Onto a game most have forgotten, The Bouncer. Quick and easy, but Kaldea
was an interesting figure whose mysterious ways deserve a place in the
party.
Chapter Five The Cat's Meow
The group found themselves at the end of a hallway, witnesses to a grisly scene. Three burly men stood over a beautiful young woman. or at least at one point she had been beautiful. Now she was barely conscious, and it almost seemed as if she was dying. "Si.on." she whispered, before passing out.
"Those bastards!" Zell said angrily. "I'll kill them myself!"
"They are not our enemy right?" Aya asked.
"No." Cid said with certainty. "I think they are just servers of Fate."
"Do you know her Sion?" the blond hair man from the trio asked, a man with spikes on his head and a cactuar on his jacket.
"She resembles someone I once knew," replied a brown haired boy with a crossbones pendant around his neck. "But that was a long time ago." The three walked on, and through a set of doors.
"They're just going to LEAVE her?" Zidane yelled. "Come on Zell! Let's go after them!"
"I have a feeling that they have more important things to attend to." Auron said shaking his head.
"More important than a damsel in distress?" Zidane asked, hands on hips.
"Look," Aya said, walking over to the fallen woman. "Right now we are her only chance to live! Do you really want to go get vengeance instead?"
"She does have a good point," Auron said following her.
"Cheer up kids, there will plenty of time for ass-kicking later!" Cid said, patting both on the shoulder before following Auron.
"Man I hate it when I'm wrong!" Zell said, throwing his hands up with frustration as he followed to. Zidane smiled, right behind him until at last they were all around her.
"I'm all out of potions," he said.
"It will be all right," Aya said, pulling a Heal3 potion from the pocket in her vest. She tilted up the woman's head, and gently ran the potion into the mouth. There was a tense moment as they all watched intently, before the woman's eyes opened.
"Who are you. where's Sion?" She moved to get up, but Aya gently held her down.
"Easy there. you must give the medicine a minute or two."
"As for Sion, that bastard and his friends already left," Zidane said.
"You knew him Mam?" Auron asked.
"I did a long time ago. but now I understand there is no place for me in his life now."
"Hmph, I'd say you weren't missing out on much!" Zell said, folding his arms.
"ZELL!" Aya scolded, drawing a chagrined look from the fighter.
"Sorry."
"But where did you all come from? We are in space!" the woman said, looking over them all. Cid just grinned widely, like a schoolboy just told that school for the day was cancelled.
"Space? Really?"
"Uh. yes. Why?"
"Hah hah. space." He then seemed to compose himself and asked, "Is there a window nearby?"
"Yes down that hallway and to the right but."
"Great!" and he skipped over to it and pressed his face up against it. They all just stared at him, then Cid laughed and raised up his spear.
"SPACE! FINALLY I AM BACK!" He moved to smash the window, but at that instant a huge panther crashed into his side. Cid looked at the panther with shock, as it stood over the window like a sentinel. It was a raven black, however it also seemed to shine like metal. Then, just as the others came up to them, it shifted back to the woman who was panting a bit.
"Just who are you?" Cid asked.
"My name is Kaldea. an experiment if you will," she replied.
"One of Hojo's?" Cid asked.
"I know of no Hojo," the woman said shaking her head. "What I do know is that you came within seconds of killing us all. Why?"
"No. I. I was just. it's space! The skies. my home."
"Cid?" Auron asked.
"For Odin's sake Cid!" Zidane yelled.
"You sound as crazy as Seifer was." Zell said.
"No I."
"Just what are you Cid?" Kaldea asked. "Something more than human I can see. like me." Cid sighed.
"Well supposedly I am a dragoon, the last in my world. At least, that is what Stormy. my wolf dragon told me. Hell if I know what a dragoon is! Midgar never had them. and I never knew my folks!"
"Dragoons. dragoons. why does that name sound so familiar?" Zidane asked himself. "Oh yeah! My friend Freya is one! All I know is that they can jump real high with a spear and use special magic."
"In my realm there is a legend about them, the Dragon Knights, but not all too much is known. They were said to live with the dragons in the sky. but Cid my friend."
"I know," Cid said shaking his head.
"Wait. what is all this talk about other worlds?" Kaldea asked.
"There is a great evil threatening the worlds. all of them," Auron explained. "A monster from Cid's realm. Cid was called upon to form a party to fight it and thus we come to you."
"Will you join us?" Zell asked.
"Yes. there's goodies involved!" Zidane said with a wide grin. "Even managed to get this off that spikey guy," he pulled out a fistful of change, and Kaldea had to smile.
"I'll do it," she said! There is no place left here for me now." Just then, there was the sound of an explosion.
"Just in time!" Cid said, taking her hand and shaking it.
"Wheee! Here we go again!" Zidane yelled, as the world faded out of focus.
Chapter Five The Cat's Meow
The group found themselves at the end of a hallway, witnesses to a grisly scene. Three burly men stood over a beautiful young woman. or at least at one point she had been beautiful. Now she was barely conscious, and it almost seemed as if she was dying. "Si.on." she whispered, before passing out.
"Those bastards!" Zell said angrily. "I'll kill them myself!"
"They are not our enemy right?" Aya asked.
"No." Cid said with certainty. "I think they are just servers of Fate."
"Do you know her Sion?" the blond hair man from the trio asked, a man with spikes on his head and a cactuar on his jacket.
"She resembles someone I once knew," replied a brown haired boy with a crossbones pendant around his neck. "But that was a long time ago." The three walked on, and through a set of doors.
"They're just going to LEAVE her?" Zidane yelled. "Come on Zell! Let's go after them!"
"I have a feeling that they have more important things to attend to." Auron said shaking his head.
"More important than a damsel in distress?" Zidane asked, hands on hips.
"Look," Aya said, walking over to the fallen woman. "Right now we are her only chance to live! Do you really want to go get vengeance instead?"
"She does have a good point," Auron said following her.
"Cheer up kids, there will plenty of time for ass-kicking later!" Cid said, patting both on the shoulder before following Auron.
"Man I hate it when I'm wrong!" Zell said, throwing his hands up with frustration as he followed to. Zidane smiled, right behind him until at last they were all around her.
"I'm all out of potions," he said.
"It will be all right," Aya said, pulling a Heal3 potion from the pocket in her vest. She tilted up the woman's head, and gently ran the potion into the mouth. There was a tense moment as they all watched intently, before the woman's eyes opened.
"Who are you. where's Sion?" She moved to get up, but Aya gently held her down.
"Easy there. you must give the medicine a minute or two."
"As for Sion, that bastard and his friends already left," Zidane said.
"You knew him Mam?" Auron asked.
"I did a long time ago. but now I understand there is no place for me in his life now."
"Hmph, I'd say you weren't missing out on much!" Zell said, folding his arms.
"ZELL!" Aya scolded, drawing a chagrined look from the fighter.
"Sorry."
"But where did you all come from? We are in space!" the woman said, looking over them all. Cid just grinned widely, like a schoolboy just told that school for the day was cancelled.
"Space? Really?"
"Uh. yes. Why?"
"Hah hah. space." He then seemed to compose himself and asked, "Is there a window nearby?"
"Yes down that hallway and to the right but."
"Great!" and he skipped over to it and pressed his face up against it. They all just stared at him, then Cid laughed and raised up his spear.
"SPACE! FINALLY I AM BACK!" He moved to smash the window, but at that instant a huge panther crashed into his side. Cid looked at the panther with shock, as it stood over the window like a sentinel. It was a raven black, however it also seemed to shine like metal. Then, just as the others came up to them, it shifted back to the woman who was panting a bit.
"Just who are you?" Cid asked.
"My name is Kaldea. an experiment if you will," she replied.
"One of Hojo's?" Cid asked.
"I know of no Hojo," the woman said shaking her head. "What I do know is that you came within seconds of killing us all. Why?"
"No. I. I was just. it's space! The skies. my home."
"Cid?" Auron asked.
"For Odin's sake Cid!" Zidane yelled.
"You sound as crazy as Seifer was." Zell said.
"No I."
"Just what are you Cid?" Kaldea asked. "Something more than human I can see. like me." Cid sighed.
"Well supposedly I am a dragoon, the last in my world. At least, that is what Stormy. my wolf dragon told me. Hell if I know what a dragoon is! Midgar never had them. and I never knew my folks!"
"Dragoons. dragoons. why does that name sound so familiar?" Zidane asked himself. "Oh yeah! My friend Freya is one! All I know is that they can jump real high with a spear and use special magic."
"In my realm there is a legend about them, the Dragon Knights, but not all too much is known. They were said to live with the dragons in the sky. but Cid my friend."
"I know," Cid said shaking his head.
"Wait. what is all this talk about other worlds?" Kaldea asked.
"There is a great evil threatening the worlds. all of them," Auron explained. "A monster from Cid's realm. Cid was called upon to form a party to fight it and thus we come to you."
"Will you join us?" Zell asked.
"Yes. there's goodies involved!" Zidane said with a wide grin. "Even managed to get this off that spikey guy," he pulled out a fistful of change, and Kaldea had to smile.
"I'll do it," she said! There is no place left here for me now." Just then, there was the sound of an explosion.
"Just in time!" Cid said, taking her hand and shaking it.
"Wheee! Here we go again!" Zidane yelled, as the world faded out of focus.