They were on the Palamecia in no time at all. As they marched their way to the entrance, they heard the intercom of the ship suddenly blasting a Code Red. A few PSICOM soldiers appeared to greet them. None of them were surprised. There was a never ending supply no matter how many they fought back.

"Looks like they want to play," Fang noted.

"No kidding," Snow added.

Rayne ran up beside Fang.

"So where to?"

Fang pointed up at the pillars on either side of the entrance to the inside of the ship.

"Right up there."

Rayne sighed.

"You're a radical thinker, aren't you?" the younger girl noted.

With a grin, Fang charged forward.

"Got that right."

After beating back some more soldiers they were able to climb up to the top of area. Rayne reached the top last. As she stepped up, she almost slipped off the side of the ship, but Hope grabbed her and pulled her back to safety. The two of them froze with Rayne looking up into his face with one of his hands on her arms and the other circling around to her back. They were so close they could hear the other breathing. Rayne pulled herself away with a blush. Neither of them said a word as they took off after the others. They were heading for a bridge even higher up. There were still a good amount of enemies, but they plowed through like it was nothing. Eventually, they were able to get inside the ship. With their entrance, the ship was now on a Code Green. They stopped at a corner as Snow peeked around. They were stunned as he suddenly shouted.

"Let us through! Block our way, you die!"

All the females groaned.

"You trying to get 'em angry?" Fang asked.

"Thought maybe they'd run. There's been enough blood spilled."

Lightning shook her head.

"You thought they'd run? Let me refresh your memory. Those soldiers think they're protecting Cocoon from l'Cie. The fal'Cie have them all brainwashed."

Snow slammed a fist into the wall, startling the younger kids.

"Fal'Cie. I have had it! We cannot let this go on!"

The upset male charged around the corner, leaving the group only to follow him. It wasn't easy going, but they were doing okay. Rayne was having a bit of trouble keeping up. She wasn't used to fighting one group after another. After awhile, she collapsed on the side of the wall to catch her breath. Fang came up to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"No time for rest yet. We've got to keep moving or we'll never reach them."

The girl's breaths were heavy.

"I'm sorry…I've…never done…this before. Ow!"

She put a hand to her chest as she tried to inhale more air than her lungs could take. She yelped as she was suddenly grabbed and slung onto someone's back piggy-back style. She looked down to meet Snow's black bandana.

"Snow?" she squeaked.

He chuckled.

"We're not going to leave you behind, so I'll just carry you for awhile. Let me know when you're good, alright?"

With a blush, she agreed. Fang just grinned at the girl. Hope only looked away and followed Lightning who had already started moving again. It was about then that the screens changed announcing a Code Purple. Rayne scoffed.

"How many codes do they have? Seriously…"

"All these colors, what's it mean?" Hope asked.

Fang looked around at them.

"Means we're doing our job. Making a lot of PSICOM guys nervous."

The ship seemed to shake a bit and guns could be heard from up ahead somewhere. Hope furrowed his eyebrows

"Who are they fighting?"

"Vanille," Fang noted, mostly talking to herself.

They continued going until reaching somewhere outside the ship. Metal panels moved in the wind and as they got closer, the wind began slow. Rayne slid easily off of Snow's back and stood beside him as everyone looked around.

"The wind—It's dying down," Hope noted curiously.

"Yeah, it's stopping," Lightning sighed," And we're decelerating. They up to something?"

Snow rubbed the back of his head.

"I don't suppose it could just be—I don't know—good luck?"

A strange hissing sound caused the group to squint at the area before them. Monsters were being brought up to bar their way.

"That looks a lot more like bad luck," Fang pointed out.

"You've got a point," Snow sighed.

Lightning stepped forward and looked back at them.

"Not to me. That? That, we can do something about."

Once again, they plowed through. Once they were past most of the monsters, Rayne growled and cracked her whip.

"This thing is so inefficient. All it does is keep things at bay."

Lightning was about to speak but they heard a loud screeching sound. Looking up, a large flying monster that was bright yellow came rumbling through the sky. It stopped and screamed at them. Their weapons were poised and ready in an instant. Fang took a low stance from the front of the party.

"So, Light…How do you figure this makes us lucky?"

"Because when we kill it, we're one step closer to Vanille. How's that?"

"Well, when you put it that way…"

It was died with little effort and slid down the side of the ship and out of sight. Yet a second one came flying up in replacement. Snow sighed.

"One big, fat stroke of luck after another. I'm so happy I could cry."

The group ducked as it zoomed past right above their heads. It seemed to be going away, which seemed to bother Fang and Snow a bit.

"Tease us, will ya?" Fang taunted.

"Come down here!" Snow added.

Rayne furrowed her eyebrows.

"Wouldn't it be lucky if it left?"

There was suddenly a blast off to their left. Looking over, there was a smoking hole now in the ship. Rayne was exceptionally confused as a baby chocobo went flying out of the hole and chirped at them. Right behind it was a girl barely older than her and Hope and a dark-skinned older man with an afro. The girl was wearing pink that went well with her pinkish red hair. She had on a short skirt and belly showing top. She carried a Binding Rod on her. The man wore a mostly cream outfit with a green jacket and Dual Guns strapped to him. As they came forward, Fang put away her staff.

"Vanille!"

It then registered to Rayne that these were the l'Cie they had been trying to rescue. They had partially been able to rescue themselves. It was kind of ironic.

"Fang!"

The two ran to each other but before they could say anything, the flying creature was back. It was another easy going, especially with two added fighters. Fang then turned and ran to Vanille and hugged her. The younger of the two began to cry. It was awkward for the males, who all turned away, as Fang bent down and lifted Vanille's skirt to check her thigh. Rayne was able to spot the mark of a l'Cie there.

"You've still got time," Fang sad with relief.

"Fang, there's-there's something I need to tell you," Vanille started, worry making her voice shake.

Ignoring the girl's words, Fang hugged her again. She went on talking quietly to Vanille as Snow brought attention to a sad look in Sazh's face.

"What's wrong?" the blonde asked.

"Oh…uh, nothing! It's nothing! Uh-so? Who is this young lady? What's on the agenda?"

Snow ruffled Rayne's hair making her protest.

"This is Rayne Neirien, childhood friend of Hope's. She's one of us. And we're toppling the Sanctum."

"No, I mean really…"

Lightning stepped forward.

"He's serious. We're gonna take down the Sanctum and give Cocoon back to the people. The fal'Cie have called the shots for long enough."

"If we pull this off, it'll be a miracle," Hope murmured just loud enough for everyone to hear.

Fang rapped her staff on the top of the ship.

"Well, good thing Lady Luck's on our side."

She seemed to have spoken too soon. A bunch of flying monsters passed over their heads. They were different from the other creatures. These were white with colorful wings. Sazh groaned.

"More of 'em?"

"You know, this is getting really old," Snow complained.

Fang laughed.

"Check this out. A miracle-Gran Pulse style!"

Everyone looked at her like she was nuts and she and Vanille rushed to the edge of the ship.

"Vanille, go fish!"

"Got it."

The younger girl tossed out her Binding Rod after one of the flyers as Fang leaped into the air. Fang dropped down on the creature, stabbing her staff into it. She then turned to the others.

"All right!"

"Let's get on!" Vanille prompted.

With small hesitation, the group moved to get on the taken down monster. Hope jumped on the neck of the creature with Vanille right behind him. Rayne suddenly wondered if there was something going on between the two of them, but it was none of her business. She hopped on behind Lightning who had seated herself behind where Fang was standing. Snow sat behind Rayne as Sazh grabbed one of the spikes on its back. As it took off, Sazh lost his foot and was hanging on as tight as he could to the spike. As they flew along beside the ship, Fang grinned.

"Believe in Lady Luck now?"

"Yeah-Lady Bad Luck!"

Rayne giggled as they got closer to the ship.

"Time to purge a Primarch!" Snow shouted, punching his own hand.

"You got it!" Fang agreed.

They sped up, dodging a barrage of missiles that targeted them as they got closer to where the Primarch was located. When they were over the ship, Lightning shouted to them.

"JUMP!"

They all did so on her command, plunging into a hole that had just been rent into the ship.