(A/N: OK well after that shocker here's what's happening to the others on Tethe'alla)

Nine

Fight and Flight

Raine and Regal ran. The only sounds they heard were the pounding of their feet on the ground and wind whipping against them. The tome in her bag bumped against Raine's leg as she ran, both the Crystal Rod and the Heart of Chaos in her hands. She turned her head and gasped.

"Regal!" she cried, "Look!" Regal turned his head around and came to an abrupt stop. Raine also stopped and turned around. Twenty cadaver warriors were rushing towards them.

"What are you doing!" she roared.

"Raine… get the book to the others. I will hold these off for as long as I can," Regal said. "Go!"

"Regal…" Raine said. At last she nodded. "Thank you Regal Bryant. You are a good man. May Martel guide you."

"And you, Raine Sage," Regal nodded. "Now go…"

Tears came to Raine's eyes and she ran forward towards the Fooji Mountains.

"Demon Seal!" Sheena cried tiredly, holding up the Divine Judgment. Several more corpse warriors were destroyed. Sweat poured down Sheena's face as she rushed forward, flipping, spinning and kicking. Blood wet her sleeves and her breath was ragged and sharp.

"Zelos… what's taking them so long?" she gasped.

Zelos was in equally bad shape. "Don't give up, Sheena. Raine and Regal must be there by now," he called as he slashed through two cadavers. Dusk was going to fall soon. "We have to keep fighting," he coughed.

They were now back to back. "If we die we die together," Sheena whispered to Zelos. A hundred cadavers surrounded them. Fire roared around them, and the corpses of Meltokians lay scattered. Blood soaked the ground. The cadavers descended.

Regal jumped up as two cadavers crashed into each other. He descended in a spinning kick and crushed two more. He flipped into a Triple Kick and shattered several more, ducked to avoid a blade and spun on the ground tripping the cadaver. Five of them came on with their swords raised. Regal ducked and dodged and attacked, but they had learned his tricks and put their shields up. Regal's foot crashed into a metal shield. He felt like screaming at the bone-shattering pain. Sweat poured down his face as a sword hilt rammed into his stomach. He gasped as he was thrown back. As get got up he looked with horror to see seven of the cadavers running in the direction Raine had. "Damn," he whispered. He got up… only five remained. "Run Raine… run."

Raine ran. Sweat pressed her white hair to her scalp and made her clothes cling to her body. She turned her head around and almost tripped over a rock. Seven cadaver warriors were chasing after her. In the distance, the Fooji Mountains rose above her. Please let the portal work, she thought. Her legs ached and she was about ready to faint. She was afraid that if she stopped to heal herself the Undead would catch up with her. Must continue, she thought, her teeth gritted. Don't worry Lloyd… I'm coming…

A/N: OK this chapter was pretty short but don't worry, by the end of the next chapter you'll know what happened to everyone. Oh… and don't forget to review lol