Okay, it's update time. I really hope that everyone is enjoying this story. I'm glad that you all enjoyed the fight scene, it had been awhile since I wrote one and I was worried that I couldn't write one anymore. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews and enjoy the next chapter.

Chapter 12: Island of Terror

"We're going where!" Raine asked her voice trembling a bit after hearing what Lloyd had just announced to the group.

"To Thoda Geyser, that's where the water seal is, right?" Lloyd asked, wondering if his memory was serving him right.

"Yes, but do we really have to?" Raine asked hoping that the group would change their minds.

"Raine, we either go there and get the crystal or Sutra will get it for us," Sheena told her angrily.

Raine sighed loudly and finally looked at the group. "Okay, as long as we don't have to ride in those horrible wash tubs again," she explained.

"But those were so much fun!" Colette chirped only to get a glare from the Professor.

When the group reached Thoda Dock they realized that the business that had rented out the wash tubs had been destroyed completely and that no one was to be found. They then realized that they would have to figure out how to get to the geyser on their own.

"Well, it doesn't look like we can get there. We all can't fly," Genis said sadly.

"Hey, we still have the EC from when we all traveled around Tethe'alla," Lloyd said as he pulled the EC from his pack.

"Lloyd that's brilliant," Sheena exclaimed, a little shocked that Lloyd had even thought about bringing it along about as much as she was shocked that Lloyd had actually thought of using it.

"Really?" Lloyd asked her as his eyes lit up at the compliment.

"Hm...he must not hear that too often," Genis mumbled before being hit on the head by both Raine and Presea causing him to hold his head in pain.

"Well, all aboard!" Lloyd called as he released the EC from the pack as they all willingly climbed on board, except for Raine of course who Yuan and Kratos had to drag on.

There was no one on the small island as they walked off the small boat after a short ride. It was very quiet and peaceful without the usual amount of tourists walking around. It was eery to the entire group. The only sound that could be heard was the occasional hissing of the geysers.

"I call upon the maiden of the mist. I summon thee, come Undine," Sheena called, breaking the silence, as Undine appeared in a thick mist.

"What does the pact maker wish?" she asked Sheena.

"We are looking for the shards of Mithos Yggdrasil's Cruxis Crystal. Do you sense a piece nearby?" Sheena asked.

Undine stood still for a moment as she focused her energy to sense where the crystal, soon she looked back at Sheena with an answer.

"The Crystal is in the geyser," Undine announced to the group.

"In the geyser! How are we supposed to get something that's in boiling hot water? This is getting harder and harder," Storm complained.

"I'm surprised that it's still intact after sitting in there for so long," Kratos pointed out.

"There is obviously a lot of power contained in the crystal," Presea concluded.

"Well, that's nice and all, but how are we supposed to get it out. I know that I'm not about to jump in," Zelos told the group.

The group soon decided to think over the options as they sat around the small island. Lloyd was sitting by the geyser as he looked inside and threw rocks into it as he thought over what their next plan of action would be. One rock that he threw in made a large what looked like a ripple or bubble that came up out of the water and spread across the water. Lloyd looked at it curiously, trying to decide what he was looking at when he suddenly saw a set of eyes looking at him from under the water. Lloyd's eyes got huge as he ran off of the cliff that the geyser was on. The rest of the group looked at him strangely until they saw what he was running from. A large explosion of water erupted from the geyser and the group saw a large squid come out from under the boiling water.

The squid was a dark purple color and stared at them as he pulled out all of his legs, one of which was holding onto a small shard of a crystal.

"There's the crystal," Genis yelled as he pointed at the gem just as the creature placed it on a small ledge as it prepared to attack whoever was responsible for waking it up.

"Not again," Storm sighed as she pulled out her sword.

"So how are you doing with those angel powers?" Sutra asked Anna as she returned to Derris-Kharlan from her visit with Storm.

"Well, I can at least control the wings now," Anna replied. "Why didn't Mom and Dad show me how to do this, it's not like it's that hard to learn."

"Well, I guess they didn't think that you were ready for the power. They wanted it all for themselves," Sutra suggested.

"They would do something like that. It's so unfair, I can't believe that they don't trust me," Anna complained.

"Do you want even more power Anna?" Sutra asked the young girl a small smile forming on her face.

"Yes, I love the way it feels flowing through my veins. I'll prove to my parents that I am strong enough to control large amounts of power. I'll teach them why they shouldn't hide anything like this from me," Anna answered as she stared at her own angel wings.

"If we revive Mithos he'll grant us even more power and teach us to control it to its maximum potential," Sutra promised her.

"I can't wait, I'll do whatever it takes to help revive him," Anna told Sutra.

"I know, but we have to wait for the perfect opportunity to strike," Sutra laughed as she could see her plans unfolding perfectly in front of her.

"This is my kind of fight," Yuan said as he brought out his large Double Saber and prepared to fight the large monster.

"Make sure it doesn't drag you into the water, it would all be over if you end up in there," Raine warned them all.

Storm, Yuan, Kratos, and Colette all brought out their wings and began to fly around the large squid, dodging its multiple tentacles as Lloyd, Presea, and Sheena all went towards its body as it was distracted to attack it.

"Lightning Blade," Kratos and Yuan both yelled out as they went in and attacked the squid which reared back as the shock was intensified by the water that it was covered with.

"Beast!" Lloyd yelled as he flew into the monster with a large amount of power behind his sword.

"Pyre Seal!" Sheena yelled as she threw the magic of one of her cards at the squid causing it to knock backward from the blast.

'Eternal Damnation," Presea said calmly as she flew her axe at the monstrous beast, slicing off one of it's arms in the process. The monster was not too happy with all of the attacks coming at him at once, especially the loss of one of his appendages. It began to fling itself around, trying to grab onto anything or anyone that got in its way. Everyone ran or flew off trying to dodge the many tentacles that flew all over the place. Everyone seemed to be safely back when they all noticed that someone was missing from the group.

"Hey, let her go," Zelos cried to the beast as he saw Storm dangling from one of the tentacles as she attempted to fly away but was getting no where. The squid, seeing that it had actually managed to catch something began to make its way back into the scalding water.

"We have to get her before it goes inside, she'll boil to death in there," Kratos yelled to the others. Fortunately, Genis was way ahead of them. He had just finished a spell.

"Air Blade," he yelled as wind thrusts knocked the beast around causing it to almost drop Storm before pulling her into the water, but it still managed to hang onto her. Genis would have used his Lightning attack but he was afraid that he would Storm even more.

The squid, realizing that someone was after his freshly caught prey decided to take care of her without any more hesitation as he lifted his tentacle up and brought it to its mouth underneath its body. Storm had no time to react as she was shoved into the large mouth and she was gone.

"No!" Zelos screamed as he ran up to the monster before being held back by Genis and Kratos who wanted to prevent someone else from becoming dinner for the monster.

Yuan brought back his giant Double Saber and ran up to the monster with no one around to hold him back, he was going to get revenge on the squid and no one would stop him from doing it. Suddenly, the squid began to act as if something was going very wrong. It swaggered back and forth as it attempted to get back towards the water but wasn't making it very far very fast. Finally, the monster exploded into many pieces of squid all over the place, raining over the field. Storm was standing where the squid once stood, completely unharmed, but covered in slime and guts.

Zelos ran towards Storm to make sure she was okay. He was about to hug her until he realized that she was covered in squid juices. "How did you get out of there?" he asked.

"I just used my Outburst attack a couple of times, but I would have reather gone down in the geyser than get covered in this stuff," Storm replied as she tried to get the slime off of herself.

"Well, at least there's a lot of water around," Zelos laughed, but Storm wasn't laughing with him.

"I am not fighting the next monster," she said as she began to make her way to the water back by the dock.

While Storm got cleaned up from after the fight, Kratos flew over to where the squid had left the crystal and took it to Lloyd who was beginning to get a collection in his pack. Then, they were off to find the next seal.

Well, that's the end of this chapter. I hope that you liked it. I was wondering if you guys think that there should be a crystal at every seal or if they should only at some of them. If there are less we get to the ending faster, but don't worry because there's another two stories, at least, in this series. Anyway, thanks for the input on this, it would be helpful. Well, review and tell me what you think about this and what you thought about this chapter. Thanks for reading!