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Triple Farron - Chapter 17

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I had no clue that an Ark was so huge! We've been walking around for so long that, at least to me, it's felt like days! Although, it probably has.

We had found, according to Fang, a 'Hibernatorium'. It had held these Automata that looked the size of two houses! And they were alive.

Carefully, we walked through, trying not to wake them up.

We failed horribly.

Two of the four Automata woke up, and we had to fight them.

Battle Commenced.



Turns out, they aren't to hard to defeat. And the two we woke up were the only alive ones. The other two must've not been activated, yet.

At the other end of the room, there was another door. It slid open, and we walked in. Lightning activated the lift, and we went down.

"At least we shouldn't run into PSICOM here," Lightning stated.

"Let's only hope." I sighed.

The lift stopped, and we went into another room.

To the left, there was this long passageway. We went down it, and took another left and another passageway.

This ark is like a maze. I thought. Everything looked the same. I almost thought we in a circle at first. But there were writing on the walls that were different each time. Not that I could read them, since they were in Pulsian.

I asked Vanille what the writing meant.

"They're numbers," She answered. "That one over there is a three, which must mean we're on the third floor."

Ah. Once she told me that, I could tell what it was.



Finally, we made it through, and found a passageway that was different from the rest.

Going through it, it led to the outside.

I squinted my eyes, noticing a figure of a person. A familiar one, at that.

Cid?

He walked forward as we got closer.

Something about him seemed different, I could sense it.

"Raines?" I heard Snow mumble.

That different feeling I got from him, it wasn't good.

The others mumbled 'What?' and 'Who is that?'

Snow turned to us. "Woah, easy guys. It's alright. Raines." Snow pointed at him. "Is a Sanctum officer. He's been helping us out-"

Fang put a hand out in front of Snow, stopping him. "Why are you here?"

I looked over, and in a flash, Lightning took out her gun blade and was charging at Cid. "You traitor!" She yelled, and slashed at him.

Cid dodged it.

Lightning tried to slash at him again, but Cid caught her arm, and flipped her back to us.

Her gun blade went flying in the air as she did. Lightning landed on her side with a grunt.

"Sis!" I ran over to her.

Cid caught the gun blade. His right hand glowed. "I put you on the path, that was my Focus."

I heard a few gasps.

"You're a l'Cie?" Fang asked.

"Since long before we met," Cid paused. "I did my best to assist you, as bid by the Sanctum fal'Cie. Now do you understand?"

Lightning sat up as we listened to Cid's words.

"The fal'Cie have watched over you, guiding your every step. The 'luck' that saved you time and again was a deliberate machination. Why, you may ask? The Primarch-Or should I say, Barthandelus-is crafting you into the instruments of Cocoon's demise," Cid resumed.

Fang 'tched'. "We've been played for fools."

"A Cocoon fal'Cie? Why?" Sazh asked.

Cid raised Lightning's gun blade. "Why? To restore the Maker."

"The Maker?" Hope's voice joined.

"The entity responsible for creating both humans and fal'Cie," Cid replied.

"Long ago, the Maker departed this world, leaving the two races behind. In a sense, human and fal'Cie are brothers-Orphaned by the same parent. As for the humans, they forgot the order imposed by the Maker. They began to war amongst themselves for the first time in history."

War amongst outselves? Reminds me of the Purge.

"The fal'Cie focused on recalling their lost deity, and returning the world to its former glory. This purpose lies at the heart of all their actions. Calling back the Maker requires a fitting sacrifice."

Lightning slowly stood back up. "Yeah, we've heard. The destruction of Cocoon."

"The lives of this world in bloody tribute." Cid threw the gun blade back to Lightning, and she caught it.

"No, that's crazy talk." Sazh mumbled just barely enough for me to hear.

"But, then why would they need us to do that?" I asked. "The fal'Cie are powerful enough. I mean, they could just do it on their own without getting others involved."

Cid paced slowly as he explained. "Their existence is bound to the creation and maintenance of this floating shell. It is their very nature that holds them in check."

"You mean, Cocoon fal'Cie can't destroy Cocoon?" Hope questioned. "They needed tools."

"If we can stop this by doing nothing, then we'll do nothing!" Vanille offered.

But, then, we'd turn into…

"Noble." Cid put his arm out. "I expected just as much."

"You lied to us! What happened to your dream of rebuilding Cocoon for the people? Was it all a lie?" Snow yelled at the man.

"A shadow of a dream from when I was human. It was change I craved, and once I'd build the influence to make things happen, there was change." Cid looked at his brand. "I gained all the power I could hope for, but was a puppet with no will to wield it." The brand started to glow. "It wasn't the fal'Cie that changed. It was me."

"You were made a l'Cie?"

"A l'Cie. Tied to an inescapable Focus-a slave for destiny. I'd lost hope. I'd all but given up on dreams of freedom," Cid said, eyes sad.

"What are you saying?"

Cid placed a hand on his chest. "I'm here on my own accord, not by fal'Cie order. Seeing you fight brought it all back. Brought back that future I once strove for. I, too, will challenge my fate." He rose his hand in the air, and a blackish blue fiery smoke encased him. With his branded hand, he snapped.

Shields that looked like the Cocoon l'Cie brand circled us.

What the?

"If I can defeat you here, the fal'Cie plan will fail," Cid stated.

"Raines!"

"I will use all my remaining power!" In a blinding light, Cid turned into what looked to be half Cie'th and half human. One hundred percent monster.

"I will set you free!"

Battle Commenced.
Toldja this one would be longer! I think I had wrote this one on a Saturday, when I had more time too. The next chapter I think I did pretty well on, and you'll see why. It was actually fun to write.

I don't own FFXIII, only Faith.

Dun stealz from me.

~Tonage
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