Marle struggled furiously as the Epoc landed in a small, tranquil clearing
near Fiona's sanctuary, or rather crashed due to Luccas unsteady hand and
poor driving skills. Lucca stood up shakily and hopped out of the craft,
"See! See! I told you we'd get here, I told you that you was safe with me!"
she said.
Magus opened his eyes slowly and looked around making insure that indeed they were still on earth and not passing on to the other life. "Oh my god, my spine," he said, clutching at his back as he climbed out of his seat and onto the ground uneasily.
"Don't be so harsh on Lucca," Crono said, scolding Magus. "I'm sure she did her best at getting us here. relatively safe" he said, pausing for a moment to find the right words when he noticed the large cut on his palm. "Besides, we don't even know how to drive the Epoc, so we shouldn't complain."
"I'd still do a better job than she does," Magus muttered. "We might not get to the destination alive but at least it would be a painless death."
"Let me out of here. NOW!" Marle screamed, wiggling around on the floor in her straight jacket. " I'm the PRINCESS, you CAN'T treat me like THIS!" she screeched, jerking violently around as Crono bent to pick her up, a small stream of spittle dribbling from her mouth. Glenn decided it would be for the best to get out of his seat before Marle was untied, seeing as he helped strap her in and wanting to keep his limbs intact.
"Well. At least we're all here right? .Right?" Glenn said, faltering at Magus's face. "Ah. erm.. yeah." He muttered and looked at the ground dejectedly.
"Speaking of here, where's Ayla?" Crono asked. "Did you leave her at the Inn again Lucca?"
"No!" Lucca said giving Crono one of her patented death glares. She smirked as he winced at the look and continued. "She slept in the trunk of the Epoc instead of the Inn, remember? She was probably frightened by Magus's singing."
"Oh god, Is she alive?" Crono shrieked and ran over to the trunk and opened it. He turned back with Ayla in his arms, laying her softly on the ground. "Ayla. Ayla? . AYLA!" He screamed kicking her.
"Ayla up!" She said and bounced to her feet, ready for action. "Where bad man? Ayla hit bad man!"
"There's no bad men here Ayla, go play with Lucca." Crono said and turned back to remove the straps from Marle before she injured herself thrashing about on the hard ground.
Magus and Glenn shrunk into the edge of the forest as Crono ran from a raging Marle screaming about how royalty should be treated. Glenn honestly pitied the poor spike headed boy while watching Marle unleash her rage on her hapless victim. Magus simply watched in horror as she beat him to the ground in her bloodlust.
Several hours later, finally packed, loaded, and ready, the gang begins the short trek to Fiona's sanctuary to recover Robo, where they had left their mechanical companion in the past. Robo was selected because, they reasoned, he could survive time with only rust. and maybe short outs. Or he could go insane and kill Fiona and the entire village, but they figured it would be much safer to blame it on a machine than one of their own fellow humans.
Crono winced as he felt the livid bruise on his forehead and gave a frown in Marles direction.
"How much longer?" Lucca asked, wiping sweat from her forehead. She panted heavily and sat down on a nearby rock.
"By this map we should have already been there." Crono said. He gazed at the map for a moment and shook his head. "It doesn't make sense!"
"Let me see." Magus said and landed beside Crono, snatching the map from him and floating back over to Lucca and Glenn. "Well," He said, looking over the map and puffing himself up slightly, "It's no wonder we're not there, it's a tour map of Gaurdia Castle." Magus gave Crono a withering glare and threw the map down, setting it afire with a flick of his wrist.
"Erm.Guys?" Marle said, tapping Crono's shoulder.
"Well it's not my fault! Lucca's the one who packed the map." He muttered.
"Erm.Crono?"
"I was in a hurry, there's thousands of maps at my house, besides, you should at least know if we're going the right way, Crono, or was you lying when you bragged about how you traveled through these mountains to Marle?"
"Well, you see, um."
"Crono!" Marle screamed, right in Crono's ear.
"Wh-what?" Crono said, wincing and covering his ear.
"If you all would have shut up arguing for a moment you might notice that Fiona's house is right THERE! Marle said, twitching slightly.
"Where?" Magus asked, folding his arms in disbelief
"There!" She said gesturing to a barely visible house to their right, obscured by a patch of bushes conveniently placed in the way.
"Ayla kill!" Ayla announced and bounced towards the house happily, and almost made it if Lucca hadn't grabbed the tail on her skins and used her doggy whistle to get Ayla under control.
Crono sighed and shook his head. "Lets go then, maybe she can give me something for my bruise.and my ear." Crono shot Marle another dark glare
"Don't forget Lucca's little iron man." Magus said with a sneer.
"Nifty arm attachments!" Glenn said with a grin.
Crono rolled his eyes and dragged his friends towards the house, including the giggling lovers.
Magus opened his eyes slowly and looked around making insure that indeed they were still on earth and not passing on to the other life. "Oh my god, my spine," he said, clutching at his back as he climbed out of his seat and onto the ground uneasily.
"Don't be so harsh on Lucca," Crono said, scolding Magus. "I'm sure she did her best at getting us here. relatively safe" he said, pausing for a moment to find the right words when he noticed the large cut on his palm. "Besides, we don't even know how to drive the Epoc, so we shouldn't complain."
"I'd still do a better job than she does," Magus muttered. "We might not get to the destination alive but at least it would be a painless death."
"Let me out of here. NOW!" Marle screamed, wiggling around on the floor in her straight jacket. " I'm the PRINCESS, you CAN'T treat me like THIS!" she screeched, jerking violently around as Crono bent to pick her up, a small stream of spittle dribbling from her mouth. Glenn decided it would be for the best to get out of his seat before Marle was untied, seeing as he helped strap her in and wanting to keep his limbs intact.
"Well. At least we're all here right? .Right?" Glenn said, faltering at Magus's face. "Ah. erm.. yeah." He muttered and looked at the ground dejectedly.
"Speaking of here, where's Ayla?" Crono asked. "Did you leave her at the Inn again Lucca?"
"No!" Lucca said giving Crono one of her patented death glares. She smirked as he winced at the look and continued. "She slept in the trunk of the Epoc instead of the Inn, remember? She was probably frightened by Magus's singing."
"Oh god, Is she alive?" Crono shrieked and ran over to the trunk and opened it. He turned back with Ayla in his arms, laying her softly on the ground. "Ayla. Ayla? . AYLA!" He screamed kicking her.
"Ayla up!" She said and bounced to her feet, ready for action. "Where bad man? Ayla hit bad man!"
"There's no bad men here Ayla, go play with Lucca." Crono said and turned back to remove the straps from Marle before she injured herself thrashing about on the hard ground.
Magus and Glenn shrunk into the edge of the forest as Crono ran from a raging Marle screaming about how royalty should be treated. Glenn honestly pitied the poor spike headed boy while watching Marle unleash her rage on her hapless victim. Magus simply watched in horror as she beat him to the ground in her bloodlust.
Several hours later, finally packed, loaded, and ready, the gang begins the short trek to Fiona's sanctuary to recover Robo, where they had left their mechanical companion in the past. Robo was selected because, they reasoned, he could survive time with only rust. and maybe short outs. Or he could go insane and kill Fiona and the entire village, but they figured it would be much safer to blame it on a machine than one of their own fellow humans.
Crono winced as he felt the livid bruise on his forehead and gave a frown in Marles direction.
"How much longer?" Lucca asked, wiping sweat from her forehead. She panted heavily and sat down on a nearby rock.
"By this map we should have already been there." Crono said. He gazed at the map for a moment and shook his head. "It doesn't make sense!"
"Let me see." Magus said and landed beside Crono, snatching the map from him and floating back over to Lucca and Glenn. "Well," He said, looking over the map and puffing himself up slightly, "It's no wonder we're not there, it's a tour map of Gaurdia Castle." Magus gave Crono a withering glare and threw the map down, setting it afire with a flick of his wrist.
"Erm.Guys?" Marle said, tapping Crono's shoulder.
"Well it's not my fault! Lucca's the one who packed the map." He muttered.
"Erm.Crono?"
"I was in a hurry, there's thousands of maps at my house, besides, you should at least know if we're going the right way, Crono, or was you lying when you bragged about how you traveled through these mountains to Marle?"
"Well, you see, um."
"Crono!" Marle screamed, right in Crono's ear.
"Wh-what?" Crono said, wincing and covering his ear.
"If you all would have shut up arguing for a moment you might notice that Fiona's house is right THERE! Marle said, twitching slightly.
"Where?" Magus asked, folding his arms in disbelief
"There!" She said gesturing to a barely visible house to their right, obscured by a patch of bushes conveniently placed in the way.
"Ayla kill!" Ayla announced and bounced towards the house happily, and almost made it if Lucca hadn't grabbed the tail on her skins and used her doggy whistle to get Ayla under control.
Crono sighed and shook his head. "Lets go then, maybe she can give me something for my bruise.and my ear." Crono shot Marle another dark glare
"Don't forget Lucca's little iron man." Magus said with a sneer.
"Nifty arm attachments!" Glenn said with a grin.
Crono rolled his eyes and dragged his friends towards the house, including the giggling lovers.