Full Throttle

My Point Of View

The cold temperature was already running freely in my body. I could barely open my eyes. My cold legs inside my pants needed to get some warm weather. I couldn't hold on for long. I pulled out my device to see how many degrees it was. FORTY DEGREES! That is so close to freezing point. I then began to lose my vision as my vision turned black. Soon, I was gone.

"I'm sorry," I said with my last breath.

Kyo's Point Of View

The harsh winds were making me so cold.

"How could he survive out here?" I asked my companions. Lenne and Chanel looked at me strangely.

"I don't think he is not alive," Lenne said, a tear dropping down.

"We must try to find his body, it is the only way we could tell," I said in the harsh snow. We went up the mountain until we saw his foot prints! He was here somewhere. We began to follow the tracks to hope he is here and alive. We finally stopped at the end of the tracks. It was him! He couldn't open his eyes. Unconscious it seems he was in.

"Poor thing, the temperature is getting him close to death," Lenne said. I quickly took off my warm jacket and wrapped it around him. I hoped he would survive. He finally opened his eyes with struggle.

"Kyo…I'm sorry," he said with his last breath.

"Damn icy temperature!" I said with my anger. I picked him up and carried him up to the airship. I touched his forehead. He was so cold that I was worried if he would make it. Suddenly I heard a sudden woosh and Chanel's scream. I turned and I was terrified at the sight I was seeing.

"CHANEL!" I yelled dropping off Alan and running to save my friend, my best friend. As we were walking, we weren't aware the thin ice broke and began a snow slide. Chanel was the last in our line we were walking in which had her fall with it down the steep mountain. I saw her try desperately trying to use her magic to try and stop the fall as she ran across the falling snow. I swung my chain that attached to the snow as I tried to grab Chanel's hand. I looked in Chanel's eyes and saw the fear.

"Kyoka…just let go. don't sacrifice yourself, take care of Alan, take care of Lenne, Kyoka, just let go," Chanel said with a few tears falling. I was shocked.

"NO! I will not let go! Chanel, you are one of the most important things in my life…I won't let go!" I cried. However, I knew my kunai with chain wouldn't hold on the ice for long. I knew this well as I saw the blade stick out more then it was when I first jammed it in there. Suddenly, it broke off, and there I was, holding on to Chanel and me falling to my doom. I closed my eyes, hoping to not feel the pain and I suddenly felt a rubbery thing at my feet. I opened my eyes, and I saw that we were stuck in a net. I looked above us, and I was glad to see Alan holding the net, struggling to keep us alive.

"That's the Alan I know," Chanel said smiling. I smiled back.

My Point of View

"Phew, I never knew they weighed so much!" I said wiping the cold sweat off my face. I was just knocked out, and all of sudden, I was back up my feet. "What happened?" I asked myself. Then something answered.

"Your heart, with so much love for your friends, urged you to save them in their time of need," A small, soothing, voice said to me. I looked around and I saw Shiva next to me. "Your heart is strong enough, that I protect your group with my kiss," Shiva said leaning forward near my cheek. As her lips touched my cheek, a shiver went down my spine as her kiss landed. She showed passion, until she left. I already was freezing and her lips just made it worse. What was also weird is that…did she have to kiss me? "May my guidance make you end this war," She said with her final words as she disappeared. I felt my cheek and then continued to pull Chanel and Kyo up. Lenne noticed my struggle with the weight and helped me pull to. When everyone was finally safe. I looked away from my team with sadness. Kyo put her hand on my shoulder.

"It's ok, there was some confusion with you and your copy. It's all fine now," Kyo said.

"Kyoka," I said giving her hug. Kyo tapped my shoulder and I released.

"Let's go in our airship and go to guadosalem to go to the Farplane. I nodded and we all went into the airship. When we went in, we noticed Yuna and her crew went away. I didn't bother asking why. It turned out Jason was going to drive. I knew disaster was to erupt but I kept my mouth shut.

"She kissed me," I said. Kyo, Chanel and Lenne turned around and walked towards me.

"Who?" Kyo asked.

"Shiva," I said looking at Kyo in her eyes. Kyo had her confused look on her face.

"Why?" Chanel asked.

"She said it was some sort of protection spell," I said.

"Was it mouth to mouth?" Lenne asked.

"Fortunately, it was on the cheek. However, she showed so much passion, it was weird," I said. We finally dropped the subject and Jason finally announced he will start the engines. He lifted us into the air and went full speed to Guadosalem. He drove so crazy, everyone standing up was falling and sliding all over the place.

"JASON! DRIVE CORRECTLY!" I yelled.

"Why did I ever hire you?" Kyo yelled. Jason smiled back.

"Just hang on now!" he said as he pulled us into regular speed. I left the bridge and went into the cabin. I sat down on the soft couches in the cabin and looked out the window. I then felt a sudden hand on my shoulder. I quickly turned around.

"Chanel! Hi," I said. I put my head down slightly.

"Don't feel bad, it was just a mix up, just pretend it never happened," Chanel said putting her hand on my head. I smiled back at her and took a breath.

"I am having a very complicated time," I said. Suddenly, the ship stopped.

"Well, I guess we're here," Chanel said lifting me up and leading me into the bridge. As I got off the ramp, I saw the damp smell of Guadosalem, home of the guados. It gave me such a cold feeling. The walls were made of tree trunks which made it dark inside, the ceiling was just the leaves. It was pictured as one of those rainforests that made it creepy. I walked beside Kyo, looking at the guados living here. This gave me the memory of Seymour Guado. "He had to fight Yuna that must have made her tough!" everyone says. That wasn't true. THAT WAS US FIGHTING! But no, Yuna had to take the credit. That is another reason, we, Machina Maw, hate her.

"Hasn't changed," Lenne said. We turned the corner and up the trail into the Farplane entrance. The spirits were drifting the air as pyreflies. The pyreflies had such a nice color to them.

"Because of you," I heard Lenne say silently. I turned to her, but she turned her head. I felt weird inside. Was she talking about me? I dropped the subject and began focusing at the intricate design of the Farplane. The path we were walking on became narrow as we walked more and more. The thin path then burst into a wide circular platform. The platform had some sort of wormhole in the air.

"Let's go in, it's a teleporter," Chanel said walking into it. It was just a moment Lenne, Kyo, and I walked into it as well. I looked around, it was the same place Shiva was in! It was a beautiful place. Flowers were everywhere. Lenne looked around, as if frightened. Suddenly, I heard a voice from behind me.

"I finally found you," He said. I turned around. It was someone looking like Tidus. Whoa…scary point there too.

"Oh…oh dear, Shuyin!" Lenne yelled.

"SHUYIN!" Chanel, Kyo and I yelled. Lenne ignored us and ran to Shuyin. She ended up giving him a hug. He hugged her back, moving his hand softly against her hair. She then looked upon Shuyin's face.

"I have betrayed Yevon, showing them that Machina is okay, that our lives live for the good of all of Spira," she said smiling. Shuyin's happy face then slowly turned to a look of unbelief.

"Huh? Machina isn't bad?" Shuyin asked. I could tell Lenne didn't know what to say.

"Why yes, me and my friends live to show all people that Machina is not bad," She said. Shuyin's look then turned to a frown.

"WHAT!" He said walking towards Lenne slowly causing Lenne to walk back also.

"What is the problem with that," Lenne asked.

"Lenne, we died because of those awful machines. Our love broken because of that," he said.

"How could you say that? Ever since these one thousand years, I have always loved you! Always loved you," Lenne cried. I could see the twinkle in her eyes that she had when about to cry.

"Lenne, I thought I knew you, how could you yell at me?" Shuyin said to Lenne, advancing faster towards Lenne.

"I didn't. I am just saying that Machina is not…" At that moment, Shuyin back handed her. Lenne fell to the ground, feeling the burning ache of the slap. Shuyin went over Lenne and punched Lenne in the face, more specifically, the mouth. Lenne looked up, and I saw the blood flowing down her mouth. However, the blood wasn't the only thing flowing, it was also her tears as she cried.

"Ok that's enough," Chanel yelled as she through her dice at Shuyin's head. Shuyin growled and turned to us.

"You dare to ruin my first meeting with her!" He yelled pulling out his blade. I had enough, I through my grenade at him and he was blasted ten yards from where he stood. He quickly got up from where he stood. He tried to hit the blade at me, but Kyo's chain saved my life as she parried his attack. We quickly scattered around him. He laughed.

"This is just too easy," He said. He jumped in the air and span around many times. He quickly let go of his blade and sliced through our clothes and our skin. Since Chanel's clothes were thin, she began to bleed first and I got many cuts on my stomach. Kyo's armor had protected her. I ran to Chanel while Kyo fought Shuyin. Chanel was not bleeding badly, but if she didn't get it cured, she could have major blood loss. Suddenly, Chanel was surrounded by a white light and her wounds were healed. There was Lenne.

"I wasn't a summoner for nothing you know," Lenne said smiling. We then got in the fighting. I could see the sweat on Kyo's hair and Shuyin hadn't even broken one! I jumped in the air and threw three grenades at a time. He made a shield of some sort and protected himself from it. I knew I couldn't defeat him that way so I began thinking of an idea. I finally thought of one as I saw Chanel's dice.

"Chanel, give me one of your dice!" I yelled. She threw me the dice and I caught them. I kneeled down on the cold rock floor and began using my alchemist magic to work. When I was finished, I handed them back to Chanel and told her the effect. She put them in her pocket and pulled out her cards and set them around Shuyin.

"Move! Kyoka! Move! No! THE OTHER WAY!" She yelled as Shuyin looked at the cards. Chanel turned to Shuyin and waved at him goodbye. The cards then blew up causing Shuyin to go through the painful blast. "Whoa, better then I thought," Chanel said pulling out the dice from her pocket that I gave her.

"Kyo! Catapult!" I yelled as I ran towards her, back facing towards me. As I was just a foot away from her, she knelt down and while I got a small lift from her back, she pushed me up in the air get me twenty feet in the air. To complete my attack, I pulled out four grenades from my coat and threw them with a powerful force. The grenades went so fast I could hardly see them until they attacked Shuyin. Shuyin rolled on the ground from the attack but didn't stand because Lenne attacked her holy magic at him from behind. But our combo wasn't over yet. Chanel threw the dice I gave her at him. Instead of probability, a blast appeared which was powerful. To complete the attack, Kyo detached her Kunai from her chain and threw the kunai with fury. The kunai then hit Shuyin dead in the chest.

"NO!" He yelled as he pulled out the blade from his chest. Suddenly, a portal appeared near them.

"Let's get out of here," Chanel said jumping in the portal. Kyo went in and I went in next. As Lenne was going in, she turned to Shuyin.

"It seems just like yesterday, that you were a part of me. I thought I knew you. Now, you have broken my heart, now, you tore me apart. This is our goodbye I guess," she said sobbing her hardest.

"Lenne…" Shuyin said crawling on the floor after the severe blow on him. Lenne shook her head and looked down as more tears fell.

"I am so sorry…" Lenne said. She looked up and said, "Goodbye…" She turned and went into the portal. Shuyin was so shocked. His love had left him there. Though this doesn't mean that he didn't have a back-up plan. He pulled out his sphere and turned it on.

"Rin, take your troops to section three-two, our enemies are right now there," He said clutching his wound.

"Understood, would you like me to free you?" Rin asked. Shuyin knew that he wanted a chance at life once more. However, he thought of a devious plan for them.

"No, Rin, just make sure you kill them," He said turning it off.

As I went through the wormhole, I never expected to land where I landed.

"WHAT! HOW COME?" I yelled.

"Zanarkand, the place I died," Lenne said silently. However, it wasn't so silent because all of us heard her.

"So that's what Shuyin was talking about?" Chanel asked. Lenne sighed and turned to us.

"Guys, I have a confession I should have told you a long time ago. I lived 1000 Years ago, here, in the great city of Zanarkand. I was a summoner, like the one I am now. I was also a popular songstress. I sang many songs in Zanarkand. I was the, what you call, the talk of the town. I lived happily, having a crush on Shuyin, though it was normal not to tell him. It was then that the war began between Bevelle and Zanarkand. Summoners, which meant me, were sent to the front of the battle lines. Desperately trying to save me, Shuyin attempted to steal Bevelle's ultimate weapon. However, after I learned of his plan, I tried to stop him and succeeded. However, some men from Bevelle tried to stop us and shot us both. I never told him I loved him. Not even today. Though he wasn't the man I knew. When I died, I had a choice between the Farplane and staying here, unsent. And here I am," Lenne finished as she looked at us with worry. I could tell she was scared of her confession. Chanel walked up to her.

"It's okay, we are still friends right?" Chanel asked smiling. Lenne smiled and nodded.

"This is cool and all, but we still are in the middle of danger," Kyo said. We then kept running through the halls. We had to get out of here. Especially since we heard about the mission a unit had which was to annihilate us. We ran and in some points I looked back.

"This brings my memory," I thought to myself. We ran to the maze of hallways. I huffed with irony as I tried to keep my breath. Would this suspense ever end? We took different hallways until we came to a large platform which was our dead end.

"Well, I guess we are stuck," Lenne said. I looked around for a way out. There was no way. It wasn't long before we heard the unit line up several yards away from us and put in their bullets in their guns. Lenne, Kyo, Chanel, and I then joined for a hug. Our final hug together. I was crying like I never cried before. I looked up at the others and saw they were crying too. We looked at our assasins and they finally pulled the trigger. When the shot went through me, time stopped. I felt the coldness in my body, feeling my body just shutdown. Time then went back to normal and then slowed down as I fell. My hair was moving in the air as I collapsed on the floor with my comrades, my jacket slipping off my arms. This was the end of Alan. The end of machine maw. Kyo's face was on the floor as she was the only one I can see. I desperately tried to grab her hand which looked so close but so far to reach. Tears washed my face like a morning shower. Kyoka smiled and I read her lips.

"Good Bye, my friend," were her final words before we both died. I felt worse as I never saw Chanel or Lenne's face before the shot. My vision turned black, like the other times I was to weak to respond. However, this time it was different. This time, I will be eternally dead, eternally forgotten. Days went by and our bodies remained there. Even though I could not hear, could not see, a light blue foot stepped into the foot. She walked towards our skelotens, scattered across the floor. She closed her eyes and began an incantation.

"As clear as the sea, your hearts lived. Your minds were the key, on the high ridge. You quickly reached it, with sorrow and despair. But today, you will be given your life back, with your hearts restored and cared," Shiva said, using her magic on our bones. Slowly before her eyes, our bones began to be covered with our skin covered with out clothes. Our hair appeared too and when I awoke with my wounds all healed, I awoke. Kyo and Chanel awoke too. I smiled at them and we hugged each other. However, our happiness was ceased when we saw Lenne's body gone. I looked around and behind me but to no Lenne.

"Shiva…where is Lenne?" I asked, hoping that she wouldn't say what I thought happened. Shiva closed her eyes with sadness and all of us could tell it wasn't because she is late to arrive.

"Lenne was dead…when you knew her already," She said. Chanel got up and put her hands on Shiva fiercely.

"But you could have still revived her!" She yelled, shaking Shiva. Shiva kept her eyes closed and finally opened them.

"Yes, I could've, but as I talked to Lenne in the Farplane, she told me to not bring her back. She said to tell you guys that she needs to stay in the Farplane, and to tell you that you were the only true friends she had," Shiva said as Chanel gently released Shiva and fell back into Kyo's and my arms. She was sobbing hard. We couldn't help but to sob as well. "I know this is a tragic lost, but she wanted to give you her sphere," Shiva said showing us a light blue sphere. We got it and held it together in our palms. Chanel wiped the tears from her brown eyes clicked on the sphere. It was Lenne in the Farplane.

"Hey guys, what's going on? I know, this isn't the time. Well, I am in the Farplane. It isn't that bad, It's so fun to explore around here. I am miss you guys so much. Please don't cry on me. It's all okay. Shiva tried to bring me to life, but I said no. I am so sorry that I am not there, but I need to talk to Shuyin and settle what has been going on here. Don't worry about me. I am okay. Oh! And before I forget, Rin is gone. With my last piece of real strength, I sent him to the Farplane. However, don't think your adventures are over yet. I will always be with you people and protect you. I guess I will have to go. Bye," Lenne finished as the sphere recording completed. I smiled at the message she left. I looked at Kyo, whose face was like mine. She looked at me and we picked up Chanel from the floor.

"You okay?" I asked Chanel. Chanel looked at the floor and then looked at me as she hugged me.

"Yeah, I'll be alright," She said. She released and hugged Kyo. We left Zanarkand temple and into our airship.

"Mission status?" Austin asked. Kyo smiled.

"Complete," Kyo answered. The airship flew back to Kilika, our home. We went into our house at the edge of town and I was so happy to be home. We stayed there for about seven months until we received a call from Jason.

"Machina Maw…we have a distress call. Mission?" He asked us. I looked at Kyo and Chanel. They nodded.

"Yeah, Mission," I answered through the intercom.