw it at mine when I give the signal." He whispered.

"What are you two talking about down there?" Van asked casually.

"How we're gonna be three inches taller by the time this bird drops us off...in Daath." I said almost as casually. Van snorted and steered the bird a little more to the left. I slipped a knife out and looked back at Asch. He nodded three times and jerked his arm. I threw my knife, assuming this was the signal.

Simultaneously, the two birds screech and dropped both of us mid-flight. As we plummeted downwards, both of us gave each other a 'well-that-was-stupid' look. Looking at wide open air, I was hit with nostalgia. It was the same look as I had experienced in that dream beforehand when I had the fever. The falling off the cliff, the miasma, Ion and my sister, and now this. It finally clicked. And now I was about to die, perfect.

Something swooped beneath Asch and a second later he was gone. I heard a 'God dammit!' from above three seconds later. Above me, Asch had been once again caught my the eagle/griffon monster and was being carried up to Van. It looked like the red-head was going to re-join Van until he whispered something to the bird and it immediately veered to the right.

Asch flipped up to where he was sitting on it like a pro and drove it in the direction of the Qliphoth opening. I didn't see anything after that since I hit some trees branches, leaves scattered, and everything went dark.

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"Ooohhh, my head..." Raven sat up and placed a hand on her head, quickly taking it off when the pain skyrocketed. She sat up and looked around, spotting the party scattered about on the ground. Presently, Tear, Jade, and Natalia were the only ones up. Tear and Jade were talking outside the Tartarus while Natalia was studying the dead to see if there was any survivors. Blaze was leaning near the edge of the muddy surface; close but not in danger distance. Shadow was trapped partially under Guy, whom had half his body on her right half. Anise and Ion were leaning against each other with their backs to a rock and Luke was unconscious and all alone by a corpse. No Star...

Raven frowned and went to get Blaze up from his slumber in case he decided to roll over a few times. She nodded to Tear and Jade, whom both fixed her with a cool look before they returned to their conversation. Raven rolled Blaze over away from the edge and then sat down. She propped the silly blond up onto her knee and beat his face lightly, trying to get him up. Lightly turned to harshly and soon she found herself back-handing him.

He moaned slightly and sat up, clutching his face. Raven stood up and offered him a hand, which he slapped away with a glower. He helped himself up using his knee and punched her in the shoulder. She smiled at him, much to his displeasure, before going to Ion and Anise whom were slowly waking up.

"Fluffy!" She said joyfully when Ion opened his eyes. She gripped him in a bear hug which he tried to return to the best of his ability. Anise's eyes fluttered open a second later and she instantly latched onto Ion's arm. The green haired boy squeaked, unsure of what to do.

"He's mine, back off." She snapped. Raven pulled back and rubbed her eyes to prevent any tears- erm dust from falling at the sight of the two. There was dust in her eyes. That is all.

"Well, I was worried I wasn't going to see you guys again after the commandant...well we'll explain later, on the Tartarus. For now though, huggles~." Before she could wrap her arms around them again, a scream echoed in the pit. She rolled backwards, frightened slightly by the scream.

Raven found seconds later that it was actually Guy whom had screamed. He had scrabbled several feet away from Shadow, whom was sitting up from being awakened by the scream. She held her head and pushed her scarf back over her mouth at the sight of the miasma.

"What happened here? It looks like we fell into the first level of hell." She commented, edging away from a dead body. Tear seemed to send her a glare from her spot near the Tartarus. "Not that I mind." She commented a minute later, looking around with approval. Raven smirked, knowing her friend was into demons and the supernatural. Guy on the other hand took this comment badly and seemed to shirk away from her even more.

Anise and Ion stood up and joined Jade and Tear by the Tartarus. Guy moved a bit away from everyone and began checking if there was any survivors. Raven noticed something moving in the murk of the mud just a few feet off shore. A piece of stone bubbled up and hovered on the surface. At first, she dismissed it as just a large rock but she noticed something on it move. Looking closely she saw something that looked remotely like a hand being lifted out of the murk.

She let out a yelp, thinking it was a mud monster coming from the depths. Shadow and Blaze ran over to see what had startled the brunette. The abyss team glanced over, wondering if she had just seen a broken corpse for the first time. The murky stone grew a little more and there was a wail from it. At this, Shadow strung her bow and aimed an arrow at it, Blaze pulled out his gunblade slightly, and Raven put a hand on her fonic guns. Now the others seemed a little more interested in the sudden need of weapons.

"Mom-my! Mommy!" It wailed. Jade, Tear, Anise, Natalia, and Guy all ran over at the sound and looked down at the murky sea. The stone bobbed and the thing made another painful wail. Raven studied it for a second before tapping Shadow's bow arm.

"That's a person! Don't shoot!" She shouted. The muddy figure seemed to realize there was someone there and struggled a bit more.

"Mommy! Help me!" It shouted reaching an arm forward. Some of the mud melted from the face and it revealed a boy of about seven with dull blue eyes and cobalt hair.

"Please, help!" He yelled, his dull blue eyes now visible. The stone bobbed again and he let out a fearful cry.

"Natalia help me!" Shadow yelled. She took her scarf off and tied it to the end of an arrow. She handed the arrow to the princess and pointed to the rock, just far enough to be out of reach but close enough to pull in with the scarf. "Can you hit that rock? I would, but I don't want to miss..."

"O-Of course!" The Kimlascan heir slipped the arrow in and aimed her bow with a sharp eye. Shadow loosely held the scarf in her hands waiting for the familiar twang of the string. A second later, the arrow flew out of the bow and hit the center of the rock. Shadow gripped the scarf and pulled back.

"Pull! Damn it, help!" Shadow demanded when the scarf started slipping from her grip. Raven and Blaze began tugging back and were assisted by Jade, Tear, Natalia, and Guy a second later. The dank mud seemed to fight back and started to drag the stone down bit-by-bit.

The group was suddenly lifted and pulled back by a very strong force known as Tokunaga. Anise smiled from atop the giant doll and let out a war cry. The cat strained against the order and tried pulling back more. Raven noticed that a sound like seams popping seemed to come from the arms of the giant. The group in the cat's strong hug tried to pull as much as they could while being sandwiched into each other.

"What the hell is happening? Where are we?" A groggy voice asked. The presently immobile group looked over to see Luke standing up, holding his head in pain. The group fixed him with a cold glare and stared at him as he turned his attention to them and then the dim sea of death.

"Oh hey guys..." He scratched the back of his head and yawned, completely oblivious to the scarf/rope attached to the rock where a child was sobbing. Another voice surfaced from the mud.

"Oh...oh..." The voice was harsh and raspy and seemed to come a little farther out from where the first rock had surfaced.

"There's someone there!" Tear shouted trying to get out of Tokunaga's giant hug.

"Daddy it hurts, help..." Another small boy with an orange cap was lying under an older man whom was clearly dead. "Mommy...Daddy..."

"I'll save you, hold on!" Natalia said, struggling to get out of the doll's arms.

"Stop! That's a bottomless pit of miasma and mud. You'll die." Tear shouted after getting kicked a few times in the ribs via Natalia.

"No, what can we do? Luke save him!" Natalia screamed.

"What? What do you want me to do? I can't reach him!" He shouted.

"He's sinking!" Guy shouted. The group looked back at the boy whom was indeed getting sucked into the mud.

"No!" Jade yelled. A small earthquake erupted from the ground which sent everyone sprawling on the ground. The boy went under the surface calling for help before it became a gurgled help. Raven, Blaze, Shadow, and the Abyss team watched in horror before realizing they had their own set of problems.

"Help me, please!" The boy on the rock shouted. The rock was being tugged under at the same rate as the other one had.

"Luke, grab him! Hurry!" Anise shouted from on top of the doll. Luke looked around like a confused puppy before running to the edge and offering a hand down to the boy. The small boy grabbed it, smearing mud onto the ambassador's arms. Guy managed to slip out of the cat's grip and helped Luke pull the boy the rest of the way onto the surface. Only seconds later did a rock fall from above and snap the arrow protruding from the original pulling crew and Tokunaga all fell backwards again from the released strain of the scarf. Shadow hastily wrapped it around her neck again and muttered when she saw it had grown about two inches.

"Is this place going to collapse too?" Anise asked looking around fearfully. She put Tokunaga on her back again and grabbed Ion's hand.

"Let's go to the Tartarus. The emergency buoy is operational, and it's managing to stay above the mud." Jade suggested. Guy picked the shuttering boy up and nodded to the rest of the party. The child curled into his chest and let out a few mournful moans.

The group shuffled on board to find a mass of dead knights littering the floor. Raven found herself wiping away tears at all the lost lives. Looking around, she could see tears in almost everyone's eyes. Luke trailed behind the rest, confusion and misunderstanding swirling in the depths of his green eyes.

Blaze and Guy took the rescued boy to an empty room that didn't have any carcasses while the rest went to the control room. Seconds later the boat began its lengthy journey through the boggy Qliphoth.

End of the chapter.

Meh, this chapter was so sad for me to write. ;A; Well, actually, I wrote it with a straight face but going back and watching the Akzeriuth scene again was horrible. I'm glad they saved one child...even though he might still die from miasma poisoning...

*Dun dun duuun...*

Well, things can't get worse. Right? Right?...Yes they can. They can get worse.

Random quote:
Between two evils, I always pick the one I've never tried before. - Mae West