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Last chapter before KH is involved.

The Pulse Vestige

As soon as we get in we are fighting some strange creatures. "Hey, Snow. Do you have any idea what these things are?" I ask him.

"Not a clue, but they die about as easy as the soldier."

They look like men but deformed and shambling almost like, "Cie'th. They are Cie'th. This is what happens if l'Cie fail their Focus." I say out loud as soon as I realize

"You're right." He said still upbeat, "But serah won't become one of these. I will see her freed from this curse, or her Focus finished." He then shouts, "Serah? Can you hear me? Where are you?" We then seem to enter a room that only has one accessible platform with a huge crystal in the middle. "I have an idea," Snow walks up to the crystal and touches it before I can say anything. It lights up and then a path to the next platform appears.

"Don't worry, Serah. Your hero is on the way," he says in his normal tone. On the next few platforms there are some more Cie'th. We reach the end of this room and enter the next one and see Hope and Vanille surrounded by Cie'th. Snow charge in to their defense followed by me as I separate my twin blades.

After the battle I ask them "How in Eden did you get in here? You need to leave, now." When they don't move Snow says, "Okay, listen. Find someplace to hide and keep quiet. Once I find Serah, we'll all leave together. You'll be home in time for dinner."

Hope is still angry at Snow he says "You…

Fortunately Vanille interrupts saying "Wait, who's Serah."

Snow then responds in his usual upbeat manner, "My wife. Future wife, that is. She's a Pulse l'Cie." Then Vanille seems to lose her excitement and mumbles something. Snow continues by saying "She's here somewhere, along with that fal'Cie. I've gotta find her and set her free."

Hope then explodes on him "What's wrong with you? Why do you want to help a l'Cie? They're the enemy! How can you save a L'cie and not… and not… that's insane!"

It just seems like Hope's words bounce of of Snow with his response. "Probably. But i gotta do something, right? I'll be back!" He then starts to walk off.

Vanille then asks, "Should we wait around, and hitch a ride?"

Hope then snaps, "I'd rather go to Pulse!" Vanille looks hurt by that statement but more than I expected. Hope then continues, saying, "Why is this happening to me? When they found the fal'Cie the other day, we were just visiting Bodhum. But the army took us. Threw us on that train," He then points at Snow, "And because of that guy, Mom is…"

"Hope calm down, it wasn't Snow's fault. She knew the risks when she volunteered. If you are going to blame anyone blame PSICOM for blowing up the bridge," I tell him.

"What do you know? You were too distracted by your stupid gunswords to do anything to help!" He yells at me.

"I didn't even notice them till afterward, and there was nothing i could do. As soon as I reached Snow Your mom slipped out of his hands I had no time to help her!" I inform him, "If I could have helped I would have!"

"Yeah, right." he says then goes and sits in the corner. I take a few deep breaths and calm myself down.

Snow then comes back and says "Hey again!"

Vanille kneels next to hope and says "Let's go with him."

Hope scowls at her and snaps "What?

"You've got to talk to him, hope. If you don't take this chance you'll regret it forever" she tells him.

'Wow' I think 'She is pretty wise for her age.'

"Okay." he replies

"Okay" she says and get up.

"Everyone is ready Snow" I tell him.

"Alright, let's go." He says

We travel farther, fighting Cie'th and we reach the end of a room and I hear a voice say "You came…"

"Serah!" Snow says running towards the voice "Serah."

I turn towards the voice and see a girl.

Serah then says "Is that… my hero."

Snow starts to pick her up and tells her, "Let's get you out of here."

I then hear the voice of the soldier lady from the train, "Hands off!" she says kneeling down next to Serah. "I'm taking her home."

"Sis…" Snow starts saying

"I'm not your sister!" she snaps at Snow "You couldn't protect her. It's your fault she…"

Serah interrupts "You can save us."

"Serah?" The soldier says.

"You can save us. Protect us all. Save… Cocoon." Serah requests.

"Save Cocoon? Serah? That was your Focus?" Asks the soldier.

Snow promises "Anything, I'll do anything. Leave it to me, you'll see. I'll protect Cocoon. I'll save everyone!"

The soldier then says "Somehow, I'll make things right."

Snow says to Serah "You just relax."

"Snow, Lightning, Thank you." Serah starts to glow and lift off the ground. 'What is going on' I ask myself.

"Serah!" Lightning shouts as Serah turns to Crystal.

Snow yells "Serah! Serah!" something drops from Serah's face and Snow catches it

Vanille then asks "Why is she turning to crystal?"

"L'Cie who fulfill their Focus are transformed into crystal and gain eternal life." Hope tells her.

"Just like in the legends" mutters the guy with the Afro.

"Serah… Sweet dreams." Snow says.

"Sweet dreams? She's not sleeping! Serah's… She's…" Lighting yells at Snow.

"She's alive." Snow exclaims "The legend! Remember the legend! L'Cie who fulfill their Focus turn to crystal and gain eternal life. It's the same for Serah! Eternal life! She's not dead! Serah's my bride-to-be. I promised to be hers forever! I don't care how many years I have to wait…"

Lightning slaps him in the face, "It's over! Open your eyes and face reality!"

The ground begins to shake and cables start shooting through the walls.

"Oh, great!" Says the man with the Afro.

Vanille asks "What now?"

"The army!" Replies the Afro man

Vanille must not have heard him because she asks "What's happening?"

The Afro man explains "Must be a sanctum strike. Bring down the vestige and the fal'Cie right with it!

Vanille has a look of shock on her face, "Aren't they taking it back to Pulse. That's what the purge was right."

Afro man then says "All they care about is getting everything from Pulse off Cocoon. Dead or alive, it's all the same.

Hope shouts, "We can't stay here! They'll kill us!"

A door opens and Snow goes through saying. "I'll be right back. Hold on.

Afro man then says "Trench coat. Where are you going?"

"Date with the fal'Cie," calls Snow, "Got some things to talk about."

"What?" Afro man asks, "You're going to ask it to help her? Are you out of your mind kid? That thing wants to chew us up and spit us out."

"You scared Afro man?" I ask.

"My name is Sazh and yes I am a little scared of the fal'Cie." he replies.

Snow asks Sazh "Well, what do you want me to do?" Lightning walks through the doorway. "Lightning?" We all follow her.

Hope is shocked at the size of the fal'Cie "So this is... the fal'Cie,"

Snow starts begging for it to release Serah, "Serah's a crystal now. You gave her a focus, and she did it. You got what you want! Now let her go!" He then drops to his hands and knees. "Please. Turn her back! I'll be your l'Cie instead!"

Lightning unsheathes her gunsword, "Fine, you go on your begging. Like this thing gives a damn what we want!" she charges at the fal'Cie and starts attacking.

I pull out my gunswords and get into a fighting stance. Snow get's up and raises his fists. Lightning steps back and gets into her fighting stance. Snow then says "Lightning! It's this thing's fault the Purge started and it's people who are dying!"

Lightning yells "Serah told us to save Cocoon! That means this thing needs to die!" It then starts glowing.

I then say, "Snow, it looks like this thing thinks it can take us,"

Hope shouts "I can't see."

Sazh says "what the…"

Hope tries to make a run for it but the fal'Cie seems to have activated energy shields "Come on, now. You really think you can kill a fal'Cie?"

Lightning shouts "I'm doing this for Serah!"

Sazh mumbles something then says, "I'm in. As long as you don't mind an amateur. I got these things," he pulls out his pistols, "Might as well use 'em!"

I then say "Thanks, Sazh," the four of us charge at the fal'Cie.

We start off by attacking the fal'Cie directly but we don't seem to be doing much damage. It's arms are hitting us hard with lasers and punches. I see Snow try to charge from the right side and the arm on the right block the attack and looks like it is damaged. "Guys we need to attack the arms!" I shout, "Snow, you and i will get the one on the right. Lightning and Sazh, you guys handle the one on the left."

"Alright, Logan this hero has your back," Snow tells me.

"Alright! Sazh you heard him. Now start shooting at the left arm," Lightning orders.

"Got it Lightning," Sazh replies.

The arms go down with ease and we strike the fal'Cie directly. We are actually able to hit now and it doesn't even seem to be retaliating. After we hit it a good bit I realize what it has been doing. "Guys it is remaking the arms!" As soon as i say this the new arms appear and start attacking. "OK guys just like…" the one on the right punches me and I am thrown against the wall while my swords are thrown across the room. After I get back up and retrieve one of my swords the arm on the left then pins me to the wall. I notice that the other arm has pinned Snow to the wall while Lightning and Sazh are knocked out. I notice that Snow has a grenade and he point at an opening in the arm holding him and the points at the arm holding me. I nod to him and he tosses one to me. I catch it, pull the pin, and toss it into the opening. I count down in my head '3…2…' I cover my ears, '1...0'

I see electrical sparks and the arms collapse.

"EMPs" he tells me.

"Alright, I will help Lightning and Sazh. You attack the fal'Cie," I go to where Lightning and Sazh are laying knocked out. I pull out a couple of phoenix feathers from my pouch and put one on Lightnings forehead and the other on Sazh's forehead. After a few seconds the feathers turn gray rather than fiery red, and Lightning and Sazh get up and start charging at the fal'Cie while I try to find my other gunsword. After a few seconds I notice it is nowhere to be found so I join the attack on the fal'Cie. As we defeat it the floor opens up and all six of us fall.

Thanks for reading by the way this is my first time describing a boss fight. I would love a review on how i did. Any non-flame reviews will be greatly appreciated. Logan is based off of me so when I do anything where I have conversations with characters I will have Logan's weapons and skills.