The Separation

"Are you sure you're ok Ginny?" Jet asked his wife," You've been feeling a little bit tired lately. We could always take another route to get around the mountain if you can't handle it."

"I'll be ok Jet. It's just a relapse of the nanomachine virus. You know I get them sometimes. I just have to bear with it for a little. Besides, we don't have time to find a new route. I heard that a group of bounty hunters are in the area, and you know what that means," she replied.

Jet did know what that meant. Most people were either too scared of them or believed that the four had been framed in some way. But once in a while, a team of crackpot Drifters would come around, looking for a bounty. Which usually ended with all of them sprawled out on the ground, especially if one had hurt or tried to hurt Virginia in any way. After a year of traveling with her, Jet had become very protective, and the fact that male Drifters hit on her didn't sit well with him.

It had taken some time, but they had managed to tell Clive and Gallows about their secret wedding. Clive had, as predicted, been happy for them, but Gallows thought that Virginia was joking, and had somehow gotten Jet to play along. He'd joked about it with Jet for about an hour, until a fight broke out, and Clive had ended up breaking it up again.

Gallows inquired, "Why don't we just use the Teleportation Orb and head to town? It might be a lot easier for us to just go and hide in one of our hometowns for a little while."


Clive looked ahead on the mountain pass. "True. But we need to find the herb that lies atop this mountain for Flornia. She said it would make her flowers grow much faster than before. And since she is so determined to bring back the old Filgaia, well, I can't resist helping her out."

"Me neither," agreed Virginia, "Filgaia will once again be green. After all, in only a year after we defeated Beatrice, wild flowers have sprouted in the wasteland, and forests have been growing around some of the less devastated places in Filgaia. I want to see the world when it's completely green."


They arrived at the top of the mountain, and found the herb. Clive stashed it away in his sack, and they began to start down. In order to avoid whoever might follow them, they headed down the other side, and planned to teleport to the Secret Garden right after they made it to the foot of the mountain.

Suddenly, they heard the sound of gunfire. Behind them stood a small group of Drifters. From the looks of it, they were a bunch of green kids, looking to make a name for themselves. The kind of Drifters who would be dead in two seconds flat if they challenged Virginia and her friends.

Not wanting to bother with such amateurs, they raced down the mountain. Halfway down, the group found their way into a cave. For a little while, there was only one path. But soon after, they found the path divided into four. No one knew which one to take.

"Just our luck, now which one lead out? If we pick the wrong one, we might hit a dead end, and be trapped in here. Then those guys might catch up," Jet mumbled.

Gallows stated, "Well, we've got to pick one. How about we let good ol' Chapapanga decide for us." He began to chant one of those little rhymes from the games that children play, where you point from person to person with each word, and the one that you land on as you say the last word is either picked - - if you need someone to be IT for a game - - or out - - if you are just pointing to people as a game.

Jet sighed. "Could you think of a better way to chose our destination? We're being chased by a bunch of green kids who aren't worth the ammo spent if we have to fire on them, and all you want to do is play a children's game. We should just chose one route, and take it. If all else fails, Clive can just blow up any blocked paths with his bombs. It'll certainly make this go faster."


But before Gallows could make a witty retort, they heard what appeared to be an explosion. The whole cave seemed to shake, and rocks were falling from the sky. Jet looked up, and saw that one of them was about to fall on Virginia, just like what happened at Serpent's Coils. In panic, he pushed her out of the way, then backed up before he was crushed as well.

When the smoke cleared, they found that a huge boulder blocked the path back up the mountain. All four paths were now separated by a pile of rubble, with no way around them. That wasn't the worst part though. Each member of the group had been trapped near a different path. They would have to separate and then reunite after coming down from the mountain.

"Jet," Virginia called out, "Can you hear me? Were you hurt?"


"No, I'm ok. Never felt better. How about you Ginny?" he asked her.

Virginia replied, "Just fine, but I can't see you. Where are you Jet?"


He walked over to the wall that separated them. "I'm here, on the other side of this dumb rock wall. If I'd have known this would happen, I would've pulled you back instead of pushing you to safety."

"You reacted to the fear of me getting hurt," Virginia replied, "I'm not mad at you Jet. We've got to get out of here. I have the Teleport Orb, so I'll probably go back to Boot Hill after I escape. Meet me there, any way you can. There's something I want to talk to you about."


"Can you tell me now if it's so darn important?" he inquired.

Virginia answered, "No, think of this as another incentive to stay alive. I'll see you when you arrive in Boot Hill. Goodbye Jet. And good luck."


He heard her footsteps heading down the corridor. Jet then figured he'd better get going, if he wanted to be able to find her again. So he began walking down the path in front of him. It wasn't too long before he made it back outside. Luckily, he found that he was carrying some Warp Stars. So he took one to the Southfarm Station. From there, he traveled to Boot Hill in order to meet Virginia. But after a week had passed, she still hadn't returned. The young man began to worry.

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Teefa's Last Words…

The reason for this fic…I'm obsessive. Well, Jet rescuing Virginia is so cute. Those two are so sweet together. Name any scene involving those two in the game, and I can point out a reason.