Chapter 7: Deaths
The five SeeDs and one sorceress sat around in Cid's
office, all aware of what might happen.
"The world is in danger once again..." Edea said,
her eyes clearly told sadness.
Cid reluctantly nodded, "I'm afraid so. We never
thought that after beating Ultimecia, that the world would really be in
trouble...not this much..."
"Why? We were sure that Rena was human!" Rinoa cried
angrilly.
"Somehow, she concealed it, and couldn't any longer
after a year..." Edea expained calmly to Rinoa.
Squall looked at the floor, no emotion on his face.
"What...what are we going to do...?" His voice was soft, clearly showing
worry.
Cid sighed, "I think you all know what we must do
to save the world..."
"Kill her."
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Sorceress Rena wandered around the streets of Balamb
City, not really caring if many people were staring at her. Why do my
parents want to kill me? So what if I'm a Death Star and I can destroy
the world! I don't have to... Rena thought angrilly, the moon's glow
casting an eerie look on her. She clenched her fists and without thought
she sent a Thundaga at a nearby women who was slowly walking past. The
women fell to the floor. Dead.
Rena didn't take a look. She sat down beside the
rolling waves. If they think I will destroy the world...then i won't
disappoint them.
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"How are we suppose to find Rena in this
big darn world?!" Zell asked, fustrated that they had to kill Rena.
Quistis shrugged, "What if she isn't even going
to destroy the world?"
"Yeah! Maybe she's innocent!" Selphie hoped.
Rinoa silently looked out the window. "I wish...but
we all saw what happened...at the Quad..."
Squall put an arm around Rinoa and held her tightly.
"When we face her, stay calm...we're saving millions of people out there..."
"It's true...but..." Rinoa saw a big explosion eruprt
right in the center of Balamb City.
Squall had seen it to, from the window it was clearly
seen. "Everyone, get your weopons..."
They all ran from the cafeteria and out into the
dark night. Squall drove them to Balamb City, Zell was frantic.
"What if ma and pa aren't safe?!" Zell cired desperatly,
jumping off the car when it hadn't fully stopped.
The city was blazing from smoke...there were people
rushing out, some were crying. Squall walked up to a middle aged man and
asked, "Who did this?"
"Little girl!" Was all he said.
The rest had heard. Rinoa closed her eyes, a tear
slipped from one of them. Zell screamed over the cries and other screams
of the people of the city. "We have to stop the fire!"
Everyone nodded. Rinoa raised her hand, using her
sorceress powers to cast a powerful water spell. The others did to, but
it wasn't helping. Then, out of the flames, Rena walked out from them.
Her eyes reflected the balzing flames, the ten year old glared at her parents,
then at Quistis, Zell, Selphie,Bella, and Irvine.
"Stop Rena!" Rinoa cried.
Rena glared at her mother. "Why should I?! You people
want to kill me, and so I want to kill you!"
"Then don't hurt the other innocent people!" Squall
told his daughter firmly.
"Then why did you want to hurt me? I was innocent,"
Rena said, without a word she sent a purple blast of energy that knocked
all of them down. They all blacked out.
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Zell awoke first. Seeing that the fire had stopped,
he looked in horror, at the remains of the little city that once stood
proud and tall. He ran. To his home, when he was a little child...where
he spent some time of his life. When he got there, he cried. He could here
footsteps coming up behind him. Bella put a hand on his shoulder.
"Zell...don't cry..." Bella's words choked as she
saw the bodies of Zell's famliy.
Quistis silently wept with Selphie and Rinoa. Irvine
and Squall silently stood there. Zell kept on crying. Bella gave him a
hug. "That's right...cry it all out..." Bella said softly.
That was just what he did...cry...cry all his heart
out...
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Rena watched the scene, from behind the forests.
I will not have mercy on them... I will continue... She flew off,
in the direction of Delling City.
