Chapter XLVI: A Desperate Flight: Escape the Ruins

Nightshroud: It's strange, Mr. Fipp, cause I really do like the name Alister. I've seen it spelled Alistair and Alistar too, though my fav is Alistair. I didn't really like Alister from this story though. He was a bit of a bastard. Lol I'm glad everyone liked Kai's new moves! 8D I tried hard with that. Did some research haha. And as a matter of fact, LauraCroft55, that was my intent with the chapter names. Glad you think so! Must have been all the Naruto influence from my first few fics. Anyway, it's time for the crew to get out of this dump. Here we go!

"Well, my ship is outside, so let's get-"

Kai was interrupted by a quake that ripped through the ruins. Pieces of ceiling fell down at them.

"What's happening?" said Tyson.

"The ruins are falling apart. We have to get out of here!"

Kai grabbed Reyna's hand and led her out of the room, with Tyson and Namé close behind.

Kai led them back up the winding stairs and across the yawning chasm. Chunks of ceiling fell around them, and the ground would crumble away when they stepped off. They retraced their steps back into the hall where they slept, the fire now a pile of dull embers.

"I can barely see!" Tyson exclaimed.

"Which is the way out?" Namé asked.

"I feel a draft coming from this direction," said Reyna "Come on!"

They ran through the Hall and back through the nearly submerged tunnel, and back up the stairs into another familiar room. It was the room with a bridge crossing over to the next doorway over water, dark and oblique.

"All right, we're almost there!"

Tyson ran first across the bridge, followed by Namé. Reyna came after her, and Kai brought up the rear. Just as Reyna was crossing the middle of the bridge, something hit it from below, cracking it in half and hurling Reyna into the air. She was plucked out of the air by a slimy tentacle in the water.

"Reyna!" the two siblings called from the other side.

"Go on ahead!" Kai called. "We'll be right behind you."

Tyson hesitated, but Namé grabbed his arm and nodded. He sighed reluctantly and followed her out.

Meanwhile, Kai leaped into the air and hurled the Wings of Evolution at the tentacle, slicing it in half. With a scream Reyna plunged into the dark and frigid water. Kai snatched his sword, embedded in the remains of the bridge, and dived after her.

Reyna couldn't see a thing. The water stung her eyes, and she was running out of air. She felt arms encircle her, and the next moment she was gasping for air, with Kai next to her, his arms still wrapped around her waist. She tried not to blush, since this wasn't quite the time for such things. She suddenly gasped as a tentacle shot out of the water behind Kai and swatted at him. He sliced through it with his sword, the severed tentacle causing a huge splash in its wake.

"Reyna, we-"

Kai was suddenly pulled under. Reyna would have dived after him if several tentacles hadn't shot up around her. She summoned her whip as one shot at her. She sliced through it and moved as it splashed next to her. Another grabbed her and pulled her up into the air. It began to squeeze around her waist as she struggled with it. To her horror, another came up to attack her.

"Faith!"

She blew the tentacle away binding her and the one shooting at her. She dropped into the water again, searching around for Kai.

"I just saw this thing, and we NEED to move," Kai said, pulling her through the water. Suddenly they were thrown forward by a wave as a huge unearthly head emerged from the water, small slimy tentacles covering its mouth, and wide, monsrous eyes staring at them. It gave off a gutteral cry and shot numerous tentacles at them.

"Fendell!"

Kai blinded the monster, halting its attack. He pulled Reyna and they began swimming for the stairs on the side, descending into the water. They clambered up the steps and onto the platform. They creature let out a cry and threw its tentacles at them. Kai and Reyna sliced through them as they assaulted them on all sides.

Suddenly one snaked around Reyna's ankle and yanked her off her feet. She let out a cry as it began to drag her toward the edge. Kai turned his attention to her and jumped into the air, bringing his sword down on the tentacle. He helped her up and they ducked through the doorway, another tentacle shooting after them.

"Iolair!"

Kai shot a blast of light energy, exploding the doorway down on the tentacle. They both panted, trying to collect their breaths.

"Better keep moving," Kai said. Reyna nodded and followed him out. They came out into the entrance hall where they first came in. They ran down the steps quickly, skipping two or three at a time. The caved in doorway was blown open.

"Probably one of Namé's fire spells," Reyna offered. When they ran out, she could see Kai's ship, a sleek black, blue, and white model. The cockpit was open, and Tyson seemed to be unintelligently thumping the controls. Kai probably would have laughed if the situation hadn't been so serious.

"Tyson, I'll take controls," Kai said as he leaped into the cockpit. Tyson nodded and helped Reyna inside. Another shudder shook the ruins, and a with a loud crack the ruins split and were covered by the roaring sea. The ship hastily left the ground and flew off. As the ship left the atmosphere, the waters (the only thing left of the world) grew black, then simply melted away into space as if the world had never existed.

"That was close," Kai said as he leaned back and sighed in his seat. Namé suddenly giggled, causing the rest to look at her.

"What is it, Namé?" asked Reyna.

"Well, the four of us are finally together again!" she said with a cute smile. Kai smiled softly as he looked around.

"The four of us...together again. I've been waiting for so long for this."

"Hey, we'd better head to Radiant Garden now, right?" asked Tyson.

"Yeah, that's what Yen Sid said," Reyna said.

Kai nodded and steered the ship toward Radiant Garden. They were finally going to confront Amnael...

"Another heart," said Amnael as it drifted in to him. "Let's see who's it is."

The heart sank into the Kronos symbol on the wall, Alister's face appearing on the stone wall next to the other victims of the seal.

"Those other ones wouldn't have beaten Alister," Vanessa said, voicing her opininon. "It had to be Kai," she hissed.

Amnael laughed and faced Vanessa and Valon.

"No matter. They'll be headed here next. You two know what to do."

Valon and Vanessa nodded, heading their separate ways.

"I'll get my revenge yet."

Nightshroud: Yeah, I didn't really like this chapter haha. Sorry if it wasn't so great, but it waas just sort of a wrap up chap before I started on Radiant Garden, which, btw, is going to be several chapters of pure awesomeness. Now you, my beloved viewers get to make an important decision: Will Kai go to Radiant Garden with them, or meet up with them before the final world? Your choice!

Next chapter: The Last Revenge