So here we go hope you like this chapter and i know that the chapters haven't had a lot of Snow and Hope moments but they will do soon. This is co written by Blaid and his OC character is owned by him =)
The group sat in a circle around the lake that was now frozen, they had seen the ship fall and crash land. Vanille then explained that herself, Sazh and Lightning knew each other already as they had destroyed the ships Fal`cie moments before they had run at Snow being chased by wolves, Lightning had been so quick that neither side knew she was gone but that was how she liked it and how she wanted it to. She wasn't a L`cie to make friends, she was one to save her sister who was now a cold to touch crystal like the lake that now surrounded the group in its frozen form.
Hope sat in Snows lap now fully awake while Vanille sat onto the floor beside the small fire, Sazh was standing behind them yet was leaning against a rock while Lighting stood which her arms folded watching the group in front of her. She could do with them helping her save Serah yet she wasn't sure if she could completely trust them, Snow she felt could be an idiot yet she did trust him. Hope wasn't even worth looking at for her, he was weak and couldn't fight, he was no use to her. Sazh and Vanille could fight but they annoyed the female like hell most of the time.
Crystallized Lake Bresha, Outside Abyssal Legion's group of Havoc Skytanks
"Tell me Commander, what do you know of the Bresha Lake?" asked a High Ranked official as he stepped towards the gathering troop of Soldiers, their advanced technology made even those thrown around by PSICOM simple toys.
"Lord Estheim, we know that it crystallized over night, we lost control of the transport carrying Gran Pulse Fal'Cie Anima to Pulse and it crashed into the Lake causing it to return to Crystal!" explained the Commander with a salute and the blond haired official nodded as he paced down the lines of his soldiers.
"Remember, we are Omega L'Cie, far superior to either Pulse or Sanctum L'Cie" announced the official as he continued to pace "we are so much more than either Human or Fal'Cie, we are a new existence altogether outside the machinations of the Fal'Cie and the little plots for power made by the Humans, we will bring a new Dawn to this world!"
"Albion Estheim, if you were a 'lowly human', you could run for Primarch" commented a voice off to the side and the one known as Albion scowled as Oerba Yun Fang stepped towards the group.
"Fang, shouldn't you be implementing your side of the Pincer Attack, my Forces can't attack from two places at once" sighed Albion as he looked for the closest object to smash his skull into, his migraine was back, all thanks to the wild Tribal Girl of Gran Pulse that his lover had picked up.
"Cid wouldn't want you to get stressed, have you seen what Raines is like when you get stressed, he paces wondering what is wrong until he's stressed and that eventually makes the rest of us stressed" commented Fang as she put a arm around Albion's neck in a half hug which the Supreme Commander quickly ducked away from "is my presence so…horrible?"
"Only when you're talking to me instead of LEADING YOUR OWN UNIT!" growled Albion with a look that said he wanted to cut off Fang's Head and stuff it up her ass, cut her into four pieces, dip her in acid followed by setting her on fire before watching her writhe in pain and agony.
"Yeesh, talk about bad company, with you it's all about your orders" muttered Fang with a shrug as she turned to walk away.
"Naturally, I'm a Soldier, getting results through using my mission as a guideline is my job!" scowled Albion before straightening his armoured shirt and making a motion with his hand, the Soldiers saluted their Supreme Commander before marching off down the path, the Commander of the taskforce watched the Supreme Commander start to head up the nearest path up the side of the Crystal Embankment.
"My Lord?" asked the Abyssal Legion Commander as he watched his Supreme Commander continue on his way.
"I'm going ahead to attempt to cut them off, you are in charge Commander until the relief forces arrive, continue with the Pincer attack as planned" announced Albion as he turned to his men.
"Yes sir, all forces move out, shoulder those Pulse Guns and March!" commanded the Commander as he set off down the Lines of advancing troops before turning his head back to look at their Leader whom was on the Handset talking to someone "oh, and sir…good luck, you're going to need it if you run into L'Cie"
"Albion, the L'Cie haven't perfected their skills and are not living weapons as they are intended to be by Pulse, you have nothing to fear" announced a Voice over the Handset and Albion smirked.
"Thanks Cid, I'll be away for awhile, I hope to get back to you soon, my love" commented Albion before closing the Handset with a click, before continuing up the slope.
Crystallized Lake Bresha, Overlooking the Area: A Silent Maelstrom
"So, those are the L'Cie, Fang should be in position and I see PSICOM are doing their jobs wonderfully" pondered Albion with a smirk as he watched the group below before pressing a button causing charges alongside the mountain to explode which in turn causes an avalanche of crushed crystal knocking the largest of their group further away from his Team Mates as PSICOM and the Abyssal Legion swarmed the Area as planned "unless I am underestimating him, that L'Cie should be able to deal with PSICOM until Fang reaches him, my forces will continue chasing after the main group of L'Cie however I guess I should get underway to cutting them off again"
Crystallized Lake Bresha
Lightnings head turned towards the noise of a fierce explosion as she saw an avalanche come straight towards the group. She yelled at the others to move before running away as the snow fell towards them. Vanille made it safely to Light first with Sazh in close pursuit. However Hope was stuck in the crystal lake and Snow gritted his teeth and pushed the male free, he threw the small male across the crystal until he stopped near Lightning who pulled him to safety just as the avalanche cut at Snow.
"Look after him until i find you" he yelled to the group as the snow took the male of the same name over the edge of the frozen lake.
They watched as the large male disappeared in the avalanche and was thrown downwards. Vanille screamed and covered her mouth while Sazh and Lightning held Hope back who was yelling after Snow with all his might. As suddenly as it had started it stopped and Snows hand appeared through the snow, followed by his body where he brushed himself down at smirked above him at the group. He would have to climb back up. The group all let out a sigh of relief, even Lightning although she didn't even know that she had been holding her breath.
"Cmon hero hurry up" she yelled before turning away from him and walking a few feet away.
Shots were suddenly fired as a group of PSICOM appeared where Snow was standing. Lightning and Sazh fired a few shots back while Vanille grabbed Hopes hand and dragged him towards the path that they had been heading on before being split up. Sazh continue to shoot until one clipped his shoulder causing him to yell in pain and Lightning pushed him backwards away from danger.
"Im getting to old for this" he muttered to himself as he placed a bandage around his wound to stop the blood from pumping round his body.
"Go i can take these freaks, i will catch up" explained Snow to Lightning as he punched a solider in the face before ripping the gun from his hands and taking another couple of soldiers down "Look after Hope, he cant fight"
"Good luck" she said as she nodded and pulled away from the edge pulling Sazh with her and ran towards the exit where Vanille and Hope were waiting and looking anxious.
"Wheres Snow?" he asked them as a piece of crystal feel from behind Lightning and Sazh meaning that they couldn't go back.
"Hes going to catch up" said Lightning as a matter of fact and walked past him and Vanille without saying another word, she continued walking as Hope yelled after her saying that they had to go back.
"He will be fine, that guy can look after himself" said Sazh and he patted Hope on the head and followed Lightning who was the groups only ticket out of the nightmare they were in.
"But.." began Hope with his face bright red and a few tears falling from his eyes.
"No buts" smiled Vanille as she rubbed the tears away "We can face it later"
Hope didn't know what she was saying but mumbled un agreement knowing that he couldn't help Snow anyway and Vanille took hold of his hand before she followed the other two, skipping and humming as she went. Nothing seemed to affect her although that was her shield, she would keep running until the problem disappeared or was solved, thats all she could ever cope with. Thats what she was doing right now running.
Crystallized Lake Bresha, Overlooking the Area: A Silent Maelstrom
Albion jumped across one peak of crystal to the next as he calculated where the L'Cie would most likely go, in his experience he knew that only the Gates of Antiquity and the Ruins through them could lead to a place where there was a chance of escape, a ship was docked in that area if he remembered the briefing by the Cavalry spies, a armed messenger's vessel which the crew of died before it could be used, that would be the L'Cie's target if they had a smart leader whom had recorded these small windows of escape.
Crystallized Lake Bresha, Encased in Crystal
"We'll stop here for awhile" announced Lightning as she reached a gorge with an airship stuck halfway in the Crystal.
"You think Snow's alright?" asked Sazh as he looked over at Lightning who shrugged uncaring but she had a slight smile on her face.
"I know him, he's a friend of my family, he and his gang have gotten in trouble a number of time and have survived even on times without my help" shrugged Lightning as she thought of their next move.
"How did all of you meet?" asked Hope and Lightning turned and gave a questioning look.
"Me and Snow or Sazh, Vanille and myself?" asked Lightning but sighed as she decided to tell the entire tale "Snow is an orphan while me and my sister become one too years ago, you could say we became friends of sorts because we are kindred spirits, well Serah and Snow became friends which forced me to overlook Snow's gang: NORA"
"Who is Serah?" asked Hope and Lightning sighed but started on that.
"The reason I'm where I am, Serah is my sister and was a Pulse L'Cie, before she turned to Crystal" explained Lightning with emotionless ease as though she were at a debriefing "I learned too late that when I went to save her it was a trap, the Pulse Fal'Cie called Anima had been waiting and branded us, I was on the run from PSICOM when I learned too late that a shard of Anima's Crystal had stayed on my cloths which caused both you and Snow to become L'Cie also"
"We also helped Lightning face Anima, it was a tough one, Anima IS a Fal'Cie after all" commented Vanille as she placed her hand on Hope's shoulder.
"Unlike Vanille who was at the wrong place at the wrong time, I had a reason to be in the Pulse Vestige, I was hoping to defeat Anima believing that it was the Focus of my son whom became a Sanctum L'Cie but that is another story for another day" shrugged Sazh as he patted Hope on his free shoulder before walking ahead with Lightning following.
"Let's move!" commanded Lightning as she continued forwards leaving the rear up to Vanille and Hope.
The young male was still upset about leaving Snow but deep down he knew that it was the only thing he could do, then a light switched in his head causing to burst forward ahead of Sazh and straight at Lightning. She frowned as Hope blocked her path yet stopped all the same before crossing her arms.
"What kid?" she asked annoyed that he had stopped her from thinking about further plans that she was building on.
"Teach me how to fight" he almost demanded yet his voice was still shaky.
"I haven't got time to teach you, i have to save my sister"
"Then teach me so i can help you do that and save Snow" he suggested as quick as a flash.
Lightning muttered to herself and frowned at the kid again while Sazh and Vanille walked past them as they didn't want to get in the way. Hope stood with his fists clenched and his heart beating one to the dozen, he needed her to help him.
"First test is speed, try to keep up" she muttered with a sigh as she burst forward into the wind which made the wind blow through her hair and her sword clatter against her waist.
Hope didn't register for a second then began to run after her, the pair ran past the other two members and turned right at a junction before going across a bridge where Hope fell to the floor breathing heavily. Lightning walked back towards him breathing normally as though she hadn't ran anywhere at all, she then lowered her hand and pulled the male up by his collar.
"Not bad kid" she said with a smirk before letting go of him.
Vanille and Sazh followed the pair with the male moaning about himself bring too old. She smiled and hit the male on the back before skipping towards the other two members of the group with the older male following her, having no choice. He didn't want to be alone not in that kind of place.
"Now where are we going?" he muttered to himself and to the female who danced a bit too much for his liking. He had felt a lot safer with Lightning near as she seemed to be able to look after herself rather well.
"Anywhere" she said with a giggle without looking back and kept on walking forward towards their next destination, she hardly ever looked back and didn't want to.
After half an hour or so of walking the ex solider and the rest of the group, Lightning didnt need to but Hope looked exhausted as did Vanille yet Sazh seemed to be able to cope. Hope looked around and saw that they were nearing some kind of ruins.
"I wonder where we are?" he asked with a frown as he closed his eyes although Lightning wasnt paying attention to the small male as she needed to find him a weapon, at the moment he didnt have one and she couldnt protect him or help him fight if he didnt hold a weapon.
"Where are we?" asked Vanille as Lightning hadnt answred the question.
"Getting ourselves a ship" noddd the female before running into the ruins with the others close behind her. They kept together until they reached a large ship in front of them which seemed operactional although they would have to try it. "Can anyone fly?"
"No wings but that i can" said Sazh with a small grin.
Lightning then pulled her sword out as she heard footsteps coming their way, Sazh pulled out his guns while Vanille pulled out her rod, they all circled Hope who was dead in the the centre as PSICOM soliders came running around them, surrounding them group with their pistols aimed.
"Shit were gonna die" cried Hope.
"Not if i can help it" growled Lightning although she wasnt sure what she was going to do.
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