First of all I'd like to point out to Tifa Gainsborough (sp) that I will
take your "advice" into consideration when writing chapter 2. Anyway I hope
everyone enjoys.
Michele's Saga, Chapter 2
The Road Less Traveled
I'm still confused as to what has happened to me. First there are monsters in my world and then I end up being sucked into the sky and end up meeting Perry's daughter. Feels strange begin with her. It does put some sadness into my heart however though. I cannot have him. Nonetheless I must find him, for Emi's sake.
We left this run down place as soon as we could and went along a wide-open field. It had some burnt areas along the side near some dead trees. I could almost feel as though monsters would appear at any second.
"Emi, are you scared?" I asked the little girl walking with me. "Not much really. Mother and Father taught me how faith in something can conquer everything." She explained to me. "What do you put your faith in?" I asked her. "Well right now my two weapons." She said patting her sword. "How about you? What do you place your faith in?" she asked me innocently.
I thought a lot about it for the moment. I really honestly had no idea what to place my faith in. I had really nothing of importance in my life. "I'm not too sure about it." I told her sadly. "Hey cheer up. We still need to find everyone." She said marching forward with confidence.
Where could they be? More importantly where are we? This sure isn't my world and by the sound of Emi's voice it isn't hers either. Than where in the hell are the two of us exactly?
"You seem uneasy Michele. Is something the matter?" Emi asked me with a deep look of concern upon her childlike face. "We don't really know our way around this place. It's like a new world." I said to her. "True. Don't despair. Hope will keep us going." She told me with confidence.
This girl did sound like Perry talking about faith all the time. It sounded like she was worried on the inside but used this faith like a shield. Who was I to stop her from using it though? "Let's try and find some civilization. We can ask if anyone has seen your parents." I suggested to the little girl. "Sounds like a plan to me. Let's go Michele." She said taking me by the hand. I must admit Perry's daughter was rather well behaved.
We marched on for a few minutes and stopped to rest for awhile. No monsters thus far have attacked.
"I wonder how far it is until we reach civilization." Emi said wiping sweet from her face. For a ten year old she was had a lot of endurance and stamina. "Hey, do you see something up ahead?" I asked her seeing something approaching from the distance. It was some kind of yellow object with something red behind it.
It reached us and stopped. Some kind of yellow bird is pulling a red carriage along. The man ordering the bird greeted us. "You two ladies lost?" he asked. "Actually yes. Could you take us to some civilization?" I asked the man politely. "I suppose so. Hop in back." He told us. Emi and I went around and sat in the back as the carriage moved again.
"So how'd you two get here anyhow?" the man asked us from the front. "We're not all that sure really. That's why we're trying to find a large city. Maybe then we'll know where we are." I told the man. "Well the nearest thing that could be considered a city is probably Garret." He told us as we felt the cart turn to the right.
"Garret? That's not in my world." Emi said out loud. "Mine either. Let's not tell anybody this. Don't know how people would react." I whispered to Emi. "Ok. Gotcha." She said with a wink and a smile. Then the cart began to shake a bit.
"What's going on?" I asked the driver. "Something's attacking from behind us." He said getting the bird under control. Emi and I then saw some brown creatures run towards us at a fast pace. They looked to be lizards of some kind.
"We can't let them get to us." Emi said getting into a battle stance. "Yeah. I'll have to use magic." I said thinking a quick Bolt3 would ensure victory easily. Then I figured out it wasn't Bolt3 anymore when I tried to use it. "What the heck?" I said to myself looking at it. It didn't glow as bright as it used to. The Otherworld I had didn't glow bright anymore either.
"What are you doing?" Emi complained throwing her large shuruken towards a creature knocking it down. She caught it gracefully on the return. "Maybe Bolt!" I yelled as a small surge of electricity hit another one of the creatures burning it but not killing it.
"My materia must have gotten weaker when I came to this world." I said to Emi as she threw her shuruken again at the creature I just struck killing it. Then one of them managed to reach the cart. I ran up to punch it but it hurt both of us.
"Guess my materia wasn't the only thing that got weaker." I said cradling my sore right fist. Emi however stabbed the creature with her katana. That still wasn't enough. Then the cart stopped suddenly as the creature fled. Emi and I got out and wondered what happened.
"Guess he's afraid of girl power." She said with enthusiasm. Then we felt the ground shake. We turned to see something like a stone lizard that was about the size of a large tree.
"Guess not." She said becoming a little afraid. "We gotta fight it. I doubt it'll let us just pass through." I told her getting into my fighting stance. Emi got into a different one. She grasped her sword with her right hand and turned her torso slightly so she didn't face the beast directly.
"Bolt!" I screamed sending lightning through the creature. "I wish I had stolen some of mom materia." Emi complained slashing the beast. Then it hit the ground sending us into the sky and hitting the ground with a loud thud.
"Ouch. This isn't going to be easy." I said standing. "We have to keep going." She said. We fought on for what seemed like hours. The beast showed no sign of weakness. The two of us were very tired. The monster then prepared to strike us down until we heard somebody yell "Fire!"
A rocket sailed over our heads and into the monster. It definitely felt pain that time. I turned around to see multiple people dressed in some kind of armor attacking it with heavy weaponry. Emi had blacked out from exhaustion. Once the monster died the people approached us. They didn't look very friendly.
I held Emi close to protect her from harm. It was about eight people in some kind of gray and black armor with large rifles. One of them looked smaller than the rest and had blonde hair tied in the back. I couldn't see this person's face because it was behind a visor. It looked like a female though.
"Take them back with us!" She ordered as the other soldiers grabbed the two of us and took us into their truck. They put a blindfold over my eyes so I could only feel the vehicle go over bumps in the road.
Once they removed the blindfold I was in some kind of elevator going up. That same woman was before me. She also had some soldiers with her that had their guns pointed towards me.
"Who are you?" I asked her. "I'm the one asking the questions here. Who are YOU?" she demanded. I tried to stand but I couldn't find the strength and my arms were tied behind my back. "My name's Michele." I told her reluctantly.
"How about that little girl? Daughter, cousin, sister?" she asked again with the same attitude in her voice. "She's a friend. Don't hurt her either!" I shouted to her. "We won't as long as you help us out." She told me.
"What did you want me to do?" I asked. Whatever it was why did they need me? "We've explored some kind of strange ruins and we've lost a number of soldiers in there. I want you to accompany me there." She told me. "Why? Just cause losing me isn't that big of a loss?" I spat. "In a manner of speaking yes." She told me with a chuckle.
"But who are you anyway?" I asked her. "Well if we are going to be fighting together once I suppose my name wouldn't hurt. Call me Elena. Commander of the Zargot 100th Division." She said proudly removing her visor to see her face. She had innocent blue eyes and her hair was tied back.
"So if I help you out then you'll release Emi and I?" I asked. "Of course. You have my word." She said bowing to me. Then the elevator reached the top. The soldiers untied me and let me walk towards some kind of ship. Nothing like I've ever seen.
It was a comfortable ride, if you overlook the fact these people looked ready to kill me. This Elena didn't seem all THAT bad. Guess I'll find out more about her doing this.
We arrived at some barren area. A ruined temple was before me. It was withered and desolate. Why would we be here?
Getting out Elena order men to surround the area as she and I went inside. Sure was well lit. The ground looked rather smooth for a ruin. "This ground is rather nice for a place like this." I told Elena. "That is why we're here. Something must live here or the ground wouldn't be hospitable like this." She told me in a rude manner, like it was nothing new to her. Eventually we came to a large carving in the wall.
"This wasn't here before." She told me putting on her visor as I heard a number of sounds come from it. "What are you doing?" I asked her. "Scanning it. Perhaps this is the clue we've been looking for." She said as a few monsters made their way towards us from the ceiling. "You handle them. I'll keep searching." She said. I really am starting to hate her now.
The monsters were some kind of gray armadillos that could walk on their hind legs. Didn't look too strong to me. I ran up and punched it twice. The first one died and the second rolled into me; knocking me over. "Almost done?" I shouted over to Elena. "Just about." She said as I noticed the monster begin to walk over me. Then I heard a gunshot and it fell dead on the dungeon floor.
Looking up I saw Elena holding some kind of strange rifle. It was almost totally mechanical and was about the size of her arm and had some kind of blade on the end. "What's that thing?" I asked her. "My weapon. It's a sword cannon. The sword is only for close up combat. I usually use the gun only." She said placing it on her back and removing her visor.
"What did you discover?" I asked standing to dust myself off. "Stand back." She said placing something on the wall. I ran behind a large rock with Elena as she yelled, "Fire in the hole." Pressing a button on her metallic suit the wall was destroying in one large explosion. "We may now continue." She told me signaling to follow her.
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This place is rather scary. I hear those people chanting constantly. Where the heck am I? If only I still had my powers I could easily escape. I've barely had any food lately. Once a day and it isn't even a meal. My health is doing terribly. Either I'm dying on my own or they kill me. Why do they want me anyway?
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Well I hope this chapter is a bit better than the last one. The story is starting to develop, ya?
Michele's Saga, Chapter 2
The Road Less Traveled
I'm still confused as to what has happened to me. First there are monsters in my world and then I end up being sucked into the sky and end up meeting Perry's daughter. Feels strange begin with her. It does put some sadness into my heart however though. I cannot have him. Nonetheless I must find him, for Emi's sake.
We left this run down place as soon as we could and went along a wide-open field. It had some burnt areas along the side near some dead trees. I could almost feel as though monsters would appear at any second.
"Emi, are you scared?" I asked the little girl walking with me. "Not much really. Mother and Father taught me how faith in something can conquer everything." She explained to me. "What do you put your faith in?" I asked her. "Well right now my two weapons." She said patting her sword. "How about you? What do you place your faith in?" she asked me innocently.
I thought a lot about it for the moment. I really honestly had no idea what to place my faith in. I had really nothing of importance in my life. "I'm not too sure about it." I told her sadly. "Hey cheer up. We still need to find everyone." She said marching forward with confidence.
Where could they be? More importantly where are we? This sure isn't my world and by the sound of Emi's voice it isn't hers either. Than where in the hell are the two of us exactly?
"You seem uneasy Michele. Is something the matter?" Emi asked me with a deep look of concern upon her childlike face. "We don't really know our way around this place. It's like a new world." I said to her. "True. Don't despair. Hope will keep us going." She told me with confidence.
This girl did sound like Perry talking about faith all the time. It sounded like she was worried on the inside but used this faith like a shield. Who was I to stop her from using it though? "Let's try and find some civilization. We can ask if anyone has seen your parents." I suggested to the little girl. "Sounds like a plan to me. Let's go Michele." She said taking me by the hand. I must admit Perry's daughter was rather well behaved.
We marched on for a few minutes and stopped to rest for awhile. No monsters thus far have attacked.
"I wonder how far it is until we reach civilization." Emi said wiping sweet from her face. For a ten year old she was had a lot of endurance and stamina. "Hey, do you see something up ahead?" I asked her seeing something approaching from the distance. It was some kind of yellow object with something red behind it.
It reached us and stopped. Some kind of yellow bird is pulling a red carriage along. The man ordering the bird greeted us. "You two ladies lost?" he asked. "Actually yes. Could you take us to some civilization?" I asked the man politely. "I suppose so. Hop in back." He told us. Emi and I went around and sat in the back as the carriage moved again.
"So how'd you two get here anyhow?" the man asked us from the front. "We're not all that sure really. That's why we're trying to find a large city. Maybe then we'll know where we are." I told the man. "Well the nearest thing that could be considered a city is probably Garret." He told us as we felt the cart turn to the right.
"Garret? That's not in my world." Emi said out loud. "Mine either. Let's not tell anybody this. Don't know how people would react." I whispered to Emi. "Ok. Gotcha." She said with a wink and a smile. Then the cart began to shake a bit.
"What's going on?" I asked the driver. "Something's attacking from behind us." He said getting the bird under control. Emi and I then saw some brown creatures run towards us at a fast pace. They looked to be lizards of some kind.
"We can't let them get to us." Emi said getting into a battle stance. "Yeah. I'll have to use magic." I said thinking a quick Bolt3 would ensure victory easily. Then I figured out it wasn't Bolt3 anymore when I tried to use it. "What the heck?" I said to myself looking at it. It didn't glow as bright as it used to. The Otherworld I had didn't glow bright anymore either.
"What are you doing?" Emi complained throwing her large shuruken towards a creature knocking it down. She caught it gracefully on the return. "Maybe Bolt!" I yelled as a small surge of electricity hit another one of the creatures burning it but not killing it.
"My materia must have gotten weaker when I came to this world." I said to Emi as she threw her shuruken again at the creature I just struck killing it. Then one of them managed to reach the cart. I ran up to punch it but it hurt both of us.
"Guess my materia wasn't the only thing that got weaker." I said cradling my sore right fist. Emi however stabbed the creature with her katana. That still wasn't enough. Then the cart stopped suddenly as the creature fled. Emi and I got out and wondered what happened.
"Guess he's afraid of girl power." She said with enthusiasm. Then we felt the ground shake. We turned to see something like a stone lizard that was about the size of a large tree.
"Guess not." She said becoming a little afraid. "We gotta fight it. I doubt it'll let us just pass through." I told her getting into my fighting stance. Emi got into a different one. She grasped her sword with her right hand and turned her torso slightly so she didn't face the beast directly.
"Bolt!" I screamed sending lightning through the creature. "I wish I had stolen some of mom materia." Emi complained slashing the beast. Then it hit the ground sending us into the sky and hitting the ground with a loud thud.
"Ouch. This isn't going to be easy." I said standing. "We have to keep going." She said. We fought on for what seemed like hours. The beast showed no sign of weakness. The two of us were very tired. The monster then prepared to strike us down until we heard somebody yell "Fire!"
A rocket sailed over our heads and into the monster. It definitely felt pain that time. I turned around to see multiple people dressed in some kind of armor attacking it with heavy weaponry. Emi had blacked out from exhaustion. Once the monster died the people approached us. They didn't look very friendly.
I held Emi close to protect her from harm. It was about eight people in some kind of gray and black armor with large rifles. One of them looked smaller than the rest and had blonde hair tied in the back. I couldn't see this person's face because it was behind a visor. It looked like a female though.
"Take them back with us!" She ordered as the other soldiers grabbed the two of us and took us into their truck. They put a blindfold over my eyes so I could only feel the vehicle go over bumps in the road.
Once they removed the blindfold I was in some kind of elevator going up. That same woman was before me. She also had some soldiers with her that had their guns pointed towards me.
"Who are you?" I asked her. "I'm the one asking the questions here. Who are YOU?" she demanded. I tried to stand but I couldn't find the strength and my arms were tied behind my back. "My name's Michele." I told her reluctantly.
"How about that little girl? Daughter, cousin, sister?" she asked again with the same attitude in her voice. "She's a friend. Don't hurt her either!" I shouted to her. "We won't as long as you help us out." She told me.
"What did you want me to do?" I asked. Whatever it was why did they need me? "We've explored some kind of strange ruins and we've lost a number of soldiers in there. I want you to accompany me there." She told me. "Why? Just cause losing me isn't that big of a loss?" I spat. "In a manner of speaking yes." She told me with a chuckle.
"But who are you anyway?" I asked her. "Well if we are going to be fighting together once I suppose my name wouldn't hurt. Call me Elena. Commander of the Zargot 100th Division." She said proudly removing her visor to see her face. She had innocent blue eyes and her hair was tied back.
"So if I help you out then you'll release Emi and I?" I asked. "Of course. You have my word." She said bowing to me. Then the elevator reached the top. The soldiers untied me and let me walk towards some kind of ship. Nothing like I've ever seen.
It was a comfortable ride, if you overlook the fact these people looked ready to kill me. This Elena didn't seem all THAT bad. Guess I'll find out more about her doing this.
We arrived at some barren area. A ruined temple was before me. It was withered and desolate. Why would we be here?
Getting out Elena order men to surround the area as she and I went inside. Sure was well lit. The ground looked rather smooth for a ruin. "This ground is rather nice for a place like this." I told Elena. "That is why we're here. Something must live here or the ground wouldn't be hospitable like this." She told me in a rude manner, like it was nothing new to her. Eventually we came to a large carving in the wall.
"This wasn't here before." She told me putting on her visor as I heard a number of sounds come from it. "What are you doing?" I asked her. "Scanning it. Perhaps this is the clue we've been looking for." She said as a few monsters made their way towards us from the ceiling. "You handle them. I'll keep searching." She said. I really am starting to hate her now.
The monsters were some kind of gray armadillos that could walk on their hind legs. Didn't look too strong to me. I ran up and punched it twice. The first one died and the second rolled into me; knocking me over. "Almost done?" I shouted over to Elena. "Just about." She said as I noticed the monster begin to walk over me. Then I heard a gunshot and it fell dead on the dungeon floor.
Looking up I saw Elena holding some kind of strange rifle. It was almost totally mechanical and was about the size of her arm and had some kind of blade on the end. "What's that thing?" I asked her. "My weapon. It's a sword cannon. The sword is only for close up combat. I usually use the gun only." She said placing it on her back and removing her visor.
"What did you discover?" I asked standing to dust myself off. "Stand back." She said placing something on the wall. I ran behind a large rock with Elena as she yelled, "Fire in the hole." Pressing a button on her metallic suit the wall was destroying in one large explosion. "We may now continue." She told me signaling to follow her.
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This place is rather scary. I hear those people chanting constantly. Where the heck am I? If only I still had my powers I could easily escape. I've barely had any food lately. Once a day and it isn't even a meal. My health is doing terribly. Either I'm dying on my own or they kill me. Why do they want me anyway?
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Well I hope this chapter is a bit better than the last one. The story is starting to develop, ya?