Chapter 10
"Vidina!" Lulu screamed as the men in black pulled her precious child away from her. "You can't take him away from me!" The man in front of her smiled. It was an evil, slow smile that crept up on his face. "Yes we can," he said. "Just as we can kill you." He tried to kiss Lulu but she kicked him. "Ooh, fiesty! No wonder Chappu liked you," The man laughed evilly as Lulu snarled. What did he want from her. "Wanna know a little secret?" The man's voice was gravelly, and his laugh sinister. Lulu immidiately hated him. He got close to her ear and whispered, "I killed Chappu." Each word was emphasized.
"You what?" Lulu growled. Her ex-fiancee was murdered? "I was in the Crusaders with him," the man began. "A good man, he was. That's why he got slaughtered." The man shrugged, as if it didn't matter. "You killed my husband's brother?" Lulu kicked and screamed.
Wakka always blamed himself for Chappu's death. Not a good enough brother, he'd say. He loved his little brother more than anything. Once, Lulu herself had fallen in love with Chappu. "No!" She screamed for her pain, her anguish. She screamed for Wakka and his brother. She screamed for Vidina and him never getting to know his uncle.
The evil man laughed again. "Now, my dear, don't end up like the other two girls..." He snapped his fingers, signaling the guards to bring out the unknown girls. They came out bloody, and bruised. One had brunnette hair, and the other a sandy blonde hair. "Yuna!" Lulu gasped. "Rikku!" She glared at the man. "You monster!" He laughed his sinister laugh again. "You don't even know, my dear." He leaned in closer, kissed Lulu, then slapped her so hard it felt like a punch. She was trembling with anger; her hands burned with the Firaga spell she so badly wanted to use.
The fire escaped from her hands and hit the man. It only reflected off him and hit her. The man returned to Lulu as he dismissed Yuna and Rikku's unconcious bodies. "You don't want to end up that way, do you?" Lulu glared at the floor. When the man finally gave her time alone, tears fell like a waterfall down her face.
She never thought she'd need anyone, let alone Wakka, to be by her side when she as scared. But she did. Wakka could keep her and Vidina safe. But Wakka wasn't here. Neither was Chappu. For the first time in her life, Lulu went on a full out crying jag. Even though she knew Wakka would rescue her and Vidina, she was still frightened. Not for her, but for Vidina and even for Wakka. What if he got hurt? What if...?
She was also worried about Yuna and Rikku. They obviously wouldn't give the men what they wanted. Otherwise they wouldn't have been as bad off. What if they hurt Wakka like that? Or Vidina? Lulu, the calm, cool, and collected one, was growing paranoid. Her family was the most important thing to her now, as it always will be from now on.