Mission Possible
Chapter Ten- True Partnership Test
Quistis wiped the water on her lips as she peered around. The Kashkabald Desert was neighbored by Cactaur Island. Cactaurs were almost unlimited here. Quistis used her hand as a visor. Somehow she could still live.
She regained balance as she looked forward. "Right," She whispered as she continued towards the direction. Though, questions still lingered in her mind.
Where could she go?
Who would find her?
…. Where was Seifer?
Quistis gasped. Seifer wasn't a bright pupil and most likely never listened to the lectures on SeeD survival. She turned away and stubbornly closed her eyes. "No, he gets what he deserves." She whispered.
Dunes, sand, and more dunes….
Is there anything else in this desert! Quistis thought irritably. She thought reasonably, perhaps she could find a shaded area someplace. It sounded like complete nonsense. Though there was a chance of finding a towering dune's shadow. So far there was no such luck, the sun was far too high in the air.
Walking through the nothingness was completely pointless. Quistis looked at the ground. Behind her she tailed Seifer's coat not sure why she had it with her. After walking for what seemed like hours but in reality was an hour the sun was lowering and shadows appeared behind dunes.
Much of the desert seemed flat. Very flat, Quistis leaned against the cool shaded shadowed hill smiling happily. It was the coolest she felt since the moment she left the airship. She looked outward to the stretching landscape. She sat on her legs and held a hand on her chest.
"So this is how it will be," She said so softly. Will I die here? Nothing but resistance stood in her way between the fate of dieing in the miserable desert or searching for another way out. She leaned closer to the sand feeling some slide down. Soon the sun would set no doubt. Quistis gulped and lay down.
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Xu stood by Nida in the Balamb Garden cockpit. A new keyboard type invention stood nearby the long steering device.
"Quistis, Seifer, do you come in?" She called after typing something into the keypad. Nothing but static was heard.
"Hmm, that's weird. Either no one is onboard or we just can't get a hold of it." Nida thought aloud.
"Yeah, I was sure these were the coordinates. Oh well, wouldn't hurt to double check it." Xu turned to leave, "Keep an eye on that just in case they just get our message late."
Nida saluted as he turned his attention to devices.
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Quistis lied on the soft sand. Awkwardly she was rather comfortable in her position. The nighttime did justice for the desert. She turned to her side laying in peace. The desert became colder and colder. She shivered slightly as she looked to Seifer's coat. It looked so promisingly warm. As her hand went out to reach it, she snapped back.
"No, I don't need Seifer." She hissed to herself.
Tomorrow the sun would rise. The shadows would be gone for the time being. Perhaps she could go Cactaur hunting? It sounded like a resourceful thing to do. Since it was night, moving about felt more comfortable than approaching anything in the hot sun.
Since moving about would provide warmth she considered it a good idea to start hunting Cactaurs. She stood and made her way around the sandy plains and hills, Seifer's trench coat behind her.
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It was dawn.
Quistis looked at the pile of dead Cactaurs she'd collected. She had put them behind a dune and was in the process of wondering what she could do to remember the particular place. She threw Seifer's coat on top of the pile and looked outward.
Slowly Quistis dragged her foot to see how permanent a line in the sand would be. As she came a good amount of yards from her water supply, she saw something in the distance. She raised an eyebrow as she dropped the task at hand and ran to it.
Maybe it was a search team, or a traveler with food! She rushed ahead as fast as her feet could carry her praying it wasn't a mirage.
She rushed ever faster as the figure took more shape. It was a corpse on the sand laying face forward. She kicked up a pace and ran. Her foot stopped as she tripped and fell on the sand ending her run. Quistis breathed hard looking to see how close to the person she'd come.
"No…" She whispered angrily. She stood brushed herself off and confronted the man, Seifer laid there unconscious. "Not you."
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