Sisterly Love Chapter 6: Welcome to Pulse
"Hey whats that?" Jihl said to Yaag as she had finished her rant about Lightning's escape.
"Whats what? I don't see it." Yaag said turning around looking at nothing imparticular. He turned back to Jihl to see she had a lustful grin and look in her eyes, he had to admit she
scared him when she was like this, so cold and cruel.
"I think our little friend has come back, like a good pet always does." Jihl laughed, Yaag turned to see a flash of pink disappear from the window. Oh God Lightning run! he thought as
Jihl grabbed a bomb and took off after her. Seconds later Jihl was outside staring down the plane that had just started up, your mine now dear, the cold, cruel women thought
as she started sprinting towards the plane as she slid under it and quickly planted the bomb on the middle of the plane. She then rolled back and cut a hole where she could sneak in
undetected. Jihl ended up in the washroom of the plane perfect she thought now all I have to do is wait for my little kitten to come to momma. Jihl than waited patiently for Lightning to appear.
The throbbing in Lightning's head is what caused her to wake up, she slowly raised her eyes to see Serah lying a few feet from her NO wasall she could think as she rushed over to her
sisters side. "Serah!" Lightning called to her sister as she gathered her in her arms, Lightning desperately tried to wake Serah only to be overcome with a strange feeling which eventually
caused her pass out onto Serah.
"Wakey wakey, little girl." The demonic voice rang in Lightning's ears causing her to raise her head to find that she was back in her nightmare from before. Lightning shook her head
and buried it in her hands until a sharp pain in her chest caused her to flinch and look up and see a very very large spider that made the other giant ones look tiny.
"That's right this isn't a dream, but a vision I have complete control over you, now come and bow before me." What? Lightning thought It has that same voice...wait what an I doing?
Lightning then stood up and went before the great beast. "Good girl, now my pet you will do what I say. There is a special crystal that I think of great importance however it may prove
dangerous to obtain."
"How-"
"SILENCE!" the beast erupted when Lightning went to talk. "You will speak only when told too or suffer the consequences." Than Lightning felt an excruciating pain resonating from her
chest causing her to fall forward into the fetal position shaking. "Good now would you want to feel that even worse?" Lightning shook her head no not wanting to open her mouth
in case he went off on her again. "Now it is in a cave in the jungle you were in earlier, find it and bring it to me." The spider said before pausing and looking around the barren plane.
"Oh and I almost forgot. Welcome to Pulse." And with that Lightning's eyes continued to get heavier until she fell unconscious.
"Lightning!"
Lightning awoke to the sound of Serah's voice ringing in her head. She shot up to be met with a face full of Serah's pink hair. Lightning wrapped her arms around her breathing heavily.
"Are you all right? what happened?" Serah questioned as Lightning looked around her surroundings. You may speak that horrifying voice rang in her head.
"Shit." She cursed as Serah gave her a confused look.
"Whats wrong Light?" she said grabbing Lightning's chin and tilting it back to face her.
"N-nothing I'm just a-a little shaken up." Lightning said her mind on the terrible vision she had just experienced.
"Right...well the plane exploded now were stuck here." Serah said standing up and walking around.
"Wait! Serah your alive!" Lightning half yelled as it just struck her that her little sister was live and well.
"Yeah. And your acting weird." Serah said slowly watching her sister with a curious eye. "What happened anyway, you left than the plane exploded. Shoot I was really looking forward to
getting home." Serah stated as Lightning stood up and walked around getting used to moving around again.
"Um Jihl was in the washroom when I went there and she detonated a bomb." Lightning told her inspecting the debris noticing it was only the back half. " Are the others all right?"
"Don't know were the only ones here." Serah said laying down on the grass. "That means Jihl's here too right?" Serah asked staring at the clouds.
"Yeah." Lightning quietly responded as the fact just hit her. Serah gazed around her surroundings before asking.
"This is Pulse right?" Lightning nodded confirming that it indeed was the hellhole known as Pulse. "I bet Fang and Vanille are doing just fine then." She stated walking over to Lightning.
"Here take this." Lightning said handing Serah her survival knife that Serah had gotten her for her birthday not too long ago.
"You'll need it it's dangerous here keep your eyes open and stay at my side." She instructed her sister as Serah took the knife. She nodded her understanding before Lightning led the way
towards the smoke in the distance. "So what if we run into Jihl?" Serah asked after a couple miles of walking, Lightning visibly flinched at the sound of her name.
"Serah I don't even want to think about it, that women is crazy and unfortunately... I'm her latest obsession." She said as Serah fiddled with the knife.
"Can't you beat her?" Serah said as Lightning was in deep thought about the question.
"I don't think so, I'm faster but she's smart really smart she thinks two to three moves ahead." Lightning said thinking about their last battle.
After a bit of walking Lightning began to think deeply about the visions she had been having lately Every time I'm asleep or unconscious she thought as the giant spider entered her
thoughts and what of this crystal that thing was talking about. Serah had been watching her sister for a bit now seeing that she was deep in thought about something she asked.
"Whats up Light?" Lightning looked down at her with a confused look.
"What are you talking about?" She asked as she stared into the nearing smoke on the horizon.
"Well your eyes were all glazed over in thought so I want to know what your thinking." She stated as Lightning turned to Serah with her icy eyes.
"You don't want to know it'll give you nightmares, than you would want to sleep with me and I wouldn't be able to sleep because of your squirming and-"
"Oh come on Lightning! I do not squirm in my sleep!" Serah objected as Lightning only laughed at her only making her more frustrated.
"Yes you do. Now look out for monsters while I check this out." Lightning declared an end to the argument as she went over to a piece of machinery.
"Whats that?" Serah questioned as Lightning ran her hand over it's smooth surface.
"I don't know." Lightning told her and continued to inspect the thing. "Shit." Lightning said as it hit finally hit her of what the thing is.
"What is it?" Serah asked with a frown.
"It's a Cocoon military transport airship. Shit Jihl knew what would happen when she blew up the plane damn. Am I doomed to fight PSICOM for the rest of my life, I just wanna go
home and sleep." Lightning said while pacing back and forth. Finally she stopped and looked at Serah who had tilted her head to the side intrigued by Lightning's rant.
"Sorry." Lightning mumbled turning red from embarrassment. "Lets go." Serah nodded and they went off in the same direction. After a bit of walking Lightning pulled Serah
to the ground. "What is it?" Serah asked her voice shaky. Lightning replied by putting a finger to her own lips, Serah nodded and ducked down behind the bush.
Walking along the adjacent path in the underbrush was a group of PSICOM soldiers with a couple of giant robots for heavy firepower.
"If we get caught by those things were done for so be careful and don't make a sound." Lightning whispered to Serah as they began to stalk forward, all was going good until
a monster nearby snapped a twig fuck Lightning thought as Serah and herself broke into an all out sprint as the soldiers and robots began firing at them. Lightning could hear the
bullets just whizzing by her ear, and in front of her she could see that the path they were on was coming to an end with a deadly fall. 3..2..1 Lightning thought as she quickly pulled
Serah to her in a hug and snapped her fingers creating her gravity shield and jumped off the cliff and soared through the air before sticking the landing just as the shield deactivated.
It was then that the adrenaline in Lightning's body began to wear off and the searing pain in her abdominal began to reveal itself. Lightning stumbled over to a tree and fell to her
knees. "Whats wrong?" Serah asked as Lightning removed her bloody hand to show her wound. Serah paled and ran and knelt down at her sisters side as Lightning began coughing
up blood. "Lightning?" Serah asked near tears.
*Cough cough* "Yeah?" Lightning responded in a weak voice as Serah began rubbing her sisters hair nervously.
"Are you gonna be okay?" She asked as a few tears rolled down her face.
"Hey." Lightning said wiping them away "I'll be alright I always make it through." Lightning said as she began to feel lightheaded from the blood loss.
"What do I do?" Serah asked afraid that she might lose her sister. "How am I supposed to live without you?" The question made Lightning's eyes look extremely sad.
"You have Snow." Was all she could say. "Here take this." Lightning said handing Serah her Blaze Edge. "I love you Serah." Lightning said as tears began rolling down her cheeks.
"I love you Lightning." Serah said her voice a whisper. "But your too young to die I'll save you." She said as she took off Lightning's vest and identified the entrance and exit wounds,
she then proceeded to lay Lightning on her back and elevated her legs to prevent the shock factor from kicking in. Serah then applied pressure to the wound as she took off the cloth
on her arm revealing her 'Cie mark before tying it tightly as a tourniquet. "Your gonna be alright." Serah told her to keep Lightning's hopes up to further more prevent the shock from
kicking in. Serah then gently grabbed Lightning's face and turned her head to the side so her tongue would not obstruct her airway. Serah then checked much to her relief that
Lightning was taking regular breaths and that she could see her chest rising and falling steadily. Serah then checked Lightning's pulse to see that it was a decent one removing some
of the stress of the situation. "Lightning? could you move your hands and feet for me?" Serah asked as Lightning nodded weakly and began moving said body parts successfully.
Lets see here I've done the first four of the five ABC's so the last one is...exposure. Serah turned red at the prospect of undressing her sister and hesitantly moved over to her.
"Lightning? now I'm going to undress you to make sure I didn't miss any wounds." Serah told her as she unzipped Lightning's turtleneck and carefully removed it. Looking over her
upper body Serah saw that there was no other wounds up there so she continued by undoing the belt to Lightning's skirt and pulling it down to reveal no other gunshot wounds.
Serah let out a sigh of relief and covered her sister back up pulling up her skirt and doing the belt up, and putting her turtleneck back on and zipping it up.
"So now do you believe me that I was indeed at the Y learning how to treat gunshot wounds and not with Snow?" Serah asked Lightning who smiled and nodded saying.
"I wish you would have learned a cure spell. It would have been much easier then going through the trouble of all this." Lightning said weakly as Serah laughed.
"Go find Fang or Vanille they know a cure spell." Lightning said to Serah.
"What about you their are monsters, and PSICOM out there you never know when they'll show up." Serah argued with her sister.
"I'll be fine I've still got plenty of ammo in my Blaze Edge." Lightning told her as Serah handed back her beloved sword.
"Wait here a sec." Serah said as she ran over to some of the wreckage from their plane and retrieved some bandages, she ran back to her sister and applied them to Lightning's
wound and removed the tourniquet. "There now if you need to put more on I'll leave them here okay?" Serah said as Lightning loaded her gun and sat up against a tree bringing her knees
to her chest while flinching from the burning pain in her wound. "Good thing it went in and out cleanly it would have been tough to fish it out in the wilderness." Lightning joked as Serah
laughed and started her search for the others heading towards the smoking remains of their plane.