Chapter 10

Squall stood over Seifer as he lay unconscious underneath him. He looked him over carefully, making sure that he wouldn't bleed to death if he just left him here whilst the battle continued. His decision was made short by the sound of gunshots, closer than those from inside the lab.

"They've must of made it out of the lab." Squall reasoned. Thinking quickly, he picked up the phones Esthar had provided the SeeDs with. He punched in the number, and it rang for a minute. He started to run towards the gunshots by the time the phone was answered. "Zell, where are you guys?"

"We've just escorted the president to the Ragnarok, why?"

"Get back to Odine's Lab right away, we need help back here." Squall explained, hanging up. He rounded the next corner, shocked at the bloody mess that lay before him. A group of soldiers must have been ambushed, there was no sign of the squad that had killed them. Cautious, Squall inched towards the men, keeping his eyes locked on the hallway to the side. He kept his gunblade ready the whole time, but did not know he was being watched. Suddenly, something caught his attention. He noticed the walls were chipped away, but not by just gunfire. There were chunks cut away from the walls, almost as if someone with great strength had been one of the people that had ambushed the soldiers. He took one last step when the crashing sound surrounded him. Instinct took over, and he lept back. He watched as the silver haired demon emerged from the hole in the wall that it had just opened, debris flying through the air. The black and silver demon seemed to float as it turned towards him, and shot straight at him. Squall collapsed, just as the massive sword flew over his head, the narrow walls not hindering it at all. Squall scrambled away just as the sword cleaved downwards, cutting into the floor where he just had stood. Jumping to his feet, Squall saw that his enemy was not a demon, but just a man. Still, he found himself completely outmatched as the man continued his onslaught. Finally, Squall saw a chance. He raised his gunblade up, catching the blade of the man.

"Are you Seifer?" The man asked.

"What?" Squall said in surprise.

"Are you Seifer?"

"What do you want with Seifer?"

Sephiroth didn't answer, instead he pushed against Squall with so much force, that Squall flew back, slamming into the wall. He jumped to the side just as the blade cut through the wall that was behind him. Suddenly, a roar noise arose as Sephiroth was pounded into the wall. Zell withdrew his fist, smiling cockily.

"How'd you like my final heaven?" He asked Sephiroth cockily.

Squall watched as Irvine and Selphie emerged from around the corner.

"You OK?" Irvine asked him.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Squall said. "We have to get to the Ragnarok and Get the president out of here."

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Seifer watched as the silver haired man was blind sided by Zell, the chicken wuss would of never taken out a man that strong head to head. Still, Seifer had no time to think about anyone else but himself. Leaving Sephiroth to fend for himself, he took off in the direction of the Lab, hoping he could still make it in time to catch Tseng.