Chapter 2
Ratchet looked behind him and saw the man gaining on him. Ratchet pushed down on the accelerator and quickly avoided an icicle which soared by, inches from his neck. He flew over a tree stump in front of him and flew over a few trees below him. He swerved to the side to avoid another fireball only to have the over bike smash into him. He spiraled down only just maintaining control and pulled up to avoid ramming into the ground he tried to slow down as he was going to fast to be able to dodge trees. He put his foot on the brake only to find the man had broken it in the crash. He tried to pull out into somewhere were he could jump off but he couldn't risk smashing into a tree. Doing the only thing he could he jumped off the bike just before it crashed and exploded as it hit a tree. Ratchet stood up dazed and jumped to the side as the man zoomed past him. As he jumped he could just make out that he had spiked blue hair under his hood. He turned around and saw the man coming back at him with his hand raised about to cast another spell. He put up his arm so he couldn't see the bike that was about to smash into him, when he heard a gun fired. He looked up to see Yuna standing in a clearing aiming two guns at the bike which was now smoking. The man tried to fly into Yuna but then Rikku dropped down from a tree landing on the bike behind the man. She tapped him on the shoulder, he then looked around and she smiled and kicked out knocking him off the bike. She then herself jumped off as the bike came to the same fate as Ratchet's exploding as it crashed into a tree. Ratchet got up panting and saw Tifa run out from the direction of where the man had gone.
"He's gone" she said.
"We're friends of Ratchet" Squall said to the ranger guessing from the surroundings that they were in his world.
"How can I know if that's true?" the ranger replied.
"How can you tell it's not, not true?" Squall replied.
"Well what if it's not, not, not true? I mean… er… well I guess I can believe you for now. But you're still gunna be watched mister!" The ranger said and passed back through the doors.
"At least they didn't blast us." Rinoa said to Squall.
"At least they recognize us as friends for the time being." Squall answered. "We should try and see if Cloud or Vincent are on the ship. I… oh shit." His slash down his face which Sephiroth had given him had begun to bleed.
"Hang on; I've got some wet clothes in my bag." Rinoa said. She opened up her bag and pulled out a piece of white cloth which she poured some water over.
"It's okay Rinoa, really I'm fine." She ignored him and softly cleaned up the blood that was dripping down his face.
"I don't think it'll leave a scar but you really need to be more careful Squall" she said smiling. Squall smiled back at her which was something he rarely did. Rinoa went to move her hand away and put her cloth back in the bag but Squall took her hand and held it to himself. They looked at each other for a moment slowly getting closer together when suddenly a loud siren went off and a voice echoed over a speaker.
"Yo, um dudes, there's like a security breach and all so you like go an check it out while I'll… um… cover things from the control room. Later." Squall looked up and ran to the doors to try and help out if he could, while Rinoa followed after him.
"So who was that?" Ratchet asked.
"We don't know" Rikku answered. "He appeared about a week ago and he's just been hiding in shadows. Know and then someone will see him but most people don't come back. You were about to suffer that fate. If it wasn't for Yunie and me! I thank you." She bowed and looked up again at everyone.
"We've set up a sort of protection unit against him. We haven't done much although we've run into him a couple of times." Tifa said.
"We only just saved Paine and Wakka from him yesterday." Yuna said. She was sitting on the ground looking at the ground as if she was thinking.
"So you're scared he's gunna do something real bad?" Ratchet asked.
"Yep" They all answered together.
"That's crazy! You'll probably get killed! Can I join you?"
The man put down his hood and pressed a button on the control panel. An image then came up off a robot with burning, red eyes.
"Did you get him?" The robot asked.
"I'm afraid not my friend, he escaped due to the help of those annoying girls again."
"Arrgghhh! Get him soon! I want that lombax dead I tell you!"
"Patience soon we shall get them. But first I want to get the girls. And who knows maybe the lombax will also come. I've got the bait now I just wait."
He turned around and looked towards a cage in the corner, inside was a boy with blonde hair and a large glove on his right arm sitting silently in the corner.
"Soon Nefarious we shall have all of them!"