"Are we there yet?" Vaan moaned. After three solid days of flying, the main characters still haven't caught up to Larsa yet. Vaan was bored out of his mind, Fran was hiding in her room 24/7, and Basch died again for some unknown reason. Balthier wasn't exactly in a happy mood, either.

"WE'LL BE THERE WHEN WE GET THERE! SO…SHUT UP!!!" screeched the infuriated sky pirate at his orphan friend. Vaan just mumbled something about 'toenails' under his breath and walked away to use the potty. Balthier spat on Basch's rotting corpse in fury and went back to piloting the ship.

Meanwhile, Fran was moping over Penelo's safety. Not even a carrot-chocolate cake (her favorite kind of cake) could get her out of her room. As Vaan went 'pee-pee in the potty', as he liked to call it, he suddenly had a ridiculously underrated and complicated plan to rescue Penelo in thirty minutes or less.

Vaan chuckled to himself and thought, 'Soon…I will show them! I WILL SHOW THEM ALL! BWA HA HA HA HA- Crap, I'm laughing in my head again…'


Meanwhile…

Larsa knew that his amazing charm and sexual desires were not enough to woo Penelo into being his wife. So, he decided to bend the rules of love a bit and cheat using complicated machinery and cliché plots.

Larsa pulled out a walkie-talkie and shouted, "Guards! Bring me my 'How to Marry Bitches for Dummies' book!" "But…but…but you're in the shower!" "SO? STOP BEING A WUSS AND BRING IT!" Larsa hung up the phone and grumbled, "Yeesh…it's so hard to find good help these days…"

After nearly losing his eyesight from seeing a naked 14-15 year old boy, the guard was able to deliver the book to his boss. While drying himself off, Larsa flipped through the book, hoping for something that will be of actual use. Suddenly, Larsa found what he was looking for.

An evil smirk formed on his lips as he read the book.

Later…

It had been three days, and poor Penelo was still tied to a stake. Her face and clothes were dirty and she barely eaten anything. One of the nearby guards walked up to her and said, "You poor thing. Not only are you starving and dirty, but you were taken from the only person you love…"

Penelo looked up at the guard's cold steel helmet and whispered (her voice had grown horse from screaming so much), "Does this mean…you'll help me?" Without a word, the guard slowly lifted his hands up and removed his helmet, revealing his true face. It was Vayne Solidor. A long diagonal scar was etched across his face.

"V-Vayne? What…you…but Larsa…I thought he…WHAT'S GOING ON?" Vayne put a gloved hand over Penelo's mouth to silence her. He leaned close to Penelo's ear and whispered, "I have lost my position as head of the Solidor House. My brother has been tainted with greed and power, turning him into-"

"The biggest asshole to ever live?" "Exactly…" Vayne unsheathed his sword and sliced the chains, freeing Penelo. Vayne gave her a slight nod and whispered, "Find a way to contact your friends…quickly now!" Penelo thanked him and ran off.

Vayne knew what he had to do now. "BETTER WATCH OUT, LITTLE BROTHER, BECAUSE BIG BRO'S COMING TO GET YA!"