Times of Change - Chapter 2


Author's note:
1. er-hem, I DO NOT OWN FFX OR MEDABOTS.
2. Don't forget to vote on what couple you want, Metabee/Brass or Warbandit/Brass
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Short summary: Metabee, Brass, Warbandit, Sumilidon and Neutranurse find themselves in a strange new land. They see a city in the distance and decide to go investigate. Meanwhile, in the city of Bevelle, Zark and Asaar, two High Priests, get into an argument over what to do next in their war against Zanarkand. Finally, Zark wins.

Ok, now, on with the fic!

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Metabee stopped. Behind him, so did the others.

Neutranurse tilted her head to a side, "What's wrong Metabee? Is there something wrong?"

Metabee shook his head and shrugged it off, "Nothing... I just thought I heard something." Warbandit walked up beside hima dn said, "No, I thought I heard something too."

They stood on the small path, straining their audio sensors. After a few moments, Sumilidon spoke up, "Maybe you were just imagining it." Metabee shrugged, he didn't think so but it was no use to start a riot over it. He would just have to be more alert. Brass looked from Warbandit to Metabee then continue their trek towards the city in the distance. They were much closer now but it would still take them some time to get there.

A boy, about sixteen, stepped out from the forest, onto the path were Metabee's and the gang's silhouette were quickly disappearing. He was a spy, on his way back from Zanarkand. His eyes narrowed at the receding forms of the medabots. "So... the Zanarkand forces are using machina after all..." His voice was barely a whisper. He slinked back into the shadow of the forest and took a shortcut back to Bevelle. He had to warn the High Priests of this new development.

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"WHAT?!" Zark was out of his mind, the news of Zanarkand using machina was angering him. Bevelle was suppose to be the most advanced in making machina weaponry. The spy continued, as if Zark had not reacted at all, he was used to his boss' tantrums, "At the rate they were going, they should be here shortly before nightfall." Zark, calmed down a bit. Before nightfall, that didn't leave them a lot of time. He dismissed his spy and sat down.

"It is not too late to surrender Zark."

Zark didn't even bother to turn around. He knew who the voice belonged to. Asaar. Irritated, Zark whirled around and said, "Listen old man, we don't need to surrender! My new machina will be ready long before those fools will reach Bevelle." Asaar didn't even flinch, he merely nodded then turned away, "If you believe so. But don't think that it will be over when you defeat Zanarkand." The old man left Zark to his thoughts. The young priest slammed his fist into the table. "Stupid old man! He doesn't know what he's talking about!!" He panted with suppressed rage.

"Lord Zark?"

Zark turned around. It was Lierne, her faithful counsellor. He nodded and she continued, "Good news, sir. It seems that the new machina is ready to be tested." Zark smirked. Those fools in Zanarkand would have to do much better to be able to handle his new weapon.

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They were almost to the city now. Metabee could see the people walking around, his eyes widened, "Dude... there's no medabots in there." Brass came up to him and squinted foward, "You're right. There's no medabots in sight." The five of them looked at each other. Sumilidon scratched his head, "How strange. I can't seem to remember why we are here." The others looked at him. So he explained, "All the time that we've been walking, I've been thinking. Where do we come from? Why are we here? And I couldn't seem to remember. It's like something's blocking me from remembering."

Metabee tilted his head, "You know what? I feel the same way. I can't remember anything from before the moment I woke up. How strange." The others nodded, all agreeing with him. "Maybe our memory chips were damaged when we got here." Brass offered an explanation to the strange memory problem. Neutranurse shook his head, "All of us? And at exactly the same place?"

Metabee raised his fist in the air, "Who cares? We're here. And that's all that matters. Let's go into that city already!" Brass nodded and they all headed for the city.

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Ugh, this is sooo slow. I'm gonna speed things up a little in the next chapter! Hope you guys are liking it at this point! ^^