Pyreflies fluttered around the shady looking foursome. Arcade, with a smirk, twirlled Tommy Gun Ophelia about his index in an attempt to flip the barrel towards his rear end, where one more crawler was approaching. The dapper man squeezed the trigger, and out came a wide collumn of flames. The embers took hold of the spawn, causing it to writhe in pain, slowly becoming a mass of ash and pyrefly.
"We need to get on that boat." The Boss said as he dismissed Ophelia in a mass of golden light. For now, they had a moment to breathe, sin must have been readying his next wave. Jayx, Goatee, and Porn Stache looked at their leader, confused.
"A boat? Why can't we just take Styx, like normal?" Jayx pouted. The sea air didn't quite strike her as a fun time. Arcade narrowed his eyes in frustration before replying, "Even with the chaos going on, I don't wanna risk anyone seeing Styx." Jayx groaned at the response, but he had a point, so she couldn't argue.
"But I did some digging earlier, and the boat's headed for Besaid ya'see, why would we wanna go there? Unless ya'wanna go meet the new Summoner, but why would ya'wanna---"
She watched as the Boss pulled a small cerulean sphere from his breast pocket.
"Ah, Boss?"
"Ssh, listen."
Jayx silently gasped, and followed orders. She shut her eyes and listened...for something. And, indeed, did she hear something. Screams, gunfire, and clashing metals. "Uhm..." The tiny jester bit her lip.
"That's da resonance, right Boss?" Goatee concluded. Arcade nodded, and motioned towards P. Stache who began to fumble around his pockets. "That quiet hummin' noise?" The Boss nodded again.
"That's right," He smirked, snatching the sphere P. Stache fished out from his pockets, "Listen to that beautiful song!" Arcade now held both Spheres in his hands, the one from the safehouse, and the one they had "aquired' [stolen] from the Late Apu. He held them dangerously close to each other, causing that dull hum, to escalate into a regular screaming banshee. Not only that, but the two orbs began to glow an even brighter blue than before.
"Before poor Apu passed, he mentioned that he had some men digging around in Besaid for the third Sphere and that, my good men, is where we're headed. If we go as allies of the Summoner, it'll be even easier for us to nab it. Understand?" The man in the fedora looked at each one of his men as he tossed both Spheres Jayx's way. "Put those in that big ass bag you carry, alright?" Arcade pointed at the overgrown black bag slung over the girl's shoulder. She struggled to catch each orb, but still did, because she knew that if anything happened to them, she would be shot on the spot.
"So how are we gonna get on the boat? Ya'cant just hop on! It's private!"
Arcade stroked his beard, at that same moment, the hairs on his neck gradually pricked up.
"Looks like the spawn are back...and that gives me an idea..." That trademark Gambit smirk was in full swing.
***
10 Minutes later - Bevelle Docks
EEEEEEEEEEK! Somebody HELP!!
A small youth clad in clown shoes and a clown hat came speeding onto the docks, at least three Sinspawn trailing behind her. "Somebody! Anybody! Help me! I can I ever hope to survive!" Just as the large boat came into perfect view, she tripped and skidded across the ground. "Oh no!" The Sinspawn were now closing in, she could hear their snarls oh so clearly.
"Ahhh---"
Three gallant knights appeared. With one shot from each of their guns they dispatched the beasts, setting those astral lights free into the sky.
"Are you okay miss?" The apparent leader, a suave looking man with a stylish black fedora atop his head, crouched down to lend her a hand. "Here, take my hand," A warm smile crossed the man's face, as the starry eyed youth clutched his hand. "Now, what in the world are you doing in such a dangerous place? You should get home!" The girl, now safely back on her feet let out a sigh.
"I would if I could...but I live in Besaid. I came here with my Granma ya'see...and the...the monsters got her..." The youth's eyes slowly swelled with tears, "I'm sorry..." The knight in shining vest patted the girl on her head, that smile of his still in fullswing.
"There, there," He flashed his men careful looks, "Tell you what, miss, we'll get you to Besaid. It's the least we could do! How's about it guys?" The man turned around two his much rougher looking compadre's, and both of them flashed him a thumbs up. "Hahah! Awlright then! Now, what's your name miss?" The girl blinked, looking like the shock from the earlier chase gave her amnesia.
"Uhm, I'm...Kid...?"
The leader grimaced.
"It's all I had..." 'Kid' whispered.
"Ah, Kid! An interesting name! I'm Jay Gatsby, Goatee here is Nick Carraway, and the twitchy one is Tommy Buchanan. And we are..." The trio moved together, "The Radical Dreamers!" A goofy looking group pose is what finished the introduction. "Hmm...looks like...Sinspawn are coming! Look, over there! A boat! We should go there for shelter!" Gatsby shoved Kid Nick's way. Nick plucked the girl from the ground and stuffed her under his arm. "Hurry!" At once, Gatsby and his boys began to high-tail it for the Summoner's boat.
"Hey! Wait! Let us on!" The Boss of the 'Radical Dreamers' hollered. Hopefully they would let them on, it would make things a lot smoother.