Ethan and Sanzang ran to the energy, jumping from tree to tree, and hopping on the air. They got to a mountain range where they saw a person in the air surrounded by flames. The fire transitioned from bright red to gold. “That’s pretty cool.” Ethan said. Sanzang stared at him in confusion, before grabbing a branch from a tree. “Just to be safe. Where’d your staff go?” Sanzang asked Ethan. “Kept it safe in my ear.” Ethan replied and then pulled out his staff from his ear, and made its size grow. “That must be useful. Wait, do you hear that?” Sanzang questioned. They listened closely and heard what the person was saying. It sounded like Egyptian. They couldn’t make out much but they heard one word that Sanzang understood. “I think that guy has the god Ra. God of the sun in the Egyptian pantheon.”. “Oh splendid, you're not completely oblivious for once!” Ethan replied. Sanzang rolled his eyes, and as he was about to transform the branch, the person floating in the air formed a fireball and threw it at them. They both quickly dodged it, and Ethan pulled out some hair. “That is disgusting.” Sanzang told him. “Does it matter? We need to survive somehow!” Ethan angrily replied. He blew the hair and created a direct copy of the two. “This should distract him. Crazy man, he’s probably part of a cult or something! Using Rhythm in the middle of the forest.”. Ethan and Sanzang hid behind a tree while the floating man flicked his wrist and the copies were burnt to a crisp. “Damn. Thank god we didn’t fight him.” Sanzang sighed in relief. As soon as he said that, the man looked at him, and created a massive fire ball, and crashed it into them. They sprinted away as fast as they could, and just barely escaped it. They looked back and noticed the man was missing. The forest was in a blaze. They just walked back to the hospital, and realized everyone was gone. “Where’d everyone go?” Sanzang asked the lady at the front desk. “Who’s everyone?”, she responded. “Oversized Shirt Guy, Spear Girl, and Armless Old Man.” Ethan responded. The lady looked at him in confusion for a while, before telling him to leave. “Good thing we didn’t have to pay. I am flat broke.” Sanzang remarked before leaving the hospital.

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