With the void around him, Brandon could have sworn he was alone, but he wasn't. Suddenly, thousands of tiny silver creatures attacked him, wildly swinging small, fragile-looking arms with apparently very sharp fingers on the ends. It only took the blood spilling from one hit to his right arm to cause Brandon to realize that this was real, and that he shouldn't let these things hit him. So he tried to fight back. He blocked the attacks with his sword for a few seconds, but they slowly increased in frequency until they were attacking almost once per second.

Brandon struggled out words to himself as he continued to try to block the creatures from attacking. "What…the…heck…are…these…things?!"

He was hit very hard with a blunt arm from one of the creatures, which caused something in his brain to snap. His blocks suddenly turned into a frenzy of attacks. "You…ugly…freaks…need…to…back…off…NOW!"

With the last word, Brandon brought around a mighty slash that removed the heads of eight of the creatures surrounding him. He was then able to see that there appeared to be no end to the creatures. No matter how many he destroyed, there were still thousands to take their place. His heart sank. How was he going to pull this off? He didn't have time to think, because he had to swiftly block a direct attack on his head from one of the creatures. He heard a sound behind him, and turned to see a kid, about his age and height, with short brown hair and a very thin build. He held a sword in his hand that was plunged into the heart of one of the silver creatures.

The kid looked back and smiled. "You looked like you could use some help."

"Who are you?" asked Brandon.

"Not important right now. Let's take care of these guys first. They never know when to quit."

"But…how are we gonna do that?"

The kid smiled wider. "Just watch."

He brought his blade to his left side as the creature that was impaled with it disappeared. He forced the blade to his right through the air, creating a shockwave that was so powerful that its effects were completely visible as the air vibrated toward half of the surrounding creatures. When he brought his blade over his shoulder, Brandon was able to see that it was a blade made of pure diamond. It shone in the white light more brilliantly than Brandon had ever seen, and its intricately carved edges would have made Brandon drool, had he been interested in that sort of thing.

The kid laughed. "Like it? It's the Diamond Wind Blade. It can control the power of the very air. It's really sought after, but it kind of already has an owner. Its previous owner is…currently indisposed."

The rest of the creatures charged at Brandon, but many of the creatures clumsily hit their comrades, and annihilated each other fairly quickly. Brandon wiped out the few remaining creatures almost as quickly as the new kid had.

Brandon stood, marveling at his own fighting ability.

The kid laughed. "Not a very interesting fight, huh? They never were that great. Part of the reason I'm not part of their little 'club'."

"Huh?"

The kid's eyes widened. "Hm? Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself." He sheathed his broadsword on his back and held out his right hand to shake. "Name's Xanthas."

Brandon shook his hand hesitantly. The guy obviously wasn't all bad, after all, he helped him, but he still wasn't sure what he was up to. "So, why are you here?"

Xanthas looked down at the ground. "I don't think I can trust you with that information right now. They might be watching. They may well be already on their way. We need to get moving, pronto."

"But why do we need to…"

"Don't ask questions. How did you get here? Can you get us somewhere else the same way?"

"Yes, I can, but…"

"No time to explain. Get us somewhere else, anywhere else. Then I can tell you what's going on."

"Listen, man, I don't know who you are, but you're getting on my nerves here. You'd better…"

"Fine, you can fight me later if you want, but I'm telling you that it is NOT SAFE here right now. We need to GET MOVING."

Brandon brought out the egg-shaped transportation device and dialed a random world. "Fine."

He grabbed onto Xanthas' hand and the two disappeared, headed for wherever the egg-shaped contraption was going to take them.