Chapter Three
Spicer leaps up and says
" Lets go! Rocket town! Here we come"
" What ? you want me to come as well? "
" Of course. Were a team! let's go!" Spicer picks up his staff and begins to walk out
" But you said she was going to Mt Nibel " Jade adds.
Spicer scratches his head and replies " well erm... we'll go there first "
Upon saying this the two friends headed out of the villa and was just about to leave Costa Del Sol , when Aeris and Red XIII walked along the bridge above them.
" Spicer " Aeris shouted
Spicer and Jade began to walk to Aeris , when Red XIII piped in,
"My nose is getting dry in this heat. I'm going in the shade. See you in a moment"
"Hey Aeris , where is everyone?" Spicer says
Aeris Shrugs and says "they will be here soon , who's your friend?"
Jade quickly gets a word in " I'm Jade , Spicer's close friend "
"Close friend? oh.." Aeris feels a bit upset , even though she fancies Cloud.
She adds "Have you found your sister yet?"
" No , but were on our way right now to find her. Want to come with ? "
Aeris shakes her head " I'm sorry , the guys and I we've got a mission to do "
Jade gets annoyed by the way Aeris was looking at Spicer and snaps at her
" Look we've got to go to Rocket town, its a long way, and its midday already so if you wouldn't mind..."
Spicer agrees "Yeah Jade's right , we better go "
Aeris gives Spicer a kiss on the cheek and bids him farewell and luck in finding his sister. After walking East from Costa Del Sol for 8 hours they come to a large wooden bridge , in the mountains, with a waterfall in the distance.
"Lets set up camp here for the night and we'll continue at dawn." Spicer says whilst unpacking the tent.
"Its beautiful isn't it? very romantic watching the sun set " Jade says mushily
Jade Looks at Spicer and leans forward to kiss him
"Good night" Spicer says turning over in the tent avoiding the kiss.
"Yeah ... good night" Jade feels let down as she really is falling for him.
As they lay there Jade says
"You still awake?"
Spicer yawns "Yeah just "
" Want me to tell you about Phoenix?" Jade says sternly
"Go ahead "
" Well, the President... President Rufus that is , he has a council. And on that council is my father. His name is Heidegger, that's Tseng's boss. He abandoned me when i was only 10 and dumped me with an old woman who lives in Rocket town. He hasn't even come to see me in 8 years. He used to tell me that he was going to be president in 10 years time, well he's not and I'm going to make it stay that way. I'm going to destroy Shinra with or without you, so there will be nothing left for dad to start. .......... Are you awake? "
There was no response. So Jade just went to sleep. Jade woke up with a start and wondered what the smell was. As she got outside she noticed that Spicer was cooking up a Korean BBQ for breakfast.
"Wow! where d'ya get that from? " Jade asks
" I know a man in Midgar , who specialises in them , he wrapped it up for my journey."
After a hearty meal , the two slogged on for a couple of hours until they reached a cave entrance. When they enter , they come to a steep slope and walk a couple of kilometres until they reach an industrial area. Spicer sniffs the air around them ,
"mmm smells like back home"
Jade raises an eyebrow " Smells like crap to me. Lets get a move on , its giving me a migraine"
Spicer mumbles under his breath "Typical female"
"I HEARD THAT" Jade shouts whilst shaking her head in disgust.
The only way to go , seems to be along this rail track. Along the track they get attacked by 5 search crowns, which unleash painful seed shots at Spicer and Jade. Jade fires her rocket launcher at one of them , which immediately disintegrates it. Spicer has a turn and uses his blade staff to hack through one of them also killing it first time. Then one of the search crowns fires a four laser attack on Spicer which makes him collapse on the floor. Jade doesn't have time to use one of her phoenix downs on him so she uses her lightening and all materia on them which kills two but one remains. After a seed shot was fired, Jade retaliated by blowing it to bits with a rocket. She notices that one of them has drop something, which she picks up. It's a power wrist accessory , which enhances your strength , so she places this on Spicer and uses her last phoenix down on him. They both sit together on the track to regain their breath.
" I'm glad your here " Spicer says looking at Jade smiling
" Glad to be here! " Jade giggles
Spicer hears noises and jumps up to investigate,
" We'd better get going , its dusk and all kinds of weirdo's are about. thieves and such like"
Jade agreed and they made their way to a little slum village in North Corel to spend the night, which they did , the beds were very uncomfortable , but it was somewhere to sleep that was safe , and that's what matters.
The next day , they decided that they would buy a couple of tents and head straight for Mt Nibel and then onto Rocket town, no messing around as it was taking too long.
"I would like to visit the Gold saucer " Jade said enthusiastically
Spicer dismisses this and says " There's no time for that , but we'll go there to celebrate when we find Nikki " Spicer continues ,
"I know a man that lives on the peninsula in the Gongaga area, we should really head there first , he can forge us some new weapons, it gets pretty tough from here on in." The two leave and continue South , avoiding fights with a whole manner of creatures. On their travels many , many hours later , Spicer could see something with his Bionic eye , It was in the prison area under the Gold saucer. He zoomed in and enhanced , and could see quite clearly Barrett Wallace and another guy with a gun as an arm battling to the death. Spicer watched in amazement for a few moments and the other guy stumbled to the floor. He got up and walked to the edge of a precipice, it looked as if they where talking for a while and the guy tossed an item to Barrett. The guy spread his arms like a bird and dropped off the ledge backwards! Barrett fell to the floor and even from this far away , Spicer and Jade could hear him scream. After a while , Barrett was persuaded to leave the scene by his friends. But wh at was unusual , was that the man was hanging on a branch about 10 feet down. He was squirming around so he must be alive.
"What should we do ? " asked Jade with a serious tone
Spicer had an idea
"You wait here. With my eye , i can detect any dangerous areas in the sand, i should be able to get across , but it may take some time."
"okay , just be careful " Jade said feeling concerned "The guy must be wacko to try and top himself " she concluded
Soon , Spicer was on the opposite side of the precipice,
" Hey! need a hand ? " Spicer bellowed as loud as he could
The voice replied faintly " F*^k off ! leave me here to die "
" Surely we can sort something out, I'm coming over ." Spicer said firmly
There was no response , either the guy had died , or he'd passed out.
Spicer climbed the rock face , and eventually got to where this guy was hanging from. Spicer hitched the man off the branch and put him over his shoulder. When they got to the floor , Spicer laid the man on the dirt , and checked to see if he was breathing. He was. He then progressed to carry him over the sand back to where Jade had set up camp.
" You had better give the poor guy some water." Jade whispered
After doing so , the guy didn't even react to it, he was in a deep sleep , and was mumbling
" Barrett ...... kick you bu..... she 4 years old ...... Marlene..... "
" The guys delirious " Jade said
" Yeah , lets sleep here tonight , we'll see how he is in the morning " Spicer says
Jade looks at her timepiece " But its only 4 in the afternoon "
" Yeah well its not as if a giant meteor is going to destroy the planet is it, there's always a tomorrow "
Spicer said joking
" Guess your right ha ha "
The two talked for hours getting to know each other better , whilst keeping an eye on there new buddy , who was laying on the floor still asleep.
During the night , Spicer felt something pricking his neck , when he opened his eyes , he saw the guy he just saved with a knife at his throat.
" Shhh. " He said putting his finger to his lips " Wake her up and i slit your throat."
Little did this guy know that Jade was awake and standing behind him. She quickly grabbed him and got him in a head lock,
" Calm down or I'll slit YOUR throat " Jade says struggling to keep him still
He says in a raspy voice " Go ahead run me through , it'll be safer for you and the world. "
Jade pushes him to the floor " Your weird, you wanna die? "
The guy remains silent. Spicer sits up , and wipes the sweat from his brow and says,
" What's your name anyhow? And why d'ya try to commit suicide? "
"its Dyne for F*&@ sake okay. Its too late for me, no one respects me, i have no friends , Marlene wont even remember me, I'm a lost cause, just leave me be"
" Come on Dyne , it cant be all bad " Jade says sympathetically
" And i suppose your gonna help me back on ma feet, and be my friends are ya?" Dyne says with a hint of sarcasm.
" We're always keen to make new allies! " Spicer says whilst polishing his staff
" I don't know .... I'm used to bein' boss, and I'm not happy , you should of let me die up there." Dyne , looks puzzled as to why anyone would want to befriend a murder like him.
"So what's your story ? " Jade asks
Dyne tells his yarn to Jade and Spicer, and tells them all about Barrett and Marlene ,and how their home town was destroyed. He also tells them about Barrett and himself losing opposite arms , and having a gun placed in its place.
" That's quite a story " Spicer nods and understands why Dyne's a bit loopy
" Come with us Dyne " Said Jade whilst stretching her arm out to help him up
" We'll fill you in with the details when we get going. " Spicer continues " Its not even dawn yet , so lets get some shut eye "
They were awoken by the dawn chorus of birds, and Jade rubbed her eyes , and looked around. Where was Dyne? It looked as if he had made a run for it in the night.
" Spicer, Hey , Spicer " jade whispered as he lay half asleep
Spicer looked up at the pleasing site of what he thought was Aeris
" Aeris? do you still love me? .... wha..? oops sorry Jade " Spicer went red
" mmm okay.... Dyne's gone. I knew he wouldn't stick 'round "
Spicer shook his head in disbelief " I truly though we could help him to get his feet back on the ground "
The two of them were silent for a while and then a familiar voice came from outside "Hey guys out here!"
It was Dyne! he had a Chocobo being cooked on a spit .
" Get it while its still hot! " he said licking his lips
Chapter 4
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