Finally the next chapter. Sorry but I had tons of homework to do.
I also had sports to do. Well I hope you like it. This one is a bit darker then the other chapters with some blood and gore.
Disclaimer
I do not own any of the characters from any final fantasy game.
As Baralai entered the bridge he asked "So what's the plan?" Rikku grew infuriated'
"Plan, PLAN!!! We don't even know what the heck happened and you want a plan!" Baralai stepped back very slowly ready to sprint to the door incase Rikku burst, but she never did. She just took deep breaths and sat down in her co-pilot seat.
"Hey lookie here, my analysis on the commsphere indicates that it is somewhere in... Djose Highroad, inside an uncharted cave." Shinra scratched his head and continued "But I don't remember anything about installing one in a cave."
"Sounds like a trap to me," Buddy informed
"Yhea but we should still go to if anyone saw anything, I'm sure Gippal knows something," Baralai said stressing Gippal and looking at Rikku. Rikku cringed at the sound of that name, for some reason she's never liked Gippal. Rikku thought that Gippal was too much of a womanizer and hated that about him. She knew that she would have to go though, for the sake of Yunie and her friends.
When the team got there only Baralai and Rikku left the rest stayed on board to watch over the commsphere and Paine. Rikku entered the temple of Djose and was met by her father Cid. Gippal came running out of the left room and ran towards Baralai.
"Hey! Have you heard what happened," Gippal said breathless.
"No, what?" Baralai answered.
"The Farplane, it's out of control, the dead spirits are shooting out of it and walking all over Spira ."
"What! That's not possible the Guados keep that in order, how did it happen?" Rikku asked worried about the people at Guadosalam.
"No one knows, there is extremely heavy fiend activity there and there's no way even an army could get through." Gippal answered.
"Well we got to try, or we'll never find out what happened." Baralai remarked.
"I will come with you then, I'm sortta curious too." Gippal said walking himself to the Celsius. When they all got on the ship Gippal asked "So, what's the plan?" Rikku just burst and was smoking at the ears. She started at Gippal, but Baralai and Brother restrained her.
"Don't worry, she does it to everyone," Gippal laughed as he dragged Rikku away. They literally had to tie her to her seat to keep her away from Gippal. First of all she hated Gippal and second that's the second time someone's asked that question in the same day.
"You wouldn't want to hurt yourself Rikku, I mean not before you fight the fiends," Gippal teased Rikku "Hey where's Paine?"
"She, she was put under some mysterious spell and won't wake up," Baralai answered silently praying that Paine would be alright.
They got to Guadosalam and below the hovering Celsius a thousand fiends waited for there chance to strike.
"What the hell, it's an entire army," Baralai concluded, "There is no chance in heaven or hell that we could defeat them!" Then some of the monsters started shaking oddly. There backs erupted in a spray of blood and out of the spine came some sort of booster engine.
"Someone must have fused their bones with machina," Gippal exclaimed as he saw the horrifying sight.
"What kind of person would do this, they just handed Spira over to the fiends on a silver platter" Rikku acknowledged not wanting to go down there. The boosters on the backs of about forty of the fiends started glowing hot red and they erupted sending them hurdling at the Celsius.
"Why do things like this always happen to me," Rikku cried and she cowered in a corner.
"We need to keep the fiends away from Paine!" Baralai shouted running toward the elevator. Rikku hesitated she didn't know where to go.
"Go with Baralai I'll stay and protect the bridge," Gippal ordered motioning toward Rikku. Right before Baralai shut the elevator doors Rikku slid in and readied her self for the coming onslaught. The door opened and the two saw that the room was totally empty, they didn't talk incase they alerted something. They looked around and saw a door swinging back and forth. Rikku crept up slowly and opened it up. Barkeep and Paine came tumbling out. Rikku was so startled that she screamed. Barkeep looked up and placed his figure over his mouth telling Rikku to be quiet. Then another scream came and Baralai got mad.
"Rikku, will you just shut up!" He demanded and he went for her mouth bust Rikku was stunned. She was looking right behind Baralai. He twisted around and saw a huge Chimera with its claws on fire. The beast brought his hand down and struck Baralai with tremendous force. Baralai was able to block with his twin chackram, but the floor under his feet started to crack and so did his weapon. The Chimera just kept its paw there pushing Baralai into the floor and cracking his weapon. Baralai was able to break the block and dodge the hit as it came crashing into the floor. He jumped on the Chimera's back and started hacking away at the booster jet. If he got it off maybe Shinra could tell where it came from. With one last effort Baralai jumped of just as a fiery paw came ripping the machina off. Baralai grabbed a grenade from the folds of his coat and took the pin off. He grabbed the grenade in one hand and as the fiend was about to breath fire he chucked it in its mouth. The massive beast stepped back and started choking on the grenade, but after a couple seconds the blast detached the head from the neck in a split second.
"Look, more of em" Rikku shouted pointing at the window. Three more were hovering outside the windows of the bed area. They growled and crashed into the windows shattering them into pieces. "Don't worry I'll take care of them, you just go see how Paine and Barkeep are." Rikku's eyes started glowing red as the black knight armor started covering her body. She grabbed the sword out of the portal to hell and raised it up into the air. She jumped up and slammed her sword hard into the ground. Black bubbles started rising up from the ground and were gathering around Rikku. When she was completely hidden from view the bubble shot at the fiends at lightning speed. The Chimeras started screaming as the bubbles ripped holes into their flesh. Soon after there was nothing left just the blood of the creatures had remained. Rikku reverted to normal and collapsed. That ultimate attack had drained most of her energy.
"Rikku what's wrong," Baralai said as he looked back at her after checking on Paine and Barkeep.
"Nothing, I'll be fine just give me a minute" Rikku answered out of breath. Then some new monsters the shape of wolves rained down from the window. Ten of them surrounded the weakened Rikku and started snarling. Baralai picked up his weapon and sprinted to Rikku's side.
"Come on get up, I can't do this alone." Baralai helped Rikku up and she readied her thief blades. The wolf like fiends started to attack but were held back by Baralai's and Rikku's weapon's Just as Rikku stabbed the heart of the last one more came through this time their goal was Paine. Rikku ran hoping she would make it in time. One of the stronger Chimera fiends raised his claw to strike the lifeless Paine, but then there was a loud bang and the claw fell harmlessly at its side. Rikku looked over to where the noise came from and saw Gippal with a rifle in his hands. The Chimera fell over crushing the remaining wolf like fiends, killing them.
"Thought you would need some help seeing we killed all of the rest," Gippal somehow was able to pull a joke at this time. Rikku was just infuriated, she charged at Gippal punching him in the gut. He just stood there like nothing happened and grabbed Rikku in a head lock and dragged her to the elevator. Baralai picked up Paine and set her on a bed with no blood stains. Barkeep came over and grabbed all the stained sheets and took them away. Baralai sat there for a long time just staring at Paine, he touched her head and he blacked out.
He woke up in a place he had never seen before. He looked around and saw a little girl, who looked to be nine or ten, playing in a meadow. Her parents were sitting under a tree watching her play. Baralai realized that the girl was Paine and he an over to her. He said something but she didn't hear him. He tried to touch Paine but his hand passed right through her. Then a little boy that must be only four walked up to her.
"Sis, did you find any bugs yet, I got three grasshoppers already." He opened his hands and three tiny bugs came jumping out. "Oh man! Now I got to catch them again," he said chasing after the retreating bugs. The ground started shaking and a huge creature erupted from the nearby sea.
"Sin! Paine take your brother and run as far away as you can," Paine's Mom yelled running towards Paine and her brother. Paine picked up her brother and started running for a nearby cave, while sin scales were falling of Sin. One found its way into Paine's Dad's stomach and ripped right through, another got to her Mom. Sin created an earthquake which trapped herself and her brother in the cave.
"Don't worry Sefer we'll get out, ok," Her brother nodded at Paine's statement.
Baralai then was transported to the white abyss that he was in earlier.
"Baralai!!!" Paine ran towards him knocking him on the ground. "I thought you were dead," She was squeezing him so hard he started to lose breath.
"Well this is another side to you, I had no idea you were this emotional," Baralai laughed. Paine sat up on him and wiped her tears off. The sudden movement made Baralai think he was going to get decked, he was right. "Owww! Did you have to hit me so hard, I mean I just got here and you already start punching me." Baralai whimpered. Paine hit him again for that and got off of him.
"You know what Paine, you never told me you had a younger brother." Baralai asked still rubbing the spot he got hit.
"How... how did you find out?" Paine asked looking sad.
"I saw one of your memories of when your family di... ie...ie." Baralai stuttered hoping she didn't hear that.
"You mean died, my brother... he... he was taken by the crimson guard when he was twelve." Paine said now in tears "They turned him into some bio-enhanced soldier and when I confronted him he had no idea who I was and attacked me, I've never seen him since." Paine finished. Baralai embraced her letting her tears soak his shoulder sleeve.
After Paine stopped crying Baralai was teleported back to the real world in the blink of an eye.
"Wake up sleepy head," Came Rikku's voice from a distance. "You've been knocked out for four hours now."
"Paine, Where's Paine?" Baralai asked half asleep.
"Right here" she answered. Baralai was shocked. He sat up fully awake now and looked at the bed next to his.
"She woke up shortly before you," Rikku noticed that Baralai was confused.
"But I thought you were in that abyss, how did you get out," Baralai asked still confused.
"I don't know but I did somehow," she answered.
I'm going to start a new story soon so I hope I can do both at the same time. That means the chapters won't come as often but I will have at least one chapter every two weeks so check back.