A/N: This chapter's short, but that next chapter should be longer... (Don't get your hopes up.) Sorry this one took a while to update. My net's been acting up. Anyway, 'member to R&R!
Disclaimer: See chapters 1 through 5.
"My Yevon..." Yuna breathed upon staring blankly at the room before her.
Everything was a wreck. Any and all glass was shattered, and furniture was overturned. The T.V. set buzzed in a corner nearby, far away from its' original position. Most noticeable of all was the massive amount of deep red and black blood everywhere.
"Was someone here before we came...?" Yuna asked, and I could tell she was wanting to turn around. The smell was gagging me and the scene before me made it no less.
"I'm not sure." I said, looking about the room as to make sure nothing was around. I saw nothing, so I turned my gaze back down to Yuna.
"Wait..." I thought aloud, taking a quick look down the hallway. "We should have brought Rikku. Didn't she say something about liquid hitting her face when she was trapped under that... thing, whatever it is?"
Yuna looks at the ground in thought before nodding. "The black blood is definately not human. I'd say the red may have come from Gippal, but he didn't lose that much blood."
Our breathing and actions stopped immediately when we heard a soft crunching sound, the sound of glass being stepped on, followed by a low, agonizing growl.
"We should go." I whispered, not taking my eyes off the dark room in which the noise had erupted from. "Now."
Yuna quietly made her way down the hallway, guns drawn and aimed straight out in front of her. I walked backwards behind her, sword in hand, as to make sure nothing followed us out.
Once we walked into the lobby, we were greeted by many stares of the customers, seeing as we both had our weapons out.
We positioned them back in their places and sighed heavily. Yuna quickly walked up to the register and motioned to the man at the front desk to come near.
"Yes, ma'am?" He asked, giving her a smile.
"I must ask you to remove these people from the proximity of this building."
He gave her a questioning look. "I'm sorry, Lady Yuna, but I can't --"
"You can now. You have the high summoner's word to do so."
"But... why?"
Yuna sighs, shaking her head. "I'll explain later. Right now I want them out."
"Everyone?"
"Everyone."
Yuna turns around as the young man ran off to do so, carefully examining each person in the lobby. "I'm sorry to say this, but everyone needs to evacuate the building."
"Now would be nice." I say, seeing none of them move.
Once everyone in the lobby was out, she turned to me. "I'm going to see if I can help some people out of here. Can you go get Rikku?"
"Rikku? Why Rikku?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.
"She knows more about what happened than either of us do." She explains, walking off the way the young man had gone. "Besides I want to make sure she's okay."
She was gone then. I could no longer hear her footsteps.
I exit the building and make my way back toward the hospital.
You better be right where we left you, Rikku. I think with a frown. I'll be damned if you're not.
I enter the building in a haste, wanting to get back to Yuna so I could make sure she was okay.
"Rikku?" I glance around the hospital room, seeing Gippal still asleep and Rikku passed out on the chair in the corner.
I walk over and nudge her, getting no response. I roll my eyes before knocking her off, smirking when she immediately woke up. "C'mon, Rikku. Yuna wants you."
"Yunie wants me? What the--"
I cleared my throat, cutting her off, seeing as I knew what she was implying. "Are you actually this light headed?"
"Only when I'm not somber."
I sigh, seeing multiple beer bottles on the ground. "Still, Yuna wants to see you. So let's go."
"But I--"
I pushed her out the door and she nearly fell on her face. I laugh slightly. "That means now."
"Ya big meanie." She says while trudging down the hallway.
During the time it took us to get back to the hotel building, no words passed between us. Not that I was complaining. There was really no use in trying to communicate with a drunken Rikku.
"Yuna?" I called, walking to where I saw her last. "Yuna, are you here?"
"Over here!" I heard a familiar voice, glancing over my shoulder to see Yuna motioning me to come near.
"Hey, Yunie... Yuna... whatever your name is."
"Don't mind her." I say when Yuna gives her cousin a very confused look.
"Did you find anyone?" I continue, breaking the uncomfortable silence.
"Not that I've found. I've checked every floor. I believe everyone's out."
"Alright, now what are we to do?" I question as I quickly cast a gaze in Rikku's direction, seeing her about to fall asleep upright, then back at Yuna.
"Well, I guess we should go back to the Celsius. Gippal will be fine in the hospital, we can go see him tomorrow. At the moment, I don't want to try to do anything about the problem upstairs, seeing as..." Yuna stared absently at Rikku, who unwilling fell face forward when she passed out yet again. "... Rikku's not going to do us much good." She spoke this last part a bit louder, but to no avail.
"She's gone." I said bluntly, shaking my head.
Yuna laughed slightly as I picked the young Al Bhed up, carrying her as we made our way back to the Celsius.
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