Darkness greets her. Murmurs echoing all around. The vile taste of rubber. The hoarse feeling of rope. The pungent smell of… something tickling her nose. Rikku's senses are overloading the moment she found herself shaking off the cold embrace of unconsciousness. Moving her hands to rub her head, she immediately is reminded of the position of her hands and what they are connected to causing a groan to escape her forced open mouth thanks to the ball gag. With the epiphany hitting hard and the memories quickly coming to life, Rikku's eyes shoots open and her body tries to join the abrupt movement only to be defeated by the rope work that are holding her limbs hostage. In panic, Rikku's head jolts from left to right, eyes scanning for something and it doesn't take long until she realizes that she's in a dark room; really dark room. The only light is the one hanging over her and shining down where she is as if she's on the spotlight. While still bound the same way as Ormi and Logos left her, the furniture that she is 'straddling' is a new predicament to her dismay. A slight struggle reminds her that the rope work done on her was applied with efficiency and cruelty for the sake of both security and humiliation. Stopping all movements altogether, Rikku tries to gather her bearings so that she can try and find some way to help her in this predicament.

"You thought you were going to get out of here, didn't you, love?" A voice pierces through every nerve in Rikku. It's Leblanc. "Thought that Zanarkand Blitzball player was actually there to help you?"

The sound of her heels hitting the ground adds more annoyance towards Rikku's humiliating predicament. Sitting down in a compromising position and completely helpless, Rikku waits impatiently as the woman finally steps into enough light to reveal herself once again. Of course she is met with a deadly glare from the trussed up Al Bhed.

"Ufh fhmffh! Whnn Uh gnf uuf uf hnuhn ufuuh'n gumng fu pfuhu!" A deadly glare and a few unintelligent mumbles are what Rikku gives and Leblanc receives them with laughter.

"Nasty hang over, love? I mean… you did drink a lot of my special mix," Rikku hears the words and she ceases all complaints and giving Leblanc her full attention. "Which was probably why you thought some trashy Al Bhed was that Tidus boy."

With eyes wide and a slight gasp escaping her bound lips, the memories of Leblanc's words are starting to have some sort of sense despite them being obscure still. Though Leblanc takes Rikku's sudden change in attitude as a good sign and revels in it and while the Al Bhed is obviously trying to shuffle through the events in her mind, Leblanc takes the moment to stalk her helpless guest by waking around her; again the heels clicking on the ground making things a bit more dramatic than it already is.

"You should be a bit more careful when taking free drinks from random men, little girl," As if the use of 'little girl' wasn't enough but the fact that Leblanc is now playing with Rikku's hair is infuriating the captive Al Bhed even more. "You never know what they put in that drink so that they can take you home without any resistance. Or in this case, what the bartender put in that drink."

Leblanc makes the final effort of annoying Rikku by grabbing her chin and forcing them to make eye contact. A venomous glare met with a very sardonic one has all the energy that makes up this humiliating position for Rikku and Leblanc knows it and bathes in the knowledge that she has all the power. No longer needing to hold the glance, Leblanc playfully shoves Rikku's face and wiping the saliva on Rikku's drenched scarf that dripped on her fingers from clamping Rikku's chin.

"Well I know you want to get another shot of that lovely drink, but I think now it's time to really put the cards on the deck. So pay attention and try not to fidget in your seat, love."

As if Rikku truly wanted to make any movement with everything that is going against her! The information she is processing is already enough to send her into a fit but she is using everything she has left to stop herself form any frivolous movements. The little energy she has left should be conserved for whatever else is in store for her. With that thought in mind, Rikku regretfully gives Leblanc her undivided attention as the provocative woman pulls out a sphere and turns it on. The image is projected in front of them with a hologram picture of an excavation of some sort. Rikku quickly recognizes the Al Bhed and their Machinas are the ones working on the dig site that is being shown on this sphere.

"Your people are very useful and hard workers, I'll give you that. So this little dirt hole is somewhere close to Kilika. Hot, dirty, and no place for me obviously," Rikku couldn't help but growl through her gag at Leblanc's words. "But for you diggers, well, I guess your people could get a bit of love from the rest of Spira after all these years. Your people found something here, or should I say, your boy toy's people."

Ignoring Leblanc isn't exactly a possibility, but at least studying the images as they change gives Rikku something to keep her distracted from her hostess' annoying voice.

"You know what they found there, love? A whole lot of valuable and ancient stuff! There is one problem though," The image changes again. "That's the problem!"

A door that is guarded by a cloister of trial puzzle would certainly pose a threat to her people. Al Bheds were forbidden to enter the Temples of the Fayths when Yevon was the infallible belief of Spira; Now that the Fayths are gone and the temples have become tourist attractions, the knowledge of the trials are lost for except for the guardians and summoners that went through them and didn't die in the pilgrimage. With that picture stagnant and that look on Leblanc's face, Rikku has a slight idea of what they would want from her now. Though the methods and the motives are still questionable.

"Nupfh mn gunff, fhmffh! Fuhn'f funun fhn fuhmuhn?!" With those much hateful words, more saliva spills out of Rikku's gagged mouth humiliating her further, which of course Leblanc takes in the sight with glee.

"I can't really understand you, love!" Of course petting Rikku in the head doesn't do anything to abate the degrading position for the Al Bhed. "Sounds like you have something in your mouth."

"Stop fooling around, Leblanc," Rikku wanted to scream as much nonsense as she can even though she wouldn't have been understood, but the sudden appearance of Judas halts her instinctual response. "The traitor and I need to have a few words."

"This one isn't mature enough to have a conversation."

"Ufh fhmffh! Muff unfmn mn uhnu ufh'nn fnn!"

"See what I mean?"

Speaking through her gag doesn't help and neither does tugging on her bonds that have held her body hostage for however long. Though it was smart of Rikku to stop when she did for the sake of not falling off of the chair she is forced to 'sit' on. If it's not to fall off and not the discomfort her crotch rope is giving her, stopping her squirming bout would at least be for the simple fact that she could get Judas to see her cooperation. Trying to remain as still as she can, Rikku glares at Leblanc while waiting for Judas to 'have' the said conversation he mentioned mere moments ago.

"Would you be so kind, Leblanc."

"Fine."

Without being so gentle about it, Leblanc unbuckles the leather, which allows Rikku to have enough slack on the gag to push the ball out with her tongue. A pool of drool sashays out of her mouth once again causing a bit of a wet mess on the chair she is straddling and eventually her own saliva makes their way on her own body. Working her jaw out from having such an offending item wedged between her mouth, Rikku takes a few moment before she can somewhat even get her bearings to utter her first words.

"What… did you… do to me?"

"Straight to the point. Is that how you charmed my idiot of a son?"

Once again Rikku wanted to rush Judas and strangle him but not much one can do if one is bound so effectively and humiliatingly. Once again the feeling of ropes on her bare skin and her sensitive area reminds her that acting on her anger isn't the way to go.

"What did you DO TO ME?!"

"You were drugged by Leblanc. Plain and simple. You told the truth about how you feel and we have it all on record," Judas states nonchalantly. "We know that you feel like an inept rival for the Great Summoner who happens to be your cousin. We know that you want that boy Tidus all for yourself. We know that you have this inner resentment for Yuna because our home was destroyed because of her."

"And we also know what turns you on, love."

"Ooooohh. So you know my deepest and darkest secrets," Rikku's full angry attention is towards Judas as he stands with a proud posture with his hands behind him and standing straight. As annoying Leblanc is, Rikku is getting enough incentive to keep her full words towards the man who seems to understand her better. "Big deal! What are you going to do, tell my no good father?!"

"You think it's just as simple as that? What if Spira found out about this?"

The thought does instill a hint of fear in Rikku. Spira finding out would be an aspersion towards her but for Yuna to find out and her teammates as well, that would be a hole in her chest that she might not ever be able to remedy. Though pushing those thoughts aside, Rikku gives Judas a confident smirk despite her position against his.

"You going to gossip, old man? Who are you going to be gossiping with, every single Al Bhed in Spira? Who's the annoying little girl now?"

The eerie silence is what responds to Rikku and her confidence slightly drops especially when Leblanc lets out a giggle. Judas shakes his head with a disappointing gesture before turning his attention back towards Rikku.

"I'll save you the embarrassment, little girl, so I'm just going to tell you that you need to help us. I won't discredit your ability. You're an Al Bhed by the way you tinker even if you are a traitor in the way you see things."

"I'm sorry but," Rikku instinctively exerts her arms against the rough rope holding them captive as she speaks up. "You just mentioned 'need' to help you, along with a few words to remind me that you're just a close-minded idiot. I think you already know the answer to that, old man. Whatever 'help' you need from me you're going to have to forget about it."

Leblanc immediately burst out laughing again the moment Rikku finished her words. Glowering at her direction didn't help since the voluptuous woman is too caught up in her own amusement to even pay attention to Rikku. Judas on the other hand takes shrugs his shoulders and walks towards the sphere and fiddles with it. The image of the dig site shifts and a video replaces and an immediate blush covers Rikku. While she is well aware of her position, the taut and 'aesthetic' rope work, the disheveled mess she has become thanks to all her struggling, and of course the distortion of the gag wedged between her teeth, it's a different story altogether to actually see what she looks like through a video. Her futile movements caught in details as she tried fervently to slip herself to freedom. Every movement of course was accompanied by a groan or two through her speech impediment and the more Rikku listened to her 'vocal sounds', the more she comprehends that the crotch rope and the offending item that was placed inside of her were doing its job far more efficiently than it should. The moment the scene changes to her thrashing about in angrily in her bonds, Rikku turns away in humiliation; her eyes looking down on the floor.

"This is just the beginning you know," Judas chuckles. "Though I would imagine my son would enjoy this sight."

"Oh don't be shy, little girl," The slimy feeling of Leblanc's hand on her shoulder evokes a futile attempt from Rikku to shrug her hand off; of course in her predicament her movement does nothing but enforce the idea of her helplessness. "We haven't even gotten to the good part yet."

Leblanc pushes down on Rikku's shoulder, causing the furniture that she is sitting on to press on the knot on her womanhood. Between clenched teeth, Rikku lets out a groan of anger and something else.

"S… You… bitch! Stop… it!"

"Oh come on, love," Wrapping her arms behind Rikku in a way a lover would, Leblanc forces the Al Bhed's face to turn towards the video. Of course with that act, Leblanc is able to put some of her body weight on Rikku, which keeps the agitation on her womanhood intact. "You don't want to miss the next part! It's right after you drank my specialty from that boy!"

Any attempt Rikku has tried to turn her head away is futile since Leblanc has the advantage so that leaves her with closing her eyes; though the sound of herself mewling, moans escaping her gag… Rikku is somehow compelled to watch her own struggles despite herself.

"Looks like you are enjoying yourself, aren't you, Rikku?"

Judas' narration wasn't entirely needed since Rikku is able to catch the details of the statement on her own. The way she was moving in the video was enough to signify Judas' claim. She wasn't exactly struggling in a way that would gain her freedom; not that she could with how well she is secured, but it was clear that there was no true intent of slipping out of the ropes or even trying to break against their hold. It was almost like she was truly embracing the idea of how the ropes clung deep into her bare skin, her restrictions was her own lust, and every time they would constrict and press against her flesh, her lips would erotically wrap around the ball on her mouth with a low but intense moan. If those didn't damn her to the idea of her being aroused by the bondage, the way her hips was moving with the rope crudely tied between her legs was more than enough to blatantly point out that she was enjoying it.

"Turn… it… off…" Rikku mutters under her breath, as she can't seem to close her eyes despite herself.

"I bet that buzzing inside of you was a delight, wasn't it love?"

"Stop! STOP IT!"

"This is just a bit of a fantasy video for all the boys that have a crush on you," As if on cue, the image changes as Judas narrates the situation. Nothing like the idea of having a bunch of guys do things to themselves at her expense to send Rikku freaking out even more than she already is inside. "The real material is going showing now."

Clearly some time had passed between the previous image and the one being shown now since Rikku was glistening with sweat and her clothing articles and hair were sticking to her. Fatigued must've taken over, but the Rikku seemed to try not to mind the feeling as she was still trying to get some sort of feeling from her predicament despite her movements less exaggerated than before. Though with her eyes rolling on the back of her head, her hips meeting her crotch rope in a strained and exerted posture, and then high pitched sound escaping her gagged lips… Rikku blushes even more with the epiphany of what just happened in that moment. Explains why her yellow lingerie is sticky and damp from more than sweat.

"Oh look at that," Leblanc whispers in her ear; her breath causing Rikku to fidget in her position. "You got a good one, love."

'Rikku!'

There was a voice breaking through the video that caused Rikku to slightly pay attention to the surroundings around her. The memory is still vague but she does seem to recall this moment. Though she was still lost in her own and was still riding through the moment of her release moments before the voiced called out. Then an image of an Al Bhed who seemed to have been made up to have Tidus' hairstyle came in. With eyes wide of astonishment, Rikku watched as the young boy crouched and started to talk to her and she somewhat snapping out of the feeling, but reacting in a way that seemed peculiar. Almost as if she thought… it was in that scene that Rikku starts to somewhat remember that she was confusing the boy as Tidus, obvious by her reaction and her body shifted towards him. It was appalling that she actually thought he was Tidus… the drug must've been a persuasive one to truly send her in a delusional status. Though her body language, her disgusting need to be touched, her reaction, those were nothing compared to when the Al Bhed boy took out her gag. Rikku was almost unable to watch as she practically leaped with her bound form on the boy and kissed him on the lips… vehemently… in a needy way… Almost forgetting she was tied up, Rikku tries to reach for her mouth to wipe her lips off from the grime but of course the movement reminded her.

"Turn…. It … off…."

"Just wait, Rikku," Judas replies with a sardonic tone. "The best is yet to come."

'… I have to save Yuna….' The boy proclaimed as if he was Tidus.

'You've… saved… her enough… times…' If Rikku's disheveled and 'desperate' demeanor isn't enough to signify her arousal, the fluctuation in her voice is. Though those are the things Rikku isn't caring so much about anymore, it's the words that were said. 'Isn't… it time… that… you… pay… attention to… me?'

Completely sober, Rikku would not even think of saying that, but heavily under the influence, it's pretty obvious the words seeped through her intoxication. Rikku feels herself cowering and wanting to turn away, cover her ears, deny everything, and scream at Judas and Leblanc for capturing this moment.

'Spira… will continue… to take Yuna…' And the words continued as Rikku was trying her best to seemingly try and get some pleasure in her mounted position on the Al Bhed boy. 'But… I'll… never…. Go away…. Yuna is weak…. I'm…. not….'

"Imagine this in Luca," Hearing Judas' voice is actually somewhat of a solace; actually, Rikku would rather hear anything, see anything than her foolish actions when completely drugged. "I'm sure the High Summoner would forgive you, see through the intoxication, know that you suffered and humiliated. That's her nature. But for the rest of Spira? Our people? What would their reaction be?"

"Not to mention the boys, love. What would the boys be doing at those sexy little scenes?"

"What… would it take…. For you… to destroy that…?"

There was a moment of silence from both Judas and Leblanc from those words that Rikku just let out. While they were more than aware that their prisoner would comply, to hear and experience her submission is a thrilling feeling so with a grin on both their face, Leblanc turns the sphere off while Judas lifts Rikku's head up by her chin so that they would be facing eye to eye. Of course Rikku would try anything to evade any eye contact with the images and the words that are polluting the air of this tent.

"I knew you were still a real Al Bhed somewhere there; you're still smart. Regardless, I just need you to figure out that cloister of trial for me. None of us have any idea and whatever is in there, we don't want to risk losing it forever in case it's important."

"So basically what he is saying, love, we need you to open that door for us so we can pillage whatever is in there."

Eye contact is a difficult thing with everything she just saw; so with her head down, Rikku nods almost without hesitation after Leblanc's last words. Deep inside she knows she will hate working with Judas; though in the grand scheme of things, she hates herself even more with what came out of her when inhibitions were dropped.

"….. When do we start…?" Rikku keeps her eyes on the ground, trying her very best to avert her eyes from the still image of herself in complete disarray, and away from the taunting eyes of Judas and Leblanc.

Yuna and Paine had given Shinra his space as he studies Rikku's daggers. Having fetched them and found no other clues as to why they were in a random hut in Kilika Island. Paine had shown more anxiousness than Yuna, and Brother even less than Paine. The room's ambiance is heavy and everyone is waiting for Shinra to say something ever since he mentioned that there was something peculiar about Rikku's weapons.

"That's strange." The first words Shinra said and all of them spring out of their seats ready for more informative words. "Her dagger's been towards the lonesome isles close to Kilika."

"What?"

"How did you find that out?"

While Paine and Buddy inquire, Yuna just listens intently. Brother is sitting on the cockpit awaiting for the direction.

"There is a certain concentration of sand that can only be found on uncivilized sand; but the readings on it makes it similar enough to say it's Kilika but not."

"And how did it get there?"

"I don't know, I'm just a kid."

"Come to think of it," As everyone else let out a sigh of frustration from Shinra's response, Buddy speaks up almost immediately. "Do you remember running across a rumor about a new dig site, Brother?"

"No."

"I'm going to load the coordinates on your station. I think I know where it is."

"You hear that Gullwings?! Round up! We're going full speed to…. Wherever this place is."

Still devoid of words from the situation, Yuna runs to her seat and prepares. With Rikku's disappearance already established as a hostile one, Yuna knows that all her training will have to be put to full use. Checking her one of her Tiny Bees, the thoughts of actually using it against another life and not a fiend still scares her. Though she is more than aware that it might be inevitable considering her cousin's life might be in danger.

To Be Continued.