Author's Notes: The title of the
chapter has nothing to do with what happens in the chapter. The song 'Dolphin's
Cry' was just playing on the radio when I started to write this chapter.
Squall could hardly believe what
Zell was telling him.
"So this girl actually
cracked a T-Rexuar's skull with one punch?" he asked for the fifth time.
"Yeah, it was really
amazing!" replied Zell. "Man, I ain't even that strong!"
"What did this girl look
like?" Squall asked. Zell didn't even have to think about that one.
"Young, good-looking, with
brown hair, blue eyes and a good complexion. She was wearing…a green tank-top
with a blue denim jacket, black jeans, fighting gloves and black steel-tipped
boots," he said. Squall sighed.
"That's Eve," he said.
"Sarah brought her in here about fifteen minutes ago, saying that she had
sensed incredible power within her."
Zell's jaw dropped. "Man,"
he said. "If she can kill a T-Rexuar in two hits…"
"What? Two hits?" Squall
asked. Zell nodded.
"And using no weapons, only
her fists."
"Damn," Squall thought. "If
she can do that to a monster as powerful as a T-Rexuar, I wonder how much
damage she can do to one of those Shadow Claw demons?"
"Keep an eye out for her, Zell," he said. "But don't make her mad, she's already put Seifer in a headlock today."
Zell laughed. "Really?" he
asked. "What did he do to deserve that?"
"He kept on staring at her."
Zell laughed and walked out
of the office.
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Eve had been wondering around
Garden, and had found the shooting range. She looked in awe at the wide range
of guns that they kept there: M4A1 assault rifles, MP5A5 submachine guns…but
the one that really caught her attention was her absolute favourite: a .44 Magnum
six-shooter with laser sight.
"Whoa…" she said quietly. "This
is incredible!"
"Hello, who's in there?"
A boy in a cowboy hat and
brown trench coat walked in and looked at her.
"Who are you?" he asked,
examining Eve. "Hey, she's gorgeous!"
Eve managed to ignore the way he was looking at her. "My name is Eve," she said. "I'd stop staring if I were you, it's rude and I've already had to put Seifer in a headlock because he couldn't stop staring at me."
The cowboy stepped back, and then laughed. "So you're the one that Seifer was grumbling about in class," he said. "Heh, it's about time somebody taught him a lesson. My name is Irvine. So, you like guns?"
Eve nodded. "My primary weapons are my fists, but I'm also a qualified weapons expert," she said. "You've got some powerful guns here. Do you mind if I try out this magnum?"
Irvine nodded. "Sure, I guess it'd be OK for a weapons specialist to try out that gun. Careful though, it's got a powerful kick back."
Eve smiled sweetly. "I know," she said. "I've used one before. Powerful gun. I'm sure you know what it can do to a man's head at point blank range."
Irvine nodded. "It can redecorate a wall in 'hint of brain' if you fire it at close range at somebody's head," he said. "Although I prefer a rifle to a handgun,"
Eve took the gun from the rack and loaded it before taking aim at the target of Seifer. She didn't even bother to turn on the laser sight before blowing the target's head clean off with one shot. Eve then shot the rest of the five bullets into the other pictures: three Galbadian Soldiers and two Grats. None of the shots missed, even though Eve swung the gun at the targets faster than even Irvine thought possible. She emptied out the bullets and put the gun back on the rack. Irvine stared at her.
"You're a better shot than me," he said. "Hey, who ARE you?"
Eve smiled sweetly. "Well, I'm not a student at this Garden," she said. "But I here to help you against the Shadow Claw."
Irvine stared at her, but didn't get the chance to say anything because Eve just waved and walked out of the shooting range. Irvine pressed a button and each of the targets came forward.
All of the shots were to the head, and none of them missed. Just who was this girl, and how could she aim so well without even trying?
"I'm going to have to tell Squall about this," he thought.
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Eve leaned against the wall just outside Garden.
"That's twice today that I've showed off," she thought. Her hand went to the amulet around her neck. It was black with a jewel in the center, and with two swords at either side of the jewel and a large sword in the center.
The Angelheart Family crest that had become the symbol of hope for Eve's people, and now it was going to have to become a symbol of hope for these people as well.
Eve Rebecca Angelheart, lone surviving member of the Angelheart Royal Family, and now the last hope for Trivadia and this world, sighed and sat on the ground and allowed grief to over come her at last.
"I'm going to KILL every single last one of those demons!" she said. "Not only that, but I'm going to make them suffer as my family suffered before they died! Ranka, you are going to PAY for what you did, even if I die with you!"
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In the nearby forest, Sarah heard what Eve had just said.
"That poor child," she thought. "Ranka, you will pay dearly for what you have done
to her!"
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