Final Fantasy II: The Script
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Part 3: The Underworld
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Fortunately, the Enterprise had crash-landed near a castle, so the
group headed there first. As they discovered, the castle's inhabitants
were dwarves, and rather than "hello", their greeting was "lali-ho".
The five went to the throne room to meet the King of the castle.
King: Glad you're fine!
Cecil: May I ask who you are, sir?
King: I am the King of Dwarves, Giott, and the ruler of the Underground.
Cecil: Have you still got the Dark Crystals?
Giott: You came for the crystals. I'm afraid two out of four have been
taken.
Yang: We're late.
Giott: But the crystal in this castle is still safe. Our tanks turned
them away.
Rosa: We saw your tanks fighting against the airships.
Giott: Ah, you call those flying things airships? You have strange things
in the world above. Would you support us with your airship?
Cid: I wish we could. But it was greatly damaged during the fighting
and landing.
Giott: Do you need anything to do the repairs?
Cid: The airship won't last in the heat of lava. I must go back to the
upper world and wrap the body with mystic silver. [To the
group] See you later!
As Cid turns and heads for the door, Cecil calls after him.
Cecil: Cid!
Cid turns back toward Cecil.
Cid: Don't worry! I'll come back soon!
Rosa: Take care...
Cid: Thanks, Rosa!
Cid leaves, and the others turn back to King Giott.
Cecil: King Giott, where's the crystal?
Giott: It's hidden behind my throne! As long as I am well, so is the
crystal!
Suddenly Yang steps forward, startled.
Cecil: Yang?
Yang: I feel someone eavesdropping on us!
Giott: [startled as well] What?
Everyone looks around for the supposed eavesdropper, but they see no
one. Behind the throne room, a figure slips away, unnoticed.
Cecil: No one is here.
Yang: I felt someone sneaking around!
The King quickly reaches a decision...
Giott: Open the door!
Dwarf: Lali!
The dwarf opens the door, and Cecil and company quickly enter the
throne room. Once they are inside, however, the door suddenly closes
behind them. They whip around on hearing the sound; Kain, in the rear,
tries to open the door.
Kain: It's locked!
Then, a voice from behind them, near the crystal...
Yip-ho-ho-ho!
They turn back toward the center of the room, searching for the owner
of the voice.
Rosa: Oh! The dolls!
Indeed, the six dolls seem to have come alive, forming a line from
Cecil to the crystal's dais.
We're the Calbrena!
You fools!
You've doomed yourselves!
We're gonna getcha!
We'll take this good news as a present to Master Golbez!
Yip-ho-ho-ho!
The dolls attack, but are defeated.
You'll pay for this!
Our Master Golbez already knows this place!
Cecil: [startled] What?
Well, Cecil...
Golbez appears on the stairs to the crystal's dais, and approaches
Cecil.
Cecil: Golbez!
Golbez: You got me the other day, but now the old mage is gone. [pause]
I'll tell you why I'm gathering the crystals. All the
crystals, both Light and Darkness, are the keys to reactivate
the Tower of Bab-il that leads to the moon. It is said the
moon possesses power beyond human comprehension. And there is
only one more crystal to get. You've been very helpful. [evil
chuckle] Receive your last reward!
Cecil and the others struggle against Golbez, but without Tellah's
Meteo, they have no chance against him.
Golbez: [laughs] Is that it? [paralyzes the party with Hold Gas] Wait
till you see the real terror! Meal time, Shadow!
A Shadow Dragon appears, and kills the party members one by one,
leaving Cecil for last.
Golbez: And you, Cecil!
Suddenly, a Mist Dragon appears; its mist attack destroys the Shadow
Dragon.
Golbez: That mist blew my Shadow Dragon away...!?
Cecil then hears a vaguely familiar voice.
You can move now!
Cecil: Who is it...?
"It" is Rydia, and with the help of her Calling, they manage to defeat
Golbez.
Golbez: Why...?
Golbez falls to the floor.
Cecil: We did it! We've defeated Golbez!
Rosa: All because of your help, Rydia!
Cecil: What happened to you, Rydia?
Rydia: Leviatan swallowed me and took me to the Land of the Summoned
Monsters.
Cecil: Took you where?
Rydia: It's the world where all the summoned monsters live. I can't use
white magic anymore, but I increased my powers as Caller and
user of black magic. The time flows differently there.
Rosa: Is that why you look all grown up?
Kain: Who is she?
Cecil: She's the girl we found in Mist.
Kain: The child?!
Yang: Amazing!
Cecil: But why? Your mother...
Rydia: Stop that. The Queen there told me - a greater power of evil is at
work. We must confront it together!
Then, a voice from behind...
I do not... perish!
The five turn toward the voice in surprise. Golbez's form disappears,
to be replaced by a floating hand. The group merely watches, too
surprised to act, as the hand takes the crystal and vanishes.
Cecil: I'm sorry... Golbez took the crystal...
Giott: We must protect the last crystal then!
Rosa: Where is it?
Giott: In the Sealed Cave to the northwest. But don't worry. The cave
can't be entered without the key.
Cecil: What should we do? Golbez is on his way!
Giott: So now is the chance for us to regain the other crystals in the
Tower of Bab-il!
Kain: What?
Yang: While Golbez is busy trying to get the last crystal, we can take
the others!
Giott: We'll draw their attention with out tanks and you can sneak in.
Now is the only chance!
The five engage in a conference among themselves.
Kain: What do we do?
Rydia: Isn't it their fortress?
Rosa: It's dangerous.
Yang: But we must do something now.
Kain: Now is the only chance we have.
Cecil: Okay... [turns back to Giott] We'll do it!
Giott: Good! There is a path through the exit in the bottom of this
castle! Go whenever you're ready. Good luck!
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The five make their way over the unfamiliar landscape to the Tower of
Babil. They enter, and proceed up several floors. On the eighth, they
find a man working at some sort of machine, and... Rubicant.
Dr. Lugae: Master Rubicant, please be careful.
Rubicant: Eblan has fallen, so the threat is gone. Take care of this place
until I return.
The man flips a couple of switches on the machine, and Rubicant seems
to "fade out" until he is gone. Then the man laughs.
Dr. Lugae: Golbez and Rubicant are both gone! Now I'm the leader here!
Rydia: Weird guy...
Rosa: [turns to face Rydia; firmly] Hush!
But the man hears them; startled, he turns around and starts toward
them.
Dr. Lugae: Who's there?
Cecil: Ooops!
Dr. Lugae: Cecil!
Kain: Won't you call for help, Doctor?
Dr. Lugae: Don't take me lightly, or you'll get burned!
Kain: Makes me laugh!
Dr. Lugae approaches angrily.
Dr. Lugae: Now face my beloved child, Balnab!
Dr. Lugae and his robot creation, Balnab, attack.
Dr. Lugae: Go, Balnab!
Balnab: GRRRR!
Balnab attacks the doctor.
Dr. Lugae: ...OUCH! Not me! Them! Over there!
Balnab: GRRRR!
Dr. Lugae: Beat them up!
The party first disable the doctor, then attack Balnab. However,
Balnab shortly needs oil, and without the doctor to give it to him,
he explodes. Then Dr. Lugae gets up, even angrier than before.
Dr. Lugae: I'll show you my real power!
He proceeds to morph into another creature, but is again defeated.
With his last breaths, he chuckles evilly.
Dr. Lugae: This Tower of Bab-il connects the ground and the underground.
Rubicant has already moved all the crystals to the upper world!
And I shall annihilate the dwarves with my Super Cannon!
With another chuckle, he dies.
Rydia: The dwarves are in danger!
Yang: We must stop the Super Cannon!
Kain: We must destroy it!
The five race down toward the locked room they had found on the fifth
floor earlier. Cecil quickly unlocks the door with the key he had
obtained from the dead Lugae. Just as they enter, the Cannon's
operators start it up.
Good-bye, dwarves!
Cecil: Your fun is over!
You! How did you get here? Get them!
The creatures attack, but are easily dispatched.
How about this!
They stumble back to the Cannon's controls. and press some buttons.
No one can stop the Super Cannon anymore!
Then they collapse, dead.
Cecil: Oh...
Kain: What...!
Yang steps toward the controls.
Cecil: Yang!
Rosa: What are you doing?
Yang turns around as the others approach him.
Yang: I'll take care of this! Go on, escape!
Rydi: No! Don't!
Cecil: It'll explode!
Yang: GO!
Yang forces them out of the room. They try to re-enter, but Yang has
locked the door from the inside.
Cecil: Yang!
Yang: Tell my wife... to live for me!
Kain: Open up, Yang!
Rydia: Yang!
Rosa: Please! Please don't do this!
Yang: It was a good trip with you all!
Cecil: Yang! Open the door!
Then Yang screams in pain as the machine explodes.
Cecil: Yang!
But there is no answer. The remaining four slowly head back down the
floors of the Tower. They reach the bottom floor, and are about to
leave, when...
You have greatly amused me...
Cecil: Golbez!
Golbez: This is all for play, children. Farewell!
Suddenly, the long stairway out of the tower begins to burn away from
the tower side. They race down it, but suddenly the entire stairway
disappears, and they fall to their doom...
Well, not quite. Cid shows up in the Enterprise at the last second to
rescue them.
Rosa: Cid!
Cid: Where's Yang!
Rosa: He...
Cecil: To destroy the Super Cannon...
Cid: I see...
Rydia: Poor Yang...
Cid: Who's this girl?
Cecil: Rydia, the Caller of Mist.
Then they hear a noise behind them.
Cid: Damn! They're coming!
Indeed, one of the Red Wings begins chasing them.
Kain: Can't we shake them off?!
Cid: Looks like they've modified the Red Wings!
Try as they might, they are unable to lose their pursuit.
Rydia: He's catching up!
Cid: Give it your best, Enterprise!
Their pursuers continue after them.
Cid: The engine can't last much longer! Cecil! Take the controls!
Cid heads toward the side of the ship.
Rosa: Cid!
Cecil: What are you doing?!
Cid: Get out of the underground! I'll close the hole with this bomb!
Rosa: Oh, Cid...
Cid: I wanted to see your children... Rosa... Cecil... But I guess
I'll stay here for a while. Go to Baron and get my workers to
help you!
Cecil: Cid!
Rydia: Come on!
Cid: Be good, Rydia! [to all] Hurry to Baron!
Cid jumps over the rail.
Cid: Golbez! I'll show you the great fireworks of Cid, the Master
Engineer!
The bomb explodes, causing an immense rockslide which effectively seals
the hole between aboveground and underground.
Rosa: Cid!
Rydia: Why!?
Kain: It's too dangerous!
They stand in silence for a moment.
Cecil: Let's head to Baron!
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Back in Baron, the group finds Cid's engineers.
Cecil! Boss ordered us to attack this hook to the Enterprise! No,
it won't take long!
The engineers set to work, and somewhat later...
Now you can hook and carry the Hovercraft! Now you can go to the
Cave of Eblan by the Tower of Bab-il!
Beat.
Cecil: Cid is...
Oh, I can tell you are having trouble handling him. But I won't
blame you! Well, good luck!
The engineers leave, ignorant of Cid's fate.
* - * - *
The Castle Eblan is deserted, as Cecil and company discover. They head
into the nearby cave in the mountains surrounding the Tower of Bab-il.
To their mild surprise, they find the people of Eblan now living in the
caves; they learn that the Prince of Eblan is attempting to rescue his
parents, who were kidnapped. The group continues through the cave,
until they come upon a young man fighting none other than Rubicant, the
Fiend of Fire.
Man: Hey! Rubicant! I've been waiting for this day!
Rubicant: Have I met you before?
Man: I am Eblan's Prince Edge!
Rubicant: Eblan? What's that?
Edge: Don't play the fool with me!
Edge uses the Ninja magic Flame on Rubicant.
Rubicant: Was it Flame? I will show you how!
Rubicant uses his Glare attack on Edge, knocking him to the groun
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