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FFIX: Tower of Terror II

EXT. ALEXANDRIA CASTLE - EVENING

ZIDANE is stood out on the balcony of the West Tower.

ZIDANE
"Hello and welcome to the Tower of Terror. I'm your host, Zidane Tribal. My first tale tonight is called 'My Brother Stitched on Me.' Wanna hear it? You must be 18!"

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FFIX: My Brother Stitched on Me

INT. ALEXANDRIA CASTLE - NIGHT

ZIDANE AND DAGGER are both asleep in bed.

VOICE (O.S)
"Zidane... Zidane..."

Zidane wakes up.

ZIDANE
"Wha...? Dagger, did you say something?"

VOICE (O.S)
"Zidane... Zidane..."

ZIDANE
"Wh-Who are you...?"

VOICE (O.S)
"Zidane... Zidane..."

ZIDANE
(To himself)
"...Now I'm scared."

INT. ALEXANDRIA CASTLE - NEXT MORNING

Zidane, Dagger, STEINER, VIVI AND EIKO are all sat in the dinning room.

ZIDANE
"So anyway, I woke up in the middle of the night last night and I heard the weirdest sound..."

EIKO
"Uh... what kind of sound?"

ZIDANE
"Someone, or something, was callin' my name. And they didn't shut up until first daylight."

EIKO
"...I wonder who it coulda been?"

ZIDANE
"Probably you!"

EIKO
"Hey! That's not nice!"

DAGGER
"You were probably just dreaming, Zidane."

ZIDANE
"Oh yeah? Then how come it felt so real?!"

DAGGER
"..."

INT. GARNET'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Zidane and Dagger are in bed. Dagger is fast asleep, but Zidane is still awake.

VOICE (O.S)
"Zidane... Zidane..."

ZIDANE
"Shut up!"

VOICE (O.S)
"Zidane... Zidane..."

ZIDANE
"Look, are you the ghost of a former lover or something?!"

VOICE (O.S)
"Zidane... Zidane..."

ZIDANE
(Covering his head with a pillow)
"I'm not hearin' you! La-la-la-la-la! Do-do-do-do-do! La-la-la-la-la!"

INT. DINNING ROOM - NEXT MORNING

Zidane, Dagger, Steiner, Vivi and Eiko are eating their breakfast.

ZIDANE
(Yawn)
"I'm starved!"

EIKO
"You okay, Zidane?"

ZIDANE
"Nah, I didn't get any sleep last night either. That annoying voice kept me up."

DAGGER
"..."

ZIDANE
"...You're hidin' something, aren't you, Dagger?"

DAGGER
"No..."

ZIDANE
"You sure?"

DAGGER
"Yeah..."

ZIDANE
"Alright then!"

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

Zidane and Vivi are both hanging around in the hallway.

VIVI
"W-What ARE we doing, Zidane?"

ZIDANE
"Vivi, I know I didn't imagine that voice, so I'm gonna get to the bottom of it! It sounded like it was coming from high up, so maybe if we check the attic we might find some kinda clue..."

VIVI
"I-I don't know about this, Zidane. Couldn't we just go and watch Captain Steiner guard the main door?"

EXT. ALEXANDRIA CASTLE - DAY

Steiner is standing outside the main entrance. He coughs.

INT. ALEXANDRIA CASTLE - DAY

Zidane and Vivi are talking.

ZIDANE
"No way, Vivi! We're gonna find the source of that mysterious voice!"

They walk down the corridor.

INT. ATTIC - DAY

The attic door is pushed open. Zidane and Vivi climb up into the attic.

VIVI
"W-Whoa, this place is kinda creepy, huh?"

ZIDANE
"Let's begin the search."

They separate and start to look around.

ZIDANE
"Hmph! Nothin' but junk!"

VIVI (O.S)
"Z-Zidane! O-Over here! Quick!"

ZIDANE
"I'm comin'!"

Zidane runs over to the other end of the attic. Vivi is stood next to some broken chains attached to the wall.

ZIDANE
"What the hell...?"

VIVI
"It-It looks like something has been living up here. Check out those half eaten Mu heads on the floor."

ZIDANE
"I... I don't get it..."

VOICE (O.S)
"Hahahaha! Zidane! Zidane!"

ZIDANE
"Oh my God!"

They turn around and see the shadow of a figure on the far wall. They both run off screaming in fear.

INT. DINNING ROOM

Dagger, Steiner and Eiko are sat at the table. Zidane and Vivi burst in.

ZIDANE
"Monster! Monster!"

VIVI
"We have to get out of the castle!"

DAGGER
"Good lord! Zidane, Vivi, what are you talking about?!"

VIVI
"W-We just went up into the attic and saw some kinda freak creature!"

DAGGER
"You went into the attic?! I'm very disappointed and terrified."

STEINER
"Haven't we always said to stay out of the attic?!"

ZIDANE
"...No, you never did."

STEINER
"Oh."

DAGGER
"Hmm, do you think we should tell him, Steiner?"

ZIDANE
"Tell me what?!"

DAGGER
(Sigh)
"Zidane, you have a brother."

ZIDANE
"...I do?!"

DAGGER
"Yes, you see-"

VOICE (O.S)
(Interrupting)
"I thought I told you never to tell Zidane the truth."

DAGGER
"Mr. Garland?!"

GARLAND enters the room.

ZIDANE
"Dad? What are you doin' here?"

GARLAND
"Good question, Zidane. What am I doing here?"

ZIDANE
"I asked you first."

GARLAND
"Princess Garnet, Captain Steiner, at ease."

ZIDANE
"Okay, what the heck is goin' on?! What's all this I hear about me havin' a brother?!"

GARLAND
"We tried so hard to keep it a secret from you, Zidane, but now I feel that maybe you do have the right to know. I want to tell you about your birth..."

ZIDANE
"M-My birth?"

GARLAND
"Yes, I remember Zidane's birth well. You don't forget a thing like... Siamese twins!"

EIKO
(Laughs)
"This is getting interesting!"

GARLAND
"You see Zidane, most people are born alone. You however, were a different case altogether..."

INT. TERRA - FLASHBACK

Garland is down in the Research Centre.

GARLAND (V.O)
"...You were born with another Genome attached onto the side of your body."

Zidane and KUJA are both inside a test tube. They are both naked and stuck together by the hip.

GARLAND (V.O)
"Life with another person would not have been much fun, so I performed an operation to separate you and your brother forever."

Garland uses powerful technology to split them apart.

GARLAND (V.O)
"Once I had achieved this, I sent your body to Gaia while Kuja remained here in Terra with me."

INT. ALEXANDRIA CASTLE - (REALITY)

Zidane is sad.

ZIDANE
"You got rid of me? Then that must mean that you liked Kuja best."

GARLAND
"Several years later, Kuja became consumed with madness and greed. The man was an outcast. So, we did the only humane thing."

STEINER
"We brought Kuja back here to Alexandria, chained him up in attic like an animal and fed him a bucket of Mu heads once a week."

DAGGER
"It saved the planet!"

ZIDANE
"Gee, so that would explain why he knew my name... but it doesn't explain why he kept calling me..."

VIVI
"B-But now Kuja has escaped from the attic, and who knows where he could be!"

KUJA (O.S)
"Hahahaha!"

Everyone turns around and they hear the castle door swing open. They run out into the hall.

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

The main door is open.

STEINER
"Oh no! The creature has gone!"

GARLAND
"This is not good at all."

STEINER
"We'll search out every place a sick, twisted, solitary might run to!"

EIKO
"I'll start with the theatre!"

DAGGER
"Zidane, it might be better if you stayed here. Lock the door and don't answer to anyone, understand?"

ZIDANE
(Whimpering)
"Okay!"

Everyone leaves the castle. Zidane bolts the door shut.

ZIDANE
"I'd like to see you get past THAT Mr. Kuja, sir!"

KUJA (O.S)
"Hello, Zidane. So, we finally meet. Hahahaha!"

ZIDANE
(Turns around)
"Kuja?!"

Everything goes black.

INT. ATTIC - DAY

Zidane wakes up to find that he is tied up on a table. Kuja is stood before him.

KUJA
"Well, well, well! Now we can have some REAL fun! Hahahaha!"

ZIDANE
"You're crazy!"

KUJA
"Am I?! Well, perhaps we're all a little crazy. I know I am. I went mad after they tore us apart. But I'll be sane once I sew us back together."

ZIDANE
"B-But you can't! Y-You'll kill us!"

KUJA
"Of course I won't! I've been practising! Look what happened when I spliced a Mu and a Garuda!"

A MU with a GARUDA fastened to its back walks by. It takes off into the air and then crashes into the wall. It then attempts to crawl through a hole in the wall, but to no avil.

ZIDANE
"Help! Somebody help me!"

KUJA
"Hahahaha! No one can save you now, Zidane! It's all over, my brother!"

Suddenly, Garland pokes up through the attic door. He walks up to Kuja.

GARLAND
"Kuja, no! Don't touch him!"

KUJA
"F-Father?"

GARLAND
"Yes, it is I. Your father. Come to Garland, come to your creator."

KUJA
(Happy)
"Daddy!"

Kuja runs over to Garland, who hits him over the head. Kuja then falls to the floor.

GARLAND
(Laughs)
"What an idiot!"

Dagger, Steiner, Vivi and Eiko all come into the attic. They untie Zidane.

ZIDANE
"Oh, thank you so much, Garland!"

Garland kneels over Kuja's limp body.

GARLAND
"You know, isn't it interesting how the left, or sinister, twin is invariably the evil one. I had this theory tha-wait a minute, Kuja's scar is on the wrong side; he couldn't have been the evil left twin. That means the evil twin is-and always has been-Zidane!"

Everyone turns to Zidane.

ZIDANE
"Oh, don't look so shocked."

INT. DINNING ROOM - EVENING

Everyone has gathered for dinner with Garland. Kuja is sitting in Zidane's place.

GARLAND
"Care for a drumstick, Kuja?"

Kuja grabs the drumstick and devours it. He starts to chew his napkin.

EIKO
"Uh, Kuja's eating his napkin."

Zidane looks out of the grate of the air vent.

ZIDANE
"Hey, can I have some turkey?"

DAGGER
"You finish your Mu heads, then we'll talk!"

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THE END

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