Chapter 7: Mordath Awakens...
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    The Falcon flew towards Thamasa, while Rydia recollected.  There
were still heroes they knew; perhaps she could enlist their help.
There was still Kain to find, perhaps Yang, the twins, and then the
others which had split off with them could be re-joined after.  But
now, they had to get Golbez.  She spoke to Edge,
    "Edge...  Got any idea where we are going after?  Where do we go
from there?"
    "I haven't the slighte..." The Falcon shook violently. "idea.  The
fiends, then another town, I gather."
    The Falcon was shaking, hard.
    "Okay, then we should meet back up with FuS. .. " The Falcon shook
again. "What is that?"
    Edge shrugged, and the shaking grew larger, and then the airship
churned, and started going down.
    Rydia yelled, shocked.  "Ah!  Now what?  No float spells... uhmm.
Bahamut!"
    The lgendary dragon appeared and caught the airship just before it
hit the ground, and lowered it gently, then bowed to Rydia, and
disappeared.
    "Great... now where are we?" Edge asked.
    "I don't know, we can use Leviathan to swim us around though, and
then..."  Rydia felt another pain through her head.  She became
confused.  "The fiends can't be here..."  she muttered.
    Edge drew his swords, and Rydia, her whip.  They looked around
nervously.
    A large shadow flickered into view in front of them.  The shadow
spoke in a loud booming voice.
    "YOU HAVE THE POWER TO USE MAGIC.  I, MORDATH, WANT THAT POWER IN
MY GRASP, NOW!  YOU WILL GIVE ME THE FRAGMENT OF ORB!"
    Edge immediately jumped at the being.  "These guys always seem to
follow us, then attack us, and take something of ours!"
    The being knocked Edge into the ground, then looked straight at
Rydia.  "GIVE ME THE ORB!"
    Rydia thought clearly, and whipped at it.  Then she had a single
thought in her mind.  "Call Bahamut, or Leviathan."  But the thought
never was transferred to action, as she was thrown back near the
airship.
    "Oww... Asura!"
    The queen appeared, healed Edge and Rydia, and Rydia fell to her
knees, weakened by the lack of magic she had.
    Edge then leapt into action.  "How dare you hit her!"  He raged,
threw a sword at the being, and charged it.
    Rydia had recovered now, and was casting another call.
"Leviathan!"
    The large serpent emerged from the water nearby, and thrust a huge
wave, enveloping the being.  Edge leapt back, near Rydia.

    Edge, now with only one sword, asked weakly, "Now what...?"