"Over here!" a voice shouted. Luzzu ran as fast as his legs could carry him.
"What?" he demanded.
"We've found their weapons." Hort said, "I think they're in here."
Luzzu looked up at the huge foreboding building that lay ahead of him.
"Yuna!" He shouted as he ran for the door, "Wakka!" he pulled at the handle, which was bolted tight. "Dammit!" he cried as he banged against the door. No amount of explosives would even make a mark against this, he thought. They had come all this way only to hit a wall in the investigation. The Irony made him want to cry.
Yuna's heart danced in anticipation. She had no idea what was going on out there, but she could sense it wasn't good. Guido had been so kind to update her every minute that her friends didn't really love her, That she was going to die. He'd stopped after telling her she had one minute to live. He had even laughed. Yuna cried. So this is it, she thought bitterly. "I love you, Tidus. She whispered silently as tears ran down her face.
"I love you all."
Lulu shook on the inside, but somehow she kept her arm firm. The gun felt cold in her hand. She gave a quick glance at the clock. Thirty seconds.
"Do it!" Tidus screamed, "Lulu, Shoot. Me. Now!
Lulu looked into Tidus' eyes. "I'm so sorry," she whispered, and pulled the trigger. The boom was amazingly loud, Their ears screamed as it echoed off the walls. Tidus jerked as if hit by a truck, blood spurting from his chest and mouth. He fell straight back. His body gave a single convulsion, and he lay still.
Lulu looked at the clock. Fifteen seconds. Dropping the gun, Lulu shrank to her knees, and cried.
"Is…he dead?" Rikku whimpered as she peeked around Wakka.
Lulu didn't answer, she just slowly rocked. Rikku's sobs came in gulping gasps.
"Lulu," she cried, "I wanna go home!" She ran over to the mage, and the two embraced crying.
Wakka raced over to Tidus' body. His lifeless eyes stared up at him. There was blood everywhere, on everyone. Slowly and tenderly he reached down, and closed Tidus' eyes. "What have we done?" he said quietly. He held both Women in his arms, his tears joining their's. Tidus was dead.
They all jumped at the maniacal laughter of Guido.
"Beautiful", he crowed, "absolutely beautiful."
"You shut the hell up!" Wakka raged, "we did what you wanted, now let us go!"
"As you wish, killers." Guido said, "Yuna my dear, now that they've murdered your boyfriend, you may go."
They watched as the mechanical lock fell and the door swung open, revealing Yuna.
"Yuna!" Wakka said as he ran toward her. With one swift tug he pulled her free, and held her in his arms.
"Tidus is…dead?" she asked.
"He…made us kill him, Yuna." Lulu said quietly.
Yuna's sobs were loud. They heard a door open in the distance. "Anybody here?" a voice called out.
"In here!" Wakka shouted.
Luzzu was the first one in the room, his eyes falling to Tidus immediately. "Get a healer in here!" he called.
"He's gone." Lulu said dully, "There's nothing you can do."
"What happened here?" a new voice boomed.
"Maester khalil, please!" Luzzu said, they're all traumatized."
"Bring blankets." Khalil ordered, "Let's get these kid's on an airship and away from here."
"What about Guido?" Rikku asked.
"Who?" Luzzu asked
"Guido," Lulu said, he is seymour's brother. He was kept a secret which is why no one knew. It seems that that kidnap and murder thing in Luca was a cover-up."
"He's the one who brought us here." Wakka said.
Two guards came running over to them. "Sir," on of them said, "There is no one else here. We have secured the premises."
"Put out an APB on a guido" Khalil said, "The rest of you? Let's get these guys home. Have a healer look at the pregnant one first, then the rest on the airship."
"Yes sir!" a chorus of voices replied.
" Wrap up the body and take it with us. Take extra care, You hear me? These kids are traumatized enough without the need to watch you brutalize their friend."
Another round of "Yes sirs!"
"Come on," he addressed the four, Let's get you out of here. Your safe now."
