Chapter 21 - A Lewd Awakening
Slowly he stirred from his slumber, shaking his head clear of sleep. Looking up, he saw Destiny already up and talking to a figure with blonde hair and Frog still crashed out on a rug, made of some animal.
"Crono awake?" came a voice. The blonde figure peered over Destiny's shoulder before walking over to him.
Damn... now that's a sight to wake up to, he thought as he stared at the voluptuous and very scantily clad woman before him, the tail flicking back and forth between her legs. "Ayla? So that means we're..." Crono trailed off in his sentence, knowing Ayla wouldn't understand him as she hadn't when they first met.
"Ayla had strange dream. Went to Mystic Mountains, everyone lie there hurt except Desnee. We carry back to hut."
Disturbed from his slumber by the voice, Frog sat up as well. Looking around, he saw no sign of Ozzie's corpse. "Ozzie!"
Spinning around, Ayla eyed up the short, stubby green figure. "Yummy Frog! For Ayla eat?"
A look of horror crossed Frog's face. "P... perish the thought, lass! By the way, whither the other green-skinned one?"
"Only find you here. Other green-skin more tasty?"
"Where hath he gone..."
Sitting up on the rug, Crono spoke to Destiny. "So what now? What do we do about Lavos here?"
"Lavos? Not worry now. You rest. Hurt bad."
"You heard the lady, get some rest you two, you'll need it," said Destiny in a motherly tone. "As for me, I've got things to do. I'll be back before you wake up."
"What things?"
"Stuff you don't need to know about and stuff you really don't want to know about. Lets keep it at that... there are some things I just can't tell you." With that, she walked from the hut. Ayla just stood there, staring after her and then looked at Crono, a puzzled look on her face. Sighing, she also left.
Sighing as well, Crono lay back down to catch some sleep...
She waited for the rain to come, knowing it would appear when it did. She'd been thinking things through her head and had reached a conclusion. It was a crock of shit. The whole thing was a goddamned crock of shit. She couldn't believe she'd fallen for it, of all the goddamn parlour tricks, she fell for that one... she was really pissed off at him for deceiving her and herself for falling for it.
Looking up at the sky, she cursed it, begging for the rain to come pouring down. Reaching into one of the hip pockets, she pulled out a crumpled packet. Flipping open the lid, she drew out a short white cylinder and placed it in her mouth. Using one hand as wind cover, she raised a finger on the other hand and a small flame appeared on the tip. Lighting the cigarette off it, she took in a deep drag, feeling the smoke flow through her lungs and exhaled, a coarse cloud emerging from her lips. Damn it's been a while since I last had one of these... damn Hand of Kronos not letting their precious bloody wardens smoke. I know I sure as hell need the relief...
And then it started. A few drops at first, but unbelievably quickly, the clouds filled the skies, each one pouring hundreds of drops a second. Several laded on the cigarette, soaking through the paper and making it soggy, causing it to break in half. And out it came, spinning around in circles.
"About damn time you showed up." Dropping the half of the cigarette that remained in her hand, she adopted a fighting stance. The Nu just stood there, looking at her, a bemused look on its face. "You gonna fight me or are you starting to play coy these days S'grath?"
"Y... you know my name?"
"Of course I know your bloody name, I'm a Time Warden."
Hissing at the mention of the Hand of Kronos agents, S'grath leapt forwards, trying to land a vicious headbutt on Destiny but she span around, delivering a roundhouse kick to her back, knocking the Nu onto its face. Kicking it in the side, she forced S'grath to roll over. "I have two things to ask of you, and if you disappoint me on either count, you're gonna be in big trouble. First, you can tell me where the hell Spekkio is."
"Who?" said the Nu, genuine bemusement spread across her face.
"Sorry, my mistake. Where is V'nark?"
"That freak? What do you want with him?"
"I need to find V'nark coz' he's running around with Guru Gaspar and I need to talk to him."
"Gaspar is dead and I don't know where V'nark is so leave me the hell alone!"
"Stop lying to me... I know Gaspar isn't dead and this is real fucking important so just tell me where the hell they are and how to get there..."
"How do I know you're not one of those Black Wind scum?"
"You know about them? How come everyone but me knew about them? For fuck's sake... someone shoulda kept me in the loop... Well, the best I can do is give you my word but that ain't worth squat to you, is it?"
"Hell no."
"So what can I do to convince you?"
"Show me you don't have the tattoo."
"Tattoo? Where?"
"I don't know, you're just going to have to get naked."
Reaching behind her for the zip to her outfit, she sighed. "The things I do for my job..." Pulling the zip down to just above the swell of her hips, she pulled her arms out and rolled the front down, exposing herself to S'grath. She started to roll down the trousers when she noticed the expression on the Nu's face. "What is it?" Looking down at herself, she guessed what S'grath was staring at, the dark staining of the skin on her left breast. "That's a birthmark, I've always had it..."
"Get your damn clothes on quick girl. I'm taking you to see them right now." Once Destiny had slipped back into her clothes, S'grath explained how to get to Gaspar.
"You're going to fucking eat me!"
