A/N : Hey Guy's, this is my third chapter to The Key's to Discovery. We start to learn a lot about Rikku in this chapter and how her life will change in a couple of days. Please enjoy and feel free to review!!!
Chapter 3 – Flash Backs And Forwards
The sun broke into the morning and the sky was starting to rise in Eyeville City. The large skyscrapers reflected the beaming sun as it shone at the mirrored windows. Apartment 5A in the north side of central city, Rikku had just woken up to find her belongings all scattered all over the floor, her drawers were wide open and her jewellery on her dressing table had been thrown on the floor, but not taken. She immediately ran into her mother's room, Namine, who had not been speaking to her for several days after the incident at 'The Pass Over'.
"Mother, quickly get up, I think we have been burgled, quick, up", spluttered Rikku, through her tightened lips as she couldn't speak properly. Her mother was still lying there sound asleep and not seemed to pay much attention to Rikku at all.
"Mom, wake up", Rikku shook her mother several times and still she stayed sound asleep, this really startled her and at that point she phoned the police.
The Physic City Police Department arrived in a matter of minutes and Rikku had been hovering over her mother while they searched her house.
"So, what's going on, what has happened to my mom", Rikku shouted at the police officer.
"It seems that your mother has taken some sleeping pill's, but very strong ones. You said you shook her several times right?", said the police officer.
"More than several" exclaimed Rikku.
"Well we will take her in the hospital, and just give her some tests...strange isn't it?" questioned the police officer.
"Sorry, what's strange?" replied Rikku.
"Well, it seems someone has been in your house and not stolen anything, you jewellery is safe and none of your money is stolen, it seems they were looking for something else." said the police officer.
"Well, what does this mean?" asked Rikku.
"I don't know, I really don't know", the police officer replied.
Rikku was standing over her mother as she lay in the hospital bed. Her mother seemed calm and comforted as she lay there. Her deep breathing was the only slight noise that she heard as she hoped her mother would wake up soon.
"Telephone? Rikku Spiral?" a woman called from the reception desk, as she broke the calming silence.
"Oh, that's me", called Rikku. She headed towards the hospital phone, walking slowly so if she heard her mother she could quickly run back. She spoke into the phone, "Hello?"
"It' me, Tidus", said Tidus' voice down the phone. "I heard what had happened, is mother ok?" Tidus had been practising his sword skills in the Spira Army since 'The Pass Over' and it really effected Rikku as she had always been so close to her brother.
"Listen Ti, someone has been routing in our house and they have looted through our things. I'm scared and I need you to come home, what the hell is going on?", Rikku said quite loudly down the hospital phone.
"Rikku, calm down. I am coming home in about three days." he replied.
"THREE DAYS! Can't you make it two, I am just scared if someone else will come back." Rikku said still not very calm.
"I think I know the reason why, I think it's Shiva" said Tidus.
"Shiva, why?" asked Rikku.
"That key, she snatched from us, well I found another one just like it and I think she got someone to come looking for it, and I think the may have drugged mom", claimed Tidus.
"Well, I'm not gonna let this slip, you need to come back and we need to go down to Bevelle and confront her as soon as", insisted Rikku.
"NO! Don't because we can't just storm to Bevelle and ask to see her, the imperial guards will wonder what the hell's going on, we need to think of a plan. When I come back from Thunder Forest, we'll discuss, stay with mom and look after her". As soon as Tidus finished his sentence the phone crackled and Rikku couldn't hear his voice no more.
She now felt rage and anger inside, her heart was thumping inside, she wanted revenge on this evil woman. She didn't understand what the significance was of these key's and why Shiva was so eager to get her hands on them. At that moment in thought, the doctor tapped her on the shoulder, which slightly startled her.
"Rikku is it?", the doctor asked.
"Yes, is my mother going to be ok", she replied.
All of a sudden the man started to sound more soothing and seemed to be be supportive, Rikku could tell this from his body language. "Your mother may be asleep for at least a week", he said.
"A week! But what in god's name has she taken to make her fall asleep for, a week!", said Rikku as she seemed shocked, though at this point she knew her mother had not taken anything but the fact that she had been drugged, so she wasn't their to look after her children.
"Well", the doctor implied. "We know your mother had not taken anything, she has definitely been drugged by someone or something, so tonight you will be staying in the hospital, so you can be safe"
Rikku became inflamed with anger, she just wished she had enough evidence to say this was Shiva, though she may be entirely wrong and it may be someone else trying to make the Spiral family break apart.
That night Rikku couldn't sleep, knowing that maybe someone was in her house right now, routing through her stuff, looking for a key, which she didn't even know what that key signified. She also was worried that maybe they had got their hands on Tidus and they had found the key in which he had. Several hours had passed and eventually her eyelids drifted down and her body began to sleep.
She woke up the next morning with strange thoughts in her head. She could see her mother and a strange man beside her. Though her mother looked much younger than what she looked like now, maybe she was about twenty or so and this man was a similar age. The man was a good looking man who dressed in a orange cloak type suit and he seemed to carry a long samurai sword which he carried over his shoulder covering his entire back. She seemed enthralled by this weird thought, and she wished that she could speak to her mom about her weird image which had stuck in her head all day.
Rikku was bored as she rummaged through the shops encountering many purchases. She had bought new clothes that looked graceful when she had tried them on. Shoes, which made her at least two inches taller and a massive bag of sweets for her to guzzle tonight whilst watching over her mother, as she soothed into a deep sleep.
As Rikku walked at a fast pace home she saw many strange people lurking around city centre, people's faces seemed to gaze in her direction, men seemed to look at her up and down and weird woman would ask her for some money when the only gil she had was one, after all she had spent the rest. But one thing she saw which was very intriguing was a shinning object lying on the floor, it looked as though it had been so carelessly dropped and not even considered by it's owner, she took a closer look and was shocked to see what she saw. She tilted her head downwards to get an even closer look and the mangled key sat their right in her view. She took it with great ease and even though she didn't know what it symbolised she still embraced it in her palm and dropped it into her pocket as if she knew she had to protect it.
"Rikku Spira", she called into the electronic name reader on the wall of the hospital. The gates flew open and she entered as quickly as possible, hoping that no-one was following her as soon as she picked up the distinctive key.
Even though her mother couldn't here her she still spoke to her just before dusk and told her the secrets of what her and her brother were encountering.
"Hey mom, well I found another one of those key's today. It's really baffling me. What is their meaning, we have seen at least three. I know Shiva is behind it all. She stole the one key of us, set those fiends on us and now she is rummaging through our house hoping to find the key in which Tidus has. I just hope he is safe, though I am sure he can look after himself". Rikku gave her mom a kiss goodnight and then fell asleep right beside her.
Rikku started experiencing a weird dream which she had never done before. Once again her mother was in the dream around the age of twenty-four this time and she was holding a blonde haired baby in her arms, which seemed to look like Rikku. The man dressed in the orange cloak was also their, he was admiring the baby and stroking it's head, caressing it. But this time the man had a pain looking scar which ran from the top of his eye right down his cheek and seemed to make his eye distort.
"I want you to have this, look after it", the strange man said to Namine. As he said this he passed a key to Namine, one which looked exactly the same as the ones which Rikku and Tidus found.
Rikku woke in the night. She felt the cold sweat sliding down her back making her feel uncomfortable. Her legs seemed to stick to the hospital sheets, like glue. She felt her hair which seemed to contain lots of grease which made her feel dirty, at that point she jumped into the hospital shower, though the cold water made her shiver, so she spent two minutes cleansing herself. She tip-toed back into the temporary hospital bed she couldn't stop thinking about her dream. How strange and similar it was to her thought she had a few nights ago and how spine chilling it was to know that a key just like the one she found seemed to appear in her dream, though she then realised that she could see the key in her dream as it played on her mind, at that point she went straight back to sleep.
Though her dream continued when her eyes shut tight. This time it showed her mum in tears and the strange man hugging her and then hugging the little blonde baby girl who looked slightly older.
"Auron! Don't leave us, we need you, me and Rikku", Namine shouted, as the man hugged them both.
"Do not let go of the key, they've come after me because of it and I would rather that than them come after you" the man replied.
At that point Rikku woke up and sat straight up in fright, she knew now that the man in her dream was her father and the reason why he had left all those years ago.
She didn't sleep one bit after the dream and it that churned through her mind was the thing that her father had said, Do not let go of the key, they've come after me because of it and I would rather than than them come after you! She was so confused and more confused at the fact her mother would have been pregnant with Tidus when all of this would have happened but she wasn't in her dream and this puzzled her. She headed towards the hospital pay phone and put 20 gil inside it and decided to call Tidus.
"Hi, can I speak to Tidus please, Tidus Spiral, the swordsman section", she spoke into the phone to the woman who was in charge of the calls that were dialled to the Spira Army office.
"I'll just put you through", she entailed to Rikku.
"Tidus speaking", his voice vibrating down the phone.
"Ti, listen I am coming to Spira Army, I need to speak to you, I have had a dream, and um it's important, but I can't stay here any more, and mom won't wake up, please I need to see you", Rikku spoke really quick and seemed flustered.
"Listen, Rikku if you need to speak to me I am back in a few days, you can speak to me then", Tidus replied.
"It's not good enough", as Rikku said these last four words the phone starting beeping and her credit had ran out.
Now Rikku was fuming, she really needed to see Tidus and tell him of the dreams she had been experiencing. So at that point to grabbed her belongings and left the hospital leaving a note to her mother explaining where she was going. She had left the hospital and now was heading to Thunder Forest to see Tidus.
A few hours had passed and the sun had set on the outskirts of Physic City and Rikku was feeling extremely tired and anxious, her heart was thudding, pounding in her chest and her eyes started to slowly close at times of her journey, she knew at that point she had to rest. Though the word rest began to scare her. She didn't want to sleep because she was scared that she would have another horrible dream and she couldn't stand to be in that circumstance again.
Another three hours had passed and at this point she was walking down Mi'hen High road. Her body had began to dither and her legs were moving slower than ever. Considering the night had fallen she still felt hot and her face had become sweaty and she began to inch continuously. The bags had fell beneath her eyes and she knew she was going to just lie on the floor and fall into the dream world. A minute later, she began to feel dizzy and unsteady, though the ground underneath her was moving, though this was her. She looked up at the sky and the millions of stars became blurry and the grass underneath her also became cloudy. Suddenly she fell to the ground and she had fainted in the middle of Mi'hen High road.
Pictures came flurrying to her mind. She once again saw the moment her father had left her mother and then a new image came rushing into her head, she saw herself in a strange giant room. The room was dark. She saw Shiva come towards her. She was being held by Shiva with a strange ice contraption and she then saw herself fall the the floor as though she had just died.
As Rikku woke up, her head felt like she had bashed it against hard concrete several times. Her heart was beating really fast and her legs felt like jelly as she couldn't stand or move. It came to Rikku's attention that maybe she could see the past, but not just the past, also she could see the future.
A/N – So that's my third chapter and I hope you enjoyed it. In process of writing Chapter 4!
Please review, I would be very grateful!!!!!
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