Necromancy For Fun And Profit.
An Epic Quest sequel.
A/N: Yay! The not-so-long awaited sequel!
Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate SG-1 nor Atlantis, I also do not own Final Fantasy Ten or Ten-Two. Oh, I also do not own any of the other series that may have cameos within this fic.
I do however, own the minor characters Priest Lanemt, Xobb, Tanya, Chris Hether, Major Kally Lisette, Lieutenant Zane Roston, and Doctor Sven Cormac. Also, Xander, Tara, Skye, Souron, Kayden, Becca, Batalax and Nysa are based off of real people, but I do not own them, except for Nysa, who is me.
Chapter One.
Aftermath
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Two Years Previous.
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Nysa groaned softly and hid a yawn behind her hand. She propped an elbow up onto the table and rest her head on that hand. She hadn't been this bored since Math 10 back on Earth. She felt her eyes drifting closed but forced them open. It would not be good if one of the High Summoners were to fall asleep at a Yevon meeting. She looked to her right, Batalax was paying rapt attention to whatever the priest was saying. Nysa sat up straighter with a start, she hadn't even realized that he had been talking. She looked across the table at Rikku who was sound asleep with her head on the table, and sighed.
"Do you have something to add, High Summoner Nysa?"
Nysa blinked, she was ashamed she had gotten caught so easily. She finally replied, "Not exactly, but I was wondering if it would be possible for us to take a small break, we have been at this for four days already, and I highly doubt that any of us have gotten any sleep since we defeated Sin a week ago, I know I haven't."
The priest nodded slightly to himself, "All in favor of taking a half day recess?"
Rikku, Wakka and Nysa seemed to have a race of who could raise their hands the fastest, a couple seconds later Batalax, Yuna, Lulu, and a couple of priests also raised their hands.
"Majority vote. We will take a half day break and meet back here in twelve hours." The priest stood elegantly. The rest of the people in the room followed his lead and also stood at attention. They waited for the words that would set them free.
"Dismissed."
Rikku and Wakka ran out of the room as if it was on fire.
"Uhh, Hehe." Yuna shook her head at her ex-guardians actions and followed them out of the room.
Batalax went up to the priest and began talking once more.
"Come on B, let's go find something to eat." Nysa dragged Ophelia out of the room a couple mintues later, after giving the priest a half nod out of respect.
"Aww, fine. But we were just getting to the interesting part!" Batalax whined as she allowed herself to be pulled out of the room.
Nysa paused as they reached an intersection of hallways, "Uhh, this all looks really familiar, any idea which way to go?"
"Any way but that way." Batalax replied, she glared down the left hallway as if it had done her personal harm, and considering their history with Bevelle, it just might have.
"Dare I ask why?"
"That way leads to the cells, the evil ones that hang above water. You know, the place Tara and I were locked in for eight days? While you and the rest of the group camped out in Macalania and tried to plan a rescue... but failed badly."
Nysa rolled her eyes good naturally, "Just be glad you didn't get thrown in the Via Purifico like Skye. And hey! It's not my fault I was the only one smart enough to avoid capture!" Nysa started walking down the right hallway with Batalax at her side.
After about an hour of taking random turns they found a place that was familiar, "Oh, look!" Nysa pointed at a reception desk, "That's where Skye and I went undercover to talk to Maester Kelk... we were framed for murder. Oh!" She pointed further down the hallway "That's where we first merged with our Aeons! I killed Seymour over there, but he was already dead, so it wasn't as satisfying as it could have been."
"Food?"
"Oh, yeah, right." Nysa smiled pleasently at the receptionist and led Ophelia out of the building, the two nineteen year olds winced at the sudden brightness, they had been in the temple for the past four days, so the natural sunlight was quite painful. "I can't wait until Hovers are invented... it'll save so much time."
"And energy." Batalax groaned. It was an hour walk from the temple to the city beyond, and that was when they moved at a fast pace. "Well, guess we had better get going. With us getting lost in the building, the others are probably already in the city, meaning we'll never find them."
"Eh, we'll find them. Don't worry. 'Sides, I gotta talk to Yuna before we go back to the meeting at midnight... and what's with that anyways, giving us half a day off? I mean, we haven't had any time to ourselves what-so-ever since we defeated Sin a week ago. I haven't been this tired since back on Earth, and I think it's starting to make me very irritable. The least the bastards could do is give us a whole day off... Grr."
Batalax picked up the pace slightly as her stomach rumbled ominously. "What do ya gotta talk to Yuna about?"
"I'm gonna ask if she would mind too terribly if I was released early. I'm not really one big on patience, I'm about ready to cast Ultima on everyone if they make me sit through another day of this." Nysa waved her hands dramatically. "And, I'm kinda... paranoid without any of my weapons. I mean, I understand them not wanting us to have them during the meeting, as politics can make people angry... but I've had them for so long I feel naked without them."
"I think Ultima is a little overkill, but I agree with you on the other parts, patience really isn't your thing, and I miss my weapons and Mr. Tikki too."
"As Becca would say... there is no such thin as overkill, just fire, and reload."
The two girls lapsed into a comfortable silence as they continued to walk, occasionally they had to stop to talk to a random person, or priest. They were constantly being mobbed by people wishing to thank them for getting rid of Sin. It annoyed them, but they just smiled and went with it.
The day was crystal clear, both girls guessed that it was probably about mid August, but in Spira it was hard to tell, as each place had it's own weather, or so it seemed. "So... what are you planning on doing now that the threat of Sin is done interfering with your life?" Nysa asked.
"Well, all I have planned so far is to go back to Besaid and be with my future husband. What about you?" Batalax replied.
"Mm... I have lots of plans, although I made a promise to Rikku that I have to fulfill before I do anything else... oh, and look, there she is! They must have been waiting for us."
"Hi!" Rikku called out, she waved her arm in the air energetically.
Nysa and Ophelia closed the space between them at a light jog, "Hey guys, thanks for waiting... we got turned around in the temple. That place has waay more hallways than it needs. Waaay more."
"I agree." Yuna replied.
"So, where to now, ya?" Wakka asked.
"Umm, Well, if you guys are interested, I know of a great restaurant around here that Skye and I went to often during the time we spent in the city." Nysa replied hesitantly.
"That sounds like a wonderful idea." Lulu replied.
"Cool. It's this way!" Nysa and Rikku linked arms and started to skip in the direction of the direction of the restaurant, "We're off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of Oz---"
"Who's the Wizard of Oz, and where is Oz? Is it on your planet?"
Nysa stopped skipping and tilted her head in a puzzled manner, "Uhh... it's a video. It's called the Wizard of Oz. It's basically as if someone wrote a script and then a bunch of people acted it out while being recorded by a video sphere."
"That sounds fun, I would love to see it." Yuna replied from behind them.
"There are lots of videos like that on the planet Earth, in fact, most of the people who act in the videos get really famous." Batalax explained.
"And here we are," Nysa gestured to the restaurant they had stopped in front of. It was oriental looking, with paper doors and unlit paper lanterns hanging from a wire surrounding the building. The roof was brown tiled and peaked. While the walls were a muted gray color. The building had a sign on the outside that said 'The Highlight, open from Tuesdays to Sundays.'
"Isn't there a Chinese restaurant back in Castlegar called the Highlight?"
"Yep, that's why the place caught my eye in the first place, I loved the food back home at the Highlight... and surprisingly, the food here is nearly as good!" Nysa said. She opened the door with flourish and stepped into the candle lit restaurant. The five others followed after her quickly.
"..May I be of some help to you?" A server asked, she was a pretty brown eyed woman with long curly hair, she was wearing a red and white kimono and black sandals.
"We would like a table for six, please." Ophelia spoke up politely. She ignored the shocked look Rikku and Wakka gave her, they had never seen her act respectfully towards anything. She inwardly smirked, she had everyone so fooled, thinking she is just a crazy Tikki wielding psychopath. Okay, she had to admit, she really is a Tikki wielding psychopath, but that's not all she is.
"Right this way, Lady Summoners and Guardians." The woman smiled at them and led them to a back table that was enclosed and without window. "You will get much more privacy this way," the woman explained her actions.
Yuna thanked her gratefully. Honestly, even though she was used to it, the constant mobbing when people saw her or the others was starting to get to her. "Could we get some menus please?"
"Yes, milady, right away." The woman walked away, her steps were light and graceful.
"Okay, before we eat, I wish to ask one thing, would any of you mind terribly if I skipped out on the rest of the meetings? Politics are really... not my forte." Nysa had the grace to look slightly sheepish.
Lulu laughed outright, "I was actually wondering who would be the first to ask that." She shook her head ruefully, "I had honestly expected Wakka to break first." She ignored Wakka's indignant cry of Hey, and continued, "I honestly don't see why anyone would mind. I think we will be finished within the next day or so anyway. Besides, you and Batalax are partners in most things, so as long as one of you is there, I don't see how the Head Priest would be bothered."
"I'd skip out too, if I could, but I still have a bunch of stuff I gotta talk to them about on behalf of the Al Bhed." Rikku looked pained as she spoke. "I'm gonna have to sit through the rest of the meeting. Bleh,"
"Here are your menus." the server placed the six menus on the table and smiled, "I'll be back to take your orders in a couple minutes. Can I get the six of you anything to drink in the meantime?"
"Uh, Chocolate milk, if you have it." Batalax ordered.
"Um... a Mana Energy for me." Nysa said.
"Green tea for me," Yuna replied.
"Water with lemon." Wakka replied.
"Nothing for me, thank you." Lulu replied politely.
"Mana Ene-" Rikku started only to be cut off.
"She'll take a chocolate milk as well." Batalax cut Rikku off, she was horrified with the thought of sitting in on the rest of the meeting with an energy filled Rikku.
"Hey!" Rikku crossed her arms indignantly.
"I'll be back in a moment with your drinks." The woman left once again.
An hour and a half later the six of them had finished their meals. It was now nearing three in the afternoon.
"Well, I should collect my stuff from the hotel room and head out, it was a four hour fly from here to my sisters shop... and now that I can't fly, it'll probably take me around a day and a half, so I should leave while I still have light."
"Good idea, but I have something I need to do for you before you leave." Batalax exclaimed.
The six of them got up from their chairs and slowly made their way out of the restaurant, Wakka stayed behind to pay. "Well, I'll see you guys in a couple days?" Nysa asked rhetorically.
"Mm hmm." Yuna replied affirmatively.
"I'll meet back with you guys later, I'm gonna have a nap after Nysa leaves, catch up on some sleep that I've missed due to those damn meetings." Batalax said. She stalked off in the direction of their hotel dragging Nysa behind her.
Once in the hotel room, Nysa immediately changed out of the fancy clothing she had been wearing for the meeting and into her regular clothing. Now she wore tight black pants tucked into black rollerblades, a black low cut shirt with the sides held together by silver clasps, the shirt had quarter length sleeves that stopped just past her elbows. To finish her outfit, she had random bright colored item pouches tied to her and random weapons in sheaths. Nysa looked in the hotel mirror and remembered about her hair, she quickly undid the bobby pins holding it into a bun and let her long hair fall behind her, she put it into a mess of different braids and tied it back.
Batalax walked out of the bathroom and nodded towards her friend, "Good, you're already wearing them, that will make things much easier."
"Oh...kay?" Nysa replied hesitantly.
"Oh, don't worry, I'm not gonna light you on fire or anything like that, or zap you with lightning, no matter how much my lightning likes you... I'm just gonna do a quick modification on your rollerblades. I already did it on the ones Skye gave me before she left."
Nysa sat down on the bed and fiddled with the end of one of her many braids. Batalax crouched on the floor and pulled Nysa's rollerblade clad feet into her lap. "What exactly are you doing?"
"You'll see, it's a surprise." Batalax pulled a black Permi-Marker out of her items pouch. It was the Spiran equivalent of a Sharpie permanent marker, only unlike Sharpies, Permi-Markers were actually permanent. "Okay... do not move a single muscle, if I mess up, it's very likely that your feet will explode."
Nysa's eyes widened and she felt herself hold her breath. She watched Batalax draw an intricate and beautiful design on each of the rollerblades. It took around ten minutes in total before Batalax seemed happy with the designs, finally, the black mage nodded curtly and stood up, she brushed her purple and black kimono off as if to get rid of any dirt that may have attached itself to her.
"So, what did you do?" Nysa asked curiously.
"Stand up, and I'll tell you if it worked or not."
"Okaaay..." Nysa stood up, "So, what's supposed to happen?"
Batalax gave a cheer and spun around once in place, "Woohoo! It worked! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! I'm the best." She rocked back on her heals and smiled like a Cheshire cat. "I added the magic effect 'Float' to your rollerblades. Now, you don't have to worry, no matter what kind of ground you are on, it'll be perfectly smooth, and you will always be one inch away from everything. On the down side, it means it would be physically impossible for you to kick anything while wearing them, but thats what you have all your nifty weapons for."
Nysa crouched down and attempted to put her fingers under the wheels, she managed with no problem, the wheels actually raised a bit so that they were an inch away from her. "Oh, that is awesome! Thanks B!" She hugged the taller girl, and yes, even with an extra four inches of hight, Batalax was still taller than her by quite a bit. "Contact me through Com-sphere when the meetings done, okay?"
"Will do!" Batalax saluted and stood at attention. "Anything else, MAM?"
Nysa laughed, "Stand down Lt. Colonel."
"Yes, MAM!" Batalax grinned and threw herself at the bed not even caring if she was wrinkling her kimono, "Now get out of here and let me sleep."
"Fine, fine, I know when I'm not wanted. I'll see you in a couple days." Nysa turned the light off and closed the door behind her. She then made her way out of the hotel and quickly picked up speed once on the road. If she could keep this pace up for at least ten hours, she would make it out of Macalania forest by nightfall and be able to camp out in Remiem Temple.
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