"…some kind of dog training?!" Seifer snapped furiously, but Quistis couldn't hear all of his phrase since she was having that memory she couldn't really place. She didn't remember knowing Squall or Selphie or Zell before she was an instructor, and she slowly turn to glance at Squall a little puzzled. Her gaze flew to Seifer as soon as he slashed at nothing, but just air in a desperate manner, "What are we even waiting! Lets move!" He commanded and Quistis took a step towards him feeling some fear as the corner of her glance watched the gunblade on his hand, "I suggest staying since it is what was ordered."
Seifer's first reaction was frown, but then his grin showed victory as he walked past Quistis to talk to her with superiority, "How did you got to be an instructor if you did not follow the orders of your squad leader, Miss Trepe." Seifer hissed the last words with pure sarcasm as he started to turn to face Squall's uninterested gaze. Pointing the gunblade tip towards Squall he commanded hoarsely, "you will not deceive me, will you?" Quistis could have done something to stop the madness, but she was just reminded that now she was a cadet for the moment, the only thing she did was glance at Squall, who shook his head once and accepted Seifer's orders.
Seifer nodded and turned on his heel to start heading out when he heard some steps, so did Squall and Quistis. All three people crouched besides the fountain place where the retriever dog had been laying down, but was now barking and howling at the few running Galbadian soldiers. As soon as the soldiers passed and left towards the satellite tower, Seifer was the first one to stand and start running after them not bothering to even gesture the other two to follow. Quistis frowned as she glanced at Squall's spacing blue eyes then she started to follow the path not leaving Squall behind.
Seifer was waiting for them leaning his back against the mountain's rocky wall staring at his gunblade as if he just killed someone. "Don't leave us behind, this might count bad against -" Quistis low and bossy voice was severely cut off by Seifer's thunderous, growl-like voice, "You now are to tell me nothing! Stay out of my way because, " he continued as he raised his gunblade towards Quistis, and Squall took a step forward, "if you don't, it might actually be deadly." Seifer glared at Squall before he turned around and one of the injured comrade soldiers twitched.
Squall noticed this since being in his drifting moments he took the chance to study the place. All three of them had noticed the few persons who lay injured of even dead in the path to the mountain, but no one dared to mention anything. "Help… me…" that soldier tried to crawl his way to them, but failed and stopped his intent, "monsters!" Squall was about to step to him, but Seifer's gunblade ended up at his throat, "Don't do anything. He is just hallucinating in his death moments, now keep moving!"
Squall gave a frustrated sigh as he slowly let his hues travel to Seifer so he would retrieve the gunblade. Seifer did so, but not because of his defying glance or Quistis's glare at him, he was too much into this "fun" mission so he had no time to waste. The soldier glanced desperately upwards at the three cadets, "RUN! AHHHHHH!!" he slid out of view hiding himself behind a rock knowing very well what was coming. Seifer gave that cynical grin more than likely enjoying the fear on that guy's eyes as he turned to face that dragon-like serpent.
The monster opened its beak muzzle and sent a shrilling roar in the air, which Seifer took thise opportunity to strike fast and easily at the serpent's throat. Squall, possibly unsure raised his gunblade and glared at the creature… or was it at Seifer? Quistis took a moment to study the weaknesses of the reptile, but soon she took a step forward and slowly raised the chain whip to strike the dragon monster. Seifer was unaware that as soon as the creature took the hit this one would counter by slithering around his body and then pressing hard enough. "Seifer, watch -" Quistis couldn't finish since the creature had already done what it had planned.
Squall took a more relaxed posture, but he dashed towards the curled body of the serpent and then gave a quite impressive strike at it, yet not enough to free Seifer from its grasp. Quistis nodded to herself and instead of attacking she decided to use magic. Slowly, as Quistis started to cast Thunder, Seifer started struggle allowing his hand to push the serpent's body a bit. Now able to raise his gunblade, Seifer lifted it and when Quistis extended her hands to send the thunder, he struck the creature violently making the serpent twirl once away from him.
Seifer's maniacal laugh was perhaps the only victory song they had now when the creature raised its neck and shook his head. Afterwards, it vanished with a final hiss, but it was a fact that Seifer had practically gotten the last strike, "Piece of cake, hah!" Squall studied Seifer for a moment when he said this and then his gaze turned to Quistis unsure. Quistis sighed at the sarcastic moment, but she was not given time to return Squall's puzzled gaze since Seifer had already started running to get to be in the lead. Squall followed next, and Quistis did not bother to run, she just shook her head as she simply walked to catch up knowing they had to stop somewhere.
In the curve where their destiny could be seen, Seifer was standing there tapping his foot on the floor while Squall was studying the tower cautiously, they probably spoke about something, but Quistis didn't heard anything. Quistis got there almost at the same time, but she crossed her arms slowly and glanced towards the tower as well noticing the guards. Seifer blinked and rapidly threw himself on the ground as so did Squall and Quistis in order to see what was going on. They really were not able to overhear anything, but at least they had not been spotted.
As soon as the guards left, Quistis was the first one to stand and dust herself slightly as she gave a quite deceiving glance at Seifer, "We should have stayed at -" Seifer abruptly stood up and towered Quistis to return her so defying stare, "I order you to be quiet. Perhaps then you should stay here while I go check that place." Seifer pointed the metallic and shimmering tip of his gunblade towards the satellite tower, but waited for no reply since he had already start to run through the curving pad. Quistis slowly raised her hand to her forehead and sighed in a pretty frustrated manner, then she turned to Squall with that same expression, "Better follow, who knows what our 'leader' might end up doing."
Squall just glanced blankly towards the pad Seifer had taken, but whatever he was thinking got interrupted by the sound of a quiet cheery voice, "Squad B's leader?" From the small mount of the mountain the girl in the cadet uniform, like everyone else, smiled down at both Quistis and Squall. Probably she confused Squall as the Squad Leader, but that didn't matter since she was already hopping down, making her way through the rocks. At last, she game a small jump almost tripping and loosing her balance to land face flat on the ground, but strangely she managed to keep herself straight, "I am alright, not to worry!" She dusted herself and clasped her hands behind her back as she studied Squall and repeated her question as she also introduced herself, "I am Selphie Timlitt from Squad A, are you the squad leader for B?"
Squall just looked with that bored gaze at her and then silently shook his head, but Quistis did answer, "He is not the Squad Leader… our leader must now be around -". The instructor was not able to finish since Seifer was now seen at the bottom of the cliff near the entrance of the tower, and he yelled, "Sometime I will tell you about my romantic dream!" Selphie and Quistis blinked and looked at each other quite confused. Since the thing said was meant for Squall to hear then the girls would not really get it, but Quistis had the idea that that was what they had talked while she was trying to catch up!
Since Selphie had asked where the squad leader was, Squall pointed at Seifer lazily and made his finger follow the leader's steps until he reached the entrance. Selphie gave a quick jump and then raised her arms in the air, "We must catch that squad leader!" Without awaiting for an answer she ran and leaped again from rock to rock to get to the bottom of the cliff. Quistis followed right away yet in a less excited pace just like Squall was doing and then she said to him glancing over her shoulder, "Be aware, Seifer is going to leave the 'boring' part to us…" Squall did give a nod at this statement knowing well that all it meant was that the hard part was going to for them to handle.
Seifer's first reaction was frown, but then his grin showed victory as he walked past Quistis to talk to her with superiority, "How did you got to be an instructor if you did not follow the orders of your squad leader, Miss Trepe." Seifer hissed the last words with pure sarcasm as he started to turn to face Squall's uninterested gaze. Pointing the gunblade tip towards Squall he commanded hoarsely, "you will not deceive me, will you?" Quistis could have done something to stop the madness, but she was just reminded that now she was a cadet for the moment, the only thing she did was glance at Squall, who shook his head once and accepted Seifer's orders.
Seifer nodded and turned on his heel to start heading out when he heard some steps, so did Squall and Quistis. All three people crouched besides the fountain place where the retriever dog had been laying down, but was now barking and howling at the few running Galbadian soldiers. As soon as the soldiers passed and left towards the satellite tower, Seifer was the first one to stand and start running after them not bothering to even gesture the other two to follow. Quistis frowned as she glanced at Squall's spacing blue eyes then she started to follow the path not leaving Squall behind.
Seifer was waiting for them leaning his back against the mountain's rocky wall staring at his gunblade as if he just killed someone. "Don't leave us behind, this might count bad against -" Quistis low and bossy voice was severely cut off by Seifer's thunderous, growl-like voice, "You now are to tell me nothing! Stay out of my way because, " he continued as he raised his gunblade towards Quistis, and Squall took a step forward, "if you don't, it might actually be deadly." Seifer glared at Squall before he turned around and one of the injured comrade soldiers twitched.
Squall noticed this since being in his drifting moments he took the chance to study the place. All three of them had noticed the few persons who lay injured of even dead in the path to the mountain, but no one dared to mention anything. "Help… me…" that soldier tried to crawl his way to them, but failed and stopped his intent, "monsters!" Squall was about to step to him, but Seifer's gunblade ended up at his throat, "Don't do anything. He is just hallucinating in his death moments, now keep moving!"
Squall gave a frustrated sigh as he slowly let his hues travel to Seifer so he would retrieve the gunblade. Seifer did so, but not because of his defying glance or Quistis's glare at him, he was too much into this "fun" mission so he had no time to waste. The soldier glanced desperately upwards at the three cadets, "RUN! AHHHHHH!!" he slid out of view hiding himself behind a rock knowing very well what was coming. Seifer gave that cynical grin more than likely enjoying the fear on that guy's eyes as he turned to face that dragon-like serpent.
The monster opened its beak muzzle and sent a shrilling roar in the air, which Seifer took thise opportunity to strike fast and easily at the serpent's throat. Squall, possibly unsure raised his gunblade and glared at the creature… or was it at Seifer? Quistis took a moment to study the weaknesses of the reptile, but soon she took a step forward and slowly raised the chain whip to strike the dragon monster. Seifer was unaware that as soon as the creature took the hit this one would counter by slithering around his body and then pressing hard enough. "Seifer, watch -" Quistis couldn't finish since the creature had already done what it had planned.
Squall took a more relaxed posture, but he dashed towards the curled body of the serpent and then gave a quite impressive strike at it, yet not enough to free Seifer from its grasp. Quistis nodded to herself and instead of attacking she decided to use magic. Slowly, as Quistis started to cast Thunder, Seifer started struggle allowing his hand to push the serpent's body a bit. Now able to raise his gunblade, Seifer lifted it and when Quistis extended her hands to send the thunder, he struck the creature violently making the serpent twirl once away from him.
Seifer's maniacal laugh was perhaps the only victory song they had now when the creature raised its neck and shook his head. Afterwards, it vanished with a final hiss, but it was a fact that Seifer had practically gotten the last strike, "Piece of cake, hah!" Squall studied Seifer for a moment when he said this and then his gaze turned to Quistis unsure. Quistis sighed at the sarcastic moment, but she was not given time to return Squall's puzzled gaze since Seifer had already started running to get to be in the lead. Squall followed next, and Quistis did not bother to run, she just shook her head as she simply walked to catch up knowing they had to stop somewhere.
In the curve where their destiny could be seen, Seifer was standing there tapping his foot on the floor while Squall was studying the tower cautiously, they probably spoke about something, but Quistis didn't heard anything. Quistis got there almost at the same time, but she crossed her arms slowly and glanced towards the tower as well noticing the guards. Seifer blinked and rapidly threw himself on the ground as so did Squall and Quistis in order to see what was going on. They really were not able to overhear anything, but at least they had not been spotted.
As soon as the guards left, Quistis was the first one to stand and dust herself slightly as she gave a quite deceiving glance at Seifer, "We should have stayed at -" Seifer abruptly stood up and towered Quistis to return her so defying stare, "I order you to be quiet. Perhaps then you should stay here while I go check that place." Seifer pointed the metallic and shimmering tip of his gunblade towards the satellite tower, but waited for no reply since he had already start to run through the curving pad. Quistis slowly raised her hand to her forehead and sighed in a pretty frustrated manner, then she turned to Squall with that same expression, "Better follow, who knows what our 'leader' might end up doing."
Squall just glanced blankly towards the pad Seifer had taken, but whatever he was thinking got interrupted by the sound of a quiet cheery voice, "Squad B's leader?" From the small mount of the mountain the girl in the cadet uniform, like everyone else, smiled down at both Quistis and Squall. Probably she confused Squall as the Squad Leader, but that didn't matter since she was already hopping down, making her way through the rocks. At last, she game a small jump almost tripping and loosing her balance to land face flat on the ground, but strangely she managed to keep herself straight, "I am alright, not to worry!" She dusted herself and clasped her hands behind her back as she studied Squall and repeated her question as she also introduced herself, "I am Selphie Timlitt from Squad A, are you the squad leader for B?"
Squall just looked with that bored gaze at her and then silently shook his head, but Quistis did answer, "He is not the Squad Leader… our leader must now be around -". The instructor was not able to finish since Seifer was now seen at the bottom of the cliff near the entrance of the tower, and he yelled, "Sometime I will tell you about my romantic dream!" Selphie and Quistis blinked and looked at each other quite confused. Since the thing said was meant for Squall to hear then the girls would not really get it, but Quistis had the idea that that was what they had talked while she was trying to catch up!
Since Selphie had asked where the squad leader was, Squall pointed at Seifer lazily and made his finger follow the leader's steps until he reached the entrance. Selphie gave a quick jump and then raised her arms in the air, "We must catch that squad leader!" Without awaiting for an answer she ran and leaped again from rock to rock to get to the bottom of the cliff. Quistis followed right away yet in a less excited pace just like Squall was doing and then she said to him glancing over her shoulder, "Be aware, Seifer is going to leave the 'boring' part to us…" Squall did give a nod at this statement knowing well that all it meant was that the hard part was going to for them to handle.