Love Her and Despair Remaster [27]

Title: Love Her and Despair
Chapter 27: "Nightmare in C Minor"
Final Fantasy X/X-2 (Yes, both. AU.)
Characters: Auron, Isaaru, cast
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3000
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The Story So Far: Shuyin, a vengeful ghost, has possessed a new host and eluded his pursuers. Isaaru and his guardians resume the chase. Meanwhile, the estranged Crimson Squad members join forces to protect Vegnagun, the doomsday weapon Shuyin seeks.

The Cloister of Trials groaned and shuddered like a sinking ship. Bursts of sparks rained down. Auron cast a wary eye upwards, surveying the lattice of struts and moving light-paths.

Maroda, still squirming from his brother's parting shot, snatched up his spear and pelted towards the exit. "Pacce! We're right here! Pacce, wait!"

"Wake Elma," Auron said, blocking Isaaru's path.

Isaaru tried to shove past him, a rare, shrill note of anger in his voice. "While my brothers try to kill each other?"

A distant concussion rocked the tower's foundations. High above, a long span twisted loose with a squeal of shorn rivets, banging off others all the way down until it crashed to a halt just overhead, wedged between the wall and a support beam. Most of the pathways winked out, leaving them in near-darkness.

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