There was a warm breeze caressing Snow's face.

The sun was bright, exclamations and laughter were nearby.

Was this heaven, the soul world Varic had told them about?

Snow cracked open an eyelid. Then another.

He looked left. Nothing but a sheer rock wall. Behind him. Nothing but a pass leading out of the canyon he was in. Right. Nothing but- wait- three Adamantoise bodies?

*Two minutes ago*

"Cmon Snow, we gotta get to them," snapped Lightning.

Lightning just snapped, activating her Anti Gravity Unit, or AGU, and hopped right onto Odin. Stiria, because she could fly, simply levitated up. Snow, on the other hand, had to pull on Lightning's foot as a rope and Stiria's hand as a handhold, and slowly made his way up. The second Snow got to where Lightning was sitting, Odin, who was already trotting, broke into a gallop.

Whump.

They could both hear and see the Adamantoise kicking at Alexander.

Whump

They both knew that Alexander wouldn't be able to withstand another kick, unless they did something. Snow and Lightning looked at each other. Wordlessly, Lightning and Stiria got into position behind Snow, and after Odin made a throwing motion, lifting up his dorsal half, Snow got so much momentum that he was able to fly to where the next kick was going to land.

Lightning watched as Snow blocked the first attack, but she saw that there was no way Snow could survive the entire weight of an Adamantoise stomping down on him. Odin was already galloping towards the Adamantoise, but they still wouldn't reach it in time.

She knew that Magic wouldn't affect the Adamantoise. There had to be another way! She gripped her Zantetsuken blades. Wait- her Zantetsuken blades….

Lightning pivoted her body backwards and pulled her arm back, before throwing one of her Zantetsuken blades like a javelin. It whistled through the air, aided by an Aero courtesy of Stiria. It flew true, and pierced one of the eyes of the Adamantoise. The Adamantoise roared in fury, turned- albeit slowly- and faced Odin.

Lightning gripped her remaining Zantetsuken blade as a two handed claymore and raised it vertically.

Odin jumped.

The Adamantortoise roared.

Lightning jumped off Odin, twisting to the left. She righted herself in midair, and cast a sparkstrike, causing the Zantetsuken to crackle with electricity. Lightning brought down the Zantetsuken down vertically, snapped, and landed on the ground.

An Adamantoise head landed next to her, followed by the rest of the body thudding down behind her.

*present time*

Snow's mouth opened in a silent O as the others filled him in. He knew Lightning did things that were not normal, but this was, as Sazh put it, "Totally bat-shit whacko."

He turned to Lightning, saying "wow, that's another time you've saved my ass. Thanks."

Lightning just muttered, "don't sweat it." She then turned to everyone else.

"That goes for everyone," she said. "You're all my family, and I will do anything to protect you."

Lightning then turned her back on the group, and walked towards the Adamantoise corpses. Only Hope could barely catch Lightning muttering, "anything..."

A/N

Woot it's a chapter without the cliffhangers!

Oh yea, would you guys rather have more fighting, or more relationship, character building, etc.

Also, if I have Lightning snap, it's always to activate her Anti Gravity Unit, henceforth to be known as AGU. You know, that thing that stops gravity or something.

Oh, and also, I'm not going to have a regular schedule to post. Firstly, I may be extremely busy one week, and ridiculously free another. Secondly, your reviews are what motivate me. This way, without a schedule, you guys can review/subscribe/fav more, and that will make me write more in a shorter amount of time.

Knowing that it'll make me update faster, review please! There's nothing that makes me happier than a review. So review!