Disclaimer: Whew! Sorry about the long wait! I've been suffering from serious writers block. But I'm over it (for this story anyway) and the fic will continue! Enjoy!
Riku burst into the highest tower of Hollow Bastion followed by his friends. Cedric was standing there. Carolyn lay in an unconscious heap on the ground near him.
"Geez now I've got to save HER sorry ass." Katie moaned rolling her eyes.
"I heard that ya know." Carolyn mumbled.
"Then why didn't you fight back when Cedric kidnapped you?!" Katie yelled.
Carolyn sat up and smiled. "Well I could have beaten the crap out of him, but I wanted it to be more dramatic."
"Ya stupid drama queen." Katie moaned
"Well it wasn't right for my...um...what's that word to describe how you do things?"
"Your idiom?"
"That's it."
"CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK TO THE FIGHT?!" Cedric yelled. He pointed at Carolyn. "YOU! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UNCONSCIOUS!"
"Sorry." She said laying back down.
Riku and Cedric leapt at each other (once again) and drew their swords.
"Quit kidnapping people!" Riku yelled.
"Never!" Cedric yelled back. He struck Riku so hard that he crashed through a stain-glass window.
"RIKU!" Mia screamed.
Riku lay on the roof of the castle. Blood oozed from a cut on his shoulder. Rain splattered on the roof soaking him to the bone. He could hear more glass breaking and saw Cedric leap out of the window. Riku stood up. He slipped on the water on the roof and tumbled over the edge. His fingers grasped the edge of the roof. He looked down and gasped.
Countless icy cliffs surrounded the castle. An eerie mist covered the tops. He couldn't even see the bottom. One slip could mean certain death.
"Now is your time to die Riku." Cedric sneered stepping towards the spot that Riku was holding onto. "But don't worry, you'll be leaving Mia in good hands. And while you die a slow painful death I'll make sure that your friends deaths are quick and painless."
"Who said anything about dying?!" Riku yelled. Summoning all his strength he sprang off the edge and onto the roof of the tower. While he was in midair he quickly summoned his keyblade into his hand and spun around and swung it at Cedric. Cedric raised his own sword and blocked it.
"BLOOD SWORD!" Cedric yelled raising his sword. Once again it glowed with a brilliant red light. He swung it at Riku who just scarcely managed to avoid it.
Meanwhile inside the tower the blast from the blood sword had blown everyone into the wall.
"We've got to do something to help him!" Kairi cried.
"But what?" Sora yelled, "There's not much we can do!"
"I've got an idea!" Carolyn yelled. She raised her hand and a golden bow and arrow appeared in her hand.
"Carolyn no!" Katie cried, "You can't use the Omega Arrow! Last time you used it, it almost killed you! And that was when you were at FULL health! Imagine what it'll do with all your wounds!"
"I'm not going to use it!" Carolyn shouted, "I'm just going to use a regular enchanted arrow!"
"What the hell is the Omega Arrow?" Wakka asked.
"It's Carolyn's ultimate attack." Katie explained as Carolyn placed the arrow on the bow, "It's the enchanted arrow of justice. Last time Carolyn used it, it almost killed her because it took so much of her energy."
"HEY CEDRIC!" Carolyn yelled. Cedric, who had been trying to strangle Riku, stopped and looked up at her.
"CATCH THIS!" She screamed. She drew back on the bow and released the arrow.
The arrow struck Cedric in the arm pinning him to a statue on the roof. Sparks of electricity emitted from the arrow and Cedric howled with pain.
"YOU LITTLE BITCH!" He roared as light tore through his body.
"Way to go!" Katie said giving her a high-five, "You totally nailed that sucker!"
Cedric reached up and pulled the arrow out of his arm. He looked at it. He seemed dazed with horror.
"You mean to tell me..." He whispered icily, "That this girl actually has the power to shoot the arrows of light?"
He glared at Carolyn. His eyes burned with unspeakable hate. He threw the arrow on the ground and spat on it.
"I see...I have no chance of winning so long as that girl is here." He glanced at the edge of the tower and took a step backwards towards it. He glared fiercely at Riku.
"Don't think you've won yet! I will return and deal with you later." He turned to the broken stain-glass window and watched as Mia climbed out the window and threw her arms around Riku.
"Mia my love," Cedric said smiling coldly, "I'll be seeing you again soon. I promise."
He stepped back off the edge and plunged down towards the cliffs.
"He's crazy." Riku murmured as he watched him fall. Suddenly a loud screech filled the air. A large bat-like creature swooped down under Cedric and caught him on it's back. It flew off and vanished.
"Ok he totally stole that from 'Lord of the Rings'!" Katie yelled.
"What's 'Lord of the Rings'?" Tidus asked puzzled.
Katie opened her mouth to explain what it was but just then Carolyn gasped and sank to her knees.
"What's wrong?" Rikku asked kneeling by her.
"Too...much...energy." Carolyn choked. "Must...be...too...strong." she gave a shuddering gasp and fell down face forward.
"I knew that it was too much for her." Katie sighed.
"You mean she's...dead?" Yuna asked nervously.
"OH NO!" Sora cried, "They'll think we killed her! From now on my name is Hector Zeroni, master blacksmith!"
"Sora?" Katie said frowning, "You need help. Besides she's not dead. She's just stunned."
"That's good." Lulu said nodding, "I don't think we need a dead body on our hands."
"Get up butthead." Katie said kicking Carolyn in the ribs. Carolyn moaned and sat up.
"Owies!" She cried rubbing her sore ribcage.
"Come on guys." Riku said as he and Mia climbed back in the tower. "Let's leave this terrible place and never come back."
There was a small staircase that led down to the door out of the tower. Everyone else walked down the stairs except for Carolyn who stood at the top rummaging through her backpack.
"Come on Carolyn!" Katie called motioning for her to follow her. "This way!"
"No it's not right for my idiom." Carolyn said pulling out a rope and tying it to a wooden beam on the ceiling. "I must escape more..." She sighed as she struggled to find the right word.
"Dramatically?" Katie asked.
"Yes that's it!" Carolyn said smiling, "Dramatically! Tallyho!" She yelled as she swung down on the rope. But unfortunately Carolyn didn't have enough momentum so she just hung there feeling really stupid.
"Um...could someone give me a push?"
Riku burst into the highest tower of Hollow Bastion followed by his friends. Cedric was standing there. Carolyn lay in an unconscious heap on the ground near him.
"Geez now I've got to save HER sorry ass." Katie moaned rolling her eyes.
"I heard that ya know." Carolyn mumbled.
"Then why didn't you fight back when Cedric kidnapped you?!" Katie yelled.
Carolyn sat up and smiled. "Well I could have beaten the crap out of him, but I wanted it to be more dramatic."
"Ya stupid drama queen." Katie moaned
"Well it wasn't right for my...um...what's that word to describe how you do things?"
"Your idiom?"
"That's it."
"CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK TO THE FIGHT?!" Cedric yelled. He pointed at Carolyn. "YOU! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UNCONSCIOUS!"
"Sorry." She said laying back down.
Riku and Cedric leapt at each other (once again) and drew their swords.
"Quit kidnapping people!" Riku yelled.
"Never!" Cedric yelled back. He struck Riku so hard that he crashed through a stain-glass window.
"RIKU!" Mia screamed.
Riku lay on the roof of the castle. Blood oozed from a cut on his shoulder. Rain splattered on the roof soaking him to the bone. He could hear more glass breaking and saw Cedric leap out of the window. Riku stood up. He slipped on the water on the roof and tumbled over the edge. His fingers grasped the edge of the roof. He looked down and gasped.
Countless icy cliffs surrounded the castle. An eerie mist covered the tops. He couldn't even see the bottom. One slip could mean certain death.
"Now is your time to die Riku." Cedric sneered stepping towards the spot that Riku was holding onto. "But don't worry, you'll be leaving Mia in good hands. And while you die a slow painful death I'll make sure that your friends deaths are quick and painless."
"Who said anything about dying?!" Riku yelled. Summoning all his strength he sprang off the edge and onto the roof of the tower. While he was in midair he quickly summoned his keyblade into his hand and spun around and swung it at Cedric. Cedric raised his own sword and blocked it.
"BLOOD SWORD!" Cedric yelled raising his sword. Once again it glowed with a brilliant red light. He swung it at Riku who just scarcely managed to avoid it.
Meanwhile inside the tower the blast from the blood sword had blown everyone into the wall.
"We've got to do something to help him!" Kairi cried.
"But what?" Sora yelled, "There's not much we can do!"
"I've got an idea!" Carolyn yelled. She raised her hand and a golden bow and arrow appeared in her hand.
"Carolyn no!" Katie cried, "You can't use the Omega Arrow! Last time you used it, it almost killed you! And that was when you were at FULL health! Imagine what it'll do with all your wounds!"
"I'm not going to use it!" Carolyn shouted, "I'm just going to use a regular enchanted arrow!"
"What the hell is the Omega Arrow?" Wakka asked.
"It's Carolyn's ultimate attack." Katie explained as Carolyn placed the arrow on the bow, "It's the enchanted arrow of justice. Last time Carolyn used it, it almost killed her because it took so much of her energy."
"HEY CEDRIC!" Carolyn yelled. Cedric, who had been trying to strangle Riku, stopped and looked up at her.
"CATCH THIS!" She screamed. She drew back on the bow and released the arrow.
The arrow struck Cedric in the arm pinning him to a statue on the roof. Sparks of electricity emitted from the arrow and Cedric howled with pain.
"YOU LITTLE BITCH!" He roared as light tore through his body.
"Way to go!" Katie said giving her a high-five, "You totally nailed that sucker!"
Cedric reached up and pulled the arrow out of his arm. He looked at it. He seemed dazed with horror.
"You mean to tell me..." He whispered icily, "That this girl actually has the power to shoot the arrows of light?"
He glared at Carolyn. His eyes burned with unspeakable hate. He threw the arrow on the ground and spat on it.
"I see...I have no chance of winning so long as that girl is here." He glanced at the edge of the tower and took a step backwards towards it. He glared fiercely at Riku.
"Don't think you've won yet! I will return and deal with you later." He turned to the broken stain-glass window and watched as Mia climbed out the window and threw her arms around Riku.
"Mia my love," Cedric said smiling coldly, "I'll be seeing you again soon. I promise."
He stepped back off the edge and plunged down towards the cliffs.
"He's crazy." Riku murmured as he watched him fall. Suddenly a loud screech filled the air. A large bat-like creature swooped down under Cedric and caught him on it's back. It flew off and vanished.
"Ok he totally stole that from 'Lord of the Rings'!" Katie yelled.
"What's 'Lord of the Rings'?" Tidus asked puzzled.
Katie opened her mouth to explain what it was but just then Carolyn gasped and sank to her knees.
"What's wrong?" Rikku asked kneeling by her.
"Too...much...energy." Carolyn choked. "Must...be...too...strong." she gave a shuddering gasp and fell down face forward.
"I knew that it was too much for her." Katie sighed.
"You mean she's...dead?" Yuna asked nervously.
"OH NO!" Sora cried, "They'll think we killed her! From now on my name is Hector Zeroni, master blacksmith!"
"Sora?" Katie said frowning, "You need help. Besides she's not dead. She's just stunned."
"That's good." Lulu said nodding, "I don't think we need a dead body on our hands."
"Get up butthead." Katie said kicking Carolyn in the ribs. Carolyn moaned and sat up.
"Owies!" She cried rubbing her sore ribcage.
"Come on guys." Riku said as he and Mia climbed back in the tower. "Let's leave this terrible place and never come back."
There was a small staircase that led down to the door out of the tower. Everyone else walked down the stairs except for Carolyn who stood at the top rummaging through her backpack.
"Come on Carolyn!" Katie called motioning for her to follow her. "This way!"
"No it's not right for my idiom." Carolyn said pulling out a rope and tying it to a wooden beam on the ceiling. "I must escape more..." She sighed as she struggled to find the right word.
"Dramatically?" Katie asked.
"Yes that's it!" Carolyn said smiling, "Dramatically! Tallyho!" She yelled as she swung down on the rope. But unfortunately Carolyn didn't have enough momentum so she just hung there feeling really stupid.
"Um...could someone give me a push?"