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Why? Why was this happening to him of all times? Why did he now have to start worrying about Quistis being hurt.
It had never bothered him before. Actually he hardly thought about her before now. Maybe it was the guilt eating away at him, one of the few things he had felt guilty for.
If he had moved faster maybe she wouldn't have been taken away. If he could have stopped that creature from carrying her off she wouldn't be laying half dead in front of him.
Selphie knelt beside the bed that Quistis lay in. Selphie tiny, long fingered hands were cupped around Quistis'. Nothing could break Selphie's concentration as she murmured the words of a healing spell, the magic flowing from her hands. The blue gem imbedded in Quistis' hand sparkled, almost seeming to have a life of its own with in the flesh prison of her hand.
Quistis looked so peaceful while she was unconscious. Her eye shut, face relaxed a tiny smile on her lips. Seifer thought she could almost be attractive, instead of the raving blond bitch he had always known. Of course she had nothin' bitch-wise on Rinoa, and that chocolate haired girl had been his first love.
How naive of him.
Seifer sighed as Zell carried Ellone into the room who was still wrapped in his gray trench coat, the red Hyperion crosses looking strange on her. A corner of his lip turned up slightly, almost a smile. He had always imagined a woman in his coat and nothing else. Too bad now that it had finally happened it was someone he thought of as a sister.
The one with the blond gravity-defying hair looked as solemn as Seifer had ever seen him. It was strange to see Zell Dinct be quiet about anything. Obviously he was worried about both Ellone, and Quistis. The plane was on auto-pilot giving the three conscious people time to try and heal the two women. Seifer felt useless in this department, he was a soldier. A mercenary, not a healer. Luckily they had one of the best SeeD's ever for the healing arts. Selphie's power and accuracy was amazing.
He had every faith that the two women would be all right. Seifer did take a minute thought to imagine the conniption fits that Squall would go into if he brought them both back dead. He frowned shoving those thoughts aside. He would never wish death on the two women that had been his older sisters when growing up.
Zell sat down next to Seifer, and buried his head in hands with a sigh.
"They'll be all right" Seifer said. That was the words of consolation he could give. Everyone knew he wasn't a nice guy. It was so hard to try and be nice, when everyone was so annoying.
Selphie stood up slowly running a hand across her other arm for a few moments before walking over to Ellone. Tears dripped silently from Selphie's normally sparkling green eyes. Selphie knelt beside Ellone and began to work her magic.
"At least we got the weirdo" Zell said leaning back against the wall. He folded his arms across his chest.
"She let us go" Seifer responded.
"What do you mean?" Zell demanded glaring at the blond man.
"That woman could have killed us all down there, she let us go for some reason" Seifer said.
"What reason?" Zell asked looking back up at the ceiling of the ship. Selphie stood up with a shake and smiled over at the two of them, her skin very pale.
"I'm going to go lay down, they should be fine till we are home" She said nodding her head at the two men before flitting off into one of the back rooms.
"Whatever that woman did to them, was all she wanted to do. Somehow she knew we would rescue them" Seifer said shaking his head and standing up. Zell growled and rammed his gloved hand into the side of the metal ship.
"How much longer till Balamb?" Seifer asked staring out one of the windows at the landscape zooming by.
"A few hours" Zell replied.
"Great, and when we arrive this mission will get handed over to Squall. Typical" Seifer said storming off leaving Zell too watch over the two women.
He stormed bast Selphie who was lying on the tiny bridge humming quietly to herself. Seifer headed down to the hull hand tightly curled around his gunblade. Why was it that he could never live up to Squall. Never would he achieve the great things that his rival always had.
"Seifer" Selphie said sleepily from behind him. He spun around to looked at her, attempting to keep his anger in check.
"What?" he answered his voice tight.
"You need anything?" she asked frowning.
"A new life" a growled under his breath while shaking his head no. Selphie only frowned and nodded at him before leaving him alone in the room. There he stayed alone, for the rest of the flight. Steaming, he tried to shove his anger aside when Selphie called him up to the bridge.
She was expertly landing the plane by the time he got there. Zell was all ready hoisting Ellone into his arms, leaving Quistis for Seifer. He sighed and lifted the light woman into his arms. She murmured a lifting and buried her face in his chest. He snickered a bit and shook his head at the irony of the situation. The back hatch was opening, and Zell was leading the way out before he knew it.
A crowd of SeeD and cadets had all ready gathered at the main gate to watch them as they arrived. People where cheering and excited. No one had had idea what had happened, but still they cheered. Seifer pushed his way through the crowds and into the Infirmary. Dr.Kowdaski waited there for them with two beds all ready to go. Seifer lay Quistis down and then looked up at the two other people in the room. Cid and Squall.
"Congratulations on becoming a SeeD, Mr. Almasy" Cid said with a slight smile.
"Permission to return to my quarters, sir?" Seifer asked saluting the headmaster in a customary fashion.
"Rest up, your mission debriefing will be tonight after dinner" Cid said raising his eyebrows as Zell walked in with Ellone. Seifer didn't stay to see the drama that happened next. He preferred to distance himself from emotion as much as possible.
He walked along the halls of the Garden feeling no different now, being a SeeD, then he had before. What was he thinking that suddenly he would be a better person once he became a Seed? Not likely, he would always be branded a traitor. He stepped into his ever-familiar dorm room and started to wait.
Much later he found himself sitting around a large oak table, with a strange menagerie of people. Selphie and Zell flanked him on one side of the table. Cid, Edea, Squall, and Rinoa sat across from them on the other side of the table. Selphie being the commander of the mission was giving them the breakdown of things that had happened. Through the whole meeting Seifer did not speak, he simply watched and waited.
"I do agree that this needs farther investigation" Cid said at last when Selphie was done.
"Thank you, sir" Selphie said.
"You of course will remain Squad leader, your new team will be Zell Dinct and Irvine Kinneas" Cid said. Seifer felt his heart lurch. Of course they stole away his mission, they had stolen away everything else.
"Excuse me sir, but I would like to request that Seifer Almasy continue on with this mission" Selphie said strongly.
"What?" Cid said a little dumbfounded. He wasn't the only one, Seifer was staring up at Selphie in shock.
"He was extremely helpful in the rescue sir, he is part of this team" Selphie said. Then the to ultimate amazement of everyone at the table Zell stood up, both ands resting on the table.
"I agree" Zell said firmly. Looking across the table at the four shocked faces made Seifer want to laugh at loud. At least he had done something right, and was gaining recognition for it.
"All right" Cid said slowly "I will allow Seifer to stay on the mission"
"Thank you, Sir" Selphie said with a curt nod.
"Now I suggest you start your investigation first thing tomorrow" Cid said standing up. They all left the room, splitting their separate ways to get some rest.
Seifer lay down that night and stared at the ceiling for a few moments, still slightly amazed by today's happening. Eventually he fell into a deep sleep, where again he dreamed.
A/N: Hey everyone, Well what did you think? I thought it was a little dull this chapy, but ya know filled with insightful info ;)
I am trying VERY hard to stay in character with Seifer, I hope that I am doing okay. Thanlks for staying with me even though it takes so long to update, now please review.
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