บท 267: Catastrophe III

'ZARCH! ZACK! I HAVE TO GET TO THEM BEFORE-' She snapped her head towards the direction of the two boys just to see a beast aim for one of their necks the instant they had gotten out of the city.

"ZACK!" Xela roared at the top of her voice, stretching her arm towards Zack in an attempt to save him, yet she was simply too far away to do anything

*Clang* 

A shadowy figure slowly came out of Zack's shadow and snapped their swords towards the incoming claw, slicing the beast in half before the beast could even realize what had hit them.

"Uncle Alan?" Zack looked back in shock, not expecting uncle alan to come out of nowhere and save his life like that.

"It's nothing kid. Just make sure you don't have any more close calls like that. I can't save you every time you feel like dying" Alan chuckled before disappearing into shadowy specks that move along with the wind.