Chapter 2

Chapter 2

More about Leonhart

"Hey stop the elevator!" shouted Zell as he and Irvine ran with all they got. They were suppose to report to Madam Quistis about the Squall Leonhart mission and they were late, again. The elevator door was just about to close when it suddenly opened.

"Thank you." Said Zell breathlessly but gasped as he saw who it was, "Hi Squall, so you are reporting to Madam Quistis as well?"

"Yes."

"So do you know our names?" asked Zell trying to give his best grin but Squall just shrugged.

"No."

"Well then, I'm Zell Dincht and that stupid cow boy over there is Irvine Kinneas."

"Hey! Call me that again and you will never live to see tomorrow!" shouted Irvine.

"Oh yeah? Then I will tell Squall that you were hitting on his sister!" shouted Zell then realized his mistake.

"Sister? Squall you um…have a sister?" said Irvine trying to act innocent as he glared at his so-called-bestfriend.

Squall rose an eyebrow just as the elevator door opened. "Whatever." He walked out the elevator leaving a jaw dropping Irvine.

"I can't believe that guy! It was his sister and all he can say is whatever." Said Irvine as the stepped out the elevator.

"Aren't you suppose to be glad that he didn't care? If he did, boy are you going to get it big time!" said Zell.

They walked into Quistis's office and saw Squall with his back turned to them looking out the window. He seemed to be deep in thoughts and Madam Quistis was nowhere in sight.

"Hey Squall, have you seen Madam Quistis anywhere?" asked Zell.

For a moment it looked as if Squall was not going to answer but then he slowly turned around.

"No I haven't." With that he went back to looking out the window.

Just then Quistis walked in with a cup of coffee in hand looking beautiful as always.

"Guess what Zell and Irvine. You guys are just one hour late this time. I guess you are improving." Said Quistis then stopped as she saw Squall. "Squall? Is that you?"

Irvine and Zell were both puzzled as Squall turned and nodded at Quistis, "It's good to see you again Quisty."

"You guys know each other?" asked Irvine astonished while Zell just couldn't close his jaws. No one ever called their Madam by a pet name, well…no one ever dared.

"Yes, he and I were both good friends and I haven't seen him for…how long Squall?" asked Quistis with a smile.

"One year." Said Squall simply and sat down on a chair. Quistis smiled at him but Squall took no notice as he sighed. "You know Quisty, this use to be my father's office. It still looks the same yet it's just somehow different. Maybe it's because he isn't here anymore." Said Squall as he gave a bitter laugh.

Flash back

"Dad stop fooling around and get on with your work!" shouted a little Squall barely seven years old.

"Hey, can't a father spend a few moments with his favorite son?" asked Laguna then lifted the tiny Squall up laughing.

"I'm your only son you big meanie! Put me down! Hey don't tickle me!" said Squall as he laughed and squealed from being tickled unmercifully by Laguna.

"Uncle Laguna! Uncle Laguna!" shouted Ellone as she ran into the office. She was only ten years old and was Squall's adoptive sister.

"Hey sis, what are you doing here?" asked Squall.

Ellone ran over to hug Squall and Laguna tightly saying, "Can we always be family like that Uncle Laguna?" asked Ellone sweetly.

"Of course we always will be family like that silly!" said Squall.

Laguna laughed and lifted his two most precious things in the world since Raine died. "We are going to be family forever and forever."

"You promise?" asked little Squall grinning with two of his front teeth missing.

"I promise."

End of flash back

"Squall? Squall are you okay?" asked Quistis concerned about her friend.

Squall blinked then nodded his head. "I'm fine."

Quistis sighed then told Zell and Irvine to wait outside the room so she could have a private chat with Squall. Irvine shrugged and left the room while Zell lingered for a while then left when he saw Squall give him a death glare.

"Squall, I know you still haven't gotten over your father's death but it had been a year," said Quistis as she took a chair and sat across from Squall. "I am worried, everyone was worried including your sister Ellone."

"Stop talking sis! Dammit I haven't talked to her in half a year and I don't want to!" shouted Squall angrily.

"What happened? Did you two have a fight or something?" asked Quistis surprised at how much anger was in Squall's voice.

Squall slowly looked at his old friend in the eye, she realized for the first time that Squall never looked so handsome.

'Dammit, he's your friend! Stop thinking about him that way!' thought Quistis scorning herself.

"Yeah, you can say that." Said Squall, his eyes looked so sad that Quistis felt her heart ached.

"What happened?"

"She slapped me."

"What?" said Quistis, she couldn't believe that Ellone would actually hurt a fly as much as to slap her brother.

"It was after when I resigned my position as commander, we had a huge argument. It was the first argument we actually had and it went more and more fierce until it ended with a I hate you and slap." Said Squall as he put his hands to his forehead.

"Squall, Ellone was just trying to tell you that she cared about you but I guess it didn't work out. I think you should have a nice talk to her and make up." Said Quistis in a motherly voice.

Squall shook his head and said, "Don't worry." He then got up and was about to leave when Quistis stopped him.

"So, what happened to Seifer?" asked Quistis trying to make Squall stay a bit longer.

Squall's eyes lit up as she mentioned his best friend's name, "I think he is working with a bunch of technicians making big bucks now. The last time I rang him he said he created some really mad robot or something."

Quistis gave a nervous laugh then rose an eyebrow, "Robot? Oh yeah, there is going to be a robot delivered here soon for show exhibition. I want you to take charge of security okay?"

Squall smiled for the first time, he always knew that Quistis was a bit bossy even though Squall's rank use to be higher than she own.

"Yes Madam!" shouted Squall in mockery.

For a few moments Quistis saw the carefree young man she use to know and flushed red when she realized that she just commanded him to do a mission.

Squall then headed out the door as Zell and Irvine came in.

"So Madam, what is our next case?" asked Zell.

Quistis sighed then turned to face Zell. "You are to go and give out details to all FBI agents under my command that a very important robot would arrive soon with a bunch of technician and scientist. We are to have maximum security to ensure that the robot would as safe from other people as possible. Squall Leonhart would be in charge of this case so I would not be involved. Is that clear?"

"Yes Madam!" shouted both Irvine and Zell and saluted.

"Okay, you to can be dismissed." Said Quistis as Zell and Irvine headed out the door.

*******

In the late afternoon Squall walked into the hall where every single FBI is waiting for Cid Kramer, their top technician to demonstrate his robot. He slowly walked down the rows of seats looking for a spot where he can sit but the place seemed to be full.

Just when he was about to give up a voice shouted to him.

"Hey, Leonhart! Do you want a seat?" asked Zell.

Squall turned then walked up two rows to where Irvine and Zell are sitting and sat down beside Zell.

"Thanks." He said.

Zell shrugged, "No problem man. So let's check out what sort of a robot did we risk our asses to save."

Irvine snorted and said, "Wake me up when this is over." He then pulled down his cowboy hat and started snoring.

"Your friend must really like sleeping." Commented Squall.

Zell was really surprised. Squall is usually the type who never says more than he had to.

"Well he can sleep through a hurricane if he wanted to." Said Zell.

"Attention everyone!" shouted Quistis with a microphone, everyone stopped talking and listened to their Madam.

"I want everyone to put their hands together for Cid Kramer!" said Quistis then clapped and motioned for Cid to come up.

Cid walked up on the stage and bowed followed by a cute little robot. The robot was only about 1 m high and is shaped like a cylinder with wheels that made it move. It also had flashy lights and a screen in the middle of its body.

"It kind of look like a rubbish bin." Said Zell while Squall just raised an eyebrow.

"I want to thank the three policemen for saving this precious robot of mine, if it wasn't for them my creation wouldn't have been here today." Said Cid then blabbed on about how hard he worked on this robot and so on.

"Anyway, today I will demonstrate how this robot can have the knowledge to inactivate a bomb." Cid took out a bomb and suddenly there was silence as everyone was too shocked to speak.

"Is that dude crazy?" whispered Zell as Squall leaned forward on his chair.

Cid didn't seem to mind the tense silence as he took out his tools, "So Edea, which wire is it?"

The robot's lights started flashing then it said in a cute robot tone, "The red one."

Cid nodded then cut the red one.

Bang

The bomb exploded and out popped a pie that smacked into Cid's face.

"Do not cut." Said Edea.

Everyone burst out laughing except for Irvine who was still asleep. Squall was trying his best to frown but it didn't succeed when Cid fell off the stage because he couldn't see.

"Hahaha! Will you just look at that sucker!" shouted Zell through all the laughter.

Squall nodded as they leaned on each other for support. Quistis was trying to calm everyone down even though she was laughing herself.

Finally after a whole ten minutes of laughter everyone finally settled down and waited for Cid to explain himself.

"Well I guess I need to fix the speech problem." Said Cid still wiping up the bits of pie. "That is all for today, you can check out my robot tomorrow at the technology show."

Everyone started to walk out with a few people still cracking up. Zell squeezed Irvine's nose and waited for him to turn blue.

After a few seconds Irvine's eyes opened in surprise then slapped Zell's hands away.

"Man, do you have to wake me like that? I thought I was drowning in water!" he shouted as he stretched. "Anyway, what did I miss?"

"The biggest joke in history." Said Zell.

End of Chapter two

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