Dark Cloud 2 Fanfic
Chapter 2: We Meet Again----------------------------------------------------------
It has been a few months since Monica has returned to the future, her own time. Since her father is gone, she now has to rule the Raybrandt kingdom. Private tutors, along with Max's own mom, teach her on how to run the kingdom and spread the peace.
For Monica, however, it was just boring.
I had more fun beating the tar out of monsters, Monica thinks. I'm a warrior, not a ruler. Sheesh!
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On the other side, on a different time, Max was having a different type of problem. He dreams about Monica now and then, but is learning to let it go. There was even rumors spreading of him and Claire getting together.
But it wasn't his dreams, or even the rumors that was the problem. The mayor has asked him to brink back Zelmite – an ore used as fuel for the trains – from the old Zelmite mines.
Max wasn't exactly thrilled about the idea. Strange monsters inhabit the mines, and without Monica as her fighting partner, he didn't exactly have as big a fighting chance as he used to.
I'm a thinker, not a fighter. Sheesh!, Max thought. But selflessly, he chose to do the job anyway.
There was work to be done, and Max decided to get an early start.
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Monica has just received alarming news. Several months after they departed, Max was going to die inside the Zelmite mines, killed by a dark, unknown force. Monica wasn't going to stand for this, but according to the rules, time traveling wasn't allowed anymore. And without her Atlamillia, it wasn't really possible.
So secretly, she visited the Great Sage of Balance Valley, for a Starglass to take her back to Max's time.
"You know how to use that, right," asks the Great Sage.
"Yeah, I know," Monica replies, recalling the time that the Great Sage herself used it.
In an instant flash, Monica disappeared. She was on her way, back to Max's time.
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Meanwhile, Max was deep inside the black caverns of the Zelmite mine. He had met several dead ends, and defeated hundreds of tough enemies. He decided to rest for a while in a large, dome-like area of the mines, where there were no enemies to fight. He takes out a bag filled with the bakery's fresh bread, and eats.
He had finally taken Monica out of his mind, and it wasn't bothering him anymore.
Face it, Max, he says to himself. The only way you'll get Monica stuck back into your head is if she suddenly appears right before your eyes. The thought of such a thing happening made him laugh.
But fate can be funny, for at that same moment, the coincidental happens. A flash of a bright light fills the room, and as it disappears, in its place, it is replaced by the figure of a young woman. Monica.
The sight itself made Max drop his half-eaten loaf. Well speak of the angel, he thinks.
"Hey Max," Monica shouts out as she walks towards him.
"M-Monica!" Max replies. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, it got boring back at my time. So, I came back here for some adventure." She quickly thinks not to tell Max of the sad truth.
"So," she says to break the silence. "What were you doing?"
"Well, the mayor asked me to bring back some Zelmite. So, want to come with me? I could really use your help against these monsters."
"Sure," she replies back, took the opportunity and uses it as an excuse to come along with him. This way, she can be there to prevent whatever death was going to come for him.
He was going to die in these mines, I'm sure of it, she thinks. Well, not while I'm around. I promise you, Max, my debt to you will be repaid.
So together, they ventured deep into the heart of the Zelmite mines.
To be continued…