**The usual disclaimers apply**


~In the last chapter…

Umi put down her raised hand and stepped forward. "what now, Galaxia, you don't
have a slave anymore." she said, raising an eye brow.

Galaxia stood straight. "you haven't put me down yet. The game is just starting
...let's play, my little SeeDs"

All of them stanced themselves for the upcoming battle.



Notes:
~*~ - dream state
*...*- thoughts
* * * - another place, time, space,...etc.

THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS
By: Yumemi


Chapter 25 - ...the Power...


Quistis, Fuu and Hikaru; being closest to Galaxia, attacked first. Fuu immediately
threw a Green Gail after her and added to the attack power of Quistis' Areo-charged
whip. Right after that, Hikaru's Fireball followed.

The three jumped backwards and landed beside their allies. There was smoke from the
place where all attacks had hit. But suddenly, Galaxia stepped from out of the dark
smoke.

"not even scratched!" Quistis said.

Galaxia smiled at the trio that attacked her. "Nice combination but, you'll have to
do better than that to defeat me!!!" she shouted, and sent an energy ball flying
towards them.

Presea attacked next, sending and array of magic spells that Galaxia effortlessly
shoved away from her. While Presea continued, Umi added some power to Presea's
attacks by blending it with her own. But Galaxia speedily avoided it and threw the
attack back at them.

Meanwhile, Squall starts to chant in order to summon Eden and Rinoa joined in by
summoning Shiva. Cloud on the other hand, casted a Stop spell that he got from
Zell before.

With a flash of luck, the spell hit successfully and petrified Galaxia. the others
took advantage on her immobility and rained a horde of spells on her. But the spell
didn't last long. A short while after the spell hit, Galaxia revived and was able to
defend herself from the onslaught of spells.

All paused for a moment to let the smoke disappear. But instead of seeing Galaxia,
they saw a ball of light heading towards them. Fortunately, they were able to dodge
it and get only minor scars.

"Eden!! Eternal Breath!" Squall shouted as the GF appeared and did its work.

"Shiva! Diamond Dust!!" Rinoa shouted and Shiva joined in the fray.

The two GFs caused a lot of smoke to appear and everyone was almost blind, except
for Cloud - who could see better in the smoke because of his mako-reacted eye. Fuu,
being the windmaster, immediately blew all the smoke away.

"everyone here??" Fuu asked aloud.

They all answered "yes" and waited for Galaxia.

"Galaxia, show yourself!!" Hikaru shouted.

And show herself she did. Galaxia appeared, glowing with power and electricity
flowing in her veins. Without a word and as fast as lighting, she drew her power
and formed a huge ball of enery and fired it at the small goup. The explosion
that occured afterwards filled the room with light and smoke.....


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