[b]The demise of the first Ignus is her undoing. The whine ceases, and they explode in a flurry of plasma and metal.[/b]

Juggernaut writhes with anger. He can't believe for all of his training Zara would be pinned down in the first place, but there was only one way for the girl to learn. "I swore nothing, but spat obscenities at Time when she tried to force me to you. Listen you little brat. RUN LIKE HELL!" Juggernaut disappears. Zara gets a second chance. Her body is swarmed over by a writhing black fluid which heals her. She calls for Juggernaut, but he does not answer. Taking his advice she makes a break for the surface now that it looks like she is dead. Once at the surface she heaves for breath, blinded by the light after so long in the darkness.

[b]There is a cackle, then there is silence. The fighting had ceased, and they are gone. Why would they leave? Didn't they come for the Relic? Suddenly, your heart stops, and a frantic question crosses your mind... [i]Where's the Relic?[/i][/b]