Chapter 2

Zidane slowly realized where he was. He was knocked out by Kefka for a few seconds. He quickly glanced up, and saw Kefka, arms raised above his head, with a growing purple ball of fire hovering above him. "NOOO!!" Zidane shouted as he hopped to his feet. "You can't do this! Kuja will destroy all of us!"

"Gwahahaha!" Kefka squeled a high pitched laugh. "You think I care?" Kefka swung back his arms, and the fireball moved with them. Kefka prepared to throw the ball of flames at the party, but all of a sudden someone came behind him. The mysterious man punched him in the back, and Kefka collapsed to his knees. The fireball above him vanished.

"Who the...?" Zidane said to himself. Everyone was behind him, so it couldn't be someone he knew who knocked down Kefka. He saw a man with a bandana, who seemed to handle himself like a thief. "Who are you?" Zidane asked.

"The name's Locke. Quick, help me hold this bastard down!" Locke hopped on the back of Kefka while Zidane ran over and to help him. "Terra! Quick, get over here, we've got him held down." A beautiful looking women with green hair ran over. "Use your magic on him while he's down!" Locke commanded.

"Don't worry, his life will end hear!" Terra said as she began to chant a spell. She put forth her hands towards Kefka's face. Kefka let out his high pitched laugh again. Terra disregarded the laugh and continued to concentrate and chant. Green sparks of magic began to come from her palms. With out warning, a strong green beam shot from her hands to Kefka's laughing face. There was a large flash, and when sight returned, it could be seen that Kefka no longer breathed.

"Who are you guys!?" Zidane shouted in panic of the recent events.

"I'm Locke, and this is Terra." Locke said. "We've been trying to stop this creep for a very long time. He ruined our world, and took supreme control of it. We climbed the tower he ruled from, and almost destroyed him, but some young man with white hair appeared out of nowhere. He opened a large portal that he and Kefka jumped through. Naturally, we chased after him. We've been in this wierd place for days looking for him. It's a good thing we found him, he almost mutilated you guys!"

Zidane felt a bit dizzy from the rather brief but complicated story he was just told. "Well, I don't have a damn clue what the hell you are talking about, but thanks."

"No problem," Locke said.

"Have you seen the man with white hair?" Zidane asked. "If we don't put Kuja down, he could destroy everything as we know it. He is attempting to destroy the source of everything and anything."

"The crystal!" Locke said in shock.

"Yeah. You've heard of it?" Zidane said.

"I thought it was only a myth...." Locke commented. "We'd be glad to help you find this mad man!"

All of a sudden, a high pitched laugh echoed in the area. "GWAHAHAHAHA!! Did you really think that you could defeat me! Not even death can lock me away!" Kefka floated back on his feet. "The end is near, you fools!"

"Crap! Zidane, get Kuja! We'll handle Kefka!!" Locke shouted as he ran after Kefka.

"Okay, Locke! Amarant, Eiko, you two help him out!" Zidane ordered.

"No problem, Zidane!" Eiko said as she ran along wiht Locke and Terra.

"Why do I keep getting stuck with the kid?" Amarant asked him self as he turned around and walked after Kefka.

Zidane, Steiner, Vivi, Garnet, Freya and Quina ran in the opposite direction in search of Kuja. "We'll find him yet!" said Zidane.

As they rounded a corner, they came up against their next foe.


END OF CHAPTER 2

Who shall the next foe be? I am relying on all the readers to decide. When you review my story, please vote for who you want the next foe to be. You can vote for anyone except characters from FF9, FF7, or FF6. (I have something special planned for FF7, I've already used FF6, and FF9 is Kuja, which will end the story, duh!) If you have already review my story, and it won't let you do so again, just review under a different name. I stop tallying votes on April 15, 2001.