Chapter 5
CHAPTER 5
Third Encounter
After a short flight, the Ragnarok landed in a big clearing in the middle of the Lunar Base. Laguna ran off to the administration block to have a flight to the moon ready. Squall and the others walked towards the warping station where they're supposed to wait for Laguna.
"Guess Seifer doesn't like space too much, eh? He was never too keen to study in astronomy class," said Zell.
"Zell, Seifer wanted to protect Garden from Gary in case he returned from the moon to destroy Garden," retorted Selphie.
"SEFIE! Are you defending Seifer?!" exclaimed Irvine. He looked down. "Sigh...So you'd rather have Seifer than me..."
"Quit it both of you. Now, where would Gary be on the moon?" asked Squall.
Zell took out a piece of rolled up parchment. He spread it out open on the ground. "This is a recent picture scan of the moon," he said. Zell pointed at a long stretch of rock. "See this? This is definitely a building. The International Space Association had never built anything on the moon before. Since we have evidence of Gary going to the moon. That place is definitely where Gary is."
"So Rinoa is there?" asked Squall.
"Possibly," replied Zell.
Just then, Laguna ran in with the base' administrative. "Let's go up to the changing room to put on our spacesuits. This ain't the same like last time's take-off procedure. We'll be exposed to space this time," cried Laguna.
As Irvine prepared to take the cylindrical elevator up to the changing room, there was a loud explosion and sirens went off and emergency red light filled the room.
"Gary again?! Man, he has a lot of energy going to and fro," said Zell.
They all ran out and saw Gary in a different outfit. He was no archangel. There were no wings on his shoulders. He looked almost human. He wore a black jacket like Squall's and had knee-length saggy blue pants. What astonished them most was the blade he held in his hands. It resembled the legendary sword Masamune but it glowed yellow.
"Been modeling again?" mocked Selphie.
"I'll forgive your sarcasm and rudeness this time," replied Gary smoothly.
"What happened to your gun-blade?!" yelled Squall.
"Been renovated, as you can see, into this powerful sword. I transmitted my archangel powers into this so I cannot transform into the archangel anymore. But, having this sword, I have more power than before. Behold the power...of MY MASAMUNE!!"
Gary heaved his slender sword into the ground. The ground cracked and dark rays shot up high into the sky. It returned down and destroyed part of the Lunar Base. The explosion was so great that they were almost blown away by the shock.
"Dark rays?! Masamune is a holy sword! How did you do it?!" cried Laguna.
"Laguna Loire, eh? President of the Esthar Empire. As we're talking here, Esthar is vanishing bit by bit. I have killed your comrades. Kiros and ward, I believe are their names?"
"WHAT?! Kiros! Ward! How dare you!!!" Laguna whisked out his customized P-47 Carbine, a well-balanced gun firing .44 caliber bullets at the speed of an M249. The P-47 lived up to its fame when Laguna shot Gary. The bullets penetrated Gary smoothly.
Gary looked at his wounds around his body. "Tsk...you can't even kill me with that piece of steel." He said. His eyes gleamed. "COMBUSTION GRAVITIED SPIKE!"
Gary rushed towards Laguna. His Masamune burst into flames and Gary upper-cut Laguna with his Masamune. He then slashed Laguna multiplw times before dealing a heavy blow which spiked Laguna straight into the ground.
"DAD!"
"Sir Laguna!!"
"Laguna!!"
Selphie cast Full-life on Laguna and he sat up sputtering blood onto the ground. Squall glared at Gary. "I'll defeat you and rescue Rinoa from the moon!" he roared.
"Oh? You were to fall for such an easy trick. I deliberately let myself seen heading towards the moon. You were bound to know sooner or later and would come here to go the moon. SeeDs aren't bright eh?" Gary laughed.
"I'm not going to listen to your rotten voice no more. I'll bring you down right now!" yelled Irvine. He brought out his silver Exeter and blue rays appeared from the barrel of the gun and shot through Gary.
"Uhh..." Gary knelt onto the floor. "Damn you! What is this pulse energy?!"
Selphie continued attacking Gary. She summoned Ifrit. "Oh, Master of Flames and Bringer of Fiery Death. Please assist us at this time of need!" Ifrit appeared from nowhere and, surrounded by flames, crashed into Gary.
"GAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!" Gary cried. He tried to balance himself as he stood up and cast Curaga on himself. "Holy EXPLOSION!!" Masamune shot out rippling dark waves which tore through the party's clothes and causing them to bleed.
Zell who had been inactive all this time yelled out," DAMN YOU! These clothes are expensive! I'll get you! Meteor Rush!" Zell charged into Gary and knocked him over. He then beat Gary up and did a home-run kick which knocked Gary a clear hundred yards from them.
Gary laid weak on the ground. "Damn...Why am I still losing...Squall haven't even touched me and I'm losing to his weaker comrades...I can't go on...The pain is unbearable...Dammit..." Suddenly, Gary felt the flow of life entering his body. "Heh...lifestream doesn't exist eh? Instructor Trepe...if you weren't dead I would have told you that your lessons were wrong." Gary stood up and rushed towards Zell. With one single blow he knocked Zell unconscious, again.
"How...how did you?! Could it be...lifestream?!" stuttered Squall.
Gary laughed. He swung his Masamune at Laguna and Irvine and knocked both of them unconscious also. "What else could it be?"
Squall swung his gun-blade at Gary but Gary warped away in an instant and appeared above Squall, floating in mid-air.
"Huh?! Levitation!" cried Squall. Selphie suddenly yelled, "Squall!! Get ready, I'm going to cast Aura on you!"
Spiraling yellow beams surrounded Squall. "Yes! Aura! Renzokuken!!" Squall dealt eight blows on Gary before drawing back and unleashing Lionheart. He knocked Gary high into the air and slashed wildly and furiously giving no mercy.
When Gary fell onto the ground, he was beaten and battered once more. "Lionheart...why can't I beat it?!" he yelled. "You win, SeeDs! But I'll get back at you! And the next time I'll bring your wife along!" Gary warped away.
"Dammit...I'll take Rinoa from you, see if I don't!" Squall vowed.
Longest Chapter by far. I might be planning to make this a ten-chapter saga. Pls review.
CHAPTER 5
Third Encounter
After a short flight, the Ragnarok landed in a big clearing in the middle of the Lunar Base. Laguna ran off to the administration block to have a flight to the moon ready. Squall and the others walked towards the warping station where they're supposed to wait for Laguna.
"Guess Seifer doesn't like space too much, eh? He was never too keen to study in astronomy class," said Zell.
"Zell, Seifer wanted to protect Garden from Gary in case he returned from the moon to destroy Garden," retorted Selphie.
"SEFIE! Are you defending Seifer?!" exclaimed Irvine. He looked down. "Sigh...So you'd rather have Seifer than me..."
"Quit it both of you. Now, where would Gary be on the moon?" asked Squall.
Zell took out a piece of rolled up parchment. He spread it out open on the ground. "This is a recent picture scan of the moon," he said. Zell pointed at a long stretch of rock. "See this? This is definitely a building. The International Space Association had never built anything on the moon before. Since we have evidence of Gary going to the moon. That place is definitely where Gary is."
"So Rinoa is there?" asked Squall.
"Possibly," replied Zell.
Just then, Laguna ran in with the base' administrative. "Let's go up to the changing room to put on our spacesuits. This ain't the same like last time's take-off procedure. We'll be exposed to space this time," cried Laguna.
As Irvine prepared to take the cylindrical elevator up to the changing room, there was a loud explosion and sirens went off and emergency red light filled the room.
"Gary again?! Man, he has a lot of energy going to and fro," said Zell.
They all ran out and saw Gary in a different outfit. He was no archangel. There were no wings on his shoulders. He looked almost human. He wore a black jacket like Squall's and had knee-length saggy blue pants. What astonished them most was the blade he held in his hands. It resembled the legendary sword Masamune but it glowed yellow.
"Been modeling again?" mocked Selphie.
"I'll forgive your sarcasm and rudeness this time," replied Gary smoothly.
"What happened to your gun-blade?!" yelled Squall.
"Been renovated, as you can see, into this powerful sword. I transmitted my archangel powers into this so I cannot transform into the archangel anymore. But, having this sword, I have more power than before. Behold the power...of MY MASAMUNE!!"
Gary heaved his slender sword into the ground. The ground cracked and dark rays shot up high into the sky. It returned down and destroyed part of the Lunar Base. The explosion was so great that they were almost blown away by the shock.
"Dark rays?! Masamune is a holy sword! How did you do it?!" cried Laguna.
"Laguna Loire, eh? President of the Esthar Empire. As we're talking here, Esthar is vanishing bit by bit. I have killed your comrades. Kiros and ward, I believe are their names?"
"WHAT?! Kiros! Ward! How dare you!!!" Laguna whisked out his customized P-47 Carbine, a well-balanced gun firing .44 caliber bullets at the speed of an M249. The P-47 lived up to its fame when Laguna shot Gary. The bullets penetrated Gary smoothly.
Gary looked at his wounds around his body. "Tsk...you can't even kill me with that piece of steel." He said. His eyes gleamed. "COMBUSTION GRAVITIED SPIKE!"
Gary rushed towards Laguna. His Masamune burst into flames and Gary upper-cut Laguna with his Masamune. He then slashed Laguna multiplw times before dealing a heavy blow which spiked Laguna straight into the ground.
"DAD!"
"Sir Laguna!!"
"Laguna!!"
Selphie cast Full-life on Laguna and he sat up sputtering blood onto the ground. Squall glared at Gary. "I'll defeat you and rescue Rinoa from the moon!" he roared.
"Oh? You were to fall for such an easy trick. I deliberately let myself seen heading towards the moon. You were bound to know sooner or later and would come here to go the moon. SeeDs aren't bright eh?" Gary laughed.
"I'm not going to listen to your rotten voice no more. I'll bring you down right now!" yelled Irvine. He brought out his silver Exeter and blue rays appeared from the barrel of the gun and shot through Gary.
"Uhh..." Gary knelt onto the floor. "Damn you! What is this pulse energy?!"
Selphie continued attacking Gary. She summoned Ifrit. "Oh, Master of Flames and Bringer of Fiery Death. Please assist us at this time of need!" Ifrit appeared from nowhere and, surrounded by flames, crashed into Gary.
"GAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!" Gary cried. He tried to balance himself as he stood up and cast Curaga on himself. "Holy EXPLOSION!!" Masamune shot out rippling dark waves which tore through the party's clothes and causing them to bleed.
Zell who had been inactive all this time yelled out," DAMN YOU! These clothes are expensive! I'll get you! Meteor Rush!" Zell charged into Gary and knocked him over. He then beat Gary up and did a home-run kick which knocked Gary a clear hundred yards from them.
Gary laid weak on the ground. "Damn...Why am I still losing...Squall haven't even touched me and I'm losing to his weaker comrades...I can't go on...The pain is unbearable...Dammit..." Suddenly, Gary felt the flow of life entering his body. "Heh...lifestream doesn't exist eh? Instructor Trepe...if you weren't dead I would have told you that your lessons were wrong." Gary stood up and rushed towards Zell. With one single blow he knocked Zell unconscious, again.
"How...how did you?! Could it be...lifestream?!" stuttered Squall.
Gary laughed. He swung his Masamune at Laguna and Irvine and knocked both of them unconscious also. "What else could it be?"
Squall swung his gun-blade at Gary but Gary warped away in an instant and appeared above Squall, floating in mid-air.
"Huh?! Levitation!" cried Squall. Selphie suddenly yelled, "Squall!! Get ready, I'm going to cast Aura on you!"
Spiraling yellow beams surrounded Squall. "Yes! Aura! Renzokuken!!" Squall dealt eight blows on Gary before drawing back and unleashing Lionheart. He knocked Gary high into the air and slashed wildly and furiously giving no mercy.
When Gary fell onto the ground, he was beaten and battered once more. "Lionheart...why can't I beat it?!" he yelled. "You win, SeeDs! But I'll get back at you! And the next time I'll bring your wife along!" Gary warped away.
"Dammit...I'll take Rinoa from you, see if I don't!" Squall vowed.
Longest Chapter by far. I might be planning to make this a ten-chapter saga. Pls review.