Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VIII, it all belongs to Square. So don't sue me, please! I'm too young to die! No, don't! Ahhh! Ok well anyway on to the story. :P
The gang had boarded the Ragnorak and almost immediately set off to find Squall. After Selphie had mentioned the legend of Griever and the legendary lost town, everyone had become so excited that it would seem they were going to an amusement park, rather than looking for a friend who might possibly be dead.
As usual, Selphie took the controls, with Irvine standing behind her and taking his mind off of the current bleak situation by tickling Selphie whenever he got a chance. Zell was in a small room in the back where they had helped him set up a puching bag a while back, and Rinoa and Quistis were probably in the storage room that had been converted to a bedroom, doing whatever girls do together. Probably doing their makeup, Irvine thought to himself, trying to keep himself in a cheery mood.
The door slid into the wall with a slight electronic whiz and Laguna stepped through, now comfortably back into his civilians clothing, the familiar blue jacket and brown pants, his gun strapped to his belt. Selphie gave a little wave over her shoulder, and Irvine turned around and gave him a formal SeeD salute.
"No need for that Irvine." Laguna said, managing a grin, though for him the current situation was the worst. His son had dissepeared before his very eyes, and Irvine could very well understand what he must be going through, considering the current state of Laguna and Squall's father-son relationship. It might as well have been father-brick wall relationship for that matter.
"We've just passed Trabia. We should be there soon, if we can find it." Irvine said, glancing out the window at the ground below, skimming past. Selphie bounced slightly in her seat and balled her fists on the controls.
"I know where it is Irvine! Geez! Of course I know where it is!" She said angrily, though her anger seemed small and it seemed that she'd rather be crying than yelling at someone.
Irvine shook his head and turned back to Laguna.
"Yeah, well, lets see if you can land this thing without getting us all killed." He smiled lightly at Laguna, and waved his finger around his ear and pointing at Selphie.
"Irvine, why do you think Selphie is crazy?" Laguna said, a smile slowly beginning to form on his face. Selphie stiffened, then very slowly turned around while Irvine tried to hide his blushing face with his cowboy hat.
"Why you egotistical, monkey eating, barf breath smelling... pig!" Laguna left the cockpit quietly, and heard only a part of Irvine's reply.
"Oh come on, you know I didn't mean it..."
Walking aimlessly through the narrow halls of the Ragnorak, Laguna began to think again about his son, falling into that same non-talkative state of mind that his son so often fell into.
What if he didn't survive? No, don't think like that. I'll never forgive myself if... hyne, I searched for Elle for years, and during all that time I had a child of my own. Left without a mother, and all alone... so alone. What kind of a father am I? I couldn't even protect him now, so many years later.
So deep into thoughts was he that he almost ran into Kiros in the hallway. He snapped out of it right before he rammed head on into his long haired friend.
"Whoa, sorry man." He said, trying to force some cheery-ness into his voice. Kiros shook his head and put a comforting hand on his shoulder, as if he knew that Laguna was in anything but a cheery mood right about now.
"Don't worry. We'll find him. He'll be fine. And while we're on that subject, I think we're here." He said as Laguna could feel the faint shaking as the ship settled onto the rocky terrain just within the crater.
"Better go and see if we're dead or not." Laguna said, in all seriousness. They went to the cockpit together and found the rest of the group waiting, Quistis and Rinoa looking rather teary eyed, though he noticed both wore their weapons prominently, and with Zell looking as if he had just beat the crap out of his punching bag, Probably had, Laguna thought to himself with a small grin.
"Did we make it?" Rinoa asked, moving to stand next to Selphie and Irvine and peering out of the viewport. The rocky terrain seemed to extend endlessly, then drop dramatically to a point, where rocky mountaintops and hills could be seen, with fog gathered at their tips. After a group collective gasp, Selphie unstrapped herself and bounced excitedly, almost bumping her head on the ceiling, despite her short height.
"Wow! That's so weird. It never looks like this from above." She said, staring at the point where the ground dropped thousands of feet down.
"Yeah. Freaky." Zell said, then resumed punching the air with his gloved fists.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Both Quistis and Rinoa said in unison, fire in their eyes.
Irvine tipped his hat the ladies, then picked up his gun off of the floor and held it resting on his shoulder while Selphie grabbed her ninchaku from the chair and swung them around enthusiastically, almost knocking off Irvine's hat and receiving small giggles from the group.
"Lets go." Laguna said, his voice grim. He knew what he might find out there, and he sure didn't want to be alone in doing it. It would be a hard day ahead, and he had very bad feeling about this...
Authors Note: Like it? I tried to make it longer. Don't worry, there's gonna be a lot of action in the next one. Well, please review! And please to rant on me if I got some character portrayal wrong or something :P
The gang had boarded the Ragnorak and almost immediately set off to find Squall. After Selphie had mentioned the legend of Griever and the legendary lost town, everyone had become so excited that it would seem they were going to an amusement park, rather than looking for a friend who might possibly be dead.
As usual, Selphie took the controls, with Irvine standing behind her and taking his mind off of the current bleak situation by tickling Selphie whenever he got a chance. Zell was in a small room in the back where they had helped him set up a puching bag a while back, and Rinoa and Quistis were probably in the storage room that had been converted to a bedroom, doing whatever girls do together. Probably doing their makeup, Irvine thought to himself, trying to keep himself in a cheery mood.
The door slid into the wall with a slight electronic whiz and Laguna stepped through, now comfortably back into his civilians clothing, the familiar blue jacket and brown pants, his gun strapped to his belt. Selphie gave a little wave over her shoulder, and Irvine turned around and gave him a formal SeeD salute.
"No need for that Irvine." Laguna said, managing a grin, though for him the current situation was the worst. His son had dissepeared before his very eyes, and Irvine could very well understand what he must be going through, considering the current state of Laguna and Squall's father-son relationship. It might as well have been father-brick wall relationship for that matter.
"We've just passed Trabia. We should be there soon, if we can find it." Irvine said, glancing out the window at the ground below, skimming past. Selphie bounced slightly in her seat and balled her fists on the controls.
"I know where it is Irvine! Geez! Of course I know where it is!" She said angrily, though her anger seemed small and it seemed that she'd rather be crying than yelling at someone.
Irvine shook his head and turned back to Laguna.
"Yeah, well, lets see if you can land this thing without getting us all killed." He smiled lightly at Laguna, and waved his finger around his ear and pointing at Selphie.
"Irvine, why do you think Selphie is crazy?" Laguna said, a smile slowly beginning to form on his face. Selphie stiffened, then very slowly turned around while Irvine tried to hide his blushing face with his cowboy hat.
"Why you egotistical, monkey eating, barf breath smelling... pig!" Laguna left the cockpit quietly, and heard only a part of Irvine's reply.
"Oh come on, you know I didn't mean it..."
Walking aimlessly through the narrow halls of the Ragnorak, Laguna began to think again about his son, falling into that same non-talkative state of mind that his son so often fell into.
What if he didn't survive? No, don't think like that. I'll never forgive myself if... hyne, I searched for Elle for years, and during all that time I had a child of my own. Left without a mother, and all alone... so alone. What kind of a father am I? I couldn't even protect him now, so many years later.
So deep into thoughts was he that he almost ran into Kiros in the hallway. He snapped out of it right before he rammed head on into his long haired friend.
"Whoa, sorry man." He said, trying to force some cheery-ness into his voice. Kiros shook his head and put a comforting hand on his shoulder, as if he knew that Laguna was in anything but a cheery mood right about now.
"Don't worry. We'll find him. He'll be fine. And while we're on that subject, I think we're here." He said as Laguna could feel the faint shaking as the ship settled onto the rocky terrain just within the crater.
"Better go and see if we're dead or not." Laguna said, in all seriousness. They went to the cockpit together and found the rest of the group waiting, Quistis and Rinoa looking rather teary eyed, though he noticed both wore their weapons prominently, and with Zell looking as if he had just beat the crap out of his punching bag, Probably had, Laguna thought to himself with a small grin.
"Did we make it?" Rinoa asked, moving to stand next to Selphie and Irvine and peering out of the viewport. The rocky terrain seemed to extend endlessly, then drop dramatically to a point, where rocky mountaintops and hills could be seen, with fog gathered at their tips. After a group collective gasp, Selphie unstrapped herself and bounced excitedly, almost bumping her head on the ceiling, despite her short height.
"Wow! That's so weird. It never looks like this from above." She said, staring at the point where the ground dropped thousands of feet down.
"Yeah. Freaky." Zell said, then resumed punching the air with his gloved fists.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Both Quistis and Rinoa said in unison, fire in their eyes.
Irvine tipped his hat the ladies, then picked up his gun off of the floor and held it resting on his shoulder while Selphie grabbed her ninchaku from the chair and swung them around enthusiastically, almost knocking off Irvine's hat and receiving small giggles from the group.
"Lets go." Laguna said, his voice grim. He knew what he might find out there, and he sure didn't want to be alone in doing it. It would be a hard day ahead, and he had very bad feeling about this...
Authors Note: Like it? I tried to make it longer. Don't worry, there's gonna be a lot of action in the next one. Well, please review! And please to rant on me if I got some character portrayal wrong or something :P