Chapter Four: Rikku The Prophet?
Rikku and Serendipity went back to Serendipity for Hire, where Paine was waiting for them. Obviously they had some plans for Rikku, and she was about to find out what they were.
RIKKU: You'd kept secrets from me for the longest, S.D. What is it that you want with me?
SERENDIPITY: When you go back to your time, I want to come with you.
RIKKU: WHAT?
PAINE: Are you out of your mind, Serendipity? Have you no idea the ramifications of your actions if you go back in time?
SERENDIPITY: I do. They will be worse than the ones caused when Rikku came here. But I always believed that..
PAINE (Sighs): Here we go.
RIKKU: What is it, Paine?
PAINE: Serendipity thinks that a great prophet will come from a time void and lead her to the chosen heroine so she can beat Sephiroth before he takes over the world.
RIKKU: Chosen heroine?
PAINE: Yuna.
RIKKU (nodding her head): Oh.
SERENDIPITY: I expected the arrival of a prophet to come from the past, so I can go back with her to that past, so I can find High Summoner Yuna.
RIKKU: Whoa, whoa, whoa! You think Yunie has enough power to beat Sephiroth?
SERENDIPITY: Sephiroth's biggest fear is being killed by a summoner. Why do you think he killed Aerith as quickly as he did?
PAINE: Aerith wasn't a summoner.
SERENDIPITY: Summoner. Ancient. Same thing. As I was sayng before Paine RUDELY interrupted me, Sephiroth knew Aerith and her White Materia had enough power to destroy him. That's why he had to kill her by any means necessary.
PAINE: We all thought Cloud Strife killed him, but 10 years ago, Kristi Shinra released him from his slumber, and he cause havoc and destruction on the continent bearing his name. His greed grew bigger and bigger. He pit The Pillars of Mana against each other.
RIKKU: Sort of like how Shuyin pit Nooj, Baralai and Gippal against each other?
PAINE: Bingo.
SERENDIPITY: Rinoa was the first to die. Kristi shot her. Sephiroth then killed Vivi, Tifa, Laguna, and Kristi..in that order. After he took over Mako, he easily took Gaia, and he staked his claim on Pandora. He's slowly taking over Spira, little by little. He started by torching Besaid...with a meteor..(she starts crying)
RIKKU: I'm sorry, Serendipity. You have family in Besaid?
PAINE: Yes. Many people Serendipity cared about lived in Besaid.
SERENDIPITY (choked up): Sorry, Rikku.
RIKKU: Now I see why you want to go back in time and get Sephiroth before any of this terrible stuff happens. So what do you want me to do?
SERENDIPITY: You'll help me. Rikku?
RIKKU: Of course! And I'm sure Yunie will help as well.
PAINE: That's assuring to know.
SERENDIPITY: First we have to get to Chateau Shinra in Kilika. He's the only person in Spira with a time machine.
PAINE: He's the only one in Spira that believes your "prophet coming from the past" story.
SERENDIPITY: Well, it happened, didn't it, Paine?
PAINE: Yes, Serendipity, it did. In the form of Rikku, but it did.
RIKKU (thinking to herself): Rikku, a prophet? Wow! This is such an honor..
SERENDIPITY: As I was saying..
RIKKU: Huh? Oh, sorry, S.D.
SERENDIPITY: We'll use Shinra's time machine to take us back to your time, precisely 15 seconds AFTER you went into the wormhole, leading you here. That should be enough time to stop Kristi Shinra and The Turks from getting away.
PAINE: All well and fine, Serendipity. But how are gonna get to Chateau Shinra?
SERENDIPITY: The Celsius, of course.
PAINE: ARE YOU NUTS?
SERENDIPITY: No, why?
RIKKU: I'll wait outside.
Rikku walks outside, while Serendipity and Paine have it out about the airship.
PAINE: If we take the Celsius, Sephiroth will be here quicker than Esthar Soldiers on the trail of Sorceress Adel!
SERENDIPITY: It'll be fine. Sephiroth is in Galbadia, Pandora. There's no way he's gonna get here quick enough for him to find out I'm Yuna.
PAINE: You're sure about this?
SERENDIPITY: Trust me, Paine.
PAINE (in an unapproving voice): Fine, Yuna. Fine.
RIKKU: Is it alright to come in?
SERENDIPITY: Yeah, Rikku.
So Rikku comes back into the room and rejoins the conversation.
SERENDIPITY: The airship is up and ready to go. We'll be at Shinra's in no time at all.
RIKKU: Great! (thinking): I wonder he's like in this time..
So Rikku, Paine and Serendipity all boarded the Celsius. Paine sat in the navigator's chair, while Serendipity took the pilot's chair. The Airship roared loudly and smoke came from all around it, almost covering Serendipity for Hire. As Serendipity pulled the throttle, the airship lifted up into the air, and they were no off to Kilika Island, to see Shinra about getting back to the Rikku's time.
Rikku and Serendipity went back to Serendipity for Hire, where Paine was waiting for them. Obviously they had some plans for Rikku, and she was about to find out what they were.
RIKKU: You'd kept secrets from me for the longest, S.D. What is it that you want with me?
SERENDIPITY: When you go back to your time, I want to come with you.
RIKKU: WHAT?
PAINE: Are you out of your mind, Serendipity? Have you no idea the ramifications of your actions if you go back in time?
SERENDIPITY: I do. They will be worse than the ones caused when Rikku came here. But I always believed that..
PAINE (Sighs): Here we go.
RIKKU: What is it, Paine?
PAINE: Serendipity thinks that a great prophet will come from a time void and lead her to the chosen heroine so she can beat Sephiroth before he takes over the world.
RIKKU: Chosen heroine?
PAINE: Yuna.
RIKKU (nodding her head): Oh.
SERENDIPITY: I expected the arrival of a prophet to come from the past, so I can go back with her to that past, so I can find High Summoner Yuna.
RIKKU: Whoa, whoa, whoa! You think Yunie has enough power to beat Sephiroth?
SERENDIPITY: Sephiroth's biggest fear is being killed by a summoner. Why do you think he killed Aerith as quickly as he did?
PAINE: Aerith wasn't a summoner.
SERENDIPITY: Summoner. Ancient. Same thing. As I was sayng before Paine RUDELY interrupted me, Sephiroth knew Aerith and her White Materia had enough power to destroy him. That's why he had to kill her by any means necessary.
PAINE: We all thought Cloud Strife killed him, but 10 years ago, Kristi Shinra released him from his slumber, and he cause havoc and destruction on the continent bearing his name. His greed grew bigger and bigger. He pit The Pillars of Mana against each other.
RIKKU: Sort of like how Shuyin pit Nooj, Baralai and Gippal against each other?
PAINE: Bingo.
SERENDIPITY: Rinoa was the first to die. Kristi shot her. Sephiroth then killed Vivi, Tifa, Laguna, and Kristi..in that order. After he took over Mako, he easily took Gaia, and he staked his claim on Pandora. He's slowly taking over Spira, little by little. He started by torching Besaid...with a meteor..(she starts crying)
RIKKU: I'm sorry, Serendipity. You have family in Besaid?
PAINE: Yes. Many people Serendipity cared about lived in Besaid.
SERENDIPITY (choked up): Sorry, Rikku.
RIKKU: Now I see why you want to go back in time and get Sephiroth before any of this terrible stuff happens. So what do you want me to do?
SERENDIPITY: You'll help me. Rikku?
RIKKU: Of course! And I'm sure Yunie will help as well.
PAINE: That's assuring to know.
SERENDIPITY: First we have to get to Chateau Shinra in Kilika. He's the only person in Spira with a time machine.
PAINE: He's the only one in Spira that believes your "prophet coming from the past" story.
SERENDIPITY: Well, it happened, didn't it, Paine?
PAINE: Yes, Serendipity, it did. In the form of Rikku, but it did.
RIKKU (thinking to herself): Rikku, a prophet? Wow! This is such an honor..
SERENDIPITY: As I was saying..
RIKKU: Huh? Oh, sorry, S.D.
SERENDIPITY: We'll use Shinra's time machine to take us back to your time, precisely 15 seconds AFTER you went into the wormhole, leading you here. That should be enough time to stop Kristi Shinra and The Turks from getting away.
PAINE: All well and fine, Serendipity. But how are gonna get to Chateau Shinra?
SERENDIPITY: The Celsius, of course.
PAINE: ARE YOU NUTS?
SERENDIPITY: No, why?
RIKKU: I'll wait outside.
Rikku walks outside, while Serendipity and Paine have it out about the airship.
PAINE: If we take the Celsius, Sephiroth will be here quicker than Esthar Soldiers on the trail of Sorceress Adel!
SERENDIPITY: It'll be fine. Sephiroth is in Galbadia, Pandora. There's no way he's gonna get here quick enough for him to find out I'm Yuna.
PAINE: You're sure about this?
SERENDIPITY: Trust me, Paine.
PAINE (in an unapproving voice): Fine, Yuna. Fine.
RIKKU: Is it alright to come in?
SERENDIPITY: Yeah, Rikku.
So Rikku comes back into the room and rejoins the conversation.
SERENDIPITY: The airship is up and ready to go. We'll be at Shinra's in no time at all.
RIKKU: Great! (thinking): I wonder he's like in this time..
So Rikku, Paine and Serendipity all boarded the Celsius. Paine sat in the navigator's chair, while Serendipity took the pilot's chair. The Airship roared loudly and smoke came from all around it, almost covering Serendipity for Hire. As Serendipity pulled the throttle, the airship lifted up into the air, and they were no off to Kilika Island, to see Shinra about getting back to the Rikku's time.