After running for what seemed to be hours, I caught up to Lightning. When I saw her, I didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing. With her she had a sword that turned into a gun, and she clearly knew how to use it.

"Um, hi," I spoke out after watching her scan the area before her. She didn't seem to hear me, or she just ignored me because she kept looking around her, as if sensing danger.

"We're in the middle of a battlefield, and you dare strike up a conversation?" she suddenly growls, not even looking at me.

"Hey, I'm just wondering what the hell is going on," I snap back angrily. My fists were clenched and I was ready to punch Lightning in the face, though I hesitated when she turned around to face me.

She had blue eyes that pierced my skull and a disapproving frown on her face. She opened her mouth and said, "Like I said before, I don't have time for this. All I know is that you landed right in front of me out of nowhere. A lot of weird stuff has been happening lately, so I'm not one to think twice about your situation." She took a step forward and added, "Oh, and I don't care."

I glared back at her, ready for a fight. She was a cold bitch but I couldn't help but admire her. She was strong-willed and capable of fighting, plus able to make someone feel like a total idiot.

I softened up a little and asked, "Well, what do you care about then?"

She turned around again, and I didn't expect an answer.

"My sister, Serah," she quietly said.

I walked up to her to face her. She had a pained look on her face and I couldn't help but feel bad. Her despaired look quickly changed to fury when she saw me looking at her.

"I don't know why I'm telling you this. Go home," she said and began walking again. I sighed and put one hand on my hip. The texture felt wrong for jeans, so I looked down. I saw that I wasn't wearing the jeans I had been wearing earlier or the white t-shirt. Instead, I was wearing a black mini skirt and a red halter top with spaghetti straps underneath a black leather jacket. On my feet were black boots that replaced my usual red sneakers.

"How the fuck did I not notice this before," I groaned to myself. My usual attire did not consist of what I was wearing now.

"Hey, have you seen a woman with pink hair?"

I swirled around to see the man with the baby chocobo in his afro. I believe his name was Sazh, or something.

"Yeah, she ran off ahead," I answered. I then smirked and said, "Didn't she knock you on the ground or something?"

Sazh froze, scratched his head, and then laughed. He looked embarrassed.

"Yeah, you saw that huh? Crazy woman was going to leave without me!"

"She tends to do that a lot," I reply wryly.

I started walking forward when three soldiers with guns and two dog-looking creatures pounced in front of me.

"Stop!" one of them yelled with his gun pointed right at my face.

"Why?" I challenged and readied myself against whatever that was going to happen to me.

"Don't be reckless," Sazh quickly said to me. "It's five against two, and only one of us is armed!" He dropped his two pistols and raised his hands up in surrender.

Typical.

Then suddenly Lightning jumped into the scene with gunblade blazing. She one-shot killed the two beasts and slashed her way through the three soldiers as if they were made out of thread.

"Nice," I commented and grinned. I put out my hand for a high five, and then remembered that I was in a video game, and these characters probably never heard of a high five.

"Foolish to stay here," Lightning snapped. She then studied me and added, "You don't even look like a soldier or part of the resistance. Who are you?"

"Oh, so now you want to make conversation?" I asked, feeling frustrated.

Sazh picked up his weapons that he cowardly abandoned and placed himself between us, as if expecting a fight.

"Ladies, please, let's just do this somewhere else. I thought we were on a mission?"

Lightning scowled at him and responded, "You and I are done working together. I do this on my own from now on." She holstered her weapon and started to stride away.

Sazh sighed and hung his head. His baby chocobo flew in front of him and looked at him questioningly.

"Cute," I muttered, and ran after Lightning. Before I could even say a word to her, some dude in heavy armor and a spiked stick as a weapon approached us. He came along with two other soldiers but this one was clearly the leader.

"Weapons down, I'd hate for this to turn ugly," he sneered as he slowly walked towards us.

"Pretty sure you're going to kill us anyway," I replied.

"Whoa, let's just do what he says," Sazh said fearfully.

"Not a chance," Lightning said as she took out her weapon. She then said to me, "You want to me happy? Make yourself useful and fight."

"I didn't know you knew what that word meant," I muttered under my breath, but crouched in a fighting position, arms and fists ready to hit three men with guns.

There was no way in hell I was going to survive this.