<music: ‘Run All the Way’ from Slayers>
     In the middle of open air near the cruising missiles a circle of flame appeared, and from that came Ridley, his wings clipping the flame ring as he sailed through. A sonic boom quickly followed as they screamed after the missiles.
     ‘Where the hell are they?’ Ridley asked, ‘I can’t see them, but I can sense them.’
     “Shit!” Kirinis grumbled as Ridley banked upward, “Where the hell are they?!”
     “Saturn calling Ice Prince and Dark Demon,” Alex said into his communicator, “Hey Rich, Darren, you guys tracking me?”
     “We read you,” Rich’s voice responded, “we’re detecting high energy levels in some of the warheads.”
     “That Brandon guy is on one of the warheads,” Heather’s voice said over loud protests from a half asleep Darren, “Scratch that. He’s IN one of the warheads. Alter course to the following coordinates.”
     Several numbers blinked up on Alex’s visor, and he fed these to Ridley telepathically. The dragon banked left before flapping his wings, kicking their speed up another notch.
     “Hellfire calling Saturn, I’m tracking you as well. You’ll be coming up on targets in about thirty seconds. Visual confirmation in five to ten.”
     ‘I have them in my sights,’ Ridley said, ‘Do I have permission to blast away?’
     “No,” Kirinis, “Alexander said my materia is on one of those missiles, so whatever you do don’t shoot until I find Tidis!”
     “Chant the summoning spell,” Darren shouted over the communicator, the sounds of Heather being squashed in the background, “that’s the only way to do this.”
     “Summoning spell?”
     ‘The incantation to call upon the power of the esper,’ Alexander said, ‘you called upon Tidis once before. I know you can do it again.’
<music: ‘I & Myself’ from Slayers TMP GO>
     “Mmmmm.... Guardian goddess of the ocean deep, she who calls forth powers both calm and turbulent, come before us and grant us your strength.”
     A lightly pulsing glow came from one of the missiles before them, and a moment later a small blue gem sailed through the air, hovering before Kirinis. She clutched it and held it aloft while shouting, “Tidis!”
     The gem glowed brilliantly as two streams of water poured from behind Kirinis, twisting together to form a column. From it came a goddess with milky white skin and sea blue hair, wearing garments of various shades of blue. A bow formed in her hand, shimmering all the shades of the sea, gauzy material flowing from the ends.
     “That... that’s my esper?” Kirinis asked, blinking in shock and disbelief.
     Tidis drew back her bowstring, an arrow of silvery water forming, a globe of the same energy type forming around the arrowhead.
     ‘May I blast away now?’ Ridley asked as Tidis prepared her attack.
     “Fire away,” Alex said, patting his esper on the head. Tidis released her arrow, powerful waves of water surrounding the arrow to form it into a drill of sorts. At the same time Ridley opened his mouth, a globe of fire forming between his jaws. He reared his head back before belching forth a ray of super heated flames. The attacks zeroed in on the missiles, only to strike a barrier of electricity and be dissipated.
     “Bloody hell,” Alex grumbled, “are those things equipped with defensive shields?”
     “No, but they’re protected by me,” Brandon said as he appeared atop one of the missiles. “Only two of you came to fight me? How shoddy.”
     “Oh, shut up,” Kirinis grumbled as Tidis vanished, “you are such a conceited pain in the ass and now I’ve had it!”
     “You have about two minutes to defeat me and stop the missiles before Balamb becomes nothing but a memory, just like Trabia Garden three years ago.”
     “Then now is the time to call in the pinch hitters,” Alex said, tapping on his communicator, ‘God I hope they get this message in time.’

     Across the ocean of time and space the communicators belonging to several people began to ping, beep, or play various pieces of music. Most of the owners were hanging out together at a local pizza parlor, having something to eat and discuss why they never got any of the action.
     “What do you think it means?” Jack asked as he looked at the display, arching an eyebrow at the message.
     “I think it means we get to go and whoop some ass,” Jason replied, “yet it’s been so long since we went into battle.”
     “Considering how sick we were the last time the call came in,” Adderson said, “I’d say it’s about time we got some action.”
     “I’m in full agreement,” Rachel said as she, Tod, Steve, Rich, and Matt entered the pizza place. She smiled at the group at the table and said, “You guys ready to return to action?”
     “You bet,” Nate said, “Moon Warriors are ready to kick ass and take names.”
     “Two outer warriors also ready for action,” Tony said as he and Joss stepped inside.
     “And several Star Warriors, also ready to help our friend in need,” Steve said as he took his transformation pen from his jacket. The others took their transformation items from various places on their persons and held them aloft, a subspace bubble forming around them to block them from the view of others.
     “Henshin yo!” Rachel shouted, her ring glowing, “Rainbow Crystal Power!”
     “Ice Crystal Power!”
     “Flame Crystal Power!”
     “Thunder Crystal Power!”
     “Light Crystal Power!”
     “Ganymede Nova Power!”
     “Universe Rebirth Power!”
     “Callisto Nova Power!”
     “Europa Nova Power!”
     “Uranus Star Power!”
     “Neptune Star Power!”
     “TRANSFORM!”
     Several flashes of colored light surrounded them, bringing forth the warriors hidden within each of them. They joined hands, rays of colored light surrounding them as auras of their warrior colors formed around their bodies. In unison they said, “Warrior Teleport,” a broken place forming in the floor of the pizza place as the eleven teleported through time and space to lend a hand to their friend.

     “Tempest Strike!”
     Bolts of lightning sailed past Alex and Kirinis as Ridley dodged the attack. Several larger bolts crackled by them from above, forming an effective sort of temporary cage. Alex took Kirinis’ hand and leapt away from Ridley, recalling his esper as he was struck by the first lightning bolt.
     “Damn,” Alex grumbled as the rockets began to pull away from them, “he’s going to win.”
     A blinding flash of light filled the air before them, and from that came the eleven warriors who received Alex’s call to battle. Following their appearance eleven of the missiles were destroyed.
     “Your reinforcements have arrived,” sounded in his ear from Heather, “and if they don’t do the job than you have more in reserve who are awaiting the call to battle.”
     “And now looks like the primo time to attack,” Kirinis said to him, freeing one of her hands from his grasp to point at Brandon, “you who crosses between sky and earth. Raging water, gather in my hand and give me power. Demona... CRYSTAL!”
     A spray of icy shards and water came from her hand, piercing the sky and striking the missile which Brandon stood upon, freezing it solid. The engine failed a moment later, sending it plummeting to the ground below, where it shattered upon impact. Unfortunately Brandon managed to leap free in time to avoid being frozen with his ride, landing on one of the other missiles.
     Eleven more missiles exploded, leaving nine, which continued on their trajectory towards Balamb. The eleven warriors fell back after that, all flying in formation around Alex.
     “What’s the battle plan?” Matt asked as he unclipped his axe from his back.
     “You think I’ve had time to think of one?!” Alex replied a little harsher than he meant, “I had to save Seifer, which nearly got me killed. Then that idiot in front of us fired off these missiles, and that leads us up to now or weren’t you paying attention?!”
     “Alex, calm down,” Rich said, “we need cool heads in order to prevail in this battle.”
     “Cool heads...” Kirinis and Rachel said in unison, thinking on the same wavelength, “cool heads... ice and water spells and attacks will work to get us victory!”
     “One minute until they reach perimeter of Balamb defenses,” Selphie and Heather said in unison in his ear.
     “Screw it,” Alex said, his glaive forming in his hand. “Screw being careful. Screw being cautious!” he said as the blade of his glaive began to glow, rings of ice energy forming around it. He thrust his weapon forward and shouted, “Ice Ring Strike!”
     Rich and Tony looked at each other before Tony fired up the watery blade of his Tidal Blast attack and Rich drew his ice bow, notching a silver arrow, which glowed as ice energy was charged into it.
     “Tidal Blast!”
     “Cold Wildfire Engulf!”
     Several blades of sub sonic water and a stream of subzero flames joined multiple rings of ice in attacking the missiles. Four more were frozen to the point they flamed out and dropped to the land below; two more were sliced apart by the watery blades, exploding harmlessly in the air; Two of the remaining three were engulfed in the icy cold flames and destroyed when they shattered, leaving the one which Brandon rode upon.
     “Guys, that remaining missile has enough nuke or whatever is in the warhead to destroy Balamb and about half a mile of country side in every direction,” Jack said, his own computer visor glowing.
     “And you won’t catch me,” Brandon said as the rear part of the rocket came free, lightening the load considerably and kicking in higher thrust boosters. The warriors spread apart to allow the debris from the separation to sail past before moving back into formation.
     “Crud,” Jason said, “we’ll never catch it in time.”
     “Never say never,” Adderson said, holding his hands towards the rocket, his palms beginning to glow as he used his powers. ‘This is when I really wish that Roxy was here with me.’ “Gravitational Collapse!”
     “Space Turbulence!”
     A bubble of powerful gravity formed around the missile, slowing its forward motion by a great deal. Adderson struggled to slow the momentum without crushing the target, like the attack was designed to do. Joss added a powerful energy wave attack to the mix, aiming for Brandon. A lightning bolt leapt from the missile, racing towards the ground.
     “Brandon’s getting away,” Kirinis said, indicating the target point for the energy bolt.
     “If I know who that armor works he’ll need a rest after doing all that he’s done,” Alex replied calmly.
     “Guys, the missile,” Adderson said weakly.
     “Right,” Steve said as he drew his swords and charged them with energy. He joined them together at the hilts and began to spin them, the blades glowing brilliantly. He shouted, “Plasma Wave!”, a column of super charged energy pouring from the weapon and engulfing the missile.
     “Shooting Star Strike!”
     “Halo Laser Slash!”
     “Resonance Shatter!”
     A hail of fiery stars joined the plasma wave, as did a glowing blue ring of energy, which split into several rings, all striking the missile in multiple places. Finally a wave of some sort joined the other attacks, turning the missile into solid crystal. Jason’s sword began to vibrate a moment later, shattering the crystallized missile with high pitched sound waves.
     “We did it!” Kirinis cheered as the crystallized fragments rained down on the land below.
     “Balamb calling Saturn,” Rinoa’s relieved voice said over the radio, “congratulations to you and your friends. You just saved Balamb Garden.”
     “Thanks,” Matt replied, startling Rinoa a little since she didn’t know how many people were on that radio wavelength.
     “So tired,” Adderson mumbled moments before he began to plummet from the sky. A sweat drop formed on Alex’s head as he tossed Kirinis onto his back before he dove after his friend, catching a hold of him by the back of his belt. He quickly wrapped his arms around Adderson’s waist since he didn’t know how much weight the belt could take.
     “C’mon guy, you can’t plummet to your doom just yet,” Alex muttered as he fought to slow their descent towards the ground. “And when we get back home you’re going... to have to knock off some of the between meal snacking.”
     “Let him go,” Steve said as he and Rich descended below them, “We’ll catch him and lower him to the ground.”
     “All right,” Alex said as he descended a little lower to settle Adderson onto the backs of the other two. He then turned his head toward the others and motioned them to land. “We still have to find and defeat Brandon. The sooner, the better for us all.”

     Deep in the forest near Balamb Garden someone clad in dark armor stumbled along, huffing and puffing from exhaustion. He carried with him a large glaive, ornately decorated with glowing runes, and the armor was also covered in these runes. Electricity sparked about him as he ran, occasionally arcing about him.
     “Damn, where are they?” he asked nobody in particular. He looked around frantically, trying to see his enemy in the shadows. “Where are you, you bastard!?!”
     As he stumbled into a clearing a small fireball descended into the center, touching down and detonating, flickering light upon several figures who stood in the shadows.
     “Not again,” he said, swinging the glaive about, the blade glowing. “Tempest Strike!”
     Multiple bolts of lightning cracked forth from the glaive, striking an energy wall and dissipating, the electricity harmlessly channeled into the ground. Cherry blossoms floated through the air as a violin began to play.

<music: Uranus and Neptune introduction>
     “From the planet of the sky, a soldier of flight, Warrior Uranus.”
     “From the planet of the sea, a soldier of affinity, Warrior Neptune.”
     “From the planet of death and rebirth, a soldier of light, Warrior Saturn.”
     “Summoned by the tides of change, an angel who runs freely.”
     “Shaping destiny in stone, Warrior Europa.”
     “Viewing destiny in a wave of crystal, Warrior Callisto.”
     “Bringing about destiny in a wave of fire, Warrior Ganymede.”
<music: Starlights Introduction>
     “From the stars and the beginning of time, a soldier of life, Warrior Universe.”
     “Bringing about justice in the flames of hell, Warrior Hellfire.”
     “Justice coming in a flash of blinding light, Warrior FireStar.”
     “A soldier of love and justice arriving in a colorful manner, Warrior Nova.”
     “Thunder brings about lightning and in this case a soldier of justice, Warrior Thunderbolt.”
     “Bringing about punishment in an icy snap, Warrior Arctic Chill.”
     As each person spoke their introduction they stepped from the shadows, all drawing their weapons and striking dramatic poses. Brandon looked at al of them in horror, since he was sure he was about to lose to a force he knew nothing about. As a last resort he dug the larger blade of the glaive in his possession into the ground, charging all of the electricity he could summon through it into the blade.
     “Holy crap,” Jack said when his visor picked up the energy level of the attack, “he’s going to wind up nuking us all!”
     “Reverse your transformations now or I discharge this and kill us all,” Brandon said, his eyes filled with a mix of malice and insanity. “Also throw down your weapons and power items when you finish.”
     “I think we should do as he says,” Rich said as he took a reading with his palmtop. He closed it and put it back in his pocket before adding, “Jack’s right. He’s got enough electricity there to kill us all.”
     “So we just give up?” Matt said as he threw down his axe and returned to his mortal form, tossing down his transformation pen as well.
     “I guess so,” Rachel said, tossing down her chakram before she also reversed her transformation. Once completed she slipped off her ring and tossed it onto her weapon.
     ‘Don’t let him win,’ was spoken in Kirinis’ mind by a cheery female voice.
     ‘Tidis?’ Kirinis sent back in surprise, trying to keep the shock from registering on her face.
     ‘That’s me. You and Alex can’t let him get away with this.’
     Kirinis watched as, one by one, Joss, Tony, Adderson, Nate, Jason, and Rich threw down their weapons and reversed their transformations. ‘I’m not going to let him gain more power than he already has,’ she thought with determination, “Guardian goddess of the ocean deep, she who calls forth powers both calm and turbulent. Come before us and grant us your strength. TIDIS!”
     By now it was down to just Alex who needed to reverse his transformation, and he did so, his glaive shrinking back into the silver crystal. Streams of water poured past Kirinis, congealing into one column, from which came the blue haired goddess of the sea.
     “So the traitor calls forth her little friend,” Brandon growled, several bolts of electricity striking around Tidis. He cackled maniacally as he sent a larger bolt of lightning across the ground directly at Tidis. There was a blur of motion as Steve leapt into the path of the bolt, taking the blow and absorbing the energy into his body.
     “What in the world?!” Kirinis exclaimed as she watched the heroic act. When the attack ended Steve’s hair was smoking, small electrical arcs occurring in a couple of places in his hair, his clothes smoking as well from the blast.
     “No goddess is getting whacked today!” Steve growled as he released the accumulated energy as a dark thunderbolt that struck Brandon, knocking him from his feet and the glaive from his hand.
     “Gravity flip!” Adderson shouted, snapping his fingers. A bubble formed around Brandon, floating him a few feet from the ground and immobilizing him.
     “Relinquish your control of the star crystal,” Alex said as he formed ghostly boxing globes around his fists.
     “What if I don’t?” Brandon asked, his bracers glowing as he charged energy into them.
     “Then we do this the hard way,” Matt said, an aura of fiery red forming around his body, the glow brightest around his hands.
     “Bring it on,” Brandon said as he flipped free of the gravity bubble. He immediately released the accumulated energy as his feet hit ground, striking Adderson in the chest with enough force to throw him several feet away.
     “You bloody bastard!” Alex growled as he lunged at Brandon, the glow around his fists increasing in intensity as he began to punch and kick at his target.
     “Is this all you have?” Brandon asked as Alex used some of his strongest fighting techniques, which he simply turned aside like they were nothing. “C’mon, hurt me!”
     “If you insist,” Alex snarled as he kicked into high gear, delivering a devastating twelve hit combo that ended with a well placed cannon drill kick to Brandon’s midsection. Following the attack he flipped back to his feet, giving a victory sign.
     “That actually hurt,” Brandon said as he sat up, wiping blood from a gash on his lip, “Now I’ll revisit that pain back upon you hundred fold!”
     As he regained his feet a globe of highly charged particles struck him in the back and exploded, knocking him forward. He turned to face Matt, who was summoning the energy for another attack, and glared. Matt gave him a wicked grin as the energy he was summoning formed a globe in his hands.
     “Eat particle bomb you pain in the ass!” Matt growled as he hurled the globe at Brandon. The particle bomb was deflected by one sweep of Brandon’s hand, sailing off into the woods, where it exploded. Matt arched an eyebrow moments before Brandon decked him into a nearby tree, which splintered. As his body slid down the tree a smear of blood was left behind.
     “Oh, bloody hell!” Kirinis grumbled as she ran to assist Matt with a healing spell, “Somebody needs to finish him quickly!”
     “You’ll never defeat me!” Brandon cried triumphantly as he regained his grasp on the glaive and charged more energy into the blade.
     “Holy winds,” Rich chanted, dropping to a crouch, his palm pressed to the ground, “wind which sweeps gently across the land. Let all things be filled by your pure breath...”
     “Release the light from the dark, deliver us from the shadows. Unleash the light unto the dark, enlighten those locked in shadow!”
     Two more bolts of lightning crackled through the air, one striking Rich, the other striking Jack, who stepped in front of Alex in the nick of time. The two sailed through the air and crashed to the ground, ceasing to move from the impact.
     ‘Before anybody else suffers what four of my friends have gone through just now I must unleash holy power buried deep within the darkness of time,’ ran through Alex’s mind as he held his white materia aloft. “ALEXANDER!”
     Angel wings unfurled behind him, surrounding him in glowing feathers. Brandon fired off several lightning bolts which were absorbed and redirected by the wings. They spread open a moment later, revealing a large suit of mechanical armor; the holy esper, Alexander. The wings glowed brilliantly moments before a great wave of holy missiles struck Brandon, shattering the lightning armor on impact. The accumulated energy raced through his body, shocking him beyond belief. He keeled over, his hair smoking, his body also smoking, the bracers he had been wearing melted to his body.
     “I’ll be taking my ring and talismans back now,” Alex said as he stepped up to Brandon, grabbing hold of his right hand. He retrieved his star crystal ring, slipping it back onto the middle finger of his right hand before he took back his talisman bracelets, necklaces, and his other ring.
     “You... you monster,” Brandon moaned as he rolled over, “I... I have one last trick up my sleeve with which to defeat you.”
     “Just give up,” Jason said as he worked a healing spell on Jack, “we’re all hurting because of you.”
     Brandon’s brass armlets began to glow as he stood, the sounds of an arcane incantation of summoning filling the air. He cried out in pain as for the first time he realized that the bracelets were melded to his skin. Yet he was not about to give in to the pain and continued to chant the spell.
     “Golden lore who floats endlessly upon the sea of chaos, she who is darkest beyond the blackest pitch, come to my aid in my hour of need. As my word as thy bond, grant me your strength and be my savior!”
     “He’s mad!” Tod said when he heard the incantation, “No mere human can summon a force like that!”
     “L-sama, the Lord of Nightmares, the source of all chaos,” Alex gasped, “If he manages to finish that spell we’re going to get our asses handed to us!”
     A magical demon circle formed beneath them, canceling out their own summonses, sending Alexander and Tidis back into subspace. A dark wind blew through the air, ruffling hair and rustling clothes. Great amounts of energy filled the air, giving it a powerful charge and a slightly metallic taste.
     “We need to finish him before he can finish his summons,” Rachel said as she fought to keep her skirt from riding up too much.
     “The question is how do we do it?” Tony asked as he fought to stay on his feet, “Most of our big spells won’t work in this concentration of dark energy.”
     “There is one spell that I know is in Alex’s spell book, since I was with him when he worked up some of the calculations,” Adderson said as he stumbled towards his friend, “and I also know just how much of each energy type is required in order to cast the spell.”
     “You’re talking about the Goddess Giga Strike, aren’t you?” Alex asked. Adderson nodded. “Then I guess it’s time to unlock the power.”
<music: ‘It’s a Monster’ part 3 - Giga Slave>
     Alex reached into subspace and drew forth his no-dachi and the samurai sword he used for the Winged Angel of Death tech. The blade of the no-dachi vanished, leaving the hilt and hilt guard. Alex handed the samurai sword to Adderson before they stood back to back, assuming mirror image stances with the swords pointed towards the sky.
     “Time to take him down,” Alex said as a blade of light formed from the sword hilt, “You ready Adderson?”
     “Ready,” Adderson replied as the sword he held began to glow.
     ‘If we mess this up we’re history,’ “Glowing golden lord who floats endlessly upon the sea of chaos...”
     “Come forth and unite your power with the shining silver goddess of the stars...”
     “An ancient pact between light and dark, chaos and creation, which must be broken in times like these...”
     “I call upon thee and swear my allegiance to thee! Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the powers you and I possess!”
     “Goddess of light and Lord of Nightmares, come before us and deliver us!”
     Alex’s blade of light was quickly engulfed in darkness as he chanted the spell, dark bolts of energy sparking around it. Behind him Adderson’s sword glowed a blinding white, waves of pure energy flowing about it. Above them the two spell types merged together into a cloud of golden blackness mixed with silvery white here and there.
     “Commander Marshall Brandon, now is the time to choose. Are you going to work for evil or will you repent in the name of good?” Alex said, trying his hardest to sound like Lina when she fought Rezo / Shabrinigdo.
     “You are fools, for I will crush you,” Brandon cackled before laughing maniacally.
     “Now we’ll see who the fool really is,” Adderson said as he and Alex set their swords so that the blades were pointing towards Brandon in preparation of a swipe. “Goddess...”
     “Giga...”
     “STRIKE!!”
     The two swung their swords at Brandon, the accumulated energy being released in a combined wave of light and dark.
     “... LORD OF NIGHTMARES!!” Brandon shouted at the top of his lungs in an attempt to finish his summoning of L-sama.
     ‘You are not worthy to summon me,’ was spoken directly into his mind by a female voice, ‘Please drive through. Good-bye.'
     Brandon caught a fleeting glimpse of a golden haired woman with a silver haired woman seconds before the twin magic technique struck him, erasing him from the face of the planet. With the spell completed the two casters dropped to their knees, panting for breath from exhaustion.
     “Dude, I’m beat,” Adderson said when he gained sufficient breath to speak.
     “Yeah, the spell takes a lot out of you, but it’s strong,” Alex replied.
     “Allow me to heal you,” Kirinis said as she crouched next to them. She held her hands towards them, her palms glowing as she chanted the spell. “Holy wind that sweeps gently across the land, gently flowing water and shining sun, grant me your eternal power. Soul Breath.”
     A breeze blew up around the two, gently wrapping around their bodies to restore their strength. When the spell had run its course the pair rose, sheathing their swords in subspace before regaining their power up items and other weapons.
     By this time those who had gone to the missile base were pulling into the clearing, their vehicle a tad more beat up than it had been. At that same moment a large group of students, led by Selphie and Tenal, burst out of the woods on the other side of the clearing.
     “Alex!” Selphie cheered as she pounced onto him and encircled her arms around his neck. “You saved Balamb!”
     “And he rescued us,” Seifer said as he and Irvine approached.
     “You’ve done a lot of good,” Tenal said as he shook Alex’s hand. Alex raised an eyebrow suspiciously at all of this attention.
     “Is there something happening that I don’t know about?” he asked, looking at all of his friends from Balamb and the mass of students, mostly young women, but a few young men here and there.
     “You called in a bunch of your friends so we thought you would be leaving for good after this,” Rinoa said as she stepped forward.
     Alex sighed, a large sweat drop forming on his head. “Oh boy,” he said under his breath. “I’m not about to leave you guys for good. I have my friends from my world,” he said, draping one arm over Adderson’s shoulders, “and then I have my close friends from this world,” he added, draping his other arm over Irvine’s shoulders.
     “So just why did you call in so many people?” Tenal asked, cocking his head at Alex, “you had all of those field ops in the area with you.”
     “Spur of the moment action when the missiles were launched,” Kirinis said, answering for Alex, who nodded in agreement.
     “And you are?” Squall asked as he joined Rinoa.
     “Kirinis MaCall, rank A SeeD of Galbaldia Garden and former major in the Galbaldian special forces,” she replied, saluting Squall and Rinoa. She broke salute a moment later before saying, “May I ask what my chances of transferring here are?”
     “I’d say pretty good,” Rinoa said, “from what I heard of the battle you were quite helpful.”
     “You saved my life,” Seifer said.
     “Mine as well,” Matt added.
     “Mine two times over,” Alex said, “she’s also a summoner, which would be helpful in the future, since Tidis grants great healing powers unto the caller and also has a powerful tidal arrow technique.”
     Several pings and beeps filled the air at that moment, and the warriors whom Alex had called to assist him checked their communicators.
     “Dark Demon to anyone in the area of my transmission,” Darren’s voice said over the comm link, “we’re requesting assistance at the following coordinates.”
     “Well, I guess we need to make the leap back home now,” Joss said. He turned to Alex and bowed politely to him. “With your leave, oh wondrous leader.”
     “You don’t have to call me that,” Alex said, blushing lightly, “it’s kind of... well... embarrassing.”
     “You take care,” Matt said, patting Alex on the back, “and I hope you’ll call us more often.”
     “I’ll be sure to do that,” Alex replied, “even if it’s just to chitchat.”
     “I’m going to stay here for a little while,” Adderson said, “I haven’t been able to spend quality time with Alex for a while.”
     “We’ll see you both back on campus,” Jack said as the ten remaining warriors held their power items aloft. Their clothing glowed as their transformations took effect, and in unison they called, “Warrior Teleport!”, a column of light surrounding them and spiriting them homeward.
     “Wow, they’re gone,” Zell said as he examined the crater left behind by the teleport.
     “Yeah, but we’ll see them again,” Kirinis said, catching what Alex was thinking at that moment. “Isn’t that right Alex?”
     “Yeah,” Alex replied through a yawn. He turned towards those who had been part of the rescue party and said, “Let’s head back to Balamb and rest.”

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