FINAL FANTASY

[Empress Padme]

" Yay, Don't mind me I can drink with the best of them. I can very much be one of the guys. I'm a black mage. The person on that ship that I'm looking for is my sister and if what heard from my sources she....killed our parents. We have issues but I think I can use that to our advantage. Guilt can be a very useful weapon." Sakura said, she looked at Souvi blushing which made her blush. " I had a death wish but oddly that wish has altered. I think living just got a whole lot better." she smiled.

[DrPhil2501]

The ship stood in mid air above the rooftop of the Citadel. Down below to the ground level were hundred, perhaps thousands, of people standing near the Palace. Noises of music, cheering and laughing could be heard, they were obviously enjoying the New Year's Festival. Looking down at the Citadel was the way in; the long narrow shaft running down the building, making it seem almost like a tube.

 

Cid pulled on the mouth piece of his Pilot Headset, and made an announcement.

 

"Attention. Destination has been reached. Team 1, meet in the Cargo Hold for further preparation and further instructions."

 

Team 1 Cid refered to was the group that was to infiltrate the Citadel and steal the artifact. While the remaining Team 2 was provided as backup.

 

Randon just hearing the announcment throughout the entire ship, followed orders and proceeded down to the Cargo Hold. He exited the crew quarters, down the security/living area and climbed down the metal steps to the hold.

 

The Cargo Hold was filled with boxes and crates filled with supplies, like what you would normally see in a ship. Except in the very center was mechanical winch, with a thick chain line attatched to a hook for holding harnesses. To summarise, it was like a crane. It was recently installed, so that diving down through the roof shaft would be a lot more safer.

 

While he waited for the others, Randon opened one of the Cargo Boxes, and pulled four harnesses that was to wrap around the chest.

[SkywalkerRules]

((Guys, I am so sorry for taking so long! Had problems with my computer. But it's working now! ))

 

Angel woke from her sleep. How long did she slumber? Anyway, it didn't matter. Suddenly, she heard Cid's annoucement.

 

"Attention. Destination has been reached. Team 1, meet in the Cargo Hold for further preparation and further instructions."

 

"Team 1? That's me!" She got up, got her weapons, and headed for the door. When she looked down, there was a bottle, with potions in it. The young girl picked it up, and smiled. "Errol and Suki. Gotta thank them when I get the chance."

 

Angel ran down to the Cargo Hold, and met Randon. "Hey. I just remembered that Captain Solidus said to join you." She blushed. "That is... if it's okay with you."

[DrPhil2501]

((s'okay SR. I was sorta away too. Studying.)

 

"Heh... your blushing, kid!" Randon smirked. "Do you hold a fatal attraction towards me, or something?" he flirted. But it ended in laughter. "I'm just kidding. I might be a bit old for your tastes, kid."

 

Randon was always firtatious around girls. It was part of his personailty. But he thought Angel as more of a sister to him.

 

"And yeah, you better wait here with me until the others arrive." He handed her a harness.

 

"Where the hell is Solid?"

 

He nicknamed his captain "Solid" for two reasons. One: it was a short version of his real name Solidus. And two; it was a way of displaying respect and friendship towards his captain.

[Empress Padme]

Suki ran to Randon and Angel ." Ummm hate to me a pain again but noone informed me which team I was on. Angel ,our sleeping beauty. I say that out of love for you are able to sleep and are a beauty. Angel you missed me getting turned down. But my broken heart will not interfere with the mission. I shall overcome. Okay I overcame. There's always Random." she smiled at Random." But we may flirt each other to death.I have no idea where Errol is since I left him."

[Ctrl Alt Del]

Souvi could swear he had heard movement inside the ship or outside it. Whatever it was, he was sure none of the people around him had made it.

 

The young thief raised his head and looked at Sakura "Manipulation? Okay, if we got the chance and IF they are willingly to talk..." he looked at Wonderbread who was with a finger on his nose "At least try to look strong, boy! Otherwise, you may just go back to the Royal, über-chambers you came from!" The boy had been not disrespecting or anything, but Souvi's hate for the Royal family was speaking that time.

[Empress Padme]

Sakura went over Souvi and whispered. " Are you sure the Prince can handle fighting and stuff. He looks a little weak. I would like to think my sister wouldn't kill me at first sight but the rumors, I just don't know anymore." she tried to hide a tear falling from her cheek.

[Darth Kalverys]

"He is strong enough!" Rueben barked, at the third black mage in the party. "I would know... I trained him myself! You gonna ask if I'm strong enough, eh? I'm only like three months older than him... and Souvi's not much older than me! So back off!"

 

That was the first time in seven years that Rueben had lost his "cool", so he closed his eyes and took 9 deep long breaths, before speaking again.

 

"Your sister won't harm you... I sense her intentions are not... well aren't that bad... however, she probably doesn't know your here." Rueben said. "Souvi... guard her... don't let Sakura's sister kill her..."

[Ctrl Alt Del]

Souvi was going to answer her, but stopped halfway. He noticed the tear that she tried to hide. Suddenly, she didn't seemed a paranoid assassin at all, just a girl with confused feelings. "Hey--" He started, but his voice fainted. He looked down and took a deep breath. Again "Hey, beautiful... don't. Don't cry. I don't know that sister of yours, but if she is anything like you, then I doubt she would harm you."

 

He didn't looked at Rueben or the prince, who was probably muttering now, he just waited the response looking the gardens. Ever vigilante, Souvi confused for one moment on which hand his gun was...

[Empress Padme]

Sakura blushed." You think I'm beautiful ?How could your friend hear a whisper? Great hearing your friend has. No offense Prince just worried about your Highness. Good to know you handle your enemies ,makes you a great Prince in my book. Being in the frontlines is not a place you usually see royalty. Good to see that changing." Sakura gave the prince a thumbs up." Yes Souvi guard this body as if your life depended on it." she tried not to laugh. " Sweet that you guys are watching out for me. It's a first. All kidding aside ,thanks guys."

[Darth Kalverys]

"Do you honestly wanna know how I can hear a whisper? I've had to learn to open my ears, even if someone was only talking in a mere whisper... my parents... they died, and I wouldn't let myself go into the care of child services, not when I could handle myself." Rueben said, calmly.

 

"I'm not offended, but my sister is also... a strong fighter, however... willful and headstrong... she's better suited in her chambers... she barely comes out of them... even for a simple party." Wonderbread said, shaking his head. "Something's going on in the ship however... they should be out by now... they've been landed for about 20 minutes... haven't they... all I know is it was a while ago that they landed."

[Ctrl Alt Del]

Souvi seemed to awake from a profound sleep. "Your 'Royal highness' is right. They've landed an awful lotsa time ago and we haven't seen any movement. I wonder if we should go to the-- objective before the guards perform their change, and..." Souvi looked down at Wonderbread "wait, boy, you may be of some use, after all"...

[Empress Padme]

" My bet is that their dividing into groups and with a ship like that It would take time to group up. There would be alot of comotion,easy to board...hmmmm." Sakura began to wonder." My sister and I are bonded she knows I'm here but that also means I use it and draw her out.I can manipulate her into helping us. Up to you guys. Her mind is weak right now."

[Darth Kalverys]

"I don't see where your going with this Souvi." Rueben said, then he turned to Sakura. "Go ahead... then once we're finished talking to her, send her back on board and make her explain my... our... terms of agreement, we help them and in return, they don't die... however... don't tell them that our goal is the same. That ought to be a surprise."

 

Rueben smiled, flashing his teeth.

 

Wonderbread stepped up and looked strait into Souvi's eyes. "What do you want me to do? Let me guess... since I'm part of the Royal family, you think I can waltz right in and take the artifact? No... there is only one person in this party that could... or even would do that... and that's only because my father gave him special privileges. Obviously it's Rueben..."

 

Rueben had to think quickly... Souvi would be furious that he didn't know that, that Rueben had never thought to tell him. Oh well... maybe he'll think it was my memory... after all... my memory has got to be the worst one in the entire universe!

[DrPhil2501]

Randon didn't know exactly what to say after Suki's little speech.

 

"Hmmm... Suki's starting to act a little bit strange...er..." he thought to himself. Randon viewed her normally as the silent type on board the ship. He pulled out one of his pistols and smacked an ammo clip into it.

 

"Yes, well... we can think about that later on. Right now, I suppose you could tag along with Team 1. We could always use an extra hand, though thats sort of the Captains decision..."

 

((ooc: not really, you can come along if you want. ))

 

Randon pulled on the slide of the pistol back, and released it. He was ready to "rock-and-roll".

[Empress Padme]

Sakura sat down and went into a trance like state. " I'm using her Confuse against her, she just Confuse her own friends she's coming."

 

Suki worked her way down to Sakura.Sakura walked over to her sister and smacked her. Sakura was shaking. " I'm not here to kill you though you deserve it. We can help you if your team doesn't want our help they could end up meeting an untimely demise not by us per say but others. This is not a threat."

 

Suki cried. " They forced me to kill them. I'm sorry. I thought they would let you go. I did it to save us."

 

" Well they didn't let me go and they did things to me that they never did to you and you know how I know that ? You still have innocense in you. What they did to me shaped me. What you did to our parents shaped me. You escaping without me shaped me! But then I wouldn't have met these guys here. What you mean they forced you?" Sakura was choking back tears.

 

" They held my hands and put a gun in them and made me do it. I came back for you later but I was told you killed your captors. That they were charred. You used Fire on them didn't you ? I have missed you sissy." Suki hugged her sister tightly. Sakura stood there confused and shocked.

[Ctrl Alt Del]

This time, Souvi was sure he heard something. And it wasn't coming from the the ship, but from in the castle. He couldn't determine where it was a party goer that had gone crazy and started doing some loud noises or something else.

 

Souvi sharp eyes turned to Rueben. "Never thought of telling me that, Rueben? It would make things, I dunno, more simple?" He tried not to get too upset with his friend, at least now he knew of an easier way to infiltrate the tower.

 

Again with the strange noises. He could swear he heard faint footsteps.

 

He turned to Sakura, who wasn't crying anymore. He felt relieved for some reason. "If you think you can talk her in, good for all of us".

[SkywalkerRules]

"Great! So we got three! I think. That's good."

 

When she glanced at Randon, she thought of him as a brother too. A brother that was funny, kind, and kinda headstrong. Ah well...

 

Angel smiled. "I agree though, Randon. Wonder where the Captain's at." She shrugged.

 

"Oh well! Let's get this thing going!" She smiled exictedly. Finally, some action!

[Empress Padme]

" So Suki what name do you go by now ?" Sakura asked.

 

" They know me as Suki Hawkeye."

 

" I used Diwa."

 

" Mother's name ?"

 

" Yeah."

 

" That guy looks like the prince."

 

" That's cause he is and he would like to meet your crew."

 

" I'm just a burden to the ship, their not my crew."

 

" Can you take us to them?"

 

Suki nodded her head yes.

 

Sakura wiped her tears. " Boys we have an invite. We can board."

[Darth Kalverys]

"No doubt it's the king... in his drunken state." Rueben said, observing the fact that Souvi kept turning towards the castle. "I hear the footsteps too, I just didn't think you would be able to. Sorry... I forgot to tell you that I had access to the tower, I forgot I even had access to it."

 

Rueben looked at the ground.

 

"King's arrival in three... two... one." Rueben said. When he got to one... the King stepped out of some shadows, barely able to walk a straight line. Rueben and Wonderbread both sighed and walked over to each side of him, and steadied him.

 

"Your majesty..." Rueben said, formally. "May I be of any assistance?"

 

"N-hic-o... hic... I just need a-hic-few minutes." The king said.

 

Rueben left his side and bowed. "As you wish... but perhaps you should go lie down... you don't look that well."

 

"Sakura... Souvi... board the ship... the prince and I will be on there soon enough... we have to make sure the king doesn't kill himself trying to get to his bed." Rueben said, to his small entourage.

[DrPhil2501]

((wel'p... lets do this.))

 

As soon as the other team members arrived, Randon switched the control panel to open the hatch on the floor. As it slid open, a birds-eye view of the Citadel was seen.

 

Randon was the first to slip on his harness and attached it to the winch.

 

"Remember: stop at the 40th floor. I'll meey you down there!" he reminded the crew.

 

He jumped down through the hatch, and feeling a sense of safety that he had a rope attatched to him. He dived down through the open roof shaft and flew down a long, narrow shaft. He counted the floors as he was falling.

 

"82... 81... 80... 79..."

[SkywalkerRules]

Angel looked down, as Randon went down inside the Citadel. She grimaced a little.

 

"Oh, man. I'm not sure if I can do this. But... I have to follow orders."

 

She prepared herself to use the harnass to get down to the 40th floor of the palace. Angel tried her very best not to think of nothing bad about falling.

 

"Okay. Gotta do this. Gotta do this."

 

As she tightened the harnass around her, she silently slid down the Citadel, smoothly. "Oh dear! Okay, Angel calm down." She breathed.

[Ctrl Alt Del]

As much as Souvi thought that the King wasn't really worth the effort of aid, he let the Prince and Rueben to take care of him. He turned to Sakura and Suki. "Hey, sisters!" Souvi shouted "Aren't we going to-- oh, never mind." He stopped whatever he meant to say when he saw a shadow free falling from a hatch on the ship.

 

"Do one of you two know what just happened?" He asked the sisters.

[Empress Padme]

( has noone noticed Suki used a spell on them and is missing,lol)

 

" I can take you to them but their already stealing the thingy." Suki said.

 

" WHAT!!!" Sakura yelled." They are stealing it now!"

[Ctrl Alt Del]

Souvi looked upset. More than upset, he's eyes set on fire. He turned to where the prince and Rueben were, but they and the king had already left. He turned his head to Sakura. "Stay..." And left without more talking.

 

He ran and jumped the wall to corridor a level beneath. He wasn't worried with the guards anymore, as he had his gun on left and and his knife on the right. I AM going to take it. I AM!