I actually did get this done really quickly, I just didn't start it for about a day. I wrote a REALLY random story about a piece of tinfoil killing Seymour (yes, I posted it if you're interested). And I wasn't home for almost 24 hours. So it wasn't really my fault. Alright maybe it was. Anyway, now this story's really getting somewhere! Yay! We're off to the rest of Spira! Woot! READ.
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There was only one thing I managed to get out of Rikki after two months of interrogating her. Just one.
The entrance to this lab was in Zanarkand.
I was really confused by that. Rikku had told me that Zanarkand was destroyed by Sin a thousand years ago. Didn't that mean it no longer existed? But, of course, Rikki wouldn't tell me anything else.
The only good thing that came out of that long period of time was that I finally got Al Bhed down. I could talk fluently to the other Al Bhed. It was about time, too.
Too bad that wasn't going to do me too much good with my plan of action I'd devised. Plan? You ask. What plan? My plan. My plan to go get Rikku.
All of my friends back in Zanarkand always told me I was reckless. They said I should think things through more. But just then I didn't need to think it through. All I needed to know was that Rikku was gone. She was gone and I needed her back. I didn't really care all that much about Rikki anymore. She wasn't going to tell me anything else. I didn't know what the deal was with Zanarkand. All I knew was that I had to get to that lab. I had to.
And I was going to.
I managed to snatch a map of Spira from someone's room (I honestly have no idea whose). I wasn't thrilled by the news that I had no choice but to stow away on a salvage ship to get to the mainland of Spira. But it was my only choice. Even being a blitzer I couldn't swim that far.
It looked like the fastest route was to cut straight through the mainland. But believe me, that didn't look fast. Especially if I had to get there on foot.
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I didn't start wondering if I had such a great plan until I was already hiding in a storage room on one of the Al Bhed's salvage ships. I knew for a fact that that particular vessel was headed for Luca port. My map showed me it was possible to get to Zanarkand from there.
Remember what I said way back when about heroes and heroines? I guess I was half right. I kind of felt like a hero. But I bet Rikku didn't. I bet Rikku was feeling more like a damsel in distress.
Anyway, after I'd managed to get off of the ship without being noticed (which was actually a simple endeavor), I realized I had a problem.
I needed new clothes. No matter how much I loved Al Bhed attire, it caused me to receive some nasty glances from Yevonites. You have no idea how long it took me to find a place that actually sold clothes. Spira was like a huge medieval town. They just made everything themselves.
But eventually I did find some clothes from a nasty lady. She almost refused to take the gil I'd snatched from the Al Bhed (Hey, I grew up in a city with a drunkard for a father, of course I'd turn out to be a great pickpocket.).
Just as I finally found the road out of Luca, I noticed something. Someone.
Rikki.
She was following me, about fifteen or twenty feet behind. I didn't know how long she'd been there, but she was the last thing I needed just then. When she saw that I'd noticed her, she almost skipped over. She looked extremely cheerful. It was really weird.
"You headed for Zanarkand?" I nodded, dumbfounded by the sudden change in her personality.
"Y-you okay?" I asked warily. She just grinned.
"I'm fine." She assured me. "The Al Bhed just make me nervous." She admitted. "But you're not Al Bhed. I don't know what you are. But you're nice." I thought she would have hated me. Seeing how much I shook her and yelled at her. "And I know you won't be mad about me coming with you." She smiled innocently. I just sighed. I didn't know if I was mad or not. I guess it was kind of stupid to try to find Rikku on my own when I had no idea what I might come across in Spira. But I knew Rikki wasn't going to just leave.
"Do I have a choice?" I asked nervously. She shook her head. "Alright, then. Let's get going." If she was coming, she was coming, and there wasn't much I could do about it.
I started for the grassy road in front of me, but Rikki didn't follow. "What?" I turned back to her.
"There're fiends from here on out." She told me.
"So? You scared?" If she was, I was going without her. But she shook her head.
"It would be really stupid to go without a weapon." She pointed out. "Don't you think you should get one somewhere? You stole some gil from the Al Bhed, didn't you?" What was she, a stalker?! "There was some sketchy merchant back there selling all sorts of stuff." She nodded back towards the city.
I was dying to go find Rikku, but she had a point. I reluctantly followed her to this "sketchy merchant". He gave me a weird looking red sword-thingy for a couple of gil. Apparently Rikki already had some kind of clawed glove thing.
Then we were finally off to the rest of Spira.
Off to possible danger. And to the unknown. Definitely to the unknown.
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I tried my best to make this one a bit longer. It's not the best, but I'm finally getting somewhere!! My brain is now snapped back into writing mode. So I MIGHT post another chapter today. Maybe. We'll just have to see. I'm also starting a fanfic with my friend Liz. It's a crossover between Maximum Ride, High School Musical (lol), Transformers, Final Fantasy X and X-2, and Pirates of the Caribbean with the penname AmizLimy. It should be interesting… But, anyway, the next chapter (of this) should be up pretty soon. Just cause I'm in a good mood today.