Chapter Two
"Selphie? Selphie!" Seifer cried. Her head started to lift, but went back down. He heard her groan, and smiled. She was alive.
"Uh...." Irvine rolled over and clutched his side. "Ow..."
"Is everyone ok?"Squall asked, getting up himself. Quistis sat up and held her head. "Good. I'm going to go check things out. Where we are, and see if anyone else was on the train."
"I'll go with you." Quistis volenteered. He nodded and they opened the door, with much trouble. Zell leaned against the wall.
"Wonder what happened..." he muttered. Selphie sat up, hugging her knees, and scraping glass away from her.
"At least everyone is ok. Who was the meanie who did this?" Selphie asked. She pouted and leaned her head against Irvine. Ouch, Seifer thought. No, he didn't hurt physically, but his heart did. "You're alright, right Seifer? You don't look to good."
"Yeah." Seifer said. Selphie stood and hopped over some debris. She leaned over and looked into his eyes. Her eyes are like a green emeralds, or the ocean, Seifer thought. His expression didn't change.
"Are you sure?" Selphie asked. That made Irvine jump.
"If he says he's ok, then he's ok Selph. He doesn't want anything to do with us, so just leave him alone. He didn't even want to help us find her, remember??" Irvine hissed. The other three looked at him. Seifer thought. It was true. He could give less if all these little SeeD's were all killed.
".........Ouch Irvine. Don't you believe people can change? I do."
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Rinoa strode down the hallway, her heels clicking on the tile of the large room. She wore a long black dress and her hair extravengtly up. If he only came with me, she thought, things would be much easier. Oh Seifer, I need a knight too....
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Squall examined the things around him. Their car was at the bottom of a hill, and from the looks of it, this was done on purpose. They must've been cut loose, Squall thought, taking a closer look at the car.
"So, whats the word?" Quistis asked. He put a finger to his chin and thought carefully.
"We were purposely cut loose from the train...." Squall muttered. Quistis looked at him.
"What? Why would someone go through the trouble?" Quistis interrogated.
"Well probaly because now we are stuck in the middle of nowhere...." Squall noted. Quistis looked around. He was right. It was just a barren desert. Cracked and dried. And the hill was steep. To steep to climb back up. "We need to assemble out here and figure out what to do. Camp even."
"Right." she replied. She walked back to the car and stepped inside.
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Selphie looked up as Quistis entered the car again. She loostened her grip on Irvine's arm. He's so protective sometimes, Selphie thought. But she enjoyed the attention. Quistis pushed some of her hair out of her face and looked around the room.
"Squall said to assemble outside." She reported. Selphie and the others walked out of the car. She stood over by a cactus, taking a good look at the hill. I could get up this, Selphie thought, confidently. She looked back and Squall was talking about what-to-do and such.
"......everyone got it? Don't go more then a mile outside this car, and don't go by yourselves." Squall always made sure noone was alone or left behind. Seifer rolled his eyes and looked over at Selphie.
"It's getting dark Squall. What are we going to do for food?" Zell questioned. His stomache made a grumbling sound.
"Stop being such a wimp, chicken-wuss."Seifer muttered. Zell's face dropped. Selphie walked over to the car and got her messanger bag out.
"I think I have something in her for you, Zell. Anyone else hungry?" Selphie asked. She reached her bag and pulled out a bag of penuts, and chucked them at him. He grinned and opened it, fumbling with it. Quistis looked hopefully at Selphie and she smiled, pulling out a bottle of water for her.
"Thank you." Quistis said, holding the water. Irvine held his stomach. Selphie gave him some popcorn that she had. Suddenly, there was a large groan sound. Everyone looked around and a large bird swooped at them.
"What the?" Seifer asked. He whipped out his gunblade, and others followed suit. The all took battle poses. The condor attacked Irvine, but he ducked. Selphie's turn. She casts lightning. No damage.
"Scan!" Quistis cried.Coondor: Weak against physical attacks, immune to magic. HP 900/900. MP N/A. "It's weak against physical attacks."
"Allright then. My turn," Irvine smiled and took a couple of shots at hit. HP went down 800/900. The coondor attacked Selphie. Her HP went down 700/890. Seifer sliced his gunblade into the creature. Down another 100.
"EACK!" it screeched. It swooped and tried to attack Squall, but missed. Squall returned the favor and attacked it. 650/900.
"This guy is really making me mad." Zell said, rushing up and beating it with his fists. 500/900. Selphie gets another turn. She hit it with her nunchakus. 600/900. Quistis casts protect over Squall. Irvine attacked, and so on and so forth. Finally, it was killed. They retrieved a potion and coondor card.
"It's really dangerous out here." Selphie commented. She sat down and crossed her legs, not revealing anything. Seifer leaned against the car, while Zell paced back and forth. It was becoming night quickly. "We better make a fire.."
"Right." Squall muttered.
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Rinoa threw a vase at the mirror. How could they defeat it already?? They must've gotten stronger, Rinoa thought. She seemed to have blackness all around her. Patience, my child. That voice again. Why does it torment me?? Rinoa threw several things around before collapsing to the ground.
