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Chapter 3.
Squall was on his way back to his room. He had reached the hallway that led to his room with his head hung down when Quistis suddenly stopped him. "What the hell is wrong with you!" she asked. "I can't believe you would treat Laguna like that. All of us that lived at the orphanage would give anything to know that our parents were alive and wanted us back in their lives." Squall looked at Quistis knowing pretty much what else she had to say without her even having to say it. He always thought of her as sort of an older sister next to Ellone. But right now he didn't want to talk to anyone. So he merely replied. "You want him as a father you can have him, but I don't want anything to do with him. Now do me a favor and leave me alone for awhile." He stepped past her and made his way into his room. Quistis didn't really know what to do and she really didn't feel like trying to talk to Squall again. "Hopefully Rinoa will do a better job." She felt a little hungry and decided she would go hang out with Zell. She hoped his happy and carefree attitude would make her feel better.
Rinoa was sitting in Squall's room waiting for him and was about to fall asleep when he finally entered the room. He wasn't expecting to find anyone in his room even though he shared it with her and was startled when she spoke. "I thought you were above all this. I thought you were a better person than what you turned into today." Rather than let her finish her speech, Squall interrupted her with what he hoped to be the end to this conversation. "He knew, all this time and he knew. Maybe if he found out a few weeks or months ago I could forgive maybe even a year ago. But he's known for fifteen years who I was and where I've been and didn't even bother see me." Rinoa tried to defend him, "He's been the president of a country, you don't know the pressure that he's gone through or the courage it took to come here." Squall heard every word and didn't care. "Family and friends come first, you taught me that. But he should have come up with that courage years ago. I can't forgive him. I wont!" He sat down next to Rinoa and held her hand. "I'm still the man you fell in love with, nothing can change that. But what Laguna did to my mother and me is unforgivable. He didn't find the courage in himself to come see me for the last fifteen years and he didn't even have the courage to see me tonight so he had Ellone do it for him. He turned his back on me and so I will do the exact same thing to him." Rinoa had never seen Squall this hurt. But she wasn't about to give up on bringing Squall to forgive Laguna. It would just take time.
The next day started bright and early just like every other day. They were all gathered around their usual table eating but no one was talking, mostly because no one really knew what to say. Not even Zell wanted to talk for fear of getting beat up by the others. They were about to talk all at once when Cid came over the speaker system. "Would Squall, Quistis, Zell, Selphie, Irvine, and Rinoa please come to my office immediately. I have a new mission for you. They finished their breakfast and headed for Cid's office. "I have a bad feeling about this, I don't like this." Squall thought.
Once they all arrived Cid got straight to the point knowing that there wasn't anytime to waste. They saluted in unison and hoped to the gods that it wasn't too bad a Situation. "After President Laguna arrived in Esthar last night he found the city under attack, and he has asked for your help. Groups of monsters have sprung up all over the city and the police and military forces of Esthar are starting to become overwhelmed. They want to destroy this enemy before it becomes too great for them to fight. You must leave as soon as possible." Cid turned on the holographic map and pointed out where they would be coming in from and where they could stay the night. They would see President Laguna after they check into the hotel. After that he looked and them and with a very serious tone said, " You must all leave now, quickly" They saluted and walked to their rooms to pack and they decided to meet at the garage in ten minutes. As they left in the car Squall couldn't help thinking to himself. "I don't like this at all."
When they arrived in the city they found their hotel and split up into their rooms. Once they unpacked their things they headed out to meet Laguna. Squall hated being in Esthar, everything there reminded him of Laguna. He wasn't as mad at him as he was the night before but that didn't mean he was going to forgive Laguna. No one had spoken on the way there, why would they? Any questions they had would be answered once inside. "Maybe I should say something to them? I haven't talked to any of them aside from Quistis. Just because I had a brief discussion with someone I would prefer never to see again, doesn't mean that I'm not going to talk to them again." Suddenly almost out of nowhere Irvine was the first to talk when he put his hand on Squalls shoulder breaking his train of thought. "Hey we're here."
They all took the pod that led up to the main hall and headed for Laguna's office. The long glass hallway that led to Laguna's office always made Squall feel a little uneasy. To put it simply he didn't like heights. He stopped before the doors and turned to face his team. "Despite whatever conflicts I may have with Laguna it shouldn't affect our friendship in anyway. You five are the best squad I could ask for and I wouldn't trade that for anything. I just want you guys to know that." With that said the turned back to look at the doors, he took a deep breath turned the knobs and pushed them open. Laguna was eagerly awaiting them. He first asked them what Cid had briefed them on and when they told him the little that they knew he couldn't believe his ears. They were told almost nothing about how bad the situation was and most importantly why these monsters were suddenly springing up out of nowhere. But that would have to wait. "There's really no time to explain but here is your mission. You will each split up into separate teams of two and go through the city destroying as many monsters as possible. Esthar military and police forces are already hard at work but we are slightly outnumbered and that is why I called on you." "We already know this.' Squall interrupted. "What parts of the city are infested the worst and when do you want us to report back?" Laguna pulled out a map of the city and showed them what they needed to know. The briefing was quick and all that was left was to decided who goes with whom. Squall decided he should go with Rinoa seeing as how this was her first SeeD mission. Irvine and Selphie were inseparable so they teamed up. Quistis led out a sigh of disappointment, she knew this would happen but was trying to be optimistic during the briefing. Not that she didn't like Zell, they had been paired up so many times that they had gotten fairly close to one another. In fact now that she thought about it she was really rather fond of him. He always let his emotions guide him instead of overly thinking out every little thing like she did. In a way he was a Yin to her Yang, maybe that's why she liked him. And really she couldn't see herself partnered up with anyone other than Zell.
Squall and Rinoa headed towards the center of the city to drive out any monsters and kill the ones that didn't leave quietly. As they walked to their desired location, Squall and Rinoa looked at their surroundings. "Nothing but death." Rinoa whispered. Dead bodies lying around was all you could see, bodies stacked against walls, thrown against barricades, on the streets, hanging off buildings. Death was all you could see. Once they arrived at the center of the city they started chasing away the monsters that were left. It wasn't too bad though maybe if the others had the same situation they would all be home that night. Irvine and Selphie took to left side of the city going into a few building to rat out any monsters hiding away. They had found a few of the militia survivors and were happy to get the extra help, not that they really needed it. In only a short time they covered a good 3rd of their part of the city. It was easy a little too easy. Zell and Quistis were in the streets fighting off some of the monsters when Zell thought he saw something in the corner of his eye. He kicked off the monster that was slashing its claws at him and turned to see what it was. It was an Esthar soldier, he looked like he had gone through hell and back, he was in too bad of a condition to save and the look the soldiers face showed that he knew it too. He ran to the soldier to get him some place where he could die in piece when something flew past him, it was a grenade. And it landed just a few feet away from Quistis. Quickly Zell ran toward it and knew he only had a few seconds left. He grabbed the biggest monster nearest to him and tackled it to the ground and rolled it around so it's back was on to the grenade. With all his strength Zell held him in place, "Hope this works." He thought in his mind and as he turned to warn Quistis of the danger. "Quistis get…" Boooom! The grenade went off and pieces of the monster were flying all over Zell leaving nothing but the two arms of the monster that Zell was holding and a big pile of blood and guts. To say the least it was messy. The entire upper body and head of the monster that once was were gone. Leaving Zell drenched in green blood. The blast scared away the monsters that were left, Quistis ran over to see if Zell was ok, but couldn't stop giggling at him. "Are you, giggle* ok Zell?" he just looked up at her. He didn't like being made fun of so he figured a way to get back at her. Before he answered her he stood up and hugged her sliming her in the awful stench and goop he was in. "Ha! I'm fine why do you ask?" " Awe cripes Zell get off me before I have to beat the hell out of you! If I knew you were going to do that I would have kept my distance." "Well you shouldn't have been giggling at me." Started Zell. "Besides if it weren't for me you would have ended up like that mess over there." "Your right. I'm sorry." Quistis did owe a lot to Zell she'd just have to make it up to him later. As they headed toward the building in front of them they both looked up to see what looked like a dark cloud. Or at least that's what they thought. They really couldn't tell what it was they just knew it meant trouble.
Selphie was finishing off another monster when she heard a woman scream, "Irvine did you hear that?" She turned to look at Irvine too busy to hear her. "What's that I didn't hear you." But when he looked up, she was gone. "Now where did she run off to?" He looked around but the only place she could have gone was into a large building up ahead of him. Not about to let his girlfriend run off and face a bunch of monsters without him to back her up he ran into the building after her. "But what the hell is that awful smell?" He thought as he ran up to see Selphie just standing there. Selphie didn't even hear Irvine come up behind her. All she could do was stand there and stare at the atrocity that had transpired. Irvine put his hand on her shoulder and she didn't even look up at him. Her eyes were filling with tears and she felt utter terror in her, she only came here because she was going to kill a few monsters and help people out but she wasn't expecting this. They both stood in a large coliseum with empty seats surrounding them. In the middle was a large pile of bodies witch easily took up the majority of the blood covered floor, all of the bodies were human and it looked like they had been there awhile. All of the bodies faces were disfigured and the upper portions were all torn away layer by layer. What ever had done this had taken its time luring in its victims and killing them slowly. "What kind of a monster would do this?" all of the monsters were basically overgrown lizards and fish, animals by any other means. Sure they were a menace but they had never done anything like this before. They killed only to survive and to protect it's territory, they never took their time to kill anything let alone torture their capture and not even bother to eat it. No, what ever had done this had taken its time and worst of all had enjoyed every second of it. As soon at they started to leave to go tell the others of what they had found they suddenly realized that they weren't alone anymore, and they were surrounded.
End of Chapter 3
Chapter 3.
Squall was on his way back to his room. He had reached the hallway that led to his room with his head hung down when Quistis suddenly stopped him. "What the hell is wrong with you!" she asked. "I can't believe you would treat Laguna like that. All of us that lived at the orphanage would give anything to know that our parents were alive and wanted us back in their lives." Squall looked at Quistis knowing pretty much what else she had to say without her even having to say it. He always thought of her as sort of an older sister next to Ellone. But right now he didn't want to talk to anyone. So he merely replied. "You want him as a father you can have him, but I don't want anything to do with him. Now do me a favor and leave me alone for awhile." He stepped past her and made his way into his room. Quistis didn't really know what to do and she really didn't feel like trying to talk to Squall again. "Hopefully Rinoa will do a better job." She felt a little hungry and decided she would go hang out with Zell. She hoped his happy and carefree attitude would make her feel better.
Rinoa was sitting in Squall's room waiting for him and was about to fall asleep when he finally entered the room. He wasn't expecting to find anyone in his room even though he shared it with her and was startled when she spoke. "I thought you were above all this. I thought you were a better person than what you turned into today." Rather than let her finish her speech, Squall interrupted her with what he hoped to be the end to this conversation. "He knew, all this time and he knew. Maybe if he found out a few weeks or months ago I could forgive maybe even a year ago. But he's known for fifteen years who I was and where I've been and didn't even bother see me." Rinoa tried to defend him, "He's been the president of a country, you don't know the pressure that he's gone through or the courage it took to come here." Squall heard every word and didn't care. "Family and friends come first, you taught me that. But he should have come up with that courage years ago. I can't forgive him. I wont!" He sat down next to Rinoa and held her hand. "I'm still the man you fell in love with, nothing can change that. But what Laguna did to my mother and me is unforgivable. He didn't find the courage in himself to come see me for the last fifteen years and he didn't even have the courage to see me tonight so he had Ellone do it for him. He turned his back on me and so I will do the exact same thing to him." Rinoa had never seen Squall this hurt. But she wasn't about to give up on bringing Squall to forgive Laguna. It would just take time.
The next day started bright and early just like every other day. They were all gathered around their usual table eating but no one was talking, mostly because no one really knew what to say. Not even Zell wanted to talk for fear of getting beat up by the others. They were about to talk all at once when Cid came over the speaker system. "Would Squall, Quistis, Zell, Selphie, Irvine, and Rinoa please come to my office immediately. I have a new mission for you. They finished their breakfast and headed for Cid's office. "I have a bad feeling about this, I don't like this." Squall thought.
Once they all arrived Cid got straight to the point knowing that there wasn't anytime to waste. They saluted in unison and hoped to the gods that it wasn't too bad a Situation. "After President Laguna arrived in Esthar last night he found the city under attack, and he has asked for your help. Groups of monsters have sprung up all over the city and the police and military forces of Esthar are starting to become overwhelmed. They want to destroy this enemy before it becomes too great for them to fight. You must leave as soon as possible." Cid turned on the holographic map and pointed out where they would be coming in from and where they could stay the night. They would see President Laguna after they check into the hotel. After that he looked and them and with a very serious tone said, " You must all leave now, quickly" They saluted and walked to their rooms to pack and they decided to meet at the garage in ten minutes. As they left in the car Squall couldn't help thinking to himself. "I don't like this at all."
When they arrived in the city they found their hotel and split up into their rooms. Once they unpacked their things they headed out to meet Laguna. Squall hated being in Esthar, everything there reminded him of Laguna. He wasn't as mad at him as he was the night before but that didn't mean he was going to forgive Laguna. No one had spoken on the way there, why would they? Any questions they had would be answered once inside. "Maybe I should say something to them? I haven't talked to any of them aside from Quistis. Just because I had a brief discussion with someone I would prefer never to see again, doesn't mean that I'm not going to talk to them again." Suddenly almost out of nowhere Irvine was the first to talk when he put his hand on Squalls shoulder breaking his train of thought. "Hey we're here."
They all took the pod that led up to the main hall and headed for Laguna's office. The long glass hallway that led to Laguna's office always made Squall feel a little uneasy. To put it simply he didn't like heights. He stopped before the doors and turned to face his team. "Despite whatever conflicts I may have with Laguna it shouldn't affect our friendship in anyway. You five are the best squad I could ask for and I wouldn't trade that for anything. I just want you guys to know that." With that said the turned back to look at the doors, he took a deep breath turned the knobs and pushed them open. Laguna was eagerly awaiting them. He first asked them what Cid had briefed them on and when they told him the little that they knew he couldn't believe his ears. They were told almost nothing about how bad the situation was and most importantly why these monsters were suddenly springing up out of nowhere. But that would have to wait. "There's really no time to explain but here is your mission. You will each split up into separate teams of two and go through the city destroying as many monsters as possible. Esthar military and police forces are already hard at work but we are slightly outnumbered and that is why I called on you." "We already know this.' Squall interrupted. "What parts of the city are infested the worst and when do you want us to report back?" Laguna pulled out a map of the city and showed them what they needed to know. The briefing was quick and all that was left was to decided who goes with whom. Squall decided he should go with Rinoa seeing as how this was her first SeeD mission. Irvine and Selphie were inseparable so they teamed up. Quistis led out a sigh of disappointment, she knew this would happen but was trying to be optimistic during the briefing. Not that she didn't like Zell, they had been paired up so many times that they had gotten fairly close to one another. In fact now that she thought about it she was really rather fond of him. He always let his emotions guide him instead of overly thinking out every little thing like she did. In a way he was a Yin to her Yang, maybe that's why she liked him. And really she couldn't see herself partnered up with anyone other than Zell.
Squall and Rinoa headed towards the center of the city to drive out any monsters and kill the ones that didn't leave quietly. As they walked to their desired location, Squall and Rinoa looked at their surroundings. "Nothing but death." Rinoa whispered. Dead bodies lying around was all you could see, bodies stacked against walls, thrown against barricades, on the streets, hanging off buildings. Death was all you could see. Once they arrived at the center of the city they started chasing away the monsters that were left. It wasn't too bad though maybe if the others had the same situation they would all be home that night. Irvine and Selphie took to left side of the city going into a few building to rat out any monsters hiding away. They had found a few of the militia survivors and were happy to get the extra help, not that they really needed it. In only a short time they covered a good 3rd of their part of the city. It was easy a little too easy. Zell and Quistis were in the streets fighting off some of the monsters when Zell thought he saw something in the corner of his eye. He kicked off the monster that was slashing its claws at him and turned to see what it was. It was an Esthar soldier, he looked like he had gone through hell and back, he was in too bad of a condition to save and the look the soldiers face showed that he knew it too. He ran to the soldier to get him some place where he could die in piece when something flew past him, it was a grenade. And it landed just a few feet away from Quistis. Quickly Zell ran toward it and knew he only had a few seconds left. He grabbed the biggest monster nearest to him and tackled it to the ground and rolled it around so it's back was on to the grenade. With all his strength Zell held him in place, "Hope this works." He thought in his mind and as he turned to warn Quistis of the danger. "Quistis get…" Boooom! The grenade went off and pieces of the monster were flying all over Zell leaving nothing but the two arms of the monster that Zell was holding and a big pile of blood and guts. To say the least it was messy. The entire upper body and head of the monster that once was were gone. Leaving Zell drenched in green blood. The blast scared away the monsters that were left, Quistis ran over to see if Zell was ok, but couldn't stop giggling at him. "Are you, giggle* ok Zell?" he just looked up at her. He didn't like being made fun of so he figured a way to get back at her. Before he answered her he stood up and hugged her sliming her in the awful stench and goop he was in. "Ha! I'm fine why do you ask?" " Awe cripes Zell get off me before I have to beat the hell out of you! If I knew you were going to do that I would have kept my distance." "Well you shouldn't have been giggling at me." Started Zell. "Besides if it weren't for me you would have ended up like that mess over there." "Your right. I'm sorry." Quistis did owe a lot to Zell she'd just have to make it up to him later. As they headed toward the building in front of them they both looked up to see what looked like a dark cloud. Or at least that's what they thought. They really couldn't tell what it was they just knew it meant trouble.
Selphie was finishing off another monster when she heard a woman scream, "Irvine did you hear that?" She turned to look at Irvine too busy to hear her. "What's that I didn't hear you." But when he looked up, she was gone. "Now where did she run off to?" He looked around but the only place she could have gone was into a large building up ahead of him. Not about to let his girlfriend run off and face a bunch of monsters without him to back her up he ran into the building after her. "But what the hell is that awful smell?" He thought as he ran up to see Selphie just standing there. Selphie didn't even hear Irvine come up behind her. All she could do was stand there and stare at the atrocity that had transpired. Irvine put his hand on her shoulder and she didn't even look up at him. Her eyes were filling with tears and she felt utter terror in her, she only came here because she was going to kill a few monsters and help people out but she wasn't expecting this. They both stood in a large coliseum with empty seats surrounding them. In the middle was a large pile of bodies witch easily took up the majority of the blood covered floor, all of the bodies were human and it looked like they had been there awhile. All of the bodies faces were disfigured and the upper portions were all torn away layer by layer. What ever had done this had taken its time luring in its victims and killing them slowly. "What kind of a monster would do this?" all of the monsters were basically overgrown lizards and fish, animals by any other means. Sure they were a menace but they had never done anything like this before. They killed only to survive and to protect it's territory, they never took their time to kill anything let alone torture their capture and not even bother to eat it. No, what ever had done this had taken its time and worst of all had enjoyed every second of it. As soon at they started to leave to go tell the others of what they had found they suddenly realized that they weren't alone anymore, and they were surrounded.
End of Chapter 3
