Chapter 2: Motion to Adjourn
Side Scenario: The Journey to Paradise(II)-The Town of Fynn
As the evening sky hovers over the forest, a sign comes into view as Squall and Yuffie continue their journey on the road(via Warthog). The vehicle soon stops in front of a large gate, which would lead to the town of Fynn. However, the two warriors soon came face to face with a gate that was in ruins...as the town of Fynn had seemed deserted.
Squall and Yuffie enter the ruined town, seeing nothing...nothing but damaged houses, a bell tower that had fallen to peaces, and a ruined mansion, which Squall deduces was the home of the royal family that lived in the town. The two then split off, as Squall suggest that they search for any survivors. Yuffie examines an old house, which has been burnt to the ground, while Squall goes back to inspect the town gate.
While she is looking through some of the remains, a sudden spark of emotion emerges in Yuffie, as she jumps into the air...avoiding an arrow that strike the ground on where she once stood. The young kunoichi lands on her feet, and quickly turns to see that her attacker...was just an elderly woman(who was holding a crossbow in her frail arms). Before she could fire another arrow...Squall walks up to her from behind, stating that they are from the Vale Guardian Committee, and that Cid had sent them.
The elderly woman stares at Squall in suspicion before noticing his Gunblade, and the insignia that was engraved on it. She comments that the "Alliance" doesn't have a "Garden". Believing his words, the elderly woman tells the two to follow her, as she leads them to an old abandoned house.
Once inside the house, the elderly woman leads up a set of stairs, where she stops in front of a door(the woman was holding a dim lantern). The evening sky soon faded, and was replaced by a sky filled with stars, as the elderly woman opened the door to the room...where Squall and Yuffie find a young man lying in a bed.
This young man was individual that Cid had sent to look for...He was the one named Scott, and the two could tell by the look of pain and weakness that was twisted upon his face...the young man was lying on his deathbed.
(Blood Gulch)
Near the Blue Base, Church, Tucker, and DuFresne hid themselves behind a small rock, as the strangers known as Maria and Firion continue to fire arrows at them. The leader of the group, Leon, walks through the flurry of arrows that are raining down on the area, as he reaches the ruined tank. He looks over to his right, and sees Tex's tombstone. Caboose had hidden himself behind another rock that was located on the right side of the base.
"Okay, Tucker, I need you to get up there, help Caboose shore up the defense, establish a suppressing fire, and hold that position until further notice." Church said, as he and Tucker hid behind the small rock.
"I didn't even know what half of that meant." Tucker said.
"Just go over to Caboose's rock, and fire your gun a bunch." Church yelled, as he pointed towards the rock that Caboose was behind.
"That rock? Yeah, I don't think so."
"We do not have time to discuss this."
"Sure, no time for you to discuss it. You get to hang out here with Nancy No-Bullets shootin' the breeze. Meanwhile, I'm out there, running around, eating a machine gun sandwich."
"Tucker, we're gonna give you covering fire."
"Covering fire? Unless that means you're gonna build a huge, bullet-proof wall between me and them, I think you need to come up with a new plan. Preferably one that involves me keeping the same quantity of blood that I have right now."
"No problem. Oh wait wait, does the blood have to be in your body?"
On the other side of the arrow field, a large man started to approach Firion and Maria from behind. He was a very muscular man with tanned skin, brown eyes, short brown hair, and wore a spiked blue cap. The man also wore a light green breastplate which exposes his midriff and had leather straps attached to a blue belt with a gold buckle, blue briefs, purple bracers and bands around his biceps, blue boots, and a purple cape.
"Maria..." Firion said, as he continued to fire more arrows"... I-I can'tt ffeeel my arm..."
"Try not to fire the arrows with so much force, Firion." Maria said, as she continued to fire at the Blues." Or, Maybe you should switch to another weapon, you idiot."
"Hello, Maria." The large man said, catching her attention." What you shoot at?"
"Oh, hey Guy." Maria smiled, before an idea appeared in her mind." That's it, Firion! Hand Guy your gauntlet and arrows!"
Back at the Blue Base, Church was giving DuFresne instructions, while Tucker was shooting at their enemies from behind the rock.
"Alright you, Doc, get over there and help Caboose!" Church ordered.
DuFresne stared at him for a few seconds."...My name isn't Doc, it's DuFresne."
"Yeah. I can't pronounce that, so from now on, your name is Doc."
"I'm not really comfortable with that. I'm not a doctor, I'm a medic."
"What's the difference?" Tucker yelled, as he continued to fire his gun.
"Well, a doctor cures people. A medic just makes them more comfortable.. while they die."
"Mental note: don't ever get shot."
"It's settled then. Your name is now Doc." Church said.
"...Alright, but I don't think it'll stick."
Cue...dramatic music! Starting today, DuFresne has evolved to...DOC! The medic soldier stared at the Blue soldiers in annoyance before letting out a low sigh.
"Oh, trust us, it'll stick." Tucker commented, as he turned to face the two.
Church nodded to this." Now get over to Caboose, and help him hold that position."
"I don't have a gun, I'm a pacifist." The now named Doc admitted.
"Well then just get over there and yell "bang bang bang".
"Eh, I don't know. Even that sounds pretty aggressive."
Tucker:" Oh, come on."
"Besides, I'm not supposed to get involved unless someone gets hurt."
"Huh. I see." Church turns toward Caboose and very deliberately raises his gun, then fires one shot.
Caboose:" Ahow! My foot..."
"Well, looks like Caboose has hurt himself. Maybe you should get over there and help him, Doc."
"You know, you could have just asked nicely." Doc turned and ran towards the area Caboose was located at...as a straight arrow shot past him at an incredibly fast rate.
Back on the other side, a group of men dressed in old brown armor(shoulder and knee pads with old light brown clothes) ran towards Maria, Firion(who was rubbing his right arm), and Guy(who was using Firion's arm gauntlet to shoot arrows at the Blue Base).
"We're here to assist you, ma'am!" One of the men yelled, as he held up his crossbow.
"Good, I'm out." Maria said, as she turned to face them." Please give me some more arrows."
"Wait, what about me?" Firion asked.
"You don't have any extra. You're down to one arrow."
"Wha- How can that be?! Did you really give all my arrows to Guy?"
"Of course."
"What!? When?"
"While you were taking a break."
?:" Knock it off you two! Stay focused!"
The two stopped their argument, and turned to see a woman walk up to them from behind. She had fair skin, blue eyes, and wore her long, blonde hair in two braids. The woman also wore a long light blue and white dress with small blue triangles patterned throughout and a high slit on the side, a pair of blue sashes tied around her waist, and a blue cape attached to the dress with a brooch. She even wore an ornate blue headdress or cap with long blue and white horns on either side of her head, along with two pairs of smaller gold spikes closer to the top and a pair of blue sandals with bronze anklets.
Seeing the woman walk towards them caused Firion and Maria to stop and kneel in front of her." Princess Hilda." Firion said, as he held his head down." Forgive us for our distractions."
Hilda held out her left hand." Enough. Don't speak to me like that. You're going to make me think I'm Princess Ashe." The princess said, as she walked past the two youths." The least I remember of that spoiled brat, the better." Hilda turned to face Maria, who quickly stood up." What's our status?"
"Well, the Atlas soldiers are still trying to fight back, despite the fact that they're outnumbered." Maria stated, as she looked over at the base.
"You can't deny it, that even though their weak..." Firion said, as he got to his feet."...Their resolve to stay and fight for the base means they have great pride."
"Hmm..." Hilda said, as she held her head down in thought. She then looked over at Guy, who was still firing arrows at the Blue Base."...How many arrows does Guy still have?"
"Well, most of the arrows he's using belong to me ma'am. So, he should still have enough to use."
"And where is Leon?"
"He should be taking care of the 'one under the earth'." Maria answered.
Hearing this caused a small smirk to appear on Hilda's face." Good." She turned back to face her soldiers." Men, prepare yourselves for the next attack! It's time we ended this pathetic little game!
Hearing this caused all the soldiers, Firion, and Maria to raise their weapons." Yes ma'am!"
(Blue Base)
Doc was examining Caboose's injured foot, which was shot at by Church. Neither noticed the fact that the arrows had stopped raining down on them.
"I'm here Caboose, where're you hit?" Doc said, as he pulled out his device.
Caboose was standing on his right leg." Ah, ow, ow, ow, my foot, my foot!"
"The left foot?"
Hearing this caused Caboose to stand on both legs." Ah, left. Let's see, that makes an L with this thumb and..."
"I'm just gonna assume it's the bleeding one."
"Yeah, the red one. Aeh. I can't believe Church shot me."
Church:" Oh don't even start, Caboose!(echoing)"
"Anything else?"
"Uh, well wha?" Caboose stared at Doc in confusion.
"You have a bullet wound in the foot. Is anything else wrong?"
"Uh... Oh, I got one. Uh, well, sometimes when I fall asleep at night I think about my parents having sex, and I get really really mad for some reason."
"...Okay I'm just gonna start with the foot."
"Okay."
Church and Tucker continued to fire at the 'enemy'...even though there were no arrows being fired at them. Tucker then stopped firing his gun and held it down, as he started to look around the area.
"Hey dude, have you noticed something?" Tucker asked.
Church atopped firing gun and turned to face his teammate." What is it now, Tucker?"
"Those weirdos aren't firing at us anymore."
Church noticed this and began to look around the Base."...Hey, you're right."
"What'd you think is up?"
"I don't know, maybe they're outta ammo or something."
Hilda:" Attention, Atlas soldiers! We are giving you a chance to surrender!"
"Wait, what!?" Church yelled in surprise." Surrender?!"
And that's another chapter! Hey, I know this chapter didn't really have that much in it. Sorry about that, but this chapter really served the purpose of introducing more members of this mysterious faction. In this chapter, we are also given the introduction of Doc, DuFresne's nickname. Though he may not like it, this is the name that will remain with DuFresne til the current day.
Now, I would like to speak about the characters that have been introduced in these past two chapters:
Final Fantasy Side: Warning-A lot of Final Fantasy characters in this category.
Firion(Final Fantasy II)- He is the main protagonist of Final Fantasy II, and is also the leader of the player's party. Fun Fact: He is the first protagonist with a name and narrative driven storyline.
Maria(Final Fantasy II)- She is the main deuteragonist of Final Fantasy II. She is one of Firion's permanent allies, and Leon's sister, but the two are separated at the beginning of the game(even though he's still here).
Guy(Final Fantasy II)- Also known as Gus, is a main character, and one of Firion's two permanent allies in Final Fantasy II, the other being Maria(though he doesn't do much. Yeah, Spoiler Alert!). If you all couldn't tell, Guy also speaks in the manner of a caveman, always speaking is disconnected language.
Leon(Final Fantasy II)- or Leonhart, is one of the playable characters in Final Fantasy II. He is an ally but he also serves as, wait...SPOILER!(Though this is Final Fantasy History) the secondary antagonist throughout the game as the Emperor's(the antagonist...yeah, spoiler. Whatever...) Dark Knight.
Princess Hilda(Final Fantasy II)- Who is later known as Queen Hilda(Spoiler...!), is a non-player character from Final Fantasy II. She is the daughter of the King of Fynn(Spoiler...) and the leader of the Wild Rose Rebellion(Spoil-oh f**k it. You guys already know), to which the main characters belong.
Next chapter will serve as the conclusion to this introduction arc. We will be given the true introduction to this faction(which you should already know about...), and why they are in the canyon. It will soon be followed by a PSC, that will lead into the next story arc of Grimm Eclipse. So, the story isn't over yet, it's just beginning.
Anyway, comment and let me know what you all think. Until then...Keep moving forward!