Back in the department store, Poo was uncouncious. Suddenly, his eyes sprang open. His oxygen mask had flown off, and was trapped under a beam. This was difficult. Poo had to hold his breath, lift up the beam, and grab the oxygen mask. Poo started. The beam was very heavy, but he managed to lift it. He felt a blood vessel in his brain about to explode. He grabbed the oxygen mask, dropped the beam, and breathed heavily. Never has it felt so great to breathe. He started making his way to Paula, sensing she was in danger.

He must've saw it all in his mind. Paula was about to leave, when she heard a sound. She traced it and found that there was just one more. She got him and tried to make her way out, but every path was blocked. "Yes," thought Poo, "if I teleport out, I have to take Paula and the child with me."

In the meantime, Paula was looking for a way out. The child was on her back, knowing nothing of the danger he was in, thinking it was a happy piggyback ride. Paula found a window, froze it with her last ounce of PSI, and as it melted, Paula made a run to jump through it into safety. Unfortuneately, Paula tripped over a burning beam on the way, slamming her head on the window ledge.

Poo saw the whole thing in his mind. He got scared and called his master.

"Master, I must rescue an unconcious Paula from a burning house. But she is completely trapped, except for a window which may no longer be there any second!
"Stay calm and use your mirror move."
"Master, how? There are no enemies to mirror! And what good will it do me?"
"A new move, that's what good it will do you. Now, think like the breeze of Spring. Cool, gentle, and swift."
"But what good will it do me, Master?"
"If you wish to save Paula, you will do what I tell you without argument! Now, think like the breeze of spring. Cool, gentle, and swift."
"OK, I shall try."

Poo thought about the Spring breeze. "Cool, gentle, swift," he repeated to himself. The words echoed in his mind as he thought of each word deeper and deeper. Suddenly, he was full of energy. The fires did not touch him. He didn't even need his oxygen. He was still whole. But he had the spirit of the wind inside him. He ran to Polestar Preschool, jumped in, grabbed Paula and the preschooler, and jumped out just as embers covered the melted window. Then, he teleported Paula, himself, and the preschooler to Onett.

"WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY HERE!" screamed Poo as he ran into the Onett Hospital with Paula in a fireman's carry. A team of doctors and nurses met Poo and lifted Paula onto the stretcher. She was wheeled into the emergency room.

"Consider Paula lucky. It's a concussion with second-degree burns on the leg, and from the story your Dalaamese friend told me, she could have fractured her skull, even broken her neck since the impact was on her forehead. Paula could've even been killed. She'll be moved out of the ER as soon as she wakes from her coma, which I predict will be tomorrow. I think we can discharge her in a week." "Memory loss?" asked Ness, who was right there with Jeff and Poo to hear the news. "Minimal to average. Again, sheer luck. Basically, her long term memory is intact, best or worst-case scenario. Even if it is worst case scenario, this will not totally erase short term memory. She'll have trouble remembering most of your names, and her favorite songs and her daily routine. But it all eventually comes back to her. She'll recover."

Ness got a sleeping bag and slept in Paula's ER room that night, claiming he wanted to be there when Paula woke. He drifted into a deep sleep. He flashed back to when he was 13.

Ah, the good times. The best day of his life was his birthday party that night. It was August 27th, 1995. A week after the destruction of Giygas, and which also happened to be Ness' birthday. They must have partied all night. Nobody wanted to go to sleep, not even the neighbors. The Onett Police never recieved any complaints about the party because it was a time that deserved to be celebrated. First thing when he woke up...he was going to that meteor crash site. There, a statue was erected on the 1 year anniversary of the destruction of Giygas. Ness always came there to reflect. Suddenly, Ness violently woke up.

He was in pitch darkness. He got out a flashlight and found that he was inside some sort of crate. Ness also shined his flashlight on Paula. "Those sons of a..." They seemed to have no respect for Paula's health. Something was not right. Suddenly, Paula woke up. "Ness?" she said. "How did you remember my name?" "How couldn't I?" asked Paula, "The last thing I saw was a window ledge seemingly rising to greet me. Then, in my thoughts, I saw you. I couldn't stop thinking about you. I love you." Ness smiled and leaned in to kiss Paula. Paula leaned in, too. Suddenly, they were rudely inturrupted.

Ness felt a rush of inertia as he was thrown foward. Ness also used his PSI to make Paula telekinetically stay in her place as she couldn't concentrate. Then, the crate they were in was opened, and two inhuman creatures telekinetically pulled Ness and Paula out. Ness also noticed Jeff and Poo. They were captured by those things too. Ness looked around and what he saw horrified him. This was the exact operation of a WWII concentration camp.

The four were tossed, in prison uniforms, in front of a cloaked figure. Poo recognized him immeadiately. So did Ness, thinking he was a grim reaper. "Psst...Ness...he flew right through me." "Did you see his face?" Ness whispered back to Poo. "Yes," said Poo. "Then how come you're still alive?" "I am a man of faith," whispered Poo, "In my culture, there are no Horsemen or stuff like that. There is only Tailza, the White Elephant. He is our God of Eternal Life, and is responsible for taking people in my culture. Therefore, Death cannot claim me. I can hold a staring contest with him and win if I wanted to." "SILENCE!" screamed the cloaked figure.

"And who are you?" asked Ness.
"I am Godon...the last Horseman of the Apocalypse."
"Oh, you. For the record...your comrade, Giygas? He was the biggest wuss I've ever seen in my life." "That Horseman was the second strongest."
"I take it that you're stronger then, huh?"
"That I always have been...for I have the power to claim all lives with my mere look and my mere touch."

Godon turned around to reveal a faceless mask. This was so than nobody would die by looking at him. He went over to Ness and extended his finger, glowing with black energy. Suddenly, a burst of white light filled the room. Godon was thrown far back. Ness, with his eyes closed, said "That would be PSI Flash Omega. I have plenty more, pal. Don't you know I'm the Chosen Boy? I'm SUPPOSED to win. Now, I have a fresh dose just waiting to be used. So if I were you, I'd quit while I was ahead."

"For that stunt," said Godon, "and for insulting me, you shall suffer severely. GUARDS!!!!!" Two guards, one muscular and one obese, came in. "Neuralize these people and take them to their work posts. Put this brown haired man right next to the woman. They are a couple. As for the rest, place the couple, the blonde man, and the Dalaamese man far apart from each other. The couple will go in Guard 27HX's post." 27HX, the obese guard who was right there, asked "Why me?" "She is your slave. Do whatever you want with her. Just be sure you do it in front of the brown haired boy. This is his punishment." "How long do I have her?" "For as long as you desire." Ness noticed Paula was very scared. He held her hand. "Take them away," said Godon. As they left, Ness brought Godon to his attention. "We have names, you know. I'm Ness, that's Paula, that's Jeff, and that's Poo. Remember those names, jack. We're the last people you're gonna see before you go back to your own personal level of Hell."