Before the Dawn
Prologue.
I can't force these eyes to see the end
If only time flew like a dove
We could watch it fly and just keep looking up
- "Hallelujah", Paramore
"It's so big!" Yuna looked up in awe.
"Woo-hoo! No more climbing!" I brushed sweat from my brow. I was already tired, but the battle had barely begun.
"Can you please focus?" Paine demanded as she leapt at one of the giant mechanical arms.
Vegnagun was even bigger than I had imagined. Shuyin was relentless in his barrages of attacks, and it seemed like we were never going to win.
Because, of course, we were going to win. We always win. We're the Gullwings. You know, save the day and all that hullabaloo. I wasn't expecting to lose this battle.
Yuna, with Tidus' sword, dealt the final blow.
"Phew!" I was glad the battle was over. I couldn't take much more beating.
The three of us scooted over to the rest of the gang, grinning in victory.
"What now?" Paine wondered.
"Uhh," I put in my two cents, "Maybe we're finished?"
"Finished indeed!" The spookily haunting voice of Baralai/Shuyin interrupted my victory dance.
"Baralai!"
"All of Spira is finished!" Shuyin cried, restarting Vegnagun.
Shoot.
Or rather, don't shoot!
I was really sick of fighting. Like, so extremely sick, I was pretty sure you could catch a disease from it. It didn't matter though.
I can't really remember most of the battle though. The doctor said that extreme pain sometimes causes memory loss. It was like the others though, I think.
My memory kicks in again at the end of the battle. We're all really, really, really tired now. One of Vegnagun's arms was down, and its head was low. I knew the battle was nearly over.
Yuna was in her Songstress dressphere, I in my Berserker, and Paine in her Gun Mage. Being in Berserk mode always makes my head kinda woozy, but I'm always super aware of the enemy. That was great and all, but I should've been aware of my team.
It all really happened in slow motion. Yuna was singing, keeping our strength up. Paine shot a blast at Vegnagun's head; it seemed to take forever to hit.
"Look out!"
My head whipped to the right, and my animal instincts allowed me to jump quickly and dodge the arm that swooped across the ground.
I saw Paine dive to the ground, mercilessly run over by the mechanical limb.
Yuna wasn't nearly as lucky.
I heard a lot of voices, one I think might have been my own.
As if someone suddenly hit play, everything happened at once. Paine's blast hit the weapon, and its head crumpled to the ground. The arm still had enough momentum, though, to swing powerfully into Yuna.
I reached out my arm to her, my jaw falling. It wasn't much use: I was much too far away. Yuna's eyes widened as the arm smashed into her side, pushing her over the edge of the platform. I ran to the edge, nearly sliding off myself as her scream pierced my ears.
"No!" Paine was right beside me, her eyes already glistening.
I heard the footsteps of the others behind us, as we all helplessly watch her fall into the abyss