Key to the L'Ce

[Wolf on the Run 391]

once hope reached the top of the cliff joe looked to lightning "so lightning mind telling us what your plan is" "to go there" lightning says looking to the sky joe and hope then look up hopes eyes narrow a bit "Eden the sanctum seat of power" "wait sanctums seat of power then i'm guess thats the most protected most armed and most dangerous place for a pulse L'cie to go" "yup" "figures and how do we get there any ideas" "find our way to Palimpolum from there we should find transport to Eden" hope looks at lightning "live in Palimpolum i can show you all the short cuts" "fine but no detours" "no problems i dont think L'cie are welcome back home"

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Saphira was still asleep. Thinking and dreaming about the vision she had just seen. Vanille looked at Sazh. "Hey,you remember what Saphira had said about her vision. It was so different of ours...what did it mean?"Vanille asks. "Come on Vanille,don't be so curious,and besides,I have no idea,not even of my own. We will just have to let time show us what it meant when it comes."Sazh says.

[Wolf on the Run 391]

joe lightning and hope keep walking wondering throw the scrap of pulse when hope trips on some scrap hitting the floor joe and lightning stop and joe turns to Hope helping him up "you okay" "ya" "owe this is stupid you two are slowing me down i should go on alone" joe looks at lightning "lightning you know all to well thats stupid with the amount of people after us you wouldnt last a day" "but all your doing is slowing me down they'll catch us even faster this way" "lightning at least this way we have better numbers we can watch each others backs" lightning then turns away from joe and begins to walk a light then shines from her chest were her brand was lightning kneels on the ground in pain and a strange circul surrounds her joe and hope back up as lightning then runs from the circul a strange creature then appears "what is that" "An eidolen" "what something L'cie can summon they show up if we dont know what to do try and put us out of are misery or help us chose" "hum so you didnt know what to do" "shut up" lightning then blocks an attack from the eidolin "okay how do we beat this thing" "we dont i do came from me so my problem" "Light you cant fight that thing alone thats why it showed up its trying to tell you that" "shut up what do you know of it"

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Saphira slowly woke up. "Get me down."She says. Sazh then gets her down. "It has been hours."Sazh says. He letted her go and Saphira could wake just fine. "Ok."Vanille says when then they heard something. The earth trembled as something landed before them. "What the HELL is that?!"Saphira asks. "It's Odin,he's a summon."Sazh says. "A what now?"Saphira asks. They dodged an attack from it. "Let's just say either we defeat this guy or we're done for."Vanille says. Saphira stared. That armour. She slightly gasped and got her sword and gun. "He's mine."Saphira says as she charges.

[Wolf on the Run 391]

lightning begins to fight the strange creature but wasnt having much luck joe and hope looked at each other they both knew lightning wanted to do this alone but if she did she would of gotten herself killed so both joe and hope quickly drew there weapons and quickly began to help soon the strange creature began to weaken then something strange happened it transformed into a horse and lightning then jumped on "hum impressive you turned into a horse pretty cool" the creature then disappeared "odin" lightning said "what is that its name" "ya i think so" joe and hope then looked at lightning "hey light cant say were slowing your down now" "guess your right fine come on" joe rolled his eyes and hope walked with his head down joe put his hand on hopes sholder "hey dont worry your doing fine" hope then pushed joe off joe breath heavly then following

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Saphira attacked the creature. Sazh and Vanille stared. Vanille tried to get in but Sazh stopped her. Saphira slashed it and then shotted at it. It attacked and Saphira backflipped and jumped over the creature and jumped up super high. Then they saw as Saphira struck it down and then it jumped and turned into a horse. Saphira quickly got on it and rose her blade. The horse rode on it's two back legs and came back down. It calmed down and Saphira got her weapons down. She petted it. "Good boy. Um,would you help us?"Saphira asks. Odin moved around. "I'll take that as a yes."Saphira says as she rode it.

[Wolf on the Run 391]

joe lightning and hope keep on walking in the direction of palumpolum until they reach the entrance to some kind of PSICOM research lab to looks around say they enter "were are we" "some kind of bio lab PSICOM are turning the wild life they have in here into kinds of weapons perfect to hunt us L'cie" joe looks around "owe wouldnt it be just terrible if some random L'cie showed up and ruined all there research" "now your thinking" lightning said

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"I'm keeping him."Saphira says as she rode him around. "Lucky you. He seems to like you."Sazh says. Saphira nods. She then looks upfront. "Lets go."Saphira says. Odin then started to run off with Saphira riding him. "HEY!"Vanille yells. "FORGOT ABOUT US?!"Sazh says as they started to run after them. As mean as it was . Saphira laughed and hanged onto Odin as she made sure she didn't lose them.

[Wolf on the Run 391]

joe and the others walked throw the research lab killing any wild life they found and destroy any computer they saw it was starting to get late though and joe looked at hope he was getting tougher but he was still just a kid joe then thought since he knew hope wouldnt admit it "hey i'm tired so we should rest up here for the night take turns to stand watch" "fair enough i'll take first watch" lightning said hope and joe node everyone sits down and begins to rest

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They run around and eventually stop besides a lake. "We should rest here." Sazh says. They all agree. They then start to settle down. Vanille got to sleep under a tree and fell asleep instantly. Sazh found a nice spot and layed down with his Chocobo thingy. Saphira got off Odin. Who layed down on the grass in his horse form and fell asleep. Saphira rested on him and he didn't minded. "Night..."Saphira says as she fell asleep.

[Wolf on the Run 391]

the next day when joe woke up he looked around the coast was clear so now was the time to move he quickly woke up lightning and hope and they began to move hope looked like he had alot on his mind though so lightning made them stop "Hope whats eating you" joe looked at hope he knew what was wrong but joe left it to hope to deside if he wanted to tell lightning or not "come on hope you me and joe are partners we have to open up to each other so we can count on each other" joe kind of looked at lightning when she said this lightning then took out a small knife and handed it to hope "whats this for" "projection" "any chance i could use one of them" hope says point to lightnings sword "a bit to heavy for you yet but what is eating you is it this L'cie thing" hope didnt respond "is it snow" hope slightly turned his head a bit "what happened with you two" joe then looked to hope and hope noded at joe joe then explained what happened to hopes mom to lightning

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Saphira slowly woke up. She satted up and stretched. She then stood up and saw Sazh and Vanille ready to go. Saphira then got on Odin and had Vanille come on too. "Hey,what about me?"Sazh asks. "You can handle it."Saphira says laughing as Odin ranned out and Sazh then started to chase them. Vanille and Saphira laughed and then Odin stopped when they saw someone stand right there,infront of them. He was dark,creppy. Saphira shook.

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after joe finished explaining to lightning hope stud up "thats it the beginning of operation nora for my revenge on snow" "nora" "my moms name" joe looked at hope after he said revenge "hope revenge never gets anyone anywhere trust me on this one if you want to blame anyone for your moms death you should be blaming PSICOM and the sanctum not snow" "maybe your right but snow still needs to own up to what hes done" "i wont fight you on that but still dont blame him for all of it" "joes right hope"

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Saphira stared. The man dissapeared. "Something wrong?"Vanille asks. She didn't see him. "...Nothing. Lets go."Saphira says as she keeps going on as she is on Odin. She looked down. "(That was him. From my visions. I'm afraid. He's evil. What does he have to do with me and this mark?)"Saphira thinks. She looks back to see Sazh still trying to catch up. Saphira smiles and looks down. "I wonder how the others are doing."Saphira says.

[Wolf on the Run 391]

joe and the others walk futher and futher in the research lab taking down any creatures that cross there path they then finally reach the exit of the lab "man about time" joe then steps forward when a strane creature jumps into there path "owe great one more to face" joe then draws his gun blade lightning draws hers as well and hope pulls out his boomerang like weapon the creature then changes colour joe looks at this a little unshore but then goes in for an attack anyway

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Saphira soon got to a small town and looked around to see that it was kind of in the middle or atleast on its way to a festival. Saphira gets off Odin and so does Vanille. Sazh gets there and pants. "Lets. Stay here. For the night."He says panting. Vanille noded and ranned off to look around. Saphira guided Odin around and just went around looking for a clearing for her to have Odin to rest. She finds a nice spot and sits down with Odin.

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joe cuts at the creature but it quickly jumps "man to fast to attack that way" "then use magic" "right fire" joe fire the fire magic the creature then quickly changed into a red type of colour and the fire magic had no effect "well that isnt good" "okay so its to fast to hit by running right at it and it can change its colour to null are magic" "hey lightning launch me" lightning looks at joe confused but then nodes joe then runs at lightning and lightning grabs joes arm then spinning him and launching him in the creatures direction joe readyed his sword then joe cut right across the creature joe then shot the creature as well "now hope lightning finish him" they node and the two then go in for a final attack the creature then hit the ground hard it lyied there dead joe breath "dam talk about one tough place to get caught up in" joe then looked at the exit "lets get out of here before more creatures or trops arrive" everyone nodes and they head throw the exit once outside joe saw a large town ahead "is that it palumpolum" hope and lightning node "your almost home so Hope" "ya but nothing there but my dad so we should be just passing throw" "hope you'll need to tell your dad what happened" joe nodes to what lightning said

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Saphira walked around. "You are weak,I can sense it."Says a voice. Saphira gasps and turns to see a creppy man that was staring at her. Odin turned back into his warrior form and he got ready. The man stared at them. "That mark around your leg is unusual. You are marked,and I know your destiny."The man says. Saphira looks at him. "You do?"Saphira asks. The man nods. "Your destiny is something simple...kill your friends...and join me and L'Ce."The man says. Saphira stood back, "No,no no no no no no no no no no no no!!!!That cannot be!That cannot!"Saphira says.

[Wolf on the Run 391]

when joe and the others reach palumpolum docks they hid behind some crates "what the PSICOM and the Gardian core are both here" "how did they know we were coming here" asked joe "well Palumpolum is the only stopping point in this direction for some way" "well makes sense then but we'll need to get past with out being seen they see us here they'll probley pergue the whole town" "your right about that" "hey i know theres an old passage just over in that direction we should be able to get there with out being seen and only kids like me know about the entrance" "better then nothing" joe shrugged lightning nodes and they begin to follow hope hidding any time they saw some soldiers

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"It is my child. Just think about it. The visions you saw. It is all pointing ti the same. That you will leave those so callled 'friends' and join me and the rest. That way you can be one of us and fufill your destiny...apprentice."The man says. Saphira was now freaked out like heck. She tnen runs up to him and slashes her sowrd towards him but the man blocks and dodges. Saphira tries to shoot him but the man manages to dodge the shots. He then jumps back to dodge a hit from Odin. The man laughs.

[Wolf on the Run 391]

joe lightning and hope walk they were almost at the tunnels hope had mentioned when they were spotted "there look the L'cie!" "crap they saw us" "we have to fight thats how we survive by fighting got it" hope nodes at what lightning says joe looks at lightning he could tell she was upset but he could tell she also felt weak if she showed it so she locked it up inside joe thinks back to the lab remembering when they stumbled apon some soldiers who were killed by the wild life hope tried to move them but lightning explained how you must show no emotion just keep moving keep fighting joe shoke his head then seeing lightning had taken down the guard they then pressed on and found the tunnel system they followed hope in once inside lightning looked back "dont worry only kids like me know about that entrance" "they'll find it they'll send in a team and search the whole tunnel system" "guess we better hurry then" joe and lightning node

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Saphira stared stunned. Not knowing how to react. She then attacked. The man jumped and took out a sword witch he used it to block Odin's attack. Saphira shotted at him and the man then moved his hand and Saphira gripped her side and dropped her gun. Odin saw this,giving the chance for the man to jump back. Saphira grunted. The man smirked. "You shall give your heart into the darkness. Either you accomplish it,or play the price."The man says as Saphira felt the mark burn.

[Wolf on the Run 391]

joe and lightning followed hope as they began to walk throw the tunnels they then saw a fai'cie in the centre of the system "hum whats this one" "Names carbuncle thats one of are enemys being sanctum and all" lightning then looked at the fal'cie "so kill him and cut off the food supply that'll make us popular" "and if we werent popular enough already" joe smirked hope looked at lightning "i think people have enough reason to hate us dont you" "yeah your probably right hungry people make for angry people" "owe well" joe shrugs and the small group begins to move on

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The man then dodged attacks from somewhere. It was Vanille and Sazh coming to help. "Hey,you mess with one of us you mess with all of us."Sazh says. Vanille noded. Saphira gripped her side and breathed heavily. She growled and stood up slowly. Odin helped her up. Saphira looked up and the man laughed. He pointed at Saphira. "You have no soon choice. Either you accomplish and turn into crystal or your refuse and transform into a beast,never to come back to true reality."The man says laughing.

[Wolf on the Run 391]

as joe and the others walk hope began to speak "look at use pulse l'cie using a sanctum fal'cie to tell where we're going sort of strange" joe shrugs lightning begins to talk "not really we've relied on them our whole lives the food we eat the ligh and the water its all from the fal'cie. you know i think cocoon was really built was them the rest of us we're just leeches parasites" "you think they project use nurture us they take care of well normal people they treat us like were special almost like" hope thinks for a minute "like were pets" hope finishs joe then looks at lightning noticing her thinking something over in her head "like pets to them we are just pets thats it now it makes sense i've been so blind i was born into a fal'cie world raised on a fal'cie leash it was the only life i knew how to live when it was taken from me i was completly lost without a master to follow my life had no purpose hope joe listean to me this l'cie curse it took everything from me my future my dreams i didnt want to think so i fought instead as long as i was fighting nothing else was real" joe nodes to what lightning was saying he saw she finally was seeing outside her own little world "i was running away and then hope joe you got swept along with me hope you more then joe joe just came trying to help you hope" "But lightning i dont understand" hope exclaimed "operation Nora is over" "what" hope looks at lightning in shoke "i" "no you told me to fight" "i made a mistake" "but you cant do this you cant just build something up like that then abandon me" "i wont abandon you either of you i wont" joe looks at lightning "about time you saw some sense lightning" lightning looked at joe "i'll explain later now lets get moving before the soldiers get down here" lightning and hope node