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New Adventure
Tyler knocked on lightning's door, and after a moment, she opened it and smiled.
"Time?" Lightning asked.
"Yeah," Tyler nodded. "Our oh so talkative pilot says that the world we're heading to is pretty...what word did he use...extensive? He says we'll probably be there a few weeks."
Lightning nodded turning and walking back into her room. He glanced inside, seeing that everything was so clean it looked like no one had slept in it at all. She picked up her gunblade from the bedside table and returned to the door, both of them walking to the bridge, finding the others spread around the room, all staring out at a massive cloud of glowing gold darkness that was spiraling around them in a tunnel.
"That's not ominous at all," Lightning mused.
"I still don't see how darkness can be gold," Tyler said.
Lightning chuckled, nodding and walking over to the railing, leaning against it. Tyler leaned back beside her and glanced at Fang and Vanille just as Fang finally made a move. Tyler grinned widely, nudging Lightning, who looked over, watching as Vanille stood frozen for several seconds before squealing in delight, even as she kissed Fang back, earning a laugh from almost everyone in the room.
"It's about time," Tyler smirked, glancing at the pilot and seeing him staring at him. "Why's our pilot staring at me?"
"I don't know," Lightning said. "I stopped trying to figure him out on day two."
Tyler sighed, turning to the window and staring out at the darkness. "Sazh said that Serah's residual energy is stronger at this world than the last one, but that it's too spread out to know where it's coming from."
Lightning nodded. "We'll find them. You just need to have faith."
"I'm trying," Tyler said. "I just...If this is the wrong one, and we spend weeks here..."
"It'll be alright," Lightning said, resting her hand on his, Tyler turning his over and slipping his fingers between hers. "They've survived this long. They'll be fine."
Tyler nodded. "I still want to know who rescued them and dropped them off at that video game world."
"So do I," Lightning nodded. "I'm sure we'll find out eventually."
Tyler nodded, looking to the front of the ship again, seeing a group of planets with ships flying between them, ships that looked like a cross between two or three mast clipper ships and advanced technology, like thrusters on the backs of the ships. Tyler stared at it before looking to the pilot.
"Serah's residual magic is too strong and too widespread to locate her, but this strong of a reading can only mean that she's still here, and has been here for some time," the pilot said.
"Good," Tyler nodded. "Lightning, Noel, you're with me."
Both nodded and the pilot teleported them. A moment later, they were standing in the middle of a city made up of floating pathways and platforms with nothing but blue sky around them and what looked like a planet in the distance, flying boats and ships passing overhead, and people, mostly meaning aliens of all shapes and sizes but also with a few humans mixed in, rushing past them almost constantly, none taking any notice of the three humans who had seemed to appear out of nowhere.
"Where are we?" Tyler asked.
"I have...no idea," Lightning said, looking around, then up at the other end of the city, which was curved into a sort of "U" and slimmed out to a point on the far side. "This city...I think it's a crescent moon."
Tyler looked up, then around. "I think you're right."
Just then, a six-legged, alien spider person rammed into Tyler as he was scurrying past, sending Tyler staggering backward. Tyler's eyes widened, his arms pinwheeling, only for his foot to suddenly find open air.
"Shit!" he gasped, beginning to fall, only for Lightning and Noel to catch his hand, hauling him back up.
"Are you okay?" Lightning asked.
"Great," Tyler said. "Have I ever mentioned that I hate spiders?"
Lightning snorted, shaking her head, and pulled him up, all three looking around. "Well, on the bright side, I don't see any Heartless around."
Just then, a soldier heartless ran past, paying no mind to anyone around it, and instead shoving its way through the crowd. Tyler blinked, looking to the others, who gave him an equally confused look before they ran after it. As they followed it, they soon found themselves staring up at a sleek three-mast ship with the name "RLS Legacy" written on the side. The soldier heartless stopped at the top of the ramp, looking back at the three of them before running away. They followed, seeing it slipping below deck and chasing it. At the foot of the stairs was a storage area filled with barrels and a dingy off to the side. The heartless was missing, however.
"Find it," Tyler said.
Lightning and Noel both nodded, the three of them spreading out into the room, looking around for the heartless. Tyler soon reached a table and knelt, looking under it, seeing that it was clear.
"Who the hell are you?" a feminine voice asked.
Tyler looked back, seeing a feline alien in a blue uniform standing behind him. He stood, turning toward her and swallowing.
"Uh, you had a stowaway," Tyler said. "But...uh...he got away."
"Really?" the feline asked. "From where I'm standing, it looks like I got here just in time."
"Two more over hear, ma'am," a deep voice said as a man made of stone walked over wearing what looked like an old red British uniform and holding Lightning and Noel by the upper arm, both looking annoyed yet resigned to having been caught, apparently unable to escape his grip.
"Well well," the cat said. "Three of you? I'm actually impressed you made it on the ship."
"We were actually just leaving," Tyler said. "If that's alright with you, ma'am. We didn't mean any trouble."
"How civilized of you," the cat said. "Sure, you can leave. Mr. Arrow will escort you to the authorities."
"Is that really necessary?" Tyler asked.
"Move," she said, aiming a flintlock pistol at him that he highly doubted fired a lead ball.
He raised his hands, walking back to the bridge, Lightning and Noel following with Mr. Arrow just as a dog-human hybrid wearing a ridiculous suit that made him look like Santa Clause was trying to go deep-sea diving, and a human a little younger than Tyler and the others stepped onto the ship.
"Oh, hello," the dog said, looking to Mr. Arrow. "Are you the captain, then?"
"First mate," Tyler said, nodding toward the cat. "She's the captain."
"Oh, my apologies," the dog said. "Um, why exactly are you walking these three off of the ship at gunpoint?"
"They're stowaways," the captain said.
"I told you, we were trying to catch a different stowaway," Tyler said. "Then we were going to leave."
"Why catch him then?" the captain asked.
"Well...he's...not very nice," Tyler said.
"It's called a heartless," Lightning said. "It's a creature made of darkness that consumes people's hearts in order to grow stronger, turning them into heartless as well. But before we could catch it, it disappeared."
"Right," the captain snorted. "And why should I believe you?"
"We have literally no way to prove our innocence," Tyler said. "Especially since you've already made up your mind."
"He may have a point," the dog said.
"Who are you?" the captain asked.
"Dr. Doppler," the dog said. "I-"
"Yes yes, you rented passage on my ship," the captain said. "I know. We've been waiting for you."
"You three look like you're experienced fighters," Doppler said.
"You could say that, yeah," Tyler said.
"I'd like to hire the three of you as protection on our little...expedition," Doppler said. "In case our ship comes under attack by pirates or the like."
"Actually, we're in the middle of looking for someone," Tyler said. "Her sister." He gestured at Lightning.
"Well, I haven't seen anyone matching that description, but you can't very well look for anyone if you're locked in prison," Doppler said. "And who knows. Maybe we'll find your friend somewhere along the way."
Tyler looked to Lightning and Noel and they both shrugged.
"We don't exactly have any better ideas," Noel said.
"And he's right about prison," Lightning said.
"Well, if it's okay with the captain," Tyler said, looking back at her.
"Absolutely not," the captain said. "We still have no idea why they were on the ship to begin with."
"Well, at least this way, we'll know exactly why they're on the ship," Doppler said. "And you'll have plenty of time to find out why. And if we happen to meet these heartless things they were talking about, I'll bet they know how to deal with them."
"Yeah, kill them," Tyler said. "They generally look like monsters trying to imitate humans, but they can also imitate or possess objects."
"Good to know," the captain said. "Now get off of my ship."
"Captain, please," Doppler said. "If necessary, once we get where we're going, I'll pay you extra for allowing them to come with us."
"And why are you so desperate to bring them along?" the captain asked.
"I'm not sure," Doppler said. "I just have a feeling they'll come in handy."
"Fine," the captain sighed. "They can come. But I don't trust them."
Doppler nodded and the captain put her pistol away, Mr. Arrow releasing Lightning and Noel.
"Thanks," Tyler said. "We'll find a way to repay you."
"No need," Doppler said. "Just do your job well and we'll call it even."
Tyler nodded and he and the others walked away from the group as the captain began to talk to Doppler about the voyage they were about to go on. As they walked, Tyler's eyes roved around the ship, taking in the crew. Even as aliens, he could tell that almost all of them looked like thugs. A handful looked like they might be legitimate sailors, but almost all looked like they belonged on a pirate ship.
"Anyone else not feel safe on this ship?" Noel asked.
"Yeah," Tyler said. "I think this trip's probably going to be fairly...eventful. The crew doesn't seem to fit the captain, or Mr. Arrow. or the ship, really."
"Maybe not," Lightning said. "At least we're not neck-deep in heartless or cy-bugs right now."
"True," Tyler nodded.
He leaned back against the railing, watching as the crew finished making the ship ready to sail.
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