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Something BIG.
Chapter One: The Young Revolutionary.
The veteran soldier watched as the reinforced door burst open and the man who was trying to kill the newly appointed Galbadian President strode calmly into the room. The soldier charged with a downward slash, but the enemy swung his gunblade diagonally upward from right to left. The blades connected, and as the soldier's weapon flew from his hands his eyes widened in shock. His fear lasted for only an instant, however, as the man thrust his gunblade forward.
Seifer Almasy pulled his blade from the soldier's chest, and as the corpse fell forward he casually swept it away with one arm. He advanced on the cowering Galbadian President, grinning as the man feebly raised his hands as if that would protect him. With a single cut, the pathetic excuse for a man fell to the ground.
As Seifer exited the Presidential Residence, another Galbadian soldier ran towards him. This one was wearing a red bandanna in place of his helmet, and as he reached Seifer he stopped and raised his blade to his shoulder in a salute.
"Sir, I have a report, Sir!"
"Go on." Seifer ordered.
"Sir! The outer perimeter of the city has been secured; no one can get in or out."
"Good. What about the fighting inside the city?"
"There is still heavy resistance in the east, and in several pockets around the rest of the city."
"Alright, anything else?"
The soldier's spirits fell. "Yes Sir, we intercepted a transmission requesting SeeD's assistance."
"SeeD huh? How long ago?"
"The transmission was intercepted at about 2100 hours sir, just under one hour ago."
"Well then, let's take care of this mess and be ready for them. Dismissed."
"Sir, yes sir!" The soldier saluted once more before running off to rejoin the battle.
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Balamb Garden, docked at Balamb Island.
Squall Leonheart awoke to a loud banging on his door. Standing up, he heard Quistis shouting. "Squall, we've received an emergency mission request." Squall opened his door as she continued, "Apparently, a large number of Galbadian soldiers have rebelled, and have taken over most of Deling City. General Caraway of the G-Army has requested SeeD's assistance in defeating the rebels. Also…" She trailed off for a moment before continuing, "The transmission wasn't perfect, but from what we could understand, it seems that Seifer may be responsible."
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Seifer charged the enemies' ranks, his gunblade slashing all around him as he cut down one soldier after another, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. The strongest enemy resistance was in the east, so that was naturally where he had gone. Now, as he rushed down the main street, that resistance was crumbling. With their positions broken by Seifer's attack they were unable to stop the rebel army from overtaking them. It would be only a matter of hours before the city was completely under Seifer's control.
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Squall and Quistis entered Cid's office, where an emergency meeting had been called. Cid and Xu were waiting inside. Cid began as soon as the office door was closed behind them.
"As I'm sure Quistis has informed you, General Caraway of Galbadia has requested SeeD's assistance in resisting a military coup which has already taken over most of Deling City. The request was received approximately twenty-three minutes ago, and although the transmission was imperfect, he provided a description of the man in charge. From what we could hear, we believe that he is describing Seifer Almasy."
"Do we have any more detailed information?" Squall asked.
"I'm afraid not, we received only the transmission I told you about, and have been unable to establish contact since then."
"Then we can't make a move until we know more. We should mobilize the Garden and head towards Galbadia, but hold off on any direct action until we know more about the situation."
"Alright, Squall, I'll send the order to all Garden personnel immediately."
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"Attention, citizens of Galbadia! From this day forward, the people of the Galbadian Empire shall serve President Seifer Almasy with unquestioning loyalty. Let this day mark the beginning of Galbadia's return to unrivaled glory!" The proclamation of victory was heard in every home in Deling City, but Seifer and his army did not stop to celebrate. As soon as the struggle was over, they began strengthening their defenses for the possibility of a SeeD assault, determined not to be defeated so soon after achieving victory. Civilians were called upon to aid with the effort, as well as to clear out the corpses and rubble left over from the battle.