"Get up Jamie!"
Jamie Almasy rolled over in his bed as his mother's voice could be heard coming from outside his door………Christi shook her head and turned to her husband;
"You wake him up! And tell him if he doesn't get the fuck up in the next five minutes I'm gonna stick him through a wall!"
Seifer only grinned as his wife walked off down the corridor, he turned back and knocked on the door;
"Jamie; I seriously suggest you get up, and up now boy!"
After several more seconds of silence, on his son's part; Seifer shrugged his shoulders and opened the door………
Before Jamie had a chance to realise what was even happening; he was lying out in the middle of the corridor, a pillow still in his clutches………
"What the hell!"
"I told you to get up, didn't I?"
"But-but it's Saturday Dad! I'm never conscious before twelve on a Saturday! What fucking gives?!"
"Don't curse…just get dressed and come to the training hall………and don't even attempt to go back asleep, it won't be me dragging you out next time, it'll be your Mom!"
Jamie wasted no time in returning to his room and hastily dressing himself; he'd made the mistake of taking the threat of his mother wakening him as an empty one before – not fun! And that was how he'd discovered his mother's power over Jenova's power; or something along those lines; Gaia knew; the youngster didn't believe in listening when he was told to do so!
"About time Jamie!"
Jamie looked up as he heard the familiar voice of Zell Dincht; and Jamie, not being in the best of moods, especially at having been woken early on a Saturday, decided to take a leaf out of his mother's book;
"Keep it up Zell! I'll make sure there's not one hotdog left in the cafeteria by lunch-time now because of that!"
Christi ignored her son's sour disposition as she turned to face the door of the vast training hall as it opened again; Squall walked through, the crowd of adults and Jamie immediately fell silent as they noticed the grim look on the headmaster's face…this definetly wasn't good………
"Well? Are the rumours true, did Reeve manage to get anything?"
Jamie instantly looked up; he knew things were bad if Reeve Tuesti was being mentioned, after all; he was the commissioner of the WRO; he'd met the man on several occasions………
"What's goin on Mom?"
Christi looked to her son, to be honest; she didn't quiet know herself; the WRO had contacted the mercenary school during the night with unconfirmed rumours of sightings: sightings of DGS troops...they'd been trying since then to gain confirmation on the rumours...
Squall remained silent for several minutes as numerous thoughts raced through his head; he couldn't believe that it had come to this again; as if going through such a battle hadn't been enough the first time round, but for the same enemies to rear their ugly heads once again; it was just unbelievable!
"Oi, Squall; an answer would be nice!"
The headmaster snapped out of his thoughts as Christi's voice sliced through the silence of the hall; he looked up and shook his head solemnly;
"Sightings have been confirmed; all WRO and ShinRa troops are being recalled to their respective bases in preparation of a head on confrontation..."
"Fuck it!"
Christi turned on her heels and walked towards the door of the training hall...
"Where're you going?"
She shrugged at her husbands' query;
"Computer hall; I'm going to upload some firewalls and blocks incase of any rogue transmissions; remember what happened in the WRO base last time? And I'm gonna contact the ShinRa base..."
"You're going to let them know then?"
She nodded as she walked through the door; it had been decided earlier that if the rumours were proven to be true; then all who had fought seventeen years ago alongside WRO, ShinRa, SOLDIER and AVALANCHE were to travel to Edge to lend whatever resources they could...
"Sir; there's a live-feed coming through..."
Rufus ShinRa looked up from where he'd been leafing through numerous sheets of paperwork that now adorned his desk to that of the young technician who had entered his office; it was only half-five in the morning and in the few hours that had passed since the confirmation of the rumours the whole ShinRa Headquarters had been turned on it's head; all troops and Turks stationed throughout the wide plain of Gaia were being recalled, some had arrived already...but although it was known of the dreaded return of Deepground; it still wasn't known if the Nightmare had returned also...
"Where from?"
"Balamb Garden, sir."
"Genesis; incoming transmission from Balamb..."
The revered 1st Class SOLDIER turned from the mainframe he'd been working several scans off of as he heard Angeal's voice...
"What the hell's going on around this place?"
Elmyra Fair shrugged her shoulders from where she sat high in the bleachers with her friends;
"Dunno Aj; Charlie got collored to give a hand about an hour ago, and Mike ended up having to help his Dad; haven't seen him yet...c'mon; I'm sick of waiting; let's go find someone!"
Aj and San both got to their feet as Elmyra started to make her way down the bleachers; is search on anyone who'd shed some light upon the rapid confusion that was now enveloping the ShinRa Headquarters; all three of the teens were best friends; not one was seen without the other two, it just didn't happen!
"Dad, what's going on?"
Zack turned upon hearing his daughter's voice; she had certainly taken after her father where looks had been concerned; she sported long ebony locks and vivid violet eyes that shone with inherited mako energy (BTW; I've noticed in clips I've seen from Crisis Core that Zack has mako-blue eyes; but when I wrote this; I was basing his appearance on Last Order; and if you look at clips from that on youtube, or whatever, his eyes are violet.)
Zack remained silent for a few seconds; silently debating whether to reveal the truth to the three teenager or not,
"Eh...I can't tell you Elymra-"
Elmyra smirked slightly towards her father, knowing that he was easily presuaded otherwise...
"I can make your life hell!"
Zack grinned as he heard his daughter's words; numerous retorts forming on his tongue...
"You mean you haven't started that yet?"
"Haha smart ass! Look Dad; either you tell us, or we'll just go ask Reno!"
"How're things in Edge then?"
Genesis smirked slightly upon looking at his daughter's face on the live feed from Balamb displayed on the large mainframe screen;
"Confusing at the moment; has Reeve contacted you yet?"
Christi nodded her hazel-haired head in the affirmative;
"Yeah, at about five; any new developments since? Sightings of Sephiroth maybe?"
Genesis shook his head, no; there still hadn't been any reports of the deranged ex-SOLDIER, whether that was to be taken as a good or bad omen was yet to be revealed.
"Squall's appointing Quistis temporary Headmistress of the school for the moment; we'll be arriving later today if all goes as planned...so that'll be all the forces recalled; WRO, Turks, ShinRa troops and See-Ds..."
Gensis nodded, understanding his daughter's intent; if it came to fighting, then she was going to be part of it...
"Are you sure?"
"Yes; we are...tell Reeve and Rufus to upload some blocks and firewalls on all their terminals; you don't want a replay of what happened with Weiss the last time...that's it for now Dad, I'll see you in a couple of hours."
"Be careful Christi."
Christi made to make a response to her father's statement, but shot her gaze sideways as an audible crashing was heard within the computer hall of Balamb, followed closely by several blood-curdling screeches...
Genesis recognised the sounds at once; shadow creepers...but before the SOLDIER had a chance to react; the live feed was severed...
