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Ch.2 stress relief

Xavier left the meeting feeling worst than when he went in. But now maybe he would be able to be left alone for a bit and maybe get his thoughts in order.

"Hey, Xavier's done." Xavier heard from down the hall.

Xavier looked up and saw that "Z" was excitedly waving at him while scarfing down a plate of hot dogs. Drake was sitting in a chair by her with his head in his hands trying unsuccessfully to disassociate himself from "Z".

"When did you find time to go and get food?" Xavier asked as he walked up to his friends.

"We never left." Drake said with his face still in his hands.

"Then how did she get the food. Don't tell me you're carrying those things around in your pocket of holding." Xavier said the look of disbelief clear on his face.

"Nope." "Z" said swallowing down a mouth full of hotdog. "I ordered out." The look of abject delight on "Zs" face was enough to make the most jaded person nausea.

"How?" was Xavier's only response?

"We can do things like that with our new combat P.D.A.s." "Z" said as she excitedly waved the tiny device at Xavier and picked up her last hotdog and started eating it.

"Well where in the hell did you get them?" Xavier asked knowing that Drake had one too. Xavier also knew that Drake didn't like complicated technology. Not because he couldn't use a computer he just wasn't too fond of them.

"At the end of our interviews we got them. Why where's yours?" Drake asked finally taking his face out of his hands.

"I didn't get mine yet. They must have forgotten or something." Xavier said getting kind of impatient.

Drake noticed his friends agitation but before he could ask what the matter was a shout from behind them, that made them all groan and turn, caught their attention.

"Well, well if it aint team X-tremelyfreaky. What's up freaks?"

Drake, "Z", and Xavier gave withering glares to John Headstrung, leader of team John, as him and his team of Johns came swaggering up.

Team X-treme, a team name that they hadn't chosen but had stuck none the less, hated team John. Team John was always dogging them, about how much better than them they were. Though if one were to check Team X-tremes record was a hell of a lot better. They also liked to point out loudly, and in public how unusual Team X-treme was.

Though to look at team John in their normal cloths one would think that they weren't much less freaky than team X-treme. John Headstrung usually wore a very short black jacket that was always open to show that he never wore a shirt. He was bald and had a large tribal tattoo on his head. He usually fought with a machine gun.

Next to John was Jon Oblisky, he was of less than average height and really skinny. He had this odd puffy Mohawk esk hair style and it was usually the color of paste blue. He fought with a great sword and had an affinity for the sport of rugby, and really loud shirts that he usual wore with baggy shorts.

And finally Johna Raven, the only female member of team John. She was a short black mage that was extremely moody all the time. Her cloths style changed by the day but usually included a very tight leather mini skirt over spandex shorts and thigh high nylons that were usually of a dark pastel of some sort. Her hair was always black, short and spiky.

However they always called team X-tremefreaks. Drake, "Z", and Xavier were never in the mood to deal with the Johns, and especially not today. "Z" was to happy at having the interview and most of the rest of the day to spend with her parents, and didn't want that ruined. Drake planed on ordering some Chinese and going to the roof to spend the day in quiet contemplation, that and he needed to figure out a way to use the P.D.A. without breaking it. And Xavier wanted to be any were but here right now.

"Come on freaks it couldn't have been to bad in there." This came from "Big" John

"No actually it was really interesting and quite enjoyable until I came out here." Xavier said, knowing full well that Drake, and "Z" had his back for the inevitable fight that was about to happen.

"What's that supposed to mean boy" Big John said, advancing on Xavier.

"Oh boy here we go." Was the only thing that Jon O. said as he started towards Drake?

Johna half closed her eyes and started to mumble, drawing mana to her in large amounts.

"You got a problem with us boy?" Big John growled as he made to grab Xavier's lapels.

"What was it with grabbing the damn lapels of his coat today?" Xavier wondered to him self as he dodges under the attack and came up behind John delivering a sharp elbow to the base of his neck.

"I mean seriously that's the third time today." Xavier continued to think as he whirled back to the front of John and delivered a sharp knee strike to John's gut that doubled him over.

"Did I get food on it or something?" Xavier thought as he delivered a stopping cloths line that brought Johns' forward momentum to an abrupt stop and sent him sailing back sprawling on the floor.

Xavier checked his lapels as he reached in to his pocket of holding and brought out three kunai.

Jon ran at Drake to punch him in the jaw. However Drake saw the move coming a mile away. Because even though Jon was very talented with his great sword, especially for his size, he sucked at hand to hand combat. So his movement was horribly predictable. With little effort Drake went soaring into the air.

Jon looked up at the form of Drake suspended in the air and made to grab his custom pin-wheel that he had made him self just to combat Drake.

"There he goes again that coward. Won't stay on the ground and fight me like a man." Jon thought to himself, smiling. Jon tended to be a very calm, laid back type of guy. But the fact that Drake jumped into the air most of the time to fight pissed him off. So he made it his life goal to beat Drake every opportunity he got.

The smile left Jon's face as he realized that his Pocket of holding was empty. He had not put any thing in it thinking that he wouldn't need any thing for an interview for a stupid test. Jon looked up just in time to see Drake come crashing down on top of him. Feet first.

Drake reached down to feel for a pulse. Just to be certain that he hadn't killed Jon.

Johna slowly rose into the air as she continued to chant. She knew that to have any chance against "Z" she needed to be quick. She disliked how "Z" was always so damn happy. And in her own opinion Trashy, and easy. She was more like one of the guys than a girl now a days and Johna thought it was her place to bring her back to the sad, bleak truth that was reality. Not this dream world that she believed "Z" lived in.

But her plans as well as her spell casting was brought up short as "Z" hurled the last of her hotdog with dead aim accuracy into Johnas mouth.

"No better way to beat a mage than to stop them from talking." "Z" said happily as she rushed Johna and decked her right in the left eye. Johna hit the ground hard holding her face.

"Yeah, take that, you drama queen." "Z" said flashing a peace sing at Johna as she looked up at her.

"Now you have something to go back to your room a write a poem about." "Z" said and skipped away to see what the guys were doing.

Xavier drew back and sent the first kunai sailing towards "Big" Johns crouch. John scooted back just as the knife stuck in the ground right were his pride had been.

"When will you learn to not fight us directly?" Xavier said as he through the second kunai.

Again "Big" John scooted back just in time.

"I mean really. The only chance you guys have is to gang up on us. One at a time." Xavier said as he made to through the last kunai.

However some one grabbed his hand before he could send it at the buffoon in front of him.

Xavier whipped around only to come face to face with a very upset looking Mr. Masters.

"This is not the time or place guys." Mr. Masters said never taking his eyes from Xavier.

Xavier glared back at Mr. Masters before he finally looked away and retrieved the two throwenkunai.

"Here you left before you could get this." Mr. Masters said handing Xavier a P.D.A.

"It can connect to your goggles so you don't have to remove them. I suggest you learn how to use it quickly, there are several messages on it already for you and your team as well." Mr. Masters finished and walked away beckoning for Team John to follow him.

Xavier angrily stuffed the P.D.A. in to his pocket and looked at his team. Drake just looked doubtfully at him as if he didn't know what to say. "Z" looked positively over joyed and was even lightly bouncing around as if to a song that only she could hear.

Shacking his head Xavier decided he had enough for one day, and said just as much.

"Screw it, I'm out of here." Xavier said and took a running leap over the side of the open air walk way that led to Head master Leonhearts office.

With impossible agility and grace Xavier made a light landing on the ball of a flag pole that was thirty feet away. With another leap he landed on another flag pole and slid down the length of it till he was on the ground floor and made his way to the dorms.

Thinking that Xavier had the right idea Drake jumped over the side as well, ignoring "Z" as she said how much it gave her the creeps every time Xavier spire jumped. Drake came to a crash in front of the elevator landing and lightly brushed himself off as some entry-level students stared in awe of him. He just made his way to the cafeteria to order some Chinese then find a way up to the roof that wouldn't involve him explaining to an instructor about what he was doing.

"Damn it guys. Just leave me alone. It's not like we could have done something or any thing." "Z" said to no one but her self as she mad her way to the elevator so she could go and get out of the SeeD uniform. "I swear those two PMS more than any woman I know." "Z" continued talking to her self as she pressed the first floor button. But as it touched down her mood instantly brightened as she remembered the day that lay before her.

Hours Later....

Drake sat peacefully on the roof of the academy facing what he knew was the direction that if followed long enough would lead to "The Island Closest to Hell" where the Wyvern cliffs were. Where set in to the cliffs was a village that consisted of three levels. The first was the farming level where all the food was grown, and live stock was raised. The second level was the business and commerce district. And finally the third level that's where the caves were. That's where home was.

Drake took a deep cleansing breathe. Today had been fulfilling. He had a successful interview about his life as a SeeD candidate. He got to spend time with his friends. He got to eat some really good Chinese, and now after several hours of meditation, and a few smokes latter, he knew how to use the accursed P.D.A. and knew what his first test would be. Mr. Masters was going to be taking him to the fire caves tomorrow to get his first real summon. A summon to call his own.

Drake took one last cleansing breath and decided it was time to go to bed. As Drake stood and gathered his garbage, he noticed a shooting star cut a streak a crossed the sky.

"May the heavens shine on you one more day." Drake repeated the ancient Draconian prayer to no one but him self, but intended it for his loved ones. Be them dragon, or human. With that Drake leapt off the roof and headed back in to the school for the rest of the night.

Dormitories, candidate section

Zella Dincht couldn't have been happier. Her day had gone just as planned other than the incident with the Johns. Her parents had spent the early part of the after noon with her in the training grounds sparing, and trying out new moves. Then they had gone into Balamb to visit Grandma Dincht.

While in Balamb her parents had treated her to a very special surprise. They had taken her to the tattoo parlor where her father had gotten his tattoo, and let her get one of her own. "Z" looked at the fresh tattoo in the mirror as she applied the special ointment to it that she would need to twice a day, every day for the next three weeks. Of course one would have to be blind not to notice the tattoo for it was over her right eye.

She had decided to get the letter "Z" tattooed over her right eye because she always was drawing one there any way. Only now it was permanent, and was done in a very beautiful tribal design.

Of course it had hurt a little to get it done but oh well this just brought her one step closer to being like her hero, her father. Oh to be sure her mother wasn't too pleased with her choice but as always had supported her the whole way.

After that they had all gone back to garden and met Xavier in the training grounds for a training session that her father had set up with Xavier earlier that day. "Z" at one point had thought she loved Xavier but realized all too quickly that their relation ship was as friends only. There was some one else who owned Xavier's heart. But she didn't know who that other some one was. "X" never talked about her and she and Drake hardly every asked. The response was always the same and was always followed by a very long drawn out silence.

But "Z" couldn't help but worry about her friends. Next to her parents, they were the most important people to her. It just bothered her to no end that Xavier kept so much bottled with in him self. She feared that one day he was gonna have a freaky field melt down and her and Drake wouldn't know how to help him.

"Oh well" "Z" thought as she stripped out of her street cloths and under garments and slipped into a clean night shirt. "If "X" wants to talk to us, he will. He has before."

Slowly Zella crawled into bed. And as she pulled her comforter up to her head she was instantly asleep dreaming happy dreams of her, her parents, and her friends doing happy things. Every one was smiling, including Xavier, and having a good time."

SOME WHERE DEEP IN THE TRAINING GROUNDS

"CRACK"

Xavier watched the tree violently shudder as he hit it for the umpteenth time. After the interviews he had gone to his room to get changed out of the ridicules SeeD uniform and in to something comfortable. While in his room he had learned how to use the combat P.D.A. and had quickly found the information that Mr. Masters had told him was on it.

Xavier found it really convenient that with it hooked up to his goggles that in displayed the information only in his left lenses unless other wise specified. The two messages were easy enough to find once he had it all set up. The first out lined every ones personal test as well as the big group test that was gonna happen in the next few days.

Xavier had been confused about why Head Master Leonheart had felt it necessary to give him out lines of "Z" and Drakes test but he didn't argue. The second message had been from Zell inviting him to train together later that after noon.

Xavier had been excited he liked the Dincht'sa lot. They were nice, kind, and easy-going. And both of them were very knowledgeable about what they taught. Xavier had been assigned to go to Winhill garden every other week to train under the Dincht'sever since he had arrived at Balamb Garden.

"CRACK"

The tree shuddered again.

So he was not surprised when they had invited him to join them on their family day. However he had declined knowing how much it meant to "Z" to have privet time with her parents. But they had insisted on a training exercise after they were done.

It ended up being just Zell and Sally. As per the message Xavier had not brought his Gunblade or his Pouch of holding. Just himself in some training clothes.

After about a half hour of training they started sparing. Xavier gave it his all to impress his favorite instructors. But for some reason he was really off all session. After several hours of getting his ass handed to him, they stopped training. By this time "Z" had wandered into the training area sporting a new tattoo and laughing her ass off every time Xavier failed.

At one point Zell even suggested that him and Sally rest while "Z" and him spared since she was about his level today. Xavier had ignored the joke and attacked again with new vigor. It didn't help as Xavier flew off his feet and landed hard on the ground.

Zell had stood over the prone Xavier and shook his head.

"Your "Booya" is so far gone "X" it may as well as never existed."

"I'm sorry sir, my mind has been...else were as of late." Xavier had said turning his head so he didn't have to look his mentor in the face, and see his shame.

"Do you wanna talk about it Xavier?" Sally had asked as Xavier had sprung to his feet.

"No ma'am. This is something I need to deal with on my own."

"You shouldn't stress so much." Zell had said retrieving his sweat towel. "Seriously your gonna go old before your time."

Xavier hung his head thinking upon his mentor's words.

Zell seeing that it would be pointless to further pursue the issue decided that it was time to call it a night, and suggested as much to his family.

As the Dincht were leaving "Z" noticed Xavier move deeper off into the training center.

"I wish he would talk to us." "Z" had said to her parents as they made their way to the cafeteria.

"There are just some people who can't express their feelings dear." Sally told her daughter lovingly. "It took your father forever to get me not to stress over every thing."

"Is that true?" "Z" had asked her father.

"Yeah. But I would really like to know what's bothering "X". He was doing so well." Zell said concerned etched into his face.

"Xavier will talk when he is ready." Sally said wrapping her arm around her husband's waist as they walked.

"You're right. I just hope it won't be too late when he finally does talk." Zell said not giving it another thought.

"CRACK"

This time branches fell as the tree shook.

Xavier couldn't help it. After years of being alone he could not bring himself to fully trust any one. Oh he loved Drake and even "Z" as if they were family. But he never knew when the Mi'hen would show up and kill them.

Xavier's heart went colder at the thought of all the loved ones the Mi'hen had stolen from him.

" CRACK!!!"

The tree exploded as Xavier unleashed his own personal "BOOYA" on it. After the dust cleared Xavier stood there panting. That had taken every thing he had and more to do. He was slipping. Hard core.

"Snap"

Xavier whipped around just in time to avoid getting hit by Jon's Pin wheel. Xavier stayed crouched as it went flying over his head back to his master's hand. Xavier watched as the lean boy entered the clearing he had just made with his weapon. Of course the first thing Xavier noticed was Jon's really loud shirt. The second was the six-foot great sword strapped to his back.

"Well, well, "X" out for a little late night training?" Jon asked with a shit eating grin plastered on to his face.

Xavier didn't have to wait long to figure out were the other two members of team John were.

"You missed him. How could you miss him with all his tattoos basically pointing him out." Big John bellowed as he stepped forward.

"Jon doesn't have a problem with Xavier, and will not kill him for you John." Johna said as she floated down to stand next to the other two Johns.

Xavier knew he should be running right now. He had neither the strength, energy, nor equipment to deal with the Johns. But his arrogance got the better of him.

"So I see you finally wised up and decided to gang up on us one at a time. But your timing is lousy I was just headed to bed." Xavier said.

With that he made to run and jump up the nearest tree. But he had waited to long, and with a slight gesture Johna cast stop on him. Xavier couldn't move he could only watch.

"Are you sure he can't get out of that?" Big John asked as he approached Xavier.

"Yes I doubt that he is strong-willed enough to just break out of a stop spell." Johna said reading another spell.

"Good because I don't want him to miss out on all the fun I have planed for him." Big John said as he cracked a gap toothed smile.

Xavier's last thoughts were of how much this was going to hurt.

DORMS, CANDIDATE SECTION

Drake sat bolt upright as the first of the alarms sounded. This was accompanied by a violent explosion.

"What in the hell!" Drake yelled as he jumped out of bed and got dressed quickly.

"Xavier get up, some thing is going on." Drake yelled as he pulled a random shirt over his head. There came no response from Xavier's bed. Drake whipped around and noticed that Xavier had not returned yet from the training center.

Drake rushed from the room and nearly collided head long with "Z"

"Drake, where's Xavier?" She said pulling her other shoe on, having decided that it would have been a bad idea to go running off in just her night-shirt she had hastily gotten dressed.

"I don't know. He hasn't returned yet." Drake said as he steadied "Z" who, if the situation were different, would have looked hilarious. Her hair was all messed up. She had on a shirt three sizes to big over a pair of running pants, and two different shoes. The entire thing clashed and gave Drake a pressure head ache just to look at.

With that there was another explosion.

Drake caught "Z" as she toppled over still trying to get the shoe on.

"Wait here, I'm getting my spear. I don't like the looks of this." Drake said running back into his, and Xavier's room.

As he was grabbing his spear and pouch of holding, he decided it would be a good idea to grab Xavier's just incase. He left the gun blade on the wall though.

Running back out, he tossed Xavier's Pouch of holding at "Z".

"Here just incase. There is more than likely something helpful in there." Drake said and took flight down the hall trailing his spear behind him. "Z" ran after the entire time adjusting the straps on the Pouch to fit her comparably smaller waist and thigh.

As they entered the main lobby they noticed that every one was running towards the training center. As they approached Drake grabbed a random student.

"Hey what's going on in there?" Drake asked the frightened girl.

She just looked up into Drakes yellow eyes with her one red, one orange eye and replied the best she could.

"I don't know, but there is a really strong magical fire growing in there. And it is growing fast." The girl responded.

Drake nodded his thanks to the girl with the strange eyes and charged forward. The closer they got to the entrance to the training center though the more crowded it got. Finally spotting a group of instructors Drake grabbed "Z" and leapt into the air.

"IN COMING!!!" Drake yelled just as he landed in the clearing by the gates to the real training grounds where all the monsters were kept. Drake set down "Z" as the group of instructors approached them.

"Drake, "Z", what are you two doing here I thought I told Quistis, Xu, and Seifer to keep the students back." Head Master Leonheart said in a very firm voice.

Just then another explosion rocked the training grounds.

"We wanted to see what was going on but the student body got in the way. So I bypassed it." Drake said pointing up. Squall just rolled his eyes as Rinoa and Dinchts came out of the gates.

"We don't know if any one else is in there." Rinoa said breathing heavily.

"We got as far as the secret area and could go no farther. The flames are out of control." Zell said hugging his family to him.

"But it was odd." Rinoa said brushing some soot from her pants.

"How so?" Eric Masters asked.

"Well shortly after every burst of heat there was a burst of cold, and then more heat." Rinoa said wrapping her arms around Squalls waist.

"That and I swear I heard the most unearthly screaming while we near the center." Sally Dincht said releasing her daughter.

"Wait." Drake said holding up a hand to get the attention of the others.

"What Drake?" Eric asked looking annoyed.

"Did this scream sound like it came from the depths of the most tortured soul you have ever heard?" Drake asked

A dawning realization spread a crossed "Z" face as she picked up on Drakes concern.

"Like the sound of some one being tortured to death on so many levels that it breaks your heart and makes you feel like crying at the same time?" "Z" asked stepping away from her parents.

"Yes." All three said at once wondering where Drake and "Z" were going with their questions.

"Why?" Squall asked as he saw a look of absolute horror pass between Drake and "Z".

"And where is Xavier?"

Neither of them had to speak Eric answered for them.

"He's in there aint he?" Eric asked his students.

"Yes." Drake said quickly formulating a plan.

"And he aint getting out of this one alone." Drake finished as his resolve hardened to the task that lay before him as he looked at the four stories glass and titanium cage that was the inner Training center.

"What are you planning Drake." Sally Dincht asked Drake as she saw his thoughts work their way across his face.

"I'm going in after my brother." Drake said and ran for the gate.

"I'm going to need that roof opened up on the very top now." Drake yelled over his shoulder as he entered the Gate.

"How, that is reinforced glass." "Z" yelled at his back.

"Find away." Was Drakes only response as the gate slammed shut.

"Find away, find away." "Z" said as she took a look around her. Then her focus came to her parents.

"Mom, Dad, follow me. I have a plan."

And with that the Dinchts ran for the scaffolding that leads to the upper levels of the outer dome.

"Fuck is it hot in here" Drake thought to him self as he looked for a good place to jump to so that he could get a good look at the ground. Deciding he was wasting too much time looking for a place to land on Drake decide that it would just be better to jump. So with a mighty leap Drake was airborn.

The sight horrified him as he realized that a good part of the training center was light up like the deepest level of hell. And very clearly the sounds of Xavier's soul rending scream hit Drakes sensitive ears.

Drake landed, and took flight again. This time he was able to see where the center of the fire storm was. And with the third jump he finally saw Xavier. All suspicions were laid to rest. Xavier was in the middle of it all casting fire spells at unseen enemies, Every time he felt the heat from his own fire spell he would lash out with a Blizzard spell to counter the un seen foes attack. But every time he felt the cold from his own counter spell he countered again with a fire breath jutsu that Drake thought Xavier hadn't quite learned yet. With the fourth jump Drake saw why Xavier was lashing out at unseen attackers and screaming. His goggles were missing.

Drake landed and tried to come up with an intelligent plan of attack. He could not out right attack his best friend and brother. Xavier would perceive the attack as hostile and counter attack. But he needed to do something or Xavier was going to die. Taking a deep breath Drake hardened his resolve again and leapt once more into the air.

Roof of the dome, directly above the heart of the training center.

"Z" and her parents stood at the top of the dome looking down on the chaos bellow. Not to long ago Drake had landed by Xavier and was doing something what she could not tell.

"So what is the plan dear?" her mother asked her.

"We need to break this glass so that once Drake subdues Xavier he can jump out." "Z" said examining the glass.

"How do you think we can break this thick reinforced glass. And do you think Drake can make this high of a jump." Zell asked looking at his daughter with interest as he saw her working out the details as she examined the glass.

"He can make the jump. And I believe that if we hit the glass with six "Burning raves" equally spaced out that we should be able to shatter this top part." "Z" said as she did the quick calculations necessary to figure out were each "Burning Rave" should be done.

"So let's get to it where first." Zell asked getting ready to do the move.

"Z" looked at her father and mother and pointed to where she wanted them to be.

"All right all together now." "Z" yelled at the top of her lunges.

With that Zell, Sally, and "Z" each did a "Burning Rave". The glass Spider webbed slightly.

"Okay, now we all move fifty feet to the left and do it again." "Z" said as she ran to her next place.

Ground Zero

Drake landed heavy on the scorched ground that Surrounded Xavier. He could see the pain clear in his friends eyes as he whipped around towards him and quickly did a bunch of hand seals and unleashed another fire jutsu. Drake quickly dodged to the left as the fire spell screamed past him. As he came out of the roll he saw something laying on the ground. It was Xavier's Goggles.

"Xavier you need to settle down!" Drake screamed at the top of his lunges as another fire jutsu was fired at him. Again Drake dodged to the left and tripped on something. Looking down Drake saw a weird canister type device laying on the ground. Drake dove for it as another fire jutsu screamed over his head. Picking the canister up Drake decided that it was time to end this and jumped into the air.

With just enough force to knock him out Drake landed on top of Xavier. This was bad. Xavier had massive burns all over his body and his eyes were bleeding.

"Shyri" Drake heard Xavier say from the ground. Drake looked down at his injured friend as he stuffed his spear and the odd canister into his pouch of holding.

"Shyri, come back. I need you." Xavier continued to mumble incoherently as Drake slung him over his shoulder. Drake looked up, but could not tell through the smoke if "Z" had managed to open the dome or not. But it was do or die time and Drake had faith in "Z". With the last of his remaining leg strength Drake jumped. The last thing heard before the ground were they had just been exploded from the pent-up heat was one last scream out of Xavier.

"SHYRI!!!"

Roof

"Z" saw Drake jump and knew it was time to get this damn dome open so he would get through. She had been wrong and six "Burning Raves" had not shattered the glass. But seeing her friends getting closer forced "Z" to make a reckless decision and before her parents could stop her "Z" jumped in to the air and dove at the dome, perfectly performing her Fathers "Meteor Barrette". The dome shattered and "Z" fell through. Fortunately Drake caught her on his way out. Drake landed heavily on the walk way where the Dinchts had landed from the force of their daughters attack.

"Is he all right?" All three Dinchts asked in unison.

"No he needs immediate medical attention." Drake said preparing for one last jump before his legs could give out.

"Do it Drake. Get him out of here." Zell said patting the young man on the shoulder.

And with one last leap Drake sailed out over the clearing that was the entrance to the training center. He could see the other instructors waiting for him to land below him but as he was plummeting to the ground he knew he didn't have the strength to land right. The last things to run though his mind were "Who did this to you "X"? And who the hell is Shyri?" Then nothing as Drake hit the ground and instantly fell into oblivion.