Disclaimer: I don't own anything that isn't mine. If I owned Final Fantasy, I would be a very happy person.
A/N: Ahh! It's been forever since I wrote. I decided to start again after 10 months. I read my first story again and good God it was riddled with errors. They were usually small but things that I notice when I read other people's fanfiction. I'm going to do that soon because it needs it. Oh yeah, I decided to change up a name. I was wondering how I came up with it in the first place... the White Knight's name is now Warren.
Chapter Two: Roasted Turkey
Yuffie looked at the Eagle Air in front of her. The eagle shape of the airplane did nothing to help calm her fears of flying.
"We're flying there?" she asked. Melody grinned widely at her.
"Yep." The grin faded. "I have some medicine for you to take." Melody held out a vial of a watery blood red liquid.
"What is this?" Yuffie took the vial but looked at it with dread.
"A downer potion," Melody replied casually.
"Don't worry, it always works," Warren added in. He paused. "Although its taste is a little unpleasant…"
Yuffie was about to drink the liquid before he said it. The harsh smell of the potion wafted in her nose and she coughed, nearly spilling it. Warren and Melody snickered. "It's not funny…huh?" Yuffie's voice sounded stuffy. "What is this stuff?" Warren and Melody couldn't contain their laughter anymore. They laughed out loud.
Melody stopped laughing and looked at Yuffie seriously. "It's a downer potion. It prevents any sickness from befalling the person. Unfortunately, if you are exposed to it without ingesting it, it creates sickness."
"Like it is now," Warren stated.
Yuffie looked at the potion again. This time she sneezed and a lot of snot came out of her nose. "GAWD how nasty!"
"Just drink the damn thing and get it over with!" Melody suggested with a lot of gusto. Yuffie shrugged and tossed the potion back.
"Gawd! This stuff tastes nasty!" She looked around for something to put in her mouth. "Hey my voice is back to normal!" She did a victory dance.
"I think it would be best for all of us if you wipe your face first," Jess mumbled. Tifa laughed.
"Yuffie, hang on a sec." Yuffie stopped her dancing. Tifa wiped Yuffie's face with a tissue.
"Eww…" Kreutz said with disgust.
'Guys, stop," Tifa scolded.
They boarded the ship and Maverick strapped himself into the pilot's seat. Tifa sat next to him in the copilot's seat. Melody looked around before leaving. Warren followed her. Aeris caught the hint and left as well. Yuffie noticed that she was left with Tifa and Maverick. She could already feel the atmosphere in the room so she left, mumbling something about being outside in case she does gets sick.
'Ooh la la," Kreutz said as he realized the atmosphere of the room as well. 'I think we should leave them alone now.' Tifa felt Kreutz leave. He turned to Jess. 'We could talk about that while they talk about their 'relationship." Jess left as well.
"The Invisible Ship is the best as far as quality goes, but I like the Eagle Air the best," Marc said, catching Tifa's attention. She looked at Marc, who was pushing buttons. After a few buttons were pushed, the Eagle Air roared to life and it took off. "One of its best features is auto-pilot mode." Marc grinned. Tifa grinned back. She looked behind her.
"Everyone's gone…" she observed.
"They wanted to give us room to talk," Marc replied casually.
"Talk…?" Tifa caught the hint. "You mean talk about 'us'?"
"Exactly." Marc turned the revolving chair to face her. Tifa did the same and they were so close that their faces weren't that far from each other. Tifa felt a strange magnetism to Marc and their faces inched towards each other…
A strange beeping sound came from the panels next to them and instantly the magnetism was broken. Maverick turned and pushed some buttons.
"Aw hell," he muttered.
"What?"
"Someone's attacking us," Maverick replied through gritted teeth. He pushed some buttons and he took a hold of the wheel. He turned it to the left and Tifa saw two rockets shoot past where they were moments ago. Tifa looked at a monitor to her right. Two red circles were coming towards the blue square in the middle in both directions.
"Watch out!" Tifa yelled. He jerked the wheel to the right as a reflex and the two circles, two missiles, collided slightly above and to the left of them.
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Aeris was sitting on the edge of the lower part of the ship. The air felt wonderful. The ship was cruising at a nice speed over the snowy plains and the crisp air was wonderful. She turned when she heard the door open behind her. She looked back to see Yuffie exit the ship.
"Hello Yuffie."
"Hi Aeris. It's been a long time."
"Yes it has."
Yuffie stood next to Aeris. "Um, Aeris, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, anything."
"What was it like... you know... to be, um..."
"Dead?" Aeris prompted.
"Yeah, dead."
"Well, it wasn't anything special. The sword created a clean cut through my stomach and I felt my life draining. To me, it felt like going to sleep after being really tired. When I woke up, I was in a large green room. After I walked a little, I found a fountain that a kind old man called the Wellspring. It was from the Wellspring that I was able to talk to Maverick. It was like travelling in a large green expanse of nothingness."
"Wow…" Yuffie breathed. Suddenly the ship was jerked sharply to the right. Yuffie screamed as she flipped over the bar protecting the two. She was barely hanging onto the slippery bar.
"Hang on Yuffie!" Aeris cried. Aeris looked around frantically and found a rope. She took the rope and gave an end to Yuffie. Weak from being in the lifestream for three years, she knew she wouldn't be able to pull Yuffie. She secured the rope onto the bar. "I'm going to get help!"
"Hurry!" Aeris ran into the ship.
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Warren spotted Melody staring outside a window.
"Something on your mind, Princess?" Warren asked. Melody looked at him. She hadn't even heard him come in.
"Actually, yes." Melody looked into his comforting green eyes. Warren was always there for her. "Do you believe in fate?"
Warren paused. "Fate? Of course. As a matter of fact, I curse fate quite often."
Melody tilted her head to the right. A year and a half really couldn't change her best friend, could it? "What do you mean?"
"I wonder about you and me sometimes... actually, a lot." Melody was silent, urging him to continue. "I wonder if I said some things if we would be different. If I said those, would you still have fallen in love with Jimmy? Would you still have left after he died?"
"What do you mean?" Melody asked.
"For instance, when you were unconscious seven years ago, I used to stay by your side for most of the day. Everyday, an old woman walked into the room to sit by the other patient in the room, her husband. On the fifth day, she gave me a rose, saying that it was sweet that I was so devoted to you. She brought a bouquet of roses that day and gave me one, saying I should give it to you when you wake up. The next day when you woke up, I got cold feet. Jimmy laughed and took the rose from me and told you he got it for you. That was really the turning point of your relationship, that red rose. If I gave it to you, would you have disappeared?"
"Warren..." Melody started.
"Melody," he replied. She always heard him call her princess. When he called her Melody, it sounded… sensual.
Melody looked up at her friend, a new feeling enveloping her. He was always there for her, her shoulder to cry on, to laugh with, he was her pillar. She wondered if this was fate...
The ship rocked violently to the right and Melody fell against Warren. She looked up at him, their faces closer than they've ever been. Melody closed her eyes and she felt Warren move closer to her.
"Melody! Warren!" a frantic voice called. Melody's eyes snapped open and Warren stood up, helping Melody regain her footing. Aeris then ran to them, out of breath. "Yuffie almost fell off the ship. You have to help her!"
They followed Aeris outside and they saw Yuffie holding onto a rope.
"Hang on Yuffie!" Melody called. Warren took a hold of the rope and started to pull Yuffie up.
"She's like dead weight," he mumbled. When she was close enough to the bar, she grabbed it and flipped over it again.
"Gawd, I was so scared," Yuffie said. The ship lurched to its left and they saw something hit the ground. Water sprayed on them.
"Wowza! That's cold!" Melody exclaimed. They went into the ship and eventually made their way to the bridge.
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Tifa heard the door open and she glanced at them. Aeris, Yuffie, and Melody strapped themselves into the extra seats and Warren made his way to Tifa and Maverick.
"Mind explaining what the hell is going on?" he asked calmly.
"We're in the middle of a dogfight," Maverick replied, just as calmly.
"One from the left!" Tifa called. Maverick turned the wheel to the left and they saw the missile shoot past them to their right.
Warren sauntered to a seat far to the right and he sat down. He buckled his seatbelt and began pushing buttons.
"Access granted. User: Helix. EA Weapon systems: online," an electronic voice said. He pressed a few more buttons. "EA Cannon: charging."
"How did you do that?" Maverick asked.
"I designed the Eagle Air and the Invisible Ship with Leon, remember? I have access to certain parts of the ship's systems that others don't have."
"You're in weapons research?" Melody asked, surprised.
"Yes." Warren pushed a few buttons.
"EA Cannon fully charged. Fuel usage: 0.0854 percent. Fuel left after use: approximately 95 percent."
"We're ready to rock n roll!" Warren took a hold of the controls by him. "Sorry, Mav, but I'm gonna have to take over."
"Go right ahead."
"I hope everyone is buckled because things are gonna get crazy." Right after Warren finished this statement, they flipped upside down and they were right behind two jets. Warren sped up and was in between the two planes. "Say cheese!" There was a sound and he slowed down so he was back behind the planes and he pushed a large red button. A ball of fire slammed into one of the planes and the explosion ripped into the other plane.
"Woah," Maverick said in awe.
"The magic of Eagle Air Cannon..." Warren said wistfully.
"You designed it, right?" Yuffie asked. "That was awesome."
"Yes it was."
"Photograph analyzed," the computer chimed. Warren pushed some buttons and stood up; the plane was in autopilot again. He walked in between Tifa and Maverick and leaned over and pushed a few buttons. A picture popped up like a hologram and zoomed into a symbol on the side.
"Mists of Gaia," Warren and Maverick said at the same time.
"I'm going to report to Maximus and remember, it could be worse," Warren said, walking to the doorway.
"How so?" Melody asked.
"Instead of being Eagle Air, we could be Roasted Turkey," Warren added before leaving. The group in the bridge was silent, then burst into laughter.
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Please review. I really want to finish what I started. I originally planned to have Yuffie kidnapped but this story has taken a different direction...