Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X or anything Square-Enix has created.
Hey everyone, sorry for the delay, but I've noticed few reveiws and that means few more chapters. I am goign to keep writing for a bit more, but if there are no more reveiws or no substantial reveiws. I will post a note, saying the story will be temporarily discontinued. Anyway, enjoy!
Later that day…
I felt my heart stop and I felt pure fear run through me. I moved Brother off to one side of the Controls quickly and then ran back to the front to see the creature. Its huge tail was striking the side of the ship, causing it to shake violently. I decided to run out to deck and face the beast myself. I knew I didn't stand a chance, but I needed to do it.
I grabbed one of the prized machina guns and proceeded to the deck. I saw Keyakku curled up in a fetal position, eyes wide in terror in one corner. I pushed open the door and pressed the up button on the elevator. I could hear the creature roaring from outside and bashing its tail against us. I couldn't help but feel helpless and scared.
As the doors of the deck opened I was hit with a spray of sea water which knocked me back, and sent me blind for a few seconds. In that time, the creature had sighted me and was preparing to swipe me off the ship, like I was just a little fly in its way. I regained my standing position and ran at it. Its beady little eyes narrowed as I pulled the trigger on my gun and let fire, hitting its mouth, causing it to bring up one of its pincers. I was frozen with terror. It felt like my feet were glued to the ground; as I noticed that the pincer was coming down to crush me. I aimed at the pincer and shot, knowing I wouldn't do anything because the creature had such a hard shell. And as the pincer came closer to me, I regained my composure and common sense and made a run for the ship, we were going to have to head to the nearest shelter. The Submerged Ruins.
As soon as I saw Keyakku, I dragged him over to a couch and screamed at him to help me get the ship to the Ruins. He shook his head dumbly, but I pulled him over to the stairs, and pulled him up it, stopping when we got to the controls. Brother was groaning where I had dragged him and I jumped for the ignition button. I hit it too fast and the ship's engine started with a jolt, heading straight for the beast. I screamed in terror and clutched the wheel, directing us in the direction of the ruins, its pincers just brushing our ship.
"Rikku," Keyakku said, breathless to me.
"Not now," I mumbled.
I could see the tops of the ruins and I started to slow the ship down, but it wasn't working and I just knew we were going to crash into them. I shut my eyes stupidly and waited for the crash, holding my breath. But I heard Brother jump up and smash the emergency stop key, thumping my head as the ship came to a halt in front of them. We could hear the beast coming up behind us, and Brother smashed open the front window, making a break for the caverns inside. I had my wetsuit on and was holding a weapon. My Devastator. Keyakku was holding my hand as we ran through the narrow passage ways, heading underwater as we went further. Brother thought he knew where he was going, but the dark was starting to scare me and creeper vines were brushing my shoulders. I whimpered a little, but a pain rushed through my head as it collided with a wall. I wailed in pain, and felt another thump from Brother.
"Quiet, Rikku," he said.
I frowned and buried my head in Keyakku's shoulder.
"Rikku, we need your grenades," I heard Keyakku murmur to me, and felt him unclasp my pouch full of grenades.
"We're blasting the wall open, nothing too big," he explained and I backed away, knowing my prized grenades were very powerful when put in a big number and unpinned.
I crouched a few paces away with Keyakku and Brother sitting near me, and I watched the fuses disappear and then the red light of the fire and the flecks of gravel and plaster hitting my face, scratching me. I winced in pain and grabbed Keyakku.
"We have to run now!" Keyakku yelled at me, and I immediately let him go, running into the next room which was surprisingly light.
But what I saw next made me stop dead in my tracks. A boy, fighting a fiend that was obviously beating him. I was about to laugh when he spotted me and I noticed the fear in his eyes and all at once I knew he couldn't die, not now. I grabbed my Devastator and jumped in, throwing one of my left over grenades at the beast and slashing it violently. The boy seemed like a rookie, like myself and his sword was long and red. The fiend hit me hard and I stumbled back, wincing. The boy started for me, but I threw a grenade at the fiend first, destroying it and regaining my composure.
I walked over to him and examined him. He had blonde hair, blue eyes and wore some strange clothes. He studied me back.
"Hi," I heard him say in Spiran.
I glanced at Keyakku and Brother who shook their heads and started for him; hitting his back and making him double over.
"Hey, hey! What's the big idea?!" He cried again. I noticed he had a very whiney voice.
"Fyed! Mad sa taym fedr res!" Wait! Let me deal with him! I said to them in Al Bhed.
They held up the boy facing me and I walked up to him slowly, whispering "Cunno," Sorry, in his ear and then I kneed him, right in the balls. He stumbled over and collapsed, unable to move because of the pain. Keyakku and Brother picked him up, taking him back to the ship. I grimaced, but suddenly remembered the creature. Had it been scared off by the blast? I did not know, but this boy was our next target and as I heard a distant roar I knew we were safe, for now.
I also knew these Ruins were home to an ancient power, and if we convinced this boy, he could help us. I smiled to myself as we made our way back out to the ship.