Alrighty, I do not own ffviii, as I have stated before, and that is for one simple reason: I still don't have my pony!!!! Actually its because they belong to Squaresoft, duh. Well this chapter is...odd...Like the other ones heh heh I hope it lives up to its expectations. Oh! I am sorry it took so long to get this chapter out, been busy with it being a school week and all *cursed educational system!* Well I hope you like, also read and review pppplllleeeaaassee!!!! Thanx!!!
Chapter 4: The Mind Games
Many people came from their dorms to see the horrific sight, this wasn't just blood mixed with water, it was thick. Zell ran out into the hall near Quistis who hadn't moved one bit.
"Who screamed? What...What the hell..." he saw the eerie sight and paled.
"I don't know who screamed....But...Oh Dear Hyne what did this?" before anyone could talk further they heard cries and quick scream coming from the other side of the fountain. Quistis and Zell rushed to the sounds and saw what was wrong.
Toppled all over the fountain were bodies...Bodies completely destroyed, some were even cut in half. The blood had poured out of them, from their fatal wounds. Most of the bodies were dressed in SeeD uniforms, or at least it looked like it. It was hard to tell with what had been done to them. They were mutilated, one body looked like it had been eaten by some sort of parasite from the inside out because chunks of the body were missing. Some of them had large slashes from there head to their cheek that had been split open revealing the brains and other unknown hunks of flesh.
Quistis began to think, a slash from the head to the cheek...Then she realized it. "OH my Hyne...SEIFER!"
"Huh?" Zell looked at her with his face scrunched up in confusion. She ignored him though and ran off toward the infirmary]. Quistis knew it was a bad idea to wait if even a few seconds, this was serious nobody wanted to realize it though. She made it to the infirmary in record time, she entered and saw Edea and Cid looking pale and scared.
"What happened?" Quistis panted, they looked at her with worried eyes. Cid was the one to speak.
"He woke up..." Quistis cut him off before he could continue.
"What?!! That's impossible, no human can fight that stuff off!"
"I know, I know, but he did somehow and he looked...He looked..." Cid was finding himself without words so his wife took over.
"It wasn't him in there Quistis, it was somebody else...He looked at us and smiled and said 'The day of darkness is approaching, sweet dreams.' That's when the lights went out...But you have no idea...." she went quiet.
"There are bodies...And blood," Quistis informed them.
"Where?!! Who is hurt?!" Cid yelled with an errgant voice. Quistis merely shook her head.
"They were already dead...There stacked on the fountain, there is a lot of blood..." as she finished Squall and Rinoa rushed in, Squall looking furious with Rinoa trying to restrain him.
"What the hell is going on here?!!" he demanded angrily, if Squall doesn't get enough sleep, watch out. Cid sighed and rubbed his forehead.
"We honestly don't know, but it does have something to do with Seifer," he look down at the sleeping figure.
"I think we should wake him up, see if he knows anything," Quistis suggested, she knew that it was a risk, but she had to take it. She needed to find out why all of a sudden she just started feeling this way towards Seifer. "What other choice do we have?"
"Your right, we will have to take precautions though," Cid looked toward Squall. "Call Irvine and Selphie, he will have to be on high guard when Seifer wakes up," Squall nodded and walked out the door with Rinoa trailing after him. As he left Doctor Kadowaki came in.
"Doctor, wonderful timing, we need Seifer awake as soon as possible," Edea informed the doctor.
"If you say so," she looked a bit skeptical but did as she was told and took out the I.V. "He should be awake soon enough."
"Thank you," the doctor walked away, not wanting to be in there when Seifer woke up. The three waited in silence for a few minutes until the door opened with Selphie, Irvine, Zell, Squall, and Rinoa walking through it. It seemed that they had found Zell on their way.
"Squall filled us in on everything, so what's next?" Irvine asked a little impatiently, he too liked his beauty sleep.
"We wait, it shouldn't take to long...I hope," Cid said with no hope in his voice.
~I just take every chance I get don't I?~
"Not you again," Seifer groaned, then he remember what he last heard 'Medicine, well I suppose this dream is officially over HAHAHAHA'. "I thought the medicine drowned you out or something."
~Hmph, it did, but for some reason...I think I might know why...They stopped using the medicine, so its just you and I~
"Oh Hyne no!" Seifer was now fully realizing where he was and who was with him, and was beginning to get a little panicked. "Just leave me alone!"
~Alright I'll leave you alone, but that doesn't stop dreams Seifer, or nightmares for that matter HAHAHAHHA~
Seifer suddenly found himself in a snowy forest, snow not falling but it looked like it had been and could again at any minute. He walked around, forgetting what had just happened like in many dreams. Then he heard it, singing, it was distant but he could hear it.
"Quiet morning,
Dead of night,
Dreams will haunt you,
So sleep tight,
Whether you run slow or fast,
You can never escape,
A blood stained past" {by me}, the song continued the chorus over and over again. Seifer knew this voice but he couldn't put his finger on it so he followed the voice as it began to snow. Deeper and deeper into the snow he stomped with the voice getting louder and louder.
There was a lager clearing out of nowhere, with a woman in the middle with snow swirling around her. Seifer walked towards her, putting his arm in front of his face and eyes to protect himself. The wind and snow grew strong and overwhelming but he knew that he had to get to this person. Finally he made his way to a small circle where the snow was not falling, but created a dome around the woman and Seifer.
The woman was the most beautiful person he had ever seen in his life! He knew he knew her but he just couldn't remember. Her golden hair was let completely loose framing her perfect face and bringing out her crystal blue eyes. She wore a white dress with funny red and blue designs. It was a normal casual dress, nothing fancy but made her look like a snow queen or something along those lines.
"Hello Seifer," she smiled warmly at him.
"Where am I?" he asked cautiously, though beautiful he still knew that every rose has its thorns.
"You should know, this is your subconscious," she laughed slightly as she spoke. The woman then walked up to him and draped her arms around his neck. "I'm just glad I'm here with you," who was this woman, this felt so right, but something was just keeping him from remembering.
"Who..Who are you?" he asked with too much honesty in his voice, he truly didn't remember her. She broke away and stepped back.
"What do you mean Seifer? Its me," she looked very melancholy for some reason right then.
"I..I don't know you," he knew right then that this comment was a mistake because he could see her heart break right there and then. This person didn't need another word or explanation, she just began to cry and fall to her knees. Tears fell down her face as anyone would be able to see, but they weren't ordinary tears, they were...Blood? Blood, but that isn't possible, you can't cry blood can you?
The woman began to back away more and it also began to get darker, he then remembered.
"Oh no, QUISTIS WAIT!!! I'M SORRY COME BACK!!" Seifer called to the fleeing angel. He couldn't see her now, it was to dark but he could hear her.
"Quiet morning,
Dead of night,
Dreams will haunt you,
So sleep tight,
Whether you run slow or fast,
You can never escape,
A blood stained past".
~Awww, wasn't that sad?~
"It...It wasn't real," Seifer spoke into the darkness as he began to cry. "It was just you screwing with my mind.
~Oh you crying again?! Man you sure are a hell of a baby~
"Shut up".
~I mean why would somebody like Quistis Trepe want somebody like you?~
"Shut up!!!!"
~I bet she would much rather like somebody like me, although you two do have a history together. Did you know that you two have been in love sense you were kids?! I mean wow, I am impressed. Usually I just fuck a girl and loose her, but I can't take control of your body at the moment, I can only manipulate your mind, is it working?~
"SHUT UP!!!!!"
~Maybe I will, considering your about to wake up anyway, but remember I'll be back, sooner or later, whatever I decide~ the voice was gone after that moment, but Seifer couldn't possibly tell for how long. All he could see was a bright light and figures looking down at him.
"I think he is waking up!" Selphie practically shrieked.
"Alright get your weapons ready," Squall instructed Irvine, who already had his gun pointing straight at Seifer's head, while Squall had his Lionheart at his throat. Seifer's eyes fluttered.
"Here we go," Irvine mumbled as Seifer's eyes shot open...
To Be Continued...