Post by beardalot on Dec 9, 2010 14:45:23 GMT -5
I woke up on a chair in a room I didn't recognise, my head in agony, Chad sitting on a bed grinning like a fool.
"Why do I feel like someone ran a steamroller over my face?" I asked, I tried to raise my hand to investigate but found it tied to the chair, I was confused and now annoyed "and why the hell am I being bound like a kidnap victim?"
"Ms Franco's orders" was all he said "here drink this" he held a bottle to my lips and I did as I was told, the pain disappeared as the Potion took effect.
"What do you mean?" I asked "the last thing I remember is walking back to the car after the Adamantoise fight and then waking up here"
"Sorry bro, promise me you won't get angry and I'll explain" Chad still had that stupid grin on his face and it was starting to get on my nerves.
"How about you untie me and tell me what happened or I'll kick your ass right now!" I was agitated and speaking out of frustration but even I knew this was an idle threat, the restraints were too strong and my weapons were on a table at the far end of the room, that plus the fact that Chad was best unarmed fighter I knew meant I would have to hope he was feeling generous. Fortunately he was, he untied me and sat back down chuckling to himself and started telling me what happened.
"Before we left Ms Franco said my only purpose here was to get you to Trabia Garden for the tournament and that I could use any means necessary"
"Which were what?" I asked, slightly confused
"Well we were already delayed enough by your little stunt with the Adamantoise, so when you suggested another detour I decided enough was enough. I hit you. And can I just add it was a beautiful punch, either that or you can't take a hit" he was enjoying this a little too much "then I took you on the airship and brought you here to Trabia Garden" He chuckled, obviously amused at getting one over on me.
"How long have I been out? And how did you get me on an airship without getting stopped?"
"About 48 hours, I had to use some Sleep magic to keep you topped up, and my cousin is an engineer on one of the airships so he let me hide in the cargo bay with you. And I took care of the damage to the car you stole" Chad explained
"Nice one man" I said, suddenly more cheerful, at least I didn't have to worry about getting found out now.
"Ms Franco's gonna take it out of your pay until it's all covered" He started to chuckle again
"You told her I stole a car? She really gonna have me kicked out this time you traitorous bastard!" I was really pissed off now, if I had my guns I'd have shot him in the leg I was so angry
"Relax" he said "she wanted to but I talked her round and she said it could stay between us three"
I could have kissed Chad but I didn't think he'd appreciate it very much "Great, what did you say to her?"
"Well after I told her I knocked you out and that in your sleep you kept talking about giant rabbits chasing you to try and eat you she laughed so hard that I don't think anything could have upset her!" I was mortified and Chad burst into a fit of laughter "seriously dude, you have nightmares about rabbits?"
I felt my face burning up "I was bitten by one at a birthday at the petting zoo when I was young" I said wishing the ground would swallow me
Chad laughed even harder, tears appearing in the corners of his eyes "almost killed by a Mezmerize as a teenager and an Adamantoise 2 days ago, and the thing you have nightmares about is bunny rabbits, you're killing me bro"
"Well I'm glad you find it so funny" I shouted and walked towards the door, I needed a drink.
Chad was in his feet in half a second, and put me in a head lock "no can do Gresh, I'm under strict orders now to not let you out of my sight, the tournament is in 3 days and I gotta make sure you make it there, so take a seat and we'll talk strategy" he span me around and nudged me towards the seat I'd been tied to, I didn't even bother to argue.
"So let's talk" I said, "who do we know is competing?"
Chad pulled a list from his pocket "says here there's 6 competitors, 1 from Trabia, 3 from Balamb and 2 from Galbadia. The Trabia entrant is someone called Muthrik, I haven't been able to find out anything about him other than he's a good student and a bit of a machine. Preferred weapon is a pin-fire sword? I thought they went out with the ark" he chuckled again, amused by his own joke "then from Balamb we have Thadeous, Renea and Amne. Thadeous is a close range fighter, uses an axe and has an affinity to fire magic so keep him at range and you should have no trouble, just don't get to near the the sharp side of his axe. Now Renea and Amne should interest you" he said, a glint in his eye.
"What's so special?" I was intrigued but remained focused.
"Well from what I've heard they're both pretty good looking and they're twins…" he let it hang in the air for a second, allowing me to fantasise for a second before chuckling at the smile on my face "now focus, they both use gunblades but Renea is believed to be the stronger of the 2 and a bit of a bitch, that doesn't mean you should underestimate Amne though, she was chosen for a reason"
"Sounds like this is mostly going to be a gun fight!" I said with excitement "I doubt any of them can match my style" I stood up and imitated shooting a pair of pistols in the air and blowing smoke from the barrels "so who's the other Trabia fighter then?"
"Dilaminous" Chad said it with a look of hatred on his face, I was surprised but I wasn't too bothered
"Why's that pussy been put in? I know he fights well but he's scum, hiding behind his lackeys because he ain't got the balls to do shit himself, the only reason he ever gets anywhere is because he's a cheating son of a bitch and no one ever catches him!" Ok, maybe I was a little bothered
"Well do us all a favour and if you get to fight him use some of that new ammo of your's to remove a limb or two. Hell even if you don't get to fight him in the tournament it might still be a good idea" We both laughed and spent the rest of the day discussing actual fighting tactics, I was going to keep whoever I fought at a distance and use my pistols to my advantage, if it came to close combat I'd switch to my magics, my GF Cerberus could bestow me with Double and Triple casts and I'd been stocking up on magics, mainly Blind, Confuse and Flare to attack with and Protect, Shell and Cure as a standard defensive measure.
After 2 days locked in a room with Chad I was getting bored, the only point of interest had been letter from Dilaminous giving me an ultimatum, either join his retarded followers or face the consequences, I'd give him my answer on the day, for now we'd just been using it as a dartboard but even that was getting old. My boredom meant Chad was getting annoyed with my antics, for some reason he didn't appreciate me using my bed as a trampoline or putting biscuit crumbs between his sheets, so after a lot of promises he agreed we could go for a game of basket ball, unfortunately for him I'd had my fingers crossed. On the way to the basketball court we passed by the medical ward and a plan formulated, I told Chad I had a headache and needed some aspirin, stupidly he believed me so I went into the doctor's office while he waited outside for me. Inside the office I saw an open medicine cart, this was going to be easy, I thought to myself, and it was. As the doctor's back was turned I reached into the cart and pulled out a bottle of sleeping pills I'd managed to spot and put them in one of my pockets.
Out on the basketball court I grabbed a couple of bottles of water and made sure to slip a few pills into Chad's, this was going better than I could have hoped, and sure enough after 45 minutes of 1-on-1 he gulped thirstily from the bottle, downing it in one go, and 15 minutes later he was asking for a break because he was *exhausted*
"It must be the cold weather up here, I'm knackered man" he said, I guided him to a bench and waited eagerly for him to fall asleep, it only took about a minute and a half once he was sat down, perhaps I'd gone a bit over the top with the pills.
Making sure no one else was around I slipped our room keys out of his pocket and walked back to our dorm, once inside I grabbed the case with my guns and the grenades in, left a note and returned to where I'd left Chad and put his keys back, he was slumped forwards dribble trickling from his mouth, snoring heavily. Now it was time for some fun!
Walking around the recently reconstructed Garden I managed to find something to grab my attention, a fleet of military helicopters for use on SeeD missions and on closer inspection I found one of them still had the keys in, it muss have been fate...
"Gresh!" Alice answered the door and threw herself into my arms, "what the hell are you doing here? I heard you were at Trabia Garden competing in tomorrows tournament!"
Alice and I had been friends since childhood, until she moved away to a remote village at the base of the Trabia mountains with her parents, and we'd always promised to see each other whenever we got the chance, "I'm making good on our promise, just like I always do" I said hugging her tight "I borrowed a helicopter and flew down here, we've got all night to catch up before the tournament. Hey do you want to come along tomorrow, I was planning on making a special entrance.."
"Borrowed or stole?" she cut me off, a knowing smile on her face "you'd better come inside so we can make the most of our time and we'll discuss tomorrow over a mug of cocoa"
"Just like old times" I sighed, I'd missed the simplicity of childhood….
It was morning and Alice and I were walking to the helicopter, we had stayed up late reminiscing and updating each other with any news we had but I wasn't tired, I had adrenaline flowing through my veins and the desire to kick some ass, all that was left to do was my grand entrance...
"Why do I feel like someone ran a steamroller over my face?" I asked, I tried to raise my hand to investigate but found it tied to the chair, I was confused and now annoyed "and why the hell am I being bound like a kidnap victim?"
"Ms Franco's orders" was all he said "here drink this" he held a bottle to my lips and I did as I was told, the pain disappeared as the Potion took effect.
"What do you mean?" I asked "the last thing I remember is walking back to the car after the Adamantoise fight and then waking up here"
"Sorry bro, promise me you won't get angry and I'll explain" Chad still had that stupid grin on his face and it was starting to get on my nerves.
"How about you untie me and tell me what happened or I'll kick your ass right now!" I was agitated and speaking out of frustration but even I knew this was an idle threat, the restraints were too strong and my weapons were on a table at the far end of the room, that plus the fact that Chad was best unarmed fighter I knew meant I would have to hope he was feeling generous. Fortunately he was, he untied me and sat back down chuckling to himself and started telling me what happened.
"Before we left Ms Franco said my only purpose here was to get you to Trabia Garden for the tournament and that I could use any means necessary"
"Which were what?" I asked, slightly confused
"Well we were already delayed enough by your little stunt with the Adamantoise, so when you suggested another detour I decided enough was enough. I hit you. And can I just add it was a beautiful punch, either that or you can't take a hit" he was enjoying this a little too much "then I took you on the airship and brought you here to Trabia Garden" He chuckled, obviously amused at getting one over on me.
"How long have I been out? And how did you get me on an airship without getting stopped?"
"About 48 hours, I had to use some Sleep magic to keep you topped up, and my cousin is an engineer on one of the airships so he let me hide in the cargo bay with you. And I took care of the damage to the car you stole" Chad explained
"Nice one man" I said, suddenly more cheerful, at least I didn't have to worry about getting found out now.
"Ms Franco's gonna take it out of your pay until it's all covered" He started to chuckle again
"You told her I stole a car? She really gonna have me kicked out this time you traitorous bastard!" I was really pissed off now, if I had my guns I'd have shot him in the leg I was so angry
"Relax" he said "she wanted to but I talked her round and she said it could stay between us three"
I could have kissed Chad but I didn't think he'd appreciate it very much "Great, what did you say to her?"
"Well after I told her I knocked you out and that in your sleep you kept talking about giant rabbits chasing you to try and eat you she laughed so hard that I don't think anything could have upset her!" I was mortified and Chad burst into a fit of laughter "seriously dude, you have nightmares about rabbits?"
I felt my face burning up "I was bitten by one at a birthday at the petting zoo when I was young" I said wishing the ground would swallow me
Chad laughed even harder, tears appearing in the corners of his eyes "almost killed by a Mezmerize as a teenager and an Adamantoise 2 days ago, and the thing you have nightmares about is bunny rabbits, you're killing me bro"
"Well I'm glad you find it so funny" I shouted and walked towards the door, I needed a drink.
Chad was in his feet in half a second, and put me in a head lock "no can do Gresh, I'm under strict orders now to not let you out of my sight, the tournament is in 3 days and I gotta make sure you make it there, so take a seat and we'll talk strategy" he span me around and nudged me towards the seat I'd been tied to, I didn't even bother to argue.
"So let's talk" I said, "who do we know is competing?"
Chad pulled a list from his pocket "says here there's 6 competitors, 1 from Trabia, 3 from Balamb and 2 from Galbadia. The Trabia entrant is someone called Muthrik, I haven't been able to find out anything about him other than he's a good student and a bit of a machine. Preferred weapon is a pin-fire sword? I thought they went out with the ark" he chuckled again, amused by his own joke "then from Balamb we have Thadeous, Renea and Amne. Thadeous is a close range fighter, uses an axe and has an affinity to fire magic so keep him at range and you should have no trouble, just don't get to near the the sharp side of his axe. Now Renea and Amne should interest you" he said, a glint in his eye.
"What's so special?" I was intrigued but remained focused.
"Well from what I've heard they're both pretty good looking and they're twins…" he let it hang in the air for a second, allowing me to fantasise for a second before chuckling at the smile on my face "now focus, they both use gunblades but Renea is believed to be the stronger of the 2 and a bit of a bitch, that doesn't mean you should underestimate Amne though, she was chosen for a reason"
"Sounds like this is mostly going to be a gun fight!" I said with excitement "I doubt any of them can match my style" I stood up and imitated shooting a pair of pistols in the air and blowing smoke from the barrels "so who's the other Trabia fighter then?"
"Dilaminous" Chad said it with a look of hatred on his face, I was surprised but I wasn't too bothered
"Why's that pussy been put in? I know he fights well but he's scum, hiding behind his lackeys because he ain't got the balls to do shit himself, the only reason he ever gets anywhere is because he's a cheating son of a bitch and no one ever catches him!" Ok, maybe I was a little bothered
"Well do us all a favour and if you get to fight him use some of that new ammo of your's to remove a limb or two. Hell even if you don't get to fight him in the tournament it might still be a good idea" We both laughed and spent the rest of the day discussing actual fighting tactics, I was going to keep whoever I fought at a distance and use my pistols to my advantage, if it came to close combat I'd switch to my magics, my GF Cerberus could bestow me with Double and Triple casts and I'd been stocking up on magics, mainly Blind, Confuse and Flare to attack with and Protect, Shell and Cure as a standard defensive measure.
After 2 days locked in a room with Chad I was getting bored, the only point of interest had been letter from Dilaminous giving me an ultimatum, either join his retarded followers or face the consequences, I'd give him my answer on the day, for now we'd just been using it as a dartboard but even that was getting old. My boredom meant Chad was getting annoyed with my antics, for some reason he didn't appreciate me using my bed as a trampoline or putting biscuit crumbs between his sheets, so after a lot of promises he agreed we could go for a game of basket ball, unfortunately for him I'd had my fingers crossed. On the way to the basketball court we passed by the medical ward and a plan formulated, I told Chad I had a headache and needed some aspirin, stupidly he believed me so I went into the doctor's office while he waited outside for me. Inside the office I saw an open medicine cart, this was going to be easy, I thought to myself, and it was. As the doctor's back was turned I reached into the cart and pulled out a bottle of sleeping pills I'd managed to spot and put them in one of my pockets.
Out on the basketball court I grabbed a couple of bottles of water and made sure to slip a few pills into Chad's, this was going better than I could have hoped, and sure enough after 45 minutes of 1-on-1 he gulped thirstily from the bottle, downing it in one go, and 15 minutes later he was asking for a break because he was *exhausted*
"It must be the cold weather up here, I'm knackered man" he said, I guided him to a bench and waited eagerly for him to fall asleep, it only took about a minute and a half once he was sat down, perhaps I'd gone a bit over the top with the pills.
Making sure no one else was around I slipped our room keys out of his pocket and walked back to our dorm, once inside I grabbed the case with my guns and the grenades in, left a note and returned to where I'd left Chad and put his keys back, he was slumped forwards dribble trickling from his mouth, snoring heavily. Now it was time for some fun!
Walking around the recently reconstructed Garden I managed to find something to grab my attention, a fleet of military helicopters for use on SeeD missions and on closer inspection I found one of them still had the keys in, it muss have been fate...
"Gresh!" Alice answered the door and threw herself into my arms, "what the hell are you doing here? I heard you were at Trabia Garden competing in tomorrows tournament!"
Alice and I had been friends since childhood, until she moved away to a remote village at the base of the Trabia mountains with her parents, and we'd always promised to see each other whenever we got the chance, "I'm making good on our promise, just like I always do" I said hugging her tight "I borrowed a helicopter and flew down here, we've got all night to catch up before the tournament. Hey do you want to come along tomorrow, I was planning on making a special entrance.."
"Borrowed or stole?" she cut me off, a knowing smile on her face "you'd better come inside so we can make the most of our time and we'll discuss tomorrow over a mug of cocoa"
"Just like old times" I sighed, I'd missed the simplicity of childhood….
It was morning and Alice and I were walking to the helicopter, we had stayed up late reminiscing and updating each other with any news we had but I wasn't tired, I had adrenaline flowing through my veins and the desire to kick some ass, all that was left to do was my grand entrance...