Author note: Do you know Al Bhed? I don't own the language on the Final Fantasy X game. I put the translations at the bottom to help.
Exams are unpleasant, trying to post among all this hectic studying, thanks again Edge for finding the right words ; )
Last Ones Standing
Julia was sipping another steaming coffee while glancing occasionally at Saya's undisturbed tomb on her screen. The young scientist was multi-tasking by keeping track of Saya's slumber state. Lewis was looking at the security cameras and one of which he had conveniently switched on to the sports channel. He was multi-tasking too.
There was a heavy silence in the room because of the drama that had happened these past 24 hours: Diva gave birth to her twin girls, the girl was only a mother for a few seconds, Kai took Says's ultimatum hard, she then fell into a sleep-like coma, Hagi disappeared at the loss, David went after Kai to update him on the situation, and who will take care of the twins?
Lewis adjusted his shades and supported his bald head as he was thinking about the expansion of personnel they would get in less than a few days in the mansion. Security from Red Shield had been informed of the sudden situation that morning and is organizing a very trustworthy, selective and secret group. Meanwhile, the shortage of security guards would have to do. So they would have to rely on the motion censors strictly on the mansion as well as a few cameras. The rest would follow in time.
The quiet room suddenly turned pitch black and the red emergency lights started flickering. Julia slammed her empty coffee cup on the table with so many other empty ones and ran to the security televisions. Lewis pointed quickly at the camera aimed at the nursery. Julia's eyes were glued on the screen while Lewis went to get his gun.
"What the hell is going on" came in an irritated Akihiro from being woken up.
"It's the nursery, four people are breaking in," explained Julia while Lewis took out another gun. The reporter nodded and took the gun that the burly man gave him.
"I will inform David on the situation," Julia said behind them as the two men ran up the stairs.
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The cell phone rang in the speeding car.
David switched on the cell mode.
"We have four intruders in the mansion. They are in the nursery. Lewis and the reporter are onto them. Mao is alone with the twins. Hurry."
"Thanks for the report. And Julia, stay where you are. We are on our way," said David as Kai was already cocking his gun.
"Don't worry" and she ended the transmission.
"Merde" he mumbled under his breath. And gripped the wheel as he took a sharp turn unto a dirt road. He sped on this short cut with his headlights piercing through the dark. Neither of the two men broke the tense silence: they both knew that the unplanned attack was going to be serious because Red Shield never planed an attack happening so soon.
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Julia went to her desk, opened her metallic drawer and pulled the board upward to reveal her gun. She took it out and flicked it off safety mode and went to the elevator, ignoring David's words.
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The four dark figures flooded the room. The cool breeze swarmed in as well. Mao held her breathe at the sudden coldness that had befallen the room. Being the daughter of a yakuza made her very alert in times like these. At that instant, she was fully aware that there was something terribly wrong. And that things were going to turn nasty.
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"GET AWAY FROM THEM!" yelled Mao as she took a chair to brandish the predators away from the cradles. They weren't armed but they were still willing to do damage. Whatever it took to get what they wanted. They were that determined.
Lewis and the reporter were already on the third floor and could hear Mao screaming, the babies crying and the room being ransacked.
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One of the dark figures strapped one of the twins onto her torso; she manoeuvred her way professionally down the mansion and started to run towards the fence. As she ran, she pulled out a grappling hook aiming it at the high, stone fence.
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Mao was slammed into the wall as one of the figures grabbed her throat. He stepped unto her feet so she wouldn't kick him again and started to squeeze and lift her. The teen gripped his large wrists with both hands but her grip started to weaken and her vision started to cloud.
"Let her go," threatened the reporter as he pointed his gun on the side of the masked man's head.
Lewis had Akihiro covered since he was swaying his gun steady at the other two figures. They started to speak a language foreign to his ears:
"Ku, pylg ib ihed 3. E'mm lujan oui." (1)
The figure closest to the balcony dodged outside and linked a rope to slide down.
Lewis had following him with his gun and was about to fire but the form that had spoken kicked it out of his hand and gave him an upper cut to his unprotected face. He stumbled back, tripped over a fallen chair as his shades smashed to the ground. The reporter took a quick look at the fallen Lewis and the figure strangling Mao jumped on him. Mao sunk to the floor gasping and coughing.
Julia came in and fired two rounds shattering the French doors to get instant attention. At that point Mao had jumped unto the back of the figure that had attempted to choke her to death and had him in a headlock. The reporter regained his gun. Lewis was still struggling with the dark figure. Everyone stopped moving.
Mao quickly got away from the man, ran to the cradles and took the baby.
"They took the other one," she exclaimed over the infant's screams.
The brunette started to walk towards Julia, but the figure on top of Lewis charged at her. Julia shot him in the torso. The figure went limp immediately as blood pooled around its dark form. Lewis grabbed his gun and aimed it at the remaining figure.
"Who do you work for," demanded Lewis.
The figure looked around the room; the nursery was ransacked, glass shattered by the balcony where two comrades managed to escape with one of the targets…the figure silently stared with menace through its mask at Mao, holding the other half of the mission. It was pointless, the unit had been compromised so the form decided to buy as much time as possible for the remaining comrades. The agent knew that it wasn't going to make it. It was for the good of the organization and he gladly paid it with blood.
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The figure cradling the child unzipped a part of her outfit to pull out a car key. She saw the hidden car by the dirt road and started to walk towards it when she heard someone behind her. She turned around to meet the eyes of her comrade. They tore off their masks and got out of their dark outfits. They got to the car where the new clothes would be. The pair looked at the remaining two bundles of clothes in the trunk.
"Drao yna hud lusehk pylg, mad'c suja" (2) said the form.
The lady with short, jet-black hair, still holding the child sat in the back seat trying to calm the baby down while the other light brunette took the wheel taking a quick U-turn sending a bunch of gravel flying. The wheels dug into the dirt leaving a signature in the dirt with a huge dust cloud and sped back towards Paris.
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"David, we have the situation under control but two of the intruders have escaped with one of the twins" spoke Julia on the cell.
"What the hell??" started Kai as he saw a speeding car heading in their direction. This car speeding in the private dirt road leading towards the mansion was obviously suspicious.
"Hold on Kai"
That's all David said as he slammed on the break. The car screeched as the wheels bit into the gravel and screamed as David tore it sharply after the other flying car.
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Translations:
(1) "Go, back up unit 3. I'll cover you"
(2) "They are not coming back, let's move"