Remembrance
As Beatrix fell slowly into the hole, angry thoughts raged through her battered head even as the sand got into her hair and began to suffocate her. Then above her an unlikely angel of mercy appeared. Steiner's determined, unflinching, uncomplaining face appeared above her, and the lady warrior saw his muscles bulge as he pulled her furiously out of the hole. Slowly, however, he began to lose ground. Together they plunged deep into the Earth, surrounded by morbid cries as their companions died gruesome deaths.
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Zorn slowly turned the secret wheel of ancient wood. All of a sudden, a loud SCREEEEEEEETCH noise prompted a swift "Shut up, you!" from his clownish comrade. "You shut up!" Zorn volleyed back swiftly. As Zorn continued to turn the wheel, a nearby bookshelf turned slowly, revealing a dark passage into Alexandria Castle's catacombs.
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Kuja combed his shining silver hair as the moon's dark lights slipped into the room. He waved a hand and the small flicker of light was extinguished. He had become adverse to the light as soon as he had gotten the staff, and it had soon metamorphed into a deep hatred of the sun. He was relatively sure that the light would not harm it, he simply enjoyed it in the deep darkness. The cold, damp catacombs felt so comfortable to him....
His meditation was interrupted by the idiotic jesters. "Master, what do you want?" Zorn asked, followed by a quick "What do you want, Master?" from his partner. "I need..." Kuja began. He stared at the two clowns silently for a moment. "I would like you to come over here..."
The clowns, faces painted gleefully with bright colors, stepped forward, unafraid of their master.
Their screams were smothered by Kuja's wicked bloodstained claws...
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Zorn walked in silence through the darkness. He didn't know where he was, didn't know where his best friend was, and could not speak for some reason. As he occasionally bumped into a hard, cold wall, he assumed that the place was a maze.
Suddenly, during his contemplation, he felt the floor drop. The jester fell for what seemed like hours, then unceremoniously slammed into the ground with a great crack of bone. The clown groaned and looked for a way out of the predicament. However, he sensed that he was not alone in the large hole. A huge spray of acid flew into his eyes, blinding him and bringing him to the ground, rubbing his eyes furiously in intense pain. Then he felt himself rising slowly. The clown heard Kuja's voice. "Game Over..." Kuja said softly, as he again sunk his claws into Zorn's neck, now purposely aiming for the windpipe, as he had before aimed purposely at the vocal cords. The jester kicked and screamed as Kuja slowly crushed his windpipe and Zorn hoped for death. However, Death did not come to claim Zorn in his icy claws immediately. Kuja clawed insanely at his victim for minutes, then became bored of this paltry attempt at amusement and mercifully ended the clown's life, the floor stained with dirty blood. The psychotically powerful man kicked Zorn's crimson corpse into the pit, and allowed the monsters living in Alexandria sewer's deepest depths to devour the mangled remains...
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Steiner and Beatrix's swift blades worked in tandem to slay the unseen enemies under the sand. Every time they slayed a creature who was holding them down to the sand and sucking them into some unkown realm of horror, two took its place. They, after untold amounts of time fighting the enemies, had figured out that the sand creatures had some kind of sense, able to tell the warm body heat of the creatures tightly entombed in the sand from the cold grains of rock surrounding them.
The monsters suddenly began to swell hugely in numbers, creating a massive frenzy, throwing sand left and right. The sand was filled with the crimson blood as the monsters cannibalized each other in a crazy fit of insanity, competing for a meal of human flesh. "Steiner... if we don't make it through this, I just want you to know that I..." Beatrix said, but just as she was about to admit her deepest feelings, the sand below them gave way, and she and Steiner were flung to the ground below the sand. The remaining sandmen were dazed, and easy picking for Steiner's heavy blade and Beatrix's quick slashes. "Well," Steiner stated solemnly, staring at the blank, featureless walls and the slowly falling sand, "It would appear this is the end for us, comrade. It has been an honor to work with you."
The two brave knights accepted their fates and bowed their heads to each other silently.
End of Chapter 7
Notes:Yeah, yeah, hope you liked it ^_^ I don't know, should I end this soon or should I dream up more plot to supplement it?
As Beatrix fell slowly into the hole, angry thoughts raged through her battered head even as the sand got into her hair and began to suffocate her. Then above her an unlikely angel of mercy appeared. Steiner's determined, unflinching, uncomplaining face appeared above her, and the lady warrior saw his muscles bulge as he pulled her furiously out of the hole. Slowly, however, he began to lose ground. Together they plunged deep into the Earth, surrounded by morbid cries as their companions died gruesome deaths.
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Zorn slowly turned the secret wheel of ancient wood. All of a sudden, a loud SCREEEEEEEETCH noise prompted a swift "Shut up, you!" from his clownish comrade. "You shut up!" Zorn volleyed back swiftly. As Zorn continued to turn the wheel, a nearby bookshelf turned slowly, revealing a dark passage into Alexandria Castle's catacombs.
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Kuja combed his shining silver hair as the moon's dark lights slipped into the room. He waved a hand and the small flicker of light was extinguished. He had become adverse to the light as soon as he had gotten the staff, and it had soon metamorphed into a deep hatred of the sun. He was relatively sure that the light would not harm it, he simply enjoyed it in the deep darkness. The cold, damp catacombs felt so comfortable to him....
His meditation was interrupted by the idiotic jesters. "Master, what do you want?" Zorn asked, followed by a quick "What do you want, Master?" from his partner. "I need..." Kuja began. He stared at the two clowns silently for a moment. "I would like you to come over here..."
The clowns, faces painted gleefully with bright colors, stepped forward, unafraid of their master.
Their screams were smothered by Kuja's wicked bloodstained claws...
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Zorn walked in silence through the darkness. He didn't know where he was, didn't know where his best friend was, and could not speak for some reason. As he occasionally bumped into a hard, cold wall, he assumed that the place was a maze.
Suddenly, during his contemplation, he felt the floor drop. The jester fell for what seemed like hours, then unceremoniously slammed into the ground with a great crack of bone. The clown groaned and looked for a way out of the predicament. However, he sensed that he was not alone in the large hole. A huge spray of acid flew into his eyes, blinding him and bringing him to the ground, rubbing his eyes furiously in intense pain. Then he felt himself rising slowly. The clown heard Kuja's voice. "Game Over..." Kuja said softly, as he again sunk his claws into Zorn's neck, now purposely aiming for the windpipe, as he had before aimed purposely at the vocal cords. The jester kicked and screamed as Kuja slowly crushed his windpipe and Zorn hoped for death. However, Death did not come to claim Zorn in his icy claws immediately. Kuja clawed insanely at his victim for minutes, then became bored of this paltry attempt at amusement and mercifully ended the clown's life, the floor stained with dirty blood. The psychotically powerful man kicked Zorn's crimson corpse into the pit, and allowed the monsters living in Alexandria sewer's deepest depths to devour the mangled remains...
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Steiner and Beatrix's swift blades worked in tandem to slay the unseen enemies under the sand. Every time they slayed a creature who was holding them down to the sand and sucking them into some unkown realm of horror, two took its place. They, after untold amounts of time fighting the enemies, had figured out that the sand creatures had some kind of sense, able to tell the warm body heat of the creatures tightly entombed in the sand from the cold grains of rock surrounding them.
The monsters suddenly began to swell hugely in numbers, creating a massive frenzy, throwing sand left and right. The sand was filled with the crimson blood as the monsters cannibalized each other in a crazy fit of insanity, competing for a meal of human flesh. "Steiner... if we don't make it through this, I just want you to know that I..." Beatrix said, but just as she was about to admit her deepest feelings, the sand below them gave way, and she and Steiner were flung to the ground below the sand. The remaining sandmen were dazed, and easy picking for Steiner's heavy blade and Beatrix's quick slashes. "Well," Steiner stated solemnly, staring at the blank, featureless walls and the slowly falling sand, "It would appear this is the end for us, comrade. It has been an honor to work with you."
The two brave knights accepted their fates and bowed their heads to each other silently.
End of Chapter 7
Notes:Yeah, yeah, hope you liked it ^_^ I don't know, should I end this soon or should I dream up more plot to supplement it?