Chapter 1: Something Gone Wrong
Disclaimer: I do not own Skies of Arcadia, except a copy of the game to play. *wink* I own Lee, the captain dude, and the little girl, but the rest is SEGA and Overworks'.
And, I'm thinking of inserting little bits to thank the reviewers, so here goes:
Desert Lynx: Thanks for your support, and I certainly will explain the little girl. Over the next few chapters.
Thomas Fitsgibbons: Thank you for the review, and just to let you know: That was the prologue, which tends to be a bit short when I'm writing it. Hope this one is long enough for you.
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Aika walked onto the bridge in a huff, after recieving the Silent Treatment from Vyse for several hours. Fina was behind her, looking almost as equally angry, and Vyse was just staring ahead, at the helm.
"Vyse, you know things are going wrong when you're not making this big 'captain' speech. What's the deal?"
Vyse remained silent.
Fina sighed, tapped her fingers on a console. "Was it something we said?"
Slowly, quietly, Vyse shook his head.
Aika, getting impatient with her friend, stepped up to him and tapped his shoulder. "Vyse!"
He glanced at her, blinked, and turned back.
"What's wrong?"
His jaw tightened.
Fina leaned over the consoles and stared into Vyse's face. She gasped. "Aika, I think something's wrong with him."
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The girl woke up from her slumber, sighed dreamily, and traced the outline of a cloud. Her back was sore form sleeping in the grass, yet it didn't mean anything to her. She gazed, puzzled, at a sight of a dark cloud, and realized what it is.
"Oh!" She leapt up and ran for the small cottage her father had built. Her dog, Podge, yelped when she nearly stepped on his tail.
"Sorry, Podge! Daddy! It's coming!" She tripped on her pant leg. A young man peekd out of an oaken door, his glasses askew.
"You sure it's the one?"
She nodded grimly.
The man turned pale, and stumbled out of the room, closing the door carefully behind him. He pulled off his lab coat and grabbed a long weapon, sheathed in cloth, and grabbed her hand. "Show me."
She pulled him to the front yard, where the dark cloud made the grass look black. Lightning rumbled, and a small shape fell down, near the end of the field. she ran to bring it back, but her father flung out a hand.
"Get into the house, Erie."
Erie stole a glance at the shape. "But...it could be Mommy!"
"GET IN!"
She jumped back, suddenly afraid by her father's determination. She flew back into the house and buried her face in Podge's fur. He whimpered and licked her face.
Outside, Erie's father unwrapped the cloth and revealed a bow. He cast Riselem, and focused his energy to shape the spell into an arrow, aimed, and released the arrow at the shadow in the grass. He ran full out to the shadow, deep into the darkness.
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Lee argued with the guard, "He TOLD me to leave-"
"Whatever you say has no proof of anything our captain says." The guard's eyes narrowed.
"But I'm TELLING you-"
"Not in hell."
"I'll make this hell if you don't open the-"
"You'll cost me my job, boy!"
"So what? You're not even doing it!"
The guard pulled out his sword and pointed it at Lee. "Don't make me use it."
Lee glared at him and stalked off.
"I'll never get to the girl through there..." he muttered. He walked into his quarters, and glanced at a picture on his desk: His brother and his family, all standing in front of a cabin. The woman was smiling, leaning her head on Lee's brother's shoulder, and their tiny daughter sitting on a large dog.
Frustration made tears start to fall. He swiped at them. "Goddammit, why does it have to be her?!"
Disclaimer: I do not own Skies of Arcadia, except a copy of the game to play. *wink* I own Lee, the captain dude, and the little girl, but the rest is SEGA and Overworks'.
And, I'm thinking of inserting little bits to thank the reviewers, so here goes:
Desert Lynx: Thanks for your support, and I certainly will explain the little girl. Over the next few chapters.
Thomas Fitsgibbons: Thank you for the review, and just to let you know: That was the prologue, which tends to be a bit short when I'm writing it. Hope this one is long enough for you.
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Aika walked onto the bridge in a huff, after recieving the Silent Treatment from Vyse for several hours. Fina was behind her, looking almost as equally angry, and Vyse was just staring ahead, at the helm.
"Vyse, you know things are going wrong when you're not making this big 'captain' speech. What's the deal?"
Vyse remained silent.
Fina sighed, tapped her fingers on a console. "Was it something we said?"
Slowly, quietly, Vyse shook his head.
Aika, getting impatient with her friend, stepped up to him and tapped his shoulder. "Vyse!"
He glanced at her, blinked, and turned back.
"What's wrong?"
His jaw tightened.
Fina leaned over the consoles and stared into Vyse's face. She gasped. "Aika, I think something's wrong with him."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The girl woke up from her slumber, sighed dreamily, and traced the outline of a cloud. Her back was sore form sleeping in the grass, yet it didn't mean anything to her. She gazed, puzzled, at a sight of a dark cloud, and realized what it is.
"Oh!" She leapt up and ran for the small cottage her father had built. Her dog, Podge, yelped when she nearly stepped on his tail.
"Sorry, Podge! Daddy! It's coming!" She tripped on her pant leg. A young man peekd out of an oaken door, his glasses askew.
"You sure it's the one?"
She nodded grimly.
The man turned pale, and stumbled out of the room, closing the door carefully behind him. He pulled off his lab coat and grabbed a long weapon, sheathed in cloth, and grabbed her hand. "Show me."
She pulled him to the front yard, where the dark cloud made the grass look black. Lightning rumbled, and a small shape fell down, near the end of the field. she ran to bring it back, but her father flung out a hand.
"Get into the house, Erie."
Erie stole a glance at the shape. "But...it could be Mommy!"
"GET IN!"
She jumped back, suddenly afraid by her father's determination. She flew back into the house and buried her face in Podge's fur. He whimpered and licked her face.
Outside, Erie's father unwrapped the cloth and revealed a bow. He cast Riselem, and focused his energy to shape the spell into an arrow, aimed, and released the arrow at the shadow in the grass. He ran full out to the shadow, deep into the darkness.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lee argued with the guard, "He TOLD me to leave-"
"Whatever you say has no proof of anything our captain says." The guard's eyes narrowed.
"But I'm TELLING you-"
"Not in hell."
"I'll make this hell if you don't open the-"
"You'll cost me my job, boy!"
"So what? You're not even doing it!"
The guard pulled out his sword and pointed it at Lee. "Don't make me use it."
Lee glared at him and stalked off.
"I'll never get to the girl through there..." he muttered. He walked into his quarters, and glanced at a picture on his desk: His brother and his family, all standing in front of a cabin. The woman was smiling, leaning her head on Lee's brother's shoulder, and their tiny daughter sitting on a large dog.
Frustration made tears start to fall. He swiped at them. "Goddammit, why does it have to be her?!"