Chapter 3: The Intruder
By Rhino
Celes opened her eyes. The world was a blur to them, but that soon settled. She felt a breeze across her body, and remembered she was naked. She felt her arms wrapped around something
as well. She felt something breathing from below, and it all came back to her. "It wasn't a dream," she mumbled happily. She kissed the sleeping Locke on the forehead and dozed off
again. She was still tired from her long trip.
She woke up again later, to find she was alone. She sat up and looked around the room. "Where could he be?" she said to her self. She then heard the sound of a tub filling up coming from the
bathroom. "There's a bathtub here?" Celes asked herself. "Who would abandon a house like this?" She shrugged, realizing she needed to bathe as well. She walked over toward the bathroom and
through the door.
Sure enough, Locke was in the tub. Without saying anything, Celes walked over and got in the tub with him. She smiled as she felt his hands wrap around her. "Good morning, angel," said
Locke.
"Good morning, love," she responded.
"You comfortable?" asked Locke.
"Oh, of course," responded Celes. "After all, I used to shower with guys all the time when is was with the
Imperial army!" Locke's jaw dropped. "Just kidding," said Celes.
Locke was surprised. "You never used to joke like that!" said Locke.
"I'm just so happy!" responded Celes ecstatically. "We're together again. For good. Nothing makes me happier," she continued.
"Celes," said Locke, "there is something I never told you,"
"What is that, my love?" "When you used that spell back at the research facility, I thought you had sacrificed yourself for us. None of
us really had time to think, because of the situation we were in, but when I went to be that night, I cried myself to sleep. And that's when I realized I loved you."
A tear slid down her cheek. "Locke, there is something I need to tell you as well," said Celes. "When I awoke on the island, after the end of the world, I thought everyone was dead. But I
especially thought of you, because you said you would protect me. And then when Granddad died, I tried to kill myself. I thought everyone I loved was gone. So I jumped into the sea. I
awoke the next day, and I found myself drenched on the beach. I was bitter. I wanted to be dead. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw your bandana. I knew you were alive and lost my desire
to end it. And that's when I realized I loved you. I even kissed the headband!" The couple giggled. Celes turned over to face him. Locke rubbed her bare back as her warm breasts pressed
against his chest. The two went in for a long kiss.
Their time of bliss ended abruptly. "What's wrong, Celes?" asked Locke.
"Locke, I just heard something downstairs. Somebody's here!" She sprang out of the tub and went to the bedroom to
get dressed. Locke soon joined her.
"Who do you think it is?" whispered Locke.
"I don't know, but I've heard bandits like to hide in abandoned houses like these!" responded Celes nervously. "We have to get out of here!"
"Is there another way out?" asked Locke.
"I don't think so," she responded.
"Then we'll have go downstairs and try to sneak past whoever's down there."
"I'll go first," volunteered Celes.
"No," said Locke, "I'll go."
"Do you have a sword on you?" Locke shook his head. "Then I have an advantage. Stay right behind me." Locke did as he was told.
Celes went over to the doorway to the stair well. Nervously, she poked her head around the corner to see if anyone was there.
"Hold it!" bellowed a threatening voice.
At first, Celes could only see a shadow, but soon the intruder came into view. He was unshaven, and almost looked similar to Cyan. Celes then looked in horror as she noticed he had a revolver
in his right hand, pointing straight at her.
"Don't move," said the intruder in a quiet, but serious tone of voice.
"You bastard!" yelled Locke. "Let her go!"
The intruder shifted the gun forward, so the tip was touching Celes's forehead. "Try anything stupid and her brains will be all over the place," he threatened. Locke stood back. What
can I do, he thought. " You're a pretty girl," said the intruder. Locke stood helplessly as the woman he loved was being held captive. "You are going to do what I want," said the intruder to
Celes, with his revolver still toughing her head. The intruder slowly moved behind her. He gripped the seam of Celes's pants with his free hand as a grin appeared on his face.
Locke saw his chance and punched the intruder in the face. "You keep your hands off of her!"
The intruder staggered back and angrily pushed the gun out. The intruder shifted his revolver to point at Locke. Celes immediately jumped in front of him. "Get out of the way, or I'll kill you
instead!"
"No!" said Celes. "This person is too important for me. He is the love of my life; I love him more than I can love anything else."
"You are saying," said the intruder, "that you are willing to die for this son of a bitch?"
"I would die one hundred times for him if I had to," responded Celes. The intruder grunted and made a face.
All six ears jumped to the sound of a bang. Locke and Celes looked at each other in fear. Then Locke saw what he had been dreading. Celes's chest was covered in a big circle of blood. She
lifted her right hand to touch his shoulder. Then she fell to the ground with a thud. Her eyes closed as a stream of blood continued to flow out from under her. She did not move again after that.
"Celes," whispered Locke, "no........."
By Rhino
Celes opened her eyes. The world was a blur to them, but that soon settled. She felt a breeze across her body, and remembered she was naked. She felt her arms wrapped around something
as well. She felt something breathing from below, and it all came back to her. "It wasn't a dream," she mumbled happily. She kissed the sleeping Locke on the forehead and dozed off
again. She was still tired from her long trip.
She woke up again later, to find she was alone. She sat up and looked around the room. "Where could he be?" she said to her self. She then heard the sound of a tub filling up coming from the
bathroom. "There's a bathtub here?" Celes asked herself. "Who would abandon a house like this?" She shrugged, realizing she needed to bathe as well. She walked over toward the bathroom and
through the door.
Sure enough, Locke was in the tub. Without saying anything, Celes walked over and got in the tub with him. She smiled as she felt his hands wrap around her. "Good morning, angel," said
Locke.
"Good morning, love," she responded.
"You comfortable?" asked Locke.
"Oh, of course," responded Celes. "After all, I used to shower with guys all the time when is was with the
Imperial army!" Locke's jaw dropped. "Just kidding," said Celes.
Locke was surprised. "You never used to joke like that!" said Locke.
"I'm just so happy!" responded Celes ecstatically. "We're together again. For good. Nothing makes me happier," she continued.
"Celes," said Locke, "there is something I never told you,"
"What is that, my love?" "When you used that spell back at the research facility, I thought you had sacrificed yourself for us. None of
us really had time to think, because of the situation we were in, but when I went to be that night, I cried myself to sleep. And that's when I realized I loved you."
A tear slid down her cheek. "Locke, there is something I need to tell you as well," said Celes. "When I awoke on the island, after the end of the world, I thought everyone was dead. But I
especially thought of you, because you said you would protect me. And then when Granddad died, I tried to kill myself. I thought everyone I loved was gone. So I jumped into the sea. I
awoke the next day, and I found myself drenched on the beach. I was bitter. I wanted to be dead. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw your bandana. I knew you were alive and lost my desire
to end it. And that's when I realized I loved you. I even kissed the headband!" The couple giggled. Celes turned over to face him. Locke rubbed her bare back as her warm breasts pressed
against his chest. The two went in for a long kiss.
Their time of bliss ended abruptly. "What's wrong, Celes?" asked Locke.
"Locke, I just heard something downstairs. Somebody's here!" She sprang out of the tub and went to the bedroom to
get dressed. Locke soon joined her.
"Who do you think it is?" whispered Locke.
"I don't know, but I've heard bandits like to hide in abandoned houses like these!" responded Celes nervously. "We have to get out of here!"
"Is there another way out?" asked Locke.
"I don't think so," she responded.
"Then we'll have go downstairs and try to sneak past whoever's down there."
"I'll go first," volunteered Celes.
"No," said Locke, "I'll go."
"Do you have a sword on you?" Locke shook his head. "Then I have an advantage. Stay right behind me." Locke did as he was told.
Celes went over to the doorway to the stair well. Nervously, she poked her head around the corner to see if anyone was there.
"Hold it!" bellowed a threatening voice.
At first, Celes could only see a shadow, but soon the intruder came into view. He was unshaven, and almost looked similar to Cyan. Celes then looked in horror as she noticed he had a revolver
in his right hand, pointing straight at her.
"Don't move," said the intruder in a quiet, but serious tone of voice.
"You bastard!" yelled Locke. "Let her go!"
The intruder shifted the gun forward, so the tip was touching Celes's forehead. "Try anything stupid and her brains will be all over the place," he threatened. Locke stood back. What
can I do, he thought. " You're a pretty girl," said the intruder. Locke stood helplessly as the woman he loved was being held captive. "You are going to do what I want," said the intruder to
Celes, with his revolver still toughing her head. The intruder slowly moved behind her. He gripped the seam of Celes's pants with his free hand as a grin appeared on his face.
Locke saw his chance and punched the intruder in the face. "You keep your hands off of her!"
The intruder staggered back and angrily pushed the gun out. The intruder shifted his revolver to point at Locke. Celes immediately jumped in front of him. "Get out of the way, or I'll kill you
instead!"
"No!" said Celes. "This person is too important for me. He is the love of my life; I love him more than I can love anything else."
"You are saying," said the intruder, "that you are willing to die for this son of a bitch?"
"I would die one hundred times for him if I had to," responded Celes. The intruder grunted and made a face.
All six ears jumped to the sound of a bang. Locke and Celes looked at each other in fear. Then Locke saw what he had been dreading. Celes's chest was covered in a big circle of blood. She
lifted her right hand to touch his shoulder. Then she fell to the ground with a thud. Her eyes closed as a stream of blood continued to flow out from under her. She did not move again after that.
"Celes," whispered Locke, "no........."