I'm trying to write the story I had originally intended.
I don't own any of the Final Fantasy 8 characters, but the newbies are mine.
To warn you, this is starting to get gory, or at least getting really violent.
The Rinoa bashing is revving into overdrive. I promise it's unintentional. Or at least, it started that way...
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Chapter 24
"I think it's finally time," Aura tossed a few stray hairs over her shoulder, and then turned to look at the young man who had collapsed against the wall near her after she'd released him from her helter-skelter jog through the halls, "Pity you aren't going to see the results, hm?"
Leaning into the wall as though his bones were melting, the person she spoke to gasped for air, the pain and the exhaustion of his lungs from trying to keep up in the forced run were not making it easier. His entire body shook with the breaths he was fighting for, and even though he gingerly held his right side still, he was beaten up from the reckless path Aura had made through her new home, as he thought she called it. Still focused on breathing, he ignored her question for a few seconds.
"I know you can shift your own body through time and space," Aura smirked, "but have you ever tried just moving minds, or another person's mind or body?"
"Why would I have bothered?" Max looked up at her in shock, "It's madness to try developing that kind of control over an ability like this. It's too unpredictable in the first place."
"Someone had that kind of control," Aura reminded him, "Or have you forgotten about Ellone?" after a few seconds of glaring at him, she fiddled with the stone around her neck distractedly, "She was recorded as having shifted minds through time in several instances."
"But she was only able to shift the minds of those she knew to the bodies of those she knew, and those shifted couldn't affect anything where they were," Max winced as he pulled his left hand from his right shoulder, wishing she'd seen fit to actually treat it, "Besides, she only shifted people into the past."
"That's all I want either," Aura's face was contorted by the smirk on her face, and it was only made worse when the stone flared sharply, as Max had not seen it do since before she'd shot him, which made him incredibly nervous, "I only want to visit, for now. Perhaps later we'll work on getting my mind shifted to the point that I can control events. Maybe I will even be able to see personally what the people who defeated Ultimecia were like."
"So you haven't decided to call yourself that yet?"
Aura slapped him sharply and then swung the same hand in a backward swing to strike his shoulder as well, "I am not Ultimecia. I was trying to join SeeD to fight against her! It is not my fault those cursed fools didn't see that I would be useful to them!"
"It was your fault though," Max gasped, "That you turned against the people you called friends. It is your fault that your own family is no longer living in this world. Your fault that-"
Aura stalked up to him and shoved the bridge of her hand between the thumb and forefinger against his throat until his head was forced against the wall and his Adam's apple was almost pressed fully against his windpipe, "You've no right to speak of such things, traitor. If you had not turned around as you did, you would be in the same state as they, and would not have to suffer what comes next. Ultimecia is coming soon, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Those who are not among the living when she arrives will not suffer. And you will suffer doubly as you have a life yet to live. And friends yet to lose."
Unable to ask with words, Max tried to convey the question with his eyes.
"I know you want to know what I'm talking about," Aura grinned suddenly and released him to fall to the floor, "But I won't tell you. You'll learn soon enough. Now stand up and follow me, or I'll drag you again. We need to get started so I can figure out who will be weak minded enough that I can take them over."
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Well, so much for me knowing what was coming next. I love it when they do that. Not really, but I had to use sarcasm somewhere, didn't I?
I don't own any of the Final Fantasy 8 characters, but the newbies are mine.
To warn you, this is starting to get gory, or at least getting really violent.
The Rinoa bashing is revving into overdrive. I promise it's unintentional. Or at least, it started that way...
~
Chapter 24
"I think it's finally time," Aura tossed a few stray hairs over her shoulder, and then turned to look at the young man who had collapsed against the wall near her after she'd released him from her helter-skelter jog through the halls, "Pity you aren't going to see the results, hm?"
Leaning into the wall as though his bones were melting, the person she spoke to gasped for air, the pain and the exhaustion of his lungs from trying to keep up in the forced run were not making it easier. His entire body shook with the breaths he was fighting for, and even though he gingerly held his right side still, he was beaten up from the reckless path Aura had made through her new home, as he thought she called it. Still focused on breathing, he ignored her question for a few seconds.
"I know you can shift your own body through time and space," Aura smirked, "but have you ever tried just moving minds, or another person's mind or body?"
"Why would I have bothered?" Max looked up at her in shock, "It's madness to try developing that kind of control over an ability like this. It's too unpredictable in the first place."
"Someone had that kind of control," Aura reminded him, "Or have you forgotten about Ellone?" after a few seconds of glaring at him, she fiddled with the stone around her neck distractedly, "She was recorded as having shifted minds through time in several instances."
"But she was only able to shift the minds of those she knew to the bodies of those she knew, and those shifted couldn't affect anything where they were," Max winced as he pulled his left hand from his right shoulder, wishing she'd seen fit to actually treat it, "Besides, she only shifted people into the past."
"That's all I want either," Aura's face was contorted by the smirk on her face, and it was only made worse when the stone flared sharply, as Max had not seen it do since before she'd shot him, which made him incredibly nervous, "I only want to visit, for now. Perhaps later we'll work on getting my mind shifted to the point that I can control events. Maybe I will even be able to see personally what the people who defeated Ultimecia were like."
"So you haven't decided to call yourself that yet?"
Aura slapped him sharply and then swung the same hand in a backward swing to strike his shoulder as well, "I am not Ultimecia. I was trying to join SeeD to fight against her! It is not my fault those cursed fools didn't see that I would be useful to them!"
"It was your fault though," Max gasped, "That you turned against the people you called friends. It is your fault that your own family is no longer living in this world. Your fault that-"
Aura stalked up to him and shoved the bridge of her hand between the thumb and forefinger against his throat until his head was forced against the wall and his Adam's apple was almost pressed fully against his windpipe, "You've no right to speak of such things, traitor. If you had not turned around as you did, you would be in the same state as they, and would not have to suffer what comes next. Ultimecia is coming soon, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Those who are not among the living when she arrives will not suffer. And you will suffer doubly as you have a life yet to live. And friends yet to lose."
Unable to ask with words, Max tried to convey the question with his eyes.
"I know you want to know what I'm talking about," Aura grinned suddenly and released him to fall to the floor, "But I won't tell you. You'll learn soon enough. Now stand up and follow me, or I'll drag you again. We need to get started so I can figure out who will be weak minded enough that I can take them over."
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Well, so much for me knowing what was coming next. I love it when they do that. Not really, but I had to use sarcasm somewhere, didn't I?