Once again, I have not updated sooner than I said I would……. It's not that I've been busy, but I've been too god damn lazy!
In this chapter, I'm gonna keep changing the P.O.V's of the different groups ( Zidane's group and Vivi's group) as they venture through the cave, It's easier to do it that way! ( man, I'm getting to lazy for my own good…….) Well, nuff said…… on with chapter 12! ( This ones a bit longer than all the others……. And a certain bit is done in true Indiana Jones Style!!)
CHAPTER 12: Cave Perils
Vivi's group
The group had just walked a way into the cave, with Vivi ahead of the others slightly. ( Remember, his group was himself, Freya, Steiner and Quina) They were all silent as they walked on, listening to the eerie sounds in the cave. Quina was the first to break the silence.
" It to dark in here….." Quina said with a shaky voice, as if s/he was afraid.
" Don't tell me you're afraid of the dark……" Vivi sighed, sounded a bit irritated.
" No, Master Quale tell me….. dark places have no good munchies!"
" Quina, stop thinking about food for one god damn minute and let's get to that staff before Zeon does!" Vivi snapped. He then looked up and saw the surprised and quite hurt look on Quina's face. He then gave a deep sigh.
" Sorry Quina….. I'm just really worried about Eiko….. and what he might do next…." He shed a silent tear and leaned against the wall. However, he didn't notice that he leant on a small button on the wall.
A loud noise could then be heard above them.
" W….what's that?" Steiner stammered, drawing his sword out, just in case it was a monster. The noise got louder and louder……
Freya squinted as she looked up at the ceiling, but her eyes soon widened as she noticed cracks in it.
" MOVE!!!" She yelled as she dived out the way, closely followed by the others. The ceiling cracked open and a huge rock boulder fell, which rolled after them.
" AAARRRGGGHHH!!!" They screamed as they started running away from the boulder, as fast as they could go.
Zidane's group
" Back off!!" Zidane yelled at the Shadow Dragon in front of him, his Ultima Weapon pointing right in the creature's face.
" rrrrRRROOOAAARRR!!!" The dragon roared, so loud that it echoed all the way through the cave. It then drew it's head back, and fire began to form in it's mouth. Dagger and Amarant went back into the wall as far as they could, and noticed Zidane was still right in front of the Dragon.
" Watch out!" Dagger yelled as she yanked Zidane back to the cave wall with her and Amarant, the flame breath attack barely missing him.
" Whew…. Thanks!" he said as he got up again. He slashed at the dragon across it's chest, causing it to bleed very badly, and the dragon to stagger in pain.
Amarant took this advantage to slash at the creature's throat with his claws, causing it to fall over, dead.
" Woah…. That's the second dragon we've encountered in here…" Amarant stated.
" Yes, we'd better watch our backs…." Dagger agreed. " This place is probably running alive with booby traps and monsters." Zidane walked over to her and hugged her.
" Well, just stay close to me Dagger, and you'll be fine….." he then gave a short sigh. " I hope Vivi and the others are OK……"
Vivi's group
" Arrggghhh!" Vivi yelled as the gang was still running from the boulder, and it was getting closer to squashing them every second. The group then suddenly saw the last thing they wanted to see right now…… a llllooooooonnnnnnngggggg cliff drop!!
" Argh! There's a drop ahead of us!" Freya wailed.
" It nice knowing you guys!" Quina sobbed.
Suddenly, Steiner looked up at the ceiling above the long drop.
"It's not over yet!" he said as he sprinted ahead of the group (Well, slightly ahead) and he jumped…….. and clang on to a rock pillar hanging on the ceiling.
" Hang on to these!" he yelled at the group. They all nodded nervously, especially Vivi (who was STILL afraid of heights, even after all these years!) and jumped onto them, clinging on as hard as they could. They all turned their head slightly and watched the boulder roll off the cliff, and to it's doom down below.
" Is everyone OK?" Freya called back to everyone. Vivi shook nervously as he tried NOT to look down below him.
" Y…y…yeah….I'm f…fine….." he stammered, from fright and from all the running. (They were all well tired…. Well, so would you be if you had to run from a huge boulder!)
" Well, what shall we do now?" Steiner asked.
" Ahh….. I losing grip!" Quina cried out ( probably from it's heavy bulk…. It's a wonder the pillar held s/he at all…….) and with all it's might, jumped back onto the cliff top, just about making it.
" I think jumping back would be a good idea." Freya said, as she effortlessly jumped back onto the top of the ledge. Steiner followed, just about making it. Vivi was still clinging on with dear life on his pillar, with his eyes tight shut.
" Let me guess, you're still afraid of heights?" Freya asked. Vivi quickly nodded his head, still not opening his eyes. Freya sighed and jumped to the pillar nearest to Vivi, which was right next to him.
" Cling onto my back, I'll jump you across." She said. Vivi slowly opened his eyes and gave her a small smile.
" Thanks Freya." He said.
" Hey, that's alright." She replied " Now come on, we need to get to the staff as quick as we can." She slowly turned around on her pillar, and let Vivi take his time in climbing on her back. She then jumped back onto the ledge, and then all of them were safe.
"….That boulder didn't fall till I leaned on the wall….. I must have triggered some kind of trap……" Vivi said glumly.
" Hey, we are safe now Master Vivi, so now that doesn't really matter….." Steiner said " what matters is that we get to that staff before that scoundrel Zeon does!"
" Yeah, you're right……" Vivi agreed.
" But, what now?" Quina asked "We at dead end!"
" We might have run past a passage when we was running away from the boulder….." Freya suggested and stepped back, unaware that she had set off another trap….. a small sound of gears whirring could be heard slightly beneath them.
" Oh no…. I think I set off another trap!" Freya gulped.
" Well, I'm ready for anythAAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!" Steiner yelled as the floor beneath him snapped open, sending him plummeting to his doom.
"Steiner!!" Vivi called out and looked down into the trap door. A loud THUD was heard down below.
" He was brave knight…." Quina mumbled and took off it's hat ( You know, the white chef's hat it wears) in respect.
" Hey, I'm not dead!" Steiner called from below.
" Are you OK?" Freya called down.
" I'm OK, it's not as far down as it looks….." he replied "And, there's a path down here leading right, and I think this is the way we are supposed to go……"
" Are you saying that we jump down there?" Vivi asked nervously.
" You have to!" was the reply." It's not that far down, you can do it Master Vivi!"
" Ok…." Vivi said and he then jumped down the trap door, with Quina and Freya a little while later.
" Wow, we ran most of the cave length……" Freya stated.
" Yeah….. Hey, what's that?" Vivi said as he pointed out to bright light at the end of the path.
" It bright….. maybe yummie yummies there! I so hungry! I wasting away!" Quina moaned.
" Yeah, we can see that….." Freya said sarcastically.
" I go to eat munchies!" s/he yelled, and ran towards the light.
" Quina, wait!" Vivi called and then he and the others started running after Quina.
Zidane's group
" Whew, that was close….." Zidane panted as the group sat down on a rock in the ground.
" This place has so many traps in it….." Dagger said as she leaned back.
" Hmph. They didn't fool me." Amarant said in his usual cold, deep tone. " I was just helping you guys get out of them."
Zidane sighed in slight irritation and got up to take a small look ahead. A while later, he came back looking really fustrated.
" We'll have to head back…… it's a dead end ahead…."
" It's your fault Zidane!" Amarant suddenly blurted out. You lead us here, and probably into another trap like the arrow shooters!"
" Excuse me! It was you who triggered off the arrow shooters in the wall! And they did fall you, you were caught well off guard!" Zidane snapped.
" Yeah?!? Well, it was you who nearly made us all Dragon chaow, and led us to a dead end!" Amarant snapped back.
" You guys, stop fighting!" Dagger yelled at them both and got off her rock….. and stepped on a button on the floor. In no time, the floor beneath them collapsed, and all of them fell through.
" aarrrggghhh!!" Zidane yelled as he was falling. But they weren't falling for long. They soon landed on something kind of soft, and kind of hard.
" Hmm, it cushioned our fall….." Zidane mumbled, raking a hand through his hair.
" Hey! Gerrooofff!!" a voice said below him, Dagger and Amarant. They all got off, and smiled as they looked down.
" Vivi! Steiner! Freya!"
" Where's Quina?" Dagger asked.
" We are chasing after it now!" Vivi panted " s/he ran over in that direction!" and pointed towards the light.
" Hey, I gotta feeling the staff is there! Come on!" Zidane yelled as the whole group ran to the light.
Eventually, they did reach it ( It seemed further away than it looked).
" Whew! We've ran miles today!" Steiner complained. He wiped the sweat from his fore head.
" Wow… the staff!" Vivi said in awe. This was the source of the light.
The Lucifer's Staff.
" I've got a bad feeling about that staff……" Dagger whispered to Zidane.
" We've got to get it out of here away from Zeon, no matter what the circumstances." He whispered back.
" We got here before him!" Freya said proudly " But it was tiring!"
" Well, let's take the staff and get out of here….." Vivi said and he reached for it…… his fingertips a mere millimetre away from it……
" Stop right there!!" yelled a raspy voice. Vivi pulled his hands back and retreated in his footsteps. A black cloud appeared before the group and it formed into the familiar figure of Zeon, holding Eiko in one arm, and a dagger to her throat with the other arm……….
To Be Continued!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!! I'm soooooooo evil!!
In this chapter, I'm gonna keep changing the P.O.V's of the different groups ( Zidane's group and Vivi's group) as they venture through the cave, It's easier to do it that way! ( man, I'm getting to lazy for my own good…….) Well, nuff said…… on with chapter 12! ( This ones a bit longer than all the others……. And a certain bit is done in true Indiana Jones Style!!)
CHAPTER 12: Cave Perils
Vivi's group
The group had just walked a way into the cave, with Vivi ahead of the others slightly. ( Remember, his group was himself, Freya, Steiner and Quina) They were all silent as they walked on, listening to the eerie sounds in the cave. Quina was the first to break the silence.
" It to dark in here….." Quina said with a shaky voice, as if s/he was afraid.
" Don't tell me you're afraid of the dark……" Vivi sighed, sounded a bit irritated.
" No, Master Quale tell me….. dark places have no good munchies!"
" Quina, stop thinking about food for one god damn minute and let's get to that staff before Zeon does!" Vivi snapped. He then looked up and saw the surprised and quite hurt look on Quina's face. He then gave a deep sigh.
" Sorry Quina….. I'm just really worried about Eiko….. and what he might do next…." He shed a silent tear and leaned against the wall. However, he didn't notice that he leant on a small button on the wall.
A loud noise could then be heard above them.
" W….what's that?" Steiner stammered, drawing his sword out, just in case it was a monster. The noise got louder and louder……
Freya squinted as she looked up at the ceiling, but her eyes soon widened as she noticed cracks in it.
" MOVE!!!" She yelled as she dived out the way, closely followed by the others. The ceiling cracked open and a huge rock boulder fell, which rolled after them.
" AAARRRGGGHHH!!!" They screamed as they started running away from the boulder, as fast as they could go.
Zidane's group
" Back off!!" Zidane yelled at the Shadow Dragon in front of him, his Ultima Weapon pointing right in the creature's face.
" rrrrRRROOOAAARRR!!!" The dragon roared, so loud that it echoed all the way through the cave. It then drew it's head back, and fire began to form in it's mouth. Dagger and Amarant went back into the wall as far as they could, and noticed Zidane was still right in front of the Dragon.
" Watch out!" Dagger yelled as she yanked Zidane back to the cave wall with her and Amarant, the flame breath attack barely missing him.
" Whew…. Thanks!" he said as he got up again. He slashed at the dragon across it's chest, causing it to bleed very badly, and the dragon to stagger in pain.
Amarant took this advantage to slash at the creature's throat with his claws, causing it to fall over, dead.
" Woah…. That's the second dragon we've encountered in here…" Amarant stated.
" Yes, we'd better watch our backs…." Dagger agreed. " This place is probably running alive with booby traps and monsters." Zidane walked over to her and hugged her.
" Well, just stay close to me Dagger, and you'll be fine….." he then gave a short sigh. " I hope Vivi and the others are OK……"
Vivi's group
" Arrggghhh!" Vivi yelled as the gang was still running from the boulder, and it was getting closer to squashing them every second. The group then suddenly saw the last thing they wanted to see right now…… a llllooooooonnnnnnngggggg cliff drop!!
" Argh! There's a drop ahead of us!" Freya wailed.
" It nice knowing you guys!" Quina sobbed.
Suddenly, Steiner looked up at the ceiling above the long drop.
"It's not over yet!" he said as he sprinted ahead of the group (Well, slightly ahead) and he jumped…….. and clang on to a rock pillar hanging on the ceiling.
" Hang on to these!" he yelled at the group. They all nodded nervously, especially Vivi (who was STILL afraid of heights, even after all these years!) and jumped onto them, clinging on as hard as they could. They all turned their head slightly and watched the boulder roll off the cliff, and to it's doom down below.
" Is everyone OK?" Freya called back to everyone. Vivi shook nervously as he tried NOT to look down below him.
" Y…y…yeah….I'm f…fine….." he stammered, from fright and from all the running. (They were all well tired…. Well, so would you be if you had to run from a huge boulder!)
" Well, what shall we do now?" Steiner asked.
" Ahh….. I losing grip!" Quina cried out ( probably from it's heavy bulk…. It's a wonder the pillar held s/he at all…….) and with all it's might, jumped back onto the cliff top, just about making it.
" I think jumping back would be a good idea." Freya said, as she effortlessly jumped back onto the top of the ledge. Steiner followed, just about making it. Vivi was still clinging on with dear life on his pillar, with his eyes tight shut.
" Let me guess, you're still afraid of heights?" Freya asked. Vivi quickly nodded his head, still not opening his eyes. Freya sighed and jumped to the pillar nearest to Vivi, which was right next to him.
" Cling onto my back, I'll jump you across." She said. Vivi slowly opened his eyes and gave her a small smile.
" Thanks Freya." He said.
" Hey, that's alright." She replied " Now come on, we need to get to the staff as quick as we can." She slowly turned around on her pillar, and let Vivi take his time in climbing on her back. She then jumped back onto the ledge, and then all of them were safe.
"….That boulder didn't fall till I leaned on the wall….. I must have triggered some kind of trap……" Vivi said glumly.
" Hey, we are safe now Master Vivi, so now that doesn't really matter….." Steiner said " what matters is that we get to that staff before that scoundrel Zeon does!"
" Yeah, you're right……" Vivi agreed.
" But, what now?" Quina asked "We at dead end!"
" We might have run past a passage when we was running away from the boulder….." Freya suggested and stepped back, unaware that she had set off another trap….. a small sound of gears whirring could be heard slightly beneath them.
" Oh no…. I think I set off another trap!" Freya gulped.
" Well, I'm ready for anythAAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!" Steiner yelled as the floor beneath him snapped open, sending him plummeting to his doom.
"Steiner!!" Vivi called out and looked down into the trap door. A loud THUD was heard down below.
" He was brave knight…." Quina mumbled and took off it's hat ( You know, the white chef's hat it wears) in respect.
" Hey, I'm not dead!" Steiner called from below.
" Are you OK?" Freya called down.
" I'm OK, it's not as far down as it looks….." he replied "And, there's a path down here leading right, and I think this is the way we are supposed to go……"
" Are you saying that we jump down there?" Vivi asked nervously.
" You have to!" was the reply." It's not that far down, you can do it Master Vivi!"
" Ok…." Vivi said and he then jumped down the trap door, with Quina and Freya a little while later.
" Wow, we ran most of the cave length……" Freya stated.
" Yeah….. Hey, what's that?" Vivi said as he pointed out to bright light at the end of the path.
" It bright….. maybe yummie yummies there! I so hungry! I wasting away!" Quina moaned.
" Yeah, we can see that….." Freya said sarcastically.
" I go to eat munchies!" s/he yelled, and ran towards the light.
" Quina, wait!" Vivi called and then he and the others started running after Quina.
Zidane's group
" Whew, that was close….." Zidane panted as the group sat down on a rock in the ground.
" This place has so many traps in it….." Dagger said as she leaned back.
" Hmph. They didn't fool me." Amarant said in his usual cold, deep tone. " I was just helping you guys get out of them."
Zidane sighed in slight irritation and got up to take a small look ahead. A while later, he came back looking really fustrated.
" We'll have to head back…… it's a dead end ahead…."
" It's your fault Zidane!" Amarant suddenly blurted out. You lead us here, and probably into another trap like the arrow shooters!"
" Excuse me! It was you who triggered off the arrow shooters in the wall! And they did fall you, you were caught well off guard!" Zidane snapped.
" Yeah?!? Well, it was you who nearly made us all Dragon chaow, and led us to a dead end!" Amarant snapped back.
" You guys, stop fighting!" Dagger yelled at them both and got off her rock….. and stepped on a button on the floor. In no time, the floor beneath them collapsed, and all of them fell through.
" aarrrggghhh!!" Zidane yelled as he was falling. But they weren't falling for long. They soon landed on something kind of soft, and kind of hard.
" Hmm, it cushioned our fall….." Zidane mumbled, raking a hand through his hair.
" Hey! Gerrooofff!!" a voice said below him, Dagger and Amarant. They all got off, and smiled as they looked down.
" Vivi! Steiner! Freya!"
" Where's Quina?" Dagger asked.
" We are chasing after it now!" Vivi panted " s/he ran over in that direction!" and pointed towards the light.
" Hey, I gotta feeling the staff is there! Come on!" Zidane yelled as the whole group ran to the light.
Eventually, they did reach it ( It seemed further away than it looked).
" Whew! We've ran miles today!" Steiner complained. He wiped the sweat from his fore head.
" Wow… the staff!" Vivi said in awe. This was the source of the light.
The Lucifer's Staff.
" I've got a bad feeling about that staff……" Dagger whispered to Zidane.
" We've got to get it out of here away from Zeon, no matter what the circumstances." He whispered back.
" We got here before him!" Freya said proudly " But it was tiring!"
" Well, let's take the staff and get out of here….." Vivi said and he reached for it…… his fingertips a mere millimetre away from it……
" Stop right there!!" yelled a raspy voice. Vivi pulled his hands back and retreated in his footsteps. A black cloud appeared before the group and it formed into the familiar figure of Zeon, holding Eiko in one arm, and a dagger to her throat with the other arm……….
To Be Continued!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!! I'm soooooooo evil!!
