The Journey Chapter#9-

By Solid-Auron



Auron could feel the hot air sweep past the party. All six of them, Jecht, Rona, Braska, Rayon, Myself and Braska's daughter, Yuna.

It had to be in the 100s, it was like walking through a jungle, but it was just a hot forest.

"We rest here." Braska said tired. The party must have been walking for at least one day straight, of coarse Yuna was asleep in Jecht's arms. Braska sat down on a rock and unpacked a small tent for himself, Yuna and Jecht. Auron helped Braska pitch the tent, while Rona and Jecht started a fire. Rayon was already getting some water from a lake. Which ran past the area. Jecht put some stones around the tents to shield them.

"Looks like were done for the moment." Auron said wiping sweat off his brow. Braska and Auron walked over to a clear area and pitched the other tent.

Rayon came running back in a hurry.

"Guys you gotta see this, it looks like an Al Bhed airship factory!" Rayon said gasping for air. "There is not many Airship factories in the world, I think only nine. There all in very rural places like this one."Auron said. "And now that the Al Bhed are enemies we should stop the construction there." Braska said. "The security will be very tight." Rayon said. "By the looks of it, they have some watchtowers and lots of troops." Rayon said. Auron looked at Braska "My lord you should not come, this is not part of your pilgrimage." Auron said. Jecht looked at Rona "You should stay to and look out." Rona nodded her head.

Auron, Jecht and Rayon headed out, they were ready.

Auron and the party looked down the cliff. "Big fall Rayon said." Auron looked down with a pair of binoculars. "Looks like they got a descent amount of troops in the area." Auron said looking in.

Jecht took out his Gunblade "I installed a laser pointer and a eye piece so I can snipe, I can stay here and provide cover fire." Jecht said moving in some tall grass. Rayon looked down the side of the mountain, about 100 feet down was a small ledge. Rayon looked at Auron "I can provide cover from there." Rayon said climbing down. Auron was ready he was going in alone. The swordsman jumped, freefalling towards the earth. Auron let the parachute; he slowly moved downward the ground 30 feet, 20, 10. He hit, the man in red ripped his parachute off and was running, sprinting as fast as he could.

Auron could here bullets rattle right off his shoes. He looks up into the guard tower, the people had been shot and the wood was burning.

Auron continued running to the fence, he stuck his sword in and jumped over it.

The Al Bhed had been stupid by making most of the building wood, and the 15- foot fence. Auron felt the hot lead fly past his face, he then saw Rayon firing an Arrow into the fence. This place was going down in a hot inferno. Jecht had taken down troops and Rayon had set their corpses on fire, clever plan.

Auron ran and got into an airship-docking bay. He hid under some boxes and listened in.

"Sir the fortress is being attack, the place is going up in flames we must move the airships out!"

"We must set this place with C4 so that no one knows what we were doing here!"

The man moved into an Airship and was getting ready, Auron decided to fallow the men getting C4. Auron saw the barracks, full of explosives. Auron got behind one of the men and slit his throat, the other Auron pointed the blade at. "Do you want to die like your friend?" "Please sir spares my life!" "I will let you us the C4 to detonate this place." Auron grabbed the man by his throat and tied him down onto some metal grating on the floor. Auron took some C4 and strapped it to the Airships setting the detonator for five minutes. Auron searched the building, looking for a way out, but the fire covered it all!

3:10 remaining

Auron was running low on time. Suddenly he felt a body touch his. The woman grabbed Auron around the neck. "I was the one who killed your mother, slaughtered her I did." Auron looked at her "you bitch." The woman suddenly screamed in pain. And she ran dripping blood from her left thigh.

Auron saw her get on a private Air ship and it flew away.

: 14

The Airships were getting out and flying, Jecht and Rayon were getting back to camp to protect themselves from the blast.

Auron saw a small guardhouse (about the size of a small portapoti) Auron slammed the door and waited.

The Airships came crashing down, one by one, the private ship kept going.

The base exploded from underneath him, the small guardhouse flew up landing above the mountain.

Auron got out and ran back to camp.

Rayon and Jecht were looking at Rona; Braska was holding Yuna by the fire.

"Oh Shit!" Auron said. Rona was hurt.

There was a note that Auron grabbed.

Dear Auron we tortured the Girl in till she told us were Braska was, By then Jecht and Rayon were back and we got out by Airship.

Sincerely, Vira.

Auron took off his jacket wrapped it around Rona; Auron then took off his breastplate, and put his sword behind him, in the hilt. "I am going to save Rona and get her to a hospital, I will meet you guys at Guadosalam." Auron picked up Rona in his arms and ran. The party had, had made it 30 miles in land, he could make it out. He sprinted as fast as he could; Auron guessed that Rona weight 120 pounds so she was not heavy. He looked at Rona blood was coming from her face, her thighs had burn marks and she had been beaten, he had to save her.

Auron ran into the night.