We continue walking for the next moments. Finally, we see sunlight shining into the tunnel we are walking through.
"Look! Sunlight!" Hope shouts happily, pointing at the light and begins running towards it.
Snow laughs, immediately running after Hope. The rest of us follow him running into the warmth we have been longing for.
"Aaaaaaah…!" Vanille inhales deeply, spreading her arms with joy as she walks into the sunlight we have all missed so much. She giggles, beginning to run around. Fang just watches her with amusement in her eyes. But as for me, I only want to reach the basecamp as soon as possible.
"Alright, 'Nille, enough running around! We still have to go back for Lightning, y'know!" Fang says to Vanille.
I exhale with relief seeing Vanille immediately comes back to us and walks beside Fang.
Snow, Sazh and Hope walk beside me. We make our way to our basecamp in Vallis Media. It's a bit far, but at least the path is safe. Even though there are some monsters, but they do not pose any threats to us, even in our exhausted state. So we walk, slowly but surely, to our basecamp.
"You know, it's kinda hard to believe that we have actually won against Lindzei's pets and acquire his sword," says Sazh.
"That's because we are the heroes!" Snow says happily. He punches the air with his fist. "See, no monster can still be alive after messing with us!"
"Yeah, yeah. Thank you for your observation," Fang replies him. "Anyway, what's the plan after this? I mean, after we get Light back? Are we going to go for Barthandelus right away, swinging the sword, or are we going to do something else?"
"Well, I dunno!" Snow smiles broadly. "But since we already have the sword, I think we should just go straight for Barthandelus. What do you guys think?" he turns his head to the rest of us.
"I'm fine with anything! As long as I'm with Fang!" Vanille answers.
"Hmmm, I think we should train first, shouldn't we?" Sazh says.
"But if we wait too long, we may lose our element of surprise," Hope answers. He turns his head to me. "What do you think, Serah?" he asks.
"Oh, erm, I'm fine with anything…"
"…that Light says." Fang finishes my sentence, grinning at me. "Correct?"
I laugh, nodding.
"You love her so much, don't you?" Sazh asks me.
"Yes." I nod. "She has done so much for me, and loves me unconditionally. Of course I love her too! I always feel safe when I'm with her."
"Who will not?" Hope says, smiling. "I always get the feeling that she is invincible whenever I fight alongside her. I feel assured that we will always win any fight."
"Yep. Your sister there is strong," Fang says to me. "But!" she adds, "don't forget that now WE are the ones who will rescue her! We will get her out from that room." She grins mischievously. "I'm sure she gets locked in, or else she would've been here a long time ago,"
she pauses for a while, thinking about something.
"Ha! Imagine her banging at the door with no avail!" she suddenly laughs.
"And today we finally get to be the one rescuing her!" Snow laughs.
"Hey, Serah, do you mind if I tease her a bit before releasing her free?" Fang asks me.
I laugh. "No, I don't mind. But don't blame me if Light gets angry to you!"
"Come on, guys, we still don't know what kind of lock or seal is applied by those monsters that makes Light unable to get out!" Hope says. "What if we also cannot remove it?"
"Aww, don't worry, Hope! With a quick Esuna spell, everything will be okay!" Vanille says. "I'm sure we still have one or two vials of Potion at the basecamp, so we can drink it to replenish our magic before we go to get Light!" she adds.
"Oh…yeah…you are right." Hope answers.
"Alright, so now let's move!" Fang says, beginning to jog. Sazh groans, but he still follows the rest of us jogging to the basecamp.