After casually defeating the big demon thing that showed up at Rose's wedding, Cid had tried to make a badass exit via the collapsing portal, but...this is Japan, right? How'd he and Beta wind up back on Earth? And what the heck happened while he was away?! Judging by the ruined city, piles of corpses, wandering monsters, and mana lingering in the air, it must have been a pretty wild party!