Tidus found himself floating. He first thought that he had died, but then he saw Metea-Tempest near him. Okay, that killed the idea that he had gone to Heaven. Just as he grabbed her arm, there was a flash and he saw the boy from before. Pulling Metea-Tempest along, Tidus swam down next to the boy and saw that the boy looked like his father. His father then turned into him when he was a kid. Tidus tried to speak, but another flash stopped him from doing so.

Metea-Tempest glared at Tidus as they reached the surface. "WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT FRIEND OF YOURS? WAS HE TRYING TO KILL US! I'M STARTING TO FEEL LIKE A CAT THAT HAS LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY LIVES SHE HAS LEFT! Tidus winced as Metea-Tempest yelled for a few more minutes. When she was calm again, she added, "Not to down the whole, 'alive' thing." Tidus nodded and looked around. He knew that they were in trouble. Without shelter and at that moment, treading water, sooner or later they would get tired and drown, or freeze to death. Spotting land a few minutes away, Tidus motioned for Metea-Tempest to follow him. Once they reached solid ground, Metea-Tempest sighed and stretched. Together they walked toward a group of buildings that were on the other side of a bridge. Just as they were close to being completely across, several creatures jumped out of the water, destroying the bridge before the two could cross it. After a short battle with three of the creatures Tidus was starting to worry. Suddenly, they were given a helping hand by a gigantic monster that ate the fourth and final creature. Metea-Tempest and Tidus both swam away before they could end up on the menu as well. Once on dry land, and inside, Tidus led the way onto a large room. Metea-Tempest grumbled something under her breath. Tidus turned and looked at her. Returning the look, Metea-Tempest told him, "I said, 'the whole near death thing is starting to bug me."

"Same here." Tidus made Metea-Tempest rest while he went looking for supplies to start a fire. Once he had what he needed and had a blaze going, Tidus finally asked the one question that had been bothering him, "So, why did your dad stop talking to you?"

"Because of what I refused to be."

Flashback----

Metea-Tempest glared at her father as he looked out at the water, as if he had not just ripped his daughter's heart out. "You want me to stop playing the one game that I enjoy?" Metea-Tempest asked him slowly.

"That's right. I think it's time that you stop this foolishness."

"Foolishness, Daddy? What makes you think that you can just walk into my life and tell me what to do?"

"I'm your father, young lady."

"Some father you are. When I needed you, you weren't there. Now that I don't need you…"

"LOOK AT YOU!" Her father finally turned and began to yell. "THEY DON'T WANT YOU ON THE TEAM BECAUSE YOU'RE GOOD! THEY WANT YOU THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE A FREAK OF NATURE! I WANT YOU TO STOP PLAYING SO THAT YOU CAN FINALLY GET THE OPERATION THAT CAN GIVE YOU A NORMAL LIFE!"

"WHAT YOU CALL NORMAL, I CALL BULLSHIT! I AM NOT SOME DAMN EMPLOYEE THAT YOU CAN YELL 'JUMP' AT AND I ASK YOU HOW HIGH!"

"IF YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER, YOU WILL DO AS YOU ARE TOLD!"

"THEN I GUESS I'M NOT YOUR DAUGHTER!" Metea-Tempest then stormed away from her father, refusing to look back. She knew that if she did, he would see the tears in her eyes, the same eyes that he hated so much.

End of Flashback----

Tidus looked at the fire and said, "That sucks."

"I haven't spoken to him again since." Metea-Tempest looked away and added, "I never thought he say those things and there he was…yelling them at me."

"Man, that's why you care so much about the game. I guess we're kind of the same." Together they fell asleep, huddled close to stay warm.

Tidus wasn't sure what had awakened him, until he noticed just how cold it was. 'The fire!' Tidus turned to look at it. The fire was close to going out. "No! Come one, don't go out! I'll find some more wood for you." He turned to tell Metea-Tempest, but saw that she was out cold. He then kicked himself. She was sensitive to the cold. The colder she became, the more she slept and the more she slept, the deeper the sleep became. Tidus was torn between finding wood and keeping Metea-Tempest warm. Tidus was about to shake Metea-Tempest to wake her when he spotted movement. A creature like the one before appeared out of nowhere. The two locked into a fight just as the doors exploded and a group of people seemed to look at the situation. A young man, a fish-like creature fighting while a young woman seemed to be on the floor dead. The group shot and killed the fish like creature and then turned to regard Tidus. They started talking to each other in a language that Tidus didn't understand. One person that was with the group seemed to be on his side, that is until she nailed him hard enough to knock him out.