Chapter 6

Laska's Life Change

Once they got to the bridge they saw Guadosalam covered with pyreflies. Laska grasped at the sight. Some of the Guados were lying on the ground. Laska turned to Roy in horror.

"Where is your deck?" She said quickly.

"If you into the elevator there is a button for the deck. Press that and you will be on the deck shortly. Why did you want to know?"

"No reason. I forgot my hairclip in my room. I will be back." He nodded and she ran into the elevator.

"Um if I could say something Boss." The pilot said still finding a place to land.

"Yeah what is it?" Roy was still looking at the elevator door

"I would think that she lied to you, to jump off the airship."

"She is not that stupid. She is to scared to jump even three feet to the ground. So why would you say that?"

"Because Boss….she has jumped off the airship, sir." Roy saw a person running to the main house.

"Damn her. I am jumping off. Once you land make sure that you help the wounded. And bring them aboard." The pilot nodded. Roy ran into the airship.

"Maester Won, where are you? It is me, Laska. Answer me." Laska was in the Maester's house and there was also a lot of pyreflies in the house. She ran to the master bedroom and saw his wife on the floor. Laska ran to her side. "Madam Lukeysa, are you alright?"

"Is that you, Laska?" Laska nodded. "Thank the heavens that you are here. You must save my husband. He was taken to the lower parts of this house. The pyreflies and Spira are going into agony. You must save us as your mother did years ago."

"Will you be alright? I will get Maester Won. But do you know whom have token him?" Laska kneeled and held her sword.

"No, not really young one. I am scared to think that he will die."

"Do not think that Madam. I will leave you and help him. I am sure that Roy's crew will help you and the others out of here."

"Thank you, I will wait till they come. And the opening to the lower parts is that in the living room there is a switch. Go press that and the door will open. It is on the right side. Go quickly. And see if you see my son, Zazi." Laska nodded and ran out of the room. From the stairs see saw Roy run in and looked up.

"Maester Guado Won has been abducted by something or someone. We must hurry."

"Where has he been taken to?"

"Come with me." She ran down the stairs and into the living room. Roy ran in after her. They ran to the wall.

"Laska this is a wall. There is no way to open a wall." He said as Laska was looking for the switch that Madam Lukeysa was talking about. "What are you looking for?" Once he said that the wall started to move.

"I was looking for the switch. Maybe next time you could help instead of standing around."

"I did not know that there was a switch. Next time try being a little quicker with the messages."

"I will try to remember. But the thing is that the Maester Guado is being held captive. And his son may be with him." Roy and Laska walked into the secret hall. But then all of a sudden the door closed behind them. They both turned back in shock by the noise.

"I guess that we will not be able to go back the way we can from." Roy let a fake laugh. Laska just starred at him.

"So mister brain-e-ack, then how exactly are we to leave this place with the Maester and his son?"

"I don't know but I have a weird feeling about this."

"Why do you say that?"

"I don't know this whole thing just doesn't feel right. I mean is Spira really falling apart. The pyreflies are now turning the sent into fiends. I think that I would have to speak to my father and mother about this situation."

"I would think that for the best. And besides Lady Paine has been waiting to see you again. After this let's go to Bevelle."

"I guess that we could do that." He smiled but then the ground shook and Laska trying to balance herself but fell forward. Roy caught her and then she looked up. She got to her feet and blushed. Roy was also starting to blush.

"We…we better get going." Roy nodded. They ran though the passages and the obstacles. They reached a room where they peaked and saw the Maester and his son were being held.

"Please let my son go. Let him go to his mother. I only ask for that." The Guado Maester pled.

"I think not I have a better suggestion. Rito, get over here." They both saw a large built guy walk over to the skin and bones guy. They thought that the skin and bones guy was the boss. Laska's hand went to her sword's handle and gripped it tightly. Roy did the same.

"Yes, you called boss." The large built one, Rito said.

"Eliminate the boy." Rito laughed evilly and nodded his head. He slowly walked toward the boy. Laska tried to get up from where she was standing but Roy stopped her.

"Why did you do that for? The kid will die if we don't do something."

"You remember when I said that I had a bad feeling about this?"

"Yeah why and hurry."

"Well I don't think that the kid and the Maester are really them." Laska now turned to face him.

"What do you mean? That is the Maester and his son. We have to do something or they will be killed."

"No it is not them. Laska listen to me. I just have a feeling that this is a trap."

"The Guado Maester is in trouble. And his son needs our help." Laska glanced into the room and saw that Rito had his sword and was about to swing. "Stop right there!" Laska ran into the room. Roy came in after her.

"You just fell into our trap. Thank you for the great acting Retino and Selifor." Then the so-called Guado Maester and his son turned into people. "The real Guado Maester and his son are on board our airship. I think Silfenna took care of your crew, Praector Roy."

"Damn you. And how do you know who I am and my crew?" The guy said nothing. "Answer me bastard! How do you know my name and my crew!"

"It is so simple you are Baralai and Paine's son. It is easy to notice that you have your father's hair and color. But you do have your mother snobby attitude. And Lady Laska the High Summoner's daughter."

"Don't you dare go near her nor my father? You touch them or my brother I will kill you!" Laska got a tighter grip on her sword. But then she was hit in the back of her head. She fell to the ground. Roy ran to her side.

"Thank you Silfenna, she was getting a little annoying. Did you kill the crew?" Silfenna walked over to the boss.

"Of course my love. Every single last one of them. But I never found the airship though." Roy's face was filled with anger.

"You bastard and your wench are just heartless murders. I will kill you for their deaths. They weren't just my crew but my friends. I will avenge their deaths." But then someone also stuck him in the back of his head. Everything went black then.

When Roy woke up he saw that he was in a room. It was more like a jail room. It had bars and only two beds. He noticed that on the bottom bed Laska laid there unconscious still. He walked over to her side. He got to his knees and slapped her in the face. She woke up then.

"Roy, what was that for? And where the heck are we?" Laska sat up and put her hand over the slap mark.

"Thanks to you my crew is died now. If you only didn't go in there. Everyone is dead except for the ones that escaped. Damn it my friends are dead. Thanks to you. Didn't I tell you not to go in there?" Laska looked crushed and hurt.

"Well I am sorry for your fallen friends and I know now that I made a big mistake. I am sorry." Roy moved away form her.

"Sorry, you're sorry? That will not bring back my friends. Why did I think that you help protect Spira? I am a fool. And maybe now my parents and my brother will die. Why didn't I see this sooner?" Laska got up from where she was sitting and walked over to Roy. She wrapped her arms around him. She never saw him cry but now he was crying.

"Can you ever forgive me? I wish that I wasn't so naive. I am so sorry. I promise you that we will avenge their deaths." Laska also cried. They sat there and held each other. Later they fell asleep still in each other's arms.

"Ah now isn't that cute my daring, Feattro?" It was Silfenna and the boss. She was practically all over the guy but he didn't seem to mind.

"Yes, but we have to wake up the girl. Laska will be of good use to us, sense her body does contain the emerald jewel." They walked away.

At the same time Roy heard the whole thing and he looked shocked. "How would they know that Laska's body contained the powerful emerald jewel? Those bastards must have known that I was going to go and get her, so they laid a trap for her. I thought that I was the only one that knew about that. Unless one of my guys betrayed me and heard me talking about it. Why am I even thinking? New Yevon please help me protect this girl." Then Laska woke up and saw his expression. He looked horrified. She then looked at where her hand laid; her hand was on his chest. She thought that that was why he had that face. She immediately took it off and blushed.

"I am sorry; I didn't know that my hand was on your chest." Roy looked at her confused then nodded.

"It wasn't that, it was that I was remembering that I don't have my sword. I didn't even know that your hand was there." Laska blushed even more.

"Do you know when they were talking about the emerald jewel? What is it anyways? Is it a valuable gem?" Roy held her tighter.

"You mean to tell me that you don't know? The emerald jewel is the most powerful jewel. It is worth millions though. But it has thee power to do good or evil, it depends on the user. But how did you know that they were just now talking about the jewel."

"It wasn't just now. I didn't hear them but when I was in a room. A white and empty room. I think that the boss guy said:

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Flashback

"How could the most powerful jewel be in her? I mean. I would think that a powerful spell caster would have it. But I guess that I was wrong. No matter."

"Well my love you could think that her mother and father were great and somewhat powerful. I mean they faced Sin, the aeons, Maester Guado Seymour, and Yevon. Well not alone I would say, but also with the help of their friends." Silfenna said looking at the guy.

"But that doesn't answer my question. Then why wasn't it in her brother's body sense he was the first born."

"I don't know love. But don't let that bother you. We should throw her in the cell with that Praetor kid." He nodded and then someone came toward her.

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That was all that I remembered before everything went black. And you slapped me and I woke up here."

"I will make sure that they will not harm you. Anyways you have to help me avenge my fallen comrades." He smiled; Laska couldn't help but to smile.

"Thank you for being a friend. But one question, how the heck are we going to get out of here without our weapons?" Roy looked down at her and shook his head.

"You are also a mage, am I correct? Well use your imagination and find us a way to our weapons and a way out." Laska nodded. She went over to the bed and Roy stood up to the bars.

"By the cage bird I only ask you to lead me to the exit and to our weapons. Give me a map of the airship." She was chanting a spell and Roy was the look out.

"Oh Laska, it would be nice if that spell of yours works more quickly than it is doing now."

"You can't rush it; if you do I will not get the map of the airship." Laska opened one of her eyes and looked at Roy.

"Well to have you know that the one call Feattro is coming our way." Roy looked back at Laska. Her hair started to float around because of a sudden rush of wind.

"I got the map in my head now I just need to cast a spell to get us out of here." Laska got up from where she was sitting and walked over to Roy.

"I think that a teleport spell would do nicely after he leaves. Should we pretend to be asleep?"

"Hey I think so." After she said that, she and Roy sat on the floor and held each other like they did when the fell asleep. But this time Roy was leaning against the bed pole. The guard and Feattro walked up to the cell.

"They are still asleep? Man they can sleep. Maybe boss you knocked out the girl to hard."

"Maybe but you might have cracked the Praetor skull." Feattro laughed. "But no matter this only makes a slight delay in our plans. Let us leave them." Then they walked away. They both opened their eyes and quietly walked to the bars. Feattro was already gone. Laska walked toward the beds and started to pace around. Roy looked at her weird.

"Laska are you OK?"

"I don't know, but now something is blocking my magic. I don't think that we can teleport out of here." She had her hands balled into fists. There was silence for some time. Laska stopped pacing and sat on the lower bed of the two. Roy didn't know what to say. Laska looked troubled.

"Will I die?" Laska said out of nowhere, that which shocked Roy. He turned and looked at her. She was still looking at the floor.

"No, because I will die before any thing happens to you." Roy walked over to her held her.

"But what about the emerald jewel that lies in my body and Spira going out of control? I'm scared Roy, I don't want to die. I haven't done things that I always dreamed of doing."

"Laska you will not, I promise. We will get out of here, and we will help Spira." Roy's grip became a little tighter. Then he heard that her voice was shaking because of tears. Laska had a light grip on his shirt.

"Thank you Roy, remind me when we get out of here to tell you something." Roy kissed her on her forehead.

"I will. Now off that note we should be thinking of a way out. I think that there is something that we could use for a key to open the door." Then Laska sat up and pulled a bobby pin out of her hair.

"Would this work?" Roy nodded and got to his feet. He walked over to the lock and started to pick it. After a few minutes he got it opened. They ran quietly through the halls of the airship. They turned into a room where they found their weapons. But then they heard someone whistling their way.

"Someone is coming what are we going to do?" Laska looked at Roy who was getting his sword out. But then the whistling went the other way.

"We have to get to a window and jump out." Laska looked at him as if her were crazy.

"What are you nuts we will die from an altitude of this high?"

"Don't worry. My airship is just right under this ship. Come on before someone finds us." Laska nodded as they ran down the hall a little more and saw a large window. Roy tired to open it, but it wouldn't budge. Laska then got her sword and smashed the glass.

An alarm went off but before anyone got to them they were already out of the window. Laska grabbed into Roy before they jumped. While they were in the air Laska's grip on Roy's shirt just got tighter and tighter. But then they landed on a very hard metal deck.

Roy landed on top of Laska. He looked into her eyes for a moment or two. She tried very hard not to blush. Then she realized that she still had her death grip hold on his shirt. She let go and looked at his eyes.

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Sorry it took forever to update. I hope that the chapter was ok. Well Ill try to update again well bye for now. And no flames please. And sorry if I have a lot of spelling mistakes. I'm home sick today and I thought I could update stories today well hope you like it. Please review. Once again forgive the long wait.