The four of them sat around Squall's room as Orion materialised. 'So you're
the GF Orion?' Squall asked intrigued.
'Yes but you can ask all about me if we live through this.' Qrion replied.
'Oh? It's that serious?' Quistis asked.
'Ultimecia was a picnic compared to this.' Orion told her dryly.
'Why, what is it?' Squall asked.
'It's name is Spore. Father of all WEAPONs, ruler of all fiends.' Orion said.
'Father of WEAPONs? You mean those huge things we fought in the Deep Sea facility and Ultimecia's castle?' Rinoa squeaked.
'The very same, but worse. He's stronger than Omega, absorbing all elemental and status attacks, immune to all statuses you can think to inflict and near impervious to physical attacks.' Orion told them watching the panic suffuse their features.
'If he's so damn invulnerable why isn't he out now?' Squall asked.
'Because he was defeated and entrapped by his own daughter.' Orion informed them.
'Daughter? What kind of daughter could it have?' Meia asked amazed.
'The Great Sorceress Hyne. She couldn't bear the evilness of her father and trapped him in an orb of indestructible material and buried him deep in the earth, banishing his fiends to the moon and burying her two brothers along with him.' Orion told them slowly.
'But if he's trapped in this orb how can he be causing trouble?' Rinoa asked.
'Somehow he can get his thoughts out and when natural processes brought it to the surface he must have taken control of the monsters to start digging him out.' Orion replied flickering.
'So how much of him is dug out? Why would he attack Esthar?' Squall asked, the second question mainly to himself.
'I'd say a quarter but there were a lot of monsters there. As for attacking Esthar, Spore must believe there is something with enough power to release him.' Orion replied fading away.
'We can't let it get free!' Rinoa yelled.
'What about Jayson? He must be fighting all of Spore's minions! We have to get him out!' Meia told them, standing up.
'Okay people let's move out!' Squall told them, grabbing Lionheart.
Jayson blinked the sweat from his eyes, his jacket torn, the sleeve hanging from his arm slightly bloodied. Strewn around him were the severed bodies of Imps and Toramas, and still more were coming.
'Give up human! Why put off the inevitable? You can't fight forever!' Spore roared in his mind.
'I'll keep fighting so long as it prevents you being dug up!' Jayson hissed through gritted teeth as he swung Fixxer, its blade cutting clean through the wing of an Imp that tried to attack him from above.
He slipped a hand into his pouch, bringing out a small vial filled with a n emerald green fluid that glowed as he shook it. He then bit the top off and swallowed the contents in one go, his body tingling as his wounds healed instantly and the aching in his muscles vanished as his body was revitalised.
A Torama leapt at him, its leonine body twisting in mid air to bring its paws into position.
Jayson weaved to one side, swinging Fixxer round and down to cut into the Torama's back as it landed against the cave wall. He pulled hard on Fixxer hooking its spine and tearing it out.
'Hmm vicious human, I may have a use for you after all.' Spore whispered in his mind, the monsters drawing back.
Jayson was aware of a scuttling noise moving along the wall of the cave. He drew a dagger and threw it at a patch of sound, pinning some strange scorpion-like creature, its flesh black and shiny. It didn't have claws like a scorpion and its tail was much longer and more flexible with a bulbous two-pronged tip.
'What the hell is that?' Jayson thought.
'Your downfall.' Boomed Spore smugly.
Jayson looked around bewildered as more scuttling noises approached, he drew the two other daggers and threw them but the noise still continued. He moved from the wall looking wildly round him for any of the creatures when suddenly one lunged at him from the wall. He brought Fixxer up, slicing it in two but another wand then another came flying at him. He tried to knock them all back, his arms flailing.
He felt a pain in his right shoulder as a creature dug into it. He reached round with his left hand to wrench it off before feeling a sharp pain in the back of his neck and the world swam out of focus, Spore laughing in his mind.
Ragnarok settled on Mordred Plains outside the cave scattering the monsters that were there. The ramp slid out from under it and Squall made his way down it cautiously, Lionheart raised, ready.
Quistis followed behind him, the whip Save the Queen wound in her hand. Rinoa was beside her, her projectile weapon Angel Wing strapped to her arm ready to be fired at any hint of danger. Meia took position at the rear her hand resting on her katana's hilt ready to draw, the other holding a shuriken. They gazed through the dim light of dawn to the slumbering monsters, the sleep spell still holding.
The ramp disappeared as they stood on the rocky plains, a pale blue glow emanating from the cave.
Squall motioned them with his head and they followed him to the cave, Squall taking point, Rinoa and Quistis either side of him and Meia behind. It was then a flying Torama body caused them to jump back as something exploded.
Jayson had awoken, his mind all fuzzy as the steely voice of Spore spoke to him.
'Your friends are here human, lets go meet them shall we?' he told him. Jayson's body stood up and grasped Fixxer of its own accord.
'What the...?!' Jayson's mind screamed.
'I control your body now!' Spore laughed in his mind.
'And now lets go kill those friends of yours!' Spore commanded roaring with laughter as Jayson's body stalked up the cave passage.
Jayson could see the faint silhouettes of the others in the cave mouth and fought back in horror as Spore made his body pick up a Torama and fling it at them. He then fired Fixxer at it before charging up out of the cave.
'Yes but you can ask all about me if we live through this.' Qrion replied.
'Oh? It's that serious?' Quistis asked.
'Ultimecia was a picnic compared to this.' Orion told her dryly.
'Why, what is it?' Squall asked.
'It's name is Spore. Father of all WEAPONs, ruler of all fiends.' Orion said.
'Father of WEAPONs? You mean those huge things we fought in the Deep Sea facility and Ultimecia's castle?' Rinoa squeaked.
'The very same, but worse. He's stronger than Omega, absorbing all elemental and status attacks, immune to all statuses you can think to inflict and near impervious to physical attacks.' Orion told them watching the panic suffuse their features.
'If he's so damn invulnerable why isn't he out now?' Squall asked.
'Because he was defeated and entrapped by his own daughter.' Orion informed them.
'Daughter? What kind of daughter could it have?' Meia asked amazed.
'The Great Sorceress Hyne. She couldn't bear the evilness of her father and trapped him in an orb of indestructible material and buried him deep in the earth, banishing his fiends to the moon and burying her two brothers along with him.' Orion told them slowly.
'But if he's trapped in this orb how can he be causing trouble?' Rinoa asked.
'Somehow he can get his thoughts out and when natural processes brought it to the surface he must have taken control of the monsters to start digging him out.' Orion replied flickering.
'So how much of him is dug out? Why would he attack Esthar?' Squall asked, the second question mainly to himself.
'I'd say a quarter but there were a lot of monsters there. As for attacking Esthar, Spore must believe there is something with enough power to release him.' Orion replied fading away.
'We can't let it get free!' Rinoa yelled.
'What about Jayson? He must be fighting all of Spore's minions! We have to get him out!' Meia told them, standing up.
'Okay people let's move out!' Squall told them, grabbing Lionheart.
Jayson blinked the sweat from his eyes, his jacket torn, the sleeve hanging from his arm slightly bloodied. Strewn around him were the severed bodies of Imps and Toramas, and still more were coming.
'Give up human! Why put off the inevitable? You can't fight forever!' Spore roared in his mind.
'I'll keep fighting so long as it prevents you being dug up!' Jayson hissed through gritted teeth as he swung Fixxer, its blade cutting clean through the wing of an Imp that tried to attack him from above.
He slipped a hand into his pouch, bringing out a small vial filled with a n emerald green fluid that glowed as he shook it. He then bit the top off and swallowed the contents in one go, his body tingling as his wounds healed instantly and the aching in his muscles vanished as his body was revitalised.
A Torama leapt at him, its leonine body twisting in mid air to bring its paws into position.
Jayson weaved to one side, swinging Fixxer round and down to cut into the Torama's back as it landed against the cave wall. He pulled hard on Fixxer hooking its spine and tearing it out.
'Hmm vicious human, I may have a use for you after all.' Spore whispered in his mind, the monsters drawing back.
Jayson was aware of a scuttling noise moving along the wall of the cave. He drew a dagger and threw it at a patch of sound, pinning some strange scorpion-like creature, its flesh black and shiny. It didn't have claws like a scorpion and its tail was much longer and more flexible with a bulbous two-pronged tip.
'What the hell is that?' Jayson thought.
'Your downfall.' Boomed Spore smugly.
Jayson looked around bewildered as more scuttling noises approached, he drew the two other daggers and threw them but the noise still continued. He moved from the wall looking wildly round him for any of the creatures when suddenly one lunged at him from the wall. He brought Fixxer up, slicing it in two but another wand then another came flying at him. He tried to knock them all back, his arms flailing.
He felt a pain in his right shoulder as a creature dug into it. He reached round with his left hand to wrench it off before feeling a sharp pain in the back of his neck and the world swam out of focus, Spore laughing in his mind.
Ragnarok settled on Mordred Plains outside the cave scattering the monsters that were there. The ramp slid out from under it and Squall made his way down it cautiously, Lionheart raised, ready.
Quistis followed behind him, the whip Save the Queen wound in her hand. Rinoa was beside her, her projectile weapon Angel Wing strapped to her arm ready to be fired at any hint of danger. Meia took position at the rear her hand resting on her katana's hilt ready to draw, the other holding a shuriken. They gazed through the dim light of dawn to the slumbering monsters, the sleep spell still holding.
The ramp disappeared as they stood on the rocky plains, a pale blue glow emanating from the cave.
Squall motioned them with his head and they followed him to the cave, Squall taking point, Rinoa and Quistis either side of him and Meia behind. It was then a flying Torama body caused them to jump back as something exploded.
Jayson had awoken, his mind all fuzzy as the steely voice of Spore spoke to him.
'Your friends are here human, lets go meet them shall we?' he told him. Jayson's body stood up and grasped Fixxer of its own accord.
'What the...?!' Jayson's mind screamed.
'I control your body now!' Spore laughed in his mind.
'And now lets go kill those friends of yours!' Spore commanded roaring with laughter as Jayson's body stalked up the cave passage.
Jayson could see the faint silhouettes of the others in the cave mouth and fought back in horror as Spore made his body pick up a Torama and fling it at them. He then fired Fixxer at it before charging up out of the cave.