Disclaimer: I don´t own Final Fantasy VIII...
Unexpected Destiny
Chapter 11: Dollet
By CelestialRage
Her eyes gazed at the shinning blue water.
Rosie was fascinated by the intensity and color of the ocean in front of her. The salty warm breeze blew gently, catching the end of her ponytail. For a second, the raven-haired totally forgot the reason she was standing at the pier... until a light shove from behind made her come to her senses.
"Move it, cadet. We must board the vessel."
Rosie sighed and reasumed her way. Instructor Aki was a man of few words but when he decided to give a speech, he could be quite... boring. The worst part was he had decided to do so in their trip to Balamb town, which was done inside a very compact space, thus leaving no possible escape route for any of the cadets.
The only thing she prayed was that the veteran SeeD had nothing else to share with them, the raven-haired highly doubted she could endure more information about the engineering system behind Garden´s earth and water vehicles.
Two large, blue vessels were docked at the pier, another 3 already floating in the nearby waters. Rosie glanced at the combat boat in front of her and was overwhelmed by its sheer beauty and lethality. The heavy machinegun attached to the top of the vessel especially impressed her, for she remembered it was smaller.
"Well, here we are"
Rosie turned to see Thelma, a mixture of happiness and impatience plastered on the brunette´s face. The smaller girl glanced at her squad leader and smiled "I can´t wait!! We´re going into a real battlefield!!"
"Yeah..." replied Rosie vaguely. The raven-haired had to admit the petite´s girl excitement in front of real danger and bloodshed made her nervous.
"C´mon ladies, we gotta move!" yelled instructor Aki, who was already on board of the vessel. Both cadets walked towards their assigned vehicle, Thelma getting inside. Rosie glanced around one last time and then entered the vessel.
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The doors opened and Squad B´s members got out. By that time, there was only one boat left at the pier: theirs.
Squall glanced at the combat boat and muttered "So that´s the vessel?"
"Ain´t no turning back now." Seifer´s voice made him turn around. He watched as his squad leader examined the water-bound vehicle, determination and anxiety evident in the normally clear jade eyes. Sensing Squall´s gaze, the blond turned his head towards the brunet and asked "Huh? You scared too?"
His reply was lost as a SeeD´s calling them over from his position on the pier interrupted him. "Hey! You guys are the last! Come on, hurry up and get in!"
"Don´t dissapoint me now!" muttered Seifer before running towards the vessel, leaving a confused Squall behind. The brunet briefly wondered whether the words were meant for him or the blond himself...
Quistis´s commanding voice cut off his reverie "Come on, move it!!"
Squall nodded and entered the vessel, the instructor hot on his heels. Finally, after all the members from Squad B were inside, the vehicle´s engine started and positioned itself between the other combat boats.
SeeDs were ready for war.
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This cabin is even compacter than the last one. Rosie thought, frowning at the uncomfortable conditions.
The space was in fact so reduced, there was barely enough room to move and when the male SeeD appointed to brief Squad C on the mission walked into the compartment, the raven-haired and Nida (who was sitting next to her) had to stand up in order to allow the SeeD enough movement so he could get to the digital screen on the opposite side of the room.
Rosie looked at the newly arrived and found him quite attractive. A young man in his mid-twenties with brown-reddish hair cut shortly and reminding her of Seifer´s style. Broad shouldered and well-muscled, he majestically displayed SeeD´s formal uniform. His green eyes wandered between the other compartment´s occupants. When he crossed gazes with instructor Aki both men nodded slightly, the frown in the later´s face softening some.
The young SeeD cleared his throat and nodded "I´m Kevin McPartland and I´ll be briefing you on our mission."
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"Hi, Quistis"
The instructor turned and smiled. "Hey, Xu."
Zell and Squall turned to see the SeeD entering the cabin. She was slender, dark-haired and fair skinned. Xu was well-known around Balamb Garden: aside from being one of the ranking SeeD, she was very close to Headmaster Cid and most considered her the second in command.
"Well, these are the members of Squad B." said Quistis vaguely motioning at the cadets.
Zell jumped from his seat and saluted the dark-haired woman "Nice to meet ya!" Amused at the blond´s seemingly hyperactive nature, Xu flashed him a wide smile and a small nod.
Squall´s movements were calmer than the martial artists´s. Rising from his seat, the brunet saluted the young woman as well "Pleased to meet you."
Xu nodded in his direction, noticing the cadet´s sincere politeness. When the dark-haired SeeD turned to look at the other student, she couldn´t help but smile knowingly. Seifer hadn´t moved a muscle and remained plopped on his seat, his booted feet resting shamelessly on the table in the center of the room.
Xu placed her hands on her hips in a mock-scolding fashion "Seifer, how many times has it been now?"
"Oh, you know me. I just love this exams." He replied sarcastically
The dark-haired SeeD shook her head in amusement before moving onto bussiness "I´ll explain the current situation and the mission." she walked towards the back of the room in order to reach the screen and start the briefing, Quistis and Zell moving aside to let her pass. Once Xu was in front of the screen, she tapped a button on the control panel attached to the wall, the savescreen displaying Balamb Garden´s emblem was immediately replaced by a map of Dollet´s region.
"Our client for this mission is the Dollet Dukedom Parliament."
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"Request for SeeD was made eighteen hours ago." proceeded Kevin. He tapped another button, zooming in the image until only the city of Dollet was visible. "Dollet has been under attack by Galbadian forces since about seventy-two hours ago." Then the SeeD tapped another button, making the screen display the retreat of Dollet´s units and the advance of the G-army.
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"Forty-nine hours into the battle, Dollet abandoned their position in the inner city, although some units still remain inside the city walls and on the beach... but they won´t last long." Xu said. "Currently the main Dollet force has retreated into the nearby mountains and are reorganizing their troops. That's the current status. Now, onto the mission objective."
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Kevin tapped another button, zooming the map to show a red line leading from Balamb to Dollet "According to our reports, the G-army is mopping up the Dollet troops in the mountain region. We are to make a landing at Lapin Beach and eliminate the remaining Galbadian army within the city and liberate it A.S.A.P."
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The map switched to show the upper Dollet region again, with red circles indicating the SeeD forces, right in the path of Galbadian blue arrows. "Afterwards, SeeD members will intercept any Galbadian forces attempting to make their way into the city from the mountain region." Xu tapped another button and switched off the screen. Then she turned towards the cadets "Any questions?"
"So what are WE supposed to do?" asked Seifer
"SeeD candidates are to eliminate the Galbadian army inside the city." Xu explained.
"Sounds important!" excaimed Zell excited at the prospect of kicking some Galbadian asses.
"Sounds boring." replied Seifer "So, what you´re saying is we go in and do all the little dirty work, right?"
Xu didn´t like the term Seifer used to refer to their role in the mission and decided to ignore his commentary. "It hardly needs to be said but, remember the withdraw order takes priority." Xu checked her watch and said "We´re almost there. We are expecting combat as soon as we disembark, so be prepared. Any other questions talk to Quistis." with that, the dark-haired SeeD walked out of the room.
Quistis opened the manilla folder resting on the table and extracted its contents: diagrams, blueprints and photographs from Dollet city. "You better take a good look at these, they may prove to be useful" Squall and Zell reached for the graphic material, while Seifer contented with looking at them from the distance.
"My first real battle... I´m so nervous" said Zell as he examined some blueprints on Dollet´s Comunication Tower.
Wide smirk already in place, Seifer put in his two cents "Better not piss your pants."
The martial artist´s eyes shot up from the tactic material to the taller blond in front of him. "Hah! You talkin´ to me?!" when Seifer laughed, the brawler closed his fists in fury and muttered "Bastard!"
Quistis rolled her eyes. Not again! "Okay, enough talk. We´ll be landing pretty soon, so get ready."
"Roger" replied an irritated Zell. His gaze still fixed on Seifer, while his mind was lost in thoughts of revenge.
"Alright" said Squall still examinating the diagrams in front of him.
"Yeah, yeah..." the squad leader looked at his left where the brunet was busy studying the blueprints of the city. Deciding to take advantage of his leadership position, Seifer calmly ordered "Squall, go see what´s going on outside."
The adressed cadet was about to refuse, but remembering his rival was his leader on this mission, he thought better than to go against a direct order. That didn´t mean he had to like obeying Seifer, though.
Squall frowned and dryly muttered "...Okay" before taking a couple diagrams he hadn´t been able to examine and standing up.
Just as he was getting up the ladder, the blond´s triumphant voice was heard "Good. Because it´s MY order!"
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Rosie looked at the diagrams in front of her.
She was confused. The city was much bigger than she had seen in the game, with lots of alleys and residential areas and even a large building in the northern part of town she supposed to be an institution of some sort.
Suddenly, the raven-haired recognized the route to Dollet´s Com Tower and traced it back to the main plaza. Then her eyes searched for the bar she had seen in her playing FF8. However and much to her dismay, at least 3 similar places were scattered through town.
She cursed inwardly.
Okay Rosie, don´t panic. I remember the bar was located near a shop... let´s see... There were a couple of shops near two of the bars, instantly discarding the other.
Good, now we´re progressing... let´s see what else was there?... Oh, yeah! The painter´s house... Rosie looked at Lapkin Beach, where they were supposed to land. She remembered there was an arch marking the entrance to the city and the painter´s house was near it. When she located it, the raven-haired traced the way towards the main plaza and for her delight, one of the remaining bars was right in the way.
That must be it!
"Yes!" she loudly exclaimed, gaining the stares from the other members of her squad.
"Glad to see someone is so excited about the upcoming battle." said instructor Aki with a broad smile.
Rosie shyly returned the gesture. I have to learn to keep my big mouth shut!
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"Captain! Captain!" the Galbadian soldier shouted as he made his way towards the central plaza. When he finally reached him, the soldier took a moment to catch his breath and muttered "S..SeeD, sir. SeeD is coming!"
"WHAT?! How many are them?"
"We´ve detected 5 vessels, sir."
"DAMN!" The captain turned to one of the soldiers in his patroling unit and ordered "Inform Mayor Biggs!"
"Yes, sir!" the trooper saluted, before bolting towards the Comunication Tower.
Then the ranking officer turned towards the remaining members of his unit and said "Sound the alarm! Everybody to battle stations! We´re not giving them this town!"
"Yes, sir captain!" the soldiers saluted and spread like wild fire.
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Squall watched the ocean fly past the speeding vessel. The salty warm breeze caught his hair and filled his lungs. Looking around him, the brunet could see the other SeeD vehicles in line and quickly approaching the target.
His attention focused on the diagram he delivered from the cockpit: a digital photograph of Dollet, which he covered with a transparent sheet that briefed about some details of the city. When Squall looked up from the paper, the image was replaced from the photo to the real thing. Dollet city stood magnificently in front of the cadet. Flashes of gunfire and smoke from the explosions were seen and heard even in the distance.
Squall´s eyes narrowed, his sight focused on the distant figures on the beach. Most of them were Dollet soldiers – the remaining units Xu had talked about. And just as the female SeeD had predicted, the native troops were growing thin, most of them blown away by the galbadian explosions.
Sheer determination plastered on his face, the brunet spared another look at the battle ahead and readied his junctions, before going down to the cockpit.
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"20 seconds for landing" came a voice in the intercom. Rosie guessed it was from the pilot.
Instructor Aki turned towards the cadets and said "C´mon!" The older man rised from his seat and walked to a panel near the rear metallic doors "Listen up! Your objectives are to secure the way to the central square and place a control post in Wendigo´s Bar."
Turned towards Rosie, the SeeD gave her a small, square object "Once you´ve completed your second objective, wait inside the building until one of the members from the squad designated for backup duty arrives. He or she will establish communication means so you can report to me."
Rosie nodded and remained silent so her voice didn´t betray her internal panic.
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"WHOAA!" yelled Zell as the floor under his feet shook violently.
The vessel had hit some obstacle and shuddered for a couple of seconds due to the impact. The cadets felt as the combat vehicle raised a couple of feet from the water, splashing soundly as it landed and decreased its speed.
"Ready! We´re about to land!" shouted Quistis bolting towards the metallic doors. When she pressed a nearby button, they opened reminding her of a blossoming flower´s petals. The blonde broke her train of thought and turned her attention to the already standing cadets "You´re to secure the central square and set a control post there."
Squad B members jumped out of the vehicle, weapons in hand and ready for battle.
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"Go, go go!" yelled Instructor Aki as the doors opened. The cadets got out of the vessel, landing on the salty, white sand.
Rosie gasped.
The scene before her was definitely something not displayed in the game... at least, not in all its gory detail The bloodshed was terrible and far more shocking than anything she ever knew. Scattered dead bodies – most of them from Dollet troops – were horribly mutilated, tinting the soft sand with a sickening crimson hue. The already rottening corpses laid between wrecked combat vehicles still on fire.
The scent of death and smoke was heavy in the air, nauseating the paled raven-haired who barely managed to keep her composture.
How did I end up in this mess?
This is not what I thought it would be! I was so mistaken...
A sudden explotion interrupted her thoughts. The sand near her squad flew a couple of meters. Rosie yelped and cursed inwardly at whoever had almost got her and her comrades killed.
This is no time for thinking. If you want to make it alive then you have to take some action!
Come on!! You can´t retreat now!!
Rosie looked around, finally detecting the arched entrance to the city walls. "This way!" she shouted to her team as she bolted towards it.
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Squall and Zell ran just behind their leader. The two armies collided, the galbadian blue uniforms clashed against Dollet´s brown-green ones. The remaining native troops efficently creating a distraction while SeeD and the cadets entered the city.
Looking ahead at the raised town´s entrance, Squall spotted a raven-haired girl he knew.
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Just as Squad C was climbing the stairs leading to the arched threshold, a couple of galbadian soldiers cut them off.
"Dollet reinforcements, uh?" said one cockily.
"Well, let´s see what they can do!" said the other before lunging towards Nida, his sabre-like sword in hand.
The cadet parried his agressor´s slash with his weapon: a silver staff that reminded Rosie of Aeris´s first weapon. But - unfortunatelly for the galbadian soldier - Nida´s fighting style had nothing in common with Aeris´s. His movements were fast and fluid, the strikes he delivered the soldier quick and strong, rendering the galbadian virtually helpless at the perfect onslaught.
While Nida took care of the trooper, his comrade shot a couple of shotgun rounds at Thelma, who protected herself behind a magical barrier. Rosie took the oportunity and called forth a Thunder spell, she had drawn from a caterpillar on her way back to Garden after the Fire Cavern test. Her objective was not to kill, but to knock down the g-soldier.
The mere idea of taking a human life sickened her.
The galbadian detected her attack too late and was only able to open his mouth in surprise as 100,000 volts coursed through his body, leaving him paralized before loosing conscience. The two female cadets turned to see how Nida was going with the other trooper, watching as the cadet delivered him a blow on the back of the head, neutralizing his enemy.
"Well done!" Rosie said smiling to Nida "Let´s go!" she ordered resuming her way towards Wendigo´s Bar.
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Squall´s gunblade slashed across the chest of another g-soldier, blood splashing around as the weapon ripped the human flesh. He looked at the fallen adversary and shook his head.
That crappy armor of theirs looks tough but it´s as easy to pierce as butter.
His gaze turned to the gunblade in his hand. It was dripping wet with the galbadian´s blood. Squall frowned and shook his weapon clean before a sudden cry made his focus diverge from the silver blade to the noise´s source.
Seifer had slashed open the throat of another soldier. The blond´s attention shifted to his comrades, his smirk already in place. "Come on! We don´t want the other squads to get all the fun, uh?" With that, he bolted towards the staircase leading to the city entrance.
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Rosie ran across the comercial street of Dollet. Several shops were lined in both sides of the street, displaying merchandise that went from clothing to weaponry.
I could use some weapons... thought the raven-haired as she stopped in front of the junk shop.
"It´s not time to be window shopping, don´t you think?" said Thelma impatienly.
"I know, I just..." Rosie wasn´t able to finish her statement as an entire unit of Galbadian soldiers exited a building, a few meters away. "Hide, quick!" she whispered at her comrades.
The three cadets pressed themselves against the wall of a nearby alley and watched as a dozen troopers ran towards the beach, where most of their comrades were still fighting. Some of the soldiers resumed their patrolling of the comercial sector, leaving Squad C no choice but to fight in order to make it to their destination.
Damn! Rosie frowned.
"Okay, listen up!" she whispered, turning towards her comrades. "There are 4 of them. I don´t want to get any of us killed so we need a plan." She directed her next words to the slender girl beside her "Thelma, I need you to cast a protective barrier around Nida." She turned towards the male cadet "You´ll charge first and I´ll back you up with my magic."
"And I´ll back you up with THIS!"
At the sound of Thelma´s voice, the other cadets turned to her. Rosie´s eyes widened in surprise at the sight before her. The petite girl was holding the same huge, heavy-looking weapon the raven-haired had noticed earlier.
Nida´s mouth hanged ajar in utter shock "W... What the hell is that?!" he almost yelled.
"It´s my flamethrower." replied the brunette patting the weapon as though it was a pet. "Don´t worry, it´s quite reliable."
"I... I don´t know Thelma... I really don´t want to destroy the entire district just to get rid of a couple of g-soldiers..." said Rosie as she folded her arms and looked at the monstrous weapon.
"Aww! C´mon guys! Just let me use it once, okay?" begged the slender girl as she gave them her best sad puppy-sad eyes.
Nida and Rosie exchanged looks, the male cadet shrugging. The decision didn´t depend on him, it was hers to make. The squad leader sighed.
"Okay, okay..." Thelma was about to squeal happily but Rosie hastily handgagged her. "But.." she said holding her index finger in front of the petite girl ".. you´ll hold all responsabiliy for the misuse of that thing. Deal?"
"Deal." chirped the slender cadet as a wide smile spreaded through her face.
The raven-haired nodded "Okay then, let´s do it!"
Thelma casted a protective barrier not only on Nida, but also on her squad leader. Rosie felt as though there was some kind of thick material surrounding her, molding around her members. It was a little uncomfortable, but necessary.
The male cadet turned to gaze at her and nodded. She returned the gesture, preparing her Thunder spells and mouthed the words "One.. two.. three!"
Nida bolted out of their hidding place, followed by Rosie who was already casting her first spell on the furthest soldier, thus preventing him from counterattacking them. The soldiers were taken by surprise and dashed towards the building in order to take cover and have a better fighting stance against the cadets.
Nida prevented the nearest of them from getting inside with a quick series of strikes. The other galbadians started firing their shotguns against the cadets, but protected as they were, the bullets did little more than causing slight ache on the zones they struck. Rosie was about to cast another spell when Thelma´s voice was heard.
"Out of the way!"
The squad leader turned to see the slender girl already aiming at the soldiers. Rosie shoved Nida to the side just in time as a huge blaze enveloped the place they were standing mere seconds before.
Painful shrieks were heard and the cadets turned to see the damage Thelma´s weapon had made. The galbadians were on flames, their skin charred as their armor melted away. The raven-haired had to deviate her gaze, not strong enough to witness their suffering any more, only to find Thelma smiling at the carnage.
That made her sick. How can anyone find joy in other people´s suffering?
The shrieks finally ended. The brunette approached her raising comrades. "Well, what do you think now?"
"I think you´ve used it enough." answered Rosie frowning. Not waiting for any kind of reply, the cadet entered the building where the galbadians had established their temporary base: Wendigo´s bar.
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When they arrived to the stairway, Squad A members were securing the area. They had dragged the unconscious galbadian soldiers out of their way and now one of the cadets seemed engrosed in the surrounding area.
"There should be an info-net cable around here somewhere..." muttered the teen pensively.
"What are you guys doing?" asked Zell
"We´re going to hack the Galbadian transmissions from the Info Network System!" another cadet responded "We gotta do whatever we can without radiowaves... and unlike you, guys, we use our heads."
Cowards... Instead of speaking his mind, Squall decided to counter the cadet´s commentary with one of his own. "Backup duty... sounds boring"
"Yeah! We´re going to be the heroes on the front line!" said excitedly Zell.
The other cadet sneered "Sheesh! Give me a break!... All you meatheads are the same. Go get yourselves killed then!"
Squall shook his head. He had never liked gathering information, that was just not his style. As fighting on the front lines was clearly not the style of those 2 cadets from Squad A.
"Hey! You coming or what?" yelled Seifer from his position several meters ahead of them. Squall and Zell ran towards him, a frown shown on the squad leader´s face. "You sure took your sweet time talking to those losers. We have-" suddenly the blond shut up and raised Hyperion, his gaze locked on something behind his comrades.
Squall immediately recognized his rival´s stance: he was prepared for a fight. The brunet cadet whirled around quickly drawing Revolver as he did so. Zell turned around also and wasn´t surprised to see a couple of Galbadian soldiers standing on a walkway, several meters away, which connected one of the buildings on one side of the street with it´s opposite. The troopers spotted the cadets, one of them calling for reinforcements, while the other oppened fire against the youngsters.
Squad B members took shelter behind a nearby wall. Squall- who was near the corner- took a quick glance at the shooter in order to remember his position on the walkway. He focused his energy and quickly came out from his shelter, casting a Fire spell on the soldier, burning him to a crisp.
The remaining trooper shocked at the way his comrade was defeated, dropped his comunication device. To his fortune, some soldiers appeared just behind the teenagers, effectively trapping them.
Or that´s what he thought.
Seifer moved towards them with amazing speed, Hyperion slashing across the blue-claded soldiers, while Zell sent a whirling kick, breaking a trooper´s neck. Squall ducked under the outstretched arm of another soldier, thrusting Revolver into his chest.
One of the troopers slashed his blade at Seifer, who parried the blow with incredible ease. Smirking, the cadet whirled around the galbadian, drawing Hyperion across the man´s stomach and side. The trooper´s maimed body fell to the floor lifeless.
Zell had grabbed another soldier and hurled him against a nearby wall, breaking a couple of his bones due to the impact. When another soldier thrust his sabre against him, the martial artist rolled to his side and, still ducking, sent him a kick to the shin, painfully breaking the galbadian´s leg. Then the SeeD cadet picked up the injured soldier and sent him against the same wall he had the previous trooper.
Squall was engaged in a battle against two soldiers. One sent a slash towards him, the cadet quickly parrying it, and counterattacking with a kick right to the man´s stomach, sending him to his knees, the air out of his lungs for a moment. The other soldier thrusted his sabre against the cadet. Squall ducked, Revolver slashing upwards, cutting the man vertically in half. When the other soldier gained enough breath to rise and attack the cadet, the brunet was already in motion. He whirled past the trooper and sent his gunblade across his back, injuring him badly and leaving the soldier in no condition to fight any further.
Squall then directed his gaze towards the remaining soldier on the walkway..
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Rosie bolted upstairs to the second floor walkway. Nida close behind her.
The ruckus outside the bar had been on for a couple of minutes and, fearing that the galbadians had returned to reclaim their strategic position, Squad C members had taken defensive stances inside the building. When it was obvious the ruckus was due to something else, Rosie decided to go take a look outside from the second floor walkway she had seen in the game. Nida offered to go with her in case there was trouble.
Reluctlantly, the raven-haired had authorized Thelma to use her flamethrower if G-troops attacked the place, for she was going to remain the defense party downstairs. Apparently, the slender girl didn´t mind being alone in such a position, as long as she had her weapon. And Rosie couldn´t blame her, if she had that thing she would also feel secure not mattering whether she was in the middle of a battle between Esthar and Galbadia or against a whole army of Ruby Dragons.
When she reached the walkway exit, the raven-haired stopped dead in her tracks. The galbadian soldier that still lingered on the balcony turned towards her, gun in hand. She quickly cast the Thunder spell she had readied in case something like this happened.
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The Galbadian trooper was enveloped by flames and struck by an electrical force at the same time, his body exploding as the magical energies collided.
Rosie gasped, horrorized at the macabre event. She didn´t want something like this to happen!
"Identify yourself." came a deep masculine voice.
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Squall stood beneath the walkway, waiting for a response to his querry.
"We´re Squad C members." replied a soft feminine voice. "I´m coming out."
Rosie´s figure emerged from the building, Nida close behind her.
"Hey, Kid!" Seifer grinned as he walked near the brunet´s position. "Didn´t expect to see you here."
She smiled, not because of the blond´s presence, but for Squall´s. Her gaze locked with his blue-grey one for a second before it switched to the other squad leader. "This is our position. I heard you guys are supposed to be up ahead, right?"
"Yeah." replied Zell from his position a couple of steps behind the two gunbladers.
"You should get going. Don´t worry Squad C is in charge here." said Nida.
"Whatever." was Squall´s answer as he shrugged.
"Let´s go!" ordened Seifer, before turning again to Rosie "See you later, Kid!" After that the squad leader resumed his way towards the central plaza.
Just as Squall was about to follow the taller blond, Rosie´s voice was heard again. "Take care..." Turning his attention to the raven-haired once more, his gaze locked with hers for a moment. She smiled and he nodded slightly, feeling uncomfortable at the situation, though he couldn´t actually tell why. Without wasting any more time, the brunet resumed his way, Zell running behind him.
Dark eyes followed Squall´s retreating frame until he and the martial artist dissapeared around the corner.
Sighing, Rosie turned on her heels and re-entered the building.
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Author´s note:
The electrical voltage Rosie used on the g-soldier (100,000 volts) is the same used in police´s stunt-guns, I researched on the web... remember Google is your friend :D
Thanks to all the reviewers again.
This is the longest chapter until now, hope you liked it!!
