In the darkness, Clef awoke. His head throbbed and when he tried to move, his body replied with shooting pain throughout his chest and legs. "Ouch......This isn't good." he sighed as he touched one hand to his bloody shirt. He could feel the wound that his assailant had inflicted and could feel the blood on his hands, but he couldn't see anything. He could also feel the heavy shackles and chains on his wrists and ankles, but yet again, he couldn't see them.The dark was completely encompassing.

"You are finally awake." said a deep unknown voice. Like the rumble of utter destruction it sounded, and with it, Clef's heart seemed to freeze.

"I am." Clef replied to the unknown voice. Suddenly, a small light was lit and Clef's eyes squeezed close with the shock.

"That's good. I would have been forced to wake you in a few hours if you hadn't have woke on your own." The figure could be partly seen in the light, mostly a dark cloak that carried a small lantern. "Now, we can begin."

"Begin what?" Clef asked the figure, as he struggled to stand. "I would rather leave." Clef began chanting his Lightning spell. He released it toward the figure, but the large energy blast was easily deflected. "Who are you?" Clef asked incredulously.

"Your new master!" the figure said ominously as a large energy blast gathered in the figure's hands. It shot down and hit Clef square in the chest, first sending electric shocks of pain through out his body, then leaving to let him fall to the ground groaning in ultimate suffering. He didn't have his staff to protect him from the blast, and even if he did, the chains wouldn't have let him. Clef sighed as his hopes flew out the window. He knew what laid in store for him and he didn't like it..........he didn't want to hurt the ones he loved.