Hey everyone welcome back to the world of Spira. Rekks and his firends are in for a whole new adventure. And this time they have a different sort of adventure ahead. Rekks will have to use a different sort of challenege, so he'll have to come up with a different sort of tactic to survive. I put up the first two chapters together because I thought they worked better that way. Start off with a major conflict then deepen the plot. Remember to send your reviews, thoughts, questions, suggestions, opinions, etc. Keep reading and enjoy!
Final Fantasy X/X-2:
The Magnificent II:
Nightingale
Chapter 1: The Sparrow
3 years After Mifune Village later…………….
Today was supposed to be special and it was just in a way nobody had thought of. The decorations had been put up with care. Streamers and lanterns had been placed up all over the beach. The glow of the sunset hung over the shore casting a brilliant glow, a golden haze. It was supposed to be a wedding, the happiest day in the couple's life. Rows of chairs had been placed in front of the alter, brilliantly adorn with flowers of all sorts.
The guests were supposed to be seated in the chairs, but they were empty. The groom was supposed to be at the alter admiring the bride as she walked down the isle. But instead Rekks was standing on a cliff, watching the ship approach. The ship was blood red. It looked like an airship sized bird, slicing through the waves on its way to the beach. Two wing like fins protruded from its sides, like fins they allowed the ship to glide across the water.
Rose stood by Yuna on the shore staring out at it as it approached. She looked beautiful in her wedding dress. Cana took a step back from the shore as her eyes focused on the approaching ship. She placed a hand on her noticeably bulging midsection.
Vid fidgeted with the ring on his finger. He was hoping that his bestfriend's wedding would go off without a hitch much like his own a year ago.
"It's da Sparrow. Ya know what means dontcha?" remarked Vid as he leaned over to Rekks
"Yeah, Eli's back in town." Sighed Rekks
"This ain't good. What are we going to do? With all these people around we can't risk a fight, especially with Eli." Remarked Tev
"Here I was hopin dat da surprise guest would be Zialas." Sighed Vid
"No one has seen him in years, but Eli is here now. After what we did to him, he's probably out for blood." Stated Tev
"It doesn't matter now. Let's head down to the beach and see what he wants. Try to keep things going smooth. Vid go find Kimarhi have him lead all da guests ta da village." Stated Rekks
"Sure thing." Replied Vid as he headed off
Rekks and Tev nodded to each other and headed down the cliff toward the beach. When they reached the beach, they ran into Yuna, Rose and Cana. Rose and Rekks began to run toward each other when the Sparrow stormed the beach.
The front hatch flung open as a modified flintock style gun poked out through the shadows. It fired a shot, Rose gasped as she fell to the ground. Rekks stopped cold and looked down at his bride.
"Rose." He tremble at her sight
Rekks continued forward when more gunfire came halting his progress. A man with dark hair and a scraggly beard with a scar on the left side of his face stepped out of the ship. He was a despicable looking character, smirking he took a puff from the cigar he was holding. Flanked on either side by his pirate crew, they pointed their guns at Rekks and the others.
"A shame ya didn't invite my Rekks. Looks like one hell of a party." Chuckled the Pirate captain
"Eli you Ugly bstard!" spat Rekks
"Oh, don't worry she's not dead. It's just a paralysis bullet. We recently came into a large stock of them." Chuckled Eli
"What do you want?" asked Rekks
"Straight to the point eh. Take the girl." Commanded Eli
Three of his pirates moved in to carry off Rose. Rekks tried to stop them but Eli fired off his pistol again nearly hitting Rekks.
"Stay where you are. You wouldn't want me to command my ship gunner to fire on the village now would you." Remarked Eli
"What do you want? Why are you taking her? Why are you here?" demanded Rekks
"Last time we met, you ended up costing me a lot of money. You have a debt ta pay ta me. And I think it's about time you paid up."
"Fine, but leave Rose out of this."
"No, not only is she collateral, but I'm going to need her skills, along with you and that Al Bhed friend of yours."
"Why?"
"I'll be telling ye later. As for now, come with me or else I could make trouble for your guests."
"You son of a bitch." Remarked Tev
"Fine, we'll go. It's just we're not ready for an adventure right now. Let us go grab some supplies first." Stated Rekks
"Seeing how I caught ya with yur pants down, fine, but no funny business. You know that I have my eye on things and if so much as smell something rotten I kill ya little lady. No one else just ye two. We'll be checking for communications devices. And no calling for help. If ye do, I kill ya lady. Do we have an understanding?"
Fine, no funny business."
"On your way then."
Rekks slowly turned away from Eli as he watched the pirates load Rose on to the ship. Rekks and Tev started heading up the path to Besaid village. Yuna and Cana followed after them.
"You're not really going to give in to this guy are you?" asked Cana dumfounded
"We have no choice. You don't know Eli." Stated Tev
When they reached the village they were approached by Vid and Shay.
"What's goin on?" asked Vid
"Eli has Rose. Mom tell dad that you him and the rest need to keep everyone calm and most important no one says anything." Stated Rekks
"Okay." Replied Yuna as she headed off
"Come on we need to talk while Tev and I get ready." Rekks signaled to the rest
"What a nice day for white wedding." Sighed Tev
A few minutes later Tev and Rekks had changed and were strapping on the last of the gear. They had explained the situation to everyone. Shay sat down, unable to stand after hearing the heartbreaking news.
"Who the hell is this Eli guy anyway? Asked Cana as she scarffed down some untouched wedding cake
"It's a long story, remember that pirate thing we told you about. You know with the orphans. Yeah that was Eli." Remarked Tev snapping on his Alchemy arm
"Oh that guy. So he's pissed about the money. Maybe we can call in some favors and just pay him back." Responded Shay
"He doesn't want money now. He wants us for whatever reason. And he has Rose so we have to go." Replied Rekks
He loaded up his Al Bhed hand guns and placed them in a specially designed holster on the back of his belt. He then inspected his sword before attaching it to his side.
"So what do we do just sit around here while you two go around with some lunatic." Retorted Cana
"No, Cana you stay. You're pregnant and you need to keep everyone calm. Tev and I will go with Eli see what he really wants then I'll find some way to contact Shay and Vid and they can follow in the Celsius. The Sparrow is a tough ship so you guys are going to need a good pilot." Stated Rekks
"But nobody can fly the Celsius like Tev." Responded Shay
Tev slumped his shoulders and sighed.
"There is one. And as much as I hate the idea, Rekks said we have no time to argue and smacked me up side the head." Groaned Tev
"Wait are you talking about my brother?" asked Shay
"As much as I hate the guy and he hates me. He's the only one who can out do the Sparrow, besides myself. Maybe you can convince him to do a favor for you. Try not to mention my name too much." Responded Tev
"I thin callin up Lee is a Bad idea." Stated Vid
"Wait this is crazy. Let's think about this for a second. This was supposed to be you big wedding day and now everything's gone to hell. Why don't we just go down there and kick this Eli guys ass. Grind him to pieces, chop off his….." Vid moved in to calm down the moody Cana
"That out burst aside, let's try to keep our heads. Eli may not be the brightest bulb, but he's not afraid to play for keeps. We can out smart him." Responded Rekks
"Let's just hope this situation doesn't get worst. Rekks you're Good and all, but this ain't like Mifune village. That was a straight out fight, this….we're on his turf now. He's got us by the balls." Remarked Tev
"He certainly dose. Wait for our signal Shay. See you guys later." Sighed Rekks
"See ya." They responded
"Hey Rekks here's some dress sphere's for Rose, good luck." Smiled Cana
Rekks and Tev headed out of the former temple and started walking for the beach were Eli was waiting.
"How do you think we're going to do this time?" asked Tev
"I honestly don't know. We might not make it this time." Replied Rekks
"You said that last time. In fact you say that every time. But we'll get through this right, for reals?"
"I hope so. Let's just keep this simple and easy. We go with Eli, help him out pay off our debt and end this all."
"Sounds good to me."
Rekks and Tev finally reached the shore were Eli was waiting.
"We're here." Said Rekks
"Good, now my associates here will….inspect you. Just ta make sure there's no funny business, eh." Smirked Eli
"Fine, but I want to see Rose." Demanded Rekks
"Aye, ye will be reunited with your lady once we're on our way. Once in know we're in the clear I'll fill you in on the finer details." Eli shot back
"Whatever." Lamented Tev
Two of the pirated patted down Rekks and Tev then confiscated their weapons. Tev was about to punch one of them when Rekks grabbed a hold of his arm stopping him.
"Tis just a precaution. Your weapons will be returned once the…job begins. But for right now they'll have to stay safe with us." Smiled Eli
Rekks glared at Eli as he walked into the Sparrow. Tev shoved one of the pirates out of the way and followed him in. Eli chuckled as he took one last look at Besaid then headed in.
"All right boys. The Sparrow flies!!!!" exclaimed Eli
As the ship's doors closed behind him the ship its self began to transform. Parts repositioned themselves as the engines realigned. The boosters fired causing the ship to lift out of the water. The fins spread out catching the wind under them. When Eli reached the bridge of the Ship he gave his helmsmen the order and The Sparrow took off into the sky.
A few minutes later Tev and Rekks were led to the holding area. It was a nice place, for a steel covered, leaky, hole in the wall. The pirates opened the door with a creak, shoving them. Rose rushed to Rekks and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around soaking in her presence. They quickly locked lips and smiled at each other.
"Are you okay?" asked Rekks as he handed her the dress spheres
"Fine, the shot wore off a while ago. Those things are cheap pieces of crap. What the hell is going on?' asked Rose
"It's a little complicated." Stated Rekks
"What's complicated? We ran afoul of a pirate years ago and now to avoid him killing you and now us, we have to pay him back, by helping him out with some crazy scheme that we don't even know about yet." Retorted Tev
"Yeah something like that." Chuckled Rekks
"Did you bring anything with you to break out of here?" asked Rose
"Yeah but it got confiscated. For now, we know each other is safe. We'll figure out how to get out of this after Eli reveals his stupid plan." Replied Rekks
"It wasn't supposed to be like this. My dress is ruined. I was supposed to go down the isle, your breathe would be taken away and then wedding would go perfect and right at sun down we kiss. And now its ruined by god dam pirates, what the hell." Cried Rose
"Yeah well I still think you look beautiful. This is all my fault." Lamented Rekks
"No it isn't." sighed rose
"I think it is." Retorted Tev
"Shut up." Shot back Rekks
"What it was your idea to trick him in the first place." Replied Tev
"Shut up Tev." Replied Rose
Rekks sat down in the corner of the cell, rose sat in front of him and he wrapped his arms around her.
"What do you think he wants from us?" asked Rose
"Probably help stealing some stupid little thing. He really isn't into anything really dangerous. It's all about the Gil with him." Remarked Tev
In his personal captain's quarters Eli sat down behind his desk to pour himself a glass of scotch. He heard the beeping sound of his view screen and flipped the switch. The screen turned on as the image of a man shrouded in shadows appeared.
"Well hello "Partner". He was right where you said he'd be and it was just as easy as you said it'd be. Everything went off just perfectly." Smiled Eli
"Good, where are they now?" asked the man
"Locked up. But I believe that one we give back their weapons they'll try to escape."
"No they'll stay."
"Aye, what makes ya think that?"
"Once you tell them about the Nightingale, they'll feel compelled to stay and try to stop you."
"If that's so then why did you have me acquire them?"
"They'll be useful and once they served their purpose, you can dispose of them and the Nightingale will be ours."
"You're a crafty one "partner" how do I know I can trust you. It seems you've given me all the cards. I can use Rekks and his bunch to find the Nightingale then take it for myself. Why should continue our partnership."
"Think of it, Rekks isn't stupid. Just foolish. He's probably already come up with some trick to get around you. I can help you out smart him."
"You're a cold bloodied one. That's why I like you. In a few minutes I tell him everything and we'll be on our way to finding the chest and keys."
"Don't get too cocky Eli. I can bring you down if I wanted to. But it's more advantageous to work together."
"I know, I know."
"I got another call coming in but keep in touch."
"Okay, out."
Eli flipped out the monitor and took a sip. He sat up and slipped on his jacket then turned back to the screen.
"You know what you are "partner" just a son of a bitch." He muttered to himself
Meanwhile the man turned on a light in his room revealing himself to be a young Al Bhed man. He took a deep breathe and smiled as he flipped back on his video monitor to see Shay on the other side.
"Well if it isn't my baby sis." He smiled
"Lee we need your help?" sighed Shay
"Is that right, what's wrong?" he asked keeping his cool
"Something happened to Rekks and Tev." She replied
"Tev…I don't know."
"Please it's a matter of life and death. Can you put aside your pettiness. I need your help Lee. I'm your sister remember?"
"Fine if it's for my sister, then I'll do anything she asks. After all I'm a good guy I'd be happy to help. Just fill me on the details and I'll be in Besaid as soon as I can."
"I didn't tell you I was in Besaid."
Lee cringed for a second, but managed to recover.
"I heard about Rekks' wedding so I just assumed you'd be there."
"Fine please come as soon as you can."
"I'll be there."
Lee switched the monitor off again and exhaled. He closed his eyes for a second to and took a deep breathe. When his eyes opened he reach for the top right hand drawer on his desk. He pulled out two old west style revolvers. He inspected them, then loaded them up with bullets, placing one in a holster at his side and the other in a holster over the front of his waist.
He got out of his seat and walked over to a nearby wall. There was a broad sword placed there inside of a sheath. Lee lifted the sheath off the wall and strapped it to his back before heading out. As he walked out the door he smirked heading down the hallway.
"Like shooting fish in a barrel. Nightingale is mine." He snickered
To be continued……..