Chapter 34: Yuna's Broken Heart

They got Paine back to the airship and laid her down in her bed and Raven went into the cabin and locked the door behind her. Yuna fell to her knees outside Paine's cabin door when she heard the latch of the lock and broke down crying. Rikku and Synde went to Yuna's side and comforted as she cried. "She'll be ok Yunie, she love's you too damn much to leave you." Rikku herself had tears streaming down her cheeks.

Raven gave Paine an antidote to nutralize the poision and sat on the edge of Paine's bed and stroked her cheek softly and spoke to her daughter as the tears freely ran down her cheeks. "I just got you back and I'll be damned if I'm gonna lose you now. Yuna loves you so much and so do I. Don't fight for me Paine fight for Yuna. She'll be lost without you please pull through this...please."

Yuna stood up slowly as Raven opened Paine's door. Rikku sighed heavily as Yuna went past Raven into Paine's cabin. Yuna sat on the edge of her lovers bed and she cried softly as she stroked Paine's cheek. "I know I'm being selfish but I'm not ready to let you go yet."

Raven looked at Rikku and Synde and sighed heavily. "I gave her an antidote so depending on if she were stung or bit will determine how long she's out." Raven shook her head slightly. "By the looks of it, she was stung which in a way is good. She should come around by morning. If she was bit on the other hand there's no telling how long she'll be out."

Synde smiled faintly. "I'll go break the news to Yuna." Synde hung her head for a second. "She'll be heartbroken." Synde walked into Paine's cabin and saw her daughter caressing her lovers cheek and swallowed back her emotion. "Move for just a moment Yuna I need to see her wouuld because depending on if she was stung or bitten will tell me how long she'll be down and out." Yuna looked at her mother and nodded before standing up and allowing Synde to examine the wound. Synde sighed as she examined the wound. Synde stood slowly and look at Yuna and frowned. "I have good news and bad news."

Yuna swallowed hard. "Give me the bad news first."

Synde nodded. "The bad news is there's really no telling when she'll come to. It can be as soon as tomarrow or sometime next month. The good news is she was only stung so the amount of poision injected wasn't much."

Yuna's eyes teared up again and she threw herslf into her mothers arms and cried. Synde rubbed her daughters back and held her as she cried. Rikku walked up behind her cousin and hugged her from behind. Synde smiled faintly. "Yuna how quickly you forget I'm a master white mage. I should be able to have her awake by morning. Come now dry your eyes and let me fully cure her ok."

Yuna looked at her mother teary eyed and nodded slightly and took a few steps back. "Can you? Please don't say things you can't do."

Synde smiled and nodded. "Yes Yuna I can. I'm your mother Yuna I wouldn't lie to you." Synde nodded to Yuna then walked over to Paine and put her hand over her chest and began to speak in a language alien to Yuna and Rikku. A light blue light began to glow from under Synde's hand. The light got brighter and spread across Paine as she spoke louder. When she was finished a soft moan escaped Paine's lips. Rikku put a hand on Yuna's shoulder and soon had to catch her as she fell to her knees. Synde looked at her daughter. "Yuna..." Yuna quickly stood and ran to her lover's side as a soft moan escaped Paine's lips once again. "It maybe morning before she recovers so don't expect her to wake up tonight."

Yuna stood and embraced her mother. "Thank you..." Yuna then went back to sitting on Paine's bed. Synde smiled and then looked over at Rikku and they nodded and left the room. Yuna laid down next to Paine on the bed and laid her head on Paine's chest and cried herself softly to sleep.