Chapter 2: The Hunt Goes On

Kilika port

Tidus ran towards the glinting red knife scarcely making itself known from underneath the boulder and earth. When he pulled it out he almost immediately noticed that something was wrong: the tip was broken and the handle was scratched. Worried by what may have happened to Rikku, Tidus' insides began to knot, Yuna was almost in tears, but just managed to whisper in a panicked tone, "That's Rikku's. She always has it with her, it's her lucky weapon. She uses it all the time. Tidus, I think this looks very bad. Where's her other knife?…" She held back her tears, "Tidus, what do we do?"

Rikku's s still in captivity

Rikku was crying again. She had been cut across the stomach, with a knife which she recognized as her own. She had asked if her kidnapper really meant to let her go, if the Gullwings found all the spheres. She screamed and kicked, thrashing at her kidnapper and for that was rewarded with her being dragged across the room and having her arm burned. Rikku screamed and begged to be let go, she started cry and her captor laughed. In a strangely familiar voice her captor quietly began to talk to her, "I'll let you in on a secret: the spheres your friends are looking for don't exist. I sent them on a hunt for a collection of spheres that don't exist, sweetheart, you're here because I love you and while you're here you're gonna learn to love me. I am not torturing you, I am making you realise your feelings for me." Just then he pulled back the mask and Rikku screamed as he advanced towards her with a particularly heavy knife in hand. A sharp pain overwhelmed Rikku and when the mysterious man pulled back, blood dripped from the knife, what had he just done?

On the airship

Paine walked in with disappointed look on her face, "I couldn't find the sphere. I spent 2 hours looking for it, it wasn't there it looks like Rikku's in some real deep trouble and it's all my fault." she sighed. Paine looked up at brother, eyes redder than the usual black, "Brother, are you crying?" Brother ran out of the bridge, he shouted back. "No!" as the doors closed behind him. no but Paine swore she a tear in his eye for his little sister who was missing because he went off when he was supposed to be watching her .

The kidnappers flashback

He was sitting enjoying the sun when she walked past with a smile on her face she was saying to her 3 friends "I think I'll go sit at the edge of the water and enjoy the sun " she smiled .

He must have been sat watching Rikku for about half an hour when he stuck on his mask ran up to her and growled in a low voice " Your coming with me hot stuff " she tried to scream but he covered her mouth with his hand , then she tried to knife him but he hit the tip off a rock and snapped it and he threw the knife meters away from her he then took the other one and put it in his pocket and dragged his old friend who he had known since childhood along by her arm , he looked at her like when they were younger he had loved her all his life but she had rejected him and was now dating someone who was obviously not good enough for her and by god he was going to make her love him one way or the other .

After the torture

"So Rikku ready to give in or do I need to try something else ?" her captor asked in a tone which suggested this was a genuine question "No I am not giving in not now not ever " she said tearfully even though the tears were streaming down her face like a river there was no mistaking the pure anger and hatred she felt towards her old friend now turned captor ."Very well" he said a hint of sadness in his voice'

"If that's your choice then fine it won't bother me to hurt you some more I'll try something else something new and this is gonna hurt you not me just you "He finished .