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Silent Screams Chapter 29

Quistis dodged one attack after another. She sliced through the one demon attacking her, turning him into instant dust. She was attacked and then attacked again, letting her body slip closer to the ocean. She flew back up and killed yet another demon.

On Seifer's side, he dodged every attack with ease. He spun out of the way and crashed his sword into the back of one. He tossed out a few spells, causing the demons to roar in protest.

Once they were each down to one demon left, another horde of demons went flying past them and onto the Ragnarok. They knocked and pounded on the metal dragon. One demon even ripped it open and jumped in.

"No!" Quistis screamed out. She turned to flee and help, but was only grabbed and held tight by the demon.

"Say bye bye to your son!" he whispered in her ear. She twisted and turned, but to no avail, the demon had her tight to his chest. Seifer defeated his demon and went flying towards the Ragnarok, killing one demon after another. He leapt into the hole and out of Quistis' sight. The demon holding her whistled loudly, only to have the remaining two fly towards him. "Did you get the son?"

The first one shook his head. "No, the father didn't let us near him. Stupid blonde kid."

The second one began to laugh. "We showed him why he shouldn't hit a demon with bare fist."

Quistis' eyes went wide. 'Zell!' she screamed into her mind.

The first one kept talking. "So we killed the father."

The main demon laughed. "Since we have her, and the father's dead, the kid will die when the plane crashes. What about that one angel that flew in there?"

"Passed out," the second one responded.

Quistis turned and twisted, finally having enough of this. She forced her wings to spread wider, getting the demon's grip to loosen. "Hey!" he called out.

Quistis pushed him off of her and flew down into the hole of the Ragnarok. "Squall? Seifer? Zell!? Dante!" she cried out, looking around. She could feel the demons' energy get closer to the Ragnarok. She closed her eyes and silently cast a protective shield around the ship. The demons crashed into the bubble, pounding against it.

Quistis turned her head, looking at Seifer on the floor, struggling to get up. "Seifer! Where's Zell?" she cried out, kneeling next to him.

Seifer moaned. "In the cockpit..."

Quistis darted off into the cockpit, screaming at what she saw. Blood splattered everywhere. She looked around and saw Zell's head sitting to the side. She spun around and into the warm arms of someone. "Sh...its ok, love."

She looked up, seeing Squall brush down her hair. "He agreed to it...to protect Dante and myself." Quistis started to cry.

Squall looked around, seeing the three demons flying in front of the Ragnarok, leading it to someplace. "They're leading us to somewhere, Quis..."

Quistis shook her head. She didn't care. "Dante? Where is he?"

"In the guest bedroom."

Quistis left Squall and ran past Seifer straight to the guestroom. She opened the door and picked up Dante, holding him tight to her. Dante was crying, grasping a hold of his mother. "Mommy! Where's Zwell?"

She held onto her child, sinking to the floor. All what she heard constantly was 'Where's Zwell'. It echoed through her mind as she sat there, crying into her son's shoulder.

Squall took the controls at the wheel, trying to steer the Ragnarok. Seifer walked up next to him, staring down at his worst enemy's head. "Zell didn't deserve that...," Seifer whispered hoarsely.

Squall nodded. "I know...but he said he wanted to do it to protect Dante and Quisty...and even you, Seifer."

Seifer hung his head, looking down at the bloodied mess. They could have just stabbed him. Why did they have to tear off every limb and spit out his innards? Seifer's face scrunched up, giving him a look of a demon. He stood up, his wings stretched out, and roared loudly. "Fuck this! I'll kill them for killing my friend!"

Squall looked over at him, shocked at what he yelled. Seifer marched to the open hole and soared through it, even through Quistis' protective shield. He batted his wings, unsheathing his Hyperion, his face stained with tears. The demons stopped and stared at him flying faster towards them.

He pushed his sword through the first one, screaming and roaring. He pulled it upwards, slicing the demon in half, midway. He then took his sword and sliced off the head. "HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?" he bellowed out.

He turned to the second one, holding out his hand and flexing his muscles. His shirt began to rip as every muscle in his body rippled and enlarged. He sheathed his sword and grabbed a hold of the demon's neck, twisting his head off like a ripened cherry.

He turned to the main demon, his once jade eyes now black with hatred. "So, the puny archangel wants to fight? FINE!" The demon let go of the invisible string, letting the Ragnarok be able to float away on its own. The demon reached high up into the sky and brought his arms down, his eyes flaring red. He grasped a hold of Seifer's wing, cause Seifer to roar in pain.

Seifer, in retaliation, did the best thing he could think of. "ULTIMA!"

Suddenly, the entire sky was filled with a luminescent light, only to ease back down to the natural sky blue it once was. Floating in the sky was Seifer, tears streaming down his face and onto his chest. He silently flew back to the Ragnarok, only to result in sitting underneath the gaping hole.

Inside the room, Quistis continued to cry. She heard the commotion. She cried out of sadness, fear, regret, naivete, but at the same time, she cried out of joy at the fact Seifer, who had always hated Zell with a passion, had finally made it up to Zell.

oooooooooooooooooo

A few days later, the three stood over a tombstone, looking down at it. Next to the tombstone labeled Zell, there was Selphie's. Next to Selphie's, was Rinoa's. Quistis sniffled, feeling Squall wrap his arms around her. Seifer flicked his hand at the two, and the couple did as they were told. Quistis picked up Dante, who at that time dropped a few flowers onto the grave. Behind them was Irvine, standing on top of the hill and looking out to the orphanage. Quistis handed Dante to Squall and walked up to Irvine, wrapping an arm around him. "I'm going with you guys..."

Quistis shook her head. "No, we're not losing any more friends."

Irvine let his head drop, feeling guilty. "Please, Quistis, let me come with you? I feel so useless."

Quistis sighed and hugged Irvine. "We need someone to be headmaster."

"I won't do it!" he finally yelled, stomping his foot. He turned to Quistis, grasping her arms. "Please, let me come with you!"

She turned towards Squall who only shrugged. Quistis turned back to Irvine and hugged him tightly. "Please, don't die..."

He hugged her back, tears swelling up in his eyes. "I'll try my hardest not to, love."

Quistis sniffled softly as she let out a smirk. Behind them, Seifer knelt close to the ground, touching the cold tombstone that read 'Zell Dincht.' Seifer's tears dropped down onto it. "Why you? You never did anything...I should've been there to take that shot...Zell...I'm so sorry for everything." He sniffled softly, wiping his nose on his jacket. "I killed those demons...You should've never died, man. Not you..." He pulled off his necklace, the one thing that Zell first noticed, and adored, about Seifer. It was, as Zell had said, made out of the purest piece of metal ever. Seifer dug a hole slowly, almost a foot deep, and placed the necklace into the ground. "I should have let you have it years ago." He recovered the hole and sniffled again.

He stood and turned, walking next to Squall without argument. The two walked up to Quistis and Irvine. All of them stared at the orphanage. Quistis muttered softly, "We're the last ones standing."

Irvine nodded his head. "Me, Squall, and you Quisty."

Seifer hung his head. He was one of the gang, too. But it then hit him. He was already dead.