Ok, Sea Monkeys! See? I'm just ahead of the game with this story! Almost done! One or two more chapters to type up, and then we're there. So, we had Creepy Machine and Bad Man who made said machine and then the wind and then a sword cut. Let's see what happens!

I do not own FF X-2. I'm just borrowing it! I'd be really rich if I owned it.

And the brings us to right now. Everyone up to speed? Good, cause I'm not going through it again. I don't have the energy. Or the time. What? You want to know what happened after I sliced and diced the Creepy Machine? It's not good. You're rather not know, I'm telling you. You still want to know? Alright, but I warned you!

All that crackling power that was around the machine and the wall pretty much kicked my butt. It was like getting hit with lighting dipped in poison. See? Told you that was mega bad juju! Not only that, but the Creepy Machine decided it would like to explode and throw my pitiful self all the way back to that statue with the not-quit-human man on top.

That's about it. Here I am, leaning against the pedestal in a pool of my own blood. I got hit with a bunch of shrapnel. I'm not enjoying the moment, I can tell you. I have my eyes closed too, cause it's too much trouble to keep them open and focused on anything. Not that there was anything to see. It was all dark without that light from the energy. Oh well, I guess my epitaph really will be what I said earlier, cause this sure is a dark, deep hole. Meh. It's that damn machine's fault. Putting such a big piece of -

"RIKKU!"

"Huh?"

It took all of my strength to open my eyes and look up. There was a light coming down from above me, along with a buzzing sound of a search machina. It had to be a search machina…there wasn't anything alive down here to buzz around my head…I hope Damon got away…I'll be so sad if he got hurt…

"RIKKU! RIKKU!"

"Gi-" I had to stop and hack and cough, cause my voice was not going to cooperate with me without a fight. The whole hacking thing hurt more than you realize. Lots of internal injuries here. All the facial movements made my face start bleeding again. "Gippal?"

"She's awake! RIKKU! Hang on; I'm coming down to get you!"

"Gi…Gippal…how'd you find…me?"

"You left a trail an idiot could follow through all that dust. You scared the shit out of me when I spotted all that blood. Just hold on, I'll be there soon."

"No."

"What? Ri, you're not thinking right!"

"No…This place…it's Bad, Gippal…Bad…"

"I don't care if its capital 'b' bad! I'm getting you out of there!"

"Don't…bother…I won't…make it…"

"Stop it, Ri! Just hold on a bit."

"Ha…Ha...don't make…me …laugh…it…hurts…"

I pulled my hand away from my stomach, making it make a 'sluuuuup' sound cause of all the blood. The blood on the floor was from a wound on my stomach. Or in it, I should say. There was a piece of metal longer than my hand sticking out of my lovely toned stomach. Lodged somewhere between my organs was more of it. No idea how much, but it's enough.

I looked into the camera and wondered just what Gippal was thinking. I know I look bad. I can hear gasps of horror and someone barfing every meal from the last week. I'm dirty, bruised up, scratched up and cut up, long gouges on my face and sitting in a pool of my own blood. Not a pretty picture. I cant' imagine what my expression is. Probably bad.

"Just…destroy the…entrance…and leave…"

"Ri…" Was that a sob I heard in Gippal's voice? Didn't know he cared that much. "Ri…I'm not leaving you down there…even if…"

"Stay out…and…leave me…alone…"

"No! I-"

"Do you…want…to watch me…die…that bad?"

"No Ri! You won't die! Just wait!"

"It's…alright…it doesn't…even…hurt…any……more…"

My eyes blurred again, and this time I couldn't stop it. I don't hurt anymore…it feels so good…I'm so sorry Gippal…we never did get to finish that did we? Maybe…I'll get to…see…Mom again…

Yeah. Sad huh? Rikku dying down there…alone…sniff Hit the 'GO!' button and maybe it will be remedied! Thanks heaps!

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