Ch. 6 Home
Seymour fought hard and he fought dirty. Using this "Aeon" as I heard everyone saying, was just another way to fighting dirty. On the side line for a moment I was clutching my necklace starting to feel some pain in my chest. Rikku who I seemed to be getting close to, really quickly, looked at me. "Are you ok?" she asked. I smiled at her. "It's just the fight, ya?" Wakka asked on the other side of me. I nodded even though I highly doubted this was the reason.
I wish I knew what it was...
The Aeon seemed to keep coming for more and more. It would instantly drain us and we would be forced to Phoenix Down before continuing our fight. The Aeon lasted a good hour to hour and a half before Seymour finally cracked and called it back. Yuna was getting tired and Tidus was protecting her at all costs. Seymour came as close to Yuna to knock her in the side and she fell. Quickly to the rescue was Rikku and I, while the others quickly nipped Seymour out of the game. Seymour made this dramatic fall, and said something to Yuna. "Would you pity me now?" and he hit the floor in this graceful dead position.
Yuna went over to him and closed his eyes. I sat on the other side and couldn't help but feel as though I lost a dear friend.
How though, he wanted to use you to control Delphi...
I thought of this and stood up in rage. I looked at the doors to this room and Tromell along with other Guado were entering.
Ut...oh....
They came in outraged. Tromell was confused. He was flipping out and wouldn't let Yuna, Tidus or Rikku explain anything. "Hey, show them that sphere!" one of them cried out. Tromell unfortunatly held it out. "This one!?" and it crashed to the floor in a million pieces. Wakka was losing it, being a religious man, and the rest of us were surrounding Yuna afraid the Guado might retaliate. "Lady Yuna, I never would have suspected you! Nor you Mercury. After all Seymour had done for you!" I put my hands to my chest and put my head down. There was a little bit of shame coming on but I looked up nontheless and stared at him. I wasn't about to feel guilty.
"Yuna, send him." Auron said to her. She nodded but Tromell flipped again. "No." The guado carried Seymour out and Tidus looked daggers at this person. "You're not letting us go..." his voice trailed off. Everyone looked taken aback except me. You had to expect this sort of thing where I came from.
" Of course not. Lord Seymour would never forgive us.." Everyone looked around then Auron yelled out, "Run!" We all followed orders and made a break for it. Passing the Guado I got grabbed from behind by that same recorder person I had seen earlier when I awoke from Kinoc's sleeping med. Rikku, Tidus, Lulu, and Kimahri stopped.
"Go!" I screamed. "Don't wait"
They didn't move and that caused them all not to move. Yuna called out quickly, "Mercury! We'll see you again right?" I stopped struggling and looked at her.
I wish I would be home by then but,....
'Yeah!" I yelled back to her. She started to run again and they all followed her. Rikku and Tidus waved and then followed. I was carried off by a thousand Guado people because they found out Mercury was to strong for them to handle. I was carried off into a side room in the entrance hall of the temple. Seymour was lying on a bed in front of a thousand or so Guado. I was forced to watch as Tromell knelt by the bedside and said a prayer or mumbled something to himself. I watched as the dead Seymour sat up in the bed. He looked around and touched his body and clothes. He clenched his fists and smiled. He turned and looked at me. "Didn't think I was gone did you?"
Ok! Nothing like that ever happened in Delphi!!!!
I stared at him with my jaw on the ground. I was forced to stand up by being yanked by my arms. Breaking out of the Guados' grip, I stumbled over to Seymour, looking back at my captives and back at him. Once close enough I stared. He looked solid. But was he? I touched his robe and it was completely solid. I ran my hands down it and then looked up at his face. He smiled wide, I cringed and I felt myself fall backwards and hit the ground really, really, hard.
(an hour later)
"Ohhhh, where am I?" I sat up and rubbed my head. Looking around I first noticed Seymour was speaking to Tromell and I was in some vehicle. Turning to my left was Yuna, who also, was waking out of unconciousness. "Yuna!" I cried. She looked at me with big open eyes. "Oh Mercury!" We embraced and I felt her frail figure shake, but when I looked at her face it was calm and unscared. "You ok?" I asked her. She nodded.
I looked at the thing we were riding in, and it seemed to be in the rocky desert. She explained to me about an Al Bhed dwelling known as Home, being here. We stared at the endless dunes of sand going past us as they were blurry waves of gold. Seymour and a couple of Guado and Kinoc came over to us, over hearing that we were awake. "Yuna, your going to be my dearest wife. You understand? And you," he pointed his finger at me, "you will be there and create a demension to your world. It will be the uniting of two." Seymour demanded.
Talk about right to the point.
And how many times do I have to explain...I. DONT. KNOW. HOW. TO. GET. BACK. TO. DELPHI!!!
Yuna nodded and I sat there dumbstruck. What was I supposed to say? She was just letting herself be dragged into this. I looked at her pleadingly and she took my hand. "Trust me." I nodded but my attention was focused to the window in front of us. I pointed horrified.
Seymour looked too, and he laughed and walked away. Yuna looked and she passed out. I caught her but I couldn't tear my eyes away from the site.
A giant citadel like city was engulfed in flames. The desert sand around it singed and glinted in the burning sun above it. Fiends and Guado were attacking the people known as AlBhed. "Your friends are in there..." A guado who had its head down in shame said to me. I looked at him with my mouth down in awe, but I looked back. The vehicle I was in jolted, and we started to fly. Looking still out the window I saw a flying ship come from under the sand. It left off and at the same moment, "Home" blew up. The explosion was tremendous leaving us for rocky turbulence. Unknown to me, but tears were already splashing down my face.
How could this be?
Another thought that horrified me was the fact that our friends were in there and they could have been killed. What if the airship didn't make it? What if they were on it? I held the dormant Yuna in my arms and looked at her face. What if she never saw Wakka, Lulu, Tidus, Kimahri, Auron or Rikku again? For some reason I felt like a million emotions hit me. When the smoke subsided we were already in the air, thousands of feet off the ground. I stared out that window and laid Yuna gently on the ground. I stood up and rocked for a few minutes. Getting my balance I saw Seymour walk over to us one more time. Not being able to handle myself any longer, I summoned my staff at my side. Not being able to handle the emotion and pain anymore, I walked up to him. "Hm?" he turned and looked at me. With all the anger, pain, emotion, my fright, I punched him with all that backing it up. He staggered into the wall. "I can't do this anymore Seymour. I can't pretend any longer. I'm not frail, or weak, or always a scardy cat! I can't let you continue this!" I cried and fell to my knees. "But I don't want to fight alone!" I was confused. He rubbed his jaw and turned. I sat there and held my crystalline staff. I looked at it and the jewels at the top began to flicker with bright white light. I stared at it more closely and Yuna woke out of her little coma. "Mercury?" she crawled over to me and I smiled. "What is that?" she asked me. I smiled brightly and put one arm around her and hugged her gently. "My staff that I fight with." and I went into explaining about my Delphi to her...
The flicker of light was my ray of hope, and if I wasn't mistaken, that meant everyone was alive, and, I was soon, going to be able to go home. But, I was sure there was just one more thing, I had to do...Stop Seymour...because it seems I have attatched myself to Yuna and the others. I just hope, I will be able to help them, before it all becomes to late.....