--Zidane's Room--

Garnet looked around the room she looked to Vivi

"Vivi, you and your friend go and get a few of the mages from the castle and make a protection spell."

She looked to Stiener

"You and the Pluto Knights go out into Alexandria and warn everyone to get to and under ground shelter

And prepare to fight anything, take a few white mages with you."

Garnet got up and sighed and looked to Eiko, Freya, and Armament.

"I want you two to take Eiko down to the basement of the castle, and then come up here, and help with the fight with Kuja"

Eiko usually protested to be taken away, but she realized if she wanted to help she would just let them take her downstairs for now.

Garnet just sat there next to Zidane.

'you have to wake up and help… or we will all be….lost with out you…'

Mauk looked at Garnet and walked out of the room respected her and giving time to herself.

Mauk went down to the library to get some information a spell.

*~*Kuja*~*

Kuja steps off his ship he smiled destruction was what he was here to bring, and pain and misery is what he loves to see.

He looked around and with a smile on his face he moved his hand about "FLARE!" he exclaimed, and with that fire started to fall from the sky, people were running around in the streets.

And voice could be heard "EVERYONE! GO TO AND TAKE REFUGE IN THE YOUR BASEMENTS!'

Kuja recognized the voice, it was of Stiener, he smiled, and he would deal with him first. He moved closer into the town with the fire still falling from the sky.

Kuja smiled as he walked up behind Stiener. "THUNDER!" A bolt of lighting dropped from the sky, and hit Stiener, Kuja smiled and walked away from the fallen solider.

As Kuja Walked away Stiener got up, he was hurt but he could do something to him. He took his sword and ran at Kuja "ARHG!!!!"  He yelled, but before he did any real damage, Kuja Glared at Stiener and smiled and lifted his hand Stiener stopped in his tracks.

Stiener slowly became stone. Kuja smiled and started to heads toward the castle.

Kuja was heading there with no resistance a lot of the Pluto Knights went out helping people to safety some stayed at the castle and protecting Garnet. Kuja was here to conquer all, or destroy those who tried to appose, with Zidane gone, the threat was dead. If you cut the head off of the chicken, the chicken can only run around for so long with out its head, till it falls.

((()))Eiko((()))

As Freya and Armament went upstairs leaving Eiko, she looked around and noticing only scholars were down here, and the peasants fleeing from the outside to the safety of the castle. Eiko wanted to do something to help, not to be put away to be "safe". So She decided to head up where from the side staircase and to make it out and to pay back Kuja for doing this all. She did as planned she wasn't going to stay safe when she KNEW she could be of help. After leaving the castle she saw him, but he wasn't alone in fact he was talking to Freya, and Armament.
"Kuja you took one to many lives! And possibly ruined millions more!" Freya shouted at him, she then jumped up to the air.

Kuja rolled his eyes, "Ohh look it's the most wanted man in all of Gaia, well…next to me, you should be on my side, and we are two of a kind." Kuja grinned. Armament just shook his head. "I'm nothing like you" he than ran up to cut him. But Kuja just shook his head. He smiled as the ground started to shake, Armament kind of stood back, as he realized that Kuja was summoning an Eidolon.

Out came his white dragon, it was flying at Armament as he tried to run, but was hit by the Eidolon. Kuja just smiled.

Eiko wasn't sure if she could take it anymore she ran up to Kuja. "STOP IT RIGHT NOW!"
Vivi and Bauthe, saw what was going on they ran up beside her.

"Ahh, as I suspected Bauthe became a traitor."
"No, I never betrayed my beliefs."

Kuja smirked "ohh but you have, you betrayed them a many of times" he winked at him.

"Not….Not of my own free will!" Bauthe started to shake and began to mumble a spell, and turn to a shade of aqua.

^^Garnet^^

Garnet, was shaky she heard noises but didn't want to leave Zidane, she sobbed.  She closed her eyes, and she drifted off.

"Garnet…

Garnet…

What are you waiting for…"

Garnet looked around, and saw nothing she was laying in a meadow, she looked around, she knew the voice.

"Garnet, they're all waiting… you have to go"

Garnet looked around

"Zidane…come out please…"

Garnet looked up and all around she came to her feet.

"Garnet go, there is still hope, but if you give up, that hope will be forever lost… Garnet never EVER give up……Promise?"

"Promise"

Garnet looked up

"But Zidane…I'll see you again right? The spell will be broken right"

"………I………"

"Zidane???"

a long pause, Garnet didn't understand…

"ZIDANE please…tell me that it'll all be okay…"

"Garnet.." the voice began to fade "just remember to never give up"

"ZIDANE!"

Garnet awoke, though she was asleep for only a few minutes she knew what she had to do…