The group began to make their way through the forest, led by Garet. Isaac hung back and talked with Lloyd.
"So, where did you say you where from?" asked Isaac curiously. He seemed to have recovered well form the beating he had received.
"From Iselia, in Sylvarant, or what used to be Sylvarant. How about you? And are we in Sylvarant of Tethe'alla?" asked Lloyd.
"What the? What are you talking about? I have no clue what you are talking about!" replied Isaac, giving Lloyd the "Are you crazy?" look.
"… Where are we exactly?" asked Lloyd tentatively, not sure if he wanted to hear the answer.
"Did you forget the name of the land that you live in? We are in the land of Weyard! I've never heard of those others names that you mentioned!" replied Isaac. Lloyd stopped. Weyard? What in the world was Weyard?
"I'm sorry… My friends and I got sucked into a gate… But we don't know how… I have no clue what the land of Weyard is!" said Lloyd, extremely puzzled about everything. They had arrived in a land that they knew nothing about through the Otherworldy gate. What in the world was going on?
"I see… You aren't from this world… Well, in brief, we are heading towards our village, Vale. The land of Weyward is a large land made up of a few continents. The continent that we are currently on is called Gondowan." Explained Isaac briefly. Lloyd stopped for a second to think. How had they arrived in this land called Weyward through the Otherworldy Gate?
"Hey Lloyd… We are almost there. In our village you can—" Isaac stopped suddenly. What was that that he smelled? Was it smoke? He broke out into a run, passing all the others, and was followed closely by Garet.
"Hey! Wait up!" screamed Lloyd, quickly speeding up his pace to catch up with Isaac and Garet.
"Lloyd! What in the world is going on?" asked Sheena; she was very confused as well.
"Sorry… I don't; know either… And we have to catch up to Isaac and Garet!" said Lloyd, beginning to run even faster.
He arrived in a clearing, followed closely by his comrades. There were a bunch of houses, probably Isaac and Garet's village. Except that a few of the buildings were on fire! Isaac and Garet stood, surrounded by what looked like… Angels of Cruxis!
"What in the world?" thought Lloyd out loud. Meanwhile, Isaac and Garet looked at each other, then they each gave each other a slight nod.
"Grand Gaia!" shouted Isaac, raising his sword over his head. A low rumble was heard, then there was a loud crack, and a large crevasse appeared in the ground. The angels began to fall in, but before they had fallen much, large boulders began to rise up out of the crevasse. The angels were all sent flying, and then the boulders began to fall into the crevasse as it shrank, and then disappeared.
"Inferno!" Garet cried in turn. Dozens of fireballs appeared and circled around the group of angels before crashing into them, sending them flying back in a blaze of fire. Garet paused for a second.
"Did we get them?" He asked inquisitively. Isaac didn't have time to respond before an angel appeared from the smoke, charging towards them.
"Let's go, Flash!" screamed Garet. A small fury red creature leapt into the air, and with it, a large flaming barrier. The angel collided with the barrier, and before it could do anything, and small voice was heard from behind Lloyd.
"Thunder Blade!" shouted Genis, and a huge sword fell from the sky. It glowed for a second before it exploded with a flash of blue and white. When the blade was gone, so was the angel.
"Good job Genis." said Lloyd. He could never get over how his small half elf friend had so much destructive power. Lloyd ran towards Garet and Isaac, followed closely by the rest of his friends.
"Isaac! Garet! Are you guys all right?" asked Lloyd, but they both seemed to be unharmed. Garet replied with curt nod, then he was off a second later, along with Isaac.
"Wait up!" screamed Genis, and with a nod from Raine, they were off after them.
"What are angels of Cruxis doing here, Professor?" asked Lloyd, getting more and more confused as the seconds passed.
"I have no idea Lloyd." Replied the Professor sadly. They arrived in a small open area where Garet and Isaac were standing between them and a large group of angels. A few humans stood among the angels, trying to get away.
Isaac and Garet charged forwards, drawing their swords from their sheaths.
"Come on, guys. We have to help them." Said Lloyd. He drew his sword, preparing for the oncoming battle.
"Let's go!" screamed Lloyd, and they charged forwards, as Raine and Genis hung back, preparing to cast their deadly magic.
Lloyd hacked his way past several angels as he saw Sheena and Regal decimating some almost instantly.
"Pyre Seal!" yelled Sheena, and the familiar explosion of cards happened, blowing away several angels. Lloyd continued his rhythmic slashing, using his Demon Fang tech once and a while to get rid of angels that were out of his reach.
"Ray!" Raine was barely heard above the hacking and slashing, but her familiar deadly bolts of light appeared, striking a few angels.
Lloyd continued to fight his way through the angels. Why were there so many? He had never seen so many in one area before.
"Lloyd." Lloyd froze immediately. He recognized the voice. It was one that he had thought that he would never hear again. He turned, and behind him was the last person he expected to see. Kratos.