"Zell?"
Zell looked up at Eternity and she seen the pain in his eyes. Eternity made her way over to Zell and he stood. She stopped a few feet away from him and settled her gaze to the floor.
"Is it really you?" Zell asked. "I mean...are you in control of your body?" Eternity simply nodded.
She buried her face in her hands and began to sob. When Zell seen that, he made his way over to her and wrapped his arms around her protectively. Eternity wrapped her arms around Zell and her body gave out on her causing her to fall to the floor. Zell lowered himself to the floor along with Eternity and held the embrace as she cried.
"I'm so sorry Zell! I didn't mean to hurt you like I that!" Eternity cried.
Zell shook his head and replied, "Don't worry about it Eternity. That wasn't you who hurt me."
"But I should've been able to stop it! I should've told you the first time I heard these voices so you would be prepared for this!"
"We'll find a way to get past this Eternity. I won't let anything else happen to you. I'm your knight and I am here to protect you from anything and everything," Zell said, trying to calm her down.
Eternity pulled away briefly from Zell and he told her, "Let's go to bed okay? We can think of what to do in the morning." Eternity nodded.
The next morning, Eternity woke up only to find Zell already awake and getting dressed. She sat up in bed only to have a dizzy spell. Zell noticed and came to her aid but she shooed him off and stood up. She hurried to the bathroom and slammed the door. Zell could hear her throwing up and he waited.
A couple of minutes later, Eternity came back out of the bathroom and Zell asked, "Are you alright Eternity?"
Eternity nodded and answered, "I feel a little better now." Zell helped Eternity make her way to the bed and she layed down.
He put his gloveless hand on Eternity's forehead and exclaimed, "You're burning up! Hold on and I'll go get Squall!" With that he ran out of the room.
Zell made his way to each of the SeeDs' rooms only to find nobody in them. So he ran downstairs and he heard Selphie call his name in the bar area. Zell ran down the stairs and Selphie asked, "What are you in a hurry for?"
Zell turned to Squall and announced, "Eternity is sick, she's running a fever! Do we have any medicine for it?"
Squall nodded and made his way to the stairs leading up to the rooms followed by Zell. Once Squall came into the room, he took one of his gloves off and sat down on the bed. He placed his hand on Eternity's forehead to feel it. "You're right." He stated.
"Will she be alright?" Quistis asked from the doorway. Squall nodded.
"Go get a potion from Eternity's things. She bought some last night didn't she?" Squall asked Zell.
Zell nodded and walked over to the table beside the door which had Eternity's bag on it. He rummaged through it until he found a glass vial of potion. He grabbed it and took it over to Eternity. While he uncorked the top, Squall helped Eternity sit up. Zell put the vial to Eternity's lips and she drank it down. Squall stood up and looked at Eternity.
"Stay in bed while we investigate the city for the Sorceress or the dragon," he told her.
Eternity sat up and began, "I feel fine Squall. After I threw up I felt fine..."
"You're still running a fever. I want you to stay in bed for now and rest. You need to get the fever down," Squall told her calmly. "And that's an order from me, we don't need you going with us only to pass out or something like that to endanger us in any way."
Eternity smiled and nodded. Zell came in from the bathroom with a bucket of cold water. He sat the bucket onto the nightstand beside Eternity and picked up a washrag from inside it. He rung it out and folded it some before putting it on Eternity's head. "That should help bring the fever down," Zell told her.
Eternity nodded and Squall told her, "We will be back soon." He began to walk to the door with Zell close behind.
"Wait!" They both turned back to Eternity as she sat up a little. "I know where the Sorceress is...she's at Caraway's mansion."
Zell held up a fist and exclaimed, "Alright! Let's go kick some ass!"
"NO! You need me to help you with her. She will have a group of healers with her!" Eternity told him.
"How do you know this Eternity?" Squall asked her.
"The voices I've been hearing...they told me and I also felt her presence there. They seem to know something about her..."
"They could be leading you into a trap," Squall pointed out.
Eternity shook her head and replied, "I feel I can trust them...I think they want me to defeat this Sorceress because they told me I should be the one who lives in the mansion. They said something about it being my birthright..."
Zell gazed at Eternity and told her, "If you believe they are here to help you, then I will believe that too." He looked at Squall, "We should get busy with our job eh Squall?" Squall nodded and they both walked out of the room.
About twenty minutes later, Eternity made her way downstairs and spotted her group in the bar area of the inn. She walked down the steps toward them and she stopped beside Zell. Zell's face showed his shock.
"You're suppose to be resting!" he exclaimed.
Eternity laughed sweetly and replied, "I feel much better now." Zell felt her forehead and realized that her fever seemed to be gone. "I think it was a little bit of a flu or something," she continued.
Eternity noticed Rinoa and Squall off whispering about something and she seen Rinoa hopping up and down repeatedly in excitement. Eternity smiled as she seen Squall place his hand on his forehead like he usually did when he was thinking or annoyed. Zell followed Eternity's gaze and seen Squall and Rinoa making their way back to the table everybody else was at.
"We have something we wanna tell everyone!" Rinoa exclaimed.
Squall spoke up after that, "I don't think this is the time Rinoa..."
Rinoa looked at Squall and told him, "Of course it is!" She began hopping up and down again and screamed, "Squall and I are having a baby!" The group became totally silent after that.
Zell finally spoke up after a minute or so, "Um...wow Squall, you don't seem the fatherly type."
"Squall's going to be a father? That's unusual, especially for him," Irvine said more to himself than anyone else.
"Wow!" Selphie began, "Squall having sex? I thought he was too good for that sort of thing?"
Squall held up both hands and yelled, "Okay, okay that's enough! We have work to do remember!"
Eternity stepped forward a few steps and said, "I am not certain Rinoa should continue on this mission with her being pregnant and all, she and the baby may get hurt somehow..." Everyone else nodded and spoke out their agreement.
Squall nodded and replied, "I understand your concern but..." Before he could finish his sentence, Eternity gave Squall a big hug.
"Congradulations Squall! You too Rinoa!" Eternity squeeled with delight and hugged Rinoa. Squall and Zell exchanged worried glances with Eternity's change of mood.
That night, the group went patrolling, Eternity excluded because Zell wanted her to rest and Squall wanted her to keep Rinoa company. The day went by without any problems and so they went out again to see if anything would happen during the night when most of the people would be at home.
Ten minutes passed without a thing going wrong, and then...off in the distance the group hears a loud roar and they look in the direction where it was coming from. There, coming towards, them was a huge blue dragon.
"Oh damn! That's huge!" Zell exclaimed. The group waited while the dragon made its way to them. Finally, it landed on the ground and looked at each member of the party. It blew fire out of its mouth and caught a nearby building on fire.
"Oh no!" Selphie exclaimed. Quistis was already on it though with her Aqua Breath limit break. The water from the attack quenched the blaze and soaked the building so it would remain safe from another fire attack. Squall got into his battle stance with gunblade in hands waiting for the dragon to attack.
"Where is my master?" the dragon roared.
"What? That thing can talk?" Irvine exclaimed.
"It must be some sort of Guardian Force," came Squall's reply. "Let's capture it!"
"Foolish humans!" the dragon started. "I am too strong for you! You will not get in my way in my quest to find my master!"
The group all ran toward the dragon at once hoping to surprise it, however it took a deep breath and breathed out a powerful wind which knocked everybody to the ground. Squall stood and told Selphie, "Try an ice attack!"
The dragon laughed and told them, "I absorb all elemental attacks! I will never be defeated by you! I am immune to status and non-elemental magic as well!"
With that, the dragon breathed out another powerful gust attack and knocked the group unconscious...
