"I thought there were three of you coming?" said XalvenoX while looking at Zayne. "What's wrong? They lost their way?"
But Zayne wasn't answering him. In fact, he wasn't even paying attention. He was trying to communicate with Dean, whom he carried, but Dean was so weak that he couldn't talk — he couldn't even tell him that his father had been killed.
Zayne looked around and saw both Hanami and Raelthorn on the ground, not knowing if they were even alive.
His eyes locked on with Vel'XalvenoX — both waiting for one to make a move.
Swoosh—
Zayne moved first, using his Creation to try and reach Raelthorn. XalvenoX followed a nanosecond later, using his Castle Creation to teleport in front of Raelthorn, but he was unable to arrive before Zayne, who grabbed Raelthorn — and made a one hundred and eighty degree turn to grab Hanami as well.
XalvenoX, in his mind, realized that he wasn't as fast — so he used a different method:
