More than a Myth

Stealing You

Two weeks passed. Lightning was still pushing Fang to let her back onto the field, but had yet to start working again. Noctis didn't mind. He liked coming back from the base to her. By now, Noctis and his companions were making friends with Lightning's. They all got along pretty well, some of their personalities were alike.
Noctis was in Fang's office with Ignis, Fang, Cent, and Snow. Fang said, "Why don't we get this started. What's our set of reports for today?"
Ignis said, "All the missions you've given us thus far have been completed."
Noctis nodded in agreement. Snow said, "The town's has had a lot rebuilt already. Many citizens volunteered to help out."
Fang said, "And Light?"
Noctis answered, "She's almost fully healed and has been wanting to come back for a while now."
Fang said, "Yeah, I knew that."
Cent jumped into the conversation. "I'm not exactly a member of the P.L.R. What am I here for?"
Fang explained, "You were the one who discovered that the portal did bridge our world to Pretty Boy's here." Noctis flinched at the nickname she gave him. "So since you came up with that, I wanted to know if you had any ideas as to how we can reopen the portal to get these guys home."
Cent scratched his head. "It's somewhat hard to say. I based my earlier theory off of the books I read on the legend. But that's the problem; everything I know is based on stories, so I haven't heard of any way to actually get to the portal. I'm pretty sure you haven't either."
Fang sighed. "You're right. I may have known about the legend for years, but they were just stories. There's no way to use the stories details to get the portal since there was no part of the myth that said there was a way to connect our worlds."
Ignis said, "True, but there must have been some cause to the portal's appearance. It couldn't have just popped out of nowhere. There had to have been some sort of power source."
Fang crossed her legs. "You're probably on to something there, but it's still unclear. Just what could have been powerful enough to create that portal?"
Noctis turned to Ignis. "Do you think it could have been the Crystal?"
Ignis pushed up his glasses. He was silent for a minute. "It is possible, but I'm not sure why it would open it and close it randomly. It's strange, really."
Cent said, "This isn't making much sense. We need to spend more time thinking about it."
Snow groaned, "Damn it! We've been working way too damn much!"
Fang said, "Welcome to life, Snow. Now that you're all grown up there's no more time for fun. I suggest you get used to it."
Snow said, "You know what, that's a load of bull crap!" He walked over to the window. He looked out to the sea. "We all need a break from all of the fighting and P.L.R business. We all need to..." Snow snapped his fingers. "Go to the beach! All of us!"
Ignis said, "You sure it's really a good time to just take a day off?"
Snow exclaimed, "Hell yeah! There's nothing going on and there's never a bad time to take a break. Let's do it!"
Fang countered, "Who exactly will be in charge of things while we're gone?"
Snow pushed, "Come on, Fang! You can leave the place to another officer or something! The world isn't going to, like, explode while you're out at the beach!"
Fang shook her head. "I don't know, Snow. You'll have to ask what everyone else thinks too."
Snow sighed. He turned to Noctis. "Come on, Noct. Don't you think it's a good idea?"
Noctis looked at Fang. She gave him a threatening look. It pretty much told him not to encourage Snow. But Snow was a good friend now. They were living together, so they got to see each other a lot and get to know each other. He contemplated to himself for a while. "You know what? I'm just going to stay out of this. I'm good with whatever you guys agree on." Ignis nodded as if he was saying he made a smart move to stay neutral.
Snow grunted once more. "Okay then, I'll make a compromise, Fang. If uh..." He had to think of everyone he had to ask. "If Sazh, Vanille, Hope, Serah, Ignis, Prompto, Gladiolus, Cent, Noctis, and Light are all okay with it, we can all go to the beach."
Fang chuckled. "I'll take that deal. But good luck convincing everyone."
Snow made a fist pump. "Oh, I definitely will! I'll ask them right now!" Snow ran out of the room. Fang sighed. "Even if they do agree, we can't go today."
Ignis said, "Just let him get his hopes up 'till then."
Fang laughed. As they left the base, Noctis asked, "Do you want to go to the beach, Ig?"
Ignis shrugged. "Maybe. Do you?"
Noctis said, "I'm still neutral. Why don't we help Snow out? You can ask Prompto and Glad, I'll ask Serah and Light. Snow can get the others."
Ignis nodded. "Why not?" Ignis went to find Gladiolus and Prompto while Noctis headed home.