Time Crush
Chapter 5
"Indomitable?" Dave said to Irvine as the cowboy jumped into the cab.
"What? It was the best name I could come up with on short notice."
"Yeah, but Indomitable? That's a fucking lousy name."
"So sue me."
"Will you two shut up and pay attention. We have a problem. Xiao is reverting back to her cat form. She's grown a tail. They're gonna find out, then shit really is gonna hit the fan." Loki said to the two boys.
"You know, little lady's got a point."
"I know."
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"TRAIN!!!!!!! Train! Train! Traaaain!!!" Selphie called out as they journey went on.
"Selphie, calm down. We may be moving, but we've still got to figure out what caused all this." Quistis said to the short brown haired girl.
"It'll be Ultimecia again." Squall said, sourly.
"Um, excuse me. Why is this Ultimecia?" Yuna asked.
"What? Don't tell me you don't… oh, yeah. You're not from here. Ultimecia was an evil sorceress who tried to destroy the universe just over two years ago. But," Rinoa said to Yuna, then turned to Squall, " I don't get it. I thought I'd received her powers, but I'm not getting sort of signal."
"Rinoa, you got Adel's power. It was Matron who got Ultimecia's power." Quistis said to the girl.
"YUNIE!" Rikku called out.
"What 's wrong, Rikku?"
"Have you got the white mage dress sphere?"
"Why?"
"Because, Yuffie's gotten worse. I want to use some magic, because she might not make it without."
"OK." She threw the sphere to the Al Bhed girl, who caught it.
"Train!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!!!"
"SELPHIE! Shut up!" Squall growled.
"Hey, are you ok?" Quistis said to Emma.
Why did she have to show up? Right when I'd gotten over her, she comes back into my life, and tears my heart up again, Emma thought to herself as she stared at the floor.
"Emma, are you feeling ok?" Quistis said again.
"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine." Why me? Why now? Why HER?
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"HUNGRY!!!!" Quina shouted.
"Quina, sit down and be quiet. We'll be stopping soon, and then you can get some food."
"Man, this is flippin amazing! Broken wreck to fully functional powerhouse in twenty flippin minutes. Flippin brilliant!"
"Um, Brid. If you don't stop talking right now, the girls in here WILL kill you." Zell said to the hunter who was sitting opposite him.
"IDIOT" Fujin said to Brid, then snuggled back onto Zell's shoulder.
Paine was saying nothing. She was trying to make sense of what was going on in her head. What is this I'm feeling? Am I in love…with a woman? More importantly, a rat woman? Is it love? Or is it my first true friendship? I just don't know?
"Paine?"
"Huh?"
"Do you want to spar again, when the train stops?"
"Sure. I need to get some more training done."
"QUINA HUNGRY!!!"
"SHUT UP!" Everyone shouted in unison.
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"Aw, man. This is bad!" Irvine said as he tended the wound on his face.
"No shit. Xiao, you need to stay focused." Loki said to the cat girl who was writhing on the floor in pain.
"You didn't need to hit her so hard though, Loki." Dave said, pulling on the brake.
"It was the only way she was going to get off of his face."
""Fair enough. Let's get her sorted out, and then stop off for a rest. I bet the others are at each others throats by now."
"Xiao, wear this. It'll help you stay in one shape," Loki said, putting a jewelled headband on the girl.
"Um…we have another problem." Dave said.
"What?"
"The brake isn't working."
"Is that all?" Loki said.
"It's kinda not going to work for ages, kinda thing."
"So?"
"Are you mad, woman? With no break, the train won't stop. If it won't stop, it'll crash into things!" Irvine said to Loki.
Loki leaned out of the window, and started chanting again. The wheels started going slower, and eventually the train came to a stop.
"You know, that is one powerful mage." Irvine said as he got out of the cab.
"Yep. However, I hate magic, so it's not very impressive to me."
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"DAVE!!!" Emma shouted out of the coach, once the train had stopped.
"What?" Dave said as he walked up to the scared girl.
"It's Yuffie. She's… well, take a look."
As Dave entered the coach, he saw the little ninja sitting up, holding onto Rikku crying her eyes out.
"She suddenly sat up and yelled 'He's here!' about five minutes ago. She then grabbed onto me and has been crying ever since." Rikku said as Dave walked over.
"Emma, go get Loki, and sort out some scouting parties. We need food and drink. I'll deal with this." He said, taking his bag off of his back.
"Right."
A few moments later, Loki entered the coach, and walked over to the scared girl.
"What caused this?" she asked.
"Dunno, but if it was a magical surge, we'd have felt it, surely?"
At this moment, Zell appeared at the door of the coach.
"Yo, Loki, some of that stuff you brought is doing some really weird stuff. I think it's about to blow up or something."
"Oh boy." She said.
"Rikku, try and calm her down. Get some water in her, and keep her in here, ok?"
"Yes, sir!"
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"Well, that'd explain something, at least." Dave said as he and Loki looked at the time travelling equipment in the second coach.
"Really? What does it explain?"
"Dunno, but I will when I figure out who 'He' is."
"the pattern fit's Yuffie's timeline. I wonder if she responded to someone coming through to here?"
"That's what I'm thinking, but the only dude I could think of that'd scare her so much would be…Oh shit."
"It's Se…"
"Yes it is. Just when you think things really couldn't get any worse, you remember that they ALWAYS can. Fan-bloody-tastic."
"so, we're gonna have to fight him, aren't we?"
"Yep. Don't mention this to anyone just yet. It'll be a nice surprise."
"You really are sadistic, aren't you?" Loki asked the tall boy.
"Only when no other alternative presents itself. Come on, let's see if we can get Yuffie up and about."
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When Dave returned to the first coach, he was surprised to see Yuffie sitting up and not crying.
"Wow. What happened?" He asked.
"Rikku helped me through. I'm still sleepy, but I'll be fine." She looked at Rikku, and smiled.
Rikku got up and walked over to Dave. "She has no idea she screamed out anything. If you've found anything out, don't tell her."
Dave smiled at her. "Sure thing, Kenm!"
Rikku smiled. "Thanks."
Well well, Dave thought as he walked over to where Emma was organizing the group, looks like we've got another one. This is to good to be true. I'm gonna have fun with these!
"Dave, I've sent Quistis, Brid, Yuna and Selphie out to get us some food, and Squall, Rinoa, Fujin and Zell have gone to get water. Irvine's working on the engine, Rikku and Yuffie are still over there, I have absolutely no idea where Quina is, Freya and Paine are sparing over there, and that leaves You, me, Loki, and Xiao."
"Sounds about right. How long until they come back?"
"About ten minutes. Why?"
"No reason."
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"Er…Quistis?" Brid said, as the group was heading back to the train, "Er…has anyone told you before that you've got flippin lovely eyes?"
"In those words, no." She laughed.
"Well, it's true. You do."
"Well, thank you, Brid. It's very nice of you to say." She stopped, turned round and kissed the boy on the cheek.
"Wow. Er…"
"Not a word, ok?" She winked at him.
"Right."
As the group exited the forest they had been travelling through, they came across a tall man with a black cape. He was standing with his eyes closed.
"HOLY SHIT! It's…" Brid started.
"Silence pathetic mortal." The man said.
He drew his sword, a long thin blade, and in one sweep, cut Brid's right leg off.
"BRID!" Quistis cried out.
"Yuna and Selphie readied themselves, as Quistis went to see if Brid was ok.
"Flipin hell! Don't fight him, he'll be too strong for you. You've got to get back to the camp. GO! NOW!" he said, as he drew his own weapon.
"I'm not leaving you" Quistis said to the fallen boy.
"Quistis, it's just a flesh wound. Don't worry, I'll be fine. Get back to the train, and bring help!"
"OK."
As the girls hurried off, Brid pulled himself up using a tree, and said, "Right, you bastard, this one's for all those you killed, not caring for them. Have it, you flippin arsehole!" He drew his Katana back, and swept at the white haired warrior.
The warrior caught the sword, and broke it in two.
"You will pay for your actions, human. YOU WILL DIE!"
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"SQUALL!!!!!!!" Quistis yelled as they got back to camp.
"He's gone to get us some water. He'll be back in about twenty minutes, if his transmission was accurate. Why?" Emma asked.
"We met some huge evil person. He cut Brid's leg off!"
"Oh boy. I didn't think he'd show up this soon. Oh well." Dave said.
"It's 'him', isn't it?" Rikku asked.
"Yep."
"I'm coming. Anyone who did that to Yuffie is gonna pay."
"If she goes, I go" Yuffie said.
"Fine. I could use some decoys, I mean back up."
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As Quistis, Selphie, Yuna, Rikku, Yuffie and Dave approached, they saw the destruction that had happened.
"Holy shit! Brid!" Quistis said, as she started to cry.
The mangled remains of the hunter were all over the place.
"Man, shouldn't have been that way. Nobody deserves to die like that." Dave said, touching his forelock as a mark of respect.
"I think I'm gonna be sick!" Selphie said, and she was.
""What could have done this?" Yuna asked.
"Sephiroth!" Yuffie cried. She started sobbing again, and Rikku hugged her.
"It's gonna be ok. Yuffie…" She said, looking at the little ninja.
"Rikku…" Yuffie said, looking into Rikku's eyes.
"We'll get him." Rikku said. Oh no, not again. The first one comes around, then I found out about the relationship with Cid. Then the next one stays on Besaid. Then the new one comes along, and it starts again. Then I find out about Nooj, and I'm heartbroken again. I don't think I could handle rejection again. Rikku started to sob, along with Yuffie.
"Come on, you bugger. Where are you?"
"RIGHT HERE!" Sephiroph said, stepping out from behind a tree.
"Fucking arsehole!" Quistis yelled, drawing her whip, and charging at the warrior.
Sephiroth held his hand up, and sent Quistis flying.
"Don't hurt my friend!" Selphie yelled, and sent her nunchuks at the swordsman. They froze in the air, and, very slowly, turned to dust.
"Holy shit!" Selphie said, backing away.
"What you have done is terrible. You must pay." Yuna said as she levelled her guns. Sephiroth charged at her, and shoulder barged her, winding her.
"YUNIE!" Rikku cried. "Dave, can't we do anything? He's too strong."
"No he's not. I'm gonna fight him."
"But you're a pacifist." The green eyed girl said.
"Through choice. I can and will fight. And he's gonna wish I hadn't! I must tell you this now, I get kinda sweary after I've fought, and I have a tendancy to speak my mind, so tell Selphie to stay away from me when I'm done, ok?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Right. Hello, Mr Sephiroth, my name's Dave. I'm your worst nightmare!"
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Author's note: Well, I told you Brid would die. Yes, the rating's gonna change soon, cos it's gonna get very violent and sweary now. I'll be posting it if I get enough reviews, so get writing. Ciao!
Chapter 5
"Indomitable?" Dave said to Irvine as the cowboy jumped into the cab.
"What? It was the best name I could come up with on short notice."
"Yeah, but Indomitable? That's a fucking lousy name."
"So sue me."
"Will you two shut up and pay attention. We have a problem. Xiao is reverting back to her cat form. She's grown a tail. They're gonna find out, then shit really is gonna hit the fan." Loki said to the two boys.
"You know, little lady's got a point."
"I know."
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"TRAIN!!!!!!! Train! Train! Traaaain!!!" Selphie called out as they journey went on.
"Selphie, calm down. We may be moving, but we've still got to figure out what caused all this." Quistis said to the short brown haired girl.
"It'll be Ultimecia again." Squall said, sourly.
"Um, excuse me. Why is this Ultimecia?" Yuna asked.
"What? Don't tell me you don't… oh, yeah. You're not from here. Ultimecia was an evil sorceress who tried to destroy the universe just over two years ago. But," Rinoa said to Yuna, then turned to Squall, " I don't get it. I thought I'd received her powers, but I'm not getting sort of signal."
"Rinoa, you got Adel's power. It was Matron who got Ultimecia's power." Quistis said to the girl.
"YUNIE!" Rikku called out.
"What 's wrong, Rikku?"
"Have you got the white mage dress sphere?"
"Why?"
"Because, Yuffie's gotten worse. I want to use some magic, because she might not make it without."
"OK." She threw the sphere to the Al Bhed girl, who caught it.
"Train!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!!!"
"SELPHIE! Shut up!" Squall growled.
"Hey, are you ok?" Quistis said to Emma.
Why did she have to show up? Right when I'd gotten over her, she comes back into my life, and tears my heart up again, Emma thought to herself as she stared at the floor.
"Emma, are you feeling ok?" Quistis said again.
"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine." Why me? Why now? Why HER?
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"HUNGRY!!!!" Quina shouted.
"Quina, sit down and be quiet. We'll be stopping soon, and then you can get some food."
"Man, this is flippin amazing! Broken wreck to fully functional powerhouse in twenty flippin minutes. Flippin brilliant!"
"Um, Brid. If you don't stop talking right now, the girls in here WILL kill you." Zell said to the hunter who was sitting opposite him.
"IDIOT" Fujin said to Brid, then snuggled back onto Zell's shoulder.
Paine was saying nothing. She was trying to make sense of what was going on in her head. What is this I'm feeling? Am I in love…with a woman? More importantly, a rat woman? Is it love? Or is it my first true friendship? I just don't know?
"Paine?"
"Huh?"
"Do you want to spar again, when the train stops?"
"Sure. I need to get some more training done."
"QUINA HUNGRY!!!"
"SHUT UP!" Everyone shouted in unison.
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"Aw, man. This is bad!" Irvine said as he tended the wound on his face.
"No shit. Xiao, you need to stay focused." Loki said to the cat girl who was writhing on the floor in pain.
"You didn't need to hit her so hard though, Loki." Dave said, pulling on the brake.
"It was the only way she was going to get off of his face."
""Fair enough. Let's get her sorted out, and then stop off for a rest. I bet the others are at each others throats by now."
"Xiao, wear this. It'll help you stay in one shape," Loki said, putting a jewelled headband on the girl.
"Um…we have another problem." Dave said.
"What?"
"The brake isn't working."
"Is that all?" Loki said.
"It's kinda not going to work for ages, kinda thing."
"So?"
"Are you mad, woman? With no break, the train won't stop. If it won't stop, it'll crash into things!" Irvine said to Loki.
Loki leaned out of the window, and started chanting again. The wheels started going slower, and eventually the train came to a stop.
"You know, that is one powerful mage." Irvine said as he got out of the cab.
"Yep. However, I hate magic, so it's not very impressive to me."
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"DAVE!!!" Emma shouted out of the coach, once the train had stopped.
"What?" Dave said as he walked up to the scared girl.
"It's Yuffie. She's… well, take a look."
As Dave entered the coach, he saw the little ninja sitting up, holding onto Rikku crying her eyes out.
"She suddenly sat up and yelled 'He's here!' about five minutes ago. She then grabbed onto me and has been crying ever since." Rikku said as Dave walked over.
"Emma, go get Loki, and sort out some scouting parties. We need food and drink. I'll deal with this." He said, taking his bag off of his back.
"Right."
A few moments later, Loki entered the coach, and walked over to the scared girl.
"What caused this?" she asked.
"Dunno, but if it was a magical surge, we'd have felt it, surely?"
At this moment, Zell appeared at the door of the coach.
"Yo, Loki, some of that stuff you brought is doing some really weird stuff. I think it's about to blow up or something."
"Oh boy." She said.
"Rikku, try and calm her down. Get some water in her, and keep her in here, ok?"
"Yes, sir!"
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"Well, that'd explain something, at least." Dave said as he and Loki looked at the time travelling equipment in the second coach.
"Really? What does it explain?"
"Dunno, but I will when I figure out who 'He' is."
"the pattern fit's Yuffie's timeline. I wonder if she responded to someone coming through to here?"
"That's what I'm thinking, but the only dude I could think of that'd scare her so much would be…Oh shit."
"It's Se…"
"Yes it is. Just when you think things really couldn't get any worse, you remember that they ALWAYS can. Fan-bloody-tastic."
"so, we're gonna have to fight him, aren't we?"
"Yep. Don't mention this to anyone just yet. It'll be a nice surprise."
"You really are sadistic, aren't you?" Loki asked the tall boy.
"Only when no other alternative presents itself. Come on, let's see if we can get Yuffie up and about."
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When Dave returned to the first coach, he was surprised to see Yuffie sitting up and not crying.
"Wow. What happened?" He asked.
"Rikku helped me through. I'm still sleepy, but I'll be fine." She looked at Rikku, and smiled.
Rikku got up and walked over to Dave. "She has no idea she screamed out anything. If you've found anything out, don't tell her."
Dave smiled at her. "Sure thing, Kenm!"
Rikku smiled. "Thanks."
Well well, Dave thought as he walked over to where Emma was organizing the group, looks like we've got another one. This is to good to be true. I'm gonna have fun with these!
"Dave, I've sent Quistis, Brid, Yuna and Selphie out to get us some food, and Squall, Rinoa, Fujin and Zell have gone to get water. Irvine's working on the engine, Rikku and Yuffie are still over there, I have absolutely no idea where Quina is, Freya and Paine are sparing over there, and that leaves You, me, Loki, and Xiao."
"Sounds about right. How long until they come back?"
"About ten minutes. Why?"
"No reason."
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"Er…Quistis?" Brid said, as the group was heading back to the train, "Er…has anyone told you before that you've got flippin lovely eyes?"
"In those words, no." She laughed.
"Well, it's true. You do."
"Well, thank you, Brid. It's very nice of you to say." She stopped, turned round and kissed the boy on the cheek.
"Wow. Er…"
"Not a word, ok?" She winked at him.
"Right."
As the group exited the forest they had been travelling through, they came across a tall man with a black cape. He was standing with his eyes closed.
"HOLY SHIT! It's…" Brid started.
"Silence pathetic mortal." The man said.
He drew his sword, a long thin blade, and in one sweep, cut Brid's right leg off.
"BRID!" Quistis cried out.
"Yuna and Selphie readied themselves, as Quistis went to see if Brid was ok.
"Flipin hell! Don't fight him, he'll be too strong for you. You've got to get back to the camp. GO! NOW!" he said, as he drew his own weapon.
"I'm not leaving you" Quistis said to the fallen boy.
"Quistis, it's just a flesh wound. Don't worry, I'll be fine. Get back to the train, and bring help!"
"OK."
As the girls hurried off, Brid pulled himself up using a tree, and said, "Right, you bastard, this one's for all those you killed, not caring for them. Have it, you flippin arsehole!" He drew his Katana back, and swept at the white haired warrior.
The warrior caught the sword, and broke it in two.
"You will pay for your actions, human. YOU WILL DIE!"
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"SQUALL!!!!!!!" Quistis yelled as they got back to camp.
"He's gone to get us some water. He'll be back in about twenty minutes, if his transmission was accurate. Why?" Emma asked.
"We met some huge evil person. He cut Brid's leg off!"
"Oh boy. I didn't think he'd show up this soon. Oh well." Dave said.
"It's 'him', isn't it?" Rikku asked.
"Yep."
"I'm coming. Anyone who did that to Yuffie is gonna pay."
"If she goes, I go" Yuffie said.
"Fine. I could use some decoys, I mean back up."
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As Quistis, Selphie, Yuna, Rikku, Yuffie and Dave approached, they saw the destruction that had happened.
"Holy shit! Brid!" Quistis said, as she started to cry.
The mangled remains of the hunter were all over the place.
"Man, shouldn't have been that way. Nobody deserves to die like that." Dave said, touching his forelock as a mark of respect.
"I think I'm gonna be sick!" Selphie said, and she was.
""What could have done this?" Yuna asked.
"Sephiroth!" Yuffie cried. She started sobbing again, and Rikku hugged her.
"It's gonna be ok. Yuffie…" She said, looking at the little ninja.
"Rikku…" Yuffie said, looking into Rikku's eyes.
"We'll get him." Rikku said. Oh no, not again. The first one comes around, then I found out about the relationship with Cid. Then the next one stays on Besaid. Then the new one comes along, and it starts again. Then I find out about Nooj, and I'm heartbroken again. I don't think I could handle rejection again. Rikku started to sob, along with Yuffie.
"Come on, you bugger. Where are you?"
"RIGHT HERE!" Sephiroph said, stepping out from behind a tree.
"Fucking arsehole!" Quistis yelled, drawing her whip, and charging at the warrior.
Sephiroth held his hand up, and sent Quistis flying.
"Don't hurt my friend!" Selphie yelled, and sent her nunchuks at the swordsman. They froze in the air, and, very slowly, turned to dust.
"Holy shit!" Selphie said, backing away.
"What you have done is terrible. You must pay." Yuna said as she levelled her guns. Sephiroth charged at her, and shoulder barged her, winding her.
"YUNIE!" Rikku cried. "Dave, can't we do anything? He's too strong."
"No he's not. I'm gonna fight him."
"But you're a pacifist." The green eyed girl said.
"Through choice. I can and will fight. And he's gonna wish I hadn't! I must tell you this now, I get kinda sweary after I've fought, and I have a tendancy to speak my mind, so tell Selphie to stay away from me when I'm done, ok?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Right. Hello, Mr Sephiroth, my name's Dave. I'm your worst nightmare!"
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Author's note: Well, I told you Brid would die. Yes, the rating's gonna change soon, cos it's gonna get very violent and sweary now. I'll be posting it if I get enough reviews, so get writing. Ciao!