Chapter 4

A/N I will just refer to the bits with Rikku in them as captivity ok YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I am so sorry bout the length of time between updates schools a pain and a had writers block but I will update quicker every time okay? Just bear with me thanks everybody.

Captivity

"Okay if things get worse I will just DIE!! I will just lay down and die, I'm so sick of this I am sick of being tortured!" Rikku thought.

"Morning my cheery, little Rikku. You look so happy today." Rikku's kidnaper laughed as he looked round and saw her burst into tears, "It's week 4 of your time with me Rikku and I have to admit I'm enjoying myself how 'bout you…?" He looked like he was trying not to laugh couldn't it.

"Will you please shut up I hate it here with you! It's hell and if you don't let me go I will kill you; very painfully." Rikku spat at him .

"Now that isn't a very nice thing to say is it ? What would your precious Aaron think of you now ? Don't worry about him, when he finds you I'll kill him so you can see it and know that there's nothing left to worry about when he's on the farplane!" he said then laughed as she dissolved into tears.

On board the airship

"Hey Yuna, Tidus: what you guys up to?" Aaron asked as he walked downstairs with, as usual, a magazine in his hand and, not so usual, a sword, he turned to Tidus and said, "You wanna fight me?" He watched to see his reaction and he looked amused.

"Sure." Tidus replied as he pulled out Brotherhood and Aaron put his katana in front of him in both hands as Tidus held Brotherhood normally in his right hand. Just as he ran for an attack, Aaron ducked and hit him in the stomach with the handle of his sword sending him flying across the room. Aaron sprinted, jumped, then turned the point of his sword towards the ground as Tidus turned in mid-air, throwing the sword as it became inches away from his face. He helped him up from his back and Tidus turned and said, "You're an incredible fighter Aaron where did you learn that style it was unpredictable and strong but fast at the same time I've never seen anything like it."

Aaron smiled and replied, "You pick up a few things travelling like I do." When both turned to look at Yuna she was laughing at the fact that Aaron beat Tidus but helped him up and was talking with him as if they hadn't tried to kill each other.

"You two are crazy but its funny to watch "Yuna laughed. Tidus and Aaron joined in laughing and it felt good for them to forget that their best friend was missing then the photo lying on the bar brought them back to their senses and the reality that Rikku was missing and they couldn't find her no matter how hard they tried.

"Shouldn't we be looking for Rikku, we could break in to groups of two and look all over Spira, you and Tidus, could look for her in some places me and Paine could look where you guys don't, what do you think is it a good idea?" Yuna and Tidus both looked thoughtful for a minute before Yuna complimented Aaron.

"Sounds like a really good plan Aaron, what do you think Tidus?" Both Aaron and Yuna turned to him, looking for an answer.

"It sounds okay I guess…"

Looking for Rikku

" Okay… I think me and Paine will look on Mount. Gagazet; Yuna and Tidus can look wherever they want and if we find her we all have a comsphere to let the others know okay?" Aaron explained to the group of people standing in the bridge of the airship with him. "Brother, lets head to Gagazet first, then wherever Yuna and Tidus are going." Aaron ordered. 5 minutes later Aaron and Paine had landed somewhere in Mt Gagazet. "Well Paine which direction do you want to go? Left, Right? How about forward, or even backward?" Before Paine could answer a scream of pain echoed from what sounded like the left side on the mountain.

"I think my decision was just made for me!" Paine said, turning and running to the where the sound came from. Aaron decided there was no harm in her decision and followed. They made their way around a few twists and turns; through a maze to a small abandoned warehouse-like building, however from this perspective Aaron saw a machina hover parked outside, he turned to Paine.

"I'm going in if I'm not out in 10 minutes you come in ,okay?" Aaron ran towards the small building and heard another scream of pain. As he approached the door an overwhelming sense of dread took over his body and his thoughts as if what would happen in here would not be a pleasant experience. He reached the door to the small building and slowly opened it .All around the places were boxes full with everyday things: food, furniture and a mans clothes. Aaron thought maybe someone wanted to turn this place into a small out of the way home. As he was about to turn back when he hears yet another agonising scream coming from a small room in the bottom left hand corner of the main room then another cry of pain followed by a mans voice shouting "That's it Rikku either you come with me of your own free will or I will knock you out and take you with me anyway ."

Aaron noticed two things: 1) he knew where Rikku was, and 2) he knew the mans voice but couldn't remember the how. Aaron bolted very quietly down the length of the room to where Rikku was. when he went to open the door it was pulled open by an older blonde, before he could try to get to Rikku, who was lying on the floor in a heap sobbing, the older man pulled out a gun and fired right through Aarons torso.

"Gippal?… why?"

And darkness overtook his vision as the older one eyed man ran dragging Rikku further into the darkness, away from him and he fell, allowing the nothingness, of what he was sure was his to be death, to overtake him.