CHAPTER 3
The next morning everyone except Brother was at a Gullwing meeting to decide what should happen to Marlene.
"Well we could leave her with Lulu and Wakka." Buddy sugested. "No. Lulu and Wakka are expecting a baby of their own, they might not want her under their feet. And you know Wakka." Yuna said. "Why don't we just vote for a new leader and throw Brother in jail for abuse?" Rikku asked with hope in her voice. "Nah we can't do that. If we do it will set a bad name for the Al bhed." Paine exclaimed. "We could leave her in care of the djose temple. Brother's worst enemy is there, Brother won't even think to look there." Shinra asked. All heads perked up at that idea. "Sounds great!" Rikku said. "We'll take her there as soon as she's ready." Buddy said. "Ok." Yuna said quickly, going to tell Marlene the news.
"So you're going there to get away from Brother." Yuna tryed to explain to the girl curled up in her arms. "But I want to stay with you." She cried. "And I'll come and see you. I really will." Yuna said trying to calm her down. "But what if Brother dosen't let you?" Marlene carried on. "I won't listen to him. I'll force him to let me come." Yuna seemed realeved when Marlene stopped asking. "But what if he's mean to me?" She asked Yuna, putting her back on Yuna's shoulder. "What if who's mean to you? Wait do you mean Gippal?" Yuna asked her, Marlene nodded in reply. "He's nice, you'll like him, Paine know's him, and if Paine got to know him he won't do anything mean." Yuna said, trying to ease Marlene's worries.
"Marlene." Came Paine's voice from the stairs. "It's time to go."
When they got to Djose, Gippal was outside talking to someone in Al bhed.
"Gippal!" Rikku shouted running up to him. "Hey it's Cid's litle girl." Gippal teased messing up her hair. "I have a name." She complained. "We bought another little girl instead." Paine spoke, walking past him. "Huh? Who?" Gippal asked. "She's with Yunie at the moment. It's best we go in your office to talk about her." Rikku said. "Uh ok."
"You see. That's Gippal over there." Yuna told Marlene pointing at Gippal. "He's the man your gonna stay with." Yuna continued. "Come on."
"Seymour's daughter huh? Ok I'll look after her. But the minuite she's trouble she's outta here." Gippal told the three sphere hunters.
"Thank's Gippal." Rikku said walking over to the small girl hiding behind Yuna's leg. "You be a good girl now." Rikku ssaid and hugged her. "You keep us posted." Paine said walking out of Gippal's office. "Well goodbye Marlene. You call me every day. I'll come to see you every friday." Yuna said and hugged Marlene. "But I don't want you to go." She said. "It's ok. Only five day's till then." Yuna spoke. "Ok. I'll miss you." "I'll miss you to. I've gotta go now incase Brother wakes up. Goodbye Marlene." Yuna said walking out the door. "Goodbye ." Marlene called after her.
After they had left Marlene didn't know what to do, so she decided to go outside and play with the monkeys.
"Gippal? Fryd yna oui tuehk uid rana? Ed'c vnaawhk!" An Al bhed asked, wondering why he was out here freezing to death when it was nice and warm inside. " Yuna ryc ycgat sa du dyga lyna uv drec pnyd. Pid dra get taletat du lusa uid rana yht bmyo cu E's cdilg eh dra lmt." Gippal complained. "If you want me to come in so you can get warm why didn't you ask?" Marlene asked him reciving a shocked look from him. "You speak Al bhed!" Gippal asked, shocked that even though her father had tried to wipe the Al bhed off spira, his daughter still knew their language.
"Yes. I know Al bhed. Do you want to go inside?" She asked him, standing up with a baby monkey in her arms. "Yeah. It's cold. Rikku will kill me if you get ill." Gippal said taking the small girl into the building.
In Gippal's office he realised that Marlene still had the baby monkey. "Marlene. You can't have a baby monkey in here." Gippal said.
"Ok. I'll go put it back." Marlene said walking out of the building. "Maybe they got the wrong kid." Gippal said, his face an expression of shock at how easily controlled she was. That could be a good thing or a bad thing.
"Marlene! Don't go off with anyone!" She heard him call after her. "Ok!" She called back.
"Here you go mr monkey." Marlene said, letting the monkey go. Just then she felt a shadow loom over her. "Hi. I'm Nooj. Is Gippal here?" She heard him ask. She nodded her head in reply and watched him go into the building.
"Marlene!" She heard a voice call from the bridge. "Yuna!" She screemed running up to see her. "Rikku says that you can come back to the airship." Yuna said picking the girl up. "I can?" She asked excited. "Yes you can. Paine came up with the idea that you can come to the airship in day and come on mission's with us." Yuna explained. "Would you like that?" She asked with hope in her voice. "Yes! But I gotta go tell Gippal. Hey told me not to go off with anyone."
"Mr Gippal?" Marlene said walking into the office. "Woah! That's the first time anyone's called me Mr before. Just call me Gippal." He asked her. "Yuna's here. She want's to talk to you." Marlene said looking at the stranger in red. "Ok. I'll be back Noojster."
When outside Yuna explained to him about the conditions that had been discused on the airship. "Sure. And are you sure that's Seymour's daughter?" Gippal asked her. "Onehundred persent definate." Yuna said picking up Marlene. "See ya later." Gippal said walking back inside.
"Yay! Marlene's back!" Rikku shouted running in circle's. "What made you change your mind?" Marlene asked Paine. "When you were away Yuna sulked." Paine said remembering the way she had to hold Yuna back from beating Brother up. "You bet! She wouldn't talk to anyone. Appart from Brother and that was just to tell him it was all his falt." Rikku laughed.
Marlene had fallen asleep. The airship was taking her back to Djose, at the moment they were over Besaid. It was 10:00 at night.
"Yuna." Paine said walking up to her. Yuna was taking Marlene to bed. "Yes Paine? Aw, she's so cute when she sleeps." Yuna said clasping her hands together. "I just want to say not to get to attached." Paine said seriously. "What are you talking about?" She asked kissing Marlene on the forehead. "Don't get to attached to Marlene." At those words Yuna's temper flared. She had lost her family, the man she loved and was now being told to let this girl who she had also become attached to, let go. "I've lost almost everthing I love! I love this girl as a daughter!" Yuna screemed. "Which is why we all don't want you to get attached! But I guess were to late." Paine solomly said walking back down stairs. "What do you mean we?" Yuna called after her. "All the Gullwings and Lulu and Wakka." She called back leaving Yuna.
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