Final Fantasy 3-2: The Returners
Part #2
Thamasa, the legendary village of the
Mage warriors. Shadow, Relm, and Interceptor now live here and
have been for the past 4 ½ years. As Shadow and Interceptor
are outside the village to have some fun, playing fetch, a creature
of sorts shows up almost out of nowhere. "Where is Terra
Branford, daughter of Maduin?" It asks. Suddenly, the creature
unleashes a devastating ice attack called Blasting Blizzard.
The attack approaches Shadow and Interceptor at a great speed.
"Run, Interceptor, run!!"
Shadow yells out. Interceptor races up to Shadow and speeds right
by him. "INTERCEPTOR, WAIT!!!!!" Shadow yells out.
The attack surrounds Shadow, freezing him almost instantly.
"CURE 2!" A voice calls out.
Just as the blizzard begins to weaken, Shadow is suddenly revitalized.
"Interceptor, come," Shadow yells out. Interceptor runs towards Shadow and stops right at his feet. "Interceptor, I want you to sick em'," Interceptor turns towards the enemy, teeth bared followed by a large, loud sounding growl. Interceptor then started to race towards the creature. He jumps and bites the enemy in the face.
"Yaarrrgggghhhhh!!!!!" The
creature yells out. "You haven't seen the last of me. You
can bet that us Espers will be back once again," The creature
turns around and flies of into the sky.
"Did he say Esper?" Shadow
asks. He turns around. "I wonder who cured me?" Shadow
turns around and sees that it was Relm. "Relm, was that
you who called out Cure 2?"
"Yeah, but I don't know why it worked. I was just so used to saying
Cure 2 when we were with the Returners
about five years ago," Relm blurted out. "I never really
expected it to work, but hey, can't complain."
"Did you hear what that monster
had to say. It asked me about Terra, our friend," Shadow
told Relm. "I wonde
Wait a sec, did he say
ESPER?
Relm, do you know where Terra is know?" Shadow asked Relm.
"I think that she is know living
with King Edgar Figaro in Figaro Castle. Last I heard was that
she was married to Edgar," Relm told Shadow.
"Well, I think we've got a lot
of catching up to do with Terra so lets go, to Figaro Castle,"
Shadow told Relm. They went back into Thamasa and prepared for
their journey.
At Figaro Castle, Celes and Locke finally
arrive at their destination. "Oh, it's you. You may proceed,"
The checkpoint officer said to Locke.
"It's the same thing every time
I come here. Someone gets me mixed up with someone else. I sure
hate it when that happens," Locke tells everybody. Locke
and Celes pass through the main door just to find Edgar coming
up the stairs that lead to the Engine room.
"Locke! Celes! Its great to
see you once again. I just got a letter from Setzer saying that
he needs help with his airship. You guys want to come along?"
Edgar asks, surprisingly.
"Sure, but we just can't let Terra
come with us. We have something to tell you important about Terra
that could mean the loss of her life or even the destruction of
the planet," Locke told Edgar.
"What are you talking about?"
Edgar asks in confusion.
"I'll try to explain on the way,"
Locke blurted out just as they were leaving the castle. Suddenly,
Terra shows up from behind them.
"Locke! Celes! Great to see
you again. What's been happening with you guys?" Terra asks.
All three look back at her.
"Er, umm, nothing. We were just
going to go see Setzer for a while. I don't know when I will
be back," Edgar tells Terra. "You just stay here.
Something is very wrong and it concerns you. We just don't want
you to worry."
As the three left, Terra tilts her
head towards the ground and asks, "Why would Edgar do a thing
like this to me. He always leaves with me. I wonder why they
are so concerned for me," Terra asks. She goes to her treasure
chest to get her Minerva armor, Genji helmet, Paladin Shield,
and her Illumina. "I have a feeling that there is something
amiss with my friends and husband." Terra leaves the castle,
trying not to attract any attention by castle personnel. "Now
I just have to be as agile as a cat so that I don't get their
attention." Terra follows Edgar, Locke, and Celes from a
safe distant as Locke and Celes tell about their recent battle.
In the town of Zozo, a town that used
to be inhabited by thieves is now a totally new town. The rain
has finally stopped, thieves have been reformed, the monsters
have all been chased out of the town, and the town is now a thriving
seaport, where hundreds of boats from across the world come to.
There is also a martial arts school at Zozo. The school is called
"Duncan's School of Martial Arts." The teacher is Sabin
Figaro, brother of King Edgar Figaro of Figaro. "Well, students
that's it for today. Remember to practice your pummel and your
suplex," Sabin announces to the seven students. The students
bow their heads to Sabin, and Sabin bows back. "Tomorrow,
I shall have a special treat for all of you, The Bum Rush."
Suddenly, Everyone stopped dead in their tracks.
"Did he say, THE Bum Rush?"
One student asked.
"Oh, yes I did," Sabin told
the student.
"Can you show us now, please?"
All he students ask, almost simultaneously.
"Ohhhh, I guess so," Sabin tells all of them. "Before anybody can do this, they have to have lots of stamina, and lots of martial arts training. Actually, we may have to go outside," Sabin tells all of them. They all leave the building and head out to an open field." Suddenly, Sabin notices three figures a distance away. "Maybe, I can put this demonstration to good use," He thinks to himself.
"You guys see those three figures
down there. They will be my subjects whom I shall Bum Rush them,"
Minutes later, they come into perspective.
"Hey bro, what's up," One of the characters called
out.
"Wait, I can't attack them. One
of them is my brother. It looks like the other two are Locke
and Celes Cole," Sabin tells himself. "Sorry students,
unfortunately, these people were not enemies so I can't hurt them."
"Why not Mr. Figaro?" A student
asked.
"Because one of them is my brother,
the King of Figaro, and the other two are friends of mine,"
Sabin answers. "Well, I guess I 'll have to show some other
day. Class dismissed."
"Hey, Edgar, what's up?"
Sabin calls out to his brother.
"Actually, we were going to see
Setzer about something. You want to come with?" Edgar asks.
"Sure, maybe I'll be able to juice
my blitz's to the ultimate level. I just need to get my thing
from my treasure chest," Sabin tells Edgar. Sabin runs in
to his martial arts school, opens up his treasure chest, and pulls
out his Tiger Fangs, his Genji shield, Genji helmet, and his Crystal
Armor. " Okay! Let's go."
Still unaware of their surprise guest
that's behind them in the shadow's, Terra asks herself, "Why
did they pick up Sabin? To capture him? Oh well, who knows,"
Terra says to herself.
Back in Utopia, the village where the
world's only airship rests, Setzer get out of his airship, the
Falcon. "Edgar should be here any second. Gee, I wonder
if any unexpected visitors are coming with him?" Setzer asks.
Suddenly, a huge. mysterious creature seems to show up out of
thin air. "I don't think that could be Edgar down there
or could it," Setzer asks himself. As the figure comes closer
and closer to Setzer, its size keeps on increasing in size, as
if the creature was running really fast or on some kind of miracle
vitamin. The figure then takes shape. "You
your
ATMA
ATMA
WEAPON!!!" Setzer blurts out. "I thought that you were
killed on the floating continent six years ago," Setzer asks.
"I was but know that the Espers
now live, I live," Atma said.
"What do you mean 'Espers now
live'?" Setzer asks the giant behemoth.
"Well, you didn't truly destroy
Kefka in his tower. That was just his body. You still have to
defeat his soul to destroy him but in order to get to him you
must first destroy me! HAH! HAH! HAH!" Atma shouts out.
"You see, Kefka made me even more powerful, with killer
magic and mortal attacks!"
"You wanna bet?" Setzer asks.
Setzer gets out his darts and throws all of them at Atma.
"What a useless attack. That hardly
even damaged me. Even my weak spot takes very little damage.
If you want, you can even try to attack me with even more of
your useless mortal weapons, but no matter how hard you try, you
may never defeat me," Atma shouts out. Setzer got back into
his airship and into the weapons chamber.
"Though my airship may be unable
to fly at the moment, I can still unleash a powerful fury of weapon
attacks," Setzer shouts out. He searched his control panel
for his ultimate weapon, the SR567 ultimate. "Let's see
how you like this." Setzer pushed the button to unleash the
fury. Pulsating sound waves, along with gigantic fireballs, intense
light beams that could light up outer space, and even an intense
ray of electricity. "What the
!? It hardly even phased
him."
"I told you its no use. Now watch
this," Atma called out. As he opened his mouth, an intensely
and immense fireball came towards the airship. Setzer had to
get out quickly before he became fried, along with the airship.
Twenty-five seconds later, Setzer jumps out of the airship just
seconds before the airship is engulfed in flames. As the airship
burned to ashes, Atma Weapon began walking, straight towards Utopia.
"Nooooo, there are people living
there. Spare them for they have not done anything to you,"
Setzer yells out.
Atma Weapon turns around to face Setzer.
Setzer gulps. "They have done something, you fool. They
have all laughed at me for being so easily defeated, and hated
me for the destruction of your planet when I was on the floating
continent," Atma tells Setzer. Atma turns back around and
continues with his rampage through Utopia. A manner of minutes
later, Atma Weapon is gone, but not without the destruction of
his hometown of Utopia. Fires are taking the village by siege,
lifeless bodies lying on the cold hard ground, buildings demolished
by the tremendous amount of pressure applied by Atma's body.
Setzer becomes conscience. He turns
around to look at his airship. "Nooooo!" He cries out
loud. "I will destroy you Atma. You have my word,"
Setzer shouts out loud.
Suddenly, a voice is heard. "Hey,
Mr. Gambler, what happ
," Edgar staggers. "Wha,
wha , what happened to th, the vill, village and you, your air,
airshi, airship?"
"It was Atma Weapon!" Setzer
tells them. "He destroyed my airship and the village probably
for revenge."
"You mean Atma is still alive?"
Celes asks. "But how? Why?"
"Kefka revived him," Setzer
tell everyone. "Somehow, we only defeated his body, not
his soul. In other words, Kefka may be in any one body found
through out the world. Knowing Kefka, he's probably going to
find some muscle bound body to take."
"KEFKA!!" Locke, Celes, and
Edgar shout out.
"KEFKA!!!!!" A mysterious
voice says.
"Who said that?" Setzer asks.
"I know who that is," Edgar
replies. "Terra, where are you?"
"Right behind you guys," Terra
says, softly.
"What are you doing here. I thought
I asked you stay at the castle because of the level of danger
you could be in." Edgar tells her. ""Anyhow, I'm
glad you're here. We will need your help finding the new doorway
to the Esper World. Do you think you can still find it for us?"
"Of course. Though I might not
have my Esper identity anymore I might still have some connections
with Espers," Terra tells her husband.
"Good. But first we need to find
some of our friends that will join us on our quest," Edgar
tells everybody.
"Can we join you six? We want
to help out," A voice from behind was heard.
"SHADOW," Everybody calls
out.
"We thought that you wanted to
die in Kefka's tower. You said that it was your destiny,"
Terra says to Shadow.
"I thought so too but
"
Shadow was cut off to a younger voice.
"I asked him to come with me,"
A voice said.
"RELM," Everybody called out.
"Don't forget Interceptor,"
Relm told everyone.
"Bark! Bark!" Interceptor
yapped.
"So are we going to get that madman,
Kefka, once and for all?" Shadow asked everyone.
"Yeah!!!" Everyone yelled out loud.