Heres the next chapter and i hope you like (co written by Blaid)

Gapra Whitewood, Ecological Research

"It's been awhile since I've been in here" sighed Albion as he stepped into the Whitewood before turning to Hope "don't expect ethics or mercy here…you'll find none"

"This is where the army make Biological Weapons" commented Lightening but noticed the door close behind them "not getting out that way"

"It also stops them from pursuing" noticed Albion pointedly as he stretched slightly however Hope also added something of interest.

"But aren't there troops on this side? We can't relax just yet" commented Hope and Lightening nodded.

"Right. We press forward. I take point, you watch our backs" announced Lightening as she walked forwards.

"Actually...Why don't you let me take point?" asked Hope and Lightening stopped and watched Hope curiously.

"Can you handle it?" asked Lightening questioningly.

"It's not a question of can or can't" answered Hope and Albion grinned.

"Now you're learning" smirked Lightening as she motioned forwards "keep your eyes front. I'll watch the rear"

"Got it" agreed Hope as he waited for Lightning's order.

"I'll scout ahead" announced Albion and without waiting for an answer jumped up onto a nearby branch and started jumping from tree to tree ahead of them while out of sight from the Bio-Weapons below.

"He's always on the move, let's go" nodded Lightening and Hope headed off ahead.

Gapra Whitewood, Bulkhead Fal'Cie

"Abra! (Open!)" commanded Albion as he looked up at the energy gate created by the Fal'Cie before walking through as the beams of energy disappeared.

"Have you been here before? On duty, I mean" asked Hope and Lightening shook her head.

"No, I haven't. This area's covered by the Woodlands Observation Battalion" answered Lightening as she turned to face him "you scared?"

"Not really. I'm ready to fight if I have to" answered Hope as he walked past Lightening except she grabbed his arm and handed him something which he recognised as a folded Knife.

"To keep you safe. I'll want it back" announced Lightening as she headed off ahead but stopped when she heard Hope call her name.

"Lightning. I'm glad I followed you. By myself, I would've no chance" announced Hope and Light sighed before nodding.

Gapra Whitewood, Environmental Regulation

"What is it?" asked Lightening as she paced behind Hope whom pulled her undercover quickly.

"We need to Hide!" announced Hope as he pulled her under moments before Guardian Corp Soldiers pass by overhead "they don't seem like they're even looking for us. I mean, we're L'Cie and we're on the loose, they seem only interested in that alarm that we tripped back there"

"PSICOM's keeping it all under wraps .They don't want their failure publicized. Better they lose us then their pride. So you're right, they don't know anything about any fugitives" shrugged Lightening before she continued on.

"Sounds like Jhil Nabaat's doing, I don't see Yaag Rosch risking everything over injured pride, at any rate we should keep moving" agreed Albion as he walked off ahead.

Palumpolum – Capital of Commerce

Hope, Lightning and his older brother Albion made their way from the Whitewoods and appeared just on the outskirts of both males old homes. They looked towards the soldiers that were all over the place, they were looking for L`Cie, for them. The female frowned as she looked through the amount of people that they would have to go through, even with both males help they would eventually get caught and they didn't get that far for nothing.

"Now what" she muttered looking for another way in before Hope appeared behind her and smiled.

"We can make to the station and board the train for Eden" he explained before his brother tutted and shook his head "What?"

"Chances are it's not running" he said with cold eyes.

"Then we make it run" countered Hope.

"Then punch straight into the heart of the Sanctum? Now you're thinking like a Pulse L'Cie" said Lightning with a grin before Hope butted in again.

"The sanctums gonna pay! You're the one who said we had to fight. Ever minute we waste, we're tempting fate. There's some underground tunnels not far from here. I used to play in them as a kid No one uses the entrance anymore, so even the army knows where it is. But I do. We can sneak in under their noses"

"Sounds good" agreed Lightening.

"Play in tunnels?" muttered Albion with another shake of his head "We are using his play area to get through?"

"You got a better idea?" snapped Hope who was too annoyed with wanting to see his family and wanting to find Snow again, his Snow.

No one said a word so Hope slowly crept his way towards the tunnel that he had talked about, Lightning soon followed with Albion close behind. They group jumped into the tunnel with no soldiers seeing them whatsoever. They crept through the dark tunnel until light crept in from their left which Hope jumped through before Lightning pulled him back into the tunnel.

"No more rivalries now. PSICOM's brought in the Guardian Corps" she hissed as one ran past them "We don't have to fight everything"

"It's only one we can take it" snarled Albion as he jumped out of the hole before stabbing the male through the chest with both swords making him yell out loud.

Lightning sneered and jumped out of the tunnel with Hope close behind her before she hit the male on head and was about to have a go when two more Guardian Corp soldiers turned up. Hope pulled out the new weapon that he had been given while Light extracted her sword and Albion held his more firmly ready to fight again.

"We will finish this later" she told him before turning towards the two males and rushing forward.

Hope aimed a holy spell from his hand at one of the males who was thrown into the air and Lightning jumped into the air where she swung her sword into its armour cracking it. However the figure got his balance and pulled out his rifle which he shot at Lightning who yelled in pain as it hit her arm causing blood to spray her attacker. Albion ran beneath the female and caught her before landing where he looked at her wound.

"Summon Odin, he can heal you" he told her.

For once Lightning chose not to complain and threw her crystal into the air which she shot at from the ground causing Odin to appear beneath it. Her summon roared and looked at Lightning before using a heal spell which healed her wound. The female smiled before herself and her summon charged at the two soldiers. Odin used a thunder spell at the male with the cracked armour letting the female slice into his chest. They both fused their spells together to finish the first one of while the other began to run away from the group.

"He can't escape" yelled Hope.

Odin jumped into the air and turned back into its horse form which Light jumped on carrying her summons golden weapon. Lightning sent a bolt of her magic at the solider which caused him to fall over making Lightning laugh. She jumped off of Odin who charged at the male while she threw the sword at figure. With a scream the male solider was defeated and Odin returned into Lightning's mark where she sighed before turning to look at Hope and his brother.

"Let's go" she told them slowly.

"Okay, There's an old drainage pipe. We can use it to avoid being seen. The tunnel entrance is a little further up" explained Hope pointing towards it.

The three began to walk towards the pipe Lightning had forgot about her fight with Albion but he hadn't and he was slightly annoyed that she had had a go at him. The male was far higher than she had ever reached yet she felt that she knew it all, at least that's how he felt she was like.

"You are a Soldier and Soldiers kill, it's just who we are" he muttered to Lightning yet she only stopped for a second yet decided to ignore the comment and keep walking.

Palumpolum, Nutriculture Complex

They were now inside the pipe and were looking at a large complex of various machines. Hope walked in first and was followed by the other two who looked over the area taking everything in. Neither had even heard of this place before and that said something because Albion had lived there before but he was sure that the Soldiers would eventually find it.

"Don't worry, it will be fine. Only kids like me know about this entrance" Hope explained with a smile.

"They will find it eventually and then..." began Lightning.

"They'll call in a team and canvass the whole tunnel system" finished Albion taking a few steps forward as a platform came towards them "We need to hurry"

"Where does this end?" asked Light as she gently pushed Hope and herself onto the platform that began to take them to the other side.

"Well I... um... I... don't really know" admitted the male slightly embarrassed.

"Were going to find out today then" she told him smiling.

"It exits at the Agora, the Stadium at the Heart of Palumpolum, it's also used as a storage Facility during the times in which the rest of Cocoon is in difficult times" answered Albion to Lightning's previous question.

The platform reached the other side and the three found themselves face to face with some type of sludge creature with a flashing light on its head. Lightning nodded to Hope who took a step forward and aimed a holy spell at the creature while Albion did the same yet with a ruin spell. The two hit the sludge which yelled as it got hit but the light upon its head began to glow and the figure healed itself much to Lightning's surprise. She pulled her sword from its holster and gestured to the others to get closer which they did as they extracted their own weapons too.

"We have to do this quick" she told them making both males nod and rush forward.

After the fight Lightning saw a faint glimmer in the distance and as they walked towards it she noticed what it was and blew threw her nose with a shake of her head. It was a Fal`Cie but Hope and Albion didn't pay much attention to the figure.

"That's the city's food-production, name's Carbuncle. That's one of our enemies, being Sanctum" explained Hope where he brother nodded yet turned away from it in disgust.

"Kill him, and cut off the food supply. That will make us popular" coughed the female crossing her arms.

"I think people hate us enough already, don't you?" asked Hope looking to Lightning and then to his brother who had kept walking and was out of ear shot "We don't want to give them any other reasons"

"Yeah, you're probably right. Hungry people make for angry people" she muttered before turning around and continuing alone the path with Hope beside her.

"¿Cómo ha sido usted, el Carbunclo? (How have you been, Carbuncle?)" asked Albion as he looked over to the Fal'Cie, Lightening looked confused however Hope seemed to understand every word Albion was saying in that strange language, moments later a loud Southern voice answered from the Crystal that was the Fal'Cie.

"Oye, Albion, yo veo usted completó su Foco que di usted. ¡Ahora es puesto, lo que derecho hace Barthandelus tiene sobre Historias teje, deseo un mundo donde ayudo la humanidad de guía de Omega en un mundo donde los reinados de descanso de historia en Manos Humanas! ¡Es el Mesías de esto, aunque yo no lo pueda forzar sobre usted, esto es su nuevo Foco!! (Hey, Albion, I see you completed your Focus that I gave you. Now you are set, what right does Barthandelus have over Histories weave, I desire a world where I help the Omega L'Cie guide humanity in a world where the reigns of history rest in Human Hands! You are the Messiah of this, even though I can't force it upon you, this is your new Focus!!)" announced Carbuncle in a Southern Accent and Albion bowed slightly.

"This Focus I do accept" announced Albion in plain English as he turned to walk away however something came flying at him from Carbuncle causing Albion to catch it, Hope immediately recognised it, the item in question was a Carbuncle holographic disk like those whom were used at Nautilus to project Carbuncle's original form when he acted in the Parade while his present body remained trapped as a Fal'Cie.

"What was that about?" questioned Lightening curious and Albion shrugged with a smirk.

"Just getting reassured by an old friend" answered Albion before he walked on ahead.

They made in up a few floors with only a few fights in the way, most were against the sludge type creatures again but some were also against a few other creatures which were far worse. One of them had thrown Hope into the water nearly by Lightning managed to summon Odin to save the male. She was getting the hang of her summon now but she still wasn't sure if she liked using magic so kept that as minimal as possible.

Hope needed a short rest so Lightning stayed with him while Albion went off ahead with both his swords already drawn looking for a fight. The female watched him until he got so far that she had to squint her eyes where she turned her attention to Hope who was leaning over the edge looking at the Fal`Cie which seemed to still glow fairly bright from the floor that they were now on.

"What's up?" she asked as she leaned next to him.

"Just a bit strange that we are following a Sanctum Fal`Cie when we are Pulse L`Cie"

"Not really. We've relied on them our lives" began Lightning as she stood to her full height "The food the light and water, it's all from the Fal'Cie. You know, I think Cocoon was really built for them"

"What about us?" asked the male.

"We're just leeches. Parasites"

"You think?" said Hope with a frown as he thought for a bit before speaking "They protect us, nurture us. They take care of us, well normal people. They treat us like we're special, almost like...we're pets. Thats it Lightning that's all we are to them pets"

"Like pets. To them, we are just pets." she said before clicking her fingers together when her head was suddenly clear "That's it. Now it makes sense. I've been so blind. I was born into a Fal'Cie world, raised on a Fal'Cie leash. It was the only life I know how to live. When it was taken from me, I was completely lost. Without a master to follow my life had no purpose."

"What?" muttered the young male.

"Hope, listen to me. This L'Cie curse, it took everything. My future. My dreams. I didn't want to think. So I fought instead. As long as I was fighting, nothing else was real I was running away. And you, Hope. You got swept along with me and for that I'm sorry"

"No! You told me to fight!" he yelled at the female who looked into the others eye with a small smile.

"I made a mistake!" she snapped back at him.

"So what do we do now? We're L'Cie, ticking time bombs. Enemies of our home. If we can't follow the plan, do we just lay down and die? Is that what you want?"

"We don't give up, i never said that"

"Then what battles do we fight? And against who?"

"I don't know but we can't lose Hope" she told him as she slammed her fist against the railing, she was angry at herself not at Hope.

"There isn't any not for L`Cie and not for us"

"But there is you Hope" she said quietly.

"It's just my stupid name" he told her "Not who I am"

"I was just like you. My parents died. I have to be strong for Serah, so I thought I needed to forget my past. And I became Lightning" she explained before walking away from Hope to the other side of the platform "I thought by changing my name, I could change who I was. I was just a kid Hope, like you now. Lightning. It flashes bright, then fades away. It can't protect all it does is destroy. Serah tried to tell me, but I wouldn't listen. I threatened her for gods sake, my own sister. I didn't believe in her till it was too late"

"I know! There nothing I can't do. I hate knowing that. No matter what happens, she's not coming back, my friend is dead because of that stupid purge and I can't do a thing. When I was fighting, there was no time to think about it. It felt good just to give in and put it at the back of my mind. But now you start talking about hope. You can't do this Light. You can't just build something up like that, then abandon me." he told her "Your just like everyone else"

"I'm sorry Hope I really am" she told him as she pulled the small male towards her for an embrace "I will never abandon you, ever"

"Snow did" he told her as a tear fell down his face and splashed onto the floor below him. He tried to hide the tears but Lightning wiped them from his face.

"He didn't abandon you, he saved us by distracting the guards"

"Then why isn't he here?"

"There must be a reason that he can't be and when he catches up he will tell us" she told him with a serious face "He loves you Hope, even I can tell that"

"You think? I miss him Light" he muttered gently.

"Tell him that when we regroup" she said as she got to her feet before turning around to go and lowered her hand to Hope which he took.

Ten or so minutes later they made it out of the tunnel where Albion was waiting for them. He jumped off of a platform and shook his head before gesturing for them to walk ahead of him which the two figures shrugged and did.

"Now you might keep a steady pace" he said in an annoyed voice.

"Talk to you parents when we meet them" said Lightning as she walked besides Hope who frowned and looked up at her "Fighting without hope is no life. It's just a way to die. I want you to find the hope you were named for, you need it. Staying alive, I can help you with. I can't give you hope you need to find that yourself but I'm here for you to hold on to remember that"

He slowly nodded and looked at his feet causing Lightning to look ahead of them as Albion ran past them with his swords raised. They were in a stadium and it was practically full of soldiers and they all had their rifles on the group.

"Not even you can get us out of this" muttered Hope to his brother as the pair of them went either side of him, covering the small male.

"These are L'Cie. Show no mercy. They aren't people. They're targets." said a voice from somewhere in the stadium as Yaag Rosch stepped along the top of his Havoc Skytank.

"We can try" exclaimed Lightning "Hope run we will keep them busy"

"But" muttered Hope.

"No buts little brother, just survive till we get out of this" hissed Albion so that no one else could hear before shouting aloud with a smirk on his face "Hey, Rosch, it been awhile!"