Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 8.....
Note: This is the second to last battle in the story... the rest of the story will be devoted to Squall and Rinoa ((I know you want it))
Dedication: Dark Raion... for giving some more will power to write this chapter in one hour!! GO DARK RAION!!!!
~*Where Life Begins*~
~*Chapter 9: Berserker*~
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The solemn moon light streamed through the window and onto her body. She lay in a thin dress the was knee length. Her hands were closed around one another and both were huddled to her face. Her legs were lazily strewn about the bed sheets, which were now wrinkled. She sighed heavily in a small whimper and brought her knees to her chest.
"I'm such a bitch!!" She screamed at herself. She flung herself into an up right position on the bed and snarled. She bent over to her small coffee table which held her lamp. She threw a hand at the lamp and it smashed against the ground. She bit her lip hard and tears fell from her eyes. "Every night since he came." She mumbled to herself as more tears fell from her eyes.
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Day 14: Follow Blindly on your Scar
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"We have target on main screen." Xu confirmed as the screen flashed on revealing a large haunting looking monster.
"Seems about average size." Nida observed.
"Again, we must take precaution on its abilities." Xu told him. Nida nodded. "Turn on video for weaponry room!" Xu commented. In a matter of seconds a screen flashed revealing Squall and Seifer waiting patiently for their commands. "Seifer." Xu began. Seifer looked up hesitantly.
"Yes?" He asked in a small, sad voice.
"I want you to deal with the beast." Xu told him with a smile.
"Again? But I-I'll lose." Seifer stuttered.
"It was just your first time without any instructions on what to do. It's not your fault." Xu told him.
"Your right!" He agreed triumphantly. "I'll do my best!" He told her. And with that he ran out the door.
"Squall," Xu began.
"Yes?" Squall asked in his usual husky voice.
"Be prepared to take his place." Squall nodded solemnly.
"This time I won't mess up." Seifer said with a smirk. As he uttered the last letters, the monster came into view. It seemed to have two large sheets of papers hanging down from the nubs on it's arms. Seifer smirked and pulled back on the trigger switch of his gun. The gun sent forth a volley of bullets, each of the bullets hit, but the monster didn't seem to collapse.
"What the?" Seifer questioned behind the sound of the gun blasting away at the monster. As the gun died and lost its ammo he began to speak to Xu through the small radio. "I'm hitting aren't I!?" Seifer asked in annoyance. "Next!!" He yelled as he picked up a rocket launcher. He began to fire, and he didn't stop firing. Each of launch smashed into the target, but it didn't even flinch. "DIE DAMN YOU!!!!!!" He screamed as more rockets flew from their original home and into the monster. "KEEL OVER YOU FUCKER!!!" He screamed again. He was about to unload another rocket on the enemy but as he pressed the button down, it made a small click noise. "All out?" Seifer questioned.
"Seifer," Xu began over the radio. "Continue firing at the target." Xu told him calmly.
"Right. NEXT!!" He screamed he bent over to his left to pick up the next gun, but no gun was there. "What. No." Seifer mumbled. He hurled his head over to the monster who was slowly advancing. Thinking irrationaly, he pulled a small grenade from his pocket. He smirked at the monster and charged forward.
"OH GOD IT'S A B TYPE GRENADE!!!" Squall screamed as he watched the battle from outside the weaponry room.
"SEIFER. YOU IDIOT!!!" Xu screamed over the radio. Seifer screeched to a stop and chucked the grenade into the enemies wide open mouth. Just a few moments later, the grenade exploded inside the monster. The entire street block was filled with a fiery, red, smoke. An outline could be seen of Seifer and the monster. The monster had survived the attack. Squall squinted his eyes to the scene. Abruptly, one of the small paper like tentacles slung its entire self out and pierced Seifer through the chest. The paper like tentacle quickly retracted, leaving Seifer on the ground, half dead.
"DAMAGE REPORT!!!" Xu screamed to the operators. The operators were silent for a few moments.
"There are no life signs from Seifer." They said quietly.
"It's my turn." Squall told himself as he stood from his seat. He raced out the door, gunblade in hand. Just as he stepped out the weaponry room there stood the enemy, just a few feet away. Squall raised his gunblade in preparation for the coming fight. But the fight did not start appropriately, instead the enemy shot it's slicing tentacle towards him. Squall raised his gunblade to his face and the tentacle smashed into it, yes, but didn't stop it. Instead the tip a large portion of the top of the blade. The top of the blade spun off and slashed into the bridge of Squall's nose, creating a deep cut that traced up to his forehead.
He stumbled and cupped his soon to be scar in his right hand, the other still holding the rest of the gunblade. His eyes flickered in rage.
"SOMETHING'S HAPPENING IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM!!!" An operator screamed to Xu.
"His harmonics is 400 and his emotional wave is all over the place!!" Another operator wailed to Xu.
"We've done it." Cid said with a smirk. "We've defeated it." He told them all triumphantly.
"But the enemy isn't dead sir." Nida reminded him.
"Just watch." Cid commanded in a sly voice.
Squall's left hand gripped the gunblade (or what was left of it) tight. He stood up from the ground and charged forward. The enemy didn't have time to react as Squall jumped on it's face and began to viciously pound its face in with the gunblade. A tentacle wrapped around Squall's waist and flung him off. Squall smashed into the wall of a building, but he got right back up. He saw the enemy slowly begin to back away. He smirked and charged forward. Now anticipating Squall's moves, the monster attempted to kill Squall with a swift stab in the head but Squall flipped out of it's way. He slammed his foot into the enemies chest and it was sent flying into the wall of a nearby building. Squall charged forward once more and jumped onto the body of the almost dead enemy. He straddled it and began to pound it in the chest with the remaining half of his gunblade.
A low roar was heard throughout the city of Balamb. As Squall brought another powerful stab down onto the chest of the enemy, the beast exploded, sending Squall flying off of it. The explosion shot straight up in a fiery blast, bringing with it pieces of the cement from the road......
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A/N: Well... another chapter down!!! WAH-HOOOOO!!!!
