Chapter 4) Awww Damn...

"Let's kick their ass!" Zell yelled. "Duel time baby! AWWW SHIT!!!!!" and a large energy wave started to encircle his body and blast outwards as he held a fist behind him and a fist in front of him. The energy disappeared and Zell ran on forward, starting with a jab and a right hook to one of the figures. He went in for a Mach Kick, and switched over to a Dolphin Punch. Adding in a Booya and another Mach Kick, he turned around with his face away from his opponent. "You all ready for this?" and he let the circle of energy surround him again. "My Final Heaven baby!" and he charged both his fists, which started to glow a bright white. He turned around, and punched his fists together a couple of times, and smirked as he zoomed past his opponents.

Everything slowed down or everyone else, as they looked around fighting the others, not even knowing that Zell had left. As he returned as a blurry ball of light, he nailed the fool in the face, and stopped behind him, letting a rising explosion take place. Everyone flipped in the air, and landed with a bang. The figure Zell assaulted was down and out.

"Damnit Zell! Could you please wait for us to get out of the way when you do that?!" Quistis yelled, slashing Zell with her whip from far away.

"Heh~heh, sorry..." as he held his bottom, where Quistis's whip had made contact.

Irvine looked over to find Squall and someone else heading on over. Irvine tried shooting another figure, but he swiftly moved out of the way again.

Squall walked up to Rinoa and held her lightly by the shoulder. "Why did you come here without me?" Squall asked, a little suspicion in his eyes.

"Because I thought me getting out of your lap would have been enough for you to get up!" she exclaimed, shooting her disc at another fool, cutting him slightly on his arm.

"Whatever," is all Squall said as he took out his sword. He went up to one of them and cleaved them neatly in half. Sky looked around at everyone fighting, and scratched his head.

"This is really weird... how is it that the entire gang of SeeD is here... this must be a set up! Damn!" Sky thought as he held both his fists in the air. "Extend!" he yelled, and two red thermal sabers extended out from his wrists. He quickly ran up to two of the figures as he had his arms crossed, and uncrossed them as he came up to them, slashing them diagonally upwards and letting their upper bodies fall to the ground.

"Let's see how they like this shit..." Irvine murmured to himself as he loaded his gun with Fire Ammo, getting ready to blast some Napalm. He pulled back the lever on his gun, and aimed it into the air. "Everybody, get out of the way!" as he fired six blasts of fire in to the air, letting them fall directly on that remaining two figured, burning them to ashes... literally.

Everyone stood still as they looked around. Selphie was the first to speak. "What just happened?"

Everyone hunched and looked around for more. "There was one that ran away! We have to find him!" Irvine yelled, and he started running all over the park. Everyone agreed and started looking. He couldn't have gotten far, he was on foot and even more so, the park was huge.

As Quistis was looking in the bushes, a hand grabbed her by the shirt, and she was forced to turn around and a hand was placed around her mouth. "You better make this easy or else someone will get hurt," the figure said, holding something to her back.

Quistis wanted to scream, but the thought of it being a gun really shocked her, so she kept quiet. "Come with me," the figure said, and he dragged her to a black car. "Get in, and don't try to get away," and he held a gun at her. The figure was wearing a black mask, and he was wearing a black attire. Quistis obeyed and got inside the car. The figure took off incredibly fast. It was quiet for a time being, but Quistis decided to speak up.

"So, who are you?"

"A person."

"You might as well tell me. When my friends come to get me, you'll be coming along to."

"You're very confident that your friends will save you?"

"Yes."

"What if I killed you first?"

Quistis flinched back at the question. But she kept her cool. "Then you'll die soon after."

"So very true, Quistis," and he quietly parked the car behind a building in a dark ally. He told Quistis to get out of the car. "Go up against that wall," he said, and she went on over to the wall, where a dim light shined.

"So what now?"

"Well, I could do numerous things. I could fuck you, I could kill you, I could knock you out and take you to my place, or I can just let you go."

"Which one are you going to pick?"

"I don't know."

"What kind of gang member are you?"

"The leader."

"Of which one?"

"You'll be hearing it on the news soon enough.," and then there were footsteps in the back.

"See, my friends are already here to save me..." Quistis said, a smirk on her face.

"Maybe, but this is where I have to knock you out," and as the figure hit her across the head, everything turned black and the last sound she heard was a gunshot.

Quistis woke up with a pain in the back of her head, and she held a hand to it with great haste. "What happened?" she grunted. She looked around her, and noticed the room very fast. It was a SeeD room. She was very happy, her friends had come and saved her, She tried to remember last nights events, and the last thing she remembered was hearing footsteps and a gunshot.

She looked around even more, and noticed four people at the door. She quickly got up and looked at them. It was Selphie, Rinoa, Zell, and Sky.

"Sky!" Quistis exclaimed as she got out of bed to run over to him, but she fell: she was feeling a bit woozy.

Sky chuckled as he walked up to her and helped her to her feet, and he carried her to the bed and layed her down. "So, did you guys get him?" Quistis asked, looked over at everyone else as they walked in. "And where's Squall and Irvine?"

Everyone sighed and looked down. "Quistis, there are things we need to talk about."

Quistis's opened up widely and she lied down, waiting to hear what was about to be said. "Last night, after we had taken down the first wave of attack, there was a second wave, and there were to many to handle."

"So what else happened?" Quistis asked. Zell cut it.

"Squall, Irvine were captured and rendered helpless as the rest of us escaped. When we got back, the garden was trashed. Cid is missing, and there was a message clipped to the elevator door," and Zell pulled it out and showed it to Quistis. Quistis took it and read it.

Dear SeeD,

As you know, the people that trashed your garden are the same people that assaulted you tonight. We have taken your precious Cid, your commander of Garden, one of the councilors for the peace treaty in two weeks, and a Seed with the codes. Watch channel 72 news at 10 tomorrow morning.

~Anonymous

"Who are the other two people?" Quistis asked.

"Irvine and my date last night..."

"Irvine?"

"We checked over some files, and it just so happens my date last night was not a SeeD graduate. She happened to be one of the counselors to attend the peace treaty meeting. So Irvine must be the one with the codes."

"Codes for what?"

"We don't know. None of us recall Irvine ever telling us about any codes."

"So... how am I here?" Quistis asked, looking over directly at Sky.

"Ummm, what do you mean?" Rinoa asked.

"You mean... you guys didn't come to save me?"

"No, we thought you went off looking for that one guy that ran away."

"Obviously, I found him. He took my in his car adn took me to the back of an alley way."

"WAIT!!! What did you just say? YOU found him?"

"Yeah, he took me hostage and knocked me out cold when he heard footsteps coming up behind him. I thought it was you guys... but, it couldn't have been now..."

"But you couldn't have found him, because we found him in hiding, contacting for more help. He succeeded in getting the help, and that's how the mess happened," Selphie pointed out.

"So how the hell am I here?!" Quistis yelled, looking at all of them.

"I can explain that," Sky said, looking over at Quistis. "I saw you being forced in to a car. So I followed and eventually you came in to the alleyway. I saw you knocked out, and I sliced the man in half. I took you in the car he had, and brought you back here," Sky said, and Quistis wrapped his arms around him.

"Sky! Thank you so much! I didn't know what kind of things they would do to me!"

"Sure Quistis," and Sky smiled happily, and looked at her. She pecked him on the lips.

"So, what about the news?"

"It's a world wide crisis, and this is going to corrupt the peace treaty as we know it. Terrorists have taken over Esthar, where the peace treaty meeting was to take place, but with it being held captive by those terrorists, who go by the name 'The Flyrix', there is no way this meeting will take place. And with all the commotion, the three continents will most likely back down from the treaty with all this commotion," Rinoa stated, sitting down on the bed herself.

"So what now?"

"It's only us now. Everyone in the Garden is to weak to help, and we're the most experienced here. Rinoa and Selphie, I hate to do this, but I'm going to have to ask you three to stay here. I know I'm no the boss or anything, but Rinoa, you are carrying Squall's child, and I know Irvine will be pissed at me if I let you go Selphie. You have never heard me be so serious before, so for once, just listen to me."

Rinoa and Selphie were about to argue, but it was true: Zell never has sounded so serious in his life. They just nodded their head, and Rinoa and Selphie held their stomachs. As everyone saw Selphie hold her stomach, everyone gasped. "Selphie?!" everyone exclaimed in unison. She giggled and nodded.

"Irvine..." she sighed, and she thought about him and hoped he was okay.

"Alright, Quistis, this is your call if you want to come. If you don't want to, it's fine. Me and Zell should be more than enough for them."

"No way! I'm coming with you!"

"Alright, then come on, we're leaving on the Ragnarok at 9 tonight. We know nothing about the territory, so everything we are going to do is completely improvised, so think about it before you get on that ship," and Sky left the room. Everyone followed, and Quistis went to sleep.

"Sky! Wait up!"

"Yeah Zell?"

"Thank you for saving Quistis."

"Yeah, sure. It was nothing..."

"No, it's not just that. It's because... well, she's never really had anyone to turn to, and you're the first."

"Really?"

"Yeah... so Sky, I just want you to know something, and I don't want you to take this the wrong way. If you're just with Quistis for kicks, then leave her alone. You are her first, and if you aren't planning to fall in love with her, then just forget about her while things aren't so serious. Quistis is like my sister, and I don't want her heart broken when this is the first time to have her heart opened up. Do you understand me?" Zell asked, seriousness in his tone again.

Sky nodded his head, and Zell walked away whistling. Sky looked down and sat down at a lunch table. "Son of a bitch..."