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A/N: It's been a long time since I've written anything to post of fanfiction.net, as I've been trying to struggle through immense writer's block. Anyway, I'm back with this story that I hope you will all enjoy enough to review, and leave some insightful comments as to my writing style etc. I will accept flames as long as they present constructive criticism.
Thank you all,
icedragon6171
Saviour No More
Chapter 1 - End
He ran, her hand clenched within his, through the Bevelle Underground. In all honesty, Tidus had never been as scared as this in his entire life, and from Yuna's frantic footsteps behind him, she was just as frightened as he was. He was being hunted. The Bevelle authorities wanted him dead.
It was a set up, he knew, that had led him to this situation he was in now, but they wouldn't believe in his innocence. He was a criminal to them, charged for a crime he did not commit.
He took a left turn, accidentally tipping Yuna's balance and bringing her crashing down to the floor. He stopped to help her up, before pulling her again into the dimly lit passage way. The sound of their pursuers running after them was drawing closer. They had to get away. They had to.
Yuna was tiring, her ragged breathing sounding louder to his ears than the sound of their feet hitting the stone platform beneath them. He cared for her, loved her even, and didn't want her to be killed for his 'crime'. He knew the soldiers sent after them would have no mercy for their two-time saviour. Consorting with criminals was a crime in Spira. She had done just that. He pulled her on. They couldn't stop now. Not yet.
They ran for what seemed to be hours through the dark passageways that stretched - seemingly endlessly - before them, and never once did they lose the sound of the many pairs of booted feet coming after them. Tidus was beginning to lose hope.
Tidus sighted a doorway ahead of them, and made for it, heart pounding. Even in the dark, he could tell that they were entering some sort of very large room. However, not until the lights snapped on did he realise his mistake. He had led them to a dead end – a giant platform, with only one route of escape; the way they came in. A colossus loomed forebodingly to their left, though he had no idea what it was. Yuna looked shocked beyond belief. Did she know what it was?
The soldiers began to pour in, perhaps ten or fifteen of them, and line up, ready to fire, guns drawn, and both Yuna and Tidus drew their attention away from the thing beside them. He looked to Yuna, glowing with the light that filled the chamber. His life, and now partner in death. They said nothing, instead taking one last look of their lovers' face, should they be killed here now. He noted every feature of her face, everything that made her Yuna. The way her hair fell about her face, the way in which her eyes gazed serenely into his own, and the way in which her earring lay against her shoulder. She was a beautiful woman. Tidus couldn't bear the thought of killing something so lovely. Fate was a cruel master indeed.
The rifles to his right clicked, cocking the bullets which would spell their end. Silence stretched out for an eternity, but still he gazed only upon Yuna, oblivious to anything but her.
The crack of the rifles firing did not rouse him from his daze, though he did notice that the momentum of the bullet had caused him to fly backwards, crashing to the floor, and not until his impact with the cold metal surface did he feel the pain, for a split-second, before his world faded to nothingness as his body shut down.
Goodbye…~*~
A/N: Please tell me what you think. There will be more chapters, coming soon (I hope), but the more reviews I get, the more motivated I will be. Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed it.
icedragon6171