I haven't updated for sooooo long. I'm soo sorry. My writing style has kind of changed, but I still hope you enjoy this chapter.

The Unknown

The trip to Luca had become a quiet one. No one was talking and Liane had slowed down. She was so quiet.

When we approached Luca's gates, we were met with a horrible sight. People were screaming and shops were on fire. A random person grabbed Liane and was crying at her for help. Of course, Liane being the helpful person she ran right into Luca without thinking of the dangers.

'Liane!' I heard Lulu yell out.

Liane had already disappeared into the burning city of Luca though. I looked around nervously. Suddenly, we all ran inside, splitting up, trying to find Liane before something terrible happened.

I was the one who ran to the Blitzball stadium, being singed by fires and pulled by people in despair. The stadium gates were thrown open, letting me see inside a wall of raging fire. I thought Yuna must have destroyed this first, after all the memories she had here. I ran past the stadium and onto a group of shops that were untouched by the fire. There were screams coming from everywhere. It was impossible to tell if Liane was screaming or not.

'Rikku! There you are!' I turned around. It was Tidus.

'Tidus! Have you found Liane?' I asked urgently.

He looked at his feet. 'No... But it would be better if we looked together.'

'Of course.' I smiled and we ran on together.

She wasn't anywhere to be found. All I could se was despair and fire. People were shrieking that Yuna had gone bad. Why would Yunie do this? I thought. But my thoughts were interrupted when I saw Liane disappear into a big white building.

'Liane!' I screamed.

I ran after her, Tidus following me, but 15 metres short of the building, it exploded in flames. Tidus and I were thrown back and I was screaming for Liane. Tidus had gotten to his feet and was running at the building, but I screamed at him not to. Lulu came belting around the corner and knelt down beside me.

'What happened?'

'Liane disappeared into that building, and then it exploded,' I was breathless and crying.

Lulu looked up at the burning building. 'We should leave here, now!'

As she said that, little embers came raining down on us. The three of us started running for shelter, wanting to get out of Luca. It was horrible, leaving without Liane. And we had no idea where Auron and Wakka and Kimahri were.

Lulu was leading the way and I was at the back, desperately trying to keep up, huffinf and puffing, I was about to collapse.

'Here, Rikku, take my hand!' Tidus suddenly said.

A moment of happiness filled me and I grabbed his outstretched hand, immediately propelled forward. The city gates were far away, too far. I knew we couldn't make it. Smoke had started filling the air, and I was inhaling it. I was choking. I started falling to the floor, I didn't want to go on, Tidus stopped running and tried to pick me up and run, but he started coughing. Lulu had disappeared, and now we would die here, choking on smoke. What a way to die, I thought.

I looked up, but more smoke filled my mouth and I spluttered falling to the ground. The whole world was going black and I watched the burning shops disappear, the black smoke envelope me. Tidus was next to me, which was the last thing I registered before blacking out.