Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Page #5

Preparing to drop in three, two, one.

Powering the shield.

Okay, we're over the meteor.

Do you have it in sight, doctor?

There are so many of them.

Wait.

Yes! I'm tracking the eighth spirit

along the crater's surface.

All right.

Now let's take a closer look.

Ready to fire in three minutes.

Ovo-pacs at maximum.

Transferring plasma flow to auto.

Counter-thrusters are engaged.

Lox flow de-coupled. Status is green.

We have something on radar

over the impact site, sir.

It's her.

Sir?

Just a traitor under

the influence of the enemy.

Continue the countdown.

We'll take them all out at the same time.

We're closing on the Phantom.

Contact in 30 seconds.

Target locked.

Ready to fire on your command.

It's a match! It's a perfect match!

-Scanners ready.

-Fire.

What was that?

It's the Zeus.

They're firing on the crater.

-Aki, Captain, are you all right?

-A llttle shaken. Stand by.

Sid, the eighth spirit is not

on our scanner. Do you have it?

The eighth spirit...

...has been destroyed.

-What are we going to do now?

-Nothing. This mission is over.

-Let's get out of here.

-Incoming!

What is that?

If you're getting us out here,

you better do it now.

Hold on!

the Quatro

I can't hold on to you.

Unable to maintain altitude.

Emergency landing procedures.

Come in. Come in, please.

Aki, Gray, can you hear me?

Sid, I need to talk to the station.

Can you patch us through?

-What is that thing?

-I don't know, sir.

Incoming message, sir.

General Hein, you must cease fire immediately.

What you're seeing is the living

spirit of an alien's home world.

Their planet was destroyed and part of it landed here.

This is not an invasion.

It never was.

I see. What have we been fighting

all this time? Ghosts?

Yes.

Spirits that are confused,

lost and angry.

Right. And these spirits are

coming out of this Gaia thing.

General Hein, you have to listen.

Allen Gaia, Earth Gaia.

Doctor, Even if I believed this nonsence ...

...the fact remains Earth's under attack

from an aggressor...

...who must be destroyed at all costs.

The cost may be the entire planet, sir.

Firing on the alien Gaia

will only make it stronger.

Well, since you're under the alien's

influence, Doctor, i will take your protest to mean that we are ...

...in fact persuing the correct course of action.

So I suggest you take your last few moments and prepare to meet your Gaia.

Continue to fire until

the invader has been destroyed.

General, the system's overheating.

We'll hit again and keep on hitting

it until it's dead.

But we're not even sure if it's having any effect.

No effect? We've got them

on the run, soldier.

This is our moment of victory.

I order you to fire.

-The system won't allow us to fire.

-We'll see about that.

Our shield is out.

We're sitting ducks. Come on!

This is not a good place to be.

What the hell is that?

Is it what I think it is?

Yes, it's Gaia.

This is definitely not a good place to be.

Are you all right?

I'm fine. I have to talk to Dr. Sid.

Sid, do you read me?

Go ahead, I'm still here.

We're looking at Gaia.

Do you hear me, Sid? Gaia.

This explains why

the eighth spirit appeared here.

Yes.

Yes, that's it!

A Phantom changed into the eighth spirit...

...at touching a llfe born from our own Gaia.

If so, it would've gotten a different energy signature...

...that set it apart from the other Phantoms.

You couldn't have hoped for a better location...

...to find a new compatible spirit.

Whatever you do, don't move.

Stay right where you are.

Staying where we are may not be as easy as it sounds.

Don't shoot any of them!

You could very well destroy our last hope.

What do you suggest I do, Doctor?

Ask them to play nice?

Combat strategy is your area of expertise, captain, not mine.

I have a reading in the fissure. Do you see it?

Yes! A compatible spirit.

It must be very near you.

Well? Which one is it?

Which one?

I'm having difficulty in narrowing it down.

Just a moment, please.

It's getting crowded in here.

Aki, we don't have much time.

Aki! Aki!

With the hope of new life...

...has Gaia changed the Phantom within?

I have it.

Gray, get in here. I need you!

Hear me, Sid?

The wave pattern is complete.

Yes, I read you. This is wonderful.

I don't see how you found the final spirit.

It found me, doctor.

Oh, my word.

I see now. I understand.

But I don't understand!

What the hell is going on?

Give me your ovo-pac. I need it to project the complete wave.

-But we'll be defenseless.

-Just do it!

-I hope you know what you're doing, Aki.

-We can use the shield to project the wave.

Dr. Sid's theory was right.

I have it. The eighth spirit.

I'm cured, Gray.

-Are you sure you have the final spirit?

-Yes, yes, I'm sure.

-How can you know?

-Don't worry. A Phantom told me.

Oh, great.

That's it. Shield on.

It's not working.

We have to do something before it's too late.

If this doesn't work,

then it's already too late.

Gray, trust me.

I'll blast you all to hell.

Oh, no. No!

Get down!

-Warning. System overload.

-I know.

-Warning. System overload.

-I know!

But it must be done.

Fire.

Fire, damn you!

Fire!

Gray, Gray.

Don't leave me, Gray.

Told Sid this was a one-way trip.

Looks llke I was right.

No, Gray. Hang on, please.

I still have the wave.

We can get through this.

-We're not gonna make it.

-We are going to make it.

We both know that isn't true.

Help me.

Listen to me.

You saved my llfe once.

Now I want you to save yourself.

Gray, no. Please!

Let me do this, Aki. Trust me.

Don't leave me, Gray.

You've been trying to tell me the death isn't the end.

Don't back out on me now that I finally believe.

I love you.

Oh, it's warm.

Free the dream within

The stars are crying a tear

A sigh escapes from heaven

And the world's end

Breathe the dream within

The mystifying

We tremble and spin

Suspended within

Look beyond where hearts can see

Dream in peace

Trust, love, believe

We tremble and spin

Suspended within

Free the dream within

The voices calling, a song

A prayer from deep inside you

To guide you

Be the dream within

The light is shining

A flame on the wind

Salvation begins

Look beyond where hearts can see

Dream in peace

Trust, love, believe

We tremble and spin

Suspended within

Ah...

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