Chapter 6

The Awakening

In Dali Dagger and Eiko where having the best time they could possibly have. The only memories Dagger could remember form Dali was the manufacturing. Though's poor souls she thought to herself. "Garnet? What's wrong you look worried."

"Wha?" she seamed stunned, "oh sorry. I was remembering."

"Remembering what?" Eiko quizzed.

"My first time." She looked upset. "That's all."

"Was it really that bad?" Eiko bounced. "Zidane cant be that BAD!"

"No" "Oh no! Not that" she realised that Eiko did not follow, "My first time to Dali. I wasn't that nice that's all. I don't want to talk about it" she still didn't believe people could be so cruel.

"Come on you can tell me." She seamed sympathetic.

"It was where we discovered that factories. The black mage factories" she brought herself to say it. "Vivi......... Vivi was hit hard. I suppose anyone that finds out that they are just a creation does. I mean manufactured everyone is created at some point God and all that. But this. It was wrong." Dagger suddenly felt guilty for not wanting to help find him. She couldn't really and she had to tend to her uncle he was hurt. "He will hold the answer to were Vivi is. Yes he can tell us the exact route they took and then we will find Vivi."

"Dagger?" Eiko looked puzzled "Hey what's wrong?"

"Where did they say Cid was?" Dagger said almost in a trance. "We should go" they headed off to search around the village.

"No where!" Eiko sulked "Where is he!!!" she whined.

"I'll ask in there" Dagger approached the inn that they once stayed in. Zidane became obsessed with the fortune thing in there. She gave a chuckle as she pushed the door open and strode in "Hi. I'm looking for Regent Cid of Lindblum" she looked around "I thought maybe he would be here."

"Oh Cid" the man replied, "He's staying at the mayors house he was badly injured in the crash."

"Do you know if there was anyone else aboard the ship?" trying to sound not too apprehensive.

".........hum........." he thought, "oh yer! The was allot of mages."

"A lot?!" was there one that looked different? Smaller broken hat." Their anticipation rose.

".........hum........." she thought again, getting to dagger she decided that she wasn't getting anywhere standing round waiting.

"Well? What there or not? This is very important!" not giving the man a chance to speak. "This is extremely important he is our friend and he is missing!"

"Well they were all about the same height the were in town visiting on a tour of the underground. That's a sword factory now." "Well I remember one young tyke he was so happy all he could say was Sword! Sword! Cute little fellow almost like he was obsessed by them! Heh heh!!"

"Does this kid have any reference to the mages?" she turned annoyed by his stupidity and marched to the mayors.

"Cid! Cid!" dagger shouted through a locked door, "no good their not there!"

"Looking for me?" they jumped at the voice, "no need to be startled The Mayor at your service ladies" he eyed them up and down.

"...Hello." Stammering "I'm Eiko." The mayor looked confused although he was expected to remember the name, "you have my father staying with you"

"Oh Cid?" relieved "yes he was here. Not now. Moved on I'm afraid"

"What... what do you mean moved on?" Eiko looked surprised.

"Don't worry he didn't go too far!" He looked at them, "Just down the coast that's all, Said he wanted fresh sea air"