Chapter 6: Going on a trip

"So, where the hell are we going?" Tidus asked as the three of them ate breakfast. "We are going to Zanarkand." Lenne said between mouthfuls of scrambled eggs. Yuna sat staring off into space, thinking about the past. How Tidus could do such a thing. How he could… No, people do stupid things when they are drunk. "But first we are going to make a sidetrip." Yuna said.

"Where?" Tidus asked.

"I'm going to show you what happens when you are eighteen and your boyfriend is too stupid to use a rubber." Tidus looked own and said softly, "I'm sorry. I regret getting you pregnant, but I can't do shit about it. So, where does the kid live?"

"Right now, he is awaiting me to collect him from juvenile hall."

"What is his name, anyway?"

"Victor Delacrioxe."

"Delacrioxe?"

"His adoptive parents that were murdered three years ago were French."

"I see. Are we takin' him with us?"

"Yeah." Yuna said vacantly.

Sieg and Victor walked around, discussing things. "So, you will take care of her, right, Sieg?" Victor asked, gesturing at Siela.

"Of course. And Arcia."

"Good." It was about this time that a guard, tall, Ronso and hornless, walked up to them and said, "You. White haired one. You mother here get you. You leave. Yuna here."

"Yuna will never be a mother to me. My mother was killed three years ago."

The guard, Kimarhi, grabbed Victor by the arm and dragged him to the lobby where a man and two women, most likely twins, stood looking around. Victor forced himself from The Ronso's grip and walked forward. The woman with the short hair said in a soft cooing voice, "Come here, son." Victor grudgingly walked forward.

They were all in the car and driving toward the airport. They boarded an air ship and rode toward Zanarkand. The driver wouldn't go in, but dropped them off outside the ancient gates. They walked in to find several fiend corpses, many with bullet holes and sword wounds. They saw smoke bellowing from a nearby building and walked toward, unanimously deciding that that would be the best place to start. It was the place where Rikku was, but she wasn't alone. Two gruff looking men were there, both with guns and one of them also carrying a sword. Yuna ran over and hugged Rikku while the rest stood in the doorway of the ancient building. After they had exchanged names and such things, they decided that they would spend the night in Zanarkand and begin the journey the next day. Tidus and Victor weren't sure what they were talking about, but were both sure that they weren't going to like it.

"The tower holds all worlds together. All Ka are respondent to it, and all Ka are controlled by it. We, We are a Ka-Tet. A group of Ka brought together for one purpose or another. Ours is to protect the tower." Roland said in the morning while they all got ready. "Spira, Mid-World, Earth. They are only three of the countless worlds that the tower controls. We are going to stop others from controlling it. With it anyone could do anything they wanted, but they would become a tyrant. No, we must become the guards."

Yuna looked up and asked, "Why? Why us?"

"Because none of you have any other purpose."

The group trudged along through the calm lands that had once held an amusement park. Beasts roamed here and there, and in the middle of the plane a large hive erupted out of the ground. Its inhabitants had been the cause of the destruction of the amusement park, and of all of the fiends that had roamed there. Dante held his sword at the ready, not trusting the docility of the land. Rikku stumbled and they all tensed up. They came finally to the hulking building… if that is what it could be called. It was organic, no metal was used to make it, and it pulsed as if it had a heart. Dante put away his sword and pulled out his pistols. Rikku grasped her knives firmly in hand. Tidus pulled out his sword. Yuna brought out her pistols. Lenne gulped and Victor drew his huge longsword. From mysteriously camouflaged entrances suddenly came out creatures only one of them had seen before. Dante's eyes widened as the xenomorphs crawled out of the tunnels.

Dante said calmly, "They are deadly fast and intelligent. They have acid blood and the guns will be our only option. They will want to capture us alive to spawn more of them. No sword will withstand the blood, and you couldn't get that close anyway. Aim for their heads." They demonic warriors crawled cautiously closer. Dante suddenly did a roll to the left to separate himself from the others. The bullets rang out from six handguns. Dante's and Yuna's were magically loaded, so they never had to reload. Rikku threw a grenade that was dodged and run from. The demons were brutally intelligent, but they were no matches for bullets. Acid burned the ground, but was ineffectual against each other. Now the battle was to begin.