CHAPTER ONE: Why us?

It was a perfectly great and sunny day at Garden where all the little SeeD's trained and hung out, with the occasional fooling around.

"When you look at it from above, Garden sorta resembles something cool you know! Like If you put your hands around it in a box. . .it kinda looks like an ant farm!"

Selphie exclaimed trying to lighten the mood.

"Selph," retorted Zell, "there is nothing you can say or do to make this day suck any less!"

Zell began to pace back and forth which is what he does when he gets frustrated but rushed to sit back down when the motion sickness kicked in.

If you haven't guessed yet (which you aren't expected to do by the way) Zell, Selphie and the rest, have been sent on a top secret mission to military base headquarters for mission details.

Flying on the most crippled air machinery, which made Zell sick to his stomache, was supposed to cover the mission so as to not be suspicious, but according to the majority of the crew you couldn't even call it third class flying. Well what do you call flying on a ship that only carries cargo?

"We barley got off the ground so if this is how your gonna be the whole flight, man, I'ma have to throw you out!"

Irvine was constantly arguing. This was no pleasure cruise for him either. He hated waiting for long periods of time doing absolutely nothing.

"Hey," shouted Zell, "you're the one acting like your on PMS!"

There was a thick tension between the two until-

"Hey, I see Cid!" Selphie informed everyone sticking her head out the window, "CID!! HEY CID! CID!"

Zell and Irvine joined her on the window crying out,

"CIIID! YO CID! CID LOOK AT US!"

"Hey, what's he doing?"

"Oh my god is Cid urinating!? On that tree?"

"Oh shit he saw us, duck!"

They all took cover under the window

After a while Selphie was the first to look up and see if he was gone.

"O.k guys all clear" she said then closed the window

Selphie shook her head to get the mental image away while Zell and Irvine cringed when the mental image forced itself into their heads.

"What a nut," said Irvine lowering his head, "Don't look out the window any more Selphie."

Selphie went to sit on an old tire, "Oh okay, at least not until we go above Sky Level."

Zell and Irvine stared at each other. Then they both looked at Selphie. Selphie looked back at them.

"…what?" Zell managed to get out.

"Oh, that's what I call it when you can't see the tiny people and trees and stuff. You know, above the clouds, above sky level." She turned and smiled going back to her thoughts. No one wanted to know what went on in that head of hers.

Zell smacked his forhead, "This is gonna be a freakin long flight to hell!"

Just when things couldn't have gotten worse for Zell, the vehicle began rising high up at a fast level and thus entering…sky level

IN THE CONTROL ROOM

"Phew, we finally got this thing off the ground," pointed out Squall, working all the controls.

"That's my man, all knowing and hot!" Rinoa said hugging him in his chair. Quistis gave a quick sigh and rolled her eyes while crossing her arms which gave her the Ugh get a room please this is so not fabulous kind of look.

"In Zell's defense, it was him who got the engine working. Squall checked to see if it would fly when given the signal." Quistis attempted to correct Rinoa.

"Therefore Squall got it to fly. Not every regular Joe can just take a signal, you know," protested Rinoa.

Quistis scoffed and got this messed up look on her face, "well aren't you the smartest boobs on legs."

"Correction, I'm Squall's boobs and legs."

"Rinoa, please stop," pleaded squall. You'd expect him to say more but no.

"Hmp!" Rinoa turned away and as did Quistis.

While staring out the side window Rinoa spotted someone, "Hey, isn't that. . .Cid?

Everyone turned their heads, then in unison, "EUH…"

"Fly higher squall, I think he see's us." Stated Quistis.

"…"