Chapter 3
Zell could feel that something was definitely wrong today. It was just this really weird panicky feeling that is making his heart race and mind in scrabbles. Rinoa and Nida are in front of him leading them to help Group A but for some unknown reason his instincts are shouting that someone else is also in trouble. Ignoring it, he continued to hurry alone with his friends.
When they arrived, they only found Xu, an injured Seifer and an unconscious Deral. Zell rushed towards them and checked their injuries.
"Hey Seifer, your arm ok?" asked Zell grimacing when he saw the great slash on the side of Seifer's arm.
"I'm fine," Seifer smirked but Zell could tell that he was just hiding a wince. Zell cast a cure spell and amazingly the wound instantly healed. Everyone looked surprised that it was Zell who used the magic instead of Rinoa. Zell was known to be good at physical combat not magic.
"How did you do that?" asked Rinoa, she knows that a normal cure spell can never fully heal an injury that big and deep not unless they are a sorceress like herself.
"I-I don't know," stammered Zell staring at his hand with a confused expression written across his face. How the hell did I do that?
However a huge roar that belonged to one of the two T-Rexes behind them snapped Zell out of his thoughts. Zell quickly got his acts together and prepared for battle. Rinoa cast a blind spell while Zell punched the hell out of the T-Rexes with Nida beside him. Xu was guarding the disabled fighters just in case one of the dinosaurs slipped past the battling three. Finally after awhile the T-rexes were defeated, their bodies in a bloody heap on the ground.
"Man that was tiring!" shouted Zell stretching his muscles, his glovers are all stained with blood.
"I wonder," began Xu, "How did the T-Rexes get past Alec? He said that he was guarding them for us…is he in trouble?"
Zell suddenly remember that he hasn't see the strange young man anywhere near here. If I catch him taking a break on such a serious job he can forget SeeD for this lifetime!
"Instructor! I can't find them!" shouted Graig still breathing hard for running so fast.
"You mean Luke and Rich are still somewhere in this T-Rex infested area?" shouted Zell suddenly feeling very alarmed. "I want all of you to stick together and warn all the other groups that this field test is cancelled! I will go alone to find those idiots and remember STAY IN A BIG GROUP unless you want to be eaten!"
"Does that go for you Zell?" asked Rinoa looking a bit worried.
"Don't worry Rinoa, I'm going to search for them with you…you didn't think I would go out there alone? No way!" Zell grinned.
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Squall was doing his usually paper work when suddenly he got an awful headache. Getting up unsteadily he walked towards the door only to find it locked. What the hell? I didn't lock the door did I? Oh well at least I just need to find my keycard!
Walking with slight annoyance Squall placed his hand on the spot where his keycard is usually kept. Only to find it was empty. Now Squall seemed to be puzzled, he never misplace his things but how could a keycard just disappear like that?
Suddenly the phone started ringing…
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"Hey Zell do you want to split up? It would be faster this way and we need to find them as soon as possible," said Rinoa wiping her forehead. The day was fine and sunny, not a single cloud in the clear blue sky but to Zell this day could not get any worst…or so he thought.
"Fine but if you get into any trouble, fire this twice," said Zell handing Rinoa a lighting gun. With that they went their separate ways.
The panicky feeling that was there was suddenly stronger as Zell stepped near a little forest. Why am I feeling this way? Not knowing the answer he stepped closer to the forest while his instincts screamed at him that he would definitely not like what he finds there. Ignoring his instinct Zell set foot onto the leaf covered ground, his nose came alert to a smell he couldn't quite remember what it is. The smell reminded him of the time when he had a really bad nosebleed after a dry summer's day. The smell…was it blood?
The question was soon answered as his feet stepped in a puddle of sticky red liquid. Zell's mind was telling him to get out of here and get help first but however he needed to make sure of who the blood belonged to first. Oh God, please don't let it be a person! But too late…
On one of the taller trees a young man still dressed in his SeeD uniform was tied there. A huge ocean of blood was still dripping down his feet. As Zell's eyes traveled up his body he realized the blood was coming from an enormous wound in his chest…well what was left of a chest. Above the chest was untouched but a shock of blonde hair was hanging over his face covering up the person's identity. The person would have looked like he is just resting against the tree with his head down except for the great hole in his chest.
Zell couldn't think properly but slowly with unsteady hands, he reached for the lightening gun in his pocket. He raised it above his head and fired it twice knowing Rinoa would surely not him it. Then dropping the gun onto the ground he slowly took one step towards the dead young man. His body wouldn't stop trembling but he still continued taking steps forward. Please don't let it be someone I know! God! He now was right in front of the body and with shaking hands Zell pushed the head backing revealing his identity.
He was Rich.
Tears started to spill from Zell's face as he realized the person was Rich. The face looked so peaceful, it looked more like Rich was sleeping instead of being dead.
"Oh God, no!" sobbed Zell shaking Rich gently as if he could wake him up, "Please, say its one of your stupid jokes! Rich wake up! No, you can't die, wake up!"
But to Zell's horror, Rich suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Zell with a dead expression like a zombie. The shock was too much for him, and instead of screaming, he fainted.
TBC
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