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CHAPTER 4- The Chamber of Jupiter
Tierra glided around her chamber. She would get to the girl soon enough, but for now she wanted to relax. Her attendants, some of whom had been with her for years, surrounded her doors and lined the walls.
"I still find it hard to believe that Davall could get something right. Usually he's inept at best." Tierra sighed
"You're right, he is an idiot, I mean, I was on his last mission and it was just ridiculous..." A soldier laughed, trying to kiss up to his boss
"Stop talking, you're boring me." Tierra commanded
"Davall is clueless, you were exactly right Tee." He continued.
"Shut up."
"I really think that anyone as mighty as you deserves much...." Suddenly, he stopped talking. And breathing.
"Don't ever call me 'Tee,'" She said, as her powerful magic strangled the poor soldier. "Ah, that felt good." She muttered.
The soldiers scattered about, all hoping to get away from the queen. She was prowling now, like a cat, searching for a fault in anything. Luckily, her servants knew very well that perfection was the only standard in the service of her majesty. At least it was the only standard that would keep you alive. Finding no visible problem with the servants' jobs, Tierra decided that it was time to interrogate the girl.
"Leave. I must discuss something with the girl, bring her to me." She instructed. They quickly complied.
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"The angel? What the..."
"Master of the Invincible, the demon-ship, prepare to die."
"What did you do with the angel?" Zidane asked calmly, and then added, "You don't want to fight anyone." It was more of a threat then a command
"What you have brought upon my house cannot be forgiven. I shall fell you in honorable battle, so that vengeance mandated me by my soul might be fulfilled, and then let the gods come upon me with fury, but still the master of the Invincible shall die!" Akiel announced
"Master of the Invincible? That's Garland, he's already dead!" Zidane replied
"I know of no Garland. I know only of this demon-ship and it's evils. And do you deny that it bends unto your will?"
"What's it to you?"
"We shall have no more talk. Now is the moment for vengeance!"
With that Akiel leaped at Zidane with the fury of a tiger. Zidane dodged and ran behind him. Faster than Zidane could comprehend, Akiel turned and punched him in the face.
"Damn you! Get off me!" Zidane screamed, "Before I have to hurt..."
Again, Akiel slammed his fist into Zidane's defenseless face. Zidane rolled away and Akiel's fist struck the cold steel of the Invincible's floor. He tore a hole in it.
"I have no time for games!" Akiel screamed
"Neither do I. Get out of my way!" Zidane countered, both in word and with his Exploda, which was hidden on the ship. Akiel staggered from the force of the blow, then quickly composed himself. Fire erupted from his palms and blasted towards Zidane. In less than a second the fire changed to shards of ice. Akiel ran in circles around Zidane, pummeling him with black magic from every side.
"Die." He said
"Never." Zidane replied
Zidane came at him again, this time with two strikes to his head. Zidane then tripped him and stood over him, weapon inches above his head. Once again, fire exploded from Akiel's hands. But Zidane was too fast. He leaped into the air, and then brought his sword down upon his nemesis. Akiel fell. His head felt as though it was splitting apart. But he would never give up.
"Give up, you're beaten. I don't want to kill you." Zidane declared
"Never." Akiel retorted. He then closed his eyes, and got a far-away, unearthly look around him. He raised his arms and shouted,
"Shiva!"
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"Garnet, Queen of Alexandria, the most powerful country in all of Gaia. Alive you would be a fabulous hostage." Tierra whispered in her comatose captive's ears. She seemed to be seriously considering this idea, "No, I have a much better use for you." She decided
Dagger lied comatose in the black iron chamber. She had been knocked out for over five hours. Davall must have used something far too strong
"Still asleep, well, I guess I'll have to wake you up." Tierra sighed. She waved her hand and white-hot magic shot from under her flowing sleeves. Garnet was stirred from her drugged half-conscious sleep, screaming in pain.
"Good. It took you long enough." Tierra declared
"AHHHHH!" She yelled, "What the hell? Zidane, where did you go?" Dagger choked out, her speech slurred and disoriented, "Where am I?"
"In good hands, summoner." Tierra said, in a wispy, ethereal voice quite unlike her real voice
"I am Queen of Alexandria. What continent are we on?" Dagger asked
"We are on an island. I am your host. You were drugged, and I rescued you."
"Huh? But, someone... he grabbed me, and he brought me on an airship."
"That must have been a dream."
"It wasn't." Dagger declared, her memory rapidly returning, "I was on an airship, and it was not in the fleet. I was in someone's arms and they left me in a corner. They were going to leave, but then somebody else came onboard. And then someone did something, and I fell asleep."
"You must have hallucinated."
"No I didn't. And then I saw you kill someone! You must be Tierra, that woman the man that took me was ranting about!"
"Fine." Tierra conceded, back to her usual voice, "I admit. Now, since deception has failed me, maybe we should try something less subtle?"
"What are you talking about?" Dagger demanded.
"You'll see." Tierra whispered, and with that she left the room. A host of soldiers marched in, obviously on her orders.
Dagger looked about the room. It was really a prison. She could tell by the soldiers that lined the iron walls. And she needed to escape. Alexandria needed her.
"Well, then," She focused inwardly. "Ifrit!" She whispered solemnly. Nothing happened. "IFRIT!" She shouted. Once again, nothing happened. Her calls to the guardians of summoners fell on deaf ears. ---------------------------------------
"You're a summoner?" Zidane asked incredulously. But he had little time for musing over the identity of his attacker, as ice rained down upon him like shattered glass. Suddenly, humongous sickle-shaped shards of ice shot up all around him. He tried to flee the fury of the stalagmite onslaught, but there was no escape. He cried in pain. He felt like he was going to die.
The ice reflected Akiel's rage, like his hatred was tangible. Akiel had a far stronger connection with his Eidolon than either of the two much younger summoners that Zidane had traveled with in the Genome War. There seemed to be no end to the torture Zidane went through. And Akiel loved every second of it. He stood there red-eyed, feeling all the energy of death and pain flowing within him. He hated everything but that feeling, everything. And in that moment, when his rage had eclipsed his reason to the point of insanity, the part of his brain that housed the angel screamed in agony. And his mind felt the force of the scream. It awoke him from the trance. Akiel faded back into the recesses of memory. The blood red that stained his wings faded back to pale blue. His silver hair shone out of the charred black mess that sat atop his head. The glow in his eyes faded into nothingness. And Shiva disappeared.
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"My little summoner, what is wrong?" Tierra asked, as she stepped back into the room. She dismissed the soldiers with a wave of her hand
"Shut up." Dagger cried. Being cut off from communication with eidolons was almost as bad as when they had been taken from her by her mother.
"Well, it's of no concern to me." Tierra continued, ignoring the sobbing detainee. "You are needed in my private chambers. Get up."
There was no reply.
"Well, since you refuse to move by yourself..." She sighed. With a flick of her wrist, Dagger floated into the air and slid into an indentation in the iron walls. Another flick of the wrist, and the entire room closed around them. The whole room spun and rocked. Dagger felt nauseous. Tierra stood and watched the proceedings without so much as flinching. Finally everything stopped. Dagger threw up.
"You'll get used to it eventually."
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"Zidane, how are you?" The angel asked
"I'm fine, thanks! I just flew for hours, trying to find an angel, and instead found some weirdo that tried to kill me! So yeah, I'm just great," Zidane growled sarcastically
"Stop being so stupid. I found you lying half-dead. I tried, at the very least, to help you, against my will."
"Against your will?"
"I can't control my wings. I was just going to find your princess, but the wings refused to let me go. Why you couldn't just lie there I don't know." The angel complained
"Well, thanks, even if you didn't actually help." Zidane said, with emphasis on "you", "Did you see that red-haired freak? He was the one that nearly killed me. And I thought Eiko and Dagger were the only summoners left..."
"There is another summoner?"
"Duh. Wait! I have no time to talk. We've got to find Dagger." Zidane said, jumping up. That was a big mistake. He writhed in pain.
"I thought you said you healed me!"
"I should've just left you."
"Whatever. Just get on the controls. You can sense people, can't you?" Zidane queried from a not-so-comfortable spot on the steel floor.
"Yeah."
"Then let's find Dagger."
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"Now, little summoner, we have work to do." Tierra said smiling. There was bloodlust in her green eyes.
"What work?" Garnet demanded
"Oh, nothing that will hurt too badly." She whispered
The dark chamber they found themselves in was much too ornate for just a pointless room. There was something about it, something Dagger didn't like. No one made a sound, yet the room buzzed with activity. Silent flashes of electricity flew through the air above Dagger's head. Bloodstained nails hung ominously from the green ceiling. Unseen forces contaminated the air with an evil stench that burned Dagger's nostrils. Portraits of strange creatures garlanded the walls. Dagger walked over to one of them and stoked it with her fingers. Most would find it beautiful. She thought it was horrible. The face was striking, long and proud. But deep in the eyes she saw an evil glint. The features held something in them, some secret that she did not want to know. She shuddered and turned away. Then she noticed the podiums scattered throughout the room. They were adorned with symbols that reminded her of something. She just didn't know what.
"Wh-What is this place?" Dagger asked
"The Chamber of Jupiter." Tierra replied
"Jupiter?" Dagger wondered quietly
A sudden flash of lightning struck Tierra's head. Her eyes turned white, as did her skin. And her hair. She was a ghost, pale and walking in a manner eerily like floating. Her voice dropped several octaves to a groan. Lightning flowed through her fingertips and around her hands, coating them like gloves.
She croaked in a harsh tone, "I have things to do. Quiet, or I shall be forced to silence you myself." Her cat-like manner was gone. She was now nothing but a witch. Plain, simple, and evil.
While Tierra busied herself with strange machines, Dagger's mind began asking the questions she could not demand of her captor. Little did she know that the captor heard her anyway. / /What the hell is going on down here? What is this woman doing? Why did she take me? Is it because I'm a summoner? //
"Of course it's because you're a summoner, stupid girl! Now, shut up, unless you would prefer that I do it for you."
// She read my mind! Get out of my head witch! //
"I warned you, brat!" Tierra shouted, and then silenced Dagger, with a swift spell that rendered her yet again unconscious.
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Okay, there's one more chapter in the can! And by in the can, I don't mean the toilet! *Nobody is laughing* Well excuse me! I'm just trying to add a little humor! Oh, and how old was Eiko in the game? Yes, that does mean she will be in this fanfic soon.
BTW, I really hope that someone besides Dragon lady 8 reads this fanfic. However, if none of the rest of you review, I might pretend I am Black Mage Dad and refuse to add more if I don't get three reviews. Not that this fanfiction is nearly as good as any of hers... (sad face)
Dragon lady 8: Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am so glad someone reviews!
Disclaimer: If you sue me then I'll be sad
I wrote a disclaimer so I would be glad
I'm trying to tell you I don't own a thing
Um, what rhymes with thing?
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CHAPTER 4- The Chamber of Jupiter
Tierra glided around her chamber. She would get to the girl soon enough, but for now she wanted to relax. Her attendants, some of whom had been with her for years, surrounded her doors and lined the walls.
"I still find it hard to believe that Davall could get something right. Usually he's inept at best." Tierra sighed
"You're right, he is an idiot, I mean, I was on his last mission and it was just ridiculous..." A soldier laughed, trying to kiss up to his boss
"Stop talking, you're boring me." Tierra commanded
"Davall is clueless, you were exactly right Tee." He continued.
"Shut up."
"I really think that anyone as mighty as you deserves much...." Suddenly, he stopped talking. And breathing.
"Don't ever call me 'Tee,'" She said, as her powerful magic strangled the poor soldier. "Ah, that felt good." She muttered.
The soldiers scattered about, all hoping to get away from the queen. She was prowling now, like a cat, searching for a fault in anything. Luckily, her servants knew very well that perfection was the only standard in the service of her majesty. At least it was the only standard that would keep you alive. Finding no visible problem with the servants' jobs, Tierra decided that it was time to interrogate the girl.
"Leave. I must discuss something with the girl, bring her to me." She instructed. They quickly complied.
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"The angel? What the..."
"Master of the Invincible, the demon-ship, prepare to die."
"What did you do with the angel?" Zidane asked calmly, and then added, "You don't want to fight anyone." It was more of a threat then a command
"What you have brought upon my house cannot be forgiven. I shall fell you in honorable battle, so that vengeance mandated me by my soul might be fulfilled, and then let the gods come upon me with fury, but still the master of the Invincible shall die!" Akiel announced
"Master of the Invincible? That's Garland, he's already dead!" Zidane replied
"I know of no Garland. I know only of this demon-ship and it's evils. And do you deny that it bends unto your will?"
"What's it to you?"
"We shall have no more talk. Now is the moment for vengeance!"
With that Akiel leaped at Zidane with the fury of a tiger. Zidane dodged and ran behind him. Faster than Zidane could comprehend, Akiel turned and punched him in the face.
"Damn you! Get off me!" Zidane screamed, "Before I have to hurt..."
Again, Akiel slammed his fist into Zidane's defenseless face. Zidane rolled away and Akiel's fist struck the cold steel of the Invincible's floor. He tore a hole in it.
"I have no time for games!" Akiel screamed
"Neither do I. Get out of my way!" Zidane countered, both in word and with his Exploda, which was hidden on the ship. Akiel staggered from the force of the blow, then quickly composed himself. Fire erupted from his palms and blasted towards Zidane. In less than a second the fire changed to shards of ice. Akiel ran in circles around Zidane, pummeling him with black magic from every side.
"Die." He said
"Never." Zidane replied
Zidane came at him again, this time with two strikes to his head. Zidane then tripped him and stood over him, weapon inches above his head. Once again, fire exploded from Akiel's hands. But Zidane was too fast. He leaped into the air, and then brought his sword down upon his nemesis. Akiel fell. His head felt as though it was splitting apart. But he would never give up.
"Give up, you're beaten. I don't want to kill you." Zidane declared
"Never." Akiel retorted. He then closed his eyes, and got a far-away, unearthly look around him. He raised his arms and shouted,
"Shiva!"
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"Garnet, Queen of Alexandria, the most powerful country in all of Gaia. Alive you would be a fabulous hostage." Tierra whispered in her comatose captive's ears. She seemed to be seriously considering this idea, "No, I have a much better use for you." She decided
Dagger lied comatose in the black iron chamber. She had been knocked out for over five hours. Davall must have used something far too strong
"Still asleep, well, I guess I'll have to wake you up." Tierra sighed. She waved her hand and white-hot magic shot from under her flowing sleeves. Garnet was stirred from her drugged half-conscious sleep, screaming in pain.
"Good. It took you long enough." Tierra declared
"AHHHHH!" She yelled, "What the hell? Zidane, where did you go?" Dagger choked out, her speech slurred and disoriented, "Where am I?"
"In good hands, summoner." Tierra said, in a wispy, ethereal voice quite unlike her real voice
"I am Queen of Alexandria. What continent are we on?" Dagger asked
"We are on an island. I am your host. You were drugged, and I rescued you."
"Huh? But, someone... he grabbed me, and he brought me on an airship."
"That must have been a dream."
"It wasn't." Dagger declared, her memory rapidly returning, "I was on an airship, and it was not in the fleet. I was in someone's arms and they left me in a corner. They were going to leave, but then somebody else came onboard. And then someone did something, and I fell asleep."
"You must have hallucinated."
"No I didn't. And then I saw you kill someone! You must be Tierra, that woman the man that took me was ranting about!"
"Fine." Tierra conceded, back to her usual voice, "I admit. Now, since deception has failed me, maybe we should try something less subtle?"
"What are you talking about?" Dagger demanded.
"You'll see." Tierra whispered, and with that she left the room. A host of soldiers marched in, obviously on her orders.
Dagger looked about the room. It was really a prison. She could tell by the soldiers that lined the iron walls. And she needed to escape. Alexandria needed her.
"Well, then," She focused inwardly. "Ifrit!" She whispered solemnly. Nothing happened. "IFRIT!" She shouted. Once again, nothing happened. Her calls to the guardians of summoners fell on deaf ears. ---------------------------------------
"You're a summoner?" Zidane asked incredulously. But he had little time for musing over the identity of his attacker, as ice rained down upon him like shattered glass. Suddenly, humongous sickle-shaped shards of ice shot up all around him. He tried to flee the fury of the stalagmite onslaught, but there was no escape. He cried in pain. He felt like he was going to die.
The ice reflected Akiel's rage, like his hatred was tangible. Akiel had a far stronger connection with his Eidolon than either of the two much younger summoners that Zidane had traveled with in the Genome War. There seemed to be no end to the torture Zidane went through. And Akiel loved every second of it. He stood there red-eyed, feeling all the energy of death and pain flowing within him. He hated everything but that feeling, everything. And in that moment, when his rage had eclipsed his reason to the point of insanity, the part of his brain that housed the angel screamed in agony. And his mind felt the force of the scream. It awoke him from the trance. Akiel faded back into the recesses of memory. The blood red that stained his wings faded back to pale blue. His silver hair shone out of the charred black mess that sat atop his head. The glow in his eyes faded into nothingness. And Shiva disappeared.
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"My little summoner, what is wrong?" Tierra asked, as she stepped back into the room. She dismissed the soldiers with a wave of her hand
"Shut up." Dagger cried. Being cut off from communication with eidolons was almost as bad as when they had been taken from her by her mother.
"Well, it's of no concern to me." Tierra continued, ignoring the sobbing detainee. "You are needed in my private chambers. Get up."
There was no reply.
"Well, since you refuse to move by yourself..." She sighed. With a flick of her wrist, Dagger floated into the air and slid into an indentation in the iron walls. Another flick of the wrist, and the entire room closed around them. The whole room spun and rocked. Dagger felt nauseous. Tierra stood and watched the proceedings without so much as flinching. Finally everything stopped. Dagger threw up.
"You'll get used to it eventually."
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"Zidane, how are you?" The angel asked
"I'm fine, thanks! I just flew for hours, trying to find an angel, and instead found some weirdo that tried to kill me! So yeah, I'm just great," Zidane growled sarcastically
"Stop being so stupid. I found you lying half-dead. I tried, at the very least, to help you, against my will."
"Against your will?"
"I can't control my wings. I was just going to find your princess, but the wings refused to let me go. Why you couldn't just lie there I don't know." The angel complained
"Well, thanks, even if you didn't actually help." Zidane said, with emphasis on "you", "Did you see that red-haired freak? He was the one that nearly killed me. And I thought Eiko and Dagger were the only summoners left..."
"There is another summoner?"
"Duh. Wait! I have no time to talk. We've got to find Dagger." Zidane said, jumping up. That was a big mistake. He writhed in pain.
"I thought you said you healed me!"
"I should've just left you."
"Whatever. Just get on the controls. You can sense people, can't you?" Zidane queried from a not-so-comfortable spot on the steel floor.
"Yeah."
"Then let's find Dagger."
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"Now, little summoner, we have work to do." Tierra said smiling. There was bloodlust in her green eyes.
"What work?" Garnet demanded
"Oh, nothing that will hurt too badly." She whispered
The dark chamber they found themselves in was much too ornate for just a pointless room. There was something about it, something Dagger didn't like. No one made a sound, yet the room buzzed with activity. Silent flashes of electricity flew through the air above Dagger's head. Bloodstained nails hung ominously from the green ceiling. Unseen forces contaminated the air with an evil stench that burned Dagger's nostrils. Portraits of strange creatures garlanded the walls. Dagger walked over to one of them and stoked it with her fingers. Most would find it beautiful. She thought it was horrible. The face was striking, long and proud. But deep in the eyes she saw an evil glint. The features held something in them, some secret that she did not want to know. She shuddered and turned away. Then she noticed the podiums scattered throughout the room. They were adorned with symbols that reminded her of something. She just didn't know what.
"Wh-What is this place?" Dagger asked
"The Chamber of Jupiter." Tierra replied
"Jupiter?" Dagger wondered quietly
A sudden flash of lightning struck Tierra's head. Her eyes turned white, as did her skin. And her hair. She was a ghost, pale and walking in a manner eerily like floating. Her voice dropped several octaves to a groan. Lightning flowed through her fingertips and around her hands, coating them like gloves.
She croaked in a harsh tone, "I have things to do. Quiet, or I shall be forced to silence you myself." Her cat-like manner was gone. She was now nothing but a witch. Plain, simple, and evil.
While Tierra busied herself with strange machines, Dagger's mind began asking the questions she could not demand of her captor. Little did she know that the captor heard her anyway. / /What the hell is going on down here? What is this woman doing? Why did she take me? Is it because I'm a summoner? //
"Of course it's because you're a summoner, stupid girl! Now, shut up, unless you would prefer that I do it for you."
// She read my mind! Get out of my head witch! //
"I warned you, brat!" Tierra shouted, and then silenced Dagger, with a swift spell that rendered her yet again unconscious.
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Okay, there's one more chapter in the can! And by in the can, I don't mean the toilet! *Nobody is laughing* Well excuse me! I'm just trying to add a little humor! Oh, and how old was Eiko in the game? Yes, that does mean she will be in this fanfic soon.
BTW, I really hope that someone besides Dragon lady 8 reads this fanfic. However, if none of the rest of you review, I might pretend I am Black Mage Dad and refuse to add more if I don't get three reviews. Not that this fanfiction is nearly as good as any of hers... (sad face)