Paine swung the sphere camera around. She knew this would happen! She had known all along! A machina strong enough to take Sin down? What a joke!
She yelled, "Guys, where are you?"
There were bodies scattered everywhere. The thick stench of decomposition hung in the air. Former Crusaders and Crimson Squad members laid on top of each other in the powdery white sand, propped up against the ruins of the giant machina that had failed to finish off Sin. One particularly gruesome sight was a young man with red hair that had been torn clean in two. But Paine barely noticed the terrible scenery; she was screaming louder and running faster.
She was so busy looking; she slammed directly into Nooj. Paine stumbled back.
"Nooj! Have you seen Baralai and Gippal?"
"I haven't, but we'll find them. They'll be all right."
Paine and Nooj wandered around the Mi'hen Beach, searching for Baralai and Gippal...or at least, what was left of them.
Paine continued to call out for the others, even though she knew it was hopeless. There was no way that they could have survived...
"Paine!" Gippal yelled. "Nooj!"
Paine turned around. Gippal and Baralai were in a thick, gnarled tree. They had soot all over their faces and clothes.
"WHAT? What are you doing up there? I thought you were fighting Sin!"
"We were...until Gippal decided that we should hide in this tree." Baralai jumped down from his perch. He brushed the black soot away from his clothes.
"Turned out that Sin blasted our former position first. If I hadn't made Baralai move, we would have probably died." Gippal said in his usual teasing tone.
Paine whacked Gippal in the arm.
"That's not funny, Gippal! What if you had died? What then?" She folded her arms.
"Sorry, Dr. P."
"Don't call me that!" Paine whacked him again.
They were quiet for a bit.
"Should we go see Kinoc now? We WERE told to reassemble after the operation." Baralai said.
"Yeah. Won't he be surprised when he sees that we've lived!" Paine replied.
As the 4 Crimson Squad members departed from the Mi'hen Beach, a summoner could be seen in the distance, sending their fallen comrades.
"Hope we get that fancy war medal Kinoc's always going on about." Gippal commented.
The other 3 chuckled.
A/N: Review for great justice. And pie.
She yelled, "Guys, where are you?"
There were bodies scattered everywhere. The thick stench of decomposition hung in the air. Former Crusaders and Crimson Squad members laid on top of each other in the powdery white sand, propped up against the ruins of the giant machina that had failed to finish off Sin. One particularly gruesome sight was a young man with red hair that had been torn clean in two. But Paine barely noticed the terrible scenery; she was screaming louder and running faster.
She was so busy looking; she slammed directly into Nooj. Paine stumbled back.
"Nooj! Have you seen Baralai and Gippal?"
"I haven't, but we'll find them. They'll be all right."
Paine and Nooj wandered around the Mi'hen Beach, searching for Baralai and Gippal...or at least, what was left of them.
Paine continued to call out for the others, even though she knew it was hopeless. There was no way that they could have survived...
"Paine!" Gippal yelled. "Nooj!"
Paine turned around. Gippal and Baralai were in a thick, gnarled tree. They had soot all over their faces and clothes.
"WHAT? What are you doing up there? I thought you were fighting Sin!"
"We were...until Gippal decided that we should hide in this tree." Baralai jumped down from his perch. He brushed the black soot away from his clothes.
"Turned out that Sin blasted our former position first. If I hadn't made Baralai move, we would have probably died." Gippal said in his usual teasing tone.
Paine whacked Gippal in the arm.
"That's not funny, Gippal! What if you had died? What then?" She folded her arms.
"Sorry, Dr. P."
"Don't call me that!" Paine whacked him again.
They were quiet for a bit.
"Should we go see Kinoc now? We WERE told to reassemble after the operation." Baralai said.
"Yeah. Won't he be surprised when he sees that we've lived!" Paine replied.
As the 4 Crimson Squad members departed from the Mi'hen Beach, a summoner could be seen in the distance, sending their fallen comrades.
"Hope we get that fancy war medal Kinoc's always going on about." Gippal commented.
The other 3 chuckled.
A/N: Review for great justice. And pie.