When I woke up the next morning, Rinoa was gone. Had they taken her? No! Couldn't have...
"Rinoa?"
"Squall, I'm up here." I walked up to the top of the Ruins, and seen Rinoa sitting, hugging her legs.
"Whats wrong?"
"I'm so much trouble....You should just give me up. Your GARDEN, Squall..." She was right, maybe I just should give her up. I mean, what can I do...? No, I'm thinking crazy. I can't lose her again.
"No. My GARDEN can fight. Ok? My father.. I just don't understand what he is doing..."
"Squall-" I could hear the cell phone I brought ringing. "I'll be back. I have to get that." I turned and jogged down to the supply bag, and pulled the small, yellow phone out.
"Hello?" I heard Quistis' voice.
"Squall? Its Quistis. We are having a huge problem here. Zell put the remaining hotdogs at first priority, but other than that, the other priorities are set well. But, the esthar soliders came. They are in here searching.-" I then heard Quistis yelling at some people, I felt bad for her... real bad.
"Quisty?"
"Sorry, they are searching for Rinoa."
"Quistis...I'm so sorry..."
"Squall... its okay. We'll deal. You just protect Rinoa, ok?"
"Yeah, so..."
"Anyway, the soliders are hurting the students. I need your permission to evacuate the students." What? Evacuate...? For Quistis to say that, it was serious.
"....Do it."
"Okay, I have to go now!"
"Quistis?"
"Yeah, Squall?"
"Be careful."
"Mhm!" I heard a beep, as she hung up. I was really torn on what to do... I heard Rinoa coming down the stairs.
"Its a huge mess, isn't it?"
"Yeah, they are going to evacuate the students, keeping only elite SeeDs."
"Wow... I wonder why... Laguna would do this..."
"Rinny, I've been thinking..." I should tell her... yeah.
"What is it..?"
"Someone, other than my father is behind all of this..."
"But, wasn't that his voice?"
"He could have been threatened by one thing or another..."
"Squall, you are right, your father would never do this!"
"... Yeah..."
"Squall, I know, this is risky, but, lets go to Esthar." Was she insane!!?!
"What?!"
"Find out who is behind all of this."
"But, that be just like giving you up!"
"They won't know its me. The only ones who know me, are Laguna, Kiros, and Ward." She had a point...sorta.
"Rinoa... its so risky!"
"Whoever is behind this, is at the Orphange now. Ok?"
"Yeah..." Maybe we should go. Yeah...
"So, are we going?" I guess we should. But.. oh... I'll protect her with my life. I won't let anything happen to her!
"Yeah."
"Okay!" I packed our things, and we got into Esthar. We headed straight for Laguna's residence. My father was there, waiting for us, suprisingly.
"Squall!" He called out.
"Father, what the hell are you doing!?" Rinoa stayed silent.
"Dr. Odine. He... has this plan. He is going to destroy Rinoa. We have to keep her safe. Listen. I'll have Kiros, Ward, and some high-ranking soliders take her into hiding." What? What?
"Whoa, wait." I said. "How can I trust you? I mean, it was your voice on the message..."
"He said he'd kill Ellone if I didnt send that message. I had to."
"Uh huh." I muttered. I seen Ellone, she entered the room.
"Its true, Squall. I've never been so scared!" I knew Ellone wouldn't lie to me. So... I turned to Rinoa, who was still silent. I put my hand on her shoulder and said:
"Rinoa... It'd be so much safer for you to go with Kiros and Ward. They will protect you better than I ever could..."
"Squall... you'll come back for me, right?"
"Yes, I will."
"You promise, Squall...?" She looked sad. But... I didn't want to see her hurt.
"I promise." I then turned to my father.
"You had better get going back to your GARDEN Squall."
"Yeah..."
"Here, we have a class A airship you can take. Good Luck!"
"Yeah." I nodded and took the keys he held out to me.
"I'll come back, I promise." I whispered to Rinoa. And I left. Once I got in the airship, I realized that I had to *find* my GARDEN. It took me until 6pm to do so. They were near to Timber. I landed the airship in nearby waters, and wondered; how the hell can I get on it? I found it in my self to jump from the exterior of my aircraft, onto the deck of Balamb. Upon entering the actual GARDEN, I had to fight off several of Odine's soliders. I finally found Quistis, who was injured pretty bad in the hallway.
"Squall...?"
"Yeah...?" I knelt down next to her.
"Where is Rinoa...?" I explained the situation, then inquired about her injury.
"What happened?"
"... They all attack me at once, I got most of them..." She motioned to the seven or eight bodies on the floor. "But some survived." She pointed to the ones I had killed off upon enterance.
"Okay, Quistis, I'm gonna cast Curaga, ok?"
"....ok." So, I did, and I got her to join me. I then walked upstairs to the control room, and seen Zell.
"...Dincht."
"Yo, Squall man, wut up?"
"Zell! This is serious!" And Quistis explained the situation.
"Dude, thats pretty damn deep." He said.
"...Yeah, alright, so you come with us, and we gotta fight these bastards." I said finally.
Eventually, we got all of them, but, Odine was no where to be found. I had used my whole stock of Curaga, since we had to fight about 60 of them. Oh yeah, we had gotten Selphie and Irvine to help us too. But they were in a different party. We met up with them afterwards.
"Did you find Odine?" I asked anxiously.
"No..."
"We are going to the orphanage." I announced.
"Why?" Asked Irvine.
"I'll explain later." Selphie said. "Does anyone need more magic? There is some emergancy magic stored in the Quad." We went down and restored it.
So, Quistis, Zell and I went on Laguna's airship. I headed for the Orphanage.
End Chapter 3.
"Rinoa?"
"Squall, I'm up here." I walked up to the top of the Ruins, and seen Rinoa sitting, hugging her legs.
"Whats wrong?"
"I'm so much trouble....You should just give me up. Your GARDEN, Squall..." She was right, maybe I just should give her up. I mean, what can I do...? No, I'm thinking crazy. I can't lose her again.
"No. My GARDEN can fight. Ok? My father.. I just don't understand what he is doing..."
"Squall-" I could hear the cell phone I brought ringing. "I'll be back. I have to get that." I turned and jogged down to the supply bag, and pulled the small, yellow phone out.
"Hello?" I heard Quistis' voice.
"Squall? Its Quistis. We are having a huge problem here. Zell put the remaining hotdogs at first priority, but other than that, the other priorities are set well. But, the esthar soliders came. They are in here searching.-" I then heard Quistis yelling at some people, I felt bad for her... real bad.
"Quisty?"
"Sorry, they are searching for Rinoa."
"Quistis...I'm so sorry..."
"Squall... its okay. We'll deal. You just protect Rinoa, ok?"
"Yeah, so..."
"Anyway, the soliders are hurting the students. I need your permission to evacuate the students." What? Evacuate...? For Quistis to say that, it was serious.
"....Do it."
"Okay, I have to go now!"
"Quistis?"
"Yeah, Squall?"
"Be careful."
"Mhm!" I heard a beep, as she hung up. I was really torn on what to do... I heard Rinoa coming down the stairs.
"Its a huge mess, isn't it?"
"Yeah, they are going to evacuate the students, keeping only elite SeeDs."
"Wow... I wonder why... Laguna would do this..."
"Rinny, I've been thinking..." I should tell her... yeah.
"What is it..?"
"Someone, other than my father is behind all of this..."
"But, wasn't that his voice?"
"He could have been threatened by one thing or another..."
"Squall, you are right, your father would never do this!"
"... Yeah..."
"Squall, I know, this is risky, but, lets go to Esthar." Was she insane!!?!
"What?!"
"Find out who is behind all of this."
"But, that be just like giving you up!"
"They won't know its me. The only ones who know me, are Laguna, Kiros, and Ward." She had a point...sorta.
"Rinoa... its so risky!"
"Whoever is behind this, is at the Orphange now. Ok?"
"Yeah..." Maybe we should go. Yeah...
"So, are we going?" I guess we should. But.. oh... I'll protect her with my life. I won't let anything happen to her!
"Yeah."
"Okay!" I packed our things, and we got into Esthar. We headed straight for Laguna's residence. My father was there, waiting for us, suprisingly.
"Squall!" He called out.
"Father, what the hell are you doing!?" Rinoa stayed silent.
"Dr. Odine. He... has this plan. He is going to destroy Rinoa. We have to keep her safe. Listen. I'll have Kiros, Ward, and some high-ranking soliders take her into hiding." What? What?
"Whoa, wait." I said. "How can I trust you? I mean, it was your voice on the message..."
"He said he'd kill Ellone if I didnt send that message. I had to."
"Uh huh." I muttered. I seen Ellone, she entered the room.
"Its true, Squall. I've never been so scared!" I knew Ellone wouldn't lie to me. So... I turned to Rinoa, who was still silent. I put my hand on her shoulder and said:
"Rinoa... It'd be so much safer for you to go with Kiros and Ward. They will protect you better than I ever could..."
"Squall... you'll come back for me, right?"
"Yes, I will."
"You promise, Squall...?" She looked sad. But... I didn't want to see her hurt.
"I promise." I then turned to my father.
"You had better get going back to your GARDEN Squall."
"Yeah..."
"Here, we have a class A airship you can take. Good Luck!"
"Yeah." I nodded and took the keys he held out to me.
"I'll come back, I promise." I whispered to Rinoa. And I left. Once I got in the airship, I realized that I had to *find* my GARDEN. It took me until 6pm to do so. They were near to Timber. I landed the airship in nearby waters, and wondered; how the hell can I get on it? I found it in my self to jump from the exterior of my aircraft, onto the deck of Balamb. Upon entering the actual GARDEN, I had to fight off several of Odine's soliders. I finally found Quistis, who was injured pretty bad in the hallway.
"Squall...?"
"Yeah...?" I knelt down next to her.
"Where is Rinoa...?" I explained the situation, then inquired about her injury.
"What happened?"
"... They all attack me at once, I got most of them..." She motioned to the seven or eight bodies on the floor. "But some survived." She pointed to the ones I had killed off upon enterance.
"Okay, Quistis, I'm gonna cast Curaga, ok?"
"....ok." So, I did, and I got her to join me. I then walked upstairs to the control room, and seen Zell.
"...Dincht."
"Yo, Squall man, wut up?"
"Zell! This is serious!" And Quistis explained the situation.
"Dude, thats pretty damn deep." He said.
"...Yeah, alright, so you come with us, and we gotta fight these bastards." I said finally.
Eventually, we got all of them, but, Odine was no where to be found. I had used my whole stock of Curaga, since we had to fight about 60 of them. Oh yeah, we had gotten Selphie and Irvine to help us too. But they were in a different party. We met up with them afterwards.
"Did you find Odine?" I asked anxiously.
"No..."
"We are going to the orphanage." I announced.
"Why?" Asked Irvine.
"I'll explain later." Selphie said. "Does anyone need more magic? There is some emergancy magic stored in the Quad." We went down and restored it.
So, Quistis, Zell and I went on Laguna's airship. I headed for the Orphanage.
End Chapter 3.