'What do you think? Do I have a chance?' Seifer asked as he paced back and forth in Zell's room. Zell lay stretched out on the bed with his feet up on the wall. He carefully chipped the blood and dirt out from the deep cracks on his gloves.

'Well,' Zell started as the other man stopped and sat down. 'He didn't kick you out the moment we walked through the gates, so I suppose that's a pretty good sign.' Zell rolled over and pulled Ergheiz back on.

'I don't know. What if Squall just wants to tease me?' Seifer rubbed his hand over his face and looked out the window.

'Squall wouldn't do that.'

'How do you know he wouldn't?'

'How do you know he would?' Zell retorted. Seifer looked down from the sky and at the other blonde. 'You know you're beautiful when you're worried?'

Seifer stared dumbfounded. 'What ... what do you mean?' he asked.

'I mean that you are beautiful.' Zell stood and moved to sit on the desk beside Seifer. He leaned forward on his elbows and looked him right in the eyes. 'Why do you think I kissed you back at my house?'

'I ... thought ... I don't know. But I didn't think ... *this*.' Zell hopped down and wandered towards the door to his room. He pressed on the sensor and the door hissed open.

'I guess you don't want this either.' He stepped through the door and ran off as fast as he could. Seifer jumped up to the door and looked out but Zell was already gone.

~*~*~*~

'Damn ... your ... stupid ... IMPULSES!' Zell yelled as another Grat fell down. He pulled his hand from the creature's stomach. 'Damn, damn, damn,' he chanted under his breath while he washed off the goo in a nearby stream. In the distance, a T-Rexaur roared, its voice bounced off the glass roof.

'Don't worry. I'll find you soon enough,' he called back. The next turn produced the ancient monster. 'I told you I would.' Zell threw himself headlong into the battle.

Upper kick, low punch. Jab, uppercut, heel drop. Faster. Not fast enough. Suddenly the dinosaur swung its tail and threw Zell to the ground. Quezacotl's name on his lips, he paused. No. He had to do this on his own.

He picked himself up and braced for the next attack. Roundhouse kick, tornado kick, left jab. Zell paused to take a breath. The T-Rexaur monopolized this opportunity. It rushed the little blonde and knocked him to the ground. Zell sprawled out on the ground, his arms scraped to hell.

The monster stomped on him with one giant foot, crushing his legs. Zell screamed in pain and clutched his legs. The burning overwhelmed him and the last image imprinted in his mind was the glistening white fangs before he fainted.