Thanks for reading this so far. I am sorry that it has taken me so long to get this up.

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X, and I never will... Although if anyone has any good ideas for kidnapping Auron... Oh and The Bevellian Biohazard Countermeasures Service members are inspired by Umbrella's Biohazard Countermeasures Service in the Resident Evil games. I do not own the Resident Evil movies or games.

Chapter 5: Escape from Luca Part 1
"He's behind us again, and he looks pretty pissed off."

"I know." Auron says as speeds up some.

"What do we do?" Rikku asks

"For now we run!"

5 Hours Until Sanitization

They had ran as hard as they could for about thirty minutes when they reached something blocking the road. Evil Auron was still chasing them, slowly, his mutated arm outstretched and ready to cut through anything in the way. Auron grabbed Rikku's hand and began pulling her towards the side were there was a huge drop.

"Are you crazy?" She asked him as jumped pulling her over the side. After falling about 30 feet and having Auron land on her, Rikku groaned and tried to move him off of her. He wouldn't budge. After several minutes of wiggling and crawling she managed to get out from under him. She stood up and took an Elixer. Then she began the tedious task of trying to wake him up. "Auron, are you okay? Wake up!"

He didn't respond. She kneeled beside of him and began to gently shake him. "Wake up!" Still no response came. "Auron! You big meanie, wake up!" Still no response. That's when she began to worry. "You never were this hard to wake up during the pilgrimage." She shakes him again and again, receiving no response from Auron. After several minutes of shaking him she steps back and grabs the closest stick. "Are you dead?" she asks as she begins poking him with the stick. "Auron, I swear if you are dead I will kill you."

Suddenly without warning, his hand shoots up and grabs the stick pulling it out of her hands. "If you poke me with that thing one more time, I swear I will break it."

"Sorry." Rikku says stepping back with wide eyes. Auron gets up and drinks an Elixer before glaring at the wide eyed Al-Bhed.

"Lets go." he says gruffly before picking up a bag and beginning to walk away from where they had landed. After several minutes they come upon a rusty ladder leading down into darkness, and a large cliff leading up to the road.

"We go down the ladder." Auron says as he starts to climb down.

"Um okay." After several minutes of clumsily climbing down the ladder, Rikku stands on shaky legs starring into the darkness. "Auron, where are we?"

"It seems we are in the Lucan sewers." he says from several feet away.

"Um how are we going to see down here?" she asks, as she frantically searches for a flash light. "Auron, I don't have a flash light."

"Neither do I Rikku." he says, sighing, "Follow me."

"Uh Auron, how can I follow you without seeing you?"

"Take my hand." he says.

"Okay." She takes his hand and he leads her down the dark path. After several minutes of walking through the dark path, Auron abruptly stops causing Rikku to walk into him. "What is it Auron? Do you see something? Or do you hear something?"

"Its nothing Rikku." he says. He turns a corner and pulls Rikku along behind him.

"Do you think there is anything down here Auron?"

"I doubt if there is anything here." he says, "Its just a sewer."

"Auron, there could be giant alligator fiends, or there could be ghosts, or mutated alligators, or mutated sharks. There could be mutated giant frogs, mutated rats…

"Rikku save your breath."

"Okay." she says, "I will but you know there could be some scary things down here."

"Yes Rikku."

"Auron, what happens if we're not out of here before this place is sanitized?"

"Do you even have to ask?"

"Auron, I'm too young to die." she says. "Auron tell me we won't die."

"Rikku, I hope we don't die."

"Tell me we won't die."

"Rikku, save your breath."

"Auron I, I think I hear something."

"I don't hear anything."

"Okay." she says, "Auron, I'm scared."

"Rikku, we'll be fine, now come on."

"But…

"No buts Rikku." he says squeezing her hand tighter than before. They walk together in silence for a while before Auron stops again. He pulls Rikku's hand to the wall helping her find the ladder and she starts to climb up. After a few minutes of climbing Rikku reaches the covering of the man-hole. She pushes at it for a while before stopping.

"Auron, I can't get it open."

"Okay." he says as he climbs over her and pushes it open with ease. They climb out and breathe in the fresh Lucan air before looking around. "Rikku where are we?"

"Let's see… over there is the Metro, and right there is the Game Room, there is the Lucky 8's Motel… I think we are on Melbourne Avenue. So if we go this way, we will be heading out for the other docks, right at the end of this street is the Al-Bhed dock, and about 3 miles from the Al-Bhed dock or dock 5 we will be at the entrance to the Mi'hen Highroad."

"Okay, let's go." he says. They walk a few minutes until they come to Dock 5. There Rikku sees a motor bike machina and runs to it. Its rusty and bent up, but Rikku gets on it and manages to get it started. "You want to ride that?"

"Hell no, I want to drive it!" Rikku yells. "Hop on!"

After several minutes of what some would call the scariest ride of their lives, Rikku slows up due to a road block.

"Now what?"

"Thank Yevon."

"AURON!" Rikku yells, "Now we will just have to go the long way around."

"Humph." Auron says and grabs a hold of Rikku's waist. "Try not to get us killed."

"I am not that bad of a driver!" Rikku says and they take off. This time Rikku drives carefully. "Auron?"

"Yes?"

"Why did that evil thing look so much like you?"

"I don't know."

"Auron?"

"Yes?"

"If we get out of this will you buy me a drink?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Rikku just drive."

"Okay ya big meanie."

"Auron?"

"Yes?"

"When we get out of this will you teach me to do that Banishing Blade move?"

"I suppose."

"Auron when we get out of this will you kiss me?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because."

"'Cause why?"

"Rikku!"

"Okay, okay I'll drive." she says, "It never hurts a girl to ask."

"Rikku?"

"Yes?"

"Why do you talk so much?"

"Auron that's not funny!"

"I know." he says wrapping his arms around her waist. After two hours of driving through the streets they come up on another road block. Rikku turns the bike around and follows the road until they reach a turn off that leads passed the Blitzball Stadium.

"Auron, I thought you said you didn't have a flash light?"

"I don't Rikku, that's not a flash light."

"Oh… Okay." she says, "Um does being this close to me do THAT to you?"

"Rikku just drive."

"Okay." She says. About a half an hour later they finally make it to the comm sphere at the entrance to the highroad… but Yuna and Tidus aren't there. Rikku pulls out her link sphere and begins trying to get up with Yuna and Tidus. After several minutes of receiving no answer she looks up at Auron. "Auron, do you think Yunie and Tidus are alright?"

"Yes." he says.

"What makes you so sure?"

"Rikku, Yuna is one of the strongest people I've ever known and Tidus can take care of himself. They'll be fine."

"Auron can we wait for them?"

"Yes."

"Okay. I hope they are alright." she says, "Auron, its only thirty minutes before Luca is destroyed. I hope they make it in time."