Mr.Who2123: AHH!! So close to end!

Armos: Stop freaking out…

Mr.Who2123: I don't know how!

Armos: …

Kemero: Mr.Who2123 does not own anything related to PSO.

Mr.Who2123: BEGIN!!

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Kemero woke up to the methodical thumping of the ruin's heartbeat, almost thinking it was his own until he properly remembered where he was. Slowly, he lifted himself up to a sitting position, rubbing his forehead with the palm of his gloved hand. Looking about himself, Kemero noticed that Armos' tent was already gone, and the hunter was nowhere in sight.

Kemero walked out of his own tent, yawning. Still half asleep, the ranger looked about the grotesque room, trying to find a trace of his fellow general.

Where is he? Kemero wondered, looking about the room. Suddenly, he caught a trace of the teal uniform of Armos, and the ranger found the hunter sitting down on the floor all the way across the room. He was facing towards a shining crystal thing, gazing at it with much concentration.

Kemero brought himself next to the hunter, sitting in the same fashion as his partner, with his knees bent and his arms wrapped around them.

"Hey Armos," Kemero said, breaking the odd silence between them. The hunter, who didn't even notice Kemero, jumped at the sudden sound.

"…Hey," the hunter replied, breaking out of his gaze. To Kemero, Armos looked tired, there were rings under his dark eyes, and his figure drooped slightly.

"How long have you been up?" the ranger asked, giving a friendly smile. Armos shook his head, reclining it to see the top of the crystal and then looking back at his partner.

"I think I've been here all night," the hunter replied, running his gloved hand through his messy, golden hair. Kemero sighed at the pensive behavior of his fellow general.

"Doing what?"

"…Just thinking of what's going to happen when we reach the end of this cursed place," the hunter replied. He stood up, his arms folded and his face still in a glazed, thoughtful expression.

"Well, we just have to keep going, I guess," Kemero stated, giving a reassuring smile. Armos shook his head, however, at this statement.

"I scheduled a long talk with the Sage…it's just to catch up and talk about the past few events," Armos replied, lifting his communicator. "The Principal and temporary general are going to talk too." Kemero nodded instantly, the thought of talking with his old friend sounding like a pure delight.

Suddenly, the sound of papers ruffling filled the room. Armos took out his communicator, understanding that it was the source of the noise.

"Hey, old man. How are you?" Armos said, smiling as he talked. The ruffling paper noise ended, and then there was a sudden, loud 'thump.' There was a moment of silence before the sound of a muttering old man.

"…Sorry about that, dropped the darned thing," the Sage said through the communicator. "I can't believe that I'm relieved to hear the word 'old man' again. I feel so formal when people call me 'Sage' or 'Master Sage', or whatever people call me these days.

"Just stating the truth with that statement. Anyways, how was that war? I've been wondering if you actually managed to win," Armos asked.

"We won, and I'm surprised that we managed to do it. It was definitely a close battle. There have been a lot of casualties," the Sage replied, his voice expressing both sadness and happiness in it.

"Wow, you must have been lucky…anything else to report?" Armos continued. The Sage hesitated a moment, thinking of proper diction he could use to say his statement.

"We have ended the long time feud with the rebels," the Sage finally said. Armos smirked at the good news while Kemero smiled wide as well.

"Great! How did you do it?" Kemero asked behind his fellow general.

"We discovered the loss of photon, which is Dimenians use almost ten times as much photon as we do. When you were found, Armos, more started appearing, and the more that appeared, the lower the photon rate was. It was mere coincidence that we discovered photon weapons the same month that Dimenians started appearing," the Sage explained. When there was no response, the old man continued. "So how about you? How close are you to the end?" Kemero was quick to reply, excited that they were so close to the end.

"We're at the lowest level of the ruin, so we're only a day or two away from the end!" he exclaimed, now right beside his fellow general. There was a chuckling heard from behind the communicator.

"That's great! Now Armos and Kemero, I have a guest for you right now," the Sage suddenly said. The sound of a door closing in the distance was heard, and then footsteps coming closer.

"Hello, generals Armos and Kemero. It's a great honor to finally speak with you," the voice said. Kemero almost laughed at such formal behavior, but kept it in to show respect.

What a naïve person, Armos thought as well, smirking.

"It's great to hear from you too. I presume you are the temporary general of my army?" Armos asked.

"Yes sir, I am Raiden. How is your investigation?" the general asked back.

"Strange and difficult, that's basically the whole of it right there," he said, and chuckled. "How are you? Are you taking care of my army?" Armos said, half jokingly, but the modest general took it as a completely serious one.

"Y-Yes sir, of course! I'm fine," he stuttered back. Kemero and the Sage chuckled at the nervous answer while Armos smirked.

"Oh, Kemero, there's someone who wants to talk to you," the Sage abruptly said. The temporary generals and the permanent ones said their good byes and their good lucks when the door was heard again.

"How's my old friend?" a new voice said.

"Principal!" Kemero exclaimed. He took the communicator from his fellow general, excited to talk with him. "How are you?"

"Work is grueling. We have to make a lot of tough decisions. They are almost ten times harder than the ones I had to make on our old planet," the former leader replied. Kemero nodded, understanding how different it was on Earth.

"Yeah, sometimes I miss our old planet," Kemero replied, sympathetic to his friend. "Well, maybe we can get together after I finish this investigation." The Principal nodded, and said he had to leave for a special conference.

"He works harder than I do," the Sage said, laughing at his old joke. "When you guys come back, it'll be much less busy for him."

"Thanks, old man," Armos said, beginning to end the conference. The old man gave a 'your welcome' and then there was a moment of silence.

"I'll see you later," Armos said.

"Do your best," the old man replied.

"We will, thanks," Kemero thanked him. Armos turned off the communicator, and the cadence of the beating ruin came into their ears, reminding them that they have a job to do.

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The generals had become much more solemn since their conference, each of them wishing they were back at home. They had passed through five more rooms, encountering old enemies. There had only been one exciting battle when a delsaber appeared, but because of the two general's experience, it was not as much of a challenge as before.

After their most recent battle, the two generals entered through the next door. When opened, they found a hallway, twice as long as any they had seen before. It stretched at least as far as the room with the centaur in it, if not, even farther.

"Again, I don't understand why there are such huge hallways and numerous rooms…there's no point in them…" Kemero muttered, beginning to walk. Armos merely shrugged. His mind, however, was on the strange increase of heartbeats from the ruin. It rang in his ears, mixing with his own fearful beat.

Minutes passed by, with Kemero indifferent and Armos scared of what was through the next door. When they finally reached the organic door, they came into a long room, though it wasn't exceeding in its length. In the middle was another crystal monument.

Because the Regallion felt no photon gathering, he didn't bother to pull out his weapon, and instead began reading.

When the planet revolves around the great star fifty times, embodiments of evil appear.

With corrupt minds and no hopes, they terrorize those who they please.

Led by the holy IDOLA, god of destruction, they move to fulfill their destiny.

Two forces, unlike each other, come together, and try to stop the death.

However, their living hopes end, though their sacrifice is not in vain.

Pray, for IDOLA the holy comes, behind the embodiments of evil.

Armos couldn't believe his eyes. IDOLA was the god of destruction, causing all the Dimenians to appear. He shook, his mind racing and his heart pumping extremely fast. Slowly, he fell to one knee, clutching his stomach.

That was it…IDOLA is what was in that wall…that giant Dimenian…it's coming for me… he thought, his eyes widened, though they saw nothing.

"Armos!" Kemero yelled, shaking the unstable general. Slowly, the shaking stopped, the eyes began to see, and his mind calmed from the noise and movement.

"Kemero…we are about to go against the god of destruction…this thing is the source of all Dimenians…," he whispered hoarsely. Kemero stared wide eyed at his partner, not understanding how he could suddenly know this. There was a deadly silence between the two.

"Kemero…look to your right," Armos whispered again. Scared, Kemero did so, and saw something he did not expect.

"That's…," Kemero trailed off, looking at the designs on it. For there on the right, was the wall Armos had remembered, exactly as the hunter had remembered it.

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Mr.Who2123: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! OH MY GOSH!

Armos: Keep writing!

Mr.Who2123: I will…man, I am so into cliffhangers…and is it me or did you get goose bumps with the last section of the chapter?

Kemero: I got them.

Armos: Me too…I want to know what is on that wall!

Mr.Who2123: Well, please review!