'Marcus!' Isobelle shouted below her as Marcus lost his footing on the cliff and fell into the forest beneath. Isobelle looked for a quick way down and saw a rock scree a few metres away 'Hang on Marcus…' she said, more to herself than him, as she moved over to the scree and started to slide down it.
It wasn't the best idea, Isobelle hit her head/ arms/ legs/ torso on everything as she slid, causing her to feel very concussed when she got to the forest floor.
'Nice decent' Marcus said from above her as she laid on the ground, waiting for her vision to clear again.
'How…?' she mumbled as he helped her up, but he didn't answer and as soon as she was on her feet he ran ahead again
'Come on, Blank's waiting…' he called back to her, forcing her to run too. Blank…I'm coming Blank…I'm coming… she repeated over and over in her head like a chant. Suddenly, she fell into Marcus' back, who had stopped and was looking at the scene in front of him.
'Bloody hell…' he breathed as he looked at hoards and hoards of petrified plant monsters. They stretched as far as they could see both ways, the petrified roots blocking the entrance to the forest just visible at the end. Did we really run this far? Isobelle thought, trying to remember the distance they had run, but only coming up with pure fear. She looked the way towards the blocked exit and tried to see a figure, but it was impossible to distinguish anything except stone upon stone. 'You go that way, I'll go this.' Marcus told her, telling her to go towards the exit. She set off; looking at each figure, shivering in fear at the monster's angered faces, their frozen determination to catch someone.
Isobelle looked at the figure twisted in the act of throwing.
'Marcus!' she shouted back the way she had come, her eyes still on the figure in front of her. Without thinking, she reached up and rubbed her hand against the guy's stone cheek. 'You'll be ok soon, real soon.' She whispered to him, stepping back as she heard Marcus approaching. Marcus looked at the figure and brought out the bottle of supersoft. First, he splashed some on the parts of the monster's pincers that was holding the human in place. Almost instantly, the parts became flesh again and fell through because it couldn't cope with such a heavy weight of a stone figure. Then, Marcus splashed the stuff on Blank's face. He's done this before…Isobelle thought as Blank's face became flesh again, his eyes drooping closed. Then, gently, Marcus let the liquid dribble into the corpe's mouth and as the liquid went in, the corpe's body became flesh again and as the last drop touched Blank's tongue, he gave a start and looked around confused, and then he remembered what had happened. He turned to Marcus who was bent over him
'Zidane, is he ok?' Blank asked his voice like he had never been paralysed. 'Did they get out ok?' he asked again and Isobelle stepped forwards.
'He got out ok. We need to go help them now though, in Alexandira.' She looked to Marcus 'I have a feeling they're gunna need our help…' she said and Marcus nodded.
'Isobelle…' Blank smiled and tried to get up.
'No time, Let's go!' Marcus butt in and ran on ahead. Blank and Isobelle watched him go and smiled to one another
we'll greet each other properly in a minute their eyes seemed to say to one another as they ran after Marcus…
'Fallen for the same trap they have!'
'They have fallen for the same trap!' Zorn and Thorn crowed above Zidane, Garnet
And Vivi, who growled up at them again and shouted.
'That was very-'
'Very foolish that-' Zorn and Thorn started to say
'Quit your stupid talk.' Isobelle cut over them, grabbing hold of Thorn.
'Yeah, Shut UP!' Blank joined in and grabbed Zorn.
'OK, GO!' Marcus said to Zidane and the group as he lowered the gate leading to Gargan Roo.
'Isobelle, Blank, Marcus…Thanks.' Zidane said before he carried on out of Alexandria.
Marcus put the gate up again as Blank and Isobelle smiled across to one another and threw the two jesters into the air, where they hit each other and fell into their own trap
'Caught in your own trap are you?'
'Are you caught in your own trap?' Blank and Isobelle laughed, imitating the jesters before running after Marcus out of the castle…
'How we getting back?' Blank asked after a while, they had walked a long way, camped once and now they were just about to pass through the borders of Alexandria.
'Well, I could hitch a ride with my friend in Treno, but he wouldn't let all three of us go with him.' Marcus explained. Isobelle had a thoughtful look on her face then, she started looking around.
'The Shop Keeper…?' Blank asked slowly and Marcus nodded.
'He would just tolerate me, but all three of us would bee too much for him.' He turned to Isobelle who wasn't looking at them 'he's a bit of a grumpy thing you see, but he has a truck to transport monsters and things and he's always driving to Lindblum…' Marcus looked back at Blank as he got no response from Isobelle and shrugged.
Isobelle was as tuned out of their conversation as a teenager is to classical music. Looking around – Remembering scantily - she found what she was looking for. She stood on the chocobo tracks with pride and held up a Gysahl Green…Choco nuzzled into her neck, 'kweeh'-ing softly.
'We could ride on him.' She said to Blank, who shrugged, secretly a little thrilled with the idea. Marcus laughed.
'Guess I'll go hitch my ride then.' He replied, taking his cue to leave. He started walking away, his sword in his hand, ready to attack any monster. They waited until he was out of sight and then looked toward each other.
'Isobelle,' Blank stated and then blushed, for he sounded stupid. 'So, what've you been up to since I was petrified?' he asked, looking at Choco, scratching the chocobo's head. Isobelle was taken aback, the sudden tension between them, it was elasticising time, making her head spin. She collected her thoughts.
'Training Choco...Hanging out in the Hideout…rescuing you…' she said vaguely looking behind them towards the towers of Alexandria and the top of the Evil Forest that was just visible through the Mist. Blank became even more interested in Choco as he exclaimed
'And I bet your boyfriend misses you at the moment…' he said softly, Isobelle couldn't read the thousands of emotions in those few lines she just knew they were there.
'Boyfriend?' Isobelle questioned, a feeling in her stomach making her something slip inside her what happened to my wonderful reunion of Blank and Isobelle? She asked in her head, talking in third person, It was imaginary… her mind replied, making the slippery feeling worse. Blank looked anywhere but at her
'Yeah, well… I just thought, you being in Lindblum…Pretty…' he mumbled off, not looking at her. Suddenly, it clicked in Isobelle's head and she took a step closer to Blank, who was purposely looking to see if he could see Marcus still.
Gently putting her fingers on Blank's chin and pulling him round, she made him look at her.
'What, and miss my chance on a free dinner?' she asked and slid her arms round his neck. He slid his arms round her waist and then they were kissing…
Author's Note:
Awww! Cute huh
Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I went to see the Offspring, made a weekend of it and stayed round my friends for the weekend, but I'm back now.
Wad it worth the wait? Hehe
HSea XxX