A/N: This takes place two years after X2, so Rikku is now 19. She has moved back to the new home and still goes salvaging with her brother. Right now she is the only one presented, but don't worry the others will be joining us later.

Disclaimer: Plain and simple, I own nothing. And I have yet to play X2, so I'm only going with things that I heard from it.

"blah" normal (spiran) talking

/blah/ Al Bhed talking. 'cause I'm too lazy to go and translate it all the time. Plus it can be a pain when you have whole conversations that you have to translate. So I'm making this easy on you.

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The blond lay on her bed in the new home. She lay with her hands behind her head and sighed. Uncrossing her legs, she recrossed them, this time right over left. She didn't move for some time before letting out another sigh and sitting strait up.

/I'm bored. There must be something to do around here./ She groaned in Al Bhed.

/Rikku! Get down here! We found something off the coast of Zanarkand/ Brother called to her using the intercom that was attached to the wall next to her door. It effectively broke her out of her humdrum. /We're taking the airship. If you're not there In five minutes, we leave without you./ He finished before the speaker went silent.

"Depend on brother to make something fun sound like a chore." She let out a soft giggle before dropping to the floor and shimming under the bed to retrieve her travel bag. She came up coughing after finding it. Holding it over her head in a victory poise she laughed again. "Found you. Now let's get you ready quickly."

She threw it on the bed and opened it. Opening drawers, she threw clothes and other things into it. Once done she zippered it up and ran out the door determined not to be left behind. Brother had done it once before and she didn't speak to him for a week until her father made him apologize.

She caught sight of the doors just as he was trying to close them. He stood next to the window on the bridge laughing at her. He waited for her to get to the ramp before opening the door again. Rikku scowled as she jumped in before it was even completely open.

She dropped her bag off in her cabin and then made her way to the bridge. Just as she thought he would be, Brother sat at the front steering.

/That wasn't very nice, you know./ She scolded as her arms crossed her chest.

She could see the slight shaking of his shoulders that let her know he was trying not to laugh at her. She dropped her arms and scoffed before leaving the bridge. She then instead chose to go out to the deck to think.

The wind whipped her nearly waist length hair back behind her. She sat down next to the wall to keep some of it in place. She had changed clothes since the time of her journeys with her cousin Yuna. She kept the scarf at home on a dresser since working on machina poised a problem with it getting caught. She now wore a yellow tank top and black pants. Black sneakers on her feet, and a yellow bandana that was used to keep her hair out of her face, not that it did much good right now.

She brushed a strand back with her fingers and tilted her head back to stare at the clouds above and around her. She was about to ponder over a cloud that looked amazingly like an old friend of hers when the ship rocked suddenly. She was thrown across deck and tumbled until she was able to grab hold of the railing. Pulling herself painfully to her feet, she made her way to the control panel that would put her in contact with the bridge.

/Brother, what is going on/ She shouted after hitting the button.

/Rikku, is that you? Where are you/ He asked ignoring her question.

/I'm on the deck. Now open this door so I can come back in/ She had tried to open it from the outside, but found that it was stuck. She hit the button over and over, but it was still jammed. /Brother! It's jammed./

/I'm trying! Just hang on./ He replied before the speaker stopped working.

Rikku let out a few curses in both Al Bhed and Spiran as she held on. "Why does this always have to happen to me?" She shouted to whoever was there to hear. With all of the rocking and sudden drops the airship was doing, Rikku was sure that her stomach was going to end up laying on the deck around her. Closing her eyes tight, she prayed that they would land soon; that it would be a controlled landing.

For once someone must have heard her. The airship slowed its decent and smoothed out. She relaxed her grip and took a chance to peer over the edge. They hovered about five feet from the ground. She let out a sigh of relief just as all power suddenly went. The ship fell the last few feet to smash onto the rocky ground below them.

When she woke back up it was dark outside. Stars dotted all above her. She rubbed the back of her head as she sat up. "Oh, what happened?"

"You're ship crashed and knocked you out." A voice spoke from somewhere to her left.

She turned to see who it was, but no one was there. "What the...? That can't be who I think it is. If so, does that mean..?" Her question hung in the air. Her eyes became huge as she thought about all that had happened. "Am, am I... dead?"

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Okay, so that's the prologue. I had this idea pop into my head today and had to type it before I forgot it. I didn't forget about LT, in fact the next chapter should be up by the end of the week. (I hope) Anyway, review and let me know if this is even worth continuing. If so, I'll let you know what happened and who the mystery person is. Gin