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Legends

First Encounters

Fang and Vanille had just run from their home town of Paddra. Fang had overheard some guards discussing a "new threat" They called it L'Cie, the guards talked about how to find them. A brand. Fang stared at her arm as one guard perfectly described the mark on her arm, ending with a shocking statement: "preferably captured, but if necessary, shoot to kill"

Fang, as cool as she could be, walked away from the guards, then ran to find Vanille. They scraped together a few belongings then headed as far away from the city as they could. Only after escaping the city did Fang explain in detail why the two were outlaws, but Vanille was full of questions.

"So, where do we go now?"

"... I don't really know"

"Cocoon?"

"Keep dreaming. That's where this, L'Cie thing came from. We gotta just-"

"Halt!" a gruff voice stopped their conversation, Fang and Vanille turned to see two soldiers approaching.

"Damn, Vanille, when they get close distract them. I'll do the rest"

Fang knew her brand would be easy to spot so she made sure her left shoulder was the only one which could be seen.

"Why aren't you in the city?" Vanille needed to distract them, but how?

"Ummm..." she tried to think of a distraction, but the guards' attention was already on her. As soon as the guards' backs were to Fang, Wham! Fang smashed their heads together. The soldiers were simultaneously knocked out.

"Next time wear some helmets" This smug response was premature. One of the soldiers wasn't quite KO-ed. He pressed an emergency button on his uniform, before letting out a few rounds of fire into the air, which Fang quickly stamped out.

Fang and Vanille broke into a sprint. Pulse's army was well known for fast, and big responses. Six or seven soldiers would be there very soon, in an APC if Fang and Vanille were unlucky. They ran into woodland, hoping the backup wouldn't see them.

They had watched the soldiers arrive and leave. They were considering making a move when a voice called "Hey!" A female voice this time, somewhere in the trees. The two spun round to see a woman with very messy hair, brandishing a two handed sword. They stared at another, puzzled. She wasn't a soldier, so maybe didn't know about L'Cie. But what was she doing in woodland?

"Your L'Cie?" as soon this woman asked Fang went for the kill, stopped by another person calling out for her to stop.

"We're L'Cie too, relax" Fang stopped, and saw the woman reveal her brand, several others soon emerged, and after a quick introduction, Dawn, the woman who Fang just attacked, explained what they all were doing.

"You're new out here, aren't you?" Fang and Vanille nodded

"Thought so. We're all here on a mission. We're picking up some thing's for our village. You're welcome to join us. It's probably about the only place you'll be welcome."

"Picking them up from Paddra?" Fang asked."They know about L'Cie."

Dawn explained how they have a contact inside the city who wasn't L'Cie, but helped them. What they were taking was everything that couldn't be cut down or killed. It was a mix between nails, other building materials, and weaponry.

After the "pick up" they started their long walk back to this L'Cie village. Vanille was fascinated by the craftiness of the L'Cie.

"Where is your village?"

"A long way from here"

"It have a name?"

"Oerba"

"How many people live in Oerba?"

"Not many and we tend to keep to ourselves. I only know one other guy who does these pick up missions."

"Who?"

"His names Linnthus, but everyone calls him Linn"

Linnthus was due to meet his "insider"(and close friend) Leo alone, just outside Palumpolum, under two cliff faces for cover. The plan went half right, the location was right, but he wasn't alone. Two figures dressed from head to toe in black were attacking him.

Assassins, Shit.

Linn ran behind one of them and attacked. It turned out to be a big mistake. The other figure used Sais. Two Sais locked his scimitar in place whilst the first figure kicked the weapon out of his hands, then him to the ground. Linn was helpless as he watched the axe descend toward him. He closed his eyes, resigned to die. He heard a clash followed by a voice of a female assassin.

"He's not our target. Leave him."

"He attacked us! Self defence, right?" Linn could hear the smile in the assassin's voice.

A stern voice replied, "He's no longer a threat Raven. We don't want messy results like last time. Damn it!"

Leo had seen the attention taken off him. He had used an emergency number and rung for help as soon as the attention had been off him. The two assassins struck Leo last running off. The female assassin struck first, Leo predicted the second assassin's attack and blocked the head shot with his shield. Soon after the two assassins appeared, brought back in handcuffs by Sanctum soldiers.

The assassins were arrested, tried and ordered for execution. They were due to be executed a few days later. The damage to Leo and Linn had been done. They both knew he would be on some kind of blacklist, but only Linn knew it would be the first one on.

Linnthus had been in physical training as a soldier with Leo for over a year. His squad was nearing the end of their unarmed training when they were taken to a high security base. Ordinarily they wouldn't be allowed in until they passed armed training, but their commanding officer thought of this as an opportunity to motivate the squads under his control. Certain places were off limits to them, and to most people. The reasons for the restrictions were classified, and piqued Linn's curiosity. Ever curious and wilful, Linn decided to uncover the reasons for the restrictions. Linn left his sleeping quarters just after lights out. There were a few locked doors, but all in all, the security measures surrounding the restricted area were minimal. Linn was surprised and even more curious.

He saw a tunnel entrance marked LEVEL 5 ONLY. Normally that meant a secret research facility, and while Linn may not have clearance to enter the facility, he did have clearance to know of its existence. A LEVEL 5 facility should be heavily fortified. This one didn't even have a guard.

He went down the tunnel until he could see no light. As he turned back he saw that a very sharp turn in the rock face had been made, and there was a dim glow when it must turn again. There were still no defences. At the end of this stretch he saw a heavy metal door. He thought it was locked, but a small push moved the door slightly to discover the source of the light. Linn pushed the door open to see a massive machine: a Fal'Cie. A second latter he heard a massive bang. He passed out for a while.

When he came round he saw the dim daylight above, and a throbbing pain below. He looked down and saw a weird mark on his left shin. A L'Cie brand. He didn't know what it meant, but knew he had to get to his quarters fast.

He managed to get back in time and before he was missed. That day they left the base. Linn was by the back door of his squad's APC when a call came in to his commanding officer.

"Someone's broken into the base. Area DF4 has been sabotaged. We need that APC. Send your Squad back on foot and bring it to us."

After a day's trek, they got back to a scene of panic in the military. Everyone was told about L'Cie brands and how it seemed to spread "like a virus" and anyone seen with it should be "killed on sight"

It took Linn two days to work out what to do. He told Leo that he was a L'Cie, but it wasn't infectious. He also lied by telling Leo that he didn't know how he became one. Leo came up with a plan for him to run away and return every so often for supplies

Back in the present, Leo and Linn knew that they would be sharing the assassin's execution if they weren't fast. They told the soldiers as much as they needed to know then left, they kept the boxes from the pick up and headed to Oerba.

Linnthus was in a funny situation. The female assassin saved his life, and because of her standing up to the other assassin, they both were to die. The world's tough he thought just be glad you're still alive.

Hope your keeping up, I'm loving writing this one, chapter two soon! And Paddra is in Final Fantasy 13