Rex woke up in a mysterious land unknown to him, it had an overgrowth of plant life and many large insects that dwelled within it. As he regained his consciousness he noticed that a giant white tiger was near him; it was Dromarch.

"Greetings master Rex."

"Likewise Dromarch. Where are we?"

"It would seem we are in my lady's homeland."

"And where would that be exactly?"

"We are in the land of Gormott."

"Huh, Gormott eh? W-wait a minute! Where's Nia and Pyra and Gramps?!"

"I'm not sure I've been waiting for you to wake master Rex."

"Well come on, we have to go find them."

"Of course, lead the way."

With that Rex and Dromarch set off into the thick jungle of Gormott to find their fallen friends. After traveling for a little while Rex and Dromarch find Nia and Pyra fighting what appears to be a giant frog monster.

"Hey Rex, we could really use some help here." Pyra called.

"Oi Dromarch, get over here and help me out." Nia demanded.

"You've got it"

"Y-yes my lady."

With that everyone fights the giant frog monster, not long after the frog goes down from everyone's combined efforts.

"That was a slog" Nia panted.

"Your tellin me." Rex replied.

"Well now that we're all back together we have to go find gramps."

"You mean that titan that saved us? Wait that's gramps?!"

"Yes it is and we need to find him before we leave this forest."

"Alright, alright lets go look for him."

"Don't worry gramps we'll find you."

As the group begins to look for gramps they begin to see a trail of broken trees in a staight line. As they approach the end of the path they find Azurda fatally wounded.

"GRAMPS!! Gramps are you alright?!"

"No my boy, *cough* I'm not fine. I don't know how long I have to live. *cough*"

"Gramps no! You can't die now! Not like this!"

Tears start falling down Rex's face as he knows that Azurda is going to die. Suddenly Azurda turns into pure ether and disappears. Rex is heartbroken at this and begins to bawl his eyes out over Azurda's death.

"G-GRAMPS!!!! No, no, no, no it can't end like this *sobs* it was to early for you! *sobs*"

Nia not knowing what to do in this situation decides to try to comfort Rex by slowly rubbing his back.

"Everything will be fine, he's in a better place now. It'll be okay."

"I would hope so, everything is a lot bigger now."

Suddenly everyone turns there heads down to see a small fluffy white titan.

"Gramps?! Your alive! But what happened to you?"

"Well you see Rex my boy I have learned an ancient titan technique that allows me to be reborn."

"Cool. So how long will it take you to grow back to your old self."

"I'd say about 300 years give or take."

"Wait, 300 years?! I'll be long dead by the time you grow back to that size. But oh well I guess you'll just have to stay up hear then."

Rex then picks up Azurda and puts him in his helmet.

"Anyways do you know how to get out of this jungle Nia? Since this is your homeland and all."

"Yeah, yeah I know how to get out of here and get to Torigoth."

"I guess that's the capital?"

"Mmhmm."

"Well lets get a move on then, I'll let you lead the way since you know the way and all."

"Right."

As Rex and co walk through the jungle Rex tries striking up a conversation.

"Soooo Nia this is your homeland huh. So I guess that makes you gormotti then right?"

"Yes it would, if it weren't already obvious by the ears and teeth."

"Oi no need to be like that. Anyways I guess this makes us a team now right? Y'know since we're on our own and-"

"Listen here Rex, once we get to Torigoth I'm going back to Torna."

"Wh-What? Why? They tried to kill you. That sounds like a terrible idea."

"Listen let's just say I have my reasonings for wanting to go back to Torna ok? Let's leave it at that."

"No I can't leave it at that, it feels wrong, you risked your life to save me and they just tried killing you for it."

"Hey now you technically saved my skin to so I'd say we're even, you shouldn't feel 'indebted' to me or something."

"Even if that weren't the case I still wouldn't be able to fathom why you would want to go back."

"Hey look, we made it out of the jungle."

Without even realizing it Rex and co were out of the jungle and they saw a long sprawling field with what looked to be a city at the end of the field.

"See over there, that's Torigoth. Once I drop you off at a hotel over there I'm leaving got it?"

"I still don't think you should go back to those people, they might kill you for helping me."

"Yeah, yeah whatever I can handle myself. Let's get goin alright?"

"You got it."

With that Rex and co travel across the vast plains of Gormott and make it to Torigoth. When they first enter the city they witness the Ardainian army looking for recruits. Everyone witnesses as one unfortunate Gormott dies from not being worthy of the core crystal.

"Is that really what happens when someone can't react?"

"Unfortunately yes that is what happens."

"What does it look like when one does successfully bond with a blade?"

Suddenly another Gormott trys to bond with the core crystal and a great light erupts from the core crystal and out comes a blade.

"Like that. Anyways lets get a move on the hotel is just a little more this way."

As the group continues to go through Torigoth they are stopped by the Ardainian army.

"Halt! You are a member of Torna. You are under arrest for crimes against the Ardainian Empire come with us quietly and peacefully or we will be forced to use alterior methods of dealing with you."

"Rex you need to get out of here. I don't need you getting arrested for my crimes."

"Hey now there just as much my problem as they are yours sense I think they want to arrest all of us."

"Hey you, I've never seen that blade before. What's your registry number?"

"Uuuhhh... 4-2-0-6-9"

"That's not enough numbers. Your under arrest for illegal blade usage."

"See look now there my problem to."

"Uggh fine you take the ones on the left I'll take the ones on the right." Nia groans.

"Alright. Let's go."

After beating up several guards a giant blue flame erupts from the arch in the street.

"L-lady Brighid what are you doing here?"

"I've come on domestic issues and noticed a scuffle out of the corner of my eye. So what's going on."

"Lady Brighid that girl is a member of Torna the terrorist organization and that boy is an illegal driver. We beg for your assistance in capturing these criminals."

Brighid then thinks to herself 'wait a moment thats a green core crystal, could that be...'

"Alright I'll help you."

"Thank you Lady Brighid it is an honor to fight by your side."

After that Brighid then proceeds to thrash Rex and Nia into submission until a device called an ethernet is thrown at Nia and Dromarch which cuts off there ether flow.

"Go Rex get out of here! This is your only chance! You can not be captured you have to get away from here!"

"No I can't leave you here! We have to get out of here together!"

Suddenly a machine comes out of nowhere and hits a water pipe that sprays all over Brighid extinguishing her flames for a moment.

"Go Rex this is your only shot!"

"Rex we must go now." Azurda demands.

"We really do need to get out of here." Pyra adds.

Rex feeling completely defeated decides to run away.

"Fine, but I'll come back to save you!"

And with that Rex, Pyra, and Azurda all run as far away as they can until a Nopon grabs their attention.

"Hey friends come in here. Safe from guards."

"Ok, if you say so."

to be continued...