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Chapter 4: Illusions

Squall Leonhart jarred himself out of the tranced state that had befallen him, and ran to the doorway. He peered in through the flames. He could vaguely see through all the smoke, the silhouette of a young woman. "Rinoa!" he yelled, "Rinoa, I'm coming." He brushed a piece of his long black hair out of his face, and dashed into the flaming room. The smoke burned his eyes, he squinted, trying to see the girl, but with all of the smoke and fire around him, he could hardly see anything at all. Then he heard it, the voice again. "Help, somebody help me!" He turned and saw the girl standing next to the hole which the lightning strike had made. Holding on tightly to a dresser, trying not to get sucked out of the train. A part of the roof had caved in between him and her it separated them like a gate shutting him out. Or more like a cage, locking her in. "I'm coming, he cried, just hold on, I'm coming!" He could tell that the wind was about to suck her out, and he knew that this would be his only chance. He jumped in the air over the burning debris, and just barely cleared it. Then he dashed towards the wall where the young woman was holding on. Just when he was about there the wind got the best of her, and pulled her out the opening. Squall dove trying to grasp her hand, and he just barely did. He held her there, dangling over the edge of the train car, hanging there, her life in the balance. "I've got you, don't worry, I won't let you go!" Squall shouted. But, she was slipping ever so slightly, and he couldn't seem to get his grip. He strained, the train car caving in around him. He held with all his might, but it was not enough. Her grip slipped even further. She looked up into his eyes, and he knew, it. "Rinoa!" he yelled, "Rinoa, hold on, I'm not going to loose you again." But then his hands gave way, and she fell. "Nooo!" he screamed, "Rinoaaa!" He looked into her eyes as she fell towards the tracks to certain death. He felt helpless like a child. He had lost her twice, because he couldn't hold on. He couldn't take it any more. He rose to his feet, and stood in the hole in the train. And then he fell forward. His body felt almost weightless, and what a way to end it all. He'd run, run far away, but he couldn't get far enough away. "Here I come Rinoa" He whispered as he fell. But then out of the blue, he felt something grab him firmly by his arm and pull him back. He turned around, and yet again found himself face to face with Seifer Almasy.

"The Hell are you doing?" Seifer yelled. "Why do you have to keep making this difficult for me? Well look man, this is for your own good!" he said, and with that he cast sleep on him. then he positioned him on his shoulders and ran for the doorway, but by now the path was almost fully blocked, and the fire was raging full force. "Friggin idiot. What the hell was he doing?," he thought, "And all the while screaming something about a dead chick. And Quisty says this lunatic is our only hope! Oh well, better blow this barbecue!" With that, he junctioned and summoned Leviathan. Leviathan rose up, and soon the train car was inundated with water. And the fires were quenched. "Damn, he thought, sometimes I amaze even myself!" He thought aloud. Then he made his way back to the SeeD compartment. He looked over Squall. "Just a few minor burns. He's lucky I saved him, but not from the fire, from himself!" Then he cast cura on him, and went to the window and drew the blinds. He could see that they were just now entering the tunnel where the train would be safe from the storm. He figured That Squall had just ran into the car to check for anyone trapped, and that the smoke had gotten to him, and he was hallucinating from the lack of oxygen. Well, at least that's what he hoped, because there was no way that Seifer Almasy was going to be fighting along side of a lunatic who's trying to save a girl who's already dead. He figured Squall would be out for a little while, so he decided to go to the front of the train, and let the operators know that everything was alright, and that the fire had been locked down tight. So he made his way towards the front of the train. Along the way, he noticed that people seemed to have realized that the danger was, for the most part, over, and that the fire had been stopped. They too had probably taken notice of the fact that they were now in the underground portion of their journey. This wasn't great news for Seifer, because if there was one thing he hated it was people being in his way. He tried to keep his temper under control as he moved towards the front. He'd push this one out of the way, and yell at that one to move, but finally he couldn't take it anymore and he yelled. "HEY MORONS. CANT YOU SEE THAT THERE'S STILL A FIRE HERE? NOW IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIVES YOU'LL GET BACK INTO YOUR ROOMS SO I CAN WORK ON FIXING THE PROBLEM!" He knew good and well that there was no more fire, but he couldn't stand all the chaos. His tactic seemed to work, however, and the people began again to retreat to their rooms which made his trip far easier. Finally, he reached the front, and spoke with the engineer briefly. "I've come to report that there are no more fires still burning, and that only one car seems to have sustained damage." He said.

"Thank you so much for all your help." The engineer said happily. "If it hadn't been for you SeeD's this could have been a disaster.

"Don't mention it", he said, but he was honestly hoping for some gil or something in return, but it was obvious he wasn't going to get any. Accepting defeat, he began to head back towards the SeeD car to check on his mentally unstable fellow soldier. Along the way he took time to look out the windows every now and then, and also took a little detour through the charred room where his mission had almost come to a pitifully ugly end. Eventually he got to the SeeD car, he entered his pass number into the keypad and opened the door and walked in. He wouldn't admit it, but he was glad to se Leonhart sitting up in his chair.

"Hey Squall", he said, "Mind telling me what the hell happened back there?" He said sarcastically.

Then from somewhere behind him he heard a voice say "How about we just let me ask the questions Mr. Almasy!"

Seifer heard the voice, and slowly turned around to see some troops lining the wall and a tall man in a black trench coat leveling a gun at him. The big man spoke again. "I'd like to invite you to be my guest, along with Mr. Leonheart here for a little session of question and answer. Shall we?"

"No, I don't think we shall!" Squall said and jumped to his feet.

"You idiot!" Seifer Screamed "They've all got guns you FOOL!", but it was to late, the room was filled with an eruption of gunfire.

Authors comments

ok Ok, so you may, or may not like this, but oh well, you get it anyway! And I do hope you enjoy it. This series is full of twists and turns, and this is just the beginning. I've been loosing a following for this series, so if you want to see more, let me know, because otherwise, I have now reason to post it here. You will however be able to read the series on FanFare even if I don't continue it here, which I hope I get some interest so I can. If you want to find out about FanFare, click on my profile, go to my favorite authors click on Naki Anrui, and go to her home page. Thanx, Review it Review it, Review it!