Lucia drug her bike over to one side as Aeio went to the door, she wasn't sure why she had brought her here, but she drew her pistol in case the natives wern't that friendly. She leaned aginst the outer door frame and stared off into the dark...she thought she saw something moving once or twice just beyond the light but she quickly dismissed it as her imaginaton...nothing in Edge, Cosmo Canyon or Mid-Gar looked like that, but then again she wasn't home either, so she tighted her grip on the handle.

Lucia stared. She faltered on her grip of the gun and made a frantic attempt to grab it, while.....still staring.
No...no freakin' way....there's.......just....this is NOT happening.
"A....Aerith...Gainsborough?" She started prattling off all the facts that she knew about Aerith, how she had resided in Midgar until the apperance of the Mako SOLDIER Cloud....and then how she had been reported....Dead.
A chill ran up her spine. This was no ordinary world she had stumbled into.

She slowly....and numbly stepped inside the small house and moved to stand behind Cid.
"For your information....I am. Or rather...was a Turk, been on the run for a while, came across Aieo...er, Ash and been trying to help her since.What program are you using here?" She seemed more intent on the computer screen, but silently made notes of how and where the best exits were to be made. She didn't think these people were a threat..but then again, she couldn't be sure in this place. She had since placed the gun back in her holster and seemed to relax, from what she knew of Cid Highwind, she liked the man, he knew his machinery if nothing at all. She could respect a man like that. She folded her legs beneath her as she sat on the floor by Cid's chair.
"Since Aei...Ash can't tell me anymore than what she already has, maybe one of you can help me...what kind of place is this...it's nothing like Mid-Gar...or anywhere that I've been."

She turned to glance at the young man who had entered the room. He was tall and dark...both hair and demeanor. This must have been the Leon that they all talked about. Lucia stood and crossed her arms, still regretting the fact that she hadn't had another chance to change out of her suit.
"Like I said I was a TURK. I left soon after...well..... Aerith was reported deceased." She leaned back against a bookcase and stared out from under her eyebrows.
"I was sick and tired of the things that Shin-Ra had done..that I helped Shin-Ra to do, so I left accepting the fact that I would die on the run...only...." She looked around.
"Now I'm here." She shook her head.
"But on to more pressing business, what in the blazes is a 'heartless' and who is Malificent?"
((I watch too many Disney movies XP))

((Never played it, but I know who you're talking about....XD in retrospect, be patient with me..I'm a N00B at Kingdom Hearts....don't really know how these things work.))

Lucia let out a sharp curse as she watched Aieo...well Ash, as she had learned start to fall. She dove and slid behind her letting out a 'oof' as the girl's head hit her stomach...at least it hadn't hit the floor. She sat her friend up and grabbed her handkerchief from her pocket and shoved the two ends into her nose...loss of blood was bad enough, but even worse when it was lost from the head. She looked at Leon.
"Do you have a place where I can set her? I don't think the floor is working too well."

Lucia followed Leon after helping Ash into his arms.
"This makes what ?......The third time she's done this? Third or fourth anyway." She leaned against the door frame and crossed her arms.
"She's been like this ever since she found me. Every time she remembers something...this happens, but none of them, and I mean None of them were ever this bad." She sighed shakily and stared at the limp figure on the bed Leon had designated Ash's.

"How should I know?!" Lucia turned with a jerk and walked back into the common room.
"I don't know what happened to her...I don't know what they did to her....I don't know...." She fell against the bookcase again and slid to the floor hiding her face in her knees. Her voice was small and quiet.
"All I know is that..I can't help her..."

"Gainsborough....." Lucia looked up from her knees, her face worried. She nodded once and smiled. Then looked down at her clothes.
"I guess there's no point in wearing this any more...is there anywhere where I can change?"

Lucia stood and motioned for Aerith to wait while she made her way out to her motorcycle and retrieved her things. She narrowed her eyes when the shadows moved once more. She hadn't been sure of it...but now she knew that something lay just out of sight. She ducked back inside vowing death and torture to those who messed with her bike.

Lucia jerked around.
"H-Hey wait a sec, give me a minute and I'll go with you!!" She disappeared into an empty room and a moment later came back, re-tying her hair. Her boots were still unlaced but that was quickly remedied. She tied her side holster to her leg and hopped out onto the dark threshold.
"Right now I want information. I still don't understand a lot that's going on, but until I find a way back to my own world...if I ever decide to go back, I need to know how to help you all."

Lucia removed her pistol and slid a magazine into it, cocking the gun to make sure that it was loaded. She then slid her Mag-rod into the belt loop that she had left open.
"If lead'll kill 'em then I'm ready." She brushed a hand over another pocket where her Cure lay and smiled. Even if she couldn't kill a one of them, she wasn't going to die without a fight. She halted by her bike again and pulled out her extra ammunition that she'd bought in Rocket Town. Wasn't sure if she'd need them, but it was better safe than sorry.

She buckled the belt around her waist and quirked an eyebrow, as if in challenge.
"Do you even need to ask that?" She cracked her neck and waited for him to lead the way.

She followed Leon, silent save for her breathing. She was getting a good look at this Hollow Bastion place, even if it was dark. She kept an eye on their backs and once or twice thought that she had seen eyes peeing out from the shadows, but when she looked again, they were gone.
Heartless huh? Well whatever they are, they'll get a hole in their head if they get too close.
"Say...Leon." She asked at last to break the silence.
"You still haven't told me what these 'heartless' are, and why are they here in Hollow Bastion?"