"This makes the contest a tie." Squall said, with a small smile on his face.
Zell's mouth almost dropped to the floor.
Irvine blinked once, and shook his head. Had he heard right? "A tie?" He thought. "Oh wow!"
Irvine stood frozen in place, his face devoid of any emotion.
Seth, though, was completely the opposite. He let his emotions be known to everyone in the room.
"WHAT!" He yelled, his yellow eyes widening. "A tie! IMPOSSIBLE!"
He walked up to Squall, and grabbed the checklist from his hands.
Squall, angered by Seth's actions, grabbed the list roughly back. "Follow me
Whittaker," Squall said angrily.
Seth stomped loudly behind Squall, all the way to where Irvine stood. Squall then showed both men the checklists, and the final scores.
"I can't believe it!" Seth shouted angrily. "I want a rematch!"
"That is not going to happen, Seth." Squall replied, growing impatient. "You were in enough danger the first time, and you're lucky you had this chance."
"You mean me and this loser," Seth pointed roughly at Irvine, "Have to be even….forever!?"
"Obviously Seth," Irvine spoke for the first time, " I'm not that much of a loser. I did just so happen to tie with you."
This entire conversation could be heard on the speaker system due to the microphone Squall held in his hand. A few students in the crowd giggled at Irvine's last comment toward Seth.
"What's gonna happen now?" Selphie asked, with a confused look on her face.
"Who knows." Rinoa replied. "I'm sure Squall can figure it out, though."
"You are both going to have to live with the fact that you are equally good." Squall said. "No more contests."
"It's not fair!" Seth replied. "Let us have a rem—
Seth's words were suddenly interrupted by a loud noise behind him. The three men turned around, and saw the source of the commotion. The Grat, that Seth had supposedly killed had burst through the door.
"I thought that bastard was dead!" Seth yelled in surprise.
"Well, he obviously isn't Seth!" Squall yelled angrily.
The large Grat squeezed through the door. It approached the bleachers, screaming in anger. The students that were sitting in the bleachers began to scream, and in a panicked frenzy, ran towards the exit.
"They'll trample each other, trying to escape!" Squall yelled to Irvine. "I have to help!"
He took off toward Rinoa, and the others. "We need to calm them down! Spread out!" Squall said to his friends when he reached them. Irvine watched his friends disperse into the panicked crowd, and then turned his attention to Seth. He was busy cursing loudly at Ian, angry because the monster was not dead.
Suddenly Irvine heard a scream behind him. "The monster has someone!" a student beside Irvine shouted. He spun around, and gasped. The Grat had somehow managed to wrap its tentacle around Lauren's waist, and had hoisted her into the air.
"Someone help her!" another student shouted. Lauren screamed in pain as the Grat's viney arm tightened around her. Her eyes scanned the crowd until they found Irvine's eyes. Irvine saw that they were filled with tears, and it broke his heart.
"Please help me Irvine!" Lauren screamed.
Irvine decided to take action. He ran at full speed toward the Grat, but was knocked back by one of the monster's swinging arms. Irvine slid on his back, over the rough ground. Lauren saw Irvine attempt a rescue, and she became panicked when Irvine was sent flying.
"Let go of me you big creep!" she yelled kicking and clawing at her imprisoner. The Grat was obviously not pleased with this, and I cast a sleep spell on Lauren to quiet her. She went limp. The huge monster then turned around, and tried to carry its newfound treasure deeper into the training center.
Irvine looked up in time to see what it was doing, and he quickly jumped up from the ground. He found a large rock, and chunked it at the Grat's head. The rock hit hard. "Thwap!"
The Grat turned around. Furious. Irvine smiled at the success of his aim, but his victory was interrupted by a rough shove from the side. Irvine lost his footing, and stumbled sideways from the force of the shove. He looked over to see Seth.
"Get out of the way Kinneas. Leave this to a real man. I started it with this monster, and I WILL finish it."
Irvine seethed with anger. "It's not even about the contest anymore Seth! Who cares! There are lives in danger Dammit!" Irvine pointed to Lauren's limp body, still entangled in the Grat's grip.
"Well then", Seth replied with a smile, "I guess I will have to win the contest, and save the girl." Seth smirked, and withdrew his handguns. He then pointed them at the monster.
"Don't kill it Seth!" Irvine shouted in alarm. "Lauren might be crushed if it falls on her. Shoot the arm that's holding her! Then kill it!"
"Don't tell me how to work, loser!" Seth replied nastily.
Irvine felt like hitting him in the face, but decided that wasn't a good idea since Seth could save Lauren.
The Grat stopped about ten feet away from Irvine and Seth. It was busy watching the crowd that was still spilling out of the exit doors.
"Now Seth! Shoot!" Irvine shouted.
"Watch this, Kinneas." Seth said with a lop-sided grin.
"Bang!"
A single shot rang out, and the still panicked crowd turned to see what had happened.
Irvine had closed his eyes, the minute Seth had pulled the trigger, but they shot open at the sound of Seth's voice.
"I can't believe it!" Irvine heard Seth cry out.
He glanced over, and saw Seth suddenly drop his guns. They both hit the ground with a loud "clack!"
Irvine then realized why Seth had done this.
Seth Whittaker—The best gunman in Balamb—had actually missed his target!
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