(Whoa… I'm getting better results for this story than I thought. Perhaps it's because there aren't that many PoP fics, but that's okay. )

Rin, I'm not sure if he did do her, but it seriously looked that way.

Lady Discord, I don't think Kaileena was having visions about Babylon, but like I said, I think they did 'it'.

One Last Chance:

Chapter Six

Kamal watched the waves rise and fall as Hesam approached him. "Sire, we are preparing to leave, but unfortunately, it seems that our prince has escaped."

Kamal turned to him. "It is not unfortunate in the slightest bit, Hesam. They cannot interfere at this point, but of course, they have the Empress, and my parallel self has indeed knowledge of the situation, but so do I. They have only the knowledge of Massoud to work with, and that is very crude."

He began to walk away before Hesam replied, "However, he stole the map, I'm sure of it!"

Kamal sighed as he stopped before the door. "Do not worry so much Hesam, just relax. We can allow a minor loss such as that, can we not?"

He then proceeded under deck, leaving Hesam to ponder a little.

Farah bit her lip as she approached Massoud on the deck. "Do you even know where we are going?"

He glared at her for a moment before turning back to the map he was studying. "Stop bothering me so much; I am trying to figure out whatever they got from this map."

"Who are you talking of?" she asked as the Prince walked up to them. "You need not concern yourself with that; it is my problem to deal with," he answered as she turned to him.

"I am just curious. I have been held as a prisoner for four years in that secluded cell; I was never transferred."

The Prince sighed and removed the medallion from his chest plate. "Then, I believe this belongs to you," he stated, holding it out to her. "That… is my medallion! How did you get it! It disappeared years ago." The Prince smiled slightly. "I found it near a riverbed one day, a few years ago. I decided to keep it," he lied.

"So, how, did you know it belonged to me?"

The Prince quickly sighed. "I am not sure, it just felt like it did," he replied, forcing the object into her hand.

She looked back at him as he walked over to Massoud. "There is something strange about that man; he is not normal," she thought.

"Massoud, I really must think you for what you did; had they found you, you would not be alive today."

Massoud shrugged. "You need not thank me, I owe you. However, what happened back there at Babylon?" he asked as the Prince leaned on the ship's railing. He then proceeded to explain the events since he unleashed the Sands of Time.

"Ah, I see. So after you reversed the flow of time and stopped yourself from unleashing the Sands, this Dahaka began pursuing you?"
The Prince nodded. "Yes, but even after I destroyed the Dahaka and stopped the creation of the Sands, I am still doomed. Soon, all of Persia will be lost, because I was a fool."

Massoud placed his hand on the Prince's shoulder. "Do not be so melancholy. I am completely sure that if we work together, we can stop this Kamal and save whatever of Persia we can. What's done is done, my friend, there is no turning back."

The Prince closed his eyes and sighed. "You are right; I've been meddling with time for far too long. I have to face the present as it is."

Kaileena sat on the lone chair in the cabin. She leaned her head back and sighed before a small giggle could be heard. Her eyes shot open, and began to scan the small, wooden room.

Other than a somewhat large bed, a small bookcase and desk were all that furnished the room. Kailleena closed her eyes once more and attempted to sleep; the day had been extremely tiring.

"Are you happy now, Kaileena?"

She opened her eyes once more to see a young female child seated on the bed. "You… just who are you!" Kaileena exclaimed as the girl smiled. "You cannot escape your true fate, no one can. Time is extremely fragile, but you must survive, as you hold the greatest power."

"What do you mean?" she responded as the girl stood. "Oh, it is quite interesting. The Prince and his companions re only holding you back; holding you back from your destiny."

Kaileena's mouth opened slightly as the girl neared her. "Other than the Prince, who must pay dearly for his actions, Massoud and Farah are free from any punishment."

"Why must the Prince be harmed? What is this!"

The girl laughed. "I am surprised by your inability to comprehend that he is the cause of the pain of the world."

She cocked her head to the left as Kaileena remained still. "If you follow my words, no more harm will come to you and the others. As for now, travel to the Shrine of Beginnings."

"Shrine of Beginnings? What is that?" she replied as the girl began to pace around the room. "It is a creation of the Gods, meant for worshiping. It is lost under the waves now, but its power has been transferred to that of Karniak Temple, which is located to the west."

Kaileena nodded her head. "W-Why are you telling me this?" The girl laughed gleefully as she embraced Kaileena in a small hug. "It is a favor for you, to allow you a chance to fulfill your destiny."

She slowly returned the embrace as the girl tightened hers. "How I have longed to meet you, Kaileena," she stated before stepping back. "The name I was given at birth is Saeedeh, and that is what I would like you to refer to me as."

"Saeedeh; it feels vaguely familiar," Kaileena remarked as the girl smiled for a final time before dissipating into the air.

"Wait…" she murmured before sighing and glancing up towards the deck.

"They marked a destination," Massoud stated as he pointed to a small black dot on the map. I believe it's located roughly about a half day's journey to the west of our current location."

The Prince nodded. "That's fine, but we should hurry; Kamal and his group may already be ahead of us."

Massoud was about to comment on it when the ship shook violently. "What was that!" Farah shouted as a maroon tentacle shot through the ship towards her. The Prince quickly pushed her out of the way as the tentacle latched on to a pole.

Massoud watched in awe as an incredibly large squid rose from the sea and crashed back down.

"A… A… S-Sea creature!" he cried out as two more tentacles whipped through the ship.

"Massoud, get yourself ready!" the Prince ordered as he unsheathed the sword he stole from the soldier and lunged at one of the tentacles, slicing it cleanly in half and avoiding an attack with ease from the second whip.

Massoud snapped back into reality as he rushed past the Prince and down below the deck. "Stall for a few moments as I gather some weaponry!"

The Prince sighed in annoyance as he slashed through another tentacle shot at him.

(Well, how'd you like this chapter? I'm sort of making it up as I go along, well, that's how I normally do my stories anyway.)