Behind the Curtain

Still Kyo's point of view

I nodded as Shiva froze the tears from her face and wiped them off. I looked at the little crystals falling and breaking.

"I am so sorry, all of your friends went through some pain, are you ready" she asked nicely. I nodded, my hair moving gently with the wind. I slowly nodded. Shiva nodded back and pointed at the waterfall. I stepped forward and into the waterfall.

I didn't know what to expect as I passed the waterfall. The pitch black room…if I was in one…was a bit frightening. I felt enclosed. Suddenly, I saw a picture of Alan in my mind.

"Alan?" I said with a bit of hope. Suddenly he disappeared. Then Chanel appeared right after him.

"Chanel?" I said again. She disappeared as well.

"I think I know what is coming next" I said silently. Lenne appeared and disappeared. The next picture was the worst picture I ever saw in my life. It was Alan on the floor…bleeding as if so many knives hit him in the chest. Next to him was Chanel. She was in the same state and so was Lenne. I fell to the ground. Shocked with agony…with pain…with anger. What I longed for…to protect my closest friends. But I will protect them no matter what. Suddenly, my world turned black. I was floating in darkness until I felt hard strike of pain on my head

"NO NO NO! Chanel…in order to wake her up means to shake her gently and pour cold water on her face…not hit her with your gazillion pound dice!" I heard someone say. My eyes opened and I saw a crying Lenne.

"Are you okay?" I asked. She nodded with a smile.

"We thought you were a goner," Lenne said. I felt like something was missing.

"Where is Chanel and Alan?" I cried. Lenne sighed with a smile and turned. I got up and saw Chanel holding her shoe at Alan as he ran around Floral Fallal with her dice.

"Give those back this instant!" Chanel cried trying to whack Alan with her shoe.

"Finders keepers losers weepers!" Alan yelled back. Chanel continued chasing until Alan stopped right in front of me as Chanel whammed right into him.

"Kyo!" he said as dived towards me giving me a hug.

Back to Alan's (My) perspective

"It's ok," Kyo said gently pushing me off. It was Chanel's turn. She then dived onto Kyo. Kyo enjoyed it for a few second until Chanel finally got off.

"What happened?" Chanel said. Kyo looked frustrated as she thank hard.

"It's ok," I said look for my Al Bhed potion. I handed it over to her and she drank some.

"Good stuff," She said as she put the bottle away. Kyo then started looking around. "Where is Lady Shiva," Kyo asked.

"We don't know," Lenne said sadly.

"How are we going to get out of here?" Kyo asked.

"Oh, that's easy!" I said. I walked towards the middle of the field and began to look in the flowers. I could tell Chanel, Kyo, and Lenne thought I was acting like an idiot but I was the only one who remembered how we got in.

"There!" I said clicking on a button summoning a large blue orb.

"Ok, well that's that," Kyo said as she ran towards the portal. I want in too and in a flash, we were back in the Shiva's freezing chamber. I suddenly put my hands on my arms.

"I kind of forgot it was so cold. Why did I forget my jacket," I said still rubbing my hands on my arms. We walked down the halls and out and into our airship. Surprisingly…no one was in the bridge. We went into the elevator and saw Austin and Jason sitting down with Auron, Lulu, Yuna and…RIKKU!

"Oh hey guys, we saw Yuna and her guardians going to the temple and we asked them if they wanted to come to the airship," they said drinking some of their drink. We were all feeling a bit weird after what Chanel and Kyo said about them so we decided to just go to our rooms. But before we left, Lenne asked a question.

"Will they be staying?" Lenne asked hoping for a no.

"Why yes. It's rather cold there no?" Jason said. My eyes showed an emotion of anger but I let it go.

"Good night," we all said as we went down the hall of the cabin. We were passing a room and we heard a lot of moaning. I looked at the rest of my friends as we eavesdropped.

"Yes Wakka, don't stop…" We heard what sounded like Tidus. I turned to my friends with a face of horror and told them to continue to our room quickly.

"What in the world was that!" Chanel asked. I was speechless.

"SO disrespectful…and how is Tidus again?" Kyo asked. I was still speechless.

"What kind of sick minds do they have?" Lenne asked. I finally felt like saying something.

"I kinda suspected that…but please!" I said. "But why here!" I said.

"I don't know but I hope I don't have nightmares," Kyo said as she said good night to everyone. It wasn't long before Chanel and Lenne went into their own bedrooms. I even locked my door just in case they STILL needed some fun.

The next day, the subject everyone wanted to talk about was the thing behind the curtain of water.

"Chanel you go first," Kyo said. Chanel looked down with sadness but started.

"Three years ago, I got a request from a man in the darkest part of Macalania woods to ask me questions. It seemed interesting so I went. When I got there…they began to ask me questions like if I know what a spell is. I didn't know what to think. Then they knocked me out. But when I saw what they did to me, I now hope I never saw. They put me on a spinning wheel, I think it was called the wheel of fortune. They spinned me and it would stop on the slot I most fitted in. I landed on perfect Lady Luck. TO tell you the truth, I didn't know what Lady Luck was, but I learned that they gave me samples of chemicals which gave me the ability of Lady Luck. When I woke up, I caught them running a few test on me and…I…killed them," Chanel finished crying slightly.

"There there, it's okay," I said putting my arm around Chanel's shoulder. "At least you didn't get beat up by people who hate you," I said.

"Hey what happened to you Alan?" Lenne asked. I stopped for a moment. I then finally got the energy to say.

"I saw a memory, a memory showing a time where a group of Yevon's followers raided my home. I was only five years old. I didn't know what to think. Scared that I would lose my home, my life. You see, when you are hated…they will stop at nothing to destroy your life. I was stuck! I didn't have any idea how to escape. Luckily, my parents hid me inside Cid's ship which escaped to refuge. He discovered me in the container I hid in. He didn't take it so likely. But after he saw my eyes, he knew what I was doing there. So in lived the rest of my life on a ship exploring in some caves. I stopped at fifteen as I decided to go to Bevelle. That is where I met Kyo," I said.

"Was it really so horrible?" Lenne asked.

"Well, put it this way, if you lost your home and parents, would you find it horrible?" I asked.

"Yeah," Lenne said quietly. Kyo was about to share hers until the intercom went off.

"Machina Maw to the bridge! HURRY!" Austin and Jason both said. We all left the table and into the bridge.

"What happened?" Kyo asked. Austin turned around.

"Something horrible!" Austin said. "I tried to get the White Phoenix into the air but it all shut down!"

"WHAT?" Lenne, Kyo, Chanel and I said. It then came to mind as I thought of the idiotic girl.

"Where is Yuna?" I asked. I noticed Jason and Austin go as stiff as a board.

"Austin…Jason…where did they go?" Chanel asked. Jason and Austin chuckled nervously.

"See…it wasn't us. Yuna and Lulu bewitched us with spells allowing them to take some of our stuff. I guess they took our engine as well," Austin said. Kyo's eyes glared red.

"That little idiot!" Kyo yelled.

"Where are they now?" I asked.

"We don't know," Jason said.

"Well, we are stuck now!" Chanel said.

"Wait! I got an idea!" Lenne said. She then pressed the button to exit and ran down the ramp. Kyo, Chanel, and I had no choice but to follow her. We ran down the ramp and we found her pointing at the Travel Agency!

"Lenne! You are a genius!" Kyo asked. I went close to her and I heard her say, "Heh, your little plan didn't work! Yuna…you will die and I will be holding the dagger." A little shiver went down my spine but hey, it was Yuna's fault for stealing out engine.

"Listen, not to exclude you guys, but since Rin is Al Bhed, I think I should talk to him before he gets mad at you guys," I said hoping they wouldn't get mad. I walked into the store as I heard the usual "Great to make your acquaintance."

Kyo's Point of View

I waited for a while…like about twenty minutes. I doubt Rin could take this long. Suddenly Rin came out with a huge black bag.

"Hey! Where is Alan?" I asked him with suspicion.

"Who? Oh, he is still trying to carry the engine," Rin said stuttering a bit. I grew suspicious.

"Can we help him?" I asked.

"Umm…no…he is almost out running behind it and leaving on his airship.

"Something is not right," Chanel said.

"Let's go check on him," Lenne asked. I agreed and I went into the shop. He wasn't there! I asked one of the custodians if they seen a short boy go in. He said that Rin and Alan went into the backroom as he pointed to a door behind the counter. We went in there and we were shocked by what we saw. Spots of blood on the floor, a couple of needles, a chair with three straps, and his jacket with a note!

"NO!" I said.

"What happened?" Chanel asked.

"I sense a betrayal," Lenne asked.

"They don't know who he is messing with," I said with infuriation.

"Lets read the note," Lenne said pulling the note from Alan's black and light blue jacket. Lenne began reading.

"Tests, Zanerkand, hurry, death, me, three days," Lenne read.

"Huh?" Chanel asked.

"I think it means that he is in Zanarkand and he might die in three days," I said.

"But how will we get their on time? Our ship is broken remember?" Lenne said.

"Hello? The engine is right there!" Chanel said pointing at a big square of metal on a shelf.

"Ok, I'll carry it and you guys help me when I need it," I said trying to lift up the engine. Chanel smirked as she said, "Kyo, remember I am Lady Luck?'

Chanel snapped her fingers and the engine disappeared. "It's in the engine. Let's hurry and find Alan fast!" Chanel said. We ran out of the agency and into the ship. Austin turned his chair.

"Hey where is Alan?" Austin asked. We nodded our heads in sorrow.

"He was…abducted," Lenne said.

"Why and by Whom?" Jason said.

"Rin," I said. "I am guessing he is working for the guy who summoned Sin in Kilika in the first place," I said.

"Where is he?" Austin asked.

"Zanarkand," Lenne said with a few tears.

"I am setting the coordinates now," Jason said turning to his computer. Austin took control of the wheel as the airship lifted into the air.

"What bothers me is that why Alan?" I asked. Everyone stayed silent.

"Maybe because Alan was the only one in the shop and with less of us, more chance of the bad guy winning," Chanel said. No one said anything the rest of the trip. As the airship hovered over the ancient untouched city of Zanarkand, I began to hope Alan was still alive.