Chapter Four

Chapter Four

Alone In The World . . .

*Elly is alone in her cell, thinking. She sighs as she watches Celes come in, closing the prison door.*

Celes: Hello, Elly. *smirks*

*Elly gets enraged*

Elly: Let me out of here, bitch!

Celes: *shakes a finger* My, such language, Elly.

Elly: Shut up and tell me where Locke is.

*Celes laughs*

Celes: You think I have Locke?

Elly: Don't play dumb, Celes. I know you have him.

*Celes sits down, away from Elly. She lights a candle and grins, sitting it on the ground.*

Celes: I don't have Locke. I was wondering if you knew where he was. *takes out a brush and brushes her hair*

Elly: *growls* Why would I tell you, Celes? I--

*Celes throws the brush at Elly, hitting her chest*

Elly: That didn't hurt . . .

*Celes jumps up*

Celes: You will feel pain if I do not recieve the exact location of Locke Cole, Elizabeth.

*Elly smiles*

Elly: Then I welcome the pain, Celes.

*Celes grins*

Celes: I was hoping you would say that. *pulls out her sword* Now the torture will begin.

Vincent: *confused* Sephiroth? Who's that?!

*Ryvnn stirs again at Vincent's yelling*

Ryvnn: Hmm . . .? *looks around, then goes back to sleep once more*

Cloud: Sephiroth is Jenova and Lucrecia's son.

Sassena: *dryly* That's like saying Garret is the son of Kari'rn.

Cloud: *confused* Who?

Sassena: My point exactly.

Locke: Sephiroth is a crazy lunatic in Cloud's world who nearly destroyed it with the Black Materia. Materia--

Cloud: --Materia is another form--the only form--of magic. Without it, there is no magic.

Tadd: Why can't we have that?

Vincent: It's the way it is . . .

Lufia: Well, what does he want?

Cloud: He wants to help us.

Sabin: So why are you so worried?

*A young man with blonde hair jumps in. He wears piloting clothes and holds a spear in his hand. In his mouth is a cigeratte and he pulls it out, taking a long drag.*

*Cloud looks to the man with the cigeratte*

Cloud: Hey, Cid.

Cid: Cloud, we got a note from that sick bastard. He--

Locke: We know, Cid. We got one.

*Another person jumps in the window, pushing Cid. She looks like a rat with wheat blonde hair and wears pink clothes with a matiching hat. She also has a spear on her.*

Cid: God damn, woman! *looks to her* Well, if it ain't the rat who was following me.

Tadd: Freya, use the door!

*Freya looks to Cid and sticks him with the end of the spear*

Freya: Long time no see yourself, Cid. *embraces him*

*Cid embraces back*

Cid: Where have you been?

Freya: Looking for my beloved--

Locke: Fratley, still? *shakes his head* Freya . . .

Cloud: If you play Final Fantasy IX, you'd know what happened to him.

Freya: Well . . . I suppose I could try later, Cloud. *looks wierdly at him* I thought you were permanently retarded from that Mako accident.

*Cloud explodes*

Cloud: I JUST PRETEND TO BE RETARDED WHEN TIFA AND AERIS FIGHT OVER ME!!!

*Everyone looks at him. Freya backs away. Ryvnn's still sleeping . . . (how does she do it?)*

Freya: A--alright, Cloud. Calm down.

Tadd: Yeah . . . I don't need you waking her up. I don't think you'd like the results.

Freya: *smirks* It looks like Ryvnn's happy, Tadd.

*Tadd blushes again*

*Jowy Antredies walks through the door after opening it, along with Ryu. Jowy looks cute with a blue sleeveless shirt and soft tan pants. His long blonde hair is pulled back in a ponytail and he holds the Star Staff in his hand. Ryu walks to the couch and sits*

Jowy: You should have called me sooner, Locke.

Sassena: I'm getting confused! Who's related to each other?

*Sabin pinches Lufia's ass*

Sabin: You tell me.

*Lufia throws Sabin into the wall and hits him in the head, knocking him unconscious*

Lufia: Don't do that . . . ! *sits back down*

Vincent: *in the Emenim voice* Will all the cousins please stand up?

*Sassena hits Vincent*

Sassena: I can't stand rap.

*Locke, Lufia, Ryu and Cloud stand up and walk to Freya and Jowy*

Vincent: Counting Ryvnn, there's seven.

*Locke shakes his head*

Locke: There's two more: Katt and Rei.

Sassena: I remember those two. Aren't they tiger people too?

Freya: Yes. *nods*

*Sassena laughs as she remembers something*

Sassena: Ho boy . . . They're a handful.

Vincent: *jokingly* Like you're not.

Jowy: Well . . . *sits* How's everything been since Elly's capture?

*The rest follow suit and make a circle, then rise, moving near Tadd and Ryvnn and sit again*

Locke: Well . . . *thinks* Fine, actually. *looks at the ground*

*Cloud puts an arm around Locke's shoulder*

Cloud: Hey man, we'll get her back.

Locke: *pitifully* I know . . .

Sassena: We'll let you seven get reunited. *stands up*

*Vincent, Jerin and Sabin stand. Sabin and Jerin leave. Cid leaves as well.*

Vincent: Locke. Elly's a strong woman. Trust me, she kind of made us angry with her new powers when she was with us at first, but she's turned out to be a fine woman. I assure you that she's fine, Locke.

Locke: You don't know Celes, Vince. She loves to torture people.

*Vincent looks to Sassena and takes her hand*

Vincent: Let's go.

Sassena: Yeah. *looks to Tadd, a smirk on her face* Looks like you're stuck here.

Tadd: Yep. *yawns*

*Vincent and Sassena leave as Jowy looks to the sleeping Ryvnn and Tadd*

Jowy: I assume from this appearence that you're Ryvnn's betrowthed.

*Tadd nods*

Tadd: Yep. You're Jowy, right?

Jowy: Yep.

Locke: Come on, you two. We only have a little bit of time.

Cloud: How do we get Elly back?

Lufia: We know she's in Celes' castle. That much is certain.

Freya: Well, how is Celes' castle like? Is it like Burmecia?

Locke: Not really. Here's how it is . . .

*Back at Celes' castle, Celes motions for a guard to come to her and he does, bringing her a black bag. Celes pulls it through the prison bars and gets thrown back when the thing comes through, dropping it. Everything scatters everywhere, including a CD player with speakers and some CDs. Elly laughs at this.*

Elly: You should have asked him to open the door, slut.

*Celes gets enraged*

Celes: Shut up! Just . . . just shut up!

*Celes laughs insanely as she looks around, getting up. She picks up the things that has fallen out of her bag and goes over to a table, setting up the CDs and the CD player and speakers. Elly stops laughing at this time and looks doubtful.*

Elly: How did you get a CD player with speakers, anyway? You're a Magitek General!

Celes: Even we have our ways, Elizabeth. *grins as she puts in a CD and puts it on repeat* Here. You should hate this . . .

*Kefka's mechnical laughter plays in the backgroud. This is the only thing on the track.*

Elly: *cringing* No . . . NO! Anything but this . . . *grits her teeth*

*Celes laughs, still grinning*

Celes: Tell me where Locke is, Elizabeth. *turns the repeative track up higher*

Elly: No. *closes her eyes*

Celes: Well, I guess I'll have to wait this out. *pulls out ear plugs and puts them in her ears, unaware of Elly screaming for her to turn it off*

*It is an hour later and the six awake cousins and Tadd still try to come up with a plan.*

Locke: It's been an hour . . . *sighs* Damn it! We have to come up with something!

Cloud: *playing PocketStation* Yes! Finally, I'll find out who killed Aeris!

*Lufia takes the PocketStation and turns it off on Cloud*

Lufia: We're not here to find out who killed your past fling.

Cloud: *whining* Give that back, Lufia! *begins to cry again*

*Freya shakes her head*

Freya: Cloud . . .

Jowy: I could just tell you, Cloud . . .

Cloud: *excited* Really! Then WHO!?

Locke: Don't tell him . . . please.

Tadd: I have an idea . . .

Jowy: But I have to . . . so he'll stop playing the PocketStation! I'm sick of it!

Locke: Aren't we all . . .

*Tadd shakes his head, frustrated and yells*

Tadd: I have an idea, you all!

*Ryvnn sleeps, snoring*

Freya: Yesh . . . *looks to the sleeping Ryvnn* How does she do it?

Locke: I dunno. *shrugs as he looks to Tadd* But someone has something to say at last.

*Tadd nods*

Tadd: Thank you, Locke. Now, as I was saying, I had an idea.

*Freya tips her hat to him*

Freya: What is this idea?

Lufia: *singing to herself loudly* I'm a bitch, I'm a lover . . .

Tadd: *off-key* I'm a child, I'm a mother . . . yeah, yeah, Lufia. Now listen.

*Lufia shuts up*

Tadd: Now, I was thinking that we could start with sending a spy in her castle. You know, to see how many men she has, what her castle looks like and everything. That way, we can just attack and be ready for her attacks as well.

Jowy: I think that's the first sensible idea we've had.

Cloud: Tell me who killed Aeris!

Ryu: Shut up, Cloud. *belts him in the head with his sword and Cloud is dazed*

Freya: That is a good idea, Tadd. Sounds like something Fratley would do.

Cloud: *out of daze quick, ain't he?* His enterance is like Tuxedo Mask's in Sailor--

Lufia: You watch Sailor Moon?! Now I know you're gay! You and Aguro are perfect for each other! *smirks*

Cloud: At least my boyfriend isn't named Nova!

Lufia: Shut up!

*Ryvnn wakes up at last and glares at them*

Ryvnn: Lufia, you are loud enough to wake the dead. Cloud, I'm sorry, but she's right. You are gay, especially if you watch that show.

Cloud: What's that supposed to mean? *confused*

Ryvnn: That only proves my point.

*Lufia laughs*

Lufia: That's true, Ryvnn.

Tadd: Good to see you're in a good mood. *grins as he kisses her forehead*

*Ryvnn glares at him*

Ryvnn: I'm not and you know it. *hugs him anyway*

Tadd: Now, back to other matters. I was saying that we should see how many men she has at her disposal.

Ryvnn: Then, what you do is--

*Tadd looks at her*

Tadd: We're not trying any of your ways, Ryvnn.

Ryvnn: They worked in the past, you moron! *smacks him*

Tadd: Oww! *rubs his shoulder*

Ryvnn: Anyway, *looks at Tadd again* we should just go along with what he said, but then you just send someone else along and say that they are betraying us. The perfect one for this, since he was friends with Celes, is Sabin. Besides, that guy--

*Locke clears his throat*

Locke: Ryvnn . . .

*Ryvnn looks to Locke*

Ryvnn: What? Can't I say that he's stupid?

Locke: He isn't stupid. Just mentally challenged.

Ryvnn: Same difference. *shrugs*

Locke: Whatever, Ryvnn.

Ryvnn: Thank you. Well, just have him say that he's betraying us since he's mad at Locke. That shouldn't be too hard. Then-- *stands* You tell him to tell her a fake plan and we'll carry out the real one. I haven't gotten that far yet, though.

Freya: Well, tis a start, Ryvnn.

Ryu: Yes. So far you and Tadd think alike. *looks to Tadd* That is a good thing.

Tadd: I know.

Jowy: Well, you know, it's hard for someone to stay with Ryvnn. They get mental abuse.

Tadd: Yes, but--

*Ryvnn looks annoyed*

Ryvnn: Hello! Anyone forget that I was here?

*Jowy shakes his head*

Jowy: We see you too, Ryvnn.

Cloud: Is this meeting over yet?

Ryvnn: No, you moron!

*Ryu looks to Jowy*

Ryu: That's why you shouldn't wake her up, Jowy.

Jowy: Alright. Thanks for the warning.

Ryu: No problem. Just looking out for you.

Lufia: Well, we should ajourn this meeting. I'm worried about Nova and the others.

Ryvnn: As am I.

Locke: Alright. We'll meet up here tomorrow. *stands up and leaves, closing the door*

*Ryvnn and Freya watch Locke leave*

Ryvnn: Locke's taking this hard, isn't he?

Freya: I had no idea that she meant that much . . .

Tadd: Celes never got this much attention, did she?

*Ryvnn's cell phone rings*

Ryvnn: Yee! *picks it up* Yeah? *listens for a moment before speaking* Yeah, Tadd's fine, Viciome. What'cha need? *listens again* He what? *looks confused as everyone looks at her* Well, why did you-- *gets cut off and explodes* That was your fault, Viciome! Why'd you let Ai'Cynin play with my sword!?

Tadd: What now? *grabs the phone from Ryvnn* Vincent, what in the Goddess did you do?

Ryvnn: I wasn't finished! *tries grabbing the phone*

Tadd: Now you got her pissed. Thanks. *listens* I don't need your dry humor now. Just keep it covered till we get there. *hangs up the phone and hands it back to Ryvnn* Idiot.

Ryvnn: My sentiments exactly, Alisword. Let's go. *disappears*

Lufia: What'd he do?

Freya: Why's Ryvnn's sword involved?

Ryu: Why didn't she bring him with her?

Cloud: And who the hell left him in charge anyway?

Tadd: Ai'Cynin cut himself with Ryvnn's sword. It's a deep wound. She's worried and I should be going so I can yell at him. Till tomorrow, everyone. *disappears as well*

Cloud: I'm going to find out who killed Aeris! *leaves*

Lufia: I don't think he will . . . *holds up his PocketStation* . . . without this. *tucks it in her bag* Now we can have some peace and quiet. *starts walking out*

Freya: Lufia.

*Lufia turns around*

Freya: Let me join you. *walks out, waiting for her*

*Lufia also walks out*

Jowy: Well, I'm gonna head back for the night. Feel like joining me, Ryu?

*Ryu shrugs*

Ryu: Why not?

*Both walk out and scene fades*

*Scene now switches to two girls, known as Hilde and Mia. Hilde has short navy blue hair in the back, but really long bangs in the front with her cornflower blue eyes and has a lanky build while Mia has long blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. Both are with Kari, who is obessing over her boyfriend yet again*

Kari: You know, Griswold should be here any minute . . .

*Hilde whips around from sweeping the floor and glares at Kari*

Hilde: Kari, Griswold isn't going to come! You shoud realize this by now.

Mia: Yes, Kari! *scrubs off the stone stove*

*Kari, at this time, is mad and decides to explode*

Kari: Griswold will come, Hilde! I just know he will!

Mia: Well, our best bet is with that Elly girl. I say we help her and all of us get out of here.

Kari: But what if--

Hilde: I agree. *throws the broom down and walks over to Kari* I want to see Duo as soon as I can! I bet he doesn't know what happened to us . . . *shakes her head* He must be beside himself with worry . . .

*Mia smiles*

Mia: Well, Quatre and Duo can take care of themselves, Hilde. You know that.

Hilde: But-- *stops her sentence and sighs* Well--

*Kari picks up the broom and sweeps. Then she says:*

Kari: Alright . . . we'll look to the girl and help her. We can all get out and--

Mia: Did you say that the girl is named Elly Whittaker?

Hilde: I think she did. And you said her fiance is Locke Cole?

*Kari nods*

Kari: Yeah. I did. Why?

Mia: Locke is Quatre's cousin. His third cousin.

Kari: Oh. I see.

Hilde: So that's the plan?

*Kari and Mia nod*

Hilde: Alright. Let's get done so that we can talk to the girl ourselves.

*Mia scribs the stove again, Kari sweeps the floor and Hilde wipes off the windows, hurrying as fast as they can.*