**The usual disclaimers apply**
~In the last chapter…
At the mention of her name, Galaxia cringed with disgust. How she hated to
hear that name!
Rinoa's face lightened up. "you're the key! the four pillars are THE key!!"
Notes:
~*~ - dream state
*...*- thoughts
* * * - another place, time, space,...etc.
THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS
By: Yumemi
Chapter 27 - The Medallion of Atlantis
Galaxia smirked. "I should thank you, dear one... for telling me who I should
capture first."
Rinoa gasped and clasped her mouth with both her hands.
"no need to worry," Pluto said, then whispered, "all we have to do is distract
her while lady Umi does hat she must."
Rinoa gave a faint nod.
"what are we waiting for?" Quistis shouted.
"yes indeed, what ARE you waiting for?" Galaxia echoed, then gave a quick
quick blast of her energy balls.
All doged it and set up to fight her. Meanwhile, Umi ran to Yue's side, who
was firing his icicle arrows at Ultimecia.
"Yue, where's the medallion?" she inquired.
Yue stopped firing and reached for a hidden pocket inside his coat. Then he
drew out a fist-sized(Yue's fist), round medallion with a round-shaped turquoise-
blue colored stone embedded in the center. intricate designs of runes were written
around it. Three circles were carved on the piece of silver, one inside the other,
all of which having the stone as its center and within each circumference ran a
series or runes. sun-rays like wavy spikes jutted out from the smallest circle that
surrounded the runes, with the north, south, east and west rays being the longest
reaching almost to the edge. On the tip of each ray a symbol of the elements was
drawn: a drop or water to the north, a tongue of fire to the south, a puff of cloud
to the west, and a leaf to the east.
A drawing of a cresent moon, with the carved part facing the stone, was on the
upper right hand corner of the sun and five stars forming a diamond was to be
found on the lower left.
Carefully, Yue handed the medallion to his princess. "what are you planning to
do?"
"summon the power, of course!" she answered him, giving him a peck on the cheek
and a wink. "cover me."
Yue gave a nod and started aiming his arrows again.
Umi moved away and grabbed Rinoa after she finished her blizzaga spell.
"what is it?" Rinoa asked.
"you're going to help me." Umi simply answered.
Then, Umi led away to a 'safe' spot, surrounded by her comrades on all sides.
Making sure that Galaxia was well-distracted, Umi placed Rinoa before her and
stepped back. She then raised both arms in front of her and opened up her closed
palms. In between them, was the medallion. Umi placed it directly between them
and it started to glow faintly.
"concentrate on the medallion." Umi instructed.
Rinoa did as was told but didn't find it easy because of all the racket that was
happening. After a short while, she was able to do it.
while Rinoa was having a hard time, Umi found it a piece-of-cake to connect with
something that was already a part of her.
Meanwhile...
Cloud, Quistis and Squall alternated summoning GFs and when they were at rest,
Pluto fired three consecutive Dead Screams. Galaxia survived six GF summonings
and two of the Dead Screams without a scratch. The third Dead Scream hit her
while she was deflecting the second Death Scream and had left her with a gash
on her arm.
Fuu attacked with her longsword and Hikaru with her own sword from the left
and right sides respectively. Galaxia deflected their attacks by placing a
bubble shield around her. Because of that, both knights were thrown to the
ground. Galaxia didn't waste time in attacking them and sent two energy balls
their way. Hikaru was able to avoid it but Fuu wasn't able to stand any longer.
Yue intervined and placed a shield to protect her.
Galaxia was quite busy when she felt a rising energy beyond the ring of fighters.
Looking to her far left, just beyond Presea's body, was Umi and Rinoa - and they
wer glowing a faint blue.
'curse it!' she thought. Quickly, she placed a shield around her and raised an
arm toward them and fired a beam of energy. Yue saw this quick movement in the
midst of the battle heat and fired an ice arrow just beyond the laser's path.
But the laser, instead of exploding when the arrow hit it, was just deflected
and hit the space three strides away from the duo. The ring of defenders took
a chance to take a quick galnce then they realized that they have to keep
Galaxia's clutches as far away to the two people as possible.
The explosion broke Rinoa's concentration and she gasped. Umi faltered as well
and the medallion dropped. It might have shattered into pieces but it was a good
thing that Umi hadn't removed her hand below it.
"Rinoa..." Umi said.
"well you broke away too!..." she started to protest, Umi gave her a hard stare.
"Alright..." Rinoa closed her eyes and concentrated again. In her mind's eye, She
saw the two of them standing in a dark void, their bodies glowing with a dull light.
Then she saw the madallion float higher and higher, until it was hanging above
her, out of arm's reach. Umi then put her arms back down and she stepped away from
Rinoa.
*do not be scared* Umi told her mentally.
Rinoa gathered all her courage and she noticed that the medallion's side where
the designs were found was facing her. Then, a blue beam came out of the stone
and it caged Rinoa in a cylinder of blue light. In the blink of an eye, the designs
that were embedded on the silver medallion was re-created underneath them in a
much larger scale.
Rinoa was standing in the middle og the great design and the circle in which she
was standing on was the place where the turquoise-blue stone was to be found. Umi,
oh the other hand, stepped back futher more and was now standing above the symbol
of the droplet of water.
The others fought on and kept Galaxia so busy that even though they noticed that
the two were already being surrounded by blue light, they didn't notice it.
*my friends,* Umi called out to the rest of the pillars, *it is time for you to
help me*
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END
~In the last chapter…
At the mention of her name, Galaxia cringed with disgust. How she hated to
hear that name!
Rinoa's face lightened up. "you're the key! the four pillars are THE key!!"
Notes:
~*~ - dream state
*...*- thoughts
* * * - another place, time, space,...etc.
THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS
By: Yumemi
Chapter 27 - The Medallion of Atlantis
Galaxia smirked. "I should thank you, dear one... for telling me who I should
capture first."
Rinoa gasped and clasped her mouth with both her hands.
"no need to worry," Pluto said, then whispered, "all we have to do is distract
her while lady Umi does hat she must."
Rinoa gave a faint nod.
"what are we waiting for?" Quistis shouted.
"yes indeed, what ARE you waiting for?" Galaxia echoed, then gave a quick
quick blast of her energy balls.
All doged it and set up to fight her. Meanwhile, Umi ran to Yue's side, who
was firing his icicle arrows at Ultimecia.
"Yue, where's the medallion?" she inquired.
Yue stopped firing and reached for a hidden pocket inside his coat. Then he
drew out a fist-sized(Yue's fist), round medallion with a round-shaped turquoise-
blue colored stone embedded in the center. intricate designs of runes were written
around it. Three circles were carved on the piece of silver, one inside the other,
all of which having the stone as its center and within each circumference ran a
series or runes. sun-rays like wavy spikes jutted out from the smallest circle that
surrounded the runes, with the north, south, east and west rays being the longest
reaching almost to the edge. On the tip of each ray a symbol of the elements was
drawn: a drop or water to the north, a tongue of fire to the south, a puff of cloud
to the west, and a leaf to the east.
A drawing of a cresent moon, with the carved part facing the stone, was on the
upper right hand corner of the sun and five stars forming a diamond was to be
found on the lower left.
Carefully, Yue handed the medallion to his princess. "what are you planning to
do?"
"summon the power, of course!" she answered him, giving him a peck on the cheek
and a wink. "cover me."
Yue gave a nod and started aiming his arrows again.
Umi moved away and grabbed Rinoa after she finished her blizzaga spell.
"what is it?" Rinoa asked.
"you're going to help me." Umi simply answered.
Then, Umi led away to a 'safe' spot, surrounded by her comrades on all sides.
Making sure that Galaxia was well-distracted, Umi placed Rinoa before her and
stepped back. She then raised both arms in front of her and opened up her closed
palms. In between them, was the medallion. Umi placed it directly between them
and it started to glow faintly.
"concentrate on the medallion." Umi instructed.
Rinoa did as was told but didn't find it easy because of all the racket that was
happening. After a short while, she was able to do it.
while Rinoa was having a hard time, Umi found it a piece-of-cake to connect with
something that was already a part of her.
Meanwhile...
Cloud, Quistis and Squall alternated summoning GFs and when they were at rest,
Pluto fired three consecutive Dead Screams. Galaxia survived six GF summonings
and two of the Dead Screams without a scratch. The third Dead Scream hit her
while she was deflecting the second Death Scream and had left her with a gash
on her arm.
Fuu attacked with her longsword and Hikaru with her own sword from the left
and right sides respectively. Galaxia deflected their attacks by placing a
bubble shield around her. Because of that, both knights were thrown to the
ground. Galaxia didn't waste time in attacking them and sent two energy balls
their way. Hikaru was able to avoid it but Fuu wasn't able to stand any longer.
Yue intervined and placed a shield to protect her.
Galaxia was quite busy when she felt a rising energy beyond the ring of fighters.
Looking to her far left, just beyond Presea's body, was Umi and Rinoa - and they
wer glowing a faint blue.
'curse it!' she thought. Quickly, she placed a shield around her and raised an
arm toward them and fired a beam of energy. Yue saw this quick movement in the
midst of the battle heat and fired an ice arrow just beyond the laser's path.
But the laser, instead of exploding when the arrow hit it, was just deflected
and hit the space three strides away from the duo. The ring of defenders took
a chance to take a quick galnce then they realized that they have to keep
Galaxia's clutches as far away to the two people as possible.
The explosion broke Rinoa's concentration and she gasped. Umi faltered as well
and the medallion dropped. It might have shattered into pieces but it was a good
thing that Umi hadn't removed her hand below it.
"Rinoa..." Umi said.
"well you broke away too!..." she started to protest, Umi gave her a hard stare.
"Alright..." Rinoa closed her eyes and concentrated again. In her mind's eye, She
saw the two of them standing in a dark void, their bodies glowing with a dull light.
Then she saw the madallion float higher and higher, until it was hanging above
her, out of arm's reach. Umi then put her arms back down and she stepped away from
Rinoa.
*do not be scared* Umi told her mentally.
Rinoa gathered all her courage and she noticed that the medallion's side where
the designs were found was facing her. Then, a blue beam came out of the stone
and it caged Rinoa in a cylinder of blue light. In the blink of an eye, the designs
that were embedded on the silver medallion was re-created underneath them in a
much larger scale.
Rinoa was standing in the middle og the great design and the circle in which she
was standing on was the place where the turquoise-blue stone was to be found. Umi,
oh the other hand, stepped back futher more and was now standing above the symbol
of the droplet of water.
The others fought on and kept Galaxia so busy that even though they noticed that
the two were already being surrounded by blue light, they didn't notice it.
*my friends,* Umi called out to the rest of the pillars, *it is time for you to
help me*
______________________________________________________________________________
END