Chapter 4: Into the Freezer
"This isn't the time for your ridiculous questions." I said, looking at Tidus, "Right now our main concern is how to get out of here."
"Hey look, it's a Save Sphere." Tidus said, pointing to the blue orb. I swam toward the orb and saved our progress.
"Now what?" He said.
He is such a blonde. "We walk duh." I said climbing out of the water. We walked along the path worn silently. My De Ja Vu feeling was coming back. Something bad was about to happen. I just couldn't remember what. Suddenly, I could feel the ground give way beneath us. "Oh crap!" I yelled reaching for the ledge but missed. We landed in the water with a loud splash. Oh yeah…that's what happened. "Great. How are we supposed to get out of here?" Tidus asked swimming toward me.
I didn't answer. Something told me this was about to get so much worse. Why couldn't I remember what happened in the game until after it happened in real life? It was getting really irritating. Then three fish things known as Sahagins swam up to us. "What the heck are those things?" Tidus asked.
"It doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure they're here to eat our faces off though." I said raising my fists. Tidus drew his sword and yet another fight began. He quickly sliced through one while I took out another. But before we could finish off the last one, a big old bloody thing came tearing through the water toward us. It ate the last Sahagin then turned on us. "Oh crap!" Tidus said. My words exactly. Tidus swam forward and tried to cut through the fish's armor with his sword, but no dice. "What the heck?" he said shaking his sword, "What's wrong with this thing?"
Before I could speak, the big old fish of doom slapped Tidus across the face. It sent him flying into me. Great…Tidus recovered and rubbed his jaw, "That really hurt you bloody bastard!" he yelled.
"Dude, we're about to be eaten by a fish. Let's get the heck out of here!" I yelled swimming away as fast as I could.
Tidus wasn't too far behind and neither was the fish. I spotted an entrance to the temple. Pointing frantically to the entrance, we swam as hard as we could. We made just in time as the fish rammed its head into the entrance causing rocks to cave in sealing the only known way out. "Perfect. Now I'm going to be stuck here…with you." I snapped at the blonde, who was still lying on the steps, "Come. We might as well look around."
Tidus stood and followed me into the ruins. The deeper we went, the colder it got. After a while of walking, we finally reached a circular room. Tidus walked into the center and knelt down, "Hey Siry, looks like a fire was here not to long ago." He said looking back at me, "There maybe some way to start it back up." We began searching and eventually found some tinder and flint.
"Get the fire started, Tidus. I'm freezing me buns off."
We sat around gazing into the fire. The silence was lovely. It gave me time to think. But of course, Tidus began complaining about food. "I need food." He whined looking at me.
"I'm not your mother." I snapped.
Tidus sighed and stretched onto the floor. I didn't care what he thought about me. I'm not his mother. I closed my eyes and began picturing my life back home, in my own world. Then I heard my mother's voice, "Daydreaming again, Mya? Honestly, you'll never get anywhere if you're constantly letting your mind wander."
But that's what I was…a wanderer. I was never truly happy if I was forced to stay in one place to long. Maybe that's why I tried to escape through my video games. "It's not a game anymore." I heard the Fayth say. My eyes opened suddenly, when I heard Tidus say, "Nooo don't go out. Hold on, I'll get more wood." He jumped from his seat but stopped when his eyes met a pair of yellow ones. Noticing the monster hanging from the walls, I stood beside him, "I think we're in for another battle, Tidy-kins." I said raising my fists. Tidus drew his sword and the Klikk leapt in front of us. I attacked first, unleashing a barrage of punches to the monster's head. Tidus managed to cut through part of the monster's thick skin. An explosion caught our attention and some people walked in. "Hey those are Al Bhed." I said smiling.
A girl, the obvious leader of the band stepped forward and joined our party.
"Hey you're on our side? Cool." Tidus said, looking at the newcomer.
"E lyh cdaym yht ica edasc. Fydlr!" the girl shouted.
Tidus gave her a weird expression. So I translated best I could, "My Al Bhed's a bit rusty but I think she said that she can steal and use items and for us to watch."
The girl nodded, then reached into her bag and pulled out a hand grenade. She pulled the pin and chucked it at the Klikk. It exploded and the Klikk dissolved into pyreflies. Tidus smiled, "Cool." He said picking up the items the monster dropped: Two ability spheres and 5 experience points apiece. We turned to the group just as the girl pulled off her helmet. I knew it, it was Rikku. An Al Bhed, with a really big gun mind you, grabbed Tidus by the hair then began talking in Al Bhed. Another Al Bhed grabbed my arms and pulled them behind my back. They were talking to fast for me to translate. But what I could pick up was something about us being fiends in disguise or their mother just one the grand prize…huh who knew that there was a lottery in Spira. They did make one point very clear: They wanted to kill us. "What are they talking about?" Tidus whispered to me.
I shrugged best I could before Rikku kneed Tidus in the stomach, knocking him out. "Hey what did you do that for?" I said. But soon my world was dark too when I felt the butt of a gun knock the daylights out of me. Oh boy.