Sorry, it switches off characters a lot in the beginning.

Lying on the ground was Courtney Chetwynde, in the flesh.

"What the hell?" Spader screamed. "You just brought Courtney back from the dead! What the hell did you just do?" Bobby chuckled.

"I brought Courtney back from the dead, just as I did with Loor all those years ago. Except this time, I combined my Traveler powers with those of Alchemy, thanks to Saint Dane."

"This makes no sense!" Spader screamed, gaining confusion by the second. "You enhanced your powers?"

"Yes," Bobby said.

Lying on the ground, Courtney Chetwynde stirred. She didn't open her eyes, for a war of words above her halted everything else.

"…brought Courtney back from the dead! What the hell did you just do?" Courtney heard the sound of laughing. A familiar laugh, yet it had been transformed into a cruel, dark laugh. A laugh she almost didn't recognize anymore. A laugh unheard for years. The laugh of the man she loved. Or had loved. Six years ago, she had loved him. But he had never come back for her…he did promise…

Let it go, a voice inside Courtney's head whispered. He resurrected you now, didn't he? Courtney pondered on that as she rose up from the ground, and her gray eyes fluttered open.

"Courtney!" Bobby and Spader yelled simultaneously.

Bobby smiled faintly, but it faded just as fast. Courtney was back. But somehow, he still felt lonely. He had brought the girl of his dreams back from the dead…but why did he still feel lonely? Bobby didn't have time to worry about his feelings. Instead, he needed to ask Courtney the question he had resurrected her to ask.

"Courtney," he said, slowly, carefully. "What would you say if I…I dunno…joined Saint Dane?"

"Well, duh!" Courtney yelled. "Mark died at the hands of that bastard! And….so did…I." Her anger reappeared. "I would never join that bastard! But I know you did, Bobby. I know everything, and I do not forgive you." Anger filled inside Bobby. This wasn't how things should go. Things should be going in his favor! He had brought the girl back from the dead, for God's sake!

"Step aside, Courtney," Bobby said. "I have an unfinished battle to attend to." he smirked, and turned his attention to Spader. "Don't think that since Courtney is alive again that I'll go easy on you Spader. In fact, I'll kill you even faster than before." Bobby picked up his sword, and flicked his wrist. The blade appeared, and the fight started again.

Spader jumped backwards as Bobby lunged for him, looking for some kind of weapon. His wimpy dagger wouldn't do any damage. As if reading his mind, Serenity yelled at him from the other side of the room.

"Spader! Catch!" she threw him a sword, a thin hilt and a thin blade. Spader caught it in midair, and gripped the hilt tightly. He ran towards Bobby and slashed him in the chest, leaving a rip in his cloak and blood dripping down his chest. Bobby cringed, and clutched his chest with his left hand, his sword still clutched in the other. From the sidelines, Courtney shrieked at what had once been two best friends who were now…she didn't want to believe this…fighting to the death.

"Nice, Spader." Bobby said, picking himself up off the ground. He dusted off his cloak and charged for Spader once again. He swung the blade to the left, and cut Spader's chest. Spader gagged in pain, and clutched his side. But that didn't make him give up. It made him angrier at Bobby. Angrier about the fact that Bobby thought that he was the traitor. Spader knew that Saint Dane was powerful, but he had known his whole life that Bobby was stronger than him. Bobby had been determined to find a way for him and Gunny to escape from Eelong, and he had. Only poor Gunny had been killed by a Klee attack, had been used as food.

"Lost in memories, Spader?" Bobby said with a grin. He lunged for Spader, swinging his sword powerfully. Spader reacted quickly, bringing his own sword up into the air and having it collide with that of Bobby's. Both men were knocked backwards. Spader fell into the wall, hitting his head hard. He pushed himself off the wall with his right leg, gaining speed as he rushed towards Bobby who had landed on his feet. Spader raised the blade over his shoulders, and prepared to swing, and kill Bobby. He didn't even care anymore that Bobby was his friend. That friendship was over now. Bobby had joined the demon he had sworn to kill. He had let his friends down. He couldn't forgive him for that. Spader gripped the hilt of the sword harder, and started his swing. Bobby opened his eyes, and stared at Spader. He then started to speak.

"Fine, you can kill me Spader. I've got nothing left to live for." Spader dropped his sword to the ground, shocked at what he was hearing. Spader searched for some kind of hint, some kind of look that would tell him that Bobby was kidding. But he couldn't find any. Bobby's sword had fallen a few feet away, and it didn't appear that he bore anymore weapons.

"That's a lie Bobby," Spader said. Courtney walked over to Spader's side and joined him. Spader noticed how beautiful she looked wearing that dress, and wondered since he didn't have a chance with Serenity if he would have a chance with Courtney. What the hell am I doing? Spader thought, mentally slapping himself. I need to focus on defeating Bobby, not how sexy Courtney looks in a nightgown!

"He's telling the truth, Bobby." Courtney said. You've got me, and Spader, and Serenity, and the memory of Mark. He wouldn't want this, Bobby. He absolutely hated it when he got captured by Saint Dane. But he was too weak mentally to fight him. This might seem mean, but you're stronger mentally than Mark, Bobby. I would have never expected you to give into peer pressure."

"Thanks, Courtney," Bobby said. Courtney smiled, and walked back to where she had been standing earlier. Bobby directed his gaze towards Spader and smiled. "Gotcha." Bobby leapt off the ground and grabbed Spader's sword from the ground. He swung the sword and thrust it quickly in the direction of Spader's chest. Spader noticed this, and raised his left hand up. The blade was thrust right through his palm. Spader clenched his teeth in pain and used his other arm to grip the blade so it wouldn't touch his chest.

"Damn it!" he yelled as the blood began to pour from the wound. Bobby pulled the blade out of his palm, sending more pain through Spader's already wounded body. "You tricked me, you damn bastard!" Bobby laughed.

"Do you really think that I'm mellow like that? I'm not weak." he laughed some more as Spader ripped off part of his shirt to make a bandage for his hand. Bobby leapt into the air, but Spader jumped backwards, dodging the attack.

"I will finish you now," Bobby yelled angrily, clenching his teeth. "This is the end!" As Spader prepared for the worst, a thought of how the others were fairing slipped into his mind.

Cid opened his eyes to a white ceiling. Strange, he didn't remember the tower having a white ceiling.

"You're awake," the voice that Cid heard shocked him. It was the voice of Yuri. "You've been out for a little while now,"

"How long?" Cid croaked, his throat was extremely dry.

"About two hours." Yuri replied. "I'd like to thank you for something, Cid." Yuri said.

"Oh yeah?" Cid said, a surprised look on his face. "What's that?"

"I'd um…like to thank you," she said. "Saint Dane captured all of the Saints, and turned them to the dark side. When you put that gun to my neck and I was close to death, I realized where I was, and what I was doing. You awakened my memories, Cid. Thank you." She leaned in, closer to Cid's face, and planted a kiss on his lips. Cid was surprised at first, but soon gave in and kissed back. The kiss went on for a few minutes, until a knock came at the door.

"Come in," Yuri called. The door opened, and Serenity and Patrick stepped inside, both panting heavily.

"The Saints found us. They're coming! There's like…a thousand of them!"

"Cid," Yuri said, directing her gaze back to her new love. "Are you well enough to run?" Cid nodded. He felt fine. His chest didn't hurt at all, and all his other scratches and cuts were fine as well. He rose from the comfortable bed, stretched, and followed Yuri out the door.

They were in a hallway in the tower. Footsteps could be heard in the distance, and the ground scurried down a spiral staircase. When they reached the main floor, they realized they had fallen into a trap. Standing in front of them was a Saint. He wore his hood over his head, and a sword hilt was in his hands.

"Hello, friends." he said. It was Bobby.

"What happened to Spader?" Serenity yelled. "What did you do to him, you evil little bastard!" Bobby chuckled.

"Your little friend Spader is dead. And now, I will kill you as well." He flicked his wrist and a blade appeared on the sword. Bobby lowered his hood, and lunged for the group, sword pointed at Serenity's face. Cid reacted quickly, and pulled a gun from his boots. He pulled the trigger three times, but each bullet missed. Bobby raised the sword over his head, and swung hard at Serenity. What happened next surprised everyone in the room.

Serenity raised up her arm, caught the blade in her hands, and pushed Bobby backwards.

"Drop the weapon, Bobby." she said. "If you wanna fight me, we'll fight in hand-to-hand combat. Or are you too chicken to do that?" Bobby picked himself up off the ground and dropped his weapon. He let his robe fall to the ground, revealing a black sleeveless shirt showing his well toned arms, and black pants.

"I'm up to that," he said. "But it might be a little delayed. Look behind you." The group turned around to see a pack of people marching down the staircase.

They were in trouble. Big trouble. A saint grabbed onto Cid's arms and pulled him away, up the staircase.

"Let go of me, dammit!" Cid yelled.

"Cid!" Yuri called as she was taken by a Saint as well. Soon, the whole group was being held by a Saint. Cid tried to jerk away, but it didn't work. This guy was too strong.

"You betrayed us, Yuri." Bobby said. "And for that, we are capturing you, and all of your little friends as well."

"Leave them out of this, you sick bastard!" Yuri yelled. "They never did anything to you! If anything, they should be killing you after what you did to them!"

"These are my friends," Bobby said. "Even though they came to destroy me, they will not. In the end, they will all end up working for the man that will bring Hall to it's true form, Saint Dane." Cid continued to struggle as the scene played out below him, but the man still was too strong.

"I'm sick of your rough housing," the Saint said. He released his grip on Cid's left arm and slapped him hard with his hand on the back of Cid's head. The world started to spin, and the familiar sensation of fainting came as everything went black and Cid passed out yet again.

A/N: Sorry it took so long…like I said, I was in New York, and then when I came back, I had everything in my head but it didn't come out right on paper. Oh well. The story is coming to a close soon, people! Maybe 3 or 4 more chapters and an epilogue…then, I will have the sequel! Now, thanks to the reviewers. Inu.Rox, the awesome Uchiha Pendragon, and Scarlet Calathea, who I don't think is reading this anymore but left a review anyways. Expect a faster update next time people! Lataz