(A/N) Well, well, well...look who's finally decided to update!
Flametongue: Took you long enough...
-who are you?
Flametongue: Duh, I'm Flametongue...
-But...that's me!
Flametongue: No, it's your alter ego....which is me...
-oooh...
Flametongue: Yeah, anyway, back to the subject; YOU'RE LATE!!!
-GAAAAAH!! I know, I knoooow!
Flametongue: If you'd stop spending so much time at parties and getting beat up by nazis and immigrants it probably would have been different!
-But..They would have ruined the whole party if I hadn't stepped in!
Flametongue: Whatever...
-Besides, I got school too...and it's driving me mad!
Flametongue: And that chick who ditched you at the party, hmm, what was her name?
-She didn't ditch me! There was nothing between us to begin with!
"Flametongue: What about all those times when her tongue was halfway down your throat?
-Man, she is making out with everybody! No big deal!
Flametongue: Whatever you say, anyway, here's a disclaimer: I don't own a thing.....
Normal POV
"Okay!" Rikku yelled from her position in the one person lift that had been arranged next to the canyon cliff. "Take me down!"
The canyon they were supposed to investigate was a large inferno of cliffs and rocky pillars, Rikku and her team were supposed to go down and investigate a gigantic cave entrance in the centre of a mountain wall.
It was getting dark.
Raze was already at the cliff side of the cave, since he unlike everyone else in the team could climb the walls with his armguards and boot-claws.
As they all reached the cave, they turned on their flashlight helmets, except Raze who claimed he could see perfectly well in the dark anyway. Apart from Rikku and Raze, there were five others there too, all Al-bhed, one woman and four men.
"Okay, let's get this over with!" Rikku said as she stalked inside the cave, she held some kind of gun in her hand, a gun with a big barrel. She fired a shot up in the air, the shot exploded and glowing shards covered the cave ceiling, giving them light good enough for them to see.
"Famm, femm oui muug yd dryd… (Well, will you look at that…)" One of the Al-bhed men said. In the centre of the cave stood some kind of rusty machina; it was covered in dirt and spider web.
"Come on!" Rikku said and smiled as she ran up to it. She examined it; it was a very small airship, like a pod, nothing like any machina she had ever seen before. It seemed to have been built in mostly one piece, the bottom was flat and the hatch to the cockpit was made of something that looked like glass, but it couldn't be glass, the airship looked older than any machina the team members had ever seen before, glass would wither away and become sand after a couple of centuries.
Rikku brushed some dirt off of it and found some kind of inscriptions.
"Some kind of weird language," She said and frowned. "I can't make it out."
Raze looked at it from behind Rikku.
"Sand….vatten….jord…" He said. "Sand, water, earth."
Rikku stared at Raze. "You can read it?"
"Yes…" Raze said. "I don't know why, but somehow, this machina seems very familiar to me…"
Rikku turned back to the machina and examined it, and then she turned to her workers.
"You guys check if there's anything else in this cave." She ordered them.
"Right away ma'am!"
Rikku's fingers leapt across the machina airship; it seemed to be just a cockpit, her hand stopped at a symbol in front of the glass-like window.
"What's this?" She asked and turned to Raze.
Raze examined it, his crimson-colored eyes scanning the hove.
"It means 'enter'." He said.
"Oh," Rikku shrugged and lightly tapped the symbol. There was a hissing sound coming from the machina as the cockpit slid open, revealing some (in Rikku's opinion) very interesting buttons and gears.
"Cool!" Rikku burst excitedly and attempted to jump right into the cockpit but Raze stopped her.
"It might be dangerous." He stated.
Rikku rolled her eyes and said "Don't worry; I know how to deal with machina!" And with that, she jumped inside the small pod. Rikku's fingers leapt along all the weird buttons and gears inside the cockpit; however she hadn't seen any of all the strange gadgets in any other machina before. Rikku was just going to say 'see? Told ya there was nothing to worry about' when the cockpit closed, with her still in it.
"Uh-oh not good!" Rikku said as the airship suddenly shook before hovering slightly from the ground, and then, without warning, it took off out into the evening sky.
Gippal was walking along the Djose highroad, the meeting had ended after several hours of arguing, some screaming, and (in Gippal's case) snoring. He hardly even looked at the road ahead of him; his gaze was plastered onto the metallic locket in his hand. His fingers ran across the picture of Rikku's mother; he remembered the day when she had died, he was seven, and he felt kind of sad. Keyda had been taking care of him from time to time, even though he lived in the orphan quarters. She used to come down there and play with the children there, bring them candy and machina toys. Sometimes she brought Rikku along; that was about the time when he and Rikku became friends. Although they always used to tease eachother for fun, Keyda immediately took a special liking to Gippal for playing with her daughter. One day, Gippal had found Rikku sitting on the floor in a deserted corridor, hugging her knees while…..crying.
Rikku just sat there, sobbing silently, probably not aware of the boy standing at the end of the corridor watching her. Gippal slowly walked over to her, not knowing what to do, he had never been in a situation like this, especially not with Rikku, she always used to be the kind of girl that never cried; Gippal thought that somebody must have been really mean to her, because making Rikku cry was really a hard thing to accomplish. Rikku suddenly looked up, when Gippal was only a few feet away from her.
"Rikku…what's wrong?" He asked.
Rikku quickly stood up and threw herself at Gippal and hugged him tightly. Gippal was totally taken aback, he didn't know what to do, so he just hugged her back, and let her cry against his shoulder.
"M-mom's…dead…sniff…sob…" Rikku sobbed..
Gippal stiffened. "I'm…I'm so sorry Rikku…" He said as he felt a tear silently slide down his cheek.
Rikku stepped back braking the hug, she looked at her feet, still sobbing. Gippal wanted to say something, something to make her feel better, but how could he? He felt just as bad as she did, but then without warning, Rikku took his head in her hands and quickly kissed him.
"Th-thanks…" She said, and then she ran away, sobbing.
Gippal's thoughts were interrupted by his com device beeping at his belt. He sighed, put the locket back into his pocket and brought the com device to his mouth.
"Gippal here, what's up?" He said.
There was another beeping sound as a voice answered "Gippal, turn on your commsphere, Nhadala said it was urgent!"
"Sigh…fine…" Gippal said and searched his pockets for his commsphere.
Normally the Machine faction only uses their own com devices when speaking to eachother from a distance, but Bikanel was too far away for the range, the com devices can only reach people that's less than a couple of miles away, so when going to long distance missions every faction team is equipped with a small commsphere, and instead of showing the callers image in the actual sphere it projects a small hologram of the one holding the other sphere.
As Gippal turned his commsphere on it almost immediately began to glow blue, indicating somebody was calling. He tapped it gently and Nhadala's face appeared in a hologram right above the sphere.
"What's up Nhad?" Gippal asked.
"The team you sent to Sanubia has run into problems…" Nhadala stated.
"What happened?" Gippal asked, starting to get worried.
"Well, you could say that Rikku 'flew' into some problems." Nhadala said, and when she saw Gippal's puzzled look she continued, "They found some kind of airship pod, and apparently Rikku jumped inside to check things out, but then it took of, with her still inside."
"Dammit…" Gippal cursed quietly.
"I'll connect you to her commsphere right now." Nhadala said.
"Alright…" Gippal said.
"Oh shit!" Rikku cursed and looked at all the gadgets in the small pod. "What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do!?"
"Rikku? Can you hear me?" Raze voice spoke from her com device.
"Yeah I'm fine," Rikku said. "But this thing seems to be running on auto-pilot."
"I thought so," Raze said. "I've figured out what the words on the pod actually indicated,"
"Oh yeah?" Rikku said. "What's that?"
"Sand, water, earth," Raze said. "It means the pod will take you through the desert, then over the sea, so I guess your trip will end when you hit land."
"What to you mean 'hit' land?" Rikku asked, a bit nervous.
"I'm not really sure if it's going to 'land' or 'crash'." Raze spoke as calmly as ever.
"HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM ABOUT IT!?" Rikku screamed in the com device.
"Now use panicking over it…" Raze said. "Anyway, we called Nhadala and she said she'd call the Priceless."
"But…" Rikku said. "There ain't any commspheres onboard the Priceless."
"I know," Raze said. "If there were, we wouldn't have to call Nhadala, besides, you're the one who is holding on to the commsphere, we wouldn't have been able to call anyone except Nhadala anyway."
"Poopie…" Rikku said and crossed her arms and pouted.
"They will probably give you a call soon; don't worry." Raze said. "Over and out."
Rikku sighed and leaned backwards in her seat, she gazed up through the glass-like cockpit-window, it sure was a starlit night. She groaned.
"I really have to let go of this 'old habit'…" Rikku told herself as she stared at the stars. "We're not a couple anymore…"
But you never stopped being a couple, Rikku argued with herself. You were still a couple when he left for the Crimson squad.
"Okay, so we never officially broke up but…" Rikku sighed heavily. "He found a bunch of girlfriends and I found a boyfriend…"
You're the only one he's ever been serious about and you KNOW it…
"He's a player…" Rikku argued.
You're jealous…
"I'm NOT jealous!"
He was the first one you ever kissed…
"He stole my first kiss!?" She asked angrily.
YOU kissed HIM…
"He's still a player!"
You miss him…
"I…." Rikku sighed and closed her eyes. "Okay, I miss him…a little…"
Rikku's commsphere suddenly began to glow and beep. Rikku tapped it and without opening her eyes she said "Nhadala, you better get me out of this thing before-"
"Well, well, well," Gippal's voice interrupted. "Cid's girl, in trouble again?"
Rikku's eyes shot open and she stared right into the hologram of a grinning Gippal.
"Wipe that stupid grin off your pretty face and get me out of this thing!" Rikku said fiercely. "You can track me through the commsphere coordinates!"
Gippal raised and eyebrow, then he smirked. "Did you say 'pretty' face?"
Rikku tensed, then she said "No! Now get me out of here!"
Gippal shrugged. "I'm sure we could trace you quite easily," He said. "But I'm not sure I want to come get you…" He grinned and narrowed his eye.
"Gippal." Rikku said menacingly.
"Say it." Gippal said firmly.
"Gippal!" Rikku yelled irritably.
"Say it." Gippal said in the same calm voice.
Rikku sighed. "Please?" She muttered.
Gippal cupped his hand next to his ear and leaned forward. "I can't hear you…" He said.
Rikku pouted. "Pleeeeeaase?" She said in a bitter-sweet voice. "Pretty please? With sugar on top?" She motioned her finger as if putting a cherry on top of an ice-cream.
Gippal put his hand to his chin and looked as if he was considering his options.
"Sorry, can't help you!" He grinned and motioned as if he was about to turn of his commsphere.
"Gippaaaal!" Rikku whined.
"Okay, okay!" Gippal said and laughed. "We'll go and pick Raze and the others up, and then we'll follow you….to tell the truth, I'm pretty curious about where that thing is taking you."
"Just….pick me up!" Rikku demanded.
"Yes ma'am!" Gippal chuckled and broke the connection.
Rikku leaned back in the seat again and sighed heavily. "Jackass…" She muttered.
"Alright everybody!" Gippal yelled as he entered the dining hall in Djose temple. "Seems like Cid's girl is in trouble, I'm gonna take the Priceless and go get her, and I need some volunteers to come with me!"
There was a lot of murmuring and whispering following this statement.
"Anybody who wants in stand up!" Gippal said, normally, he would have just ordered some of his workers to come along, but after the incident in lake Macalania he'd rather let them decide for themselves since this mission might get dangerous.
Bee and Narroj immediately stood up, quickly followed by Wally and ten others of Gippal's workers.
Gippal chuckled and turned to Wally. "Not you Wally," He said. "People still need their food y'know?"
Wally laughed. "If something happened to that little brat, then I'd never be able to teach her how to cook properly!"
Gippal laughed too. "We'll bring her back here, don't worry!"
Wally snorted and chuckled. "Fine, you bring her, and everyone else back unharmed and I'll make y'all something special!"
"Deal!" Gippal said as he pointed at Wally. "Alright everybody, let's move!"
"Gaah! Frah famm drec tysh Spira duin aht!? (When will this damn Spira tour end!?)" Rikku screamed to the airship for the fifteenth time. She had been flying over the seas for hours at end, and she was really getting bored, she had already unbraided and re-braided her hair ten times. She started playing around with her choker instead. She smiled as she remembered the day when Gippal gave it to her, along with some other cute gifts.
A fifteen year old Rikku was sitting on a chair alone. Around her in the big room hung decorations and banners saying 'Happy birthday Rikku' in Al-bhed. The floor and the table was full of gifts like machina toys, clothes, shiny rocks and a lot of other cool presents. It was dark outside, and Gippal hadn't showed up yet, he hadn't been to Rikku's party at all. Rikku hadn't seen him for a week, she felt a tear silently slide down her cheek. Suddenly, she heard the sound of running from outside of the room, the next second, the door flung open, and in the doorway stood a panting Gippal, a large bag hung on his back.
"Did I miss somethin'?" He asked, still panting, he had obviously done a lot of running.
Rikku stood up. "Except for my birthday, NO!" She snapped and turned around, crossing her arms.
"Aww, come on Cid's girl!" Gippal said and walked over to her. "Better late than never, right?" He snaked his arms around her waist and kissed her neck. "You had a fun party?"
Rikku swirled around and glared at him.
"I've been sitting here, waiting, for YOU!" She snapped. "For the WHOLE day! For the whole WEEK! And then you show up at MIDNIGHT, asking if you missed something!"
"Just let me explain." Gippal put his hands up in defense.
"And you didn't eve bring me a present!" Rikku yelled and turned away from him, crossed her arms, and pouted.
Gippal chuckled, then he took out a large nicely wrapped package from his bag and said "Happy birthday Cid's girl!" He smiled, not one of those grins, but a genuine smile; this was the first thing Rikku noticed as she turned to looked at him, but then her eyes flew to the package in his hands. She smiled and tried to grab it but Gippal suddenly held it above his head, Rikku looked him in the face; yup, his trademark grin was back there again.
"Am I forgiven?" He asked.
Rikku grabbed his collar and quickly pulled him down to her lips. She kissed him for a long while, and Gippal who was shocked slightly lowered the box, he was disappointed when she slowly pulled away.
"Not until you explain why you're late." She said as she jumped up and grabbed the present.
"Hey!" Gippal laughed. "Distraction is 'cheating'!" He said as Rikku skipped back and opened the present. She gasped as she saw what was inside; a giant stuffed moomba doll, with a choker loosely hung at one arm.
"Ohhh, it's adorable!" Rikku squealed as she hugged the moomba doll tightly. Gippal walked over to her as she turned around and smiled at him; he took the choker from the moomba's arm and tied it around Rikku's neck.
Rikku tried to look down at it, she saw the feathers attached on it. "What kind of feathers are these?" She asked as she touched them, trying to figure out what kind of bird they came from.
"Phoenix feathers." Gippal said and smiled at her.
Rikku looked up wide-eyed. "Phoenix feathers!?" She piped in a high pitched voice. "Where'd you get them!?"
"I had to scan through the whole friggin' planet to find them, but when I did…" Gippal smiled at the memory, then he looked down, chuckling.
"What?" Rikku asked, not trying to hide her curiosity.
Gippal looked up and grinned a 'very' cocky grin. "Secret." He said.
"Gippaaaaaal" Rikku whined hopping up and down.
"There's more in there." Gippal said and pointed to the present box.
Rikku pouted and turned back to the box, she looked inside of it and pulled out a pair of earrings that also had phoenix feathers on them. There was also one single plume feather that could outstrike the beauty of a peacock feather.
Rikku smiled again and put on the earrings, and then she stood up with the moomba doll in one hand, and moved the plume feather under her eyes and blinked at Gippal seductively.
"Well?" She giggled.
Gippal chuckled and shook his head. "Whatever Cid's girl."
"Aww," Rikku pouted and removed the plume from her face. "Gippal doesn't think I'm pretty anymore?" She stomped and crossed her arms. "Poopie…" She looked down.
Gippal sighed and moved closer to her.
"You know I love you Cid's girl." He patted her head.
Rikku who was still facing the floor grinned. "He fell for it!" She thought before she quickly tackled his chest making him stumble backwards, trying to regain his balance, but before he could do so; Rikku jumped at him making him fall to the floor, with her on top of him. She gave him a wide smile and said "Gotcha!"
Gippal smirked, and then he put his hand behind her head and pulled her into a kiss. At first Rikku just teasingly nibbled Gippal's lips with her teeth, but then she smiled and let him kiss her directly on the lips, she soon deepened the kiss and allowed Gippal's tongue to enter her mouth, swirling around and wrestling with her own tongue, and then…
BANG!
Rikku's thoughts were roughly interrupted by a large thud as the airship harshly landed on the rocky ground. Although it wasn't too bad, the airship was still whole, and Rikku was unharmed.
"Owie…" She said.
The area around the airship was kind of rocky, with (to Rikku's amazement) palm trees sticking up from the mountain ground every here and there.
"Palm trees growing from rocks?" She said and furrowed her brows. "What is this place?"
She glanced around again, and then she sighed.
"Well, might as well call Gippal and ask him where they are." She said and grabbed her commsphere.
It took a while before someone answered, but it wasn't Gippal who answered, it was Bee.
"Hi there stranger!" She said and smiled at Rikku. "You havin' a nice trip?"
"No, and thank happiness it's over!" Rikku said.
"Over?" Bee looked confused. "What do you mean?"
"I've landed," Rikku said. "Can't you see that on the tracking-map?"
"According to the tracking-map you're still moving." Bee said as she looked at a monitor out of vision for the commsphere. "You're moving slower than before, but you're still moving."
"Weird, you sure the map's working?" Rikku asked.
"A hundred percent!" Bee said at once. "I've programmed it myself!"
"Okay, okay!" Rikku said and put her arms up in defense. "Anyways, you guys far away?"
"Not far," Bee said and shrugged her shoulders. "I figure we'll be there in a couple of minutes or so, sit tight till then."
"Alright, see ya!" Rikku said and turned of the commsphere. She sighed deep, but then she felt the airship shake, and the cockpit suddenly flung open. Rikku blinked.
"Well," She said as she stood up and looked around. "Might as well get out of this thing." And then she climbed out of the small pod and sat down at a rock near it. She looked around again and wondered where the hell she was. She sighed and looked straight up into the sky, it seemed like dawn was about to break soon, suddenly a face came into here line of vision, a man was standing behind her looking down at Rikku.
"Well ain't you a sight for sore eyes!" He said and grinned.
Rikku startled and jumped up, she backed away from the man and pulled out her daggers. The man quickly held his hands up in defense and said "Wait, wait, wait! I dun wanna hurt ya!"
Rikku eyed him suspiciously. He wore blue pants, sandals, and an unbuttoned sleeveless green shirt, he also wore a pair of gauntlets in leather and small iron-plates. He was very well-built, he had brown untidy hair and some beard which indicated he had been here a long time, he had a kind face (although it looked a little frightened now) and he spoke in a strong accent, much like the O'aka brothers. Rikku lowered her daggers but kept her eyes at him.
"What's your name?" She asked.
"Wedge…" He said and put his hands down. "What's yours?"
"Rikku." Rikku replied. "So…do you live here?"
"Uhm…not really.." Wedge said and shrugged. "Me boat sank after that storm a couple weeks ago, then I got washed up here."
"Oh…so this is some kind of island?"
"Yup, and a strange one tha' is.." Wedge said. "So uh…is this yours?" He asked and motioned towards the airship pod.
"Uhm…yeah…well…it's a long story!" Rikku said and laughed.
"There any food in there?" Wedge asked. "There's hardly nothing to eat around here."
"No, sorry," Rikku said and smiled in apology. "But there's an airship on its way to come get me, I'm sure there's lots of food there!"
"Well that sounds good to me!" Wedge said.
They suddenly heard a loud noise, as if from an engine, they looked up and saw a light up in the sky.
"Speak of the devil!" Rikku exclaimed as the Priceless came into view.
"Blimey!" Wedge said in awe as he laughed a little.
The airship landed close by, and as the hatch opened Gippal, Raze, Narroj, Bee and a couple of armed workers ran out and up to Rikku and Wedge.
"You alright Cid's girl?" Gippal asked with a smirk.
"I have a name!" Rikku whined while jumping up and down.
Gippal laughed, and when he noticed Wedge he asked "Who's your friend?"
"Oh, this is Wedge!" Rikku said. "He's been stranded here for a couple of weeks now."
"Good to meet ya!" Wedge said and shook Gippal's hand.
"Rikku, we found out why the map displayed you as a moving object," Be said and looked really excited. "It seems this whole island is moving!"
"Moving?" Rikku looked confused.
"We think is some kind of machinery." Narroj said.
Wedge suddenly started to chuckle, and then he said "Ahaaaa…" as if he just realized something.
"What's so funny?" Narroj asked and frowned.
"Oh no, it's just that I finally understand something!" Wedge said and continued to chuckle.
"What?" Bee asked.
"There's a large door in a cave," Wedge said and pointed out the direction. "It looks mechanical and I haven't been able to open it."
Gippal and the others looked at eachother, Gippal looked back at two of his workers.
"You two check the area for fiends," He said, and then he turned to the six remaining workers. "And the rest of you get that pod onboard the airship!" He pointed to the pod Rikku came crashing down with.
"Could you show us this door?" Gippal said as he turned to Wedge.
"No problem mate!" Wedge said and began to walk in the direction he had pointed at earlier, Rikku, Gippal, Bee, Narroj and Raze followed closely.
The landscape of the island was mostly nothing except rocky hills and palm trees, a couple of bushes every here and there, and small caves that looked suspiciously like fiend grottos.
The group reached a cliff next to a waterfall, it wasn't too high, probably about eighty feet, and there was a thin walkway leading down behind the waterfall.
"Follow me!" Wedge said and started to walk. The others followed, except Bee who hesitated; she just stood there, unknowingly blocking the way for Raze.
"Oooh, I hate heights!" She said and stomped. Suddenly, Raze grabbed her by the waist and slung her over his shoulder making her shriek in fright as he carried her down the way.
They all thought that Wedge would just lead them through the waterfall, but imagine their surprise as they stood in a large opening right behind the waterfall. The cave was rectangular, and in the far end there was a large steel door reaching up all the way to the ceiling, there were a large amount of wheels and other mechanical devices, making the door look like the inside of a clock. As they walked inside and Raze let Bee down they suddenly heard shouting from outside of the cave. Gippal turned and looked at the entrance as the shouting came closer, now gunfire was also heard. Suddenly something red as fire leapt into the cave closely followed by Gippal's two scouts.
"Gippal, muug uid! (Gippal, look out!)" They yelled as the creature jumped into the air and leapt over Gippal's head and landed straight at Rikku, making her fall to the ground with it cuddled closely against her chest. Gippal reached for his gun but Wedge stopped him.
"Hold yer chocobos!" He yelled and pulled down Gippal's gun. "It's just a moomba!"
Rikku looked down at the little red thing shaking and cuddled down close to her chest. It had fire red fur on the back and white fur from its nose and down to its hind legs. The fur was spiked up over its head, the paws were really big and its eyes were black and yellow. Rikku's face suddenly lit up as she remembered the stuffed moomba toy Gippal once gave her.
"Ooooooh it's so cute!" she squealed and hugged it tightly. She turned to the two scouts who had chased it. "How could you be so mean to the poor thing?" She glared at them. "Look, he's shaking!"
The scouts looked down, slightly ashamed; being shouted at by Rikku wasn't too fun.
"Alright," Gippal said. "Get back to patrol you two!"
"Oac cen! (Yes sir!)" The two of them said in unison.
As they had disappeared from the cave Gippal turned back and found himself standing face to face with a beaming Rikku.
"Can I keep it?" She asked hopefully. "Pleeeease? Pretty, pretty please? With LOTS of sugar on top?" She leaned closer to him, the moomba still in a tight grasp, it looked just as hopeful as she did.
"I don't think that's a good idea," Gippal said and leaned backwards. "Moombas are even more troublesome than you!"
"Please, I'll take real good care of it, he's not gonna cause any trouble!" Rikku said as her lower lip trembled, she looked like she was on the verge of tears.
"I…well…but…" Gippal stuttered, if there was something worse than Rikku shouting, it was Rikku crying. "Oh for the love of peace, keep it!" He said and flung his arms in the air.
Rikku squealed and flung her arms around him, the moomba squeezed between them.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you sooooo much!"
"Uhm, are you guys done?" Bee said and crossed her arms.
"Yeah!" Gippal panted as he tried to wriggle out of Rikku's bone-breaking grip. "Gah! Rikku! You're cracking my back, and the moomba!"
"Huh?" Rikku said and looked down at the moomba who was crammed between them. "Oh! Ehehe, sorry…" She stepped away and smiled sheepishly.
"If you're done flirting, let's get this door open." Bee smirked, ignoring the death glare Rikku gave her for the comment. "Seems it's some kind of combination lock."
"No." Raze said as he touch some part of the door. "It's something else…"
"I can't make anything of this out." Narroj said as he examined some kind inscription on a block on the wall next to the big door. Raze walked over to him and looked at the plate.
"När apokalypsens bringare har gåt over tröskeln till herravälde…" He read but was soon interrupted by a cracking sound as some of the wheels on the door started to turn, but soon they stopped. Raze looked at Gippal, who nodded and said "Go ahead." Raze started reading again.
"…skall världen störta samman…" Another turning of the wheels. "…dödens arme skall förinta allt som står i dess väg…" More turning wheels. "….och världen skall fördjupas i mörker." Raze finished as the door was loudly pulled upwards.
"Seems the emerald squad is gonna get something to get excited about, huh?" Rikku said.
Gippal grinned, then he turned to Wedge. "You wanna tag along, or do you wanna go get something to eat?"
"You kiddin'?" Wedge asked and chuckled. "I've been dying ta see what's in there ever since I got here, just give me a cigarette and I'll be fit fer fight!"
Gippal chuckled and threw a carton of cigarettes to him, Rikku's eyes widened and she kicked Gippal's leg.
"I thought I told ya to quit smoking!" She bellowed.
"Hey ow!" Gippal said and clutched his leg. "Is that the thanks I get for letting you keep that moomba!?"
Everybody laughed, except for Raze.
"Let's go." He said and walked inside of faith knows what…
(A/N) Okay about that language Raze is stuttering on and on about, it's swedish, just in case you wondered.
And YES Mistress Delavaire, I AM desperate for reviewers, I mean, last chap there were just three reviews, THREE!
I'll try to get the next chapter up sooner, but it's kinda hard, cuz I got a lot to cope with...y'know, school, work, friends, parties, girls, depression, relatives (gah!) and there's and creativity exhibition coming up called UKM, Ung Kultur Möts (Young Culture Meets)....yeeeees I'm gonna be in it, with some sculptures and drawings I made, and maybe I'm gonna be doing some singing to, if I can convince this band to be there and play.....
anyways, in the next chapter you're gonna find out some yummy facts about Raze, hehehee....
