Neither Kefka nor Celes responded to Steiner's charge. Both were intent on each other with the Emperor also focused on Celes.
"Fwa, ha ha..." Gestahl laughed. "Then you're just in time to perish. Behold! The statues!"
Celes gasped as the Statues began to glow, sparkles of energy flying between them. As the Emperor turned towards them, some of that energy flew towards him. Celes knew he was absorbing the power and that the process he had begun needed to be stopped.
"Emperor Gestahl!" Celes cried, desperate to get him to see reason. "Please, stop this madness!" It was insanity and the whole world would suffer for it!
The energy between the Statues converged and then struck out, slicing towards Celes and knocking her sideways. She fell to the ground far to the side, thrust away with the force of the Statues' power. More of that energy gathered, striking each of her friends in turn and holding them in place. Scrambling to find purchase against the rough edges of the continent, Celes wondered why she hadn't been frozen in place as well. Of course, Kefka and Gestahl probably wanted to use her for something. But what? And why? Didn't they know her alliance by now?
Standing and shaking herself off, Celes moved back in front of her friends, facing Kefka and the Emperor.
"Celes," Gestahl called, "come to me, my pretty!"
She cringed inwardly at his choice of words.
"You and Kefka were given life to serve me!! It is your birthright to rule the world with me!!"
Kefka moved to face her evenly. "Kill the others and we'll overlook your treachery." He laughed and she knew his deal wasn't a good one. They wouldn't believe her even if she was tempted to rejoin them.
"Take this sword! Take care of them immediately!"
Kefka held Gestahl's sword out to her. Celes took a deep breath and walked forward, accepting the hilt of the sword. She resisted the urge to yank it from his hands and slice them open. No... not yet. She turned and strode back to her friends, thinking about the best way to do this, the right way to show Kefka and Gestahl what they should have known already.
She couldn't see Gestahl move towards the Statues again as he spoke. "Celes, together we can rule an entire world! Think of it...!"
Celes raised the sword in her hand, turning it over so that the blade caught the light of the Statues' energy. "Power only breeds war. I wish I'd never been... born."
Without waiting another instant longer, she moved the sword over to her left hand. In one swift motion, she turned and struck, stabbing the sword deep into Kefka's side and knocking him backwards. Thus did she show her true alliance. She would never be a blind minion of the Empire ever again. She fought for her friends and she would give anything to make sure they, and their world, were safe.
With her sword still stuck deep within Kefka's body, the memory faded, leaving Celes to blink and wonder at something that had happened so long ago.
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Date: 2011-03-20 04:41 am (UTC)"Fwa, ha ha..." Gestahl laughed. "Then you're just in time to perish. Behold! The statues!"
Celes gasped as the Statues began to glow, sparkles of energy flying between them. As the Emperor turned towards them, some of that energy flew towards him. Celes knew he was absorbing the power and that the process he had begun needed to be stopped.
"Oh, I've got goosebumps!" Gestahl cackled, facing Celes again. "What power..."
"Emperor Gestahl!" Celes cried, desperate to get him to see reason. "Please, stop this madness!" It was insanity and the whole world would suffer for it!
The energy between the Statues converged and then struck out, slicing towards Celes and knocking her sideways. She fell to the ground far to the side, thrust away with the force of the Statues' power. More of that energy gathered, striking each of her friends in turn and holding them in place. Scrambling to find purchase against the rough edges of the continent, Celes wondered why she hadn't been frozen in place as well. Of course, Kefka and Gestahl probably wanted to use her for something. But what? And why? Didn't they know her alliance by now?
Standing and shaking herself off, Celes moved back in front of her friends, facing Kefka and the Emperor.
"Celes," Gestahl called, "come to me, my pretty!"
She cringed inwardly at his choice of words.
"You and Kefka were given life to serve me!! It is your birthright to rule the world with me!!"
Kefka moved to face her evenly. "Kill the others and we'll overlook your treachery." He laughed and she knew his deal wasn't a good one. They wouldn't believe her even if she was tempted to rejoin them.
"Take this sword! Take care of them immediately!"
Kefka held Gestahl's sword out to her. Celes took a deep breath and walked forward, accepting the hilt of the sword. She resisted the urge to yank it from his hands and slice them open. No... not yet. She turned and strode back to her friends, thinking about the best way to do this, the right way to show Kefka and Gestahl what they should have known already.
She couldn't see Gestahl move towards the Statues again as he spoke. "Celes, together we can rule an entire world! Think of it...!"
Celes raised the sword in her hand, turning it over so that the blade caught the light of the Statues' energy. "Power only breeds war. I wish I'd never been... born."
Without waiting another instant longer, she moved the sword over to her left hand. In one swift motion, she turned and struck, stabbing the sword deep into Kefka's side and knocking him backwards. Thus did she show her true alliance. She would never be a blind minion of the Empire ever again. She fought for her friends and she would give anything to make sure they, and their world, were safe.
With her sword still stuck deep within Kefka's body, the memory faded, leaving Celes to blink and wonder at something that had happened so long ago.