Golden Sun: Nightmares
Hey! Sorry about the delay, as we all know, SCHOOL IS EVIL! Damn you! I really was being buried in homework, and couldn't squeeze this in…Sorry 'bout that! And also in exception, I was in a bad mood, so I really wasn't in a hurry to complete this chap! And once again, SORRY!
Disclaimer: I've been meaning to put this in, but kept forgetting…I DO NOT OWN GOLDEN SUN! Though we all wish it, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!
***WARNING*** THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS A SLIGHT SPOILER IN TLA! THOUGH NOT A BIG SCENE IN THE GAME, I THOUGHT I SHOULD STILL WARN YOU! ***WARNING***
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Chapter 4 "Running Out of Time."
"There's nothing we can do." Felix said. He turned to their ruined ship. "That is if we don't get this ship to a town where they can fix it."
"The nearest town is Daila." Picard said. "But I'm not sure they'll be able to fix a ship as big as this one."
"That's a chance we have to take." Mia said, turning to walk towards Daila. "I think we should get going. The longer we stay here, the longer we stall our time to beat Isaac to Contigo."
They all nodded, and started after Mia, trying to go at a fast pace, but it was almost impossible to do so. The storm had taken all their strength to get through, and now they were all sapped from using their Psynergy to make the ship fly.
They walked for a few moments, when a creature popped out of nowhere, and growled at them. It was a small thing that looked like a cross of a rabbit, and a rat. Its teeth were long and pointed, its muzzle painted red with the blood of who knows what creature.
It growled again, and leaped at them, attempting to slash them open with its teeth. They avoided it swiftly, and were able to kill it before it even stood up again.
"That was an easy monster." Said Ivan quietly.
"So?" asked Jenna. "The monsters were always weak here when we first came."
"No…" Sheba said softly. "I have to agree with Ivan…" She looked around, as though trying to see something. "Something just doesn't feel right…It's strange…"
"What is it?" asked Mia. Her voice quavered with nervousness. The more the others thought about it, the more they got nervous as well.
"I'm not sure…" Ivan whispered.
"Don't leave us in suspense!" said Picard. He especially looked anxious.
"I think we should be careful on our way to Daila…" said Sheba. They all nodded, and continued on their way, looking sharply at their surroundings. The way Ivan and Sheba had described their feelings, they had all grown nervous.
They walked, and Felix said, "I think you may have been wrong." He looked at Sheba and Ivan after a while. And, indeed, it seemed like nothing was going to happen to them. Nothing had attacked them, and nothing had surprised them in any way.
Ivan shook his head. "No. We're positive that something is going to happen. Just trust us Felix…"
Felix sighed softly, and nodded in response.
They walked for a few more moments, when all of the sudden, a huge explosion blew up beside them. They all went flying from the force of the explosion, and landed hard on the ground.
They weren't hurt, but they were all shocked by the furiousity of the explosion. They all got up instantly, and looked around in haste, but there was nothing in sight. "Who attacked us?" asked Picard.
But they didn't know.
Suddenly, what seemed to be a large, brown tentacle lashed out at them, and it struck right in the middle of the group. They all went flying from the after shock of the blow, Sheba, Mia, and Ivan flying to the right, and Felix, Picard, and Jenna flying off to the other direction.
"What was that?" cried Jenna.
"It was a Land Kraken." Said Sheba. She looked a little worried, to not to worried to fear for her life.
"A land Kraken?!" Jenna gasped out, coughing slightly from the dust rising around them. "I didn't know there was a such a thing!"
"Well, now you know!" Felix said, leaping out of the way. Another large tentacle had lashed out, trying to catch them off guard. "We have to try and defeat it! We don't have much time!"
The Kraken roared, and came out of hiding. It was absolutely the most disgusting thing they had ever seen. It looked like a large squid, but instead of being pink, it was tan in colour. It's eyes were a sick yellow, glowing with anger.
It roared again, and lifted two of its large tentacles.
They pointed at them, and shot out two thin lines of ink. Though they were small, they were strong, and easily cut through the ground.
They all scrambled away, trying to avoid the dangerous ink. But since there was only 6 in the group, it easily followed them wherever they went. And since it had one more tentacle, it decided to shoot out streams of water.
"We can't outrun it!" Sheba panted.
"We have to fight back!" Picard said, turning to fight the Land Kraken. They all stopped, and they were about to attack the Land Kraken, when all of a sudden. More tentacles shot out, wrapping around all of them.
They were lifted into the air, the Land Kraken squeezing them tightly, looking very happy. They all struggled, and tried to loosen its grip, but they weren't able to get loose.
"What are we going to do now?" Jenna said in a strained voice.
"I have a plan!" Felix said. "When I attack it, try to escape!" With that said, lifted a hand that was loose from its clutches, and cried out, "Grand Gaia!"
A long, thin beam of golden light exploded through the ground, and soon engulfed the Land Kraken. It roared in pain, and loosened its grip. They all dropped onto the ground, and prepared to attack it while it was blinded by pain.
"We should attack its tentacles!" Ivan said. "If we can take those out, we should be able to defeat it!" They all agreed, and lunged to cut off the tentacles.
Felix, Jenna, and Picard had an easy time cutting through the forest of tentacles with their swords, but Mia, Ivan, and Sheba had a harder time cutting through the tentacles.
The Land Kraken roared in anger, and swiped all of them away.
They all landed about 24 metres away from it their breath knocked out of them. "This thing's more powerful then a normal Kraken!" wheezed Jenna.
The Land Kraken let out another roar, and to their horror, in the place of the tentacles they had cut off, seven more grew in its place.
"Now what are we going to do…?" whispered Mia in complete shock.
"I…I don't know…" Felix said. "For once…I don't know what to do…"
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Isaac watched them be blown away by the Land Kraken, and watched them freeze in shock as the Land Kraken grew 7 more tentacles in the place of the ones they had cut off.
"That's a very good monster you created…" Alex said, congratulating him on his success. "You've created a monster that is able to regenerate its lost limbs."
Isaac nodded. "I know."
"Then why are we still here?" asked Alex. He was beginning to get annoyed with Isaac's delays. "We should be on our way to the Celestial Lighthouse!" Isaac waved it away with his hand.
"I just want to see if they are able to defeat it. If they do, I'll leave a few more surprises for them to find…" Isaac said, smiling evilly.
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"What do you mean you don't know what to do?" yelled Jenna as she jumped out of the way, a tentacle smashing into the exact place she was standing previously.
"I mean, I don't know!" Felix yelled over the roaring the Land Kraken was emitting.
"We can't avoid it forever!" Mia cried. She was beginning to get tired, as were the rest of them. "We have think of some way to beat it!"
Ivan rolled out the way, and a idea suddenly popped into his head. "We should take out the eyes! It can't attack us if it can't see us. Then we'll formulate a plan!"
Felix agreed with the plan, and he, along with Picard, charged at the Land Kraken, while the other kept it busy with Psynergy. Mia sent out a stream of water, both Sheba and Ivan sent down bolts of lightning, and Jenna sent out searing beams of fire.
The dazzling lights annoyed the Land Kraken, so it roared in frustration, and lashed out tentacles, attempting to trip them up.
They were caught off guard, and fell to the ground in a gathered clump.
At that time, Felix and Picard were given enough time to jump onto the Land Kraken, and stab it in each of its eyes. It cried out in agony, and failed around, its purple blood flowing freely from its eyes.
"Are you all right?" asked Picard, helping Sheba to her feet. Sheba brushed off some dust from her clothes. "We're all fine." Picard looked relieved.
The Land Kraken was still flailing around, trying vainly to cover its bleeding eyes. The other tentacles were snaking all over the place, destroying a whole mountain around it.
"We have to kill it before it destroys this whole area!" cried Jenna.
It roared, and then suddenly, lunged at them, trying to smell them.
"Watch out!" Felix shouted. They all scrambled away, narrowly avoiding it. It crashed into a mountain, destroying it, and raining debris on them. "It's too big!" Ivan shouted. "And it's too fast!"
"Ivan, use Zephyr!" Mia yelled. Ivan nodded, and focused on bringing out a small creature with small wings on its sides, and a bright blue eyes appeared on his shoulder. "Zephyr!" Ivan shouted, lifting a hand towards the sky.
It jumped into the air, and flied around them in circle. Winds whipped through them, and then surrounded them, making them swifter them they had been before.
Jenna then held out a hand, and yelled out, "Kindle!" A little creature with bright red scales, a bushy tail, and blue eyes leaped out, and fly into the sky, surrounding them with red fire that didn't burn.
They all felt their power rise, and they all knew that they would now be able to fight the Land Kraken without any difficulty.
The Land heard both Ivan's and Jenna's cried, but didn't know where to find them. It howled, and sent out streams of water. They were all able to avoid them swiftly, and all of them attacked the Kraken at the same time.
Jenna held out her sword as it glowed a bright white, and yelled, "Vengeance!" A figure materialized from the sword. It was a girl pink hair, green eyes, and horns coming out of its forehead. It held out a bow and arrow, and continued to shoot out arrows of pure golden light.
They all struck the Land Kraken, tearing into its tough skin, creating huge holes.
Felix held out his sword as well as he glowed with red light. He yelled out, "Purgatory!" A point of red light appeared in front of it, and then gradually traced a large circle around it. Then, fire burst out of the glowing circle, and surrounded it, then closed in, scorching it badly.
It howled in agony, and sank to the ground, trembling with pain.
Picard then stepped in, and held out his own sword as it glowed blue, and yelled out, "Rising Dragon!" Two Dragons materialized from his sword, and flew at the Land Kraken, both of then growling.
It struck the Land Kraken, making it writhe in pain. It suddenly froze, turned grey and blew away with the wind.
"That was tough…" Ivan said. They all looked exhausted. Felix turned towards the small village that was sandwiched in between two mountains. "We should get going to Daila. We only have 2 weeks to stop him."
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"They defeated your monster, Isaac." Alex said. He was actually quite happy that it was defeated so they would be able to leave. "Now that it's over, we should leave."
Isaac smiled. "I know…" He closed his eyes, and then reopened them again. "But they're not getting away so easily…"
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They were walking, when, all of a sudden, out of nowhere, came a gust of wind that nearly took them off their feet.
They all looked up, and saw a large bird with long angelic wings. Its eyes were blazing violet, and its feathers were green, with a touch of brown. Its tail was long, and even though it was very high up, the tail was able to brush against the moist ground.
It let out a shriek, almost deafening them, and then flapped its wings at them. A large shock wave of wind shot at them, and this time, it really did take them off their feet.
They all crashed into rock, cracking it with the force of the blow. Dust lifted up, and pelted against their bodies, blinding them.
They heard another loud shriek, and then, the bird flew at them, its wings held back, and its pointed beak straight towards them.
"Get out of the way!" Felix cried, his voice being carried off by the wind. They all scrambled to their feet, and managed to roll out of the way before it was able to attack them. It flew into the rock, smashing it into little grains of sand.
It crashed into the ground, obviously dazed. It flapped its wings, howled, and shot into the sky. It shrieked, almost seeming like it was cackling at them.
It held out its wings, and they unfolded, reaching incredible lengths. A small crystal in the middle of its forehead glowed violet, and what seemed like a sun appeared behind it. Lightning crackled all around it, and then it turned into fire.
"Get out of the way!" Picard shouted, realizing that it was going to attack with both fire and lightning.
A fiery tornado appeared out of nowhere, and then flew at them with incredible speeds. Lightning crackled inside it, casting out small shocks scorching the ground.
Picard quickly reacted by summoning Shade. It protected them from the fire and lightning, making the attack bounce off into a mountain.
The attack rebounded on its summon bird, and killed it in one shot. Feathers floated down from the sky, and then disappeared into dust.
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"They beat it…" Alex said, looking a little surprised. Isaac didn't seem to be interested in the fight anymore. "Don't you even care? Why don't you attack them again?"
Isaac shook his head. "They've had enough."
"I thought you didn't care about them anymore! You should get rid of them before they become a problem!"
Isaac snapped his head towards Alex. His eyes glowed with crimson eyes, making him look even scarier them he was. "I take orders from no one. Especially from someone like you! I'll find a way to kill them."
He turned back to look at them, leaving a shocked Alex.
"I want to kill them with my own hands. There's no fun in killing them with a monster." Isaac whispered, his voice carrying the sound of evilness. "I want their blood to flow over my feet, and I want them to suffer…"
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"What was that?" asked Mia, looking a little shaken. "Did that monster attack us on its own, or was someone controlling it…?"
"You mean…" Jenna said faintly. "It could have been Isaac who sent it to attack us? But…It's impossible! He would never do that!"
"You have to remember that Isaac isn't the same anymore, Jenna." Felix said, looking a like a wise scholar. "He'll do anything now that Alex is controlling him. He'll even attack us if he wants to."
"Do you even think that Isaac is being controlled by Alex anymore?" asked Ivan. "When we last saw him, he didn't do anything that Alex told him to do!" They all looked at Ivan, a little shocked at what Ivan said.
"Think about it." Ivan said. "When we fought him, did you see Isaac taking any orders from Alex? It was as though Isaac was fighting just because he wanted to!"
"You're right!" Picard said. "Isaac might not even be under Alex's control!"
"Do you think Alchemy did this to him?" asked Sheba. "The Wise One did say there was a small side effect to controlling Alchemy."
"He did?" asked Mia, looking confused. "When did he say this?"
Sheba shrugged. "It came to me in a dream. The Wise One told me, if someone controls Alchemy, then they'll eventually go mad. I don't know if Alex is controlling Isaac anymore. Isaac might be going mad from the power of Alchemy!"
"But…Is it true…?" asked Felix thoughtfully. "Sometimes things that we think might be, just aren't."
"Well, it's quite interesting talking about this, but we have no time!" Picard said. "We have to save Contigo before Isaac gets there! And then we have to stop him before he gets to Mars Lighthouse!"
"We have to save the villagers of Contigo." Ivan said, looking worried. "And we have to save Hamma!"
Sheba nodded, and comforted Ivan by saying, "Everything will be fine, and we won't let Isaac do any more damage then he has already done."
Ivan gave a weak smile.
Thanks Sheba…I really needed that… Ivan sent to Sheba. Ever since their adventures, Ivan and Sheba had learned how to send messages to each other through their minds, thanks to Mind Read.
Sheba hid a smile, a small blush. No problem Ivan. I know how worried you are about you sister…I'd be worried if I ever met my sister and I learned she was in danger.
Ivan gave a silent laugh which only Sheba heard. I'm sorry Sheba. I'd completely forgotten! I'm sorry that you weren't able to find you parents during our adventures a year ago…
Ah…It's really no big deal… Sheba sent, feeling slightly hurt that Ivan had forgotten that she wasn't able to find anything about her life before appearing in Lalivero. I…I guess you're really worried about her…
Ivan suddenly looked a little upset by her comment. I'm really worried. What if we don't make it on time?
Sheba sent a reassuring laugh. Everything is going to be fine. Don't let your thoughts consume you.
Ivan nodded, though he hid it. You're right. We should concentrate on the task at hand. With that said, Ivan abruptly cut off their connection.
* * * * * * * * * *
Though exhausted from the battle, Mia, Picard, Felix and Jenna more so then the others, they were able to reach Daila just as the sun set in the west.
"We're here." Jenna said. The village was beginning to illuminate with the lights from inside the houses. The inn was covered with lanterns, trying to attract attention to any travelers who appeared in Daila.
"We'll stay at the inn for the night," Felix said, turning to the others. "And then we'll try to find someone to repair our ship."
"I don't think anyone will want to repair our ship now…" Mia said in a soft voice. As she said this, darkness quickly consumed the village, leaving the lanterns and the pools of light on the ground the only source of light.
"They'll repair our ship if we give them a lot of coins. I think a lot of people in this town will be crawling all over us when we offer them any money." Picard said simply. "They don't get much travelers around here."
"Your right." Felix said. He stopped at the front of the door that led to the inn, and opened the door. "All we need right now is a room, and then we'll go find a person to repair the ship. Then we'll stay here the night."
As he opened the door, A woman with messy brown hair came bustling towards them, wiping her hands on an apron; she looked as though she had been cooking. "Hello!" she said in a cheerful voice, her grey eyes sparkling with happiness. "Welcome to our inn! How may I help you?"
Felix held out a bag of coins, the clinking of the coins making the woman look hungrily at the bag. "We would like a room, and if possible, some of the food you have to offer here."
The woman straightened her apron, and said hurriedly, "Yes, of course." She swept up behind Ivan, who was the last person in the line, and pushed them in gently. "Come in. You'll catch a chill if you don't come in!"
"How many coins do we have to pay?" asked Mia suddenly, curious by the fabrics hanging from the walls, and the piles of straw gathered throughout the inn.
"For a room, it's 20 coins, and with food included, it will be 30 coins." She said quickly, as though impatient with them.
Felix nodded, and handed her 30 coins. The woman bowed, gave them their key to the room, and said, "Thank you. You are most kind." As soon as she had appeared, she was gone again.
Felix held the key tightly, and put it into Picard's palm. "You go the room." He said quickly. "Go and rest. I'm going to go and look for someone to fix our boat. I'll be back as soon as possible."
With his olive cape billowing behind him, he turned towards the door, and was out again.
"Well then…" Picard said, slightly surprised by Felix's actions. "I think we should do as he says, and rest up." Picard then turned, and walked towards the room number which was printed into the key.
As they all expected, all the rooms were empty, and silence hung over them, almost smothering them. They soon reached the room, and Picard used the key to open it. The door swung opened with a low creak, and revealed a messy room which looked as though it had been used previously.
The room's walls were dirty, stained yellow with age. The beds, four of them, were dusty, and the blankets were torn here and there. The curtains on the windows were frayed, and were also losing their bright red colour from exposure to the sun.
"Well…" Jenna said, looking a little disappointed. "This is better then nothing, I guess…"
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The decided that waiting in the room was too depressing, so they decided to go to where they had seen a large dining room.
"Hey," Jenna had said. "We did pay for food!"
As they entered the dining room, the smell of food wafted into their noses, making their mouths water with hunger. It was then that they realized it had been a while since they had eaten.
They settled down, and wolfed down the food placed in front of them. The cook who was preparing the food, smiled as they asked for more, and more. "My…You all have quite the appetite!" she replied, chuckling.
"You should see Garet eating!" Jenna said. Her face suddenly fell, and she forgot that she had a fork hanging from her mouth.
"Poor Garet…" Mia whispered, setting her fork down. She, along with Ivan and Jenna, had known Garet longer then the others, therefore making them closer to him then the others.
A small lapse of silence followed Mia's statement.
"Stupid Isaac!" Jenna burst, slamming her fist into the table. "Why'd he have to hurt Garet like that?" Tear sprung into the corners of her eyes, making her want to sob. She had really begun to like Garet, much more then just a friend. Though he was really dense sometimes, sometimes even in the bleakest of times, Garet could always bring a smile to your face.
"It wasn't really Isaac's fault, Jenna." Mia said, also looking very upset. She had gotten very close to Isaac, falling in love with him as they traveled together. Even though she knew Isaac probably didn't feel the same way towards her, she was still quite surprised to Isaac's reaction to when she fell through the hole back in Jupiter Lighthouse.
"I know…" Jenna said, her anger slowly disappearing. Suddenly, her anger flared up again. "It's all Alex's fault!"
Mia nodded in agreement. Though she had been great friends with Alex, she could never forgive him for what he did to Isaac, and to Jenna, Sheba, Picard, and Felix.
Ivan was about to say something, when the door suddenly burst open. Felix came in, looking a little disarrayed.
"We have a problem." Felix said calmly, though his expression didn't show it. "What?" Sheba asked, her sorrow slowly being overcomed by worry.
"I found someone to repair the ship." Felix said. "And-"
"Then there's no problem then." Picard said, cutting Felix off. "We found someone to repair the ship."
"I know." Felix said. "I found someone to fix the ship, but the damage is too great for him to fix. There's no way we can fix the ship."
Uh oh! What are they going to do now?? Ha ha! Only I know the answer to that!
???: You're evil, you know that?
?? Who said that??
Fury: It's me, the homicidal Djinn. I was sent here by Garet to make sure you didn't kill him off from the story.
Hey! It all adds up in the end! And I did NOT kill him off!
Fury: Then why is he not in this story? He's only in the FIRST chapter! And maybe for a little while in the second chapter…
Well…There's really no explanation for that…
Garet: EVIL! EVIL PERSON! MUST KILL! **Casts Pyroclasm**
**Really crispy** Owie…O.O That REALLY hurt…
Garet: **getting homicidal**
Uh oh…Looks like I have a few muses…I hope they won't kill me for the next chapters I have in mind…
And, as usual…This is the time I ask you to review. But I'm not the kind of person to force you to review. How ever…If you don't review, there's going to be a few flying fireballs going your way…MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Garet: And you plan to do this…How…?
Simple, SICK 'EM GARET!
Garet: She's obviously not getting the point that I'm not going to help her…
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