Andy was not in the best of moods. Well, he was, but Yuna, Paine and Rikku made it worse. He had a head start on them, and was probably about a good 25 to 30 yards ahead of them.
The three girls finally made it to the airship and sat down on the open hatch. "Hey you think Andy's back yet?" Rikku asked looking out into the dark.
Paine sighed. "He left before us search the ship and see."
Yuna watched her cousin walk into the ship and smirked. "Hey Paine?" Paine looked over at Yuna and once she did Yuna kissed her very deeply letting her hands search the worriors body they were still kissing when Rikku came running out.
"HE'S NOT HERE!" Rikku looked over at Yuna and Paine. "Oh will you two get a room." Rikku giggled. "We really should go look for him." All three girls headed out into the dark to find Andy.
Andy continued to walk through the desert. "Damn it, where the hell is the airship?" he cursed as he looked around. "Can't see worth a shit."
After about 2 hours of searching Rikku finally spotted Andy. "How the hell did you get all the way out here?"
"I was pissed off, and then I couldn't find the damn airship." he said with a little bit of an attitude.
"Don't get that attitude with me YOUR the one who walked off after we warned you not to." Rikku put her hands on her hips.
Andy walked away from Rikku in the OPPOSITE direction of the airship. "Just leave me alone."
"Grow up Andy geeze!" Rikku growled.
"I said leave me alone!" he growls back, taking his dresssphere out of his pocket and throwing it onto the ground, leaving it behind.
"Fine be that way! You know where we are if you need us." Rikku picked up the sphear.
"Whatever." he said as he walked off. Andy just walked in a random direction in the desert. He was not too happy and was now really pissed off. He thought about why he threw his dressphere down. Probably not the best thing he could have done...
Rikku sponged between Yuna and Paine and draped her arms around their necks. "Why are men like that?"
Paine chuckled. "Don't ask me I've never liked them."
The other two laughed. "You're so honest." Yuna smiled.
"Are we gonna let him roam around by himself?" Rikku looked at Paine.
"Why are you looking at me he's yours."
The three girls sat on a near by sand dune and looked at the stars.
Now Andy was surely lost. "Ok, I'm going in the opposite direction." He turned around and walked back the other way. Not knowing of one thing...
There we 3 assassins about 50 feet away from him. Andy couldn't see them so they we're lucky. They kept a good distance from Andy, but inched closer.
Andy came into view of Yuna, Paine, and Rikku's sight. "Ok guys, I am..." A bang what sounded like gunfire appeared out fo nowhere, and Andy stood wide-eyed.
Paine jumped up and looked into the dark. "Cute." She snuck off into the dark while Yuna and Rikku cared for Andy. Paine slipped through the dark and killed two of the three and wounded the third. She drug all three bodies back to the dune. She threw the injured one to the ground. "Speak or die?" Paine kept the point of her sword the the guys throat.
"Please! He... He was just wandering around! We couldn't help!" the assassin said.
Andy's eyes shut slowly. The gun wound was on the right side of his back, all the way through to his stomach. Blood came out of his back and stomach.
Paine cut the assassin's arm slowly and deeply. "Wrong answer."
Rikku flipped a phoenix down at Andy then bandaged the wounds. "This is why we told you not to wander off." Rikku spoke in a soft tone.
The assassin screamed in pain. "AHHH! Please! Spare me! I won't harm him ever again! Promise!"
All Andy was able to do was give a moan.
"Not till you tell me what i want to know you just used one of your three chances." Paine licked the blood from her blade.
The assassin sighed, "Ok, we are a group of assassins that hunt down specific people. When our leader heard that this person entered Spira, he wanted him, dead or alive. Alive perticular, wondering about him and seeing if he held some kind of power, if not, then he would be killed."
Paine growled. "If anyone is going to kill him it'll be me." At that Paine drug her sword across the assassins throat an evil smirk on her lips.
Yuna and Rikku just looked at Paine. "Did you have to kill him?"
"Yes Rikku I did get your man and lets get on board."
There was no responce from Andy. His body was now limp sort of. Blood still came out of the fresh wound which was shown by the bandages on the right side of his stomach and his back.
Yuna looked at Paine and frowned. "I've never seen that look before."
"What look?"
"The smirk...you almost looked evil...like someone else." Yuna looked at Paine worried
"Don't worry about me ok I'm fine."
Rikku struggled to carry Andy. "A little help here please!"
Paine walked over and took Andy from Rikku and slug him over her shoulder and carried him on to the ship. Once on board she tossed him on the spare bed. "There."
Andy's limp body bounced on the bed twice before he stopped.
Rikku's eyes got wide. "Whats gotten into you Paine."
"Nothing Rikku. Its been a long day I just want to go to bed." Paine sighed.
Rikku tended to Andy while Yuna tended to Paine.
Andy slowly opened his eyes. "Ow... I... hurt... so... bad..." he said slowly.
"You were shot duh! You'll be sore awhile." Rikku sighed.
"Well geeze, whats gotten into you?" Andy asked somewhat seriously.
"You almost died thats what. On top of that Paine like snapped and slit the guys throat and just..." Rikku sighed. "I just worried about everyone."
"Story of my life." Andy sighed. "Ever since I got here I've made things worse haven't I?" he said seriously.
Rikku shook her head. "No you haven't."
"Then why the hell have all thease things been happening to me and you guys having to save my ass?" he said a little louder. "Doesn't THAT get stressful? I think thats why. You guys are tired of saving my ass."
Rikku slapped Andy across the face. "Stop talking stupid!"
Andy now had a big red hand mark across his face. He had now the urge to leap at her and just knock her one, but all he said was, "What the hell was that for!"
Rikku growled. "If your so sick of being here then JUST SAY SO and you can go home!"
"Im not sick of here! Im sick of my whole damn life! Thats what!" he yelled back.
Paine growled. "Snap out of it or I'll be happy to end your life."
Andy sighed, then just belted out, "JUST LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE BEFORE I GO BALISTIC ON BOTH OF YOU!"
Paine lunged forward and pinned Andy to the wall and growled speaking through clenched teeth. "You can try but you'll be dead before you can lay a finger on either of us so try it punk I dare you, I fuckin dare you."
Andy's blue eyes stared into Paine's eyes with the "Your lucky I don't hit girls." look. Though his eyes still showing anger, his fists clenched tightly.
"Hit me I dare you and you better make it count cuz it'll be the last thing you ever do." Paine's crimson eyes burned into his blue ones.
Andy shoved Paine out of the way amazingly because of being angry, he had more strength. He left the room and headed for the bar.
Paine growled and followed him to the bottom of the stairs and shoved him back causing him to hit the ground. "Don't you fuckin touch me again!"
Yuna grabbed Paine. "Get ahold of yourself damn it!"
Andy just got up and went to the bar.
Rikku walked over by Andy. "Are you ok?"
Andy sighed. "Leave me alone before we... I mean 'I' make things worse." he said
"All I wanna know is if your ok, then I'll leave you alone."
"I am fine."
Rikku huffed. "Fine!" Rikku stuck he tongue out at Andy and walked over by Yuna and Paine.
Andy sat there for a couple minutes, then went out onto the deck. 'Well, thats life,' he started to think. 'Life isn't always going to be nice, it's sometimes going to kick you in the ass.' He looked at the night sky and all of the stars. 'I just hope I can get over this before one of them really does kill me.'
