They awoke in different areas. The first group was Ash, Chris, Soltur, Ivan, Persephone, Holly, Caellach, and Valyss. The second was Alaric, Claire, Ienzo, Arkhanul, Aleah, and Vena.
They were split into teams when the Shade Keep broke and some had to find another way around the mountain they were on. They got knocked out by a blast of magic that could only have been the Arkadia Seal finally breaking to release the Chaos Dragon, and were just regaining consciousness.
Vena felt a pair of eyes on her. She was being watched.
Team One saw Shade soldiers vanish in a blast of flame. one of the False Dragons had gotten loose and was coming toward them.