Vieraslayer

Lord Janzyn is apparently as big a fan of the news as Ktjn, but for different reasons (He likes hot female Viera newscasters). This chapter gets a bit sad at some parts.

Krjn is Attacked

"Tomaj! Hey! I'm not going in today. Something… terrible happened. Of course, you should know already. I left the news on." Ktjn yelled as she returned home. Tjla ran to find her father.

Tomaj and Tjla started laughing about something. Ktjn walked in to find the channel changed to a show where two idiots threw coconuts at each other.

"You're having our daughter watch this! Is this why she threw rocks at that Seeq kid she plays with? I got blamed for that. That kid's father called me a racist rabbit whore!" Ktjn yelped. She got in front of the screen.

"I like the coconuts. Whatever happened in town couldn't have been that bad. Now get out of the way." Tomaj said.

"You don't care if I get killed! Tomaj, Sjra was killed last night! And it looked like something was eating her! She has been absolutely torn to pieces! You could hardly recognize it as a Viera, and even less as Sjra. What if I'm next? And Tjla too, since she carries Vieran blood in her! We could be in great danger if we don't leave town for a while. At least until this creature is destroyed. If you had been watching the Yesterday's Tomorrow show instead of this tripe like you said you were, you would've known this!"

"I don't watch that anymore. You can only watch so much of Meredith the Viera before you start wishing they'd get that other chick back."

"Hey! She's the only Viera newscaster I've ever seen. And she's very respectable. Don't be badmouthing Viera! Your daughter is part Viera, and I'm a Viera!"

"I'm not badmouthing Viera. In fact, I've been wishing you'd come home early one of these days. Want to put Tjla down for a nap and then we could go back to bed for a few hours?" Tomaj had a smirk on his face as he said this.

"I'm not tired, thank you."

"Oh, nobody said we were going to sleep. Tjla will be the only one sleeping!"

"Oh, that. No thank you. I don't want that either. I will tell you if I desire that again. I only did that and had Tjla because I was in heat, and it was the first time I had came in heat outside of the Wood, and I was losing my mind. I couldn't take it anymore. I am glad you were there to help me. And that you didn't get mad or anything. I know a place where we can go when we leave town. When I left town when I found out I was going to have Tjla, that is where I went. I have to go tell Migelo I will not be working for him again for a while. He will understand that it is no longer safe for Viera here. He saw what happened out there. I'll be surprised if he doesn't have to answer questions for every news program on Ivalice!"

Ktjn left to go tell Migelo after speaking with Tomaj a little more. They'd leave as soon as possible.

As Ktjn neared Migelo's Sundries, a creature leapt out at her, ready to attack. It was Atlas, trying to prove to Carraka that he was a perfectly capable hunter himself. Ktjn was cornered. She could not believe what she was seeing. Reena-Kaana were extinct, weren't they?

Atlas rushed at Ktjn and threw her. The young Viera struggled to get up, seeing a big male Reena-Kaana looking straight at her, his eyes showing only pure hatred and bloodlust. He prepared to kill her in one blow. He charged, claws pointed straight at the Viera, attempting to impale her. Ktjn braced herself. It would be a miracle if she survived the brutal blow.

The Reena's claws tore into Viera flesh, but the Viera was not Ktjn. Seeing her sister in danger, Krjn had gotten in front of her and took the severe blow from Atlas's claws herself. Some of the other members of Clan Centurio were there too. The Reena transformed into an insect and flew off. He could not fight a whole clan by himself!

Ktjn looked her sister over. She was breathing, but barely. And she was bleeding profusely. If she didn't get help soon, she would die. The Reena's claws had sliced right through her armour easily. If she hadn't had it, she would've already been dead. Ktjn knew if Krjn hadn't taken the blow, she would've been killed instantly.

Montblanc rushed to the Viera warrior's side. He ordered one of the clan members to get help quickly. Krjn was dying.

"Montblanc, she's going into shock. She's going to die, isn't she? Filthy Reena-Kaana! They have no reason to do this! They're supposed to be extinct! My mother told me stories about them before she died. Now I'm going to lose Krjn! She's the only sister I have! Mother only had the two of us!" Ktjn wailed.

"Krjn is not going to die. We'll save her, don't worry, kupo." Montblanc assured Ktjn, but the furry little white Moogle didn't look so sure himself.

Ktjn just sat there next to her sister. Krjn couldn't die! Who would protect her from the monsters? Who would put up with Tjla and pretend she didn't want to? "You can't die sister. I will never forgive you if you leave me! You are a warrior. You must continue to fight, even now!" Ktjn whispered in her unconscious sister's ear. She didn't think Krjn could hear her, but it couldn't hurt. Krjn's heart stopped.

"OH MY WOOD! Montblanc! Do you know CPR?! Her heart stopped beating!" Ktjn yelled.

"You help me! C'mon Krjn. Fight, kupo! Don't die on us! Help is on its way, kupo!" Montblanc cried as he tried to get the Viera's heart beating again. Ktjn was giving mouth-to-mouth to her sister.

Krjn didn't know where she was. She was not supposed to be in a forest. The pain from the Reena-Kaana's claws was incredible, but where she was, there was no pain. Her wound was gone. What happened?

The Viera stepped into a clearing, and there was her mother, Kala, just standing there. Kala had been dead for years. Krjn knew what had happened now. The Reena must've killed her. Kala was chief wood-warder of Tarva Village until her death. She had died from natural causes when Ktjn and Krjn were young. Ktjn would surely be arriving there shortly herself, having nobody to protect her.

"Mother?" Krjn asked.

"I have missed you, my child." Kala said. Krjn hugged her mother. She didn't want to be away from her for a second ever again.

"I failed Ktjn. I promised to protect her. That was why I became a wood-warder."

"You failed Ktjn when you left! But that is in the past. All Viera are part of the Wood, and they all return to the Wood. There is peace here, and I cannot hate you for leaving. That is part of the flesh, but not the spirit."

"The Reena will kill her."

"No. It will not."

"It killed me."

"No. It did not. You must go back."

"I don't want to."

"It is not your time."

"What do I have to live for? I want to stay here, with you. Even if I go back, I will return here before long. My body is broken. The Reena tore me apart. I felt it. I will die before long. No Cure spell can fix me the way I am broken."

"You must protect Ktjn, my daughter. The Reena must be destroyed. You are a warrior. You must fight."

"I don't want to leave you! I missed you so much. I want to be here, with you."

"I am always with you, Krjn. Even if you can't see me."

Krjn felt herself fade from the eternal forest, from her mother's embrace. She was pulled back to the world of the living as her heart started beating again.

In the Wood, Janzyn was ticked. He had to stay with Lena and Chea for a few days since Jote was in one of her moods and would likely kill him if he showed up in Eruyt Village. He wasn't allowed in Tarva Village, his home, either; even though his daughter Mjra was chief wood-warder now. Thinking of Mjra made him think of Mjrn. Their names were pretty similar. One letter off. They were around the same age too.

Janzyn used to live with Lena until Chea moved in. Lena was happy, and that made Janzyn happy, since his sister was so miserable before she had attempted suicide several times. She had also asked Jote to kill her several times. Lena had met Chea when Chea had gotten involved in the Viera Mafia. Lena and her sister Tarj were known to have dealings with the Viera Mafia. Lena was even a member. The Viera Mafia was completely female, and they didn't care that Lena was interested in women as long as she didn't cause them trouble.

Janzyn wished Mjrn was around, but she was in Eruyt Village, trying to keep Myko and Alvyne out of trouble. Janzyn also wished Hjen's renovations were done. He wanted to watch the Yesterday's Tomorrow show and fight with Pheytah over channels. Pheytah liked watching morons hurt each other on the Fighting Channel, Janzyn just wanted to watch shows with cute Viera girls. There weren't a lot, since there were very few Vieran actresses. Myko would make a good actress when she was grown up. She was a Bunansa after all, and spent half her time talking about how she was the leading lady. It seemed she was born for the job.

Chea approached Janzyn. Her hands were behind her back. She was a fairly shy young Viera. It was hard to believe that she was a lesbian.

"Um… Lord Janzyn? Can I talk to you?" Chea asked.

"Sure sis." Janzyn replied. Since Lena and Chea were an item, Janzyn considered Chea his sister too.

"Um… well… Lena and I want a child, and you know Lena's body is as the desert, as she cleverly puts it. So that means I have to be the one to get pregnant."

"I see where you're going. You're asking me if I want to be the godfather. Sure."

"Well… no. Lena wants the child to be as close as genetically possible to her's. I want you to be the father. It was her idea. I don't want to mate with a male, but if I want to have a child, I have to."

"SAY WHAT? CHEA, I AM NOT MATING WITH YOU! THAT WOULD BE LIKE SLEEPING WITH MY SISTER!" Janzyn yelped. He was shocked that Lena would come up with such an idea. She cared about Chea like nobody else, and she knew Janzyn respected that and did not try to do anything to her just because Chea was a woman and wasn't his real sister.

"Janzyn, please. I do not like the idea either, but Lena and I want to have a child so badly! Tran wouldn't do it. He isn't like that anymore. I know you like me, even though I am lesbian. Won't you please consider it at least? We can't do anything until next year anyway. I'm just giving you time to think it over."

"I'll think about this Chi, but I seriously think I will not want to do it even in the fall. Mjrn is expecting. She will not like to learn of your plan, and I don't want to upset her. Don't be bothering her about this. If she asked me to, I would go along with your plan, but if you ask her to ask me, I will never forgive you! Now, can you go be disturbing somewhere else? Sheesh."

Janzyn wished that he'd bought the technological luxuries the Moogles sold instead of Pheytah more than ever. Surely a few hours of bad movies would help his mood! Pheytah rarely even let him near his electronics.