Here's Chapter 9, here to finish the cliffhanger of the last chapter. It's kinda cool when people review you to tell you to hurry up and update to see what happens. For this chapter, those of you who know about The Hero Gaol ought to recognize someone in this chapter. Off we go!
The Boy's Story Chapter 9: Lini to the Rescue!
Cala was surrounded by monsters. Bound and gagged, it seemed that there was no way that he would get out of this alive. He decided to make it though this no matter what, so that he could deliver the map back to the resistance. But it looked as though that wouldn't be done.
A red panther, who looked like the leader of the monster horde, stepped forward to take a look at the new meal. It walked around Cala, looking him over, and finally deciding that there wasn't a lot of meat, but what there was would taste great. It howled to it's fellow monsters, and they seemed happy about whatever their leader said. About 30-odd monsters moved in for the kill. Cala noticed that some of them were fairies, apparently wild ones with no sense of pride. He would show them the mark of fairies on his hand, but his hands were still bound. My only hope is that one of them can cut the ropes so that I can show them the mark, he thought.
The red panther was about to take the first bite when it suddenly went stiff and rigid. It had a look of pain in its eyes, and it toppled over. The other monsters, curious about what had suddenly done in their strong leader so suddenly, turned to look. A Moogle stood about 10 feet away from the crowd. He held a bright, gleaming, red blade in one hand. He wore a black suit of armor and a silver helmet. The Moogle, obviously an elite Mog Knight, stared fearlessly into the eyes of the monsters, and yelled at the top of his voice, "Let him go, kupo!"
The monsters seemed amused by this. Either this guy's crazy, or he's got a death wish, Cala thought.
The Moogle swung his sword in an odd fashion. It launched an invisible blade of air that was aimed precisely at the ropes that binded Cala. Now that he was free, he undid the gag and pulled out his mace. This little Moogle guy had just saved his life, and now he had to get him out of trouble.
One group of monsters charged. Cala waved his mace, and a large meteor flew out of the sky and collided into the charging party.
A second group ran at Cala. With some magic words, half of them were frozen in time. The other half was turned into frogs.
Now every monster was hell-bent of watching Cala die a bloody and painful death. The remaining monsters charged with reckless abandon. The unknown Moogle waved his blade and jumped high into the air. He aimed at the center of the monster horde. With a triumphant cry of "ULTIMA!" the Moogle unleashed an explosion of gigantic proportions. Almost everything was dead instantly. Cala noticed a few fairies fly off to safety, however.
When the dust settled, the blob monster he had noticed earlier was the only creature left. In a futile attempt to avenge his friends, it spit some acid at Cala. He protected himself with Astra, then cast Flare to put an end to the battle.
"Hey, we did it! I don't know who you are, but thanks-hey, where are you? He was just here..." Cala looked around for his Moogle friend. He remembered that the last he had seen of him was during that blinding Ultima Charge attack. Cala didn't want to think that his friend had been vaporized by his own attack. He didn't have time to, either, as those fairies came out of nowhere to surround him.
Finishing one cliffhanger with another! Sorry for all of you Lini fans out there. But hey, R&R to tell me what you think of the story so far. Until next week, Merry Christmas (or other holidays based on religion)!