The Wrong Kidnapping

"Here it is," Maya Schroedinger told her team, as well as Virginia's, "The top of the tower. Legends say The Teardrop glows blue when it meets the sunlight. Shady, go test the gem on the pedestal. If it turns blue, then we've found it." She pointed to a red gem that lay in the center of the room, smiling eagerly.

It was a rare and strange sight to see; Maya helping Virginia and her friends. She'd promised to "lend" the Teardrop to them to fight with the Demons, but was expecting a duel over it once the battle had been won. That didn't bother the others one little bit; they weren't gem hungry—well, maybe Jet—and they always won against Maya anyway. Now, all that remained was to get the Teardrop, and kill the Demons.

But it turned out to not be the Teardrop after all. Once Shady held it up to the light, the only thing that happened was a cage of energy formed around him. As the cat freaked out, having a hatred of small enclosements, Maya shot the machinery responsible. Then, Shady flew into Alfred's hands in panic.

"Sis, you know that my information was more accurate than this. We all knew this was a fake that was circulated for some other purpose. So why did we come here?" asked Alfred in a rare moment of bravery. Usually, he cowered before Maya; afraid of her wrath. Virginia couldn't blame him one little bit.

Maya informed them, "It's the Schroedinger way. We go to every possible location, scour every possible lead, just to find the best gem. If you people want, however, I can give you the location of the real Teardrop; a gem that is said to be as blue as the oceans on the Filgaia of old. It is located inside the…"

But she didn't finish. Suddenly, the Prophets appeared. Leehalt eyed the young woman with a gleam in his eye. "So, not only did we lure in Werner's girl like we wanted, but we also found one who has information regarding the real Teardrop. Tell us little girl." With that, the three cast a spell to make the cage that had encircled Shady appear. But since it used their concentration and magic, no one could break it.

"I'll never tell!" Maya exclaimed, "I'd sooner die! I may lend the Teardrop to these Drifters while they kick your sorry behind, but once it's all over that gem will rightfully be mine. You don't look like the deal making type." In an act of extreme defiance, Maya stuck her tongue out at Leehalt, who became angrier.

"Maya! Hold on!" called Virginia. She ran forward, only to feel like something was surrounding her. When she looked up, she saw the final member of the Prophet's entourage; the Demon Lord Siegfried. He eyed her with hunger in his eyes, and her stomach flip-flopped. Only Virginia knew this, but the man used to be called Ziekfried. Long ago, in an ancient war, her ancestors had destroyed him; and he knew it too.

Siegfried told Leehalt, "This one would be more advantageous to take. I know what she really is; can trace the powers flowing through her veins. She is one of the Adlehydes, my ancient enemies. The Teardrop is their treasure. Not only would she know how to find it, but she would know how to use it too."

Jet looked ahead, what was going on? What was an Adlehyde? From the looks on the faces of everyone else in the room, no one knew what the Demon Lord meant. He saw Virginia vainly trying to break the barrier with her Mediums' powers. The boy wanted to charge, to kill Siegfried and save her. However, not only was he smart enough to know it was dangerous—not knowing what the Demon could and would do if he found hostility—but he also could see it was futile. The girl had tried everything she could and failed.

Again, the Demon Lord faced his subjects. "Drop the other female and take this one. Even if she doesn't know right away where it is located, her ancestral memories hold the key to unlocking it. After that, we can use her body as a channel for the energy of the Teardrop. By tricking it into thinking that one of her family is pulling the strings, there is no limit to the forces we can unleash upon this pitiful decayed world."

Following his lord's order, Leehalt dropped the barrier around Maya. She fell to the floor; a sleep gas was used to stop her from retaliating once free. Then, Siegfried aimed a bolt of energy into the other trap, and it electrocuted Virginia. He too dropped the barrier, and grabbed the girl around her midsection.

"Let her go!" screamed Gallows, "I don't quite get this Adlehyde business, and what it has to do with our leader, but I know it's not right to hurt a lady." He would have shot, but just then Clive steadied his arm. The sniper had enough foresight to know that it would be easy to hit Virginia when he fired his random shots off. When he'd modified his shotgun, he'd made sure that it held plenty of bullets. But he never bothered with his accuracy. Thus, he wasn't the sure shot sniper that Clive was, or calculating shooter like the punk.

"While I hate to use this little brat in our plan, this could be the object of my ultimate revenge. I just wish I could see the look on Werner Maxwell's face when he hears what I did to his daughter. She will be reduced to nothing more than a tool, almost as if she was a machine. This is just too rich," Leehalt stated. He mentally thought of the second advantage, harm her enough to fit Werner, but not kill Ekatrina's child.

Before her friends could argue any more, the Prophets and Siegfried vanished; taking Virginia with them. Jet felt like his heart broke in two at the moment for reasons he couldn't comprehend. This girl was nothing more than a teammate, the leader, and someone who he could tease and be teased back. So why was he feeling like there was something more to it than that? He got down on his knees, and hid his eyes from the other six people in the room. After all, it would do him no good to be caught crying by anyone else.

As Alfred cared for his sister, giving her a Breathmint, Todd and Shady were working on calculating the place where the Prophets took Virginia. Through their conclusion, it was found that they went pretty far to the southwest. Clive decided it would be best to ask around Claiborne to see if anyone had seen any strange lights in the sky. Failing to get accurate info on that front, they would travel southwest and ask the residents of every town they could find in the area. That was the only thing they could do for Virginia now.

Meanwhile Jet still sat on the ground, musing on the situation. 'Why, why do I feel this way? This girl, there's more to it than just simply the facts we know. What is Adlehyde, and why do I feel like I can picture some place in my mind when I hear the name? All I know is, we have to find Virginia as soon as we can. I just want to get her out of there, hold her close, and…wait a minute! What are you thinking Jet?! I certainly don't want to get that wishy washy with her. But why do I feel as if I'm denying myself in the end?'

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Teefa's Last Words…

If this is cheesy then remember that this story came to mind by listening to the radio (notice the song titles in the name). It is, for all intensive purposes, a musical. When finished with the postings, I'll put up the soundtrack on my site. Now, about Leehalt's new mindset of vengeance. As Virginia is Werner's daughter, as well as Leehalt's enemy, he wants to crush her. But at the same time, she is also Ekatrina's daughter. Now here's the big dilemma: if he kills her he can get revenge on Werner and stop an enemy, but at the same time he could anger Ekatrina's soul. So what should he do? This simplifies his evil plan: not only can he get revenge by using her as a pawn, he also won't be the one to kill her. Granted Ekatrina still wouldn't like this happening to her child, but we all know Leehalt is a conniving man who believes he's always in the right.

Ok, so I wanted to tote my theories again. Although the scenes didn't happen like this in the game, they very well could have. Some buddies on the Ruins of Filgaia Message Board (who have access to the official Japanese Info) have been able to make some sort of connection between 1 and 3 definate. And we are never told why Ginny is this superior mage (only second to Gallows) and she's never used spells in her life.