(I'm back! Yes, it's taken a while but here you are! Things have been going on and i've not had many ideas for the story, so sorry if this chapter isn't as good as the last one but i've done my best one trying to pick up where i left of (there been a huge gap of about two to three weeks on writing this) So without further ado, here...i the final chapter of howling mist, enjoy!)
The Final Curtain
Tidus lay panting in the middle of the floor, he had been the one that had gone to get the ammo from outside. Who knew just sticking your head out a door could be that dangerous.
"Sooo how we going to do this?" Rikku stood with the rest of the group.
"Anyone know how to use this thing ya?" Wakka turned the rifle round only from Lulu to take it from him and give it to Gippal…then corrected herself and give it to Baralai.
"Right!" Tidus ran over and took the rifle this time. "Someone can help me reload and everyone else can spot targets for me!"
"You've got to be kidding me…" Paine hide her face.
"Hey! Would you rather have an ace Blitz player like myself…or Nooj firing this thing?" No one complained, Nooj felt a little dejected though. It had only been once he'd accidently shattered an old women's leg with a bowling ball…he'd improved since then…least…he'd thought he had.
A howl sounded making the hairs on the back of everyone's necks stand on end.
"Here they come! Everyone grab something and keep a look out ya!" Wakka dived for the lead pipe laying on the floor.
Tidus started loading the rifle with Rikku keeping track of how many shells they had left. Everyone else formed a circle and kept there eyes peeled. The cabin sat in silence, Yuna could hear her heart thumping in her chest. A crashing came from the front door, the window forced in followed by something…a severed head rolled on the ground. Tidus drew back up to the window as a dark hand clamped on the glass, the Werewolf snarled at him.
"Get outta here!!" Tidus aimed and fired…the rifle clicked. "Huh?" Tidus pulled the trigger three more times only to get the same result.
"Turn the saftly off!" Rikku jumped in a panic as the Werewolf cleared the window frame and slowly came over to them.
"Check the chamber!" Yuna bounced over trying to help everyone from dying.
"…Give…" Paine snatched the rifle from the three and pulled the bolt. A second later a shot rang out, an explosion of red came from the head of the Werewolf.
"One at the back!" Baralai caught Paine's attention.
Paine swung round and fired the bullet skimming of the window pain. She pulled back the bolt for another shot when…an arm reached down, the rifle pulled from her hands and taken through the roof. Everyone blinked.
"Well…who saw that coming?" A sweat drop ran down Yuna's brow. The rifle came back through the hole in the ceiling only this time twisted in a huge knot.
"Anyone got some bright ideas?" Gippal flinched as two of the windows came in.
"Just one…" Rikku trailed "RUN!!"
Rikku made for the stairs, everyone following in a panic. There was no way any of them were going to try taking Werewolf's on with frying pans and such. Yuna and Rikku hid in one of the bathrooms, each looking at the other terrified. Yuna placed her ear against the door…there was silence in the hall. Yuna shook her head at Rikku, who let out a relieved sigh. Something broke through the door! Yuna jumped back in sheer fright, a Werewolf had rammed its head through the door.
"PERVERT!!!" Yuna and Rikku screamed in unison.
A sheer look of confusion crossed the Werewolf's face, it tried to step back…but it's head caught on something. Rikku smacked the Werewolf over the head with a pan she'd armed herself with, Yuna started pummelling it with toothbrushes then beat it over the head with a cup. Yuna and Rikku panted as the Werewolf retracted it's head from the door frame.
"This way I think we can!-" Baralai stopped dead in his tracks, Gippal ran into the back of him.
A Werewolf was staggering in the corridor holding its head, finally it noticed them and stood still.
"AHHHH!!!!!!!" Baralai and Gippal screamed the Werewolf jumped on the spot.
The two boys looked at each other then back at the Werewolf and back at each other again. The Werewolf started to whimper, the boys took of down the corridor and the Werewolf took of down the stairs. Gippal suddenly stopped near a random room, he stuck an arm out to stop Baralai. The two looked behind them…they'd scared the thing away. Gippal smiled wickedly, Baralai took a few seconds to catch on…then a wicked smile of his own crossed his face. Gippal and Baralai ran back to the stairs shouting at the top of their voices, the two disappeared downstairs their shouting a little quieter. A moment passed as the shouts stayed at a certain level but, they rose higher and higher. Baralai and Gippal came sprinting back down the corridor screaming in terror…a pack of about five Werewolf's were right behind them.
"GIPPAL YOU IDIOT!!!" Baralai roared as the two fled in terror.
Suddenly the pair's necks jerked back, Nooj gave a heave and pulled the two frightened numskulls into his hiding place. Nooj quickly slide the hidden door shut.
"You guys ok?" Nooj put a finger to near his lips signalling them to keep their voices down. The two just nodded and followed Nooj as he started to crawl of down one of the tunnels.
"Wakka! I don't think I can hold him anymore!" Tidus dug his heels in his strength beginning to give.
"Hold him just a few more seconds ya!" Wakka was pushing a heavy chair towards the door, they had barricaded the room with Paine and Lulu's help.
"Easier said then done!!" The door was just starting to budge open as Paine slammed her body into the door along with Lulu.
"There we go! Get clear ya!" The three dived out of the way as the door opened and caught on a closet door. Then was stopped by a stack of furniture that crossed the room, basically nothing was getting in…unless.
There was a huge crack from the door as an arm punched through. Wooden splinters showered Wakka as the Werewolf started making short work of the door. The four looked at each other…they'd tried…it would be through that door in minutes, even seconds. Paine lent against a nearby wall…she was spent, all her energy was gone…she'd let them take her if they got in. Paine felt something give way…she slumped back loosing balance, she looked up at a familiar face.
"Hi" Yuna looked down at her, part of the wall in hand.
"Doctor P! Your still kicking!" Rikku gave a grin at Paine, who was by all means confused.
"Wait…who did you…oh Yevon I've gone mad…" Paine sat up.
"No time to talk! Just get them in here!" Baralai shouted up from one of the T junctions he, Nooj and Gippal were waiting at.
Lulu waved Tidus and Wakka over as Paine started crawling in, Yuna and Rikku had to flatten themselves out on the walls to let everyone past. The door collapsed and seconds later the open closer door was ripped to shreds. Three Werewolf's charged into the room intent on killing everything they could…but the room was empty. The three growled at each other leaving…their pray had eluded them…for now.
"So what's the plan to get out of here?!" Rikku was a little worried that they'd just be crawling around in a dusty breathing space for the rest of the night.
"Well…you remember the soldiers right?" Nooj stopped for a second turning round to face everyone. "Well they still have a vehicle outside, so I was think we grab that…and get out of here.
"But we don't have the keys…" Baralai sigh…trust Nooj to come up with a bad plan.
"We could find the keys" Tidus stated the obvious, everyone looked at him like he was crazy.
"Or we could just get Rikku and Gippal to hotwire it, ya!" Wakka got a hard slap over the back of the head from Rikku.
"I'm no car jacker!!" Wakka rubbed the back of his head.
Yuna sat up as best as she could, she was trying to remember something. A memory kept playing of her handing something to Lulu…there was something in the background, just out of sight. She'd seen one before…but she wasn't sure, something clicked.
"Gastanks…" Yuna mumbled. There's gastanks in the basement. The plan made itself up in Yuna's head as ideas were passed around the other, sure it was dangerous…but if it would save everyone else. "Lulu?" Yuna caught Lulu's attention "Have you still got those matches?"
Lulu raised an eyebrow at Yuna's strange question. "Yes…why?" Lulu pulled the box of matches from her dress.
"I got a plan!" Yuna did the peace sign and winked.
"Uh oh!" Rikku had a bad feeling "Not another one of your crazy plans Yunie! Like when we put wet candy floss on one of those grabber machines so I could get a toy at the fair!"
"But you got your Sith Cat didn't you Rikku?" Yuna smiled happily.
"…Yeah" Rikku sighed. "But how the heck are you going to set fire to gastanks? Their all metal!"
Again Yuna smiled "I'll find a way Rikku!"
Rikku's eyes started to glisten, tears began to pool in her eyes. Rikku pulled Yuna into a hug.
"Please be careful Yunie!" Yuna started to feel tears build up in her as she hugged Rikku back.
Gently Paine placed a hand on Rikku's shoulder, both Rikku and Yuna dried off their eyes. Everyone gave a goodbye and wished Yuna luck, Yuna sat and watched as her friends crawled away…she hoped it wasn't the last.
Yuna listened, a unsettling calm had fallen over the cabin. Slowly her hands reached for the fake wall, Yuna felt her heartbeat quicken. The fake wall gently eased out of the way, Yuna checked both ends of the corridor…it was clear. Yuna crawled out from the only safety she had, her heart thumped in her chest as she stepped lightly down the corridor. Something snapped with a juicy sound, Yuna froze where she was…the noise repeated. A room stood to the right of her, the door wide open and ripped from the frame…Yuna inched closer. Holding her breath Yuna looked round the frame of the door, her bi-coloured eyes came round the corner.
The scene was like that of a nightmare. The walls were sprayed with blood, the floor littered in clean and meaty bones. Blood had been sprayed over the bedsheets, the windows had been knocked in and in one of the corners…the bodies of the dead soldiers had been piled up. A stomach turning crack came from a mutilated shape on the floor…a Werewolf was feasting on one of the soldiers. Yuna pulled her eye away from the scene, her face turning a ghostly white. The Werewolf looked up at the doorway for a very brief second…before it went back to eating. Yuna took a silent breath, she needed to get past and quickly. Luckily…the Werewolf was too busy to notice Yuna sneak past the doorway…or hear the floorboard crack.
Yuna came down the stairs to the basement, all the time her heart beat racing. Her fears playing on her, praying to Yevon that she wouldn't be discovered. She started clearing away some of the junk as silently as she could.
"There you are!" Yuna could have sung with joy at unearthing the Gastanks.
Yuna pulled on the valve…it won't budge. Come on. Again she gave a tug…this time harder…still nothing. Come on, come on! The valve spun round violently causing Yuna to lose her balance and fall over. The gas came pouring out with a hiss, Yuna rubbed her elbow from her short fall. Quickly she went upstairs pulling the matches out as she went, phase two was about to commence. Yuna stopped short of the stove her eyes falling on a sheet of paper…a small idea popped into Yuna's head as she grabbed a pen from the drawer.
Yuna came down the stairs at speed, she made for the basement exit. A dark figure stopped on the stair, the eyes were ablaze with fury. Yuna backed up, she could smell the gas and needed to get out fast her head was starting to swim.
"You want me?" Yuna stuck her tongue out "Then you got to catch me!"
Yuna turned and ran, she heard the snarl from behind her. The world started to sway as she bolted up the stairs, Yuna swung herself round the top of the stairs and through the main room.
The front door burst open as another Werewolf tore the door open, Yuna vaulted over the banister on the stairs. Yuna ran hard, her eyes falling on one thing in mind…the window at the top of the stairs. Her legs started to weaken, her breath running short. Time slowed to a close as Yuna reached the top of the stairs, she turned as a Werewolf leapt up at her. Her heartbeat froze as did time…there was a warmth, then a push. Time pulled back as Yuna was thrown through the window, Yuna watched as fire raced out of the window and wooden planks went shooting into the sky. Yuna landed hard…the world went black.
"YUNA!" Tidus's shout meet nothing, his eyes searched the rumble of the cabin. "Yuna!" He coughed from the smoke as he pulled up a heavy sheet of wood.
"YUNIE!!" Rikku was digging through anything and everything. Her foot nudged something and instinctively she pulled up the rubble. "Yunie! Guys over here!" She looked down on the dirty face of her cousin.
The others came right over they pulled Yuna to safety and away from the fiery ruins of the cabin. Wakka placed her limp form in an open space. Paine quickly checked Yuna pulse, she sighed and gave a nod, Lulu sat down near Yuna.
"Yuna? Can you hear me?!" Lulu looked down at Yuna…there was no answer.
"Is she breathing?" Gippal asked worried.
Baralai placed an ear near Yuna's mouth. "Yeah…she's breathing." He smiled sitting straight as everyone let go of their biggest fear.
"Yunie…" Rikku asked in a small voice "Wake up sleepy head"
As if like magic, Yuna stirred. Rikku started crying as her worry started to surface, Gippal gave her a hug as his own tears let lose. Slowly, Yuna's eyes opened, she looked around at the many faces watching over her.
"…You're okay…" Yuna said slowly, clearly knocked a little fuzzy from the blast.
"Yeah Yuna, we're all fine ya! You okay there?" Wakka wiped his eyes trying to act strong.
Yuna sat up with a little help from Paine. "I…I never got to put Mooglie up…" Yuna pulled some paper from her pocket which had a Moogle drawn on it. In a speech bubble there were the word 'Kaboom!' instead of 'Kupo!'
Lulu gave a small laugh "Well you can show that to your dad when we get back Yuna…You should get some rest"
The minutes ticked by as Gippal and Rikku tried in vain to get the vehicle to start. Yuna lay sleeping soundly in the backseats as the group mulled over a way to get home…none were up for walking.
"KUPO!! KUPO!!" There was a thump as Yuna fell of the back seat and onto the floor, she crawled out the vehicle with a red face.
"Hello?" Yuna answered her mobile with a red face, Gippal was almost dying in the background from the noise. "Oh hi dad! Yes I'm fine! Yes…yes. Um dad…could I ask a favour?" Yuna turned round to everyone else. "Could you give us a lift home? Gippal and Baralai's cars have sort of…gone boom!" Yuna gave a nervous laugh.
The curtain has closed…but has the story ended?…
(Well its done, every story must end...and everyone's going to have to explain this to their parents. Wonder what Gippal and Baralai are going to say about the cars? I am a little sorry though, i did want this to be longer but i was running low on ideas and i didn't want to drag it on and make the story bad, so sorry for it being short. Big thanks to everyone for reviewing! And i mean EVERYONE! You guys are the best! ^^ And just to say, this story might not be over. I was thinking of doing multiple endings, but im flat on ideas at the moment and writers block is being a pain! - -' So i'll give myself a break before i start thinking of any, and some will be sad, others a scary finish and some funny ^^ but still its a maybe, im still undecided. Oh on a special note, i was thinking of doing a little ask the cast sort of thing and also start another horror fic called 'Dark Stars' I'm getting ideas together for dark stars but i'm really unsure on the asking the characters thing, i had thought it might be a good idea but im a little scared on doing it. So i'd like to know if you guys would like me to do that or not ^^. Anyway! Thank you everyone and i'll see you next fic or alt ending ^^ Before i go...KUPO!!)