[Tacitus]

*May awakes in a place where there is no darkness, yet she cannot see anything anywhere. She cannot percieve anything at all. She raises her hand, and as she had suspected, she cannot see it. She can no longer feel the presence of Trias filling the gaps in her soul.*

May: *She tries to speak, but cannot.*

*The four tall men walk out of the light towards her. She does not actually perceive them, rather know they are there, when they speak, she does not hear it, but know what has been said. It is not telepathy or psionics, just knowing...*

Miitia 1: This is merely a staging area until our private battlefield is ready, but i suspect you will return here later, in due time.

*meanwile Ryu has a similar experience*

*with a flash of pure darkness (pure white light where Ryu is), the 8 "militia," Ryu, and May arrive on a battlefield floating far above the Rurikan Kingdom. May notes that she still cannot feel Trias, and Ryu is still bound from planeswalking*

Militia 8: You know what we are, and you know you will die here on this...island.

May: How can you be so sure that you can defeat us?

Militia 7: We have studied you throughout your enitre existance. We know that your love left you to bear a son, alone. As for you, Ryu, we know of the dragon blood that runs through your veins. We know many things about both of you, and we also know the ways in which you fight. You can never defeat us, because we know how to avoid all your attacks, and counter every spell you have.

All: There's no escape!

*~~meanwhile, back with Hero and the others~~*

Abaden (running up to Hero): Come, make haste, i think staying here would be bad, for everyone. Whatever those things were, we'll deal with them in due time.

*Abaden leads him back to the others, upon arriving Yemeth and Abaden begin shifting out of sinc with the plane and slowly disappear back to where Ryu summoned them from.*

Pheonix: Allies lost, unable to explain, explaination needed.