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Kel paused. He half glared at Maryl, "You're telling me that thing was an elemental?" His demeanor returned to the thought process, "Actually that's not unlikely. Elemental golems don't have to be summoned, and therefore don't dismiss when their handler dies. Instead, they go... berserk..." Kel turned his head and jumped up into the stands.

Seth looked up at Kel, sensing his revelation. "Dad?"

"Yeah, he's definitely not dead. If he died, his golem's spiritual seal would have released and it would have gone on a rampage destroying anything in it's path until it were destroyed or brought under control by someone else. The latter would be nigh impossible if the golem's seal was tied directly to it's master's life." Kel looked around rapidly. He didn't spot any further damage to the arena from where he was. "In the unlikely event that the thing didn't viciously attack and kill the girls, it would have torn a messy wreck of a path out of the arena. This place isn't even fully recovered from the fight yesterday, the Golem would have brought down the building..."

Seth could still hear her father's muttering even from the arena floor. She threw up her hands and shook her head in frustration again. "So what now, what does this all mean?"

"It means you're not done yet. Your quarry is still on the loose." Kel jumped down to the arena floor, landing next to Maryl. "Tough to say whether he planned this or not. He probably got lucky when he survived the blast. If his minion is intelligent enough, it won't just stand over him and wait for him to die from severe burns. If this is the case, they're long gone by now, and if he's conscious, he'll be hard at work plotting to kickstart the war and get revenge on the two of you."

Maryl's lip quivered. She was terrified at the thought of having to fight that monster again, moreso at the thought that he would come after them. She reflected upon the previous day, unsure if they even should have made sure to find Hrothgar's remains. It was only recently revealed that he was infact still alive but even if she had this information beforehand she may not have liked how the fight would turn out. Still she sank to her knees and her rear, worried.

Pi fluttered a bit, still hanging onto Maryl's hat. It turned and squaked at Kel, having no idea what he had just said but being fairly certain that it was responsible for Maryl's Admonition.

Maryl tilted her head. She thought she felt something faint nearby. She slowly stood up and cringed a bit. "I... I... think we're being watched. Lets just go." She was visibly shaking at this point.

Fuka smiled, Earth against Wind huh? Good tid-bit of information to have... He then thought of the Fire/Water Pact that was forming. That would make a two on one on one war... that would be interesting... He smiled. He knew his next destination... A fire or water nation barracks... He slowly sank into the ground and disappeared from sight.

[Exit > Recon Isles]

Fuka felt one of his strings inside his midn being tugged. The Fire Nation was under attack. This can improve my relations with water and fire. He didn't care if he was going to be here or not. He had to go help his new employer. He sunk into the ground and was gone.

[Exuent > Fire nation]

Suddenly in the middle of the arena Lilith appeared coming out of the ground. Her reddish brown hair was splayed out everywhere while her eyes were practically glowing red. "STOP IT!" she screamed trying to get herself under control. It hadn't been this bad in a long time... the niceness she had to put up with had rubbed off on her. 'Why couldn't I just kill her? Why?' Hot tears began running down her face as she fell to her knees putting her face in her hands. 'I've gotten weak.... I need to prepare myself...' She sat there whimpering some but after a few minutes began to regain her composure. She removed her hands from her tear-stained face and looked around her. No one seemed to be there which she was thankful for. Her eyes had still not fully returned to their hazel color but it was no longer as strong as it had been in color, it had faded and was now a dark red, looking from a distance to be just normal brown eyes.

Cecil looked into one of the arena's and he saw a woman who seemed to be having a mental breakdown. He approached the girl slowly and asked, "Hello, who might you be?" He still retained his distance, so she could not get a clear view of him while he is under his cloak... and of course to avoid any unecessary surprises..