Chapter 4: The Monster
The ship was silent. Everybody was just thinking about what just happened a few hours ago. Dagger was the only one to be heard. She has been crying ever since Zidane jumped off the ship, and now they are already close to Lindblum. Vivi also had tears in his eyes. He looked at Dagger and his heart just collapsed. He couldn't stand seeing her heartbroken like that. He jumped off his seat and stood up.
"Dagger.how are you doing?" as Vivi walked closer to her.
"Oh.hey Vivi.I'm okay.I just need some rest. How are you holding on?"
" I'm alright, I guess, but it's all going to be better. We'll get to Lindblum and your uncle will know what to do. And we can finally see Eiko again.it's been a year since we've seen her"
"You're right.I don't' want to be a burden on this trip. Uncle Cid will know what to do, and we'll find Zidane and Blank. Come on.let's help the crew.some of them are still injured. I'm sure we could help."
As Dagger and Vivi started to help the crew, Zidane, Blank, Freya, and Amarant awoke.
"Good morning guys, any one want breakfast?" Freya asked them as she started the fire.
"Sure.thanks.I'm starving" Zidane and Blank said at once.
"You know.I woulda had a better morning.if I wasn't sleeping in a tree!" Amarant said as he landing on floor.
"Haha, sorry about that.but it was pretty funny!" Blank said with a grin on his face.
"You know what's funny.when I start to stick my claws up your filthy.."
"Amarant!!! Please.we can make fun of you later, but right now, we need to eat and get going"
"Are you guys gonna tell me why we're leaving. This was suppose to be a nice vacation for me. You don't know how tiring a thief can be."
Actually I do.but don't worry, I'll tell you." Zidane said quickly.
As they sat down to eat breakfast, Zidane told him the story. Amarant was most surprised and apologized for acting like that at such a crucial matter. They finally packed up and were on their way. Freya and Amarant lead the way as Zidane and Blank followed. They walked for about 30 minutes, passing swamps and seeing small creatures jumping around, obviously scared of these strange newcomers, when Amarant and Freya jumped back. Zidane and Blank asked what was the matter. Amarant pointed and they saw what was blocking their way. A giant creature was standing on the path. It was huge and powerful as it just tore trees down with one of its many grassy tentacles. It looked like a Malboro! That creature was extremely powerful and deadly. They stood there watching it tear one tree down after another. They pulled out their weapons just to make sure. Amarant however, already had his claw in his hand, and was walking towards the Malboro!
"Hey! Beast! Move outta our way or I'm gonna have to slice your tentacles off and use them to strangle Blank for making fun of me earlier! You don't want that to happen do ya?"
The Malboro looked up, he studied Amarant and looked at him like he was an idiot for standing up to him. The Malboro just stood there, finally a grin appeared on his face.
"You making fun of me too? Time to die ugly!"
Amarant leaped at the Malboro and was ready to slash the Malboro's grinning mouth when a tentacle hit him right in the head. He fell to the floor and landed hard. Zidane, Blank and Freya ran to the unconscious Amarant. They held their weapons and were ready to fight. Freya jumped up to one of the remaining trees and held her lance up high. Zidane and Blank ran around the creature stabbing it as it tried hitting them, but they were too fast. Freya took he lance and jumped down, lance aiming right on the center of the Malboro's huge head. She forced the lance into the skin and the Malboro went crazy. She pulled it out and was forced off because the Malboro was shaking violently. Blank continued to stab the creature until he too was hit and fell to the floor. Zidane stepped back and tripped on Amarant. A tentacle swung at him, but he dodged it. He stood up and held his dagger. Another tentacle came by and he sliced off the tip. The Malboro swung another, and Zidane kept slicing and dicing. Finally, only 2 tentacles remained. Instead of the Malboro hitting him one at the time, it swung at him with both tentacles. Zidane sliced the left one, but he didn't have enough time to get to other and was hit in the jaw. He fell back and felt some familiar feelings swimming through his body. A power inside of him exploded and he started to glow brightly. His Trance! He remembered the old days when he used it to defeat Kuja before. Freya was still helping Blank up when Zidane told her to get out of the way. He targeted the Malboro and used his Trance. The hit instantly killed the Malboro and lay there dead. Amarant awoke and looked around. He stood up and rubbed his head. What the hell happened he thought. He must've killed it in one blow.
"Yes, I beat him! I'm the strongest of them all!" He started to say.
Freya, Zidane, and Blank looked at him with shocked faces. He actually thought he killed it. What a dummy! Blank was about to say that he was on the floor, almost dead, but Freya insisted we shouldn't say anything. He gets really annoying when he's wrong, and we're not close to getting out of here. They all shut up and thanked Amarant for saving them.
"I'm probably stronger than you Zidane" Amarant gloated. But as he said this, the Malboro exploded. A horrible gas attack called Bad Breath hit Amarant in the face. He fell to the floor, obviously sick. The rest of them ducked down and covered their nose and mouths. After about 5 minutes, the air cleared and they stood up. Amarant, was coughing and starting to turn green. Zidane picked him up and carried him on his soldier. None of them had any medicines so he had to suffer like that the rest of the way.
"Haha.what a loser.he didn't even beat the thing!" Blank said outloud, directly to Amarant's face. Amarant heard him, but couldn't do anything. They got up again and were on their way. Freya still lead the way while Zidane carried him. Blank was behind Zidane, jumping around and making fun of Amarant.
The ship was silent. Everybody was just thinking about what just happened a few hours ago. Dagger was the only one to be heard. She has been crying ever since Zidane jumped off the ship, and now they are already close to Lindblum. Vivi also had tears in his eyes. He looked at Dagger and his heart just collapsed. He couldn't stand seeing her heartbroken like that. He jumped off his seat and stood up.
"Dagger.how are you doing?" as Vivi walked closer to her.
"Oh.hey Vivi.I'm okay.I just need some rest. How are you holding on?"
" I'm alright, I guess, but it's all going to be better. We'll get to Lindblum and your uncle will know what to do. And we can finally see Eiko again.it's been a year since we've seen her"
"You're right.I don't' want to be a burden on this trip. Uncle Cid will know what to do, and we'll find Zidane and Blank. Come on.let's help the crew.some of them are still injured. I'm sure we could help."
As Dagger and Vivi started to help the crew, Zidane, Blank, Freya, and Amarant awoke.
"Good morning guys, any one want breakfast?" Freya asked them as she started the fire.
"Sure.thanks.I'm starving" Zidane and Blank said at once.
"You know.I woulda had a better morning.if I wasn't sleeping in a tree!" Amarant said as he landing on floor.
"Haha, sorry about that.but it was pretty funny!" Blank said with a grin on his face.
"You know what's funny.when I start to stick my claws up your filthy.."
"Amarant!!! Please.we can make fun of you later, but right now, we need to eat and get going"
"Are you guys gonna tell me why we're leaving. This was suppose to be a nice vacation for me. You don't know how tiring a thief can be."
Actually I do.but don't worry, I'll tell you." Zidane said quickly.
As they sat down to eat breakfast, Zidane told him the story. Amarant was most surprised and apologized for acting like that at such a crucial matter. They finally packed up and were on their way. Freya and Amarant lead the way as Zidane and Blank followed. They walked for about 30 minutes, passing swamps and seeing small creatures jumping around, obviously scared of these strange newcomers, when Amarant and Freya jumped back. Zidane and Blank asked what was the matter. Amarant pointed and they saw what was blocking their way. A giant creature was standing on the path. It was huge and powerful as it just tore trees down with one of its many grassy tentacles. It looked like a Malboro! That creature was extremely powerful and deadly. They stood there watching it tear one tree down after another. They pulled out their weapons just to make sure. Amarant however, already had his claw in his hand, and was walking towards the Malboro!
"Hey! Beast! Move outta our way or I'm gonna have to slice your tentacles off and use them to strangle Blank for making fun of me earlier! You don't want that to happen do ya?"
The Malboro looked up, he studied Amarant and looked at him like he was an idiot for standing up to him. The Malboro just stood there, finally a grin appeared on his face.
"You making fun of me too? Time to die ugly!"
Amarant leaped at the Malboro and was ready to slash the Malboro's grinning mouth when a tentacle hit him right in the head. He fell to the floor and landed hard. Zidane, Blank and Freya ran to the unconscious Amarant. They held their weapons and were ready to fight. Freya jumped up to one of the remaining trees and held her lance up high. Zidane and Blank ran around the creature stabbing it as it tried hitting them, but they were too fast. Freya took he lance and jumped down, lance aiming right on the center of the Malboro's huge head. She forced the lance into the skin and the Malboro went crazy. She pulled it out and was forced off because the Malboro was shaking violently. Blank continued to stab the creature until he too was hit and fell to the floor. Zidane stepped back and tripped on Amarant. A tentacle swung at him, but he dodged it. He stood up and held his dagger. Another tentacle came by and he sliced off the tip. The Malboro swung another, and Zidane kept slicing and dicing. Finally, only 2 tentacles remained. Instead of the Malboro hitting him one at the time, it swung at him with both tentacles. Zidane sliced the left one, but he didn't have enough time to get to other and was hit in the jaw. He fell back and felt some familiar feelings swimming through his body. A power inside of him exploded and he started to glow brightly. His Trance! He remembered the old days when he used it to defeat Kuja before. Freya was still helping Blank up when Zidane told her to get out of the way. He targeted the Malboro and used his Trance. The hit instantly killed the Malboro and lay there dead. Amarant awoke and looked around. He stood up and rubbed his head. What the hell happened he thought. He must've killed it in one blow.
"Yes, I beat him! I'm the strongest of them all!" He started to say.
Freya, Zidane, and Blank looked at him with shocked faces. He actually thought he killed it. What a dummy! Blank was about to say that he was on the floor, almost dead, but Freya insisted we shouldn't say anything. He gets really annoying when he's wrong, and we're not close to getting out of here. They all shut up and thanked Amarant for saving them.
"I'm probably stronger than you Zidane" Amarant gloated. But as he said this, the Malboro exploded. A horrible gas attack called Bad Breath hit Amarant in the face. He fell to the floor, obviously sick. The rest of them ducked down and covered their nose and mouths. After about 5 minutes, the air cleared and they stood up. Amarant, was coughing and starting to turn green. Zidane picked him up and carried him on his soldier. None of them had any medicines so he had to suffer like that the rest of the way.
"Haha.what a loser.he didn't even beat the thing!" Blank said outloud, directly to Amarant's face. Amarant heard him, but couldn't do anything. They got up again and were on their way. Freya still lead the way while Zidane carried him. Blank was behind Zidane, jumping around and making fun of Amarant.
