Rar, second chapter is up! It's longer than the first one...but not much. It will get better though, trust me on this ;) Oh yeah, an before anyone gets confused on this, I should point out that the beginning bit was kind of happens later on, so the next bit is set before. Does that make sense? I hope it does. It just came out like that, it wasn't my fault!

Warnings: Shonen Ai implied. I suppose. If you don't like it, you can leave. Now! I really can't write this kind of thing to save my life, so if it really is that bad, you know why!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of it! Only my copy of the game and the guide. It all belongs to Squaresoft.

Amber Dawn: Did all the exclamation marks put you off? Hehe, sorry. But that's just me, I get like that when I'm afraid (like what if everyone hates this?). But I'm glad you were surprised, that really cheered me up ;)

Koko Kung: Hello to you too, and look, I updated, so there is no need to for you to do...whatever it was you were gonna do ;)

On with the chapter...
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"We've been ordered to meet with Team A", Nooj stated calmly.

He looked to the rest of his team, fresh from combat. Their adrenaline should still be pulsing through their veins, so they should be fine for a bit of a walk now. If was more than a treck if he was honest, and fighting classed as a rest as far as Nooj was concerned.

Paine was taking a minute out from recording. She wasn't actually allowed to take part in the combat as she was there as a recorder, not a soldier. And yet, there she was with a gun in her hands, thankfully she hadn't fired it.

"Put that down. Now." Nooj ordered, gesturing to the gun in her hand. Paine rolled her eyes and casually chucked the gun to the ground. Already the sandy wind was passing over it, burying it in the dunes. She knelt down by Baralai who was sitting in the hot sand, one hand up in a vain attempt to cover his face. His right arm was stretched out towards Gippal who was trying to stop the bleeding from his injury, wrapping bandage after bandage round the top of his arm. Blood still seeped through.

During their journey across the desert towards Team A's meeting point they had been ambushed. Normally they could have handled a couple of fiends, no problem. But this time the fiends had been humans. None of the team had seen anything like them before, not even Gippal, who obviously knew a thing of two about the desert.

They weren't Al Bhed, although they looked native to the desert. Dressed in rags, scraps of material wrapped round their necks all the way up to their noses, to hide their faces. They were primitive looking, none of the team heard them say anything coherent, neither Spiran, Al Bhed or otherwise, but they screamed enough to make up for it. They had been armed with guns that Nooj had guessed they had taken from other travelers they had killed. Who in their right mind would 'travel' through the desert? Most likely, Al Bhed. They fought like animals too, firing at random as though they didn't know how exactly to use the weapons. While they hadn't been difficult to finish off, they left the team shaken up and a surprisingly well placed bullet in Baralai's arm was enough to slow them down.

Standing among the bodies of the dead, Nooj became impatient. "Come on, we have to go. Now" he turned back to the team. All three of the team looked up at him now even Baralai, who for the past five minutes had been threatening to pass out.

"Give him a minute" Gippal said from his place next to Baralai. He still had hold of his friend's arm. "His had a minute. In fact, he had five of them. We have to get going, there could be more of these guys coming."Nooj snapped as his boot scuffed the side of one of the dead. His lifted his gun up again. "He has a point," Paine said, trying to be reasonable, her concerned gaze drifted from Gippal to Baralai, who in an attempt to sit up straight, had to lean against Gippal. Gippal looked even more concerned at Baralai whispering he was going to be sick. "Just hold on a little while longer, you'll be okay in a minute. I'll look after you" Gippal said, patting Baralai on the shoulder, trying to reassure his friend. He looked up at Nooj, who was looking down on them, a disappointed look past across his face. "Actually," Gippal began, "I don't think there are many of them guys, I've lived in this desert my whole life and I've never seen anything like them. I haven't even heard of them either, figures there aren't many of them right?" His gaze shifted to Baralai, but he still addressed Nooj. "Just...give him a break ok? I think his wound might be infected." Nooj seemed to think on this, then looked Gippal straight in the eye. "Oh yeah, you're an Al Bhed. I forgot, you should know about them types."

He turned around and started in the direction of their destination. "I'm going. Carry him if you have to." He shouted back. Gippal looked down defeated. He could feel Paine and Baralai's eyes on him. "How far is it to the camp again?" Baralai asked Paine. She just shrugged, "between 10 and 15 miles, I think. Come on guys, we can't stay." She got to her feet then, waiting for them to join her. Gippal wasn't looking at her, but nodded slowly anyway, and got up. He avoided Baralai's right arm, but took his left to help him up.

Paine was already ahead of them, when Gippal managed to get Baralai to stand. He gasped at the pain shooting up his arm, he looked to be on the verge of tears. Gippal placed his palm on Baralai's forehead, concerned. "Your boiling", he stated. "Of course he is. We're in the middle of the desert!" Paine called back to them. She was making her way towards Nooj, her recorder out already. Gippal smiled humorously at her back and gritted his teeth. Baralai's teeth shattered as he looked up at Gippal's face, "I'm so cold," he said weakly. "The sooner we find Team A, the better." Gippal replied. That probably wasn't what Baralai wanted to hear, but what else could he say? He put his arm round Baralai's shoulders to steady him, and helped him up the sandy slope towards Paine and Nooj.

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That's chapter 2 out of the way. Or chapter 1, whichever way you want to look at it! Nah, that was pretty boring, but it will get better. I promise;) BTW, I don't hate Nooj or anything, I just can't really see him as anything else other than bossy. Oh well.