A/N: Hopefully this chapter will be as long as the last one! I'm going to start up-date chapters really quickly. Think of it as making up for the huge gaps between chapters that happened before! I'm gonna start dedicating all my chapters to someone. You don't have to have reviewed from the beginning or anything, I'll just maybe pick my favourite review etc! Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 8!
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Faith
"Ooohh, just how long is this path anyway?" Martha moaned. The path was now making it's way along a cliff edge. We were surrounded in darkness, I could only just see Lillie in front of me, and Martha behind.
"We must have reached Omega's lair by now!" Lillie said, leaning against the cliff edge.
I turned around and stared back along the path we had just come. You could see further when you looked behind, because of the light from the caves. My attention was drawn to an area to my right, miles behind us, all the way back near the actual caves of the ruins.
"Look!" I said, pointing to where my attention was, "This path doesn't lead to Omega's lair! Can you see that area back there? That's Omega's resting place! We're way past it."
"So ... where does this path lead then?" Lillie asked, squinting so she could see where I was indicating.
"No idea. You still up for checking it out?" I asked, facing the others. Martha gave me the thumbs up and we carried on walking. After five minutes of continuous walking, further into the gloom, Lillie pointed out we were descending. The path was heading downand it was getting extremely steep.
Martha stopped, "Do we keep on going?"
"We might as well. I mean, we've come this far."
"On we go!"
::Where The Path Ends::
"A dead-end!" Lillie sighed, "We came all the way here for a dead-end?"
"Aw, man, that bites," I complained. The three of us leaned against the huge rock which was blocking the path, making it a dead-end. "So, what now?"
"We just ... head back, then." None of us moved.
"Wonder what Holly and Victoria are doing. Buddy's not contacted us yet so I guess nobody's found Maechen yet," Martha said, inspecting the boulder blocking our path.
Lillie's face was scrunched up in confusion. She looked at her watch. "Hey, guys, it's been almost four hours since we were dropped off. Didn't we all decide we'd regroup after two hours? How come no one called us?"
I checked the communicator. "There's no signal. We must be too far out. We were still in the caves two hours ago so we probably lost contact as soon as we arrived."
"That sucks."
"Yeah ..." Martha mumbled. A few minutes later she exclaimed, "What's this?"
"What's what?" I said, peering her shoulder. She pointed at what appeared to be a small dial, camouflaged with the rock. "Try it."
Lillie turned the dial 360 degrees clockwise, and we stepped back. Suddenly, the path beneath us collapsed. It turned out we had stepped on a panel, which had swung opened in reaction the dial. We dropped down onto a stone slide that spiralled downhill.
::At The Bottom Of The Slide::
"Oof!" I cried out as we hit the bottom. Everything was pitch black because I had my eyes closed. I just lay there, eyes clamped shut, listening to the mumbles of the others. After a few minutes I managed to open my eyes. Lillie and Martha were lying down next to me. From the way they were acting I guessed they had they're eyes closed too, but I couldn't see their faces. They were hidden by the mass of pink, purple and white flowers.
"Flowers ...?" I muttered, glancing around. "Whoa!"
"Huh?" Martha and Lillie said in unison.
"Come on, get up!" They didn't move. "Get up!" I yelled in their ears.
"Bugger off ..." Martha slurred.
"We're in the Farplane!!" I called. Ha, that made them sit up.
"What?!" Martha shrieked, gazing around, her mouth wide open in astonishment. "H-h-how? We didn't come ... that far!"
Lillie was gob smacked, but she reasoned with Martha. "The path did start heading down at one point. And then the slide, well, that was pretty steep. And lengthy. But, some one built the path. Why would they build it to the Farplane?"
"Because ... all other entrances were blocked?" I suggested. "Were we are now, in time, it's only about a month after the end of FFX2. In the game, you can't enter the Farplane because things were going wrong. That was Shuyin and Vegnagun messing things up. But, what if the Farplane stayed the same, still dangerous to enter? And the holes stopped becoming functional?"
"There'd be no way into the Farplane! So some person needed to get into the Farplane? Martha asked, puzzled.
Suddenly, I had a brainwave. "Or what it somebody needed to get out?"
"Nemesis," Lillie muttered.
I shook my head, "If he needed out, he couldn't have built the path. Unless ... Unless, maybe for a few seconds, he had his chance to escape. The Farplane doorway in Guadosalam might have been unguarded for a small period of time!"
"He snuck out," Martha continued, "Came to the Omega Ruins, made his own opening, and built a path for easier access!"
I stood up and started pacing. "Remember what we said earlier? About the path being built sometime before the end of FFX and FFX2? That's when he got out! Instead of sneaking past a guard at Guadosalam, he could have escaped during the period of FFX and afterwards, but before X2, when no body guarded the place! Or, he could of escaped during X2 when the holes had been newly made!"
"Uh, guys ..." Martha said.
"So, any guesses on when he made his break for freedom?" Lillie asked,, ignoring Martha.
"Um, I think it's more likely he would have ran during X2. Mainly because of all the problems that were already happening in the Farplane about Shuyin and so on. Everybody's attention was on somebody else!"
"Uh, guys!!"
"Yeah, it fits in, doesn't it? I'm just wondering why the holes might have stopped become functional-"
"Uh, GUYS!!!"
"What?"
Martha pointed behind me. I turned around and guess what I saw? The one, the only ... Trema.
"Very good theory," he sneered, advancing on us, "Amazing how you got so much right ... But, amazing as it may be, it's information to the enemy and I can't allow it to spread!"
"Why would you ... stop this information from spreading?" I enquired. "Are, are you helping him? Nemesis?"
"Maybe so, but what's it to you?" He mocked, "You're not going to be able to tell anyone soon! Lips sealed forever ... What a pity ..." He started shaking his head slightly in a sardonic way, laughing quietly. Then he withdrew his weapon and snarled, "You're not going to win, so don't pain yourself by trying!" And at that, we were in battle.
::Ten Minutes Later::
Things were not going too well. In fact, things were disastrous. Trema was totally pummelling us, which isn't a surprise really. We were miles away from the Level 90 standard you're meant to have before you take on Trema. And anyway, this was Trema resurrected, of course he was going to be dangerous. I'm not going to even bother explain the fight, it's a waste of time. After all, I'm sure you've guessed we weren't the ones that dealt with the Big Bad Dead Guy (i.e. Trema). So, I'll start the explanation from the end of our turn at fighting. I'll only get humiliated if I start any earlier. Here's what happened:
"I told you not to try ..." Big Bad Dead Guy laughed, pretending to pity us. Hmph, yeah right.
"Being cocky never helped anyone. You'll get what's coming to you," I said, only it came out in more of a whisper. I wasn't exactly bursting with energy. At any rate, Big Bad Dead Guy (now to be known as BBDG for short) went into hysterics at this.
"I'd like to see anyone try to destroy me. You just think of me as invincible!"
That's when BBDG discovered what it felt like to be wrong. Shame it wasn't me that taught him the lesson, though. More information? Read on.
"What the-?" Martha yelled, as BBDG was engulfed in a immense beam of light, and surrounded by colourful explosions. He was being attacked from behind. "Where to I recognise that attack from?" Martha mumbled. I knew what she meant, I recognised it too, and so did Lillie, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. The attack lasted for an era, but when it finally came to a stop we realised that it had been worth. I think you've grasped what had happened. BBDG was not as unconquerable as he made out to be.
"Invincible, my ass," I spat. The three of us walked around BBDG's dissolving body, to try and find our saviour. And our saviour was ... Bahamut's Fayth.
A/N: This chapter is one and a half paragraphs into five pages. My longest ever! I'm getting really positive reviews, so please keep them up!