Chapter XI
The wedding
I never would've thought the Al Bhed's Home would be so enormous. I had turned into several halways and not a single sign of Lady Yuna's presence. Bolt was of great help destroying many fiends and Guado. The Guado we left to live, but we did not even think of sparing the crude fiends who were attacking helpless Al Bhed. "Lady Yuna!" I cried her name, but no respond. The screams were silenced as well. Maybe they cast Silent on her, I thought. That would slightly difficult the case.
We rushed through the home many times but could not find her. I felt lost, appologised, and started to look for an exit. I realised tact would be handy, so I send away Bolt and went looking myself. This way I could easily enter rooms, which had been impossible because of Bolt's giant body. So, I enterred one of the rooms, hiding from passing Guado. I heard a sudden familiar voice and when I peeked around the corner I saw the blonde guardian again. Just while I was considering on going to inform him about Lady Yuna, someone tapped my shoulder.
I turned, fear clutching my breath. I cooled down when I saw a thirteen year old Al Bhed girl. "Lady Summoner!" she cried. "What shall we do? The Guado are after us!" "Don't worry, I'll take you outside, safely. Just follow my lead!" I said bravely. After letting two machina pass I ran out of the room, the girl following my steps carefully. Hiding behind pipes and doors, we slowly found our way through the Home.
"We are almost at the exit, Lady Summoner," the girl, named Casa, cried full of relief. "Thank you!" That's when we were spotted by a Chimera. His three awful head roared at us and Casa sank down on her knees. "Ur! Bmayca ramb sa, Lady Summoner! E pak oui!" "Cdyo pareht sa, Casa! E'mm dyga lyna uv res!" I said, swinging my staf and starting with casting Shell and Protect on both of us. If I can protect us with enough white magic, we can beat this thing easily, I thought and also casted Nulfire, Nulshock and... We were both hit by Ice Breath.
Although Shell took most of the damage, it still hurted. I heard Casa screaming with pain and I myself also sank to my knees. I prayed and we cured. I stood up again, an angry expression on my face. It would take all of my magic I still had left, but mad with fury I did it anyways. Raising my staf again I cried, "Holy!" I watched how the balls of holy magic took care of the Chimera and the pyreflies went up and to the Farplane. Casa embrassed my legs and started crying tears of joy. "Dryhg oui, cu silr, Lady Summoner! Oui cyjat sa! E dryhg oui!" Smiling, I pulled her up. "Zicd kad ic uid uv rana." She smiled still beaming with joy and relief, happy to be still alive, and took me outside, pulling me along with my hand.
The sun burned my skin. I breathed in the warm air, but Casa kept pulling me with her. "It is not safe, Lady Summoner, come!" She led me to a hoover, hidden behind a big sandhill. She started the hoover and in a matter of minutes the screaming and sound of explosions had faded.
We drove for hours and I did not know where I was going. Thoughts ran through my mind. Sanubia Dessert was an island... how in the world would I get out of this place? Out of this place and back to Audax. I just hoped he did as I told him: wait. I had put on my hood, protecting my face from the strong sun rays. I loved him. I would tell him I love him, no, no I couldn't. I would, I said it on the sphere, no. I had to make another one. No, I should leave it that way. I wanted to see his reaction, look into his eyes...
"What are you thinking about, Lady Summoner?" Casa asked, who was driving the hoover. I shrugged. "E muja so guardian." She looked over at me, but could not catch my eyes because of the hood. "Ouin guardian?" She was silent for a while. "Tuac ra ghuf?" "Hu," I said shaking my head and suddenly, started crying. "Yna oui ugyo?" she asked and stopped the hoover. I told her everything, how I felt. I wanted him to know, I did, but it would be too hard for him. He already found it hard I was on a pilgrimage as his best friend. "E ihtancdyht. Pid, pameaja sa, Lady Summoner ed ehtaat fuimt pa pacd ev oui tet hud damm res." "E ghuf, E ghuf." I sighed deeply, hiding underneath the hood. "Ed'c zicd rynt, Casa."
"Hey! Yna oui dfu ymnekrd ujan drana?"
Casa waved her hands happily at the two Al Bhed who came running from behind a hill. "Oac! Fa'na ymnekrd!" she cried with her hands around her mouth. "Cra'c y cissuhan yht fa cruimt aclund ran pylg du Djose Temple yc vycd yc fa lyh!" They stopped and one of them pointed behind him. "Drana'c y zad nayto ujan drana, ed'c hud cu pek, pid ed'mm dyga ran pylg cyvamo!" She restarted the engine. "Don't worry, Lady Summoner, you'll be reunited with your guardian in no time!"
A couple of minutes later we found ourselves flying a small reddish jet. "Djose Temple, cdnyekrd yrayt!" one of the Al Bhed flying the jet yelled. I bent over and indeed saw through the enormous window we were approaching Djose Shore. "Alright," I smiled. "Dyga ic tufh, kioc!" Casa said cheerfully and we started descending. In a matter of time, the jet landed on the shore and Casa and I got off. "I must proceed travelling, Lady Summoner," Casa said. "But I do hope we shall meet again!" She prayed and I did as well. "Safe journey, Casa." She hopped back on board and the jet took off. "Yht oui cdyo uid uv dnuipma!" I laughed. I waved her goodbye and the jet shot into the cloudless sky, onto a new destination. I pierced my staf into the sand and sat down. I waited till sun down, and then went back to the travel agency.
I found Audax downstairs, pacing up and down as usual. "Ruf yna oui?" I grinned. He spotted me and hugged me. "I'm so glad you're okay!" he cried, tightly wrapping his arms around me, which hurt because I was almost entirely burned. I forced a painful smile and patted him on the back. "I'm fine." "How did you escape? Where did they take you?" he asked. I smiled. "Long story, but first. Are you Al Bhed?" He rolled his eyes. "Nope," he said and raised an eyebrow. "Why?" I shrugged. "Oh nothing, you and the Al Bhed just seem to have certain things in common."