Hey you know me! I don't own none of this! Well I own the plot and that evil general dude with the Jackal armor. And the other dude who talks to much about his sinister plans. And the…….AAAARRRGGGGHHH You get the idea. Now on with the story. And by the way. Please leave a review after reading this. Griever is breathing down my neck as I type. He said if I don't start getting more reviews than he is gonna blow my poor innocent (yet somewhat evil) computer into the next time zone.

Chapter Nine

Prisoners!

Quistis had no clue where she was. Or for that matter how long it had been since she was captured in Esther. Laguna, Ellone and herself had all been blindfolded and tied once outside the Presidential Palace. They had then been dragged to a waiting helicopter and thrust on board. Kiros and Ward were also around somewhere.

They had been separated after disembarking from the helicopter and being loaded onto another ship. From there she had no idea what had been happening other than the fact that the ships engines had been shut off a few minutes ago. Listening intently she could here the sound of approaching footsteps. Actually it sounded like several sets in unison. Which could mean only one thing.

Soldiers!

And then several pairs of hands roughly yanked her to her feet and began dragging her out of the room she was in. Quistis tried to remember how many left or right turns she took but lost count after she realized that they seemed to be leading her in circles.

Several minutes later and she heard the sound of a door being unlocked and then her blindfold was ripped from her head and she was literally tossed into a room. She tried to keep her balance but with her hands tied behind her back she was unable to and fell forwards on her face.

She cursed under her breath and then rolled over so that she could get a look at her surroundings. As she began to sit up she felt a pair of strong hands grab on to her shoulders and fearing what would happen next she threw her head back to be rewarded with a grunt of pain as her head connected with someone's nose.

"OUCH! That had to hurt. But it serves you right for not saying who you were before you tried to help her up." Yelled a feminine voice to the right of Quistis. Recognizing it as belonging to Ellone she quickly guessed whose nose she had just smashed.

"Laguna?" She asked quietly "Is that you?"

"Yeah it's me. Sorry about that, I should have warned you that I was there." He replied before moving into her line of sight. He looked about as bad as she felt. He had several bruises on his faces and his wrists had fresh blood on them from the chains that had been on just recently. And to top it off his nose looked off center thanks to her attempt at attacking him.

"No, It was my fault. I should have checked who it was before I hit you."

"Don't worry about it. We have bigger horses to fry." He replied before pausing to think about what he had just said. Before he could continue with his statement a voice could be heard through the wall from the room next to them.

"Don't you mean fish, Laguna?" Quistis couldn't help but laugh at Kiros' statement despite their current situation. Laguna on the other hand just stood there scratching the back of his head.

Looking around at her surrounding Quistis could see that they were in a holding cell of some type. The kind with no windows or obvious escape routes. Laguna and Ellone were in the room with her and apparently Kiros and Ward were being held next door. Standing up slowly Quistis checked to see what kind of injuries anyone might have. Ellone appeared to be all right and Laguna was too, other than his injuries to his face.

"By the way Laguna, how come your face is all bruised up?" she asked while wondering silently to herself if he had tried some foolhardy attempt at escaping from their captors.

"When they separated all of us in Esther I was taken to the command deck on the airship we were on and questioned by that psycho general from my office. Apparently him and another general from Galbadia are planning to use us as hostages when they try to take over Esther and Galbadia. They have some scheme cooked up about having some Omega Weapon thingy that will guarantee their victory in taking over the two countries! They also stated that if I willingly turned over leadership of my country to them, they would let all of us go." He paused to take a breath before continuing.

"Then this other guy with weird armor came up to me and told me to tell him where the Sorceress and her Knight are at. When I told him I didn't know what he was talking about he beat the living crap out of me. I was then brought back here to wait for them to decide what to do with the rest of you."

"The Sorceress and her Knight! Did they say what they wanted with them?" Quistis exclaimed. Squall and Rinoa! She knew she had to get out of here quick or they were all going to be in very big trouble.

Quistis could only sit there in shock as she pondered all of the new information she had just received. Omega Weapon was here in their time and apparently working with these lunatics. And why did it want two of her friends? She took a deep breath before asking Laguna about it.

He appeared to be thinking about it for a few moments before he replied, "They also said that Omega weapon hold the two of them the most responsible for the death of his sorceress and he wants his revenge."

Ellone who had been quiet up this point stood up and walked over to Laguna and asked, "Uncle Laguna, you do remember who the Sorceress is don't you?"

Well of course I do! She's that nice young girl who saved Squall from that time warp!" And then he seemed to suddenly realize exactly who that meant her Knight was and then without another word walked over to the door and began inspecting it looking for some weakness or way to get out of the cell.

Quistis meanwhile was still pondering this new information and when she realized what Laguna was trying she walked over to him and laid her hand on his shoulder to try and calm him down.

"Laguna calm down. If we can find a way to get my Odine Bangle off then I think Shiva could probably blow the door open."

"Quistis, my friend, I really wish you would consult me before saying things like that. There might still be a magic barrier set up on this ship. If there is I won't be strong enough to blast through it." Snapped Shiva from inside of Quistis' head.

'Sorry Shiva I guess I didn't even think about it. I don't suppose you know of any way to get out of here before the guards come back for one of us.'

"Actually I think it is already too late. I can sense someone moving closer but I can't tell what his intentions are. This Odine Bangle has made me weak. I am sorry."

'It's all right Shiva just save your strength. By the way how come only you are talking to me. I can't feel Carbuncle or Siren anywhere. Are they all right?'

"Yes they are fine but neither of them has been around as long as me so they are not as strong. It is taking a lot of my strength just to speak to you right now."

'Well tell them that I am glad they are all right and then I want you to rest in case I need your help.'

"As you wish." She replied before fading into the back of Quistis' mind to wait until she was needed.

Quistis then turned back to Laguna who was still trying to open the door and began to speak to him when suddenly the door was flung open and smashed right into Laguna's nose. Which of course sent him careening across the room to land in a heap on the floor and clutching at his injured face.

Standing there in the doorway wearing an evil smirk on his face was the man from the presidential office and behind him was the man who had been interrogating Laguna earlier. This man stepped forward and walked over to Quistis and before she could even say anything grabbed her by the throat and lifted her off of the ground.

"I will give you one chance to tell me where the Sorceress is and unless you give me a very good answer I will snap your neck! I know that she has been staying at Balamb Garden with you pathetic SeeD's. But I need to know who her knight is. I need the both of them intact and together."

"You'll never get away with this. SeeD will stop you! And there is no way in hell I would tell you where or who her Knight is!"

"Damnit you stupid women don't disobey us. If you wish to live tell me now!" And with that statement he raised his other hand and socked Quistis as hard as he could on her left cheek before dropping her to the ground. She lay there for a few moments waiting for her vision to clear before looking up to see what he would do next. He looked down at her and was in the process of pulling his leg back to kick her in the stomach when the other general suddenly grabbed him by the shoulder and threw him backwards across the room to slam into the wall. Quistis could only stare at the amount of strength the two of them had. And the gunblade hanging from her attackers belt along with his strange armor and the Jackal insignia on his chestplate made her fear for Squall and Rinoa's safety. For some reason the Jackal insignia sent a chill down her spine. She knew that Squall had more than proved he could take care of himself but something about this man scared her. Maybe it was just because she remembered that the Jackal was the main enemy of the lion. She tried to tell herself it was just a coincidence but she couldn't get her to believe it. Staring over at the man she noticed that he almost seemed to be the exact opposite of everything Squall stood for. While Squall was a honest and caring person who rarely showed anger(or any other emotion for that matter), this man seemed to anger easily and obviously enjoyed it. Now he wanted to hunt down and destroy Squall. And that scared her more than anything!

By then the man had picked himself up from the ground and was staring at the other man with pure hatred in his eyes.

"What the hell did you do that for Sedrick? You are lucky that I need your help or I would have disposed of you a long time ago." He yelled as he moved towards the man named Sedrick. Sedrick simply stared back at him and laughed.

"Garon, you armor covered twit! The day we released Omega from his cell he took control of all of this. You don't lead the men anymore than I do. And for your information we need the hostages alive. They are no good to us dead. Besides if you would have done your research you would know that the President over their has a son!" Replied Sedrick who was wearing a Generals uniform much like that of General Caraway. He seemed just as strong as Garon but also seemed to be the one with the most smarts. But what he had just said was what really had Quistis confused.

A son? She didn't know that Laguna had a son. Looking over at Laguna she could see that he seemed to be growing angrier by the minute.

He stood up and walked over to the two men but instead of attacking them like Quistis thought he would he instead began to speak. "Leave my son out of this he has nothing to do with any of this."

"Oh but he has everything to do with this. He's the Commander of Balamb Garden. If anyone knew where the Sorceress was and who her Knight was then it would be him!" replied Sedrick.

Quistis couldn't believe what she had just heard. Squall was Laguna's son! Now that she looked at Laguna she began to notice the similiarities between the two of them. Before she could ask anything though Garon looked at Laguna and told him, "I wish we could finish our conversation but I believe we need to go and meet this son of yours. I actually know a little about him and from what I hear he is rumored to be the best there is when it comes to using a gunblade."

He then followed Sedrick out of the room and just as he shut the door he looked back in and tossed out one last statement that turned everyone in the rooms blood cold.

"I look forward to proving that he isn't by adding his head to my trophy wall!"

TO BE CONTINUED!

Authors Note:

Sorry again that it took so long with getting this chapter out but I have been very busy and also had to overhaul my dang computer. Also to clear up the confusion I may have caused Garon is the man who was at the Main Gate in Esther with all the funky Body Armor. And Sedrick is the man who caught everyone in the Presidential Office. They are also responsible for releasing Omega and they are now under his control. Stay tuned for the next several chapters because they are going to have some really awesome fight scenes between Squall, Seifer vs. Garon, Sedrick