Chapter 7
I'm Sorry Girls
I went back to my room and a sphere was waiting for me there. I didn't know how to use it. I pushed a button and it began to glow a different color. I assumed it was recording me so I set it down and began to talk.
"Hey." I said waving to it. "This feels silly...talking to an orb I've never used before."
I sighed and thought for a moment.
"Gullwings, by the time you've watched this sphere Leblanc and I will have stolen something from you. A broken sphere I think it was." I said sounding very depressed. "I don't know why we're taking it from you, but I feel bad about it, ya?"
Ever since I played Final Fantasy X I got into a habit of talking like Wakka from time to time.
"Humanity on Earth isn't different from Spira, we're just hurting one another. I seem to be a real thorn in your sides, mostly Rikku's, and I don't like it. I wish I could just explain everything to you all. I'd quit the Leblanc Syndicate in a moment but I owe that woman my life. She gave me a place to stay and put food on my plate to eat. I'd be dead without the boss." I pleaded wiping something from my eye.
"We're leaving in five minutes!" I heard Ormi yell. It probably was caught on the sphere too.
"I have to go soon. I have an idea, I'm going to suggest sneaking onboard your ship and hiding on it. If you get this sphere find me in your engine room. I think you have one I just hope I find it. Please I just want to talk with you all. Cause I don't want to be your enemy and I don't want to be hated by all of you." I mustered trying not to tear up.
"Ever since I came here everyone has been calling me Aeon but my real name is..." I began as the door knocked.
"Time to go! Move it!" Logos yelled to me.
"On my way!" I shouted back. "Sorry." I pushed buttons again and it stopped glowing. Hopefully I recorded it successfully.
I placed it in my pocket and left my room. I joined Leblanc and the others on our way to Youth League Headquarters. I was looking forward to it.
"Oh boss, I wanted to ask you something." I spoke up.
"What is it love?"
"I came up with a plan to hide on their airship and hopefully learn some of their secret like where they are going and if they find a sphere before us. This would be the perfect time." I told her trying to perk her interest.
"Hmmm. Well it would be useful as long as you are not caught."
"Even if they caught me I'd get out. I beat them twice and I'm sure I could do it again." I said proudly.
"Very well love. I leave it in your gentle hands." She said seductively. Leblanc had a knack for talking like that to men.
"We're here!" A male goon announced.
We got on their ship and nobody was around, it was empty.
The inside of this ship was amazing! Nicely designed and everything, the technology was incredible, years ahead of anything on Earth. There it was again...Earth.
Everything about Spira reminded me of Earth mainly because it wasn't Earth. We got on an elevator and went to their bridge and it was amazing. I just wanted to reach out and push every button I could.
"I found it!" Ormi said in a booming voice holding up half the sphere.
"I'm taking my place." I told them running to the elevator.
I went down to the cabin and placed my sphere I made on one of the beds. Now all I had to do was make my way down to the engine room and wait for them to get back.
I hid in an alcove under the stairs and just sat there. Then the ship started rumbling. They must have gotten on. However the sounds of the engine running made me sleepy so I dozed off while waiting.
I woke up to wind hitting me in the face. I was on the deck of the ship. I got scared very fast.
"How'd I get up here?" I yelled with panic on my voice.
"We brought you." I heard Paine's voice behind me. Yuna, Rikku, and Paine were standing there.
"Did you three see that sphere I left you?" I asked hoping they weren't about to throw me off the ship.
"Yes we did. It kind of surprised us at first. We never really knew one of Leblanc's men to just sympathize with us before." Yuna said as I stood up.
"I still say he's lying!" Rikku shouted crossing her arms.
"Why do you hate me so much Rikku?" I asked her almost crying. If there was one thing that would really hurt me it was the idea of being hated by anyone.
I walked past them into the ship. I went to their cabin and sat on a bed staring at the ceiling.
"Maybe joining Leblanc wasn't such a great idea. I'd rather have just wandered on my own than be hated by people." I said to myself.
"Spira isn't much of a happy place. I figured the Calm would make everything all peaceful with no more fighting, but it's not like that at all. I wish I played through this game so I'd know why everything is the way it is." I said aloud.
"What game?" I heard someone say to me. I stood straight up and was looking Yuna in her blue and green eyes.
"It's a secret." I told her.
"Where are you from? What part of Spira?" she asked me.
"I'm not from Spira at all. I'm from Earth." I told her.
She seemed a little shocked by that fact but she believed me. After all her lover wasn't even from Spira either.
"What is your name anyway? You never said it on the sphere." She asked me again. That's right. I had to leave before I got to say it.
"It's a little embarrassing to me." Then Paine and Rikku entered.
"Can't be that bad." Paine told me crossing her arms.
"My name isn't Aeon. My real name is Ashley." I told them. Yes its true. I have a "girls name".
"I never would have guessed you had a name like that." Paine said. "But I never really guessed what your name would be."
"I never would have guessed a lot about any of you three either. Yuna and Rikku have changed over the years. Can't say I know a lot about you though Paine." I told her.
"How have I changed?" Rikku asked me.
"You're not as nice as I thought you would be...meanie." I told her.
"You get on my nerves kid." She told me pushing my face out of the way.
"Is that all you wanted to tell us? That you're sorry?" Paine asked me.
"Yes. I'm in a really tight spot right now. If I quit Leblanc's gang it'll be like saying I'm ungrateful for all she's done for me. If I stay there the three of you will have to come after me eventually. Does that mean you'd kill me if you had to? That question made all three pairs of eyes go wide. "I guess if it were the three of you it would be okay. It might even send me back home again. Who knows?"
"Don't talk like that." Yuna said to me. "We won't kill you. That's not what we're after. I understand how you must feel right now, but I think it would be best if you went back to Leblanc right now. Perhaps someday we can all work together."
"I guess you're right. But before I go one thing. If I was given the choice of working with Leblanc or the Gullwings I'd pick the Gullwings." I told them exiting the cabin.
"Why?" Rikku asked me.
"Palyica Yuna ryc y hela ycc." I laughed.
"Oui banjand!" she spat at me in Al Bhed. The more I spoke the language the nerdier I felt.
"Ouinc ech'd pyt aedran!" I said to her just to see her reaction.
"Argh!" was her response. Making her angry at me was kind of funny in a way.
I walked up to the bridge and the crew took me to the Thunder Plains, walking distance from Guadosalam. I managed to walk back without being hit by lightning. I, like Rikku, had a fear of lightning.
I arrived back at Leblanc's chateau and just went to my room and slept the rest of the night. I cried again though. I knew that the Gullwings were going to face me again. Deep down I wanted them to kill me, just to end this suffering I'm having. I want to be their friends but this conflict is preventing it. I was also worried about what I was going to tell Leblanc tomorrow. I really didn't learn anything to give her. I guess I would have to fake it. I'm not bad at improvising anyway so I should do okay.
I'm Sorry Girls
I went back to my room and a sphere was waiting for me there. I didn't know how to use it. I pushed a button and it began to glow a different color. I assumed it was recording me so I set it down and began to talk.
"Hey." I said waving to it. "This feels silly...talking to an orb I've never used before."
I sighed and thought for a moment.
"Gullwings, by the time you've watched this sphere Leblanc and I will have stolen something from you. A broken sphere I think it was." I said sounding very depressed. "I don't know why we're taking it from you, but I feel bad about it, ya?"
Ever since I played Final Fantasy X I got into a habit of talking like Wakka from time to time.
"Humanity on Earth isn't different from Spira, we're just hurting one another. I seem to be a real thorn in your sides, mostly Rikku's, and I don't like it. I wish I could just explain everything to you all. I'd quit the Leblanc Syndicate in a moment but I owe that woman my life. She gave me a place to stay and put food on my plate to eat. I'd be dead without the boss." I pleaded wiping something from my eye.
"We're leaving in five minutes!" I heard Ormi yell. It probably was caught on the sphere too.
"I have to go soon. I have an idea, I'm going to suggest sneaking onboard your ship and hiding on it. If you get this sphere find me in your engine room. I think you have one I just hope I find it. Please I just want to talk with you all. Cause I don't want to be your enemy and I don't want to be hated by all of you." I mustered trying not to tear up.
"Ever since I came here everyone has been calling me Aeon but my real name is..." I began as the door knocked.
"Time to go! Move it!" Logos yelled to me.
"On my way!" I shouted back. "Sorry." I pushed buttons again and it stopped glowing. Hopefully I recorded it successfully.
I placed it in my pocket and left my room. I joined Leblanc and the others on our way to Youth League Headquarters. I was looking forward to it.
"Oh boss, I wanted to ask you something." I spoke up.
"What is it love?"
"I came up with a plan to hide on their airship and hopefully learn some of their secret like where they are going and if they find a sphere before us. This would be the perfect time." I told her trying to perk her interest.
"Hmmm. Well it would be useful as long as you are not caught."
"Even if they caught me I'd get out. I beat them twice and I'm sure I could do it again." I said proudly.
"Very well love. I leave it in your gentle hands." She said seductively. Leblanc had a knack for talking like that to men.
"We're here!" A male goon announced.
We got on their ship and nobody was around, it was empty.
The inside of this ship was amazing! Nicely designed and everything, the technology was incredible, years ahead of anything on Earth. There it was again...Earth.
Everything about Spira reminded me of Earth mainly because it wasn't Earth. We got on an elevator and went to their bridge and it was amazing. I just wanted to reach out and push every button I could.
"I found it!" Ormi said in a booming voice holding up half the sphere.
"I'm taking my place." I told them running to the elevator.
I went down to the cabin and placed my sphere I made on one of the beds. Now all I had to do was make my way down to the engine room and wait for them to get back.
I hid in an alcove under the stairs and just sat there. Then the ship started rumbling. They must have gotten on. However the sounds of the engine running made me sleepy so I dozed off while waiting.
I woke up to wind hitting me in the face. I was on the deck of the ship. I got scared very fast.
"How'd I get up here?" I yelled with panic on my voice.
"We brought you." I heard Paine's voice behind me. Yuna, Rikku, and Paine were standing there.
"Did you three see that sphere I left you?" I asked hoping they weren't about to throw me off the ship.
"Yes we did. It kind of surprised us at first. We never really knew one of Leblanc's men to just sympathize with us before." Yuna said as I stood up.
"I still say he's lying!" Rikku shouted crossing her arms.
"Why do you hate me so much Rikku?" I asked her almost crying. If there was one thing that would really hurt me it was the idea of being hated by anyone.
I walked past them into the ship. I went to their cabin and sat on a bed staring at the ceiling.
"Maybe joining Leblanc wasn't such a great idea. I'd rather have just wandered on my own than be hated by people." I said to myself.
"Spira isn't much of a happy place. I figured the Calm would make everything all peaceful with no more fighting, but it's not like that at all. I wish I played through this game so I'd know why everything is the way it is." I said aloud.
"What game?" I heard someone say to me. I stood straight up and was looking Yuna in her blue and green eyes.
"It's a secret." I told her.
"Where are you from? What part of Spira?" she asked me.
"I'm not from Spira at all. I'm from Earth." I told her.
She seemed a little shocked by that fact but she believed me. After all her lover wasn't even from Spira either.
"What is your name anyway? You never said it on the sphere." She asked me again. That's right. I had to leave before I got to say it.
"It's a little embarrassing to me." Then Paine and Rikku entered.
"Can't be that bad." Paine told me crossing her arms.
"My name isn't Aeon. My real name is Ashley." I told them. Yes its true. I have a "girls name".
"I never would have guessed you had a name like that." Paine said. "But I never really guessed what your name would be."
"I never would have guessed a lot about any of you three either. Yuna and Rikku have changed over the years. Can't say I know a lot about you though Paine." I told her.
"How have I changed?" Rikku asked me.
"You're not as nice as I thought you would be...meanie." I told her.
"You get on my nerves kid." She told me pushing my face out of the way.
"Is that all you wanted to tell us? That you're sorry?" Paine asked me.
"Yes. I'm in a really tight spot right now. If I quit Leblanc's gang it'll be like saying I'm ungrateful for all she's done for me. If I stay there the three of you will have to come after me eventually. Does that mean you'd kill me if you had to? That question made all three pairs of eyes go wide. "I guess if it were the three of you it would be okay. It might even send me back home again. Who knows?"
"Don't talk like that." Yuna said to me. "We won't kill you. That's not what we're after. I understand how you must feel right now, but I think it would be best if you went back to Leblanc right now. Perhaps someday we can all work together."
"I guess you're right. But before I go one thing. If I was given the choice of working with Leblanc or the Gullwings I'd pick the Gullwings." I told them exiting the cabin.
"Why?" Rikku asked me.
"Palyica Yuna ryc y hela ycc." I laughed.
"Oui banjand!" she spat at me in Al Bhed. The more I spoke the language the nerdier I felt.
"Ouinc ech'd pyt aedran!" I said to her just to see her reaction.
"Argh!" was her response. Making her angry at me was kind of funny in a way.
I walked up to the bridge and the crew took me to the Thunder Plains, walking distance from Guadosalam. I managed to walk back without being hit by lightning. I, like Rikku, had a fear of lightning.
I arrived back at Leblanc's chateau and just went to my room and slept the rest of the night. I cried again though. I knew that the Gullwings were going to face me again. Deep down I wanted them to kill me, just to end this suffering I'm having. I want to be their friends but this conflict is preventing it. I was also worried about what I was going to tell Leblanc tomorrow. I really didn't learn anything to give her. I guess I would have to fake it. I'm not bad at improvising anyway so I should do okay.