Stree flew forwards, running straight into Kam as he traveled. He pushed her sideways onto the bed and landed hard against the wall. He spun around, searching for a weapon, but all of his things were inside the building, along with his other belongings. He scowled in frustration, but looked through all of the smoke to find out what had made the explosion. Suddenly, two fangs came bounding through the hole in the side of his airship, one going for him, the other for Kam. Acting as fast as he could, Stree ran towards the beast, jumping over it's back and grabbing it on the jaw at the same time, using his momentum so snap it's neck. He then landed, and threw the Fang corpse at the other one, knocking them both up against a bulkhead. He ran forward to finish the second one off, but to his surprise, they both stood up!

"What in Spira? Persistent bastards, aren't they?" he said as the first Fang shook itself until the force popped its neck back into place. Pushing the strange sight into the back of his head, he ran forward, kicking at one, dodging a bite from the second one. He followed up by spinning around, and smacking it in the jaw with the back of his hand, but the thing just shook it off, and jumped on him.

He went down hard, and struggled to get back up. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of something metal swing around, and the two fangs went flying. He jumped up and saw Kam twirling a staff reminiscent of Baralai's in front of her, bringing to a stop with her arm out to the side. She then ran forward and slammed one end into the first one, pivoted, and caught the second one, knocking them both up into the air. Stree acted as well, grabbing a jagged piece of metal from the floor, and rushing into the fray. The jumped forward, and used the metal like a knife, slashing it straight through the throat of one, then drove it through the jaw of the second, using enough force to lift the beast up and jam the end of the metal into the roof. The pinned Fiend thrashed as much as it could but to no avail. The other one though, jumped back up, blood gushing out of its neck, and ran straight at Kam. Stree made a jump for it, and grabbed onto the thing's legs, but the Fiend still moved forward. Stree looked over at Kam for a second, and was surprised to find a spike flick out of the end of her staff. She spun with skill enough to believe she had been doing this for years, and drove it straight through the Fang's head, into the floor, pinning it too.

"Stay," she said, breathing heavily. Stree smiled, and punched the hanging Fang once more for good measure, then the two turned and walked over to the hole in the wall.

"Learnt some new stuff huh?"

Kam blushed with embarrassment. "Like the staff? I had a few extras built into it."

"Not bad." He turned to stare out at the grounds, and found nothing out of the ordinary. "I would like to know why our ship is now worthless junk. I don't think those fangs could've busted it up like that."

"Looks like a bomb," she said. "Who would be able to get close enough to plant a bomb on our ship?"

Stree didn't answer, as he heard clanging noises off in the distance, then gunshots.

"I don't think the rest of them are having fun at the moment," he remarked. Suddenly, the two Fangs erupted into pyreflies behind them. Stree grabbed the jagged metal, and threw his armor on, while Kam grabbed her staff. "Let's go."

Stree and Kam raced around a corner, and ducked just in time to see a Funguar go flying above their heads. They looked over and found an incredible number of Fiends pushing in on one point.

"Man, they're not dying!" came Tidus' voice from the middle of the fray. Suddenly, a hail of bullets erupted out of one side of circle, while an explosion threw several fiends away. The two Kry'tals took their opportunity, and ran through the hole into the middle, joining the rest of the group.

"Nice of you to join us!" shouted Gippal over to roar of the beasts. He lifted his shoulder cannon up and fired three shots into the air, knocking back a few of them.

"They're still not dying," shouted Tidus, running forward to hack at a couple, but getting pushed back.

"We had the same problem!" shouted Kam back, knocking two Bite Bugs away as she was talking.

"Hey, where's Baralai?" asked Stree.

"I think he got caught up in his office. These bastards swarmed the entire place!" shouted Auron.

Suddenly, a yell burst from nowhere, making the ground shake, and Baralai came bursting out of a second story window above them, landing nimbly on the ground, his staff in one hand, Stree's sword in the other. "Thought you might like this," he said, throwing the Hasamune to Stree. Stree caught it, and spun around to face more fiends. "Stree if you don't mind, a fire wall above us would do some good," he shouted, noticing that Fiends were pouring out of the window Baralai had just gone through. Stree focused as hard as he could, but his body just didn't want to make the flames come. Suddenly, a Sahagin dropped right in front of him, slashing at his stomach with its wickedly sharp fins. He moved back, and sliced at it, but to no avail. Thinking fast, he used the side of his sword to slap it back into the pack. He looked over and saw Yuna, Tidus, and Rikku, pinned down off in their own little group. He ran over to help them, but was knocked flat by a Behemoth tail. He looked backwards and tried to find a way to get them out.

Frustration filled his body, but the anger that was the key to his strength was nonexistent. In desperation, he called a Firaga, but it wasn't enough. It barely knocked the Behemoth back. He looked back to see how the other's were faring, hoping that one of them had deciphered a way to get out of this mess, but all he saw was blood and fiends flying. Suddenly, he saw Paine lying on the ground, apparently unconscious. Horror filled his body as he rushed over to her, but he could make it. A Tonberry stabbed him in the shoulder with a remarkably fast lunge, but he ignored it and kept running. A Ruby Dragon dropped out of nowhere.

"Ah, shit!" shouted Stree, pulling his arm up over his face as the Dragon's flames erupted all over his body. Through the heat of the flames, he could see Paine lying there, with a Fang standing over her, drooling hungrily. A desperate need to help filled his soul, and strength such as he had never known before flowed through him. Moving faster than he ever had in his life, he swung the Hasamune out, taking the Dragon's head off, and tried moving towards Paine. But he couldn't do it, as more fiends filled the place where the Dragon had disappeared. Screaming in desperation, he dropped the sword and started throwing punches left and right, knocking one fiend after another away. He felt rage mix with his need to help Paine, and his punching and kicking frenzy grew even bigger.

Then suddenly everything went white.