FINAL FANTASY

[SkywalkerRules]

The word "Deth' stung Angel's heart. They were the ones who killed her parents.

 

"Let me kill them! Every last one of them! They killed my parents... and I want payback!"

 

She grabbed her holstered sword and handgun, ready to walk out the door. For years, she wanted to kill those maniacs. Anger had risen up inside her.

[Darth Kalverys]

"Oh no you don't missy." Rueben said, grabbing Angel's arms. "Your not ready... heck I'M not even ready. The Deth are nearly invincible... that's why Souvi and I needed the orb. Legend holds that there is a weapon of great power, one that was forged at the time of Deth's... "creation" and it is the only thing that can stop them. Our weapon's even my MAGIC can not kill a Deth."

 

Rueben looked worried. Perhaps it was the weight of the world that was being set on his shoulders... he didn't want to be responsible for the destruction of this world. The Deth must be stopped! He said to himself.

[Ctrl Alt Del]

"I didn't meant... Sorry, I shouldn't have awaken you." Souvi apologized. He was so distracted while observing she sleeping that he totally forgot he should stay as silent as possible. He was about to leave the room but, instead, he went back at Sakura's direction. He hugged her strongly, then kissed her.

 

"I want you to forgive me... forgive me for everything I've done. For treating you so badly on the Palace, when I ran into you, for failing on keeping you safe on the firefight later and then..." He expired deeply and hugged her again, not saying anything else.

 

"CAPTAIN! YOU MUST SEE THIS!" A voice echoed on the walls.

 

He got up, steady. "I must go to the bridge." He looked at Sakura "If you're feeling any better, you're free to come too, but rest if you must." He left the room as fast as he could. He got on the bridge and Rim welcomed him. "Fancy seeing you here captain, and I can say the same about those" He pointed at black capsules on the viewscreen "Deth" he concluded.

 

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*10 minutes earlier*

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What does it means? I can't be a Wonderbread, that's for sure. When Refia told me that the orb didn't liked me, it actually burned my hands. But shouldn't only a Wonderbread be able to activate the map? And have I really activated it? Souvi was pondering.

 

Rim took a seat at the command console. "Why do you ask?". It took several seconds dor Rim's words to reach Souvi mind. When he finally roused he answered, vaguely "The orb said something about them. I guess that only one of them can access the orb."

 

Rim leaned on his chair "But you got the orb to react, right? That must mean something."

 

"Yeah, but I couldn't see any map displaying, I'm confused". Souvi answered honestly.

 

"So we need a Wonderbread..."

 

"Yes, more precisely, we need the prince... I'll contact the Gliding Angel.

[Empress Padme]

Sakura followed him to the bridge. She saw 'Deth' on the viewscreen.She pulled Souvi aside. " Never apologize for the palace. I am so grateful for all that has happened, good and bad. Let's not focus on the past that we can not fix but the future that we can change." she looked back at the viewscreen." Or what's left of our future." She kissed him and held his hands tightly. " Now we are gonna kick some Deth booty ,right?" she said with a grin.

[DrPhil2501]

Cid looked on the radar screen on the Ships computer. His eyes widened, as a display image on the moniter identified what they were.

 

"Incoming Deth Fighters! We need at least four people to man the turrets!" Cid spoke into his mouth piece.

 

Randon walked across the deck and turned left to a opening into a turret. The turret was shaped like a sphere hanging on to the ship. It had two cannons firing rapid plasma shots powerful enough to take down enemy fighter ships.

 

Randon climbed down the ladder of the cockpit, and into the turret sphere. He sat himself down in the chair, and logged onto the gun computer, activating the turret.

 

He saw in the view the black pods coming closer to the ship, and transformed into a deadly looking fighter. The dagger-like wings were postioned like an "X", with a round cockpit in the center. At the tip of each wing was a mounted gun, and ready for combat.

 

The Deth Fighters swooped the ship, and fired.

 

Cid activated the Shield Generator so they could at least survive long enough for a fight.

 

Randon aimed his Turret at a Deth Fighter and pulled the trigger. Plasma shots burst out of his canon, in hopes of hitting a Deth. It succeded. as one of the fighters was blasing smoke and fell down to the earth.

[Ctrl Alt Del]

"Sorry to let you down again, but my ship's not combat ready." He said to Sakura and then smiled "That does not mean, however, we can't outrun them. Rim, thrusters!"

 

As Souvi commanded, Rim turned the secondary engines on and suddenly the airship was flying at a unbelivable speed. The Deth ship's icons on the radar and on the viewscreen were getting distant. They couldn't go directly on the meeting point, instead, they were going to miss the Deth somewhere else, just to be on safe's side.

[Darth Kalverys]

"They're gone..." Rueben sighed, while watching the Wingless Eagle run away from the battle.

 

Rueben grew furious. "You just gonna leave me here Souvi? You just gonna pretend that I don't exist anymore?"

 

He started to slam his good hand into the wall, but then he looked down at his other hand. He cursed himself for not paying better attention when the White Mage tried to teach him healing abilities. He slowly calmed down, and tried to see if Fira would work at this distance... maybe he'd be able to melt one of the ships and that would make Randon's job a lot easier.

[steven]

Solidus quickly jumped on the rear right turret and activated it. There was a quite humming as the turret took a second to power up. It then rose half a meter from the ground and the targeting computer came to life. Not a moment after activation, it got a lock on one of the Deth fighters and the machinery in the turret worked alongside magic to fire several shots towards the fighter. Although the first shot appeared to merely weaken it's shield, the second shot tore straight though it fighter, leaving it's debris to fall to the ground below.

 

"Mr. Cid, if you wouldn't mind getting us the hell out of here, It's only a matter of time before their call for from fighters, or something a hole lot bigger," Solidus shouted before aiming for another fighter.

[Meowster]

Errol looked outside of a window in his cabin, as loud, extravagent explosions of color shot out from the giant sky city. Fireworks? Errol itched his fingers around the frame, to study everything with great detail, when he noticed...tiny black pods?

 

Deth!? Errol repeated in his mind, after hearing Cid's message. He chanted silently, protecting the ship with a weak, yet somewhat sturdy barrier. "That should add our defence for awhile," and he stormed outside of his cabin.

 

Upon running out, he noticed Rueban and Angel outside. "What exactly is going on!?" His first space fight. Or...well maybe not yet. He wasn't exactly doing anything to the fight.

[Ctrl Alt Del]

Souvi knew that the fighters weren't doing their best on the pursue, having that on mind, he asked to Rim. "Slow down a bit, let's see if our friend can keep up with us." As Rim deaccelerated, two Deth darts detached from the larger group that were attacking the Gliding Angel and thundered on their direction.

 

"As you predicted Souvi. They're coming." Rim said.

 

"Be ready to deploy the charges at my signal." Souvi ordered.

 

He was talking about the explosive charges that were stored on the ship. Souvi was keeping it for a special occasion, and that was one.

[Darth Kalverys]

"The Deth are attacking... I need you to lower you're 'shield' around the ship... I can't cast any magic... well I can... but it'd wind up blowing us all up." Rueben said. "I can feel a magic barrier... don't look so suprised... you're forgetting that I'm a black mage..."

 

Rueben went to the hatch that would open up... but of course the magic barrier was still up, so it made no difference if he got out.

[Meowster]

"Erm...right." Errol closed his eyes, and concentrated deeply on the exterior of the starship. "Protect, absorb, defend, desist!" He whispered slowly, as both he and Reuben felt the barrier go down. Errol ran close to Rueben and let him know, for sure, that the barrier was down.

 

The pods, as somewhat easy and somewhat hard they were to shoot down, something about 'Deth' had an eerie aura too it. Errol himself wasn't exactly sure what to do himself, yet just incase something happens to the ship, he thought, I'll keep my staff with me- you never know when someone could be hurt.

[DrPhil2501]

Randon saw Captain Solidus enter the turret next to him.

 

"Great, two turrets left to fill in!" he thought. "I just wish they could stop stalling and get in a turret!"

 

The Auto-Target locked onto a firing Deth Fire. Randon held down the trigger, and rapid bursts of Plasma fire erupted from his cannon, and missed the Fighter by inches.

 

Randon groaned, and managed to hit on shot at the Fighter. But it wasn't enough to bring the fighter down completely.

 

"Just die, already!" Randon muttered, and aimed his Turret in the direction the Fighter was about to fly in. He fired, and the plasma shots took down the Deth.

 

"HA HA!" he yelped in joy. As much as this was life threatening and dangerous, shooting down Deth Fighters was pretty fun.

 

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Cid heard the voice of his own captain on his pilot headset.

 

"Workin' on it, sir!" Cid responded. He turned the thrusters to full power, and eventually the ship gathered speed. An enemy Deth fighter swooped down on the ship and fired its weapon. It didn't do any good, thanks to the Shield Generator. But they had another suprise in stock for the crew, as they dropped an energy bomb on the Gliding Angel.

 

Cid monitored the damage. It only took one quarter of the shield out, but it was still functioning for now.

[Empress Padme]

Sakura looked at Souvi ." Let me get this straight. We are slowing down so they can catch up with us and your gonna use charges on them. What if they have charges and they hit us with their charges which makes our charges blow up! We are dead! That's what happens! Okay I need to calm down. Gotta think positive. Okay, Souvi I trust you. Tell me how I can help."

[SkywalkerRules]

Staring at the view, angered thoughts went through Angel's head.

 

The Deths killed her family... and they were going to pay for what they did.

 

Suddenly, she sighed. "So... how are we gonna get outta here again?"

 

She was so defocused on staring at the view in anger, she forgot what the others were saying. It was kind of embarrasing.

 

Angel saw Rueben go to the hatch, and ran after him. She glanced at him. "Please, Rueben! I wanna help! I don't want none of you to get hurt!"

[Darth Kalverys]

"Stay here... have Errol put up a shield around me if you're really that worried... but trust me... I can take care of myself." Rueben smiled. "But just in case..."

 

Rueben pulled some kind of potion out of his pocket... it was a magical barrier... one that the Red Mage had given him two years ago... that he had never used before. After he finished gulping down the potion, he lightly kissed Angel on the lips.

 

"Just... don't follow me... I don't want you to get hurt... stay here, I'll be back momentarily." Rueben said, climbing into the hatch.

[SkywalkerRules]

After their kiss, Angel nodded weakly. This was her first time being kissed like that. And although Rueben was a Mage... she didn't want him to get hurt.

 

She sighed. "Okay. Be careful out there." After Rueben went into the hatch, she turned to Errol. "Can you... form a shield around Rueben?"

 

Deep in her mind, she hoped that the others were okay. But in her heart, she wanted revenge against those blasted Deth monsters.

[Ctrl Alt Del]

Souvi blinked while staring at Sakura for a few seconds. Then he answered. "If they shoot on us first? I have no doubt they will TRY. However, Rim here is quite the pilot, I trust my life to him... I'll understand if you don't share my thougths about him." Sakura didn't replied negatively.

 

"Good, as you said, 'gotta think postive'!" He smiled to her, then turned to the viewscreen. "Rim, what timing?"

 

"I bet 53 seconds." Rim answered. "Three coins."

 

"40 seconds for me and your bet is covered." Souvi grinned as a reply.

 

The two small red lights, that represented the Deth aircrafts, on the radar were getting closer to it's center. By every wave emmited by the radar, the fighters appoached more and more. Souvi eyes were fixed on the viewscreen. Suddenly,he shouted. "Deploy!"

 

"Charges on their way..." Rim reported, "Aaaaand.... Hit! Waiting confirmation..." He pressed the button that sent a manual wave on the radar. The wave detected, where there was Deth fighters a moment ago, absolutely nothing.

 

Rim looked deeply pensive and sad as he announced. "43 seconds... Guess I own you three bucks, Souvi..."

[Meowster]

Errol blinked at his comrade, and smiled warmly. "A shield? Oh no. But a barrier..." In a brief second, Errol flailed out the wooden staff, hidden inside his White Cloak, was likely made of ebony, which at the top of it nestled an blueish orb, framed by the staff. The ocean-like sphere glistened softly, a hum was made from it, hardly audible, only if you placed your ear next to it yourself. "Okay...lets see, what were the words?" He muttered to himself.

 

Errol held the staff with both hands, and admired each of its features. Trying to remember, the enchantment came into his mind. 'Protect thine own.'

That was how it began. "Thats it." And he bowed his head slowly, as he mumbled the enchantment. "...Protect, with all thine heart." He spoke louder than the rest. The Staff glimmered upward slightly, as a salmon pink light emitted from the orb, and then transformed back to its ocean blueness.

 

'U-ugh..' The drain of using Magicks were harmful, and could eventually turn to being lethal. 'Responsibility goes hand in hand with all things. Magicks are no exception.' Errol remembered his Masters wise words. He rubbed his ember eyes tiredly, and looked upwards at Angel. "It is done," He nodded, and leaned back on the wall, scartching an itch on the back of his neck. He could feel the rough, shaking hum of the engine from the wall.

[DrPhil2501]

Randon counted the number of enemy Deth Fighters on his Radar. Only four of them left... make that three of them left!

 

Randon shot down one of the Jet Black fighters, which the remains seemed to crash land on the ship itself.

 

"Thats odd! Cid, why didn't the shield protect us against the crashed Deth Fighter?"

 

"Because it can only deflect shots of energy. Like plasma, or laser bolts..." Cid explained through his mouth piece.

 

"Hm..." Randon muttered. He aimed at another fighter, and held down the trigger so that he could try and take down yet another Deth Fighter.

 

((Just ignore the crashed ship... for now))

[Darth Kalverys]

Rueben lost balance and fell over.

 

Ughhh... why can't they keep the ship still? He asked himself, then he stood up.

 

Rueben looked out over the battlefield, three Deth fighters remained. He reached out for the one closest to him and cast fira on the ship. The exterior of the ship began to melt, but the inside of the ship started blowing up due to the fact that the engine was flamable. Rueben looked satisfied but turned his attention to another of the Deth fighters.

[Empress Padme]

A nurse came looking for Sakura.

 

" Miss Diwa, what are you doing out of of bed. Your still recovering! Judging by the look of you , you have pushed yourself to far AGAIN!" said the nurse.

 

Sakura looked at Souvi. " Looks like I got caught .... again. I trust you Souvi. I guess the best way I can help right now is to get myself better." Sakura kissed Souvi on the cheek. " See ya later, Hotness." Sakura left with the anxious nurse.

[SkywalkerRules]

Angel knelt by Errol's side, worringly. "Are you all right, Errol?"

 

Although she didn't know about being a Mage, the young girl knew that Errol made the barrier. She guessed that Rueben was going to be okay too.

 

She brought out the healing potion from her pocket that she was given earlier from Errol.

 

"Are you gonna be okay? Or do you want this healing potion?"

[Meowster]

Errol nodded, and slowly set himself off of the wall, sighing. "I don't know if you know anything about Magick," He said, with an 'Instructor'-type voice, "But one of the major side effects, is...well...it put it somewhat simply, using Magick is similar to being in a battle, and having a giant battle-axe. The Axe is devastating, yet it leaves its user fatigued. Magick is like that."

 

He wasn't sure if his comrade understood, so he dwelled into the mind of a mystic once more. "Excesive magick use makes you lose your energy fast. I've been practicing my spells all I day, so I am alright, just kinda tired," He yawned.

 

The White Mage scanned Angel's face, to make sure she was understanding.

[SkywalkerRules]

And indeed, Angel understood. "Oh... okay. But try to be careful. All right?"

 

She stood up, and outstretched her hand towards Errol, wondering if he wanted to get up or not.

 

"Do you want to stay here... or go in your bed?" Angel asked softly. She really didn't want to leave him there by the wall.

 

But then she thought about Rueben and the others. Were they doing all right? It's a good thing she had that earpiece on her still.

 

"Randon? Are you guys doing okay?" She waited for his answer patiently.