I sat on the large soot stone; I removed my helmet and wiped my face, smearing dirt over it. Megan gathered some herbs and meandered over to us. The lava flowed slowly over the deformed rocks as bullfango sniffed at the dust. Melynx trawled the ground in search of felvine, looking around every so often. It was a peaceful scene. Arran stood up when Megan came over and handed over the small, brittle plants. I chewed on mine in remorse, thinking I should have stopped Simeon from ever jumping into the Gaoren's shell and stopping the assault.

We had been walking for three days, the guild was getting closer and we were running out of land, we couldn't get past the volcano and the boat had probably been burned by the guild when they arrived. Megan thumped the ground half heartedly. I went up to her and said "Megan, look, I know I made the wrong decision but I am really sorry for what I did". Megan turned round and looked at me, tears welling up. "Sorry? He's dead and all you can say is sorry?" She started to hit my chest, screaming in frustration. I took it; I deserved it until she had enough. "You can't let personal feelings get in the way". She slapped me across the face hard, I turned back. "We have been running for three days, there is a world wide guild coming after us because we are in on some twisted conspiracy and you are hitting me because you loved some screwed up boy!" She started to slap me but I grabbed her hand and for a moment I saw fear pass over her face, I let go and she collapsed to the ground, sobbing.

I walked past Arran as he stood up, a concerned look on his face "Zak, are you alright?" he asked, grabbing my arm, I pulled away and carried on walking towards the cave, Arran rushed over to Megan and started to comfort her, I stormed away when suddenly, A wrenching feeling in my gut made look down to see a sword sticking out of me, it was twisted out again as I groaned, falling to the ground. A guild knight was stood over me; an eye patch covered his left eye. Megan and Arran rushed over but were stopped by more knights. He picked me up and brought my face with in a millimetre of his and said "I am going to kill you last, so you can watch your friends die." Black spots danced around my eyes before I passed out.

I passed in and out of consciousness; black shadows crawled along my vision, enveloping me in a dazed sense of terror. I could see Megan crawl up to me at one point and force me to drink an ancient potion, it made me feel better. I felt myself being dragged over a gravel floor, the odd rock scraping my leg. Then an intense heat came in waves every minute or so, then my vision went black.

Now I wake up, slowly twisting my neck to the side. Megan is lying on the floor with Arran kneeling next to her, the man seems to stare into the lava but it is hard to tell, a tear trickles down my face as I lose conciousness for the last time.