After twelve minutes and thirty-seven seconds, Dr. Dzek came out, going over some papers in his hands. Squall stood up and walked over to him. "Are those the results?"

"Yes they are. We tested the DNA on her clothes and we found traces of her DNA, yours, and someone else's. We did a search and found that it belongs to a Kanal Paulles. He lives in Timber and we tried calling his number but no one responded. We suggest you take a trip to Timber and find this man if you can. Here's the address." Dr. Dzek handed him a small rectangle of paper with an address on it.


"Thank you so much," Squall said and shook his hand. "You have no idea what this means to me."

Squall turned and headed toward the Ragnarok. He radioed his crew and told them the situation. He then radioed Quistis and told her the results and to not leave Centra; to keep looking.

When he reached the ship, they left and headed to Timber.

***---***---***---***

Rinoa had managed to flounder to the door she had unsuccessfully tried to knock down. When she reached it, she leaned against it heavily, exhausted. To her surprise, the door collapsed under her weight. She fell on top of it. After the dust settled and the pain shooting up her leg stopped, she sat up. Then she laughed maniacally. She stood up and ran as best as she could down the new hallway, laughing all the way.

Before long, Rinoa realized that she had no idea where she was going. She stopped and looked around her. More cells. Nothing but cells. Maybe there would be some stairs or another door at the end of the hallway. She continued, rounded a corner, limped down the next hall, and came to another door. She tried opening it.

Locked.

She tried leaning against it, like she had the other one. Nothing.

"You expect it to go down with just one shove?" she asked herself.

"It did last time," she answered.

"But last time you hit it with all your sorcery magic."

"Yeah, but that didn't work."

"You didn't try hard enough after letting it go. You came back later and it fell down easily. Use your magic! How else do you plan on getting out of here?"

Rinoa's voice of reason won and she let loose on the door. After casting everything she had on it, she waved the smoke out of her face and coughed. When the smoke cleared she stumbled to the door and pushed on it. It creaked and shifted. She tried again and it smashed to the ground. On the other side was a huge, empty room. There were of course cells on either side of the room. She couldn't see the other side of the room. The sound of the door crashing echoed throughout the room.

When everything settled, she began walking forward reluctantly. She didn't know what was at the end of the room. She was scared, but her need to get out exceeded her fear.

Rinoa walked slowly, checking in the cells. She didn't want to run into another thing like she had before. She felt a cool breeze blow by her. She immediately thought of an open door and began to run as best she could in the direction the breeze came from.

After a few seconds she ran into something hard. She fell back. She winced and touched her sore ankle. She looked up to see what she had run into.

Rinoa rubbed her eyes. She then squinted. What she saw was nothing. She had run into an invisible wall or something. She got up and felt out in front of her. There was nothing there this time. "What the fuck!" she screamed. Rinoa boxed the air and began to cry.

"Oh just keep going, would you?" she told herself.

Rinoa continued to cry but ceased punching the air. She ran forward again. After her eyes cleared, she saw a small light at the end of the hallway.

--- ------ ------ ----- --------- --------- ------

Oooooh suspenseful! Stay tuned to find out what happens. School is ending, therefore I'll be able to finish this story in no time.